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Baltimore based club DJ legend Scottie B who we recently spotted at the past artscape shows you around Baltimore.

Here are video clips from what was missed. Some are saying party of the year? party of the year on the East Coast? seems like something along those lines. This went on till 5am and served breakfast.

The last club set from K-Swift too. I won’t forgive myself for missing this for a long time, at least there is youtube.

Diplo (Includes remixing a Milli, but the 2nd half is even sicker):

DJ Sega:

DJ Class & Scottie B doing the classic club track Tear Da Club Up:

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Look who we dug out in France, making music while having the most redic label apprenticeship ever? It’s ML’s in-house DJ/virgin airlines frequent flier/electro expert/etc, Burntpiano. Dude found the time to slip us a little blend he did while recovering from the hardships of partying every night with the A-list hipsters of France.
Download (Mp3) : Burntpiano: Estelle X Lenny Kravitz – American WomenBoy

The Internets Mix Coup D’etat Vol.2 coming REAL soon.

Alex a guitarist for a band called the Haunts out of the UK, hit me up with some remixes they’ve done…and it’s some electro-funk worth checking out.

Late of The Pier (Haunts Remix)

Athlete (Haunts Remix)

Get more at their Remix myspace.

I completely forgot that this was coming, Mirando is the first single off of Ratatat’s 3rd album LP3, which is in stores now.  ML’s must-listen-to recommendation for their amazing remix mixtapes hasn’t expired.

This is by far my favorite Chicago song, I’ve always dreamt of someone sampling it or even remixing it. Bird Peterson answered my prayers brining the horn section into the new millennium.

Download (Mp3):  Chicago-25 or 6 to 4 (Bird Peterson Remix)

Bonus Download (Mp3): Wale-Freaks (Bird Peterson Remix)

If you want more Bird Peterson check out the great Krudmart mix he did back in May.

Image source.

As the title states, jot this down as ML’s most anticipated debut release.

Source: Justice show in DC @ 9:30 Club filled with 2 encores and fathers of middle schoolers reading books under dim lights in the back of the club, as the rest of the audience experienced severe hearing loss.

As well as here:

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. – It has just been announced on 93.9 WKYS that DC-area hip hop artist, Wale, has signed with Interscope Records in a joint venture deal with three-time Grammy award winning producer Mark Ronson’s Allido Records.

Wale, 23, has seen a tremendous amount of success for an unsigned hip hop artist over the past year, gracing the covers of URB and DNR magazines, doing remixes for Justice, Chris Brown and MIA, performing at the MTV Video Music Awards, song licenses with Nike, ENTOURAGE and MTV and a growing internet buzz surrounding his most recent mixtape 100 MILES AND RUNNING and his upcoming Seinfeld-inspired project, THE MIXTAPE ABOUT NOTHING. Entertainment Weekly recently reported that the mixtape features a skit from Seinfeld star Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

Wale signed a production deal with DJ-turned-producer Mark Ronson (Amy Winehouse, Lily Allen, Christina Aguilera) in June of 2007 after impressing him on Ronson’s European tour. Following an intense, six-month bidding war, Wale signed to a joint venture between Allido Records and Interscope, saying Jimmy Iovine, Luke Wood and the whole Interscope staff understood his vision better than anyone else.

“Look at their track record,” said Wale via phone on his way to perform at a Justice concert in DC. “Dre, Eminem, 50, Pharrell, Timbaland, Black Eyed Peas, Soulja Boy…the list goes on.”

“This is the best possible situation we could ask for,” says Daniel Weisman, Wale’s manager. “We waited and kept grinding until someone came with something we felt reflected the work we’ve put in; Interscope got it.”

Mark Ronson will executive produce Wale’s untitled debut album and contribute production to the project due out in fall. Other tentative contributors include past Wale-collaborators Osinachi (“Nike Boots”) and Best Kept Secret (“Back In The Go Go”), along with Just Blaze, Pharrell, Kanye West, 9th Wonder, Justice and DJ Toomp.

Allido Records is a New York City-based label founded in 2004 by Mark Ronson and former manager, Rich Kleiman. Allido Records has put out releases by Rhymefest and Daniel Merrieather through J Records, and by Mark Ronson through RCA. Wale’s album will be the first release through their new joint venture deal with Interscope.

That’s all folks, time to go buy a whisper 2000.

Chances are, what you’re about to read is the latest 2007 wrap-up amongst the hip hop blogosphere. And I don’t mean “latest” as in the “newest”. I mean “latest” as in everybody has done this before we did, and as a result, we’re late. Like how you wouldn’t want your girl’s period to be.

To that, we say this — how could you truly wrap up 2007 when 2007 is still going on?

Here’s how we’re wrapping up 2007 ML-style, in this, the first of several “Best of 2007” posts. First, each of us here at ML — DJ01, HangoverMonkey, DSuper, Aaron M, and yours truly, Buhizzle — compiled our own personal list of the top 10 albums of the year. Then, on some quasi-NCAA-poll-type shit, we compared lists and compiled a (somewhat) comprehensive top 10 list based on all of our picks. Here at ML, we pride ourselves on having 5 different contributors with 5 different personalities and unique tastes in music generally, and in hip hop specifically — after the jump, peep how our personalities and tastes overlap.

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A little something from Stones Throw to warm your hearth in this cold season. Badd Santa is a dope compilation of really bizarre and great Christmas (and a little Kwanzaa) music, from reggae to Miami bass.

Here’s a sweet little promo ST made for the album.

You can check it out here. There’s a nice mix of the Badd Santa songs available through the Stones Throw Podcast too, mixed by label head Peanut Butter Wolf.

For all my fellow Heebs celebrating the last night of Channukah tonight: Fatlace Magazine hipped me to Shady Records head Paul Rosenberg’s annual Hannukah Radio show on Shade 45 on Sirius Satellite Radio, with special guests DJ AM, actor Jonah Hill (Superbad kicks ass) & Marky Ramone of the Ramones! Takes a while to load but it’s worth it.

There’s a second set of shows available at Rosenberg’s blog, Paul Rosenberg.For those celebrating Kwanzaa, I think you already know.

Bonus mix for the season: A DJ Yoda exclusive mini-mix from Fatlace Magazine (who are killing shit right now). Act like you know.

Wow, a bunch of ML readers (read: 2) have been really feeling the Vol II from a few days ago, so as promised I dig into the ML vault (which really is a zipdisk). To bring you Vol I.

Zip: Ratatat Presents Remixes Vol I (Mixtape)

Tracklisting:

1. Ratatat/Brooklyn Zoo — “Intro”
2. Beanie Sigel & Dirt McGirt — “When You Hear That”
3. Missy Elliott — “Hot” (WEA/Elektra)
4. Raekwon — ”Smith Bros.”
5. Kanye West — “Get Em High” (Def Jam)
6. G-Unit — “Stunt 101” (Interscope)
7. Dizzee Rascal — “Fix Up” (XL)
8. Method Man & Buddha Monk of Brooklyn Zoo — “PLO Style”
9. Lazer Life of Brooklyn Zoo — “Freestyle”
10. Raekwon & Ghostface — “Cutting It Up”
11. L.O.X. — “Dirty Ryders”
12. Jay-Z — “Sunshine” (Roc-A-Fella)
13. Missy Elliot — “Wake Up” (WEA/Elektra)
14. Ghostface Killah & Jadakiss — “Run” (Def Jamz)