Metal Lungies

From a completely different spectrum of public transport performances from the one we’ve mentioned on here before, but equally life changing. Chi’s finest!

via Fully Fitted.

Speaking of Chicago, we should have a treat for you this week.

I recently stumbled upon this video, and I think it’s safe to say it could be the greatest rap video ever made. Someone get this guy a record deal! Hot Ham!!!!

Damn, this is spooky. This video shows the party that The Notorious B.I.G. attended on the night that he died. Everyone from Clark Kent to Missy Elliot was in the building partying it up. Unfortunately, the video doesn’t show the man himself. What I would give to have been the only white guy at that party.

via MTV News

Wow, 15 years from now people are gonna treat this clip with the same nostalgia they treat the Arsenio Hall performances all over youtube. Great stuff.

(Capitals Game) Chillin.

As promised, here is the recap of the epic night where the rap and hockey worlds collided.

If you’ve followed along or read the replay of the CoveritLive live blog (which was oh so finely moderated by KnobbzXL), I’ll try my best to avoid overlap. Also be sure to check DC Sports Bog’s take on the evening, written much more eloquently.

When I arrived to the Verizon Center press entrance, I stood outside waiting for Wale and his friend Jay Promo to arrive. The start of the game came and went. Soon I was surrounded by the Verizon Center concession workers who were on their smoke breaks. When I wasn’t disappointing the employees by my lack of matches or a lighter, I was wondering if I was being punk’d. Soon enough, Wale & Jay came walking across the street, and we walked into the arena. As we were walking through the concourse, we heard the crowd making noise as a scrum broke out during the game. Not wanting to miss a moment more, surely one of the most diverse trios to ever grace the Verizon Center proceeded to sprint like Usain Bolt through the concourse.

When we arrived at our seats, it was safe to claim that we were “outchea”. Right off the bat, Wale & Jay were impressed by the amount of people in the crowd and the energy as they started to snap photos on their respective phones. Wale was such a fan of the action on the ice that he wished the 20 minute intermission would be shorter so the game would return quicker. I suggested he protest to NHL commissioner Gary Bettman (or at the very least mention it in a song).

Nearing the end of the game, Jay predicted that Carolina was going to get back into it and the Capitals were in danger of having to go for the “swindle”.  Thankfully, although Carolina tied up the game and took it to shootout (not before a 2 minute penalty for the Caps in overtime which we all agreed seemed to be the 2 longest minutes of our lives), the Caps were able to prevail. Come overtime & shootout, all three of us were standing, yelling, and giving daps to one another as Ovechkin scored to win the shootout. Afterward, Wale asked if he was the only one whose heart was racing. I’m willing to bet he was one of thousands in the building with the short-term ailment.

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Thanks to ABC News for putting me on. It took me a moment to get why this was called Ken Lee, I’m clearly not too bright. This works awesome as a ringtone for your significant other.

We’ve been following this documentary for like forever, from the press to the random clips. Finally, here is the official trailer. Limited Release April 24th. Hopefully that includes a DC theater.

Knobbz edit: The  Nas track at the end of the trailer is on that mixtape of unreleased Nas tracks from awhile back

I can’t believe I missed this. On February 27th, Revive Da Live put on a show dubbed Hip Hop 1942 at Le Poisson Rouge, which is part of a series of concerts aimed at melding jazz and hip-hop. Phonte showed up and joined John Robinson and Raydar Ellis for a Dilla medley backed by a live band. They performed “The Official”  and “Fall In Love” as well as the original sample for both, “Diana In The Autumn Wind.” The crowd goes wild when Phonte drops this bracelet:

Smack the fuck out they mouth, Chris Brown y’all niggas

The audio in the video is hardly satisfactory, but you can download a much cleaner recording here.

Download: Phonte – John Robinson, Raydar Ellis – “The Official,” “Fall In Love” and “Diana In The Autumn Wind” (Live in New York)

via All The Way Live

As a bonus, All The Way Live also dropped this amazing gem last week: CL Smooth performing “They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)” with a live band in Berlin in 2007. Both audio and video after the jump.

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File under: R&B we fuck with. Chrisette’s last album was a bit uneven, mostly because of the cruddy production. But I dig this a lot. Girl’s got an amazing voice and a lot of character in her singing. Cameo by Drake. According to 2dbz, Her new album comes out on May 19th.

She also nailed the hook on “Can’t Forget About You” on some 40s jazz steez:

Elliott Wilson aka YN attempts to resurrect his career with help from the brothers Rosenthal. Dug the Hip Hop Weekly placement, probably the biggest viral look of their existence? Ha.

Be sure to check out YN’s new website venture RapRadar (which ML is proud to be on the blogroll of).