Monthly Archives: August 2007

New Version of Emily King’s Walk In My Shoes Ft. Lupe Fisaco.

Just came across this, first you had the original, then you had a version with a Biggie verse, now Lupe get’s on the track riding the drums damn near perfectly. Emily told me herself in Bmore during Artscpae that she is glad that the album is finally droppin on August 28th. Download: Emily King..

Trapped in the Closet Chapter 17 Thoughts.

You thought chapter 16 didn’t offer much? With chapter 17 it looks like they are really starting to streeeeeeeeetch it out. We don’t even have much thoughts. Sylvester is going to joint GLAAD fo sho. Thank god Twan didn’t forget his velour jacket, otherwise even considering starting a fire with the jacket still..

What time the plane leavin’?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC7iiGc24ec[/youtube] “‘Shalom’ is ‘hello’ and ‘goodbye’ in Hebrew, right? Yeah, that pretty much sums up your career.” — Colin Quinn (not verbatim, but close enough), to someone at the Artie Lange Roast on The Howard Stern Show … pretty much sums up my blogging career, as well. On August 20th..


MTV VMA’s+Las Vegas>All-Star Game+Las Vegas.

Hate it or love it the MTV VMA’s are still the best award show in town (at least for us, sorry VIBE award fans). They know how to market a show as best as anyone as evidence in the pic above. They hooked up with a Dave LaChappelle for a series of photos to..


Beat Drop: Hi-Tek.

With all due respect to Company Flow and their ’97 debut Funcrusher Plus, it was really Rawkus Records’ 2nd album release, ’98’s Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star, that propelled the label to global prominence. Its 2 commercially-released videos, “Definition” and “Respiration” featuring Common, got occasional Rap City..

The genius of Ghostface prevails.

The good word on the Wu-Tang just keeps on rolling in. According to  pitchfork (via spinemagazine), Wu-Tang is going to use the Beatles track While My Guitar Gently Weeps on 8 Diagrams. With George Harrison’s son and John Frusciante from the Red Hot Chili Peppers playing on instruments on the track..

Ashanti Beat Jacks: A Retrospective

Over the Years Ashanti (more her producer Irv Gotti) has ripped the beats off a good many classic rap tracks for her songs. Now, I know a lot of other artists do this too. But Ashanti does it a lot. A lot. Some examples. Ashanti- Foolish: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAPOtmqio1k&eurl=[/youtube] Notorious B.I.G. (One..

Fresh in my gray tee.

Good news for people who like to wear clothing — friend-of-ML and occasional commenter Peace Justice Universal (a.k.a. DJ Eurok) is selling t-shirts with the name of his blog/record label/movement, Upset The Setup, on the front in an ill design. And, if you’re not all that interested in “upsetting the..