Show Me A Hero

Dean Fraser spent the entire month of October Simpsonizing Marvel Comics characters!

Here are three of my favorites:

Wolverine

Invisible Woman

Iron Man

**"Show Me A Hero" contains a sample of "Doctor Doom as a member of The Simpsons" originally written by John.**

Leaders of the New School "Show Me A Hero" - A Future Without A Past...

Paragraph President

Mos Def for President!

Blackalicious "Paragraph President" - Blazing Arrow

Super Brooklyn

The Examiner's Best (and Worst) Hip Hop-themed video games of all time!

My cousin Brian put me up on this one, thought I'd share... An amateur programmer in Germany created an 8-player SNES game!

Cocoa Brovaz "Super Brooklyn" - Game Over

Umi Says

I don't wanna write this down, I wanna tell you how I feel right now...

Shout out to Antonio on the inspirational tip!

Mos Def "Umi Says" - Black On Both Sides

Pentagon Paradox

BAMS in '08!!!

Self Scientific "Pentagon Paradox" - Self Scientific presents... The Works (1997-2002)

U Ass Bank

Lyrics Born "U Ass Bank" - Later That Day...

Return of the Boom Bap

DJ Dusk's RootDown SOUNDCLASH from Mochilla on Vimeo.

KRS-One "Return of the Boom Bap" - Return of the Boom Bap

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

East Side Rendezvous

Snoop Dogg goes Bollywood!

Frost f/ A.L.T. & O.G. Enius "East Side Rendezvous" - Smile Now, Die Later

Old School

"You must learrrn!"
-KRS-One


Test your old school knowledge!
This DJ scored 8 out of 10.

2Pac "Old School" - Me Against The World

Children's Story

Baby Loves Hip Hop presents...

Hall of fame producer Prince Paul teams up with Chali 2na (Jurassic 5), Ladybug Mecca (Digable Planets), Wordsworth, and Scratch (The Roots) to create a prehistoric, preschool musical masterpiece. Part book on tape, part Broadway show, the CD takes kids (and parents) on a musical journey that tells the story of 5 dino friends that come together to teach key life lessons and have fun. Its 3 Feet High and Rising for the next generation!

Album features narration by Ursula Rucker and guest appearances by Posdnuos and Trugoy (De la Soul).



The cast (L-R):

Prince Paul (DJ Stegosaurus), Scratch (Teo Pterodactyl), Wordsworth (Billy Brontosaurus), Ladybug Mecca (Tracy Triceratops), Chali 2na (MC T-Rex).


P.S. I know what you guys/gals are thinking...

"Wu-Tang is for the children!"

Slick Rick "Children's Story" - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick

It Don't Stop

100 posts & runnin'!
Can you name all 26 LP's pictured below?

J-Live "It Don't Stop" - Then What Happened?

R.N.S.

Originally due for release in 1994 and only ever issued on a promo cassette, Freddie Foxxx's Crazy Like A Foxxx album is finally available commercially! The deluxe 2-CD package includes the original album, plus the 1993 demo version produced entirely by D.I.T.C.

To celebrate this long-awaited release, DJ Monster of Fat Beats Radio put together a 6-minute mix featuring some of the best tracks from both versions of the album.

FREE DOWNLOAD: DJ Monster - Crazy Like A Foxxx sampler

**"R.N.S." contains a sample of "Bumpy Knuckles" originally written by S.O.U.L.**

Bumpy Knuckles "R.N.S." - Industry Shakedown

Supreme Supreme

"Mos Def has all the skills an emcee needs to have and uses them to perfection. This album exemplifies his writing, his flow, his schemes, his concepts, his topics, his ear for beats, and his intellect. It should also be noted that the multi-talented Def also played many of the instruments featured on tracks and co-produced a handful."








Sean Deez, over at kevinnottingham.com, reviews Mos Def's CLASSIC album, Black on Both Sides.

Is it this generation's Illmatic?

Talib Kweli f/ Mos Def "Supreme Supreme" - Right About Now

Somethin' That Means Somethin'

With 283 images and counting, Rock Band Logos - Brand Upon The Brain offers clever insight and info on many of the logos of your favorite recording artists.

There isn't much in the way of hip hop, but logos by Hieroglyphics, Public Enemy, Cut Chemist, Jurassic 5, Cypress Hill, The World Famous Beat Junkies, and Onyx all made the cut.

The Pharcyde "Somethin' That Means Somethin' - Labcabincalifornia

The Message

The first DJ to make the turntable an instrument, Mr. Grandmaster Flash, tells all in his new book... The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash: My Life, My Beats.

Mista Chuck chopped it up with the hip hop legend and pioneer on his radio show "On The Real With Chuck D." Audio courtesy of Air America Radio & Hip Hop Is Read.

For fans in the "City of Angels," Grandmaster Flash will be at Book Soup on Sunset this Friday, June 27th, at 7pm - Don't sleep!

**"The Message" contains a sample of "Chuck D Interviews Grandmaster Flash [6/22/08]" originally written by Ivan.**

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five "The Message" - The Message

Party For Your Right To Fight

The Million DJ March

Washington DC

August 28-30, 2008

Public Enemy "Party For Your Right To Fight" - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

Grand Ol' Party Crash

Kudos to you on this one Mr. Olbermann!

Cage f/ Jello Biafra "Grand Ol' Party Crash" - Hell's Winter

Wild

Storied hip hop label, Wild Pitch Records, is set to re-release its entire catalog of albums!

Here's a list of the label's reissues:

Brokin' English - Klik
Chill Rob G - Ride the Rhythm
The Coup - Kill My Landlord
The Coup - Genocide & Juice
Gang Starr - No More Mr. Nice Guy
Hard Knocks - School of Hard Knocks
Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth - Funky Technician
Main Source - Breaking Atoms
Main Source - Fuck What You Think
OC - Word... Life
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud - Blow Up The Spot
Ultramagnetic MC's - The Four Horsemen
UMC's - Fruits of Nature
UMC's - Unleashed
Various - Wild Pitch Classics

**"Wild" contains a sample of "Gang Starr, Ultramagnetic MC's, among classic CD reissues" originally written by Anthony Roberts.**

J Dilla "Wild" - Ruff Draft

Sucker MC's

Yahoo! Music's Rob O'Connor lists the 25 worst rappers of all time!

How come Ja Rule isn't on this list?

Run-D.M.C. "Sucker MC's" - Run-D.M.C.

Habitat

(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

The tenants of 1520 Sedgwick Ave. (Bronx, NY) get a new lease.

Mos Def "Habitat" - Black on Both Sides

Stepson of the Clapper

J Dilla "Stepson of the Clapper" - Donuts

Undeniable

(Elizabeth Conley/The Detroit News)

Mos Def pays tribute to J Dilla!

FREE DOWNLOAD:
Mos Def & The Experiment/The Foundation - Dilla Tribute

Mos Def "Undeniable" - True Magic

Southern Girl

Erykah Badu expresses support for the Palestinian hip-hop scene.

**"Southern Girl" contains a sample of "Badu identifies with Palestinian hip-hop" originally written by Rory Kress.**

(AP Photo/Moti Milrod)

Rahzel f/ Erykah Badu "Southern Girl" - Make The Music 2000

Mathematics

Hip hop represented in mathematical charts and graphs... HI-larious!

Mos Def "Mathematics" - Black on Both Sides

For You

"Right now, what you need
Phonte, true indeed
Little Brother on the mic 'bout to rock it for you"

FREE DOWNLOAD: Little Brother - Get Back sampler

Little Brother "For You" - The Listening

World on Wheels

?uestlove's record collection!

Dilated Peoples "World on Wheels" - Neighborhood Watch

All In Together Now

I think making a difference in the lives of others is my life's greatest purpose. I walk this path with faith knowing the Common Ground Foundation will change the world.

Love,
Common

AMEN Brother!

J-Live "All In Together Now" - All of the Above

Hey Young World

WHOA!
DJ Sara & DJ Ryusei... the world is yours!

Slick Rick "Hey Young World" - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick

For Heaven's Sake

A church for people who hate... church!

Wu-Tang Clan "For Heaven's Sake" - Wu-Tang Forever

How Real It Is

The real Brazil!

J-Live "How Real It Is" - All of the Above

Strictly Business

Universal Music Group (UMG) discontinues long-term agreement with Apple.

EPMD "Strictly Business" - Strictly Business

Tongues of the Next Shit

URB Magazine takes it's legendary list to the next level, complete with bios, photos, MP3s, and more... 24/7/365!

Mad Skillz "Tongues of the Next Shit" - From Where???

Indian Deli

Beat Konducta "Indian Deli" - Volume 3: Beat Konducta in India

Speak Ya Clout

"We recommend that the recording and broadcast industries voluntarily remove/bleep/delete the misogynistic words 'bitch' and 'ho' and the racially offensive word 'nigger'"
-Russell Simmons & Benjamin Chavis

How 'bout just voluntarily signing better MC's?

Gang Starr f/ Jeru the Damaja & Lil' Dap "Speak Ya Clout" - Hard to Earn

Money Motivated Movements

Guilty Simpson "Money Motivated Movements" - Chrome Children Vol. 2

The Next Shit

Developed on the day before Christmas 2006, DJ Wiij is the original wireless DJing rig. Using 1 or 2 Nintendo Wiimote's (possibly even more), a PC with Bluetooth, and Native Instruments Traktor 3.0 (or any other DJ software program with keymapping), you are able to create your own wireless DJing control surface.

Say what?

Pharoahe Monch f/ Busta Rhymes "The Next Shit" - Internal Affairs

Verbal Gunfight

Director Mel Gibson vs. CSUN's Central American studies Professor, Dr. Alicia Estrada.

Jurassic 5 "Verbal Gunfight" - Pre-Historik Rarities

Party Over

Here's some feedback:

Get it together... please?!!!??!

Mobb Deep f/ Big Noyd "Party Over" - The Infamous...

Who Shot Ya?

R.I.P. Christopher Wallace (1972-1997)

JAMN 94.5 ain't got nothing on me!

Commemorative playlist:

1. Funkmaster Flex & Big Kap f/ DJ Mister Cee, Notorious B.I.G. & 2Pac "Biggie/2Pac Live Freestyle" - The Tunnel
2. Notorious B.I.G. "One More Chance (Hip Hop Mix)" - maxi-single 12"
3. Notorious B.I.G. "Dreams" - Unreleased & Unleashed!
4. Mary J. Blige f/ Notorious B.I.G. "Real Love (Hip Hop Mix)" - maxi-single 12"
5. Super Cat f/ Mary J. Blige, Third Eye, Puff Daddy, & Notorious B.I.G. "Dolly My Baby (Hip Hop Extended Mix) - maxi-single 12"
6. Notorious B.I.G. "Real Niggaz" - maxi-single 12"
7. Notorious B.I.G. "I Got A Story To Tell" - Life After Death
8. Notorious B.I.G. f/ Puff Daddy "Who Shot Ya?" - maxi-single 12"
9. Craig Mack f/ Notorious B.I.G., Rampage, LL Cool J, & Busta Rhymes "Flava In Ya Ear (RMX)" - maxi-single 12"
10. Notorious B.I.G. "Party & Bullshit" - Who's The Man? SDTK

Notorious B.I.G. "Who Shot Ya?" - maxi-single 12"

All Said & Done

Evidence in-store

Amoeba Music: Hollywood
March 20th - 7pm

Evidence "All Said & Done" - The Weatherman LP

Love

"Turn it up!"

J Dilla f/ Pharoahe Monch "Love" - The Shining

Chrome Dreams

Chrome Children Vol. 2 - FREE DOWNLOAD!

Get it while it's HOT!

Madlib "Chrome Dreams" - Chrome Children Vol. 2

New World Water

Last night a DJ saved my life... guess they do things differently in Sacramento, CA!

Mos Def "New World Water" - Black on Both Sides

Girls, Cameras, & Beautiful Things

yeah we finally caught up with the whole you tube idea thanks to anton. we just put up some videos of us jammin out some new tunes!! they're unfinished but definately worth takin a gander at! stay tuned because there's much more to come for the '07 year!!!

-Simple Citizens

Simple Citizens "Girls, Cameras, & Beautiful Things" - me & mrs. lemona k

The Best Form

The 8th Annual HipHopSite Best & Worst List (2006)

Great stuff guys... keep it up!

Krondon "The Best Form" - maxi-single 12"

Never Heard It Like This Before

The Onion and The A.V. Club present...

Inventory: 10 Unjustly Overlooked Hip Hop Classics

This DJ's honorable mention: Chris Lowe - The Black Life LP

Chris Lowe "Never Heard It Like This Before" - The Black Life LP

Grown Man Business

First Lieutenant Ehren Watada refuses Iraq deployment orders!

Lt. Watada... stick it to that son of a Bush!

Mos Def f/ Minnesota "Grown Man Business" - The New Danger