"Seeing the Invincible Sounds of Summer"

Yup, yup! Common (Invincible Summer) and N.E.R.D. (Seeing Sounds) have announced that they are going on tour together this fall. Only 3 dates announced today, with alot more to come.

Aaaaaand, here's an excuse to rock my jam, "Universal Mind Control":

Uhh Yeah Dude

Hands down the funniest thing on the internet is the Uhh Yeah Dude podcast by Jonathan Larroquette and Seth Romatelli.

It really doesn't even need a big build-up...it's just 2 friends talking for about an hour each week, but it the most random and off the wall shit you've ever heard. Here are some samples from episode 124:

Seth reads from the "Men Seeking Men" section of Craigslist.com:


"Collon Rollin' ":


"Orchid Bukake"


Even if these clips didn't thrill you, just trust me. Go over to my links section and you can get them all there...or subscribe via iTunes like a normal person.

DJ I-Dee ft. Jean Grae & Wrekonize - "The Right"

From Okayplayer.

Faux Fact # 9183: I love jams that somehow involve video game music. Sad truth is, I have songs from Sonic the Hedgehog and Streets of Rage on my iPod right now.
[Side note: Remember how on some games for Genesis you could go into the options menu and play the songs and sound effects from each level? If you were fast enough you could mix some HOTNESS! What? That was just me? Screw you guys.]

Before I embarrass myself any further, let me get to the song above. It's from Miami's DJ I-Dee and features some crazy Zelda samples and the greatest female emcee (and my current obsession) of all time. It's impossible not to love.

For real . . .stop trying.
You'll pull a muscle . . .and my blog doesn't have that kind of insurance.

Download with the free-ness, son!

Fonzworth Bentley ft. Andre 3000 & Kanye - "Everybody"

Fonzworth Bentley feat. Kanye West & Andre 3000 - Everybody
by 7-dejaliyah-7

It's Tuesday afternoon. You're bored as hell. You need a jam. Get down on some of this.

Wale: The Mixtape About Nothing

Alright . . .this is by no means new, but if there's one thing I know about my friends it's that I have to tell them at least 3 times that something is dope. Then they can come up to me 2 months later like, "Yo! Did you hear so-and-so's new shit?". The new shit I tried to tell you about last winter? Yeah...I heard it.

So with that in mind, I re-present Wale's ("Wah-LAY") Mixtape About Nothing (download free from that link). It's freakishly dope for several reasons, but I'll keep it short: 1) It's loosely themed around Seinfeld, "the show about nothing", and even has a random drop from the woman that played Elaine...how often does that happen? 2) Wale has a gift for similes and obscure references in a Lupe sort of way, without going off about "rainbows and unicorns" (c)-MTV 3) Most of the beats blend traditional hip-hop sound with DC (Wale's home town) Go-Go. One track even blends in Stevie Wonder's (personal hall of fame) "You Got It Bad".

If that's not enough . . .then I don't know what to tell you. Enjoy your Rick Ross records.

Wale - The Artistic Integrity [NEW]
by PeteRock

Blu and TiRon - "All the King's Men

From Okayplayer.

Blu is having an incredible year, and just might have released more good music that anyone in the last few months. This song is no different.

This Sunday: D.C. United v. RedBull New York

The absolute scum of the earth (with respect to the shitbags from Toronto) are coming up to Giants Stadium this Sunday afternoon.



If you only come with me to one game a year...this is the one. Trust me.
The true and good people of New Jersey and NYC stand proud against the Skinhead, pseudo-Nazi, fascist regime of DC United.


The will be excessive drinking, artistic use of profanity, at least 3 near-fights on the field and a good dozen fights in the stadium.


Don't miss this chance to see what it REALLY means to be the home team at a sporting event. Find out what a true rivalry is!

Swizz Beats - "That Oprah"

Can't lie...this is kinda hot. Swizzie is on my shortlist for favorite producers ever. When it comes to him picking up a mic...ehhhhh, not so much. Pretty much how it works with this jam. The lyrics are straight Flintstones (stone age, basic, not advanced) but Swizz isn't an emcee and never claimed to be. I have to give him alot of credit for flipping "Viva la Vida" though. I dig it.

Speaking of "Viva la Vida", maybe I'm the only person who hasn't seen the video before today, but here it goes:

Viva la vida from Thibault Poix on Vimeo.

Talib Kweli Documentary

This is the preview for an upcoming documentary that follows (greatest emcee of all time) Talib Kweli from 1999 (ironic) to the present day. Full of guest appearance from everyone back in the Rawkus days up until now, this is sure to be great.

Getting Complex With N.E.R.D. and Lupe

Complex Magazine has a pair of good interviews with N.E.R.D. and Lupe Fiasco for their annual Style & Design issue. Good shit.

I Heart Jean Grae

I'm gonna ask Jean if I can have her babies.



Fantastic.

A History Lesson of Sorts

So I was sliding through the interweb tubes and landed on this retrospective interview Teddy Reilly did in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the release of Guy.
That got me to thinking, "I wonder how many people knew that Pharrell wrote Teddy's verse for'Rumpshaker' waaaaaay back in the day?"
Or "Who knew that the Neptunes started out as studio apprentices for T.R. when they were kids.
Or better yet, who knew that the Neptunes' first production credit wasn't actually 'Superthug', but SWV's 'Use Your Heart' "?

Let all that info soak in for a minute. It's all insane, but true.

The Air YEEZY!!!

Oh . . .shit.
(from Sole Collector via TOW...by the way footie fans with good taste, you need to get down with the Winger ASAP)

The high-top is making a really nice comeback, isn't it?

We've been hearing about these kicks for months, and finally Sole Collector is giving us the goods. I definitely approve, these are fly as hell.

The Cool Kids, "worth more than 9 gold infants"

So the English have this thingeddy thing called Black Cab Sessions where random artists hop in the back of a taxi and do whatever it is they do. The latest edition was with the Cool Kids and they kicked some of that ol' lunch table/park bench shit.

Timing Is Everything!

From Gawker.

A theater in Portland, OR was changing their marquee from Hancock to The Dark Knight, and inadvertently advertised an art film I did in college.