Tell 'em why you mad, son! The Commission, Uncle Paulie, et al.... Do you know what beef is? What's beef? Beef is when the fans decide to go to sleep Beef is when your label says your profile's too discreet Beef is when rap hits YouTube Guaranteed to just be much ado... One more time What's beef? Be...

Tre månader efter att Q-Tips ypperligga album, The Renaissance, släpptes så släpper nu han och J. Period ett best of-mixtape som de har pillrat på i två år. The [Abstract] Best är ett gediget verk som innehåller det mesta och bästa av Q-Tips långa karriär. Orkar ni inte läsa igenom den ...

Here it is folks, J.Period’s star-studded Q-Tip remix/best of project The [Abstract] Best. Tracklist and link after the jump. 1. J.Period f. Prince Paul, Questlove & Randy Watson– Rhythm (Scratch Intro) 2. Cannonball Adderly / Excursions Intro 3. J.Period f. De La Soul – Excursions (Tr...

I can't get enough of this track. You by Kamal so much to like in there. the bass is sex. the repetitive piano. the Bonita Applebum-esqe cadence. remember this... ...see, there was a brief period moment in like, 1992, when Tribe and other youngish members of Native Tongues were only listened to by a...

I think this must have prematurely leaked 'cos they only just blasted out the Coming Soon flyer yesterday and this isn't on any of the official Three/21 Media websites or channels (as of writing this post). How many videos has Tip made from this album though - it's feels like 5 or 6, maybe?? It does...

Pharrell & Dr. Dre make a wish come true. Pharrell linked up with Michael Rappaport to film an interview for his documentary on A Tribe Called Quest. Notice the Stones Throw t-shirt. I’m glad he’s taking his time with this, half-assing it would be an atrocity to hip hop. Hit the jum...

Jag har sällan haft sÃ¥ svÃ¥rt att välja ut Ã¥rets lÃ¥t som 2008, sÃ¥ när jag pekade ut Gnarls Barkleys Who’s Gonna Save My Soul var det lite uppgivet (och albumet var verkligen trist). Hade jag tänkt tanken ett varv till borde jag ha valt Ice Cube Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It. 2008 hade änd...

I år har Timbuktu tillbringat en afton med Prince, släppt ytterligare en stabil skiva som den här gången handlade om livet på Möllan i Malmö, till skivdistributörens förtret lanserat en låt via The Pirate Bay (vilket resulterade i kilometervis av press i både Sverige och Norge och 300 000...

Download Listener E-Mail C. Jordan basically says, "Fuck Mike Graham, and that  Nazi Daniel." Kevy Kev basically asks, "When yhall doin' live shows?" The Temper Twins send in their music Biggie - Movie Trailer [Link] Mos Def - Las Vegas Police Issue Arrest Warrent [Link] Lupe Fiasco -LupEND, his la...

(click the image below to listen!) embed this episode in your myspace/blog/whatev: I was originally going to talk about something else here, but all of a sudden I like felt the holy ghost or something and was inspired to talk about this. Seriously everyone, this is an important issue that I feel str...