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  • 19.Jun
  • Dobbs Lambasts Loose Immigration Legislation in Hip-Hop

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    [Transcript from Thursday, June 11, 2009]

    Lou Dobbs: Thank you Kitty, and we can only hope that one day Obama will realize the devastating amount of leprosy pouring in through our broken borders with Mexico every year.

    And in a related study conducted by Nielsen, an alarming 40% of last quarters profits from this industry were stolen and subsequently taken OUT of the US, re-invested across the border. Could it be that immigrants are also a cause of recent economic downturn? A closer examination, and a conversation with one of the culprits, after the break.

  • 19.Jun
  • [mixtape] Wale — Back to the Feature

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    So it’s finally arrived. Just be glad you’re not in the godforsaken Walemusic chatroom. Thankfully, I’m also on the slowest internet connection possible, so I’m sitting nostalgically in 1999.

    Download: Wale — Back to the Feature

  • 19.Jun
  • You take some Halle, then some Berry.

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    For a minute, I forgot how much I love Halle Berry. I heard from a friend Halle Berry tripped at the top of a stair case once and God himself sent a pair of doves down to catch her before she fell. True story.

    Oh yea, here’s a song to go with the picture. Take it for what it’s worth.
    More importantly, hit the jump for a hi-res version of that pic up top.

    Download: Hurricane feat. Boosie, Ludacris & Lil’ Wayne — Halle Berry

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  • 19.Jun
  • [freestyle] Slaughterhouse — D.O.A, Woodstock

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    WWWWOOOWWW. Tell me you’re not a fan. Joel Ortiz + Crooked I + Royce da 5′9 + Joe Budden = the funniest dudes that could smack you up like Sanjaya. In case you haven’t caught it, here’s their freestyle over Hova’s “D.O.A” beat on Green Lantern’s show from a few nights ago. [UPDATE] New track featuring M.O.P….Slaughterhouse is gonna blow up.

    Sure, some verses are recycled, but I’d take this version over Jigga’s any. day.

    Download: Slaughterhouse feat. M.O.P. — Woodstock

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    Download: Slaughterhouse — D.O.A. (Green Lantern freestyle)

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  • 19.Jun
  • Uptown’s Finest

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    Uptown whaddup.

    Download: Uptown’s Finest

  • 19.Jun
  • LMFAO @ Fur Tomorrow Night

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    LMFAO usually puts out some quality jams. This could be a big power move for tomorrow night. Who’s with me??

  • 16.Jun
  • [mp3] The Five One x Lauren Hill

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    You know we support the Colors. Green, Blue, Red, YellowGOLD whaddup! They stay putting out quality music, not just hip-hop.

    Download: The Five One — X Factor

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  • 12.Jun
  • Flashpoint Gallery — June 15

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    Dope event. Efforts like these need a lot more publicity. Please if you can, make it out. If not, post, e-mail, IM or re-tweet this to as many people as possible. Hit the jump for the full flyer.

  • 12.Jun
  • [mp3] Phil Ade — Going Off

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    Raheem’s 368 Music Group’s signee Phil Ade let out this first jam off his upcoming mixtape, “Starting on JV”. Its a good look, especially following his performance last week at the Rock the Vote show. Shouts to Dre the Mayor.

    Download: Phil Ade — Going Off

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  • 19.Jun
  • Someone Like You

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    Some nice remixes for the blogosphere’s darling band, Kings of Leon, both of which are to one of my favorite songs of theirs. I’m feeling the Slink version a bit more, but Chew Fu always comes correct.

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    Download: Kings of Leon — Use Somebody (DJ Slink Mix)

    Download: Kings of Leon — Use Somebody (Chew Fu)

  • 19.Jun
  • [mp3] Paper Planes (DnB remix)

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    Not a bad drum & bass remix by Bootleggers & Gangsters to Paper Planes. Notice the keywords Drum & Bass, so if you don’t know what that sounds like, don’t complain that it’s wack.

    Download: B&G — Paper Planes (DnB remix)

  • 19.Jun
  • [mp3] J Cutta — Knock It Down

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    J-Cutta with the song apparently nicknamed the “Back Dat Ass Up of 09″. Uh…sure.

    Download: J Cutta — Knock It Down

  • 16.Jun
  • Excuse My Mood [freestyle]

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    Cudder’s hinted at giving away a freestyle just hours before actually giving it out. Over the “Kinda Like A Big Deal” beat, Cudi tries “excusing” himself. For what? Not sure. I’ve still yet to hear Cudi really kill a beat, but I have a feeling it’ll happen. I hope, if at least only for moving the genre in a direction he’s in a position to do.

    Download: Kid Cudi — Excuse My Mood (Kinda Like A Big Deal freestyle)

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  • 02.Jun
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  • Mad Decent can’t fail by me. Sure, it gets weird sometimes, but where would we be if we didn’t take chances? Major Lazor. Get familiar.

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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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[Top 5] Cartoon RappersWhen I was little, I split nearly all my time between two things: playing manhunt with all the neighborhood kids and watching cartoons. Sure there were times when I'd stop and sleep, but that was only really so I'd have enough energy to go back out and play some more. College students kind of fall back in to the same routine, only now we sleep more during the day and go out with the neighborhood kids at night. Cartoons, I would explain to my ex-girlfriend, are like cultural thermometers and usually have deeper social undertones, at least the really good ones do. So, after weeks and weeks of tirelessly watching cartoons research, we've compiled a list of the top 5 cartoon rappers, most of which could easily make it on to the cover of Vibe.

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