I Like It A Lot
Honoring birthday of Christopher “The Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace, The Boogeyman Yasiin Bey released this latest Freestyle entitled “Bey,” the artist formerly known as Mos Def spits some bars over LiL Wayne “John (If I Die Tonight)” pay homage to the late great B.I.G. Brooklyn Finest who would’ve have turned 40 yesterday.
We know, We know, We know but we love that Yasiin took it to the complete opposite side of the spectrum from Jay-Z and Kanye West. Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def dropped the visual interpretation of his rendition of The Throne’s ubiquitous song as it is also very important for the culture of Hip Hop. Press Play below
After Freezing the whole blogosphere with tracks such as “Theraflu” and the G.O.O.D. Music single “Mercy”, fo he went back to his main occupation creating Good music in order to sustain the number 1. In the studio for more work with Busta Rhymes, Jadakiss, plus Mos Def first and A$AP Rocky, Fat Joe, Diplo, DJ Khaled, and Hit-Boy later. We could only visualize the high quality that will come out of this session.
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Produced by Mark Ronson, “A La Modeliste” is the Jazz track for RE:GENERATION featuring Erykah Badu, Trombone Shorty, Mos Def, Zigaboo Modeliste, and Members of The Dap Kings. Performed at David Letterman .
” Produced by Mark Ronson, “A La Modeliste” is the Jazz track for RE:GENERATION featuring Erykah Badu, Trombone Shorty, Mos Def, Zigaboo Modeliste, and Members of The Dap Kings. Presented by Hyundai Veloster, RE:GENERATION is a documentary film that follows DJ Premier, Pretty Lights, The Crystal Method, Mark Ronson, and Skrillex as they remix, recreate and re-imagine five traditional styles of music. Learn more at youtube.com/veloster and regenerationmusicproject.com.” – HyundaiUSA
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Jonathan Mannion is the Lens Behind Hip-Hop. He recently opened up a four-day gallery at this year’s Art Basel in Miami featuring all his greatest portraits that from his point of view helped define the last 18-years of hip-hop. Photos that are both iconic and the never seen before moments from your favorites artists over the two last decades of music, Jonathan Mannion has created a body of work that has left an indelible mark on the culture. At the event we noticed celebrities such as the beautiful Gabrielle Union, MMG Frontman Rick Ross, Fabolous, and more, You can also watch a special performance by the Harlem homie A$AP Rocky with a doper than cream Trapstar Hat on, Press Play Below
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Mark Ronson was one of the five influential DJs and producers asked by the Grammys and the Re:Generation Music Project to take a specific genre and record a new track within that style with a collection of high-profile collaborators. For Ronson’s track, titled “A La Modeliste,” he teamed up with Erykah Badu, Mos Def, Trombone Shorty, members of the Dap Kings and drummer Zigaboo Modeliste for a dynamic, hip-hop accented take on jazz. You can check out that track below after the Jump
Announced Via his twitter account, Kanye West wrote on his time line « G.O.O.D. Music album for Spring 2012 », in a quarter of a second the news went worldwide. Kanye and his team plan to make an album. It would be and very beautiful mix of style and taste for everybody a broad and diverse range of music. If it were to happen I believe it would include Kanye West the Founder himself, The multi-talented Common, GLC, Grammy awards and multiplatinum John Legend, Consequence or not? Really Doe, Sa-Ra, Big Sean, Doper Than Cream Kid Cudi, Malik Yusef, British tailor made Mr Hudson, Atlanta Own Cyhi Da Prynce, OG Mos Def, VA Half of the clipse Pusha T, Th african artist D’banj and the Prettay girl swag Teyana Taylor. Can’t wait to see that happened if it does what would you expect?
At Last the Live performances of Monsters Bringing out their Hits on stage at the “VEVO presents Kanye West & G.O.O.D. Music” in Austin, TeXas. PRESS PLAY & Enjoy the show
Jay-Z x Kanye West – “H.A.M”
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Props to Vevo, G.O.O.D Music & Roc-A-Fella