I watched Wu-Tang Vids all morning on my PS3

I liked the intensity of this vid;)

Feel robbed of your xmas happiness?

so do I,
Lupe's mixtape didnt drop,
&
neither did Jay Elec's Act II.
No word on Lupe's mixtape I just know he's upset about the recent leaks, and Just Blaze announced on twitter that Act II is going to drop on new years (lets hope).

great xmas eve present from the reflection eternal

Reflection Eternal feat. Jay Electronica, J. Cole & Mos Def - Just Begun
download

this will certainly be legendary!

Pet Sounds in the Key of Dee

amazing mash up by some remixer named Bullion, I need to find a link to download this.

Dear Moleskin (alternate)

Dear Moleskine (Alternate Video) from 2dopeboyz.com on Vimeo.

I meant to post this a long time ago,

Simpatico from Jay Electronica on Vimeo.

I heard these guys on XM 84,

El Michels Affair covering Heaven & Hell,
They have a whole album covering Wu-Tang instrumentals called The 37th Chamber.
Dope chillout music feels nostalgic

RIP Brittany Murphy

November 10, 1977 – December 20, 2009

Buy Exhibit C on itunes now.

Most amazing song ive heard all year, it deserves to be bought support Jay Elec maybe he'll release more music more often, it all quality.

TK & Stevie are in search of stoney jackson

only Gucci Mane song I kinda like

Devin the Dude>

by the way,

download the new Slum Village EP off itunes dont be a cheap mofo and download it off limewire and/or bittorrent. Support good music without you we are stuck with the trash on the radio. Anyways the new Slum Village LP contains production from Pete Rock, BR Gunna, Madlib, and of course James Yancey. To add to the anticipation it will contain unreleased J Dilla beats and verses, maybe some singing.

RZA&theBlackKeys=Blakroc

Where's Pharoah Monch?

Diggin the tambourine to hi hat.

We was like Mork&Mindy.

The worst is finally over,

Im done with my first semester of junior year, thank god. I cant wait till I graduate and leave high school. seriously if these are meant to be the best years of my life im headed for disaster, but on a positive note I might be getting a drumset, Ive wanted one for years and finally my wish is coming true. My birthday is in 6 days and im actually not excited like I usually am, maybe because meth&rae&GFK's album got pushed back to 2010 and it was originally going to drop on my birthday. No big, im excited for a new year and my mazda6:)

some bullshit!

Its on with Alexa Chung just got canceled for re-runs of Jersey Shore, The only good thing on MTV is gonee.

listen to

BlakRoc
its the only good hip-hop/rock project.
I really doubted the project until I heard it and let me tell you its an amazing album even though it features Jim Jones (I'm not the biggest fan of his work but he holds it down on this album pretty well). The Black Keys are such a great band alone and the features on this album are great (Raekwon, RZA, Mos Def, Q-Tip, ODB & more).
Check it out its worth a listen, I can even list it as one of the best releases of '09.

RIP Chad Butler

FAIL

im not saying that im nasir, im saying raps dead when im not here.

throwback!!!

wow i cant believe im older than taylor momsen

It's On with Alexa Chung - MTV Shows

pretty women talking.

el mascara

im 2 days late to post this but i heard it thanksgiving night so here ya go,

download now!

This mixtape gets me excited for Lupe's new material. truthfully i almost forgot how good he is and how much hip hop needs him. cant wait for lupe to kill shit in 2010!

neglect,

this blog hasnt been really updated other than youtube videos im posting it feels like im Kanyes Blog and just putting shit out there. I promise to have more personal posts when I find the time to write them but for now check out my twitter and use this as a companion. by the way check out the new music on my page I made some more music because I have soo much inspiration right now and this is just a taste im working on real real music but more to come on that;)

amazing collab Go Brooklyn!

Mos Def & Talib Kweli performing History off of Mos Def's The Ecstatic. I liked how they re did Dilla's beat by using the dirty projectors (a really good indie band from Brooklyn) it was totally unexpected but I loved it!

wu tang & the beatles

George Harrison's son & John Frusciante (from RHCP & The Mars Volta) collaborated with Wu Tang to make this song. Rae, Ghost, Meth blend so well together switching off verses cant wait for The Wu-Massacre which isn't coming out on my birthday any more now its coming out sometime in February 2010

Breakfast,

produced by the mighty mos def.
Im really proud of Curren$y, he went from rhyming with wiz kalifa to rhyming with hip hop titans like Mos Def and Jay Electronica.

another classic from the clipse,

The Neptunes still got it!

Lindsay Thornburg Mini Cloak

fuck the snuggie:)

throwback!

bitches & drugs

The beats J Dilla made for Jay Electronica were creepy I hope Jay Electronica has more of em..

O.G. Skating

Ray Barbee XX Years from Proper on Vimeo.

just dropped

Cliche Album cover?

It is but I give madd props to Fashawn im really impressed with this album. Good production, good rhymes, good hip hop. If he keeps at it Fashawn could very well be up in the ranks with blu and jay elec

drrroooop

directed by spike jonze
prod. by DILLA DAWG

spike smacks yeezy

Behind the Scenes With Kanye from We Love You So on Vimeo.

I missed the BET awards

I really dont care because all the cyphers are online now,

GO LAKERS!

Fuck the Cavs & the Celtics

If your a rapper, You just got fucked up!

Exhibit C

wow.

wow.

wow.

A J Dilla figure

where can I get one?

New Jeri Allah

Defcon 4

Shut Shit Down

paranormal activity,

Don't believe the hype that movie was not scary,

and it wasn't scary when I was going to sleep. I waited in line for a letdown.
Want to see a scary movie?
watch Eraserhead.

amazingg

Creepy, im kinda skeptical

Talib on Dilla & Detroit

Kweli on Noisemakers

trailers

Back by Popular demand preview

"Popular Demand" (POPEYE'S) Teaser from By Any Means T.V. on Vimeo.

I think its funny how skateboard P uses the same rhyming style as the mc he's rapping with he does a good cam'ron impersonation.

so fkn horrible i had to post

Remember when you had to have skills to freestyle now all you have to do is say some wack shit that kinda rhymes or slur your way through a shitty beat. sad sad sad

The RZA know his shit

Kanye you crazy for this one.

Royce's favorite producers

Of course he mentions Dilla why wouldn't he?
Streehop drops in 2 days, I heard its straight fire.

R.I.P. Titus Glover (Baatin)

I really wish his album wouldve seen the light of day.

Dr. Octagon

Kool Keith & Dan the Automator

I found this comment while watching this vid, and it stuck out.

Oh my God. I didnt even know Kool Keith had a video for this bangin as song! Man, I used to get put out of my homeboys car for tryin to make him listen to this upper-level type hip hop shit! He wanted to stay in the garbage can with Puff Daddy, Mase and other bums like that. His daughter just got suspended from school for dancing the "stanky leg" on a cafeteria table during lunch period. coincidence? I think not. Ignorance is genetic sometimes. - Mrwesdaddy

fireee!

Just what I needed to make this Saturday perfect

J Dilla & Illa J - Shake It Down Part 2

This is a sequel to the track of the same name of Dilla's Welcome 2 Detroit.

Wish Dilla was still alive..

props to samplerbook

The good news I found out today is

that Radiohead is going to record a new album this winter. Ive been listening to In Rainbows since its pay as you like days. To this day the album is still good with repeated listens, It has yet to be taken out of my Mazda's stereo. Hopefully this new album will be just as good, don't let me down Thom. It might be released on vinyl which makes me happy because I didn't buy a record player for no reason.

shameless self promotion.

Check out my music here

whats it sound like?

Stimulating Soundbytes

Im so glad I get this magazine in the mail

a four page article on Monster of Folk, what more can you ask for?

More info here

Must've caught some karma from the 2nd verse of upallnight

let the music speak for itself.

I loved Dilla's beats for Delicious Vinyl aka The Labcabincalifornia years.

Monsters of Folk = GENIUS

By far my favorite album of the year, sorry rae,

There is no reason you shouldnt listen to this album,

Its just too good plain and simple,

They are the traveling wilburys of our generation,

Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis, M. Ward, Yim Yames are Monsters of Folk.

Vehicle Recycled Skateboard Decks

This is a genius idea, and the skater deep within me loves this.

Read more @ Highsnobiety!

love japan.

I really wish Dilla did a whole album with the members of the wu...

The Wu influenced Yeezy in more than one way

He gets his production style from the Rza and his crazy antics from ODB(RIP)

RIP Mary Travers

RIP Patrick Swayze

gonna see jayz in november!

got my tickets today, yes BP3 wasnt that great but I wanna see a hip hop legend!

RIP Ason Jones

RIP Russell Jones

The song that made my jaw drop, and made me tear up a little. This is Raekwon's ODB tribute song so emotional and touching, I wish he couldve lived to be on OB4CL2. The fact that its over a Dilla beat just adds to the sadness.
The Dilla beat is the intro from Jay Love Japan.

wow dilla flipped this sample into a masterpiece!

we smoked 46 blunts

im pretty late

New Blu!

Blu aka GODlee Barnes - Open(TheInstrumentalLP)

Blu's last unexpected mixtape is so good that I still listen to it on a regular basis and now that he released this new instrumental tape im sure ill be listening to this for a long time.

Tracklist:

01_NoWorries(TheyGonnaLoveUBaby)
WrittenByHerCry
ProducedByMyNegligence
RecordedBeforeCashAndSene

02_GoodGrace(LetUsThankHimForThisFood)
WrittenByMyInspirition
ContainsInfluenceFromJamesYancey
ProducedAndRecordedInGrandpasLiqiourDen2007

03_RAw!(AsHardAsItGets)
WrittenBySmokeyChops
ContainsFakeScratchesFromTheThoughtsOf:
Frank,Asia,LilFame,BustaBust&FieldMob
Produced&RecordedByTime;GodSpeedTho

04_theRunAwaySlaveSong
WrittenByMyReasonToLeave
ProducedByMyReasonNotToWrite
RecordedOnTheBeachWithMyFeetUp

05_LikeEveryDayAintTheSame
WrittenByOldJazzRecords
ProducedByTheFeelingIWas58
RecordedInAEmptyWoodFloorLivingRoomBuiltIn1940

06_OpenChopShop(MilkMoneysFirstBeat)
WrittenByTheChildFeelingToProduce
ProducedByTheWayHipHopMadeMeFeelAsAChild
RecordedInAnOfficeWorkingAtMyThirdLabelJob

07_LetMeTellU
WrittenByTheThoughtOfWhatMyMomThinksOfMe
ProducedByTheFeelingThisWouldGetOld
RecordedByTheFeelingThatThisWouldGetSold
AndRecordedOverBySene

08_TalkingToMyselfTooOften
WrittenByAnAngelWhisperingRapsAboutWhatTheySayBackHome
ProducedByMyClosedMindAndOpenThirdEar
RecordedInSomeGlossyPrintPictureOfChoppedHeaven

09_WeDance(ThoughIWalk,WeUsedToFly)
WrittenByAnAncestrialDream
SampledByAPoemFromSaulWilliams
AndAJayElectronicaLineThatCrushedMyAlbumTheme
ProducedAndRecordedWithBothThoughtsInMindAtTheTime
AndSuposedlyAGodlee/RaachFeature

10_theLongWindedReverendBarnes
WrittenByTheThoughtICouldPreach
ProducedByGodsWillThatIWentToChurchAsAChild
RecordedAtTheChurchOfFlyingSoulInMyBedroom

11_FoundAtTheBottomOfTheRainbow
WrittenByTheThoughtOfLovingMusic
ProducedByTheLoveOfTheThought
RecordedBeforeIKnewWeWouldBeAlone

12_SucreForSunshine
WrittenByAMemoryOverSangria
ProducedByHerLatinRequest
RecordedForHerSmile

13_ThruTheMist
WrittenByMyDetermination
SampledForExtraConfindence
ProducedByAmbitionToGoHard
AndRecordedByMyStubbornWill

14_ThankU
WrittenByTheThoughtOfThisDay
ProducedByTheThoughtIWasAPianist
AndRecordedBeforeAFakeStudioAudience

15_(bonus)cB4(WBGlow)
WrittenInCaseUReallyWantedToHearMeTalkAboutMyOldBeats
ProducedAfterIHadOver300Of’em
RecordedLike…FuckIt,WhyNot

ThanxTo
Exile,Mainframe&TaRaach
ForProductionInfluenceAndEncouragement

footsteps in the dark

1 R&B classic = 2 hip hop classics:)

I love how Dilla flipped this sample!

sample appears at :44 and 1:19
Here is the product,

Whoever says Dilla didn't influence hip hop is badly mistaken.

Props to whosampled.com

old school!

Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Poor Young Dave

from The Chronic Re Lit!

This is how rich people skate...

Louis Flip from ibn jasper on Vimeo.

If I had those sneakers and that board I would not skate with either...
but check out Yeezy's barber & stylist rub it in our faces.
Either way its dope!
P.S. the music in the background is by the Smiths but She&Him have a great cover of that song

good read on Labcabincalifornia

http://universoulproductions.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/how-pharcyde-dilla-started-working-together/

Ya dont believe in heaven cuz we livin hell

OB4CL2 SEPTEMBER 8TH!

RIP DJ AM

RIP Ted Kennedy

Vol. II

DOPE!

RIP DILLA!
OB4CL2 > BP3

soo

I would post that new Jay-Z/Drake song but I cant because I only post good music, sorry. My hopes for BP3 went down the drain smh.

Raekwon - 10 Bricks f. Cappadonna & Ghostface (prod. J Dilla)

10 Bricks Featuring Cappadonna & Tony Starks

Exhibit A live!

wow!

45 Audio Station

Im feelin G double O D

XV featuring Really Doe- G.O.O.D. (produced by J Dilla)
Wow this song was unexpected (and dope nonetheless) and for the first time this isn't a reused Dilla beat thank god

Dilla on the mic, Madlib on the set, Mos on the keys

Even though she's trying to go for that Courtney Love kinda look I still think shes beautiful,

Run This Town Video snippet

Lupe speaks on the importance of lyrics,

...

This song brings back so many memories. The nights I used to watch The O.C. and talk endlessly to my 1st true love about it. Now that I listen to this song it kinda bums me out but at the same time it gives me a great feeling, isn't that what great music is supposed to be like?

My first paycheck will be spent on a pair of Lanvins,

Lanvin’s classic high-top sneaker is available in a warm jersey fabric for Fall/Winter 2009. The warmer fabric and “all-black everything” makes this one a solid choice for the impending cold. Equipped with the usual Lanvin rubber sole, metal eyelets, and calf skin lining. Now available atAloha Rag.

I need a new yellow backpack..

Visvim Fall/Winter 2009 Ballistic Luggage Collection

more @ Highsnobiety!

Im diggin these

Quoddy for h(y)r | Peanut Grizzly Blucher

1st pep rally of the year

and my bass head busts open in front of everybody before I even hit my drum. What made me mad is that I didn't even break the head it just tore by itself. Lame night not worth a bit of my time.

Exclusive SLUMVILLAGE VIDEO "Actin Normal" from SCRAPDIRTY on Vimeo.

Who really killed this Jay Dee beat?

Phat Kat
or
Q-Tip?

I bought a 45 of move hoping it would extend into renaissance rap but it didnt so i was kinda bummed out either way both track are dope

Pattern People Tote Bags

Two of fashions most beloved designer printed on some tote bags. You can buy them from the hint shop.

Vans Surf Fall 2009

I only posted pictures of my favorite designs but you can check out more styles here.

I need to watch this movie!

been waiting all day for this to drop!

Download now!

memories :)

I remember when I first heard this song I was so amazed!

throwback!

I know im super late on this post,

But here are some Simpatico snippets!

Never cease to surprise me

SV pays tribute to Baatin

The chef talking about "House of Flying Daggers"

I know I'm late on this post but anyways here's the CDQ version of House of Flying Daggers
enjoy!
props to NahRight

rubbers (always strapped freestyle) - Naledge from the Kidz

Download Rubbers

R.I.P. Titus Glover (Baatin)

When I woke up this morning and checked the tweets on my phone I read Dwele's tweet about Baatin being dead and then it was confirmed by 9th wonder and all the other hiphop sites. Today was already a sad day to me because its been a year since my aunt died and my aunt was the reason I found out about hip hop because she listened to Snoop Dogg and I remember one time I was in her car and she was listening to Kanye West that was when I truly started to like hip hop through Kanye I found out about Slum Village because he was featured on the song Selfish. Well one thing led to another and I found out about Dilla and instantly I was a fan of SV which was originally T3, Jay Dee, and Baatin. As a society we need to appreciate people while they are alive and I really cant stress that enough.

I want my first house to look like this!