The People's Poseur: April 2010

Friday, April 30, 2010

Da Mystery Of Chessboxin'

Dope-a-licious.

What do Lupe Fiasco, Asher Roth, Blu, Wale, Diggy, B.o.B, "DJ Skateboard P," Charles Hamilton, J. Cole (N.C. Represent!) & The Cool Kids have in common?

Well, collectively they are the "All City Chest Club," which isn't exactly like CRS (now officially defunct? check them out here) - or even a group per se . . . they are a "movement."

Okay, what they actually are, right now anyway, is collectively a part of what is going to be an epic remix of "I'm Beamin'" by Lupe Fiasco (watch the official music video for the original version here).

You can hear Lupe himself explain - well, sort of explain - the All City Chest Club here.

Videos for Blu & Diggy after the jump.

Adventure Time!

"The Baby Song" from "Adventure Time" by Finn the Human.

Via Super Punch.

"I taste awesome."

"Baby" by Major Lazer Feat. Prince Zimboo.

So You Think You Got Game? (Mash-Up Mixtape Released Today)

Click here to download Gold N' Fly: 007.

Via Kotaku.

I Just Love That Rappity-Hop, Don't You?

"Robot" by KRS-ONE & Buckshot.

"The Beautiful Decay" by Skyzoo.

Get Free Or Die Tryin' (Controversial New M.I.A. Music Video For "Born Free")

the revolution will not be televised.

(Via Daily News.)

Video after the jump. . .

"Ah Yeah! Wu Tang Again & Again. . ."

Iron (it's a heavy metal, get it?) Flag . . .

"Shame" by System Of A Down Feat. Wu-Tang Clan (Loud Rocks).

"B.O.B." by Outkast Feat. Rage Against The Machine.

"Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing ta Fuck Wit'" with Tom Morello (RATM), Chad Smith (RHCP) & Wu-Tang Clan (Loud Rocks).

"Sucker M.C.'s" by Wu-Tang Clan; originally, "Sucker M.C.'s (Krush-Groove 1)" by RUN-D.M.C. (below).

ADDIDAS . . .

"Still Not A Player" with Incubus & Big Pun (Loud Rocks). > Honestly, I'm a fan of Big Pun and I don't particularly dislike Incubus that I can recall, but this . . .

* RATM = Rage Against The Machine
* RHCP = Red Hot Chili Peppers

Thursday, April 29, 2010

"I Think I Wanna To Know Ya (Know Ya)/ Jungle Love (Oh We Oh We Oh). . ."

Rye Rye is M.I.A.'s protege. . .

"Shake Shake" by DJ Blaqstarr & Rye Rye.

"Habibi" by Malente&Dex.

Click here to download "Habibi (Sir Khan Remix)" by Malente&Dex.

Via Mad Decent.

Mixtape Munchies Vol. II

If you are familiar with flash sale sites such as the high-end fashion-oriented Gilt Groupe (click here) where the products of a particular brand are available at prices generally discounted in the 50% off range (give or take 5-25%) then you already know the deal. Karmaloop is running (as of 6:56 p.m. EST 2010/04/29) specials on 10 Deep (Men's) and Married To The Mob (Women's) at their new website.

Click here to check out Plndr!

Also from The People's Poseur, if you find something on Karmaloop.com that you dig . . .

like this Mighty Healthy shirt

use the RepCode "ForThePeople"

& you'll receive 20% off your first order and 10% off every additional order placed with Karmaloop using the RepCode of The People's Poseur. If you have a coupon you can double up and use that as well.

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[UPDATE] 2010/06/24 the repcode ForThePeople now also works at Plndr.com!

Coming Soon To Plndr:

[UPDATE] "[UPDATE] The First 300 People To Sign Up For Karmaloop.com's New Website Get A $10 Credit" here.

New Lupe Fiasco Music Video

NEW LUPE FIASCO . . .

"I'm Beamin'" by Lupe Fiasco off the upcoming Lasers, which doesn't yet have a release date (Via Rap Radar).

You can also check out the official music video for "Solar Midnite" by Lupe Fiasco here (which I'm not embedding because 1. it's for a Twilight movie, which I'm not down with and 2. embedding is disabled, but mainly reason #1 . . .).

"Horn Synth [Snippet]" by Lupe Fiasco Feat. Pharrell (No Video).

CRS (Child Rebel Soldier)? (Click here for more info).

     It shouldn’t be that surprising, but it still was: if you don’t get to a college hip-hop show on time it’s pretty much a given that you will miss the first act. (I missed Kid Cudi when he opened for N.E.R.D. at Duke a couple weeks ago as well.)

     And with a first act like the up-and-coming B.o.B, a.k.a. Bobby Ray, the multi-instrumentalist signed to T.I.’s Grand Hustle Records who raps, sings and produces most of his own music, it’s truly tragic.

     I did manage to make it in time to hear the last riffs of B.o.B’s guitar-playing fade out. In time for that and in time to wait industry-accepted interminable amount of time before Lupe Fiasco came out at UNC-Charlotte’s Halton Arena last Friday.

     Fiasco was backed-up by a guitarist straight out of the ‘80s, who never missed an opportunity to solo, by a heavy-set drummer, by a DJ – who was pretty mediocre for a hip-hop show that cost the general public $40 – and featured a bassist from another group on some songs.

     Fiasco is a tireless performer (having only heard "Kick, Push" when I saw him perform at Bonnaroo in 2008, his indefatigable performance of songs such as "Hip Hop Saved My Life (Feat. Nikki Jean)" made me a fan) who may yet earn the title of “hardest working man in hip-hop.”

     Not satisfied with simply playing songs from his first two studio records, Food & Liquor (2006) and The Cool (2007), or with debuting songs from his upcoming Lasers (2010), Fiasco also performed songs from his recent mixtape (download available here) Enemy of the State (2009), as well as his verses from the N.E.R.D. song (watch/listen here) “Everyone Nose (remix)” off the album Seeing Sounds (2008), which features hip-hop supergroup Child Rebel Soldier (comprised of Fiasco, Kanye West and Pharrell Williams of the Neptunes).

     Fiasco brings a punk-rock ethos to his performance and, unlike many other performers, he made use of his hype man, who also doubled as his DJ at this performance, to enhance his entertainment value, rather than utilizing him so he could catch his own breath.

     If Fiasco’s hyper-lyricism doesn’t do it for you, do yourself a favor and wait until you see a live show before dismissing this Chicago emcee.

     Short shows and a whole bunch of white kids: college hip-hop.

(Content originally written for The Daily Tar Heel Diversions Blog, but unpublished.)

Stream Rusko's O.M.G.! (Out May 4th, 2010)

Stream the new album (release date 2010/05/04) via the MySpace (click here).

Limited Edition Pre-Order Shirt.

Tracklist:
Woo Boost
Hold On feat Amber Coffman
Rubadub Shakedown feat Rod Azlan
Dial My Number
I Love You
Kumon Kumon
Scarewear feat Redlight
Raver's Spesh
Feels So Real featuring Ben Westbeech
You're On My Mind Baby
Got Da Groove feat Gucci Mane
Oy
My Mouth
District Line

Download a free song & watch the alternate (Angel Dust) "Woo Boost" music video (Via Mad Decent).

Check out the VIBE Premiere of "Got Da Groove" by Rusko Feat. Gucci Mane here. - How y'all feel about it?

Olde Skool, Fool

Just coolin' out, man.

Via skateboard.com.au.

"You Know How To Make Me (Midnite Mix)" by Two Kings in a Cipher.

"Lovin' Ev'ry Minute of It (Cyclone Ride)" by Doug E. Fresh.

The Mad Science Of Dex Luthor

"Puppet Pal Clem, there is a spider on your head - BONK!"

"Secret Formula" by will.i.am (Click here for "Back To The Lab Again" by Prince Paul).

*NEW* "Dexter's Lab Freestyle" by Marc Payne. *NEW*

"Dexter's Laboratory: The Hip-Hop Experiment" track listing:
"Dexter's Laboratory Opening Theme"
"Dexter (What's His Name?)," Coolio,
"Love According to Dexter," Phife Diggy introducing Slick and Rose
"Mandark's Plan," YZ
"Sibling Rivalries," De La Soul
"Secrets," will.i.am
"Back to the Lab," Prince Paul
(Via Billboard.)

And click here to play a shitty game with a cool name: Dexter Mixmaster.

"Haters Make The World Go Round" by Marc Payne.

Podcasts Approved By The People

Dope-a-licious.

I started listening to this podcast during the most recent installment in the series: Mad Decent Worldwide Radio #59 - Salad Days. The way I got sold on this podcast was this guy I met said Diplo travels around the world, goes to DJs and says, "Play me your best music." Then he records it. Then he gives it away for free. Mad decent. And this one is dedicated to punk! Dig on it here.

"Holiday In Cambodia" by The Dead Kennedys.

RA.204 Starkey is actually the second podcast by Resident Adviser that I've heard, but this goes from Dubstep Apocalypse to remixing Drake: "One thing about music, when it hits - you feel no pain." MySpace here; official podcast website here.

"MCs Can Kiss (Starkey Remix)" by Uffie Feat. Mr. Oizo (check out the Ed Bangers Records x Etnies collab Ednies here).

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Ednies

Ed Banger X Etnies . . .

Via SneakerFreaker.

Wu Earrings (Via The Hundreds.)

This was supposed to be one of The People's Poseur's first posts, but I got off-track.

At this point our conversation turned to kung fu, which he studies and which I took for many years. “Here let me show you something,” RZA said and got up, his arm out. I connected mine to form the bridge, a starting point with the arms that allows you both to block and punch. “Go ahead,” he said, and we started to spar.

I pulled his arm down, threw a punch, he blocked and so on, with him advancing me toward a set of bookshelves. The RZA finally broke through and had his hand on my neck. “How’d I do that?” he asked. I thought mechanics, and said something about him using my force. “No,” he said. “Intention.” He stopped to let it sit there for a moment. “I set my intention clearly before we started, I would get to your neck. You could hit me, kick me in the balls… doesn’t matter. Nothing would stop me.”

(Via Flavorwire.com.) . . . Wu Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing Ta F' Wit. . .

The Wu-Tang Manual was eminently readable.

Now we have The Tao of Wu . . .

Design by Logan Walters (website here).

Re-Imagined (Via the Wu-Note Project.)

Video after the jump.

Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everybody

"The Greatest Thing Is To Know" by Pastaman.

Distant Relatives

"As We Enter" by Nas & Damian Marley (Official Music Video).

"As We Enter (Full Version)" by Nas & Damian Marley (No Video).

"Best of Hard Knock TV: Nas & Damian Marley talk Distant Relatives, Africa, + more. . ."

Tracklist:

1. Intro (Something New) (prod. Damian Marley)
2. As We Enter (prod. Damian Marley)
3. Revolutionary (prod. Damian Marley)
4. Count Your Blessings (prod. Damian & Stephen Marley)
5. Belief is Key (prod. Damian Marley)
6. Africa Must Wake Up f. K'naan (prod. Nas, Damian & Stephen Marley)
7. Black Horizon f. K'naan (prod. Damian Marley)
8. Only the Strong (prod. Damian & Stephen Marley)
9. Our Generation f. Joss Stone & Stevie Wonder (prod. Damian Marley)
10. Empowerment (prod. Stephen Marley)
11. AID (prod. K'naan & Nas)
12. Let's End It (Poverty) f. K'naan (prod. 9th Wonder & Damian Marley)
13. The Earth f. Bob Marley (prod. Salaam Remix, Damian & Stephen Marley)
14. Black Man's Paper f. Erykah Badu (prod. Afry) [UK Bonus]
15. Weed On f. Snoop Dogg (prod. Damian Marley) (iTunes Bonus)

(Via hiphophypedog.)

"Road To Zion" by Damian Marley Feat. Nas.

Respect My Funk

"Jungle Drum" by Emilíana Torrini.

"Mutha Funk" by Shotgun.

What A Wicked Style

"Sucker For A Pretty Face" by Trus'Me.

"(I'm Just A) Sucker For A Pretty Face" by West Phillips.

"His Brain Was Infected By Devils. . ."

First,

And then,

Then there was,

And now,

(Via hiphophypedog.)

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Out Now: The Adventures Of Bobby Ray

Beep Boop Beep

"Flash A Hungry Smile" by the Mystery Jets.

Sunday, April 25, 2010

The Chillest Thing Since The Invention Of Champagne, Brother

Dope-a-licious.

"Dimension Alley" by Sun Araw (video by Steph D).

This Is Happening

Dope-a-licious.

Via NPR.

Click here to stream the new LCD Soundsystem album This Is Happening.

Mountain Dew Code Red

Ski Beatz Feat. Rugz D. Bewler "Super Bad" off 24 Hour Karate School.

Cornershop, "Topknot (Cavemen Mix featuring M.I.A.)" . . . Click here to download it.

"Cause I'm better than them first of all."

Thursday, April 22, 2010

A Coloring Book For Adults (C.O.L.O.U.R.S.)

Cool Outrageous Lovers Of Uniquely Raw Style . . .

(Via Sneaker Freaker.)

You can buy it here.

Lupe Fiasco and B.o.B will be performing at UNC-Charlotte tomorrow night. I saw Lupe at Bonnaroo in 2008 and he was one of the best performers I have ever seen. We got Wale, J. Cole, & Janelle Monáe here at UNC-Chapel Hill, but (mea culpa) I didn't know who two out of three were at the time . . .

[UPDATE] Click here for "New Lupe Fiasco Music Video" and read my review of the show.

Flame

Jay Electronica

Dope-a-licious.

Click here to cop.

Via The Hood Nerd.

GET IT.

Drankenstein: Dirty South x Trance

Dope-a-licious.

Via Mad Decent.

This is my amalgamation of two trends i've always loved: the dirty south and the use of trance synths in current rap. Here I have taken 15 or so of my favorite southern rap songs and 15 or so of my favorite trance synth lines to create something thats not corny or funny, it's simply the motherfudgin' jam! - Bird Peterson

Click here to download.