Earlier today Wiz Khalifa posted this video for “In The Cut”, the next single off his Kush & OJ Mixtape. The video was directed by BIll Paladino, was also did Khalifa’s last video for “Never Been“. The video is simple, but because of good editing and taking good scenes, Paladino was able to give us a good visual for the song and its concept.
Hit the skip for a clip of some behind the scenes ish
Ridin’ solo has become passé. Everyone nowadays is linking up, whether it be it hip-pop stars or backpackers. Young Money, Slaughterhouse, Diddy Dirty Money; the list goes on and on.
Last week, out of nowhere, Dizzy and I were blessed with the opportunity to interview Chuck D of Public Enemy as we sipped sweet tea at his kitchen table. Much of the conversation was about the decline of live hip-hop shows and the disappearance of crews, two things Chuck believes have a serious correlation. He dropped knowledge about the predeccesors of hip-hop shows, all out funk fests from the likes of Earth Wind and Fire. “You think an emcee would come walking onto the stage like nothing after an entire funk orchestra rocked out? Nah, they would come out dancing their asses off.”
Inspired by miss a.k.w.’s Throwback Thursday: Posse Cuts Edition (Parts One and Two), here are ten of 2010′s hottest team efforts. At first, I wasn’t gonna rank these cuts so you guys could be insulated from my opinion. But, fuck it, leave some comments.
1. Curren$y Feat. Mos Def and Jay Electronica – The Day
The lead single and anthem off of Pilot Talk.
“I’m so sorry/ if I don’t look happy to be here/in your label office/cause they said I cant smoke weed here”
The first question we asked Chuck D in our upcoming interview was what he though of Jay Electronica’s verse on this song.
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2. Rick Ross Feat. T.I., Jadakiss, and Erykah Badu – Maybach Music III
Rick Ross’s 2010 release Teflon Don shows serious growth and maturity. Ross is one of the few artists this year that has successfully put together a solid, 12 track album that is replayable from front to back, over and over. Top 3 so far for me.
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3. Young Money – Bed Rock
No one can ever say Birdman is bad for business. After nurturing a young Lil’ Wayne into a mega-star, he has now constructed a super-group of young and up and coming (if you can still call them that anymore) rappers and singers around him. Now that Drake and Nicki are household names, I’m thinking Tyga is next to burst, starting with “Dueces“.
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4. The Roots Feat. Blu, Phonte, and Patty Crash – The Day
If you put on How I Got Over, the latest release from The Root’s, as background music, you will barely be able to tell when one song ends and the next one starts. The whole album blends seamlessly, with The Day sitting right at the middle. The best part might be the rare appearance by Blu.
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It was after a particularly grueling (but prodigious) recording session in the building known as DD172 that Curren$y, the increasingly ubiquitous New Orleans rapper, decided to defuse and decompress his over-worked crew by joking that working in the studio with Ski Beatz was like a “24-hour dojo.” Though only a quip, Mos Def, also in attendance, ran with the idea, eventually recording the swingy song, “24-hour Karate School,” which would become the purported single off the album of the same name.
Mos Def – 24 Hour Karate School [prod. Ski Beatz]
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Since this auspicious meeting, Ski and his vivacious team of musicians, rappers, artists, and videographers, have been hard at work, catapulting the DD172 collective into the blog-o-sphere and capturing the attentions of journalists, industry executives, heads, and even a few casual listeners. Teamed with Damon Dash, Ski is launching what is beginning to resemble a movement in hip-hop, pushing a sample-based, jazz-oriented revivalism. This sound is defined by its refurbished Reasonable Doubt-era throb and swing, packed in tightly with lush guitars, airy keys, and blustering brass.
Curren$y ft. Jay Electronica & Mos Def – The Day [prod. Ski Beatz]
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It’s a lot to take in. Thankfully, the aesthetics of the DD172 movement make it all palatable. Read the rest of this entry →
Mac Miller – Don’t Mind if I Do Freestyle over Owl City’s “Fireflies”
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The City of Champ’s emcee Mac Miller is on the rise. Last month, he became the newest signee of Rostrum Records, a label whose flagship artist is another Pittsburgh native: Wiz Khalifa. Today he dropped a new mixtape, K.I.D.S., and after just three hours he already had 3,665 downloads on DatPiff. Not bad for an 18-year-old kid.
Don’t sleep on him – he may be young, he may have that goofy, high-all-the-time look, but his music speaks for itself: it’s fun and lighthearted, a style that’s severely lacking in the game today.
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During this year’s Boston Urban Music Festival (held at Beantown’s City Hall Plaza), performers included locally-bred rapper M-Dot, Harvard grad Ryan Leslie, hometown party-funk band Bad Rabbits, and Pittsburgh-native Wiz Khalifa. According to the story, the crowd was full of Taylor Gang supporters who chanted “We Want Wiz!” throughout the entire day. Finally, upon Young Khalifa’s arrival on stage, the crowd went bananas, spilled onto the stage, and nearly got the show shut down. Hit the skip for the visuals, courtesy of Mr. Peter Parker.
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If you think the end of August means the end of dope Hip-Hop tours, think again. Wiz Khalifa is packing up his belongings and hitting the road for a two month tour through the US and Canada. The homie YelaWolf will be opening for Wiz just as he did for the Deal or No Deal Tour last spring. The most recent addition to the crew is Meridian, Mississippi rapper Big K.R.I.T.
Continue on for tour dates and venues and a sample of the crew’s music.
No topics are truly safe from the scheming pens of industry emcees. Now, if you’ve had your radio on in the past two weeks, you’ve heard Drake’s Swizz Beats produced ode to appearance-obsessed women, “Fancy,” featuring T.I. And though the song breaks with that smooth Drake-brand sound, its subject matter fits right in with the kind of shit many of the industry’s new talent (and even some old mainstays) have been putting out this year – songs dedicated to the women that bring drama.
Now, speakin on the subject of the saditty lady is by no means a new trend in hip-hop (especially industry type ish)- women have been at the center of Hip Hop culture from its inception. Yet this year has seen an inordinate number of artists put out songs centered around the topic of bougie females, not just on an ultra-sexual Whisper Song tip or some strange Lil Wayne love song, but on some pretty-well thought-out, lyrical shit. Check it:
Drake – Fancy
“Hit the gym, step on the scale, stare at the numba/ You say you droppin ten pounds, preparing for summa/ And you don’t do it for the man/ Man never notice/ You just do it for your self/ you the fucking coldest”
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Hot Spitta’s highly anticipated Def Jam debut Pilot Talk is on the way (July 13th!), and in anticipation of the drop CreativeControl put together a video trailer featuring the infamous valet parking clip from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. The New Orleans, former Young Money emcee is poised to make major waves with this one. Under the cut, we compiled all the visuals that have been released to date, plus some DLs that’ll turn any doubter into an avid Hot-Spitta-supporter.
Pilot Talk includes production from Mos Def, Nesby Phibs, MonstaBeatz, and one of the most enduring producers ever, Ski Beatz (few people know he did HOV’s “Feelin’ It”, “Politics As Usual”, “Dead Presidents II”, and “22 Two’s” off Reasonable Doubt). Guest spots include stoner heavyweights Wiz Khalifa, Devin The Dude, and Snoop Dogg, as well as Mikey Rocks, Jay Elect, Big K.R.I.T., and more.
CURREN$Y : PILOT TALK from Creative Control on Vimeo.
Finally. We knew it was gonna drop but he didn’t tell us when. I’m not complaining, just a weird date for it to finally release. I thought he was gonna wait til 4/20 for some reason…
Review to come. Enjoy here, download below.
Since we’ve been keeping y’all up to date on the kid Wiz, and since I think Kush x Orange Juice is going to be a DOPE mixtape, I figured I’d share this little video. It doesn’t have a whole lot to do with the release date, well actually its just Wiz and his boy Chevy fuckin’ around doin’ flips and shit, but Wiz’s tour is ending this weekend and the internet rumors are that the tape should be dropped soon thereafter… and you know we’ll have it here first. Sucks that Wiz is keeping the release a secret, but it could pay off for him.
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