A few months ago, I wrote the following 8 posts (which will be appearing 1 per day over the next 8 weekdays) with the intention of counting down to the release of 8 Diagrams on November 6th December 4th December 11th. At that time, I would’ve never imagined the string..

Customary props to Spine Magazine. This is the 1st single from Super Gangster, Extraordinary Gentleman, which is SP’s contribution to the soon-to-be-infamous December 4th clusterfuck (nh). Also, peep the trailer to the psychodelic-looking music video over at OnSmash, because – really – what is anything in hip hop nowadays if..

DJ01 already ran down the battle royale that will be December 4th, and while that is definitely the main event of the winter of ’07, there are plenty other upcoming Tuesdays that deserve getting circled on your calendar — December 11th is looking particularly crazy. “Subject to change” should go..

… besides the fact that it’s a new Jay-Z album, the official tracklisting just came out, and every member of the press that had heard the unfinished version of it has been going apeshit over it. The back story should be widely-known by now: Jay, inspired by the upcoming Denzel..

Oh… THAT Jim Jones. Hooked up courtesy of the impeccable Spine Magazine. You can front all you want on Jim Jones (and I’ll join you most of the time). I mean, dude ain’t exactly on the level of any of the people he’s had beef with: Jay-Z, Nas, Mase. (Cam’ron?)..

[Photo jacked from Nah Right, a.k.a. hip hop savior #3.] I don’t mean to front on the whole “event” feel of this record — I can respect the coming together of the 3 biggest money-earners in hip hop today. But, I was thinking about transitioning the overreaching hype around this..