Metal Lungies

It must be interesting documentary season. It’s kind of messed up that Cam’ron isn’t in this position instead. Tip of the hat to Eskay.

I’ll never forget Chino XL telling me there is only one live act he gets hype for, Kris.  If you are in the NYC area here’s your chance to get a real hip hop experience.

Sunday May 25th
Doors: 8pm
Show: 9pm
Admission: $20 Advance/$25 Day of Show

My most anticipated game at the moment is by far MadWorld for Wii. Announced last week at a Sega press event, Madworld is an action game noted for its over-the-top comic violence, stylized graphics (mostly black and white with red blood ala Sin City) and the incredible talent behind it. Developer Platinum Games consists of a group of designers that were responsible for some of the most original games of last generation, like Atsushi Inaba (Viewtiful Joe, Okami), Shinji Mikami (killer7, Resident Evil 4) and Hideki Kamiya (Okami, creator of Devil May Cry). Here’s the first trailer for MadWorld:

Sure to be excellent, bloody stuff, but one detail caught my eye at the end of an interview that I almost didn’t bother to read. Designer Shigenori Nishikawa mentioned to MTV that the game’s score will be primarily hip-hop and named Kanye and Jay-Z as his personal favorites. Damn! But what kind of hip-hop would befit MadWorld? Rap music is right at home in the urban setting of Grand Theft Auto IV and in any basketball game, but is there anything that wouldn’t feel totally out of place in a stylized Japanese action game? Something tells me RZA would be down; just tell him chess is involved.

via MTV Multiplayer

Next up for ML RapVid treatment: the Oakland-based hip hop group consisting of rappers Opio, A-Plus, Phesto & Tajai. You already know what it is.

Here’s a direct link to the playlist.

Pic courtesy of D-Nice

I just got this press release from the Sunshine, Sachs & Associates firm:

“My family and I are eternally thankful to Governor Paterson, my attorneys Michael Krinsky and Craig Kaplan at Rabinowitz, Boudin, Standard, Krinsky & Lieberman and to all of the people who have supported me throughout the past seventeen years.  This has been a long and difficult road and I am happy for this to be settled once and for all.  I look forward to enjoying this time with my family and friends and to continue leading an honest and productive life.”

– Ricky Walters

The New York Times has more:

New York Gov. David Paterson is granting a full and unconditional pardon to rapper Ricky ”Slick Rick” Walters for the attempted murders of two men in 1991.

The pardon is expected to halt efforts to deport Walters to the United Kingdom, the country he left as a child.

The eyepatch-wearing star behind the ’80s rap classic ”La-Di-Da-Di” served more than five years in prison after the shooting of his cousin and another man. Both survived.

The governor says Walters is now a rap artist and landlord in the Bronx who has not had any criminal problems since his release from prison in 1997. He also says Walters has volunteered to counsel youths against violence.

I’m so glad to hear this. Ricky was the first rapper to get me really interested in hip-hop.

Hey, if Noz can do it for Funk Doctor Spock, why not ML for Hiero? I’ve compiled video playlists for all of the legendary Hieroglyphics crew, and made players for each of them. I’ll be posting one playlist a day for the next few days.

I’m starting with Hieroglyphics as a group:

Here’s a direct link.

If you want to swagger jack Jay-Z’s clothes/shoes/ices/sunglasses (all of which is probably unattainable), see what Jay-Z security detail looks like, check out all of the backstage cameos from the recently completed Jay-Z/Mary J tour. Then go and start flipping through the horribly frustrating flash gallery here.

If you like electronic/dancey music with a side of Ghostface, this set of remixes is the perfect match for you. This Scion sanctioned release features remixes of Ghostface’s Charlie Brown  from DJ Mehdi, Yusek, Orgrasmic and Guns N Bombs. My personal favorite is Mehdi’s, it does the least tweaking to Ghostface vocals while completely redoing all the sounds around it, check it out. Thanks to Aaron B!

Download (Zip): Ghostface- Charlie Brown (Remixes)

8 More days! Thanks to our dude Ges for the heads up!

You know we mess with Bishop Lamont’s when we actually buy it. But not right now because That Real Ish just posted 4 tracks off his upcoming street album/mixtape The Confessional.

Be Cool ft. Xzibit, Ras Kass, Mykstro, Glasses Malone
Gorrilla Pimpin’ 5008 ft. Warren G, Ryan C. Fresh, Stat Quo, Busta Rhymes
Better Than You ft. Focus
Get Right Back ft. Mike Ant

Download (.Rar)- Bishop Lamont-4 Tracks.