Metal Lungies

Some very trippy imagery for Jay-Z’s newest video.

Black Milk plans on releasing three albums in 2010. Random Axe, his collaboration with Sean Price and Guilty Simpson; Searching for Sanity with singer Melanie Rutherford; and Album of the Year, his next solo album.

He previews material from all three in this video.

We reign all year round, from June to June/my raps bite immediately, if not soon

A stellar noir-styled video for one of my favourite songs of the year. Directed by Jimmy Giambrone.

We previously posted this album in June, appropriately enough. You can still cop it at that link.

Download: 5 O’Clock Shadowboxers – High Noon

Here’s the video for the only listenable song on the Triple C’s album. Triple C’s is a group comprised of Rick Ross and his goon squad. This song has a cool West Coast vibe and a worthwhile Game verse and the video has some great action shots of Rawse’s beard.

Up and coming rapper Koncrete just sent me this video he shot for his new song Exhibit K (a remix of Jay Electronica’s Exhibit B). He’s a fellow DMV person and a rapper that is definitely worth discovering. He sounds a bit like Big Pun, but with a heavy New Orleans (his hometown) influence. Check out his MySpace and be sure to look out for his upcoming mixtape Koncrete is ‘Well Grounded”.

The video is directed by Dehyu Sinyan

Koncrete at Myspace

For a little context, Javelin are a Brooklyn based hip-hop instrumental group that makes incredible summery jams out of samples and keyboards. Their self-released album Jamz & Jemz is one of the best things I’ve heard all year. This video captures Ohio rapper Stalley and ML-fave Curren$y rocking over the Javelin track “Susie Cues”.

Hip-hop and indie rock are intersecting in interesting, more creative ways than the days of the Judgment Night soundtrack.

Via CreativeControl.tv and GFCNewYork

DOWNLOAD: Javelin – Susie Cues

Odd and cute charming fan made video for this track off Jay Stay Paid. Directed by the awesomely named Marcus McDammit.

While we’re on the subject, here’s a little bonus Dilla beat , the instrumental to Common’s “Love Is.”  So very fresh.

DOWNLOAD: J Dilla – “Love Is”

There’s something disconcerting about seeing Cam’ron in plaid.

Til The Casket Drops comes out December 8.

Longtime New York record excec Dante Ross recalls the time LL Cool J reached out to Ol’ Dirty Bastard for a song and Dirty ended up peeing on a platinum LL plaque outside Chung King studios. Needless to say, the collab never happened.

ODB > LL Cool J by a hundred thousand trillion

via Nah Right

Another year, another BET Hip Hop Awards.  I’m not sure who the genius  behind the idea of the Cypher portion of the show is, but that mofo has had me watching BET (albeit once a year) for the last 3 years. But enough about me, let’s break down the performances:

Nicki Minaj kicked things off with a pretty hot verse. Honestly, it seems almost sacrilegious to have someone like Minaj spit bars with Preemo spinning in the background, but she actually came ahead with one of the hottest verses in this portion. Buckshot’s verse was kinda low-par compared to his usual shit, and definitely didn’t seem noteworthy (even after 3 viewings!). Maybe I missed what he was going for. Who knows? The cypher contest winner, Crown Royyal, came pretty hard on his part and I really liked his verse, despite my hatred of the word swag. But the best verse of this portion, and one of the best of the night definitely goes to Joe Budden. Joe’s verse was ridiculous! That line about Serena Williams?! I practically fell out of my damn chair.

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