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  • 28.Jan
  • [zeitgeist] Ginger, and Proud Of It.

  • Just a day after I claimed Sunil as possibly the greatest gift to our generation, from the depths of YouTube purgatory has risen a pasty, freckle faced messiah. His name is CopperCab and his message is clear: Ginger’s have souls.

    Story is    : South Park made fun of gingers. CopperCab is a ginger. Everyone at CopperCab’s school watches South Park.

    Everybody else gets respect. I mean, black people, white people, Mexicans; everyone. Gingers. Why do gingers have to be put down so much; besides their hair color…WHAT IS SO FRICKEN’ DIFFERENT! TELL ME!!!

    (Hit the jump to see the rest of the on-going Ginger saga)

  • 26.Jan
  • [mp3] Statik Selektah feat. Consequence — Life is Short

  • Off Statik’s upcoming 100 Proof, Cons drops bars delving into his pseudo-nihilistic rationale to his chronic substance abuse.

    Nah, not really.

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    Download: Statik Selektah feat. Consequence — Life is Short

    UPDATE: Forgot to add this cut Cons recently dropped with Asher……so, yea.
    Download: Consequence feat. Asher Roth — Childish Games

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  • 26.Jan
  • [zeitgeist] Contestant #304

  • No, no [mp3] on this one, but I’ve got something waaaay more important.

    From one of those knockoff dance shows — this one in Trinidad — arises possibly one of our generation’s greatest inspirations and if his voice matches the moves, with even more genre-bending potential than the man himself, Billy Hung.

    Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s my pleasure to present to you Contestant #304: Sunil.

  • 25.Jan
  • [mp3] Damian Marley & Nas — As We Enter


  • This one doesn’t need much exposition. Off the upcoming Distant Relatives.

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    Download: Damian Marley & Nas — As We Enter

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  • 26.Jan
  • [mp3] JayEnvy — Bang in this Club

  • As opposed to the track just below, this jam gets right to the point. Fiyah.

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    Download: JayEnvy — Bang in this Club

  • 26.Jan
  • [mp3] The Hangover — Strippers & Cocaine (DJ JEM remix)

  • Oh man. I don’t even know what to say about this one. Depending on how drunk your crowd is, this could have two completely different outcomes on the dancefloor. Either way, it’s fucking hilarious.

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    Download: The Hangover — Strippers & Cocaine (DJ JEM remix)

  • 19.Jan
  • [mp3] Charles Sweeting — No Way

  • Catchy jam dropped off in the SoundCloud by dude that sounds like a younger Rodric.

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    Download: Charles Sweeting — No Way

  • 19.Jan
  • [mp3] Gucci Mane feat. Pharrell — Soldier

  • Rodric and Pharrell. Downoad the song…blah blah blah….Halle Berry.

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    Download: Gucci Mane feat. Pharrell — Soldier

  • 19.Jan
  • [mp3] Dan Black feat. Kid Cudi — Symphonies (remix)

  • Mescudi jumps on the single for the UK’s Dan Black. You’ll notice the ‘Umbrella’ sample right of the bat and because that was such a hit, you might be turned off at first, but so far it’s grown on me, so take it or leave it. I don’t care. I didn’t want you here anyways. Screw you guys.

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    Download: Dan Black feat. Kid Cudi — Symphonies (remix)

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(about K'Naan, the Internet, and the international music scene). I often feel like the next major movement in music will probably happen (or is happening/already happened) in some part of the world Americans don't think about much. Think about how hip hop is right now and how we live in a post-modern, futuristic world where so many trends are driven by social media/cell phones/etc. USA music is relatively stale, and people are restless because so much of this music that hits the web is disposable bs. You pick it up off a blog and build up your iTunes. Then you realize you got a ton of wack demos from bands that suck and a bunch of wack 1-freestyle-per-day rappers. So you delete most of it, start over, and never think to support an artist you really like that has talent by buying there songs or going to their shows. Sounds true and really lame right?

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Dobbs Lambasts Loose Immigration Legislation in Hip-HopDobbs: .....Damarcus, you mentioned an interesting fact in a conversation we had earlier that about 40% of last quarters profits from the Hip-Hop industry being re-invested across Lake Ontario. This means that more and more hip-hop artists have less and less money to feed their numerous families and re-invest in their communities, and all the while you, Mr. Harrow, and your ilk are taking jobs away from hardworking, honest American hip-hop artists; you rappers send money back to your "crib" and 'hood so your brothers and sisters can buy rim's, big chains, and whatever else it is you Torontians buy.

Kardi: The youts and gyal dems buy the creps, ya dun know, and de man dem, the breddren, the shottas backin a 2-4 of Guinness and BACARDI!!

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