“Get It Together” is a 1994 single by the Beastie Boys, released in support of their ‘94 album, Ill Communication. It’s a collaboration with Q-Tip that avoids the pitfalls of modern collaborations. Rather than simply tacking on a verse to the end of the song, Q-Tip and the Beasties spend the song trading off verses and bizarre adlibs in a refreshingly loose fashion. Tip is clearly freestyling his lyrics and Mike D, MCA and Ad-Rock go with the flow, shouting adlibs and playing off his verses.

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Damn, technology blows my mind sometimes. Yesterday on the ML Twitter, I noticed Soulbrotha express interest in working with another friend of the site, the producer Aeon. I replied to it, telling Aeon to make it happen. Today I woke up to find a new Soulbrotha track in the inbox, produced by Aeon. Readers may recognize the beat from Aeon’s beat tape I posted a few months back. Stones Throw fans may recognize the same sample used for Koushik’s “Be With”. Love the way Aeon flipped it.

Soulbrotha - Twitter Song

Koushik - Be With

One of my favourite comedians right now, Patton Oswalt,wrote a blog post on his MySpace about how adding Jason Statham to various arthouse pictures would improve them. It’s fucking hilarious.

CHANGELING: Jason Statham plays the kidnapped boy, who immediately beats his kidnappers to death, then fights female assassins on top of a blimp.
CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON: Jason Statham injects the backward-aging man-freak with a Sino/Chilean rage compound, and they fight in lava pit.
DEFIANCE: Jason Statham throws Hitler into a woodchipper, eats the entrails as they fly out the other end, and then shits out Winston Churchill.
DOUBT: Jason Statham drop-kicks the Pope through the core of the Earth, and the Pope’s head goes up Meryl Streep’s ass and then Motorhead’s “The Ace of Spades” plays.
FROST/NIXON: Jason Statham pulls off David Frost’s skin, drops him into a tank of sea salt, and then Statham and Nixon rent a limo and drive across country, shotgunning hippies.
GRAN TORINO: Jason Statham glowers at Clint Eastwood, who glowers back, creating a Glower Vortex which destroys the planet.
THE READER: Statham kills the teenage kid with a lawnmower, then fucks Kate Winslet literate.
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD: Jason Statham drives an 18-wheeler full of nitro into the title suburb, blows everything to shit, and then spends 90 minutes hunting down absolutely everyone involved with the making of this film, beating them to death with TV trays.
THE WRESTLER: Jason Statham, Richard Nixon, the ‘roided-out Benjamin Button murder-freak, the Churchill feces-baby and Mickey Rourke drive cross country in a limo, with Leo DiCaprio’s severed head on the hood, where they crash the Spirit Awards and kill everyone.

Read the whole thing here.

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Donwill of Tanya Morgan pays tribute to his father who recently passed away. Far from a generic tribute song. Peace to Donwill and the Lessondary.

Download: Donwill - Star (prod. by Von Pea)

bloggin ’bout rappin, rappin ’bout living.. via 2dopeboyz

Premier always has something interesting to say. In this interview, he shares his thoughts on Nas’ last album and getting turned down for American Gangster.

Aari Jubran via DJ Premier Blog

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When Lupe isn’t working on annoying eccentric non-hip-hop side projects (ala Kanye West), he’s helping out his fellow Chicago-ite (Chicago-in? Chicago-un? Chicago-an? Chicagon) Ace Mac. This song is as smooth as Puffy’s face after a Proactiv binge.

Download: Ace Mac ft. Raheem Devaughn & Lupe Fiasco - Cruisin

Bonus: Kenna ft. Lupe Fiasco - Say Goodbye to Love

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But we love it.

I woke up this morning and got this in my inbox:

When you’re one of the greatest emcees of the modern generation readying your bow from hip-hop with three albums, what do you do meanwhile? In Lupe Fiasco’s case, you simply watch a film, get invigorated, start a band, begin making not so bad post-indie punk music in a faux British accent, think of a peculiar band name (cue “Japanese Cartoon”), create a MySpace page, & upload the music. Then act like it isn’t you but rather Percival Fats. Cool.

There are only two tracks so far, and I’m not sure whether I love it or hate it. Its like punk rock, but the lyrics are clearly Lupe. The British accent is pretty annoying, but you would have to know me to find out why.

Either way you should listen to it, and reflect in the comments. Maybe I’ll take your opinion because I can’t find my own.

Cause I’m a tool.

JAPANESE CARTOON - ARMY

JAPANESE CARTOON - HEIRPLANES

Props to ThatRealIsh for the link.

Via OnSmash & Nah Right

I’ve been bumping this tape quite a bit recently. Fashawn is pretty nice on the mic and the beat selection is choice, including some joints produced by Exile. My one criticism is that Fashawn doesn’t have much of an identity as an emcee yet, but he’s getting there.

Fashawn’s debut album, Boy Meets World, is going to be produced entirely by Exile. It’s shaping up to be dope judging by their collaborations on this tape.

Fashawn - Higher Learning Mixtape

Here’s the video for the first single off Boy Meets World, “Our Way”, featuring Evidence:

Print and friends get together on this massive posse cut, all assuming superhero alter egos:

Print (Superman)
Mickey Factz (Silver Surfer)
Fresh Daily (Spider-Man)
$trictly Busine$$ (Wolverine)
6th Sense (The Thing)
Oddisee (Archangel)
Outasight (Gambit)
Homeboy Sandman (The Sandman)
Von Pea (Plastic Man)
8thW1 (The Beast)

And while we’re on the subject of comics, my wish for ‘09 is that Watchmen comes out and somehow lives up to the book (which I read at the recommendation of two ML readers).

Download: Print, Mickey Factz, Homeboy Sandman, $trictly Busine$$, Outasight, 6th Sense, Oddisee, Von Pea & Fresh Daily - Super Friends

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B Lameezy and Marsha Marsha Marsha over a synthed up Focus… beat. Here’s hoping these two can get their albums out this year.

Download: Bishop Lamont - Exclusive (I Got It) f. Marsha Ambrosius (Prod. Focus…)

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Bonus: Salah Edin f. Bishop Lamont, Focus… & Mr.Probz - Vrouwtje Is Een Bitch (Remix)

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