Guilty Until Proven Innocent

"The L.A.P.D. has acknowledged in a confidential report that people have been falsely implicated in crimes because the department's fingerprint experts wrongly identified them as suspects."

**"Guilty Until Proven Innocent" contains a sample of "LAPD blames faulty fingerprint analysis for erroneous accusations" originally written by Joel Rubin and Richard Winton.**

Jay-Z f/ R. Kelly "Guilty Until Proven Innocent" - The Dynasty: Roc La Familia (2000 - )

Back In The Day

TMZ presents... Hip Hop Styles: Then & Now

Jay-Z (1990)

Jay-Z (2008)

Ahmad "Back In The Day" - Ahmad

Alphabet Aerobics (The Cut Chemist 2 1/2 Minute Workout)

Shout out to Brian on the Wordle tip... WORD! (pun intended)

Here's my take with CLASSIC hip hop albums from A-Z


Titles include:

All Eyez On Me - 2Pac
Black On Both Sides - Mos Def
Chronic, The - Dr. Dre
Doggystyle - Snoop Doggy Dogg
Extinction Level Event: The Final World Front - Busta Rhymes
Fraudulent - Homeliss Derilex
Graduation - Kanye West
Hell On Earth - Mobb Deep
Ironman - Ghostface Killah
Jeanius - Jean Grae
Kollage - Bahamadia
Life After Death - The Notorious B.I.G.
Moment of Truth - Gang Starr
NIA - Blackalicious
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... - Raekwon
Platform, The - Dilated Peoples
Quality Control - Jurassic 5
Reasonable Doubt - Jay-Z
Stunts, Blunts & Hip-Hop - Diamond D & The Psychotic Neurotics
Things Fall Apart - The Roots
Unseen, The - Quasimoto
Vinyl Exams - Various Artists
Wrath of the Math - Jeru The Damaja
X-Pressions - X-Ecutioners
Yo! Bum Rush The Show - Public Enemy
Zingalamaduni - Arrested Development

Blackalicious "Alphabet Aerobics (The Cut Chemist 2 1/2 Minute Workout)" - A2G

Astro Travellin

A postgraduate student was asked to come up with an astrobiology rap for a NASA magazine!

**"Astro Travellin" contains a sample of "NASA commissioned a rap about astrobiology" originally written by John.**

Quasimoto "Astro Travellin" - The Unseen

Robbery

Poverty is the worst form of violence.
-Mahatma Gandhi

Shout outs to ABOVE!

**"Robbery contains a sample of "My Robin Hood Theory" originally written by Dukes.**

Guilty Simpson "Robbery" - Ode To The Ghetto

We As Americans

If American foreign policy had a gift shop, what would it sell?


















Cheney shredding secret documents
Snow globe, 6", 2008

**"We As Americans" contains a sample of "Inflatable Guantanomo Bay bouncy prison cell and other bits of Americana" originally written by John.**

Eminem "We As Americans" - Straight From The Lab EP

Ante Up

The gift that keeps on giving!

Bert & Ernie - Ante Up!
Uploaded by PeteRock

M.O.P. "Ante Up" - 12" single

Suicidal Failure

FAIL Blog: Pictures & videos of owned, pwnd, and fail moments!

PHONE FAIL...

HI-larious!

Cage "Suicidal Failure" - Movies For The Blind

Dollar Day

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, this astonishingly powerful documentary takes you inside Hurricane Katrina in a way never before seen on screen.

Incorporating remarkable home video footage shot by Kimberly Rivers Roberts - an aspiring rap artist trapped with her husband in the 9th Ward - Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling For Columbine producers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal weave this insider's view of Katrina with a devastating portrait of the hurricane's aftermath.

Trouble The Water is a redemptive tale of self-described street hustlers who become heroes - two unforgettable people who survive the storm and then seize a chance for a new beginning.

Mos Def "Dollar Day" - True Magic

Hater Players

Jay Smooth over at IllDoctrine.com shares clever insight on Sarah "player hating" Palin and the Republican National Convention.

Spot on Jay, spot on!

Mos Def & Talib Kweli f/ Apani B Fly Emcee "Hater Players" - Black Star

Back Again

She's baaaack!


More news, more jokes, more music!

Diva Speak TV - now on Okayplayer.com and AllHipHop.com

Diva Speak TV: Season 2

Dilated Peoples "Back Again" - 20/20

This D.J.

Suckadelic's custom-styled "DJ Trooper" is up for auction!

Don't forget to pick up your very own Galactic Emperor's throne too!

**"This D.J." contains a sample of "Suckadelic's DJ Stormtrooper" originally written by John.**

Warren G "This D.J." - Regulate... G Funk Era

Mona Lisa

Mona Lisa's style by osalmighty

Classical art. Modern graffiti.
To many people, they are worlds apart. To Worth1000.com, however, they're crying out to be brought together!

As part of a photoshop contest, contestants were given 48 hours to "add modern-style graffiti to classical artworks."

**"Mona Lisa" contains a sample of "Classical art, improved with spraypaint" originally written by John.**

Slick Rick "Mona Lisa" - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick

Da Mystery of Chessboxin'

Wu-Tang Clan "Da Mystery of Chessboxin'" - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

What'll You Do?

DJ Kno of the CunninLynguists calls out MF Doom!

CunninLynguists "What'll You Do?" - A Piece of Strange

The Mad Scientist

As a founding member of revered NY hip hop group Main Source, Large Professor put out a CLASSIC LP straight out the game. Since then, Extra P's sound has given us Nas' "It Ain't Hard To Tell," A Tribe Called Quest's "Keep It Rollin'," and nearly all of Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo's Wanted: Dead or Alive among others. His productions in the mid-90's defined the term "boom bap," which is exactly what to expect from his first LP in over 3 years.


On Main Source, (referring to the title of the upcoming album, not the group... confusing, I know) Large Professor enlisted MC's: Jeru the Damaja, Lil Dap, Big Noyd, AZ, & Styles P to deliver a lesson in hip hop purity.
No skits, no songs based around dances, no forced collaborations - just beats, rhymes and life!

Large Professor "The Mad Scientist" - The LP

First In Flight

India's first ever individual gold medal at the Olympics!

Congratulations to Abhinav Bindra, his family, and Team India!

Blackalicious f/ Gil Scott-Heron "First In Flight" - Blazing Arrow

10% Dis

MC Lyte "10% Dis" - Lyte As A Rock

Gucci Time

"Looking at my Gucci Flud, it's about that time!"

Schoolly D "Gucci Time" - The Best of Schoolly D

Hip-Hop

From the ashes of 4 decades of war, AIDS and corruption in Uganda, Africa, The Bataka Squad artists, Babaluku and Saba Saba, rise to forge a revolutionary path using music. On a mission to empower the forgotten youth of Africa from within, while spreading their message of hope around the globe.



Narrated by Spearhead singer Michael Franti, follow the Bataka movement to amplify the spirit of the next generation in this musical journey.

www.subterraneannetwork.com

Dead Prez "Hip-Hop" - Lets Get Free