Archive for January, 2011
New Music: Kanye West – Runaway (RealBlaze Dance Remix)
Spotted via the homie, TOflo.com comes this excellent remix by Toronto producer, RealBlaze. Name aside (this is the real Blaze to me), I LOVE this! The perfect track to get the weekend kicked off with – LET’S GO!!!!!
[via RealBlaze]
Promo Video for the HP Envy with Beats Audio™ Laptops
“Only HP PCs have Beats Audio™ inside….”
I wonder if the incentive for Dr. Dre to actually finish and deliver the Detox album has been diminished by all the money he gets from his headphones and laptop license royalties??
[This is a PPC thang!]
AP Video: Judge Sentences Tom DeLay to 3 Years in Prison for Role in Political Money Laundering Scheme
“A judge ordered former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay to serve three years in prison Monday for his role in a scheme to illegally funnel corporate money to Texas candidates in 2002.”
CLICK HERE to read more.
Sh-t is WILD for the Night in Tunisia Right Now!
Hamada Ben Amor, aka ‘The General (El Général)’ is the Tunisian rapper mentioned in the news piece above in case you didn’t catch it.
Read more:
– Protests Spread to Tunisia’s Capital, and a Curfew Is Decreed. [NY Times]
– Crisis Deepens in Tunisia as President’s Offer Falls Flat. [NY Times]
– Behind Tunisia Unrest, Rage Over Wealth of Ruling Family. [NY Times]
– Tunisians Document Protests Online. [NY Times]
– Tunisian rapper arrested after releasing online protest song: CBC | Al Arabiya
Hit the jump for more video of the protests and a video for the song, “President, Your People Are Dying” by El Général that got him arrested :
New Music You NEED to Hear: The Five One – Never Been
THIS is by FAR my favorite hip hop record by a new group (or at least one I’d never heard of before) right now! Sent to me via the Soundcloud dropbox – smart, fellas! All y’all still sending non-streaming fileshare links of your music via the gmail stay losing. Act like you know and to my readers: seriously, CHECK THIS OUT – this is really great-produced, well-written underground hip hop. You’ll thank me!
MP3: The Five One – Never Been [direct download – right click and save as]
[update: wait! this is a cover of a Wiz Khalifa song from the excellent but I guess, not closely-enough-listened-to by me, Kush and Orange Juice mixtape ??! I’m way out the mix apparently and too dense to get a clue from the pic of Wiz on the bottom of the artwork….]