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joint me and Sean did this past week for the homie Peter Rosenberg’s show “Real Late” on Hot 97. for those of u not familiar with “Isaac Jones”, it’s simply the name Born & I record under when we do joints together. we recorded an album together back in 2004-05 produced entirely by Kev Brown that’s (allegedly) gonna see the light of day at some point (y’all need to press Rosenberg out about making that happen!). personally, i wanna see a brand new Isaac Jones album in 2010 to coincide with the release of the O.G. joint. what yall think?

p.s. – i know that’s a pretty bootleg pic but i think that might be the only pic that exists with both of us in it, haha

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After I read Reggie “Combat Jack” Osse’s reflection piece on working for Dame Dash, I immediately became interested in the stories this O.G in the game had to share. Working with Dame for several days on the Complex cover story I did with Jim Jones last year, I got to witness the dice-throwing Dash personality first-hand and it’s an experience that I’ll never forget. But this isn’t about me.

I wanted to learn more about the Dame of the past, and after I hit up CJ for an interview, I got all that and a whole lot more [II]. Combat has had a long tenure within the rap industry, first cutting his teeth in the legal department of Def Jam, and then going to work for Hip Hop legends like Chuck D, Flavor Flav, LL Cool J all while rubbing elbows with Russell Simmons and a young Lyor Cohen. Nowadays, Combat is taking the blogosphere by storm (yeah, he can write too, pick-up his book “Bling: The Hip Hop Jewelry Book”), both with his flagship site Daily Math and as a regular blogger on XXL. In this interview, Combat and I talk about the behind the scenes story of what it was like shopping a deal for Jay-Z, the gift and the curse that is working with Dame Dash, and Combat’s beef with hot 97 personality Peter Rosenberg.


JLP: People who were around Dame and Jay said that Dame was much more about looking after his friends than Jay. With your experience being around both of them, is that fair to say?

Combat Jack: I can most definitely cosign that. Roc-A-Fella was small at the time, and Damon was the one handling all of the business. Jay was an artist. Damon was making sure Jay got a lot of shows, it was Dame that was doing all the talking, all the negotiating. We did a licensing deal for Jay to ghostwrite lyrics for the Bugs Bunny character for the Space Jam’s soundtrack. Warner Brothers took some time in getting Jay’s fee to him. Damon used to pressure the shit out of me to pressure the shit out of Warner Brothers. He used to complain that Jay didn’t care how slow it took for industry money to come because he was accustomed to how fast drug money came in. Dame used to say how much Jay, as his artist would stress him out for money. How he advocated for Jay was how Damon advocated for all of his artists. Hard. Even back then he would go ape shit on anyone he felt was trying to diss either his artists or anyone in the Roc-A-Fella collective.

JLP: You were a part of the Jay-Z deals, and people rejecting him, what was that like?

Combat Jack: Clark Kent, Dame Dash, Jay-Z, these were young men that believed more in how Jay-Z was the greatest rapper of all time than they were sure that tomorrow would come. On top of that, Jay, Clark and Dame both have some really BIG personalities, especially the combination of Dame and Clark. They “Knew” that the entire industry had not yet heard what they were hearing with Young Hov. They felt that every other artist, every executive in the industry were corny. With regard to Jay, they were right. All the rejections only made them work harder, push further. Clark already had experience as one the youngest A&R men out in the game, with the proven success of Das-EFX under his belt, and Damon already made a shitload of money before his twenties so what the fuck was the industry going to tell them? If anyone had any doubts, it was most likely Jay.

JLP: Talk about Clark Kent and his role in getting Jay-Z signed, people on this site know Clark as a sneaker-god, but not many people know how influential he was in Jay and Dame’s success…

Combat Jack: Where Damon was a hustler true and true, Clark was the seasoned record man. He was a known DJ as well as a producer, and he had A&R experience. When he was at East/West, he was already hyped on how hot Jay was, but for some reason his label wouldn’t sign Jay. When he met Dame, he peeped his hustle, and as they got tighter, Clark felt Damon was the right guy to manage Jay. He felt Dame could be the outside hardnosed guy to go head to head with the labels. Clark also had a studio in his home in Brooklyn, so as a producer, his studio was like the head quarters in terms of laying down mad tracks for unsigned artists like Jay. Other than being ears for Jay’s music, Clark acted as the co-signer to Damon and Jay, extending the scope of industry connects Dame had inside the industry.

JLP: And not many of the sneaker-set know that Clark Kent really discovered Jay-Z…

Clark Kent truly saw the greatness in Jay first. He discovered Jay-Z. He went all out in making others believe in Jay, even before Jay believed in Jay. I think he also understood more than any other people the type of person Shawn Carter was, and because he knew, he was able to maintain his relationship with Jay, even after so many others have fallen out with him. What I respect so much about Clark is that he was truly the first music cat to wholeheartedly invest in Jay’s career, on the strength of how dope Jay was, without ever considering what was in it for him financially. He’s been a stand up dude in never saying how much he deserved from discovering Jay, how much he deserves on so many levels today for putting that whole Jay, Dame, Roc-A-Fella dynasty together. For as big of a personality as Clark has, he remains completely humble in his role.

JLP: You’ve said that Foxy Brown saved Jay-Z’s career, why do you feel that way?

Reasonable Doubt was a very dope regional record that was just about complete before Foxy Brown came in with the song ‘Ain’t No Nigga’. The majority of that record is about the hustle, about the drug deal, about friend or foe. It’s basically another typical New York drug rap record from that period with a very dope rapper. I remember when Dame first played ‘Aint No Nigga’ for me, shortly after Foxy Brown started catching buzz in New York. Clark went way back with Foxy, I think they’re cousins or something like that, he made sure she was featured on Reasonable Doubt. Jaz-O, Jay’s former mentor produced that song, he also sang the hook with Khadejia Bass. When Dame first played that song for me, I was like “that’s the only club record that I’ve heard on the album”. ‘Brooklyn’s Finest’ was incredible, but that wasn’t the song I was trying to hear in the club like ‘Aint No Nigga” was. I pictured dancing with some chick I’m trying to score with and that song playing. I was in a club shortly after that, with my girl who later on became my wife.

JLP: Wow, that’s ill…

Combat Jack: We were in the club when the DJ dropped that record, and the whole place gravitated to the dance floor. Chicks were drunk and singing the hook and dudes was making sure they were grinding up on the chicks. It was a hit. It was a song that helped some cats get sex later that night. I always felt that if a song came on at a party, or in a club, and the chicks dug it so much as the dudes that it ended up with some people sexing later on, then that was a hit. ‘Ain’t No Nigga’ was that hit for the album. That was the record that took Jay from being just another New York drug rapper into being a New York drug rapper with a hit record. That song was the reason Def Jam came knocking, years after they turned Jay away.

JLP: Even young rap fans have been exposed to Dame wildin’ out, with videos like the one in the Def Jam board meetings surfacing online, what situation was the craziest you’ve seen him?

Combat Jack: The craziest? There’s this one incident that centered around Reasonable Doubt’s first single, ‘Can’t Knock The Hustle’ featuring Mary J. Blige. Dame and Jay recorded that song with Mary because Damon knew her before she blew up. As I recall, they dated briefly. Damon paid Mary’s people some cash for clearing her to be on the record. Even though Mary was squared away, we didn’t have any clearance from the label, Motown, Universal. When I sent a request to get clearance in an expedited manner, the label flat denied her appearance. Labels took great care in cultivating some of its promising artists and Mary was one of them. The label’s denial of that record was devastating because the single had already been pressed up. Paid ads were appearing in publications like The Source introducing Jay’s first single featuring Mary J. Blige in bold bright letters. Dame’s back was against the wall, which meant that my back was against the wall. I was very cool with a brother that was very high up in the chain of command over at Universal. A good cat that I felt if I ever needed that one favor from him, it would get a pass.

JLP: Did you hit your connect up?

Combat Jack: Damon wanted me to set up a conference call with my guy at Universal. So I’m thinking all three of us will come to some gentlemanly understanding, especially since I’m using my one big favor on Jay-Z’s first ever single, my stakes in making this deal happen is high. The minute we get on the phone, my guy is telling Dame the best Universal could do. Without skipping a beat, Dame goes in on my dude by asking him if he’s the president of Universal, is he the top man that calls the shots at the label. When dude replies that he’s pretty high up but not the CEO, Dame spits out “Oh, so I’m on the phone trying to negotiate this deal with peon!” He just called my dude a peon, on my favor, and we’re in the position of begging. My dude is very politically firing back and Dame is straight ridiculing him, joking him out and shouting down to him like how he and Cam did on that Bill O’Reilly segment, with me in the middle trying to peace shit out and it’s going from worst to worser to worst as it’s fucking going to be, and quick, so I drop Damon’s line.

JLP: Wow. You talked about him humiliating people without going into too much detail, can you give us some examples?

Combat Jack: There was this artist K-Yze, that had this hit song “Stomp”, who was on the same label as Dame’s first two acts, Original Flavor and The Future Sound. K-Yze and Dame’s groups had to do a lot of promotional shows together. K-Yze’s signature look was these giant ass chain of colorful wooden beads he wore around his neck. Damon hated K-Yze. So there’s this one show, and Damon’s been plotting for weeks on how he was done with dude and was going to finish him. At this show, they start beefing about whose closing and Dame decides, “Fuck it, I’m swinging.” So now him and K-Yze are tussling backstage, crowd out front waiting. Dame had been trained as a boxer and had this rep for being nice with his hands, I think this added to his ego. So after cats jump in to break the scuffle, Dame launches his main attack, and as they’re being separated, he reaches out and firmly clasps K-Yze’s beads in his fist. He yanks with all his might and naturally the chain pops and there’s beads flying. K-Yze has a scuffed head and his beads are bouncing every which way. To hear afterwards, how Dame told the story, how he plotted and planned to snatch them “stupid ass beads” off K-Yze’s neck, shit was funny, but shit was mad mean too. When Jay dropped ‘Super-Ugly’ during his beef with Nas, I knew that one had to come out of Dame’s book.

JLP: Did Dame get into scuffles a lot?

Combat Jack: Dame was never a street cat, he went to private school, , even though he might have had it rough growing up in Harlem. The Dash family is very remarkable in their legacy of successful relatives. He had hustle, and he had that sense of entitlement. At the same time, he repped Harlem hard, so he knew a lot of street cats, older cats that saw dude for the promise that he showed. Dame loved to scrap, so he wasn’t a punk. He had this one fight with Terror Squad at a night club. The TS cats were another set that Dame hated. So during this fight, one of the TS cats grabbed hold of a champagne bottle and was steady clocking Dame in the dome as he fought back. Dude must’ve clocked Dame three, four times straight. Dame is laughing about it a couple of days later, head swollen, bandaged up about how much he respected the other side for how they kicked ass. He was laughing about how dude kept clocking him in the head, how he was just thinking how hard champagne bottles hit because it hadn’t broken against his head, and how them blows hurt to the point that he was wishing the fucking bottle would just break. He most definitely got his hands dirty.

JLP: It seems as though people are feeling Dame’s work on the BlakRoc project, it seems like there might be room for success there.

Combat Jack: Dame is a hustler true and true. He’s an incredibly smart guy, one of the smartest I’ve ever met, with a lot of energy. He may have burned a lot of bridges but that’s the kind of cat you could never count out. Plus his ego, how one of his strongest suits is that he is an asshole, in a good and bad way. That alone will not allow him to have cats joke him out on how far he’s fallen for too long. Knowing him, he’s steady plotting on how he’s going to have the last laugh. Once one makes millions, one always knows how make more. Knowing him, his life depends on him being back on top.

JLP: Shifting gears, you’ve had issues with Hot 97’s Peter Rosenberg, where do they stem from?

I dropped a post about Big Pun’s widow Liza Rios claiming Fat Joe conducted funny business. In my post I listed an estimated tally of what the monies might have looked like and how Rios might have miscalculated what Pun’s estate might have received, how said monies were spent and how Joe might not have been at fault. I negotiated more than my share of deals to pretty much have an educated view of what went on. Apparently Rosenberg read my post and twitted how he didn’t see any validity in my numbers, my math being fuzzy and worthless. So now he’s firing shots my way and I’m like “who the fuck is Rosenberg to know how deals are structured and how the monies are distributed?” I called him out on it, he tried to fire back but I was relentless.

JLP: Interesting…

Combat Jack: Then, this past summer, during Michael Jackson’s widely viewed memorial ceremony is on air and everyone is glued to the set and Twitter, Reverend Al Sharpton starts speaking and Rosenberg lets a tweet fly about how Rev. Sharpton was spoiling the ceremony because he’s an ambulance chaser. Sharpton is a lot of things to a lot of people, especially in the Black community and when I read his tweet, I was deeply offended. Not that I personally hold Sharpton as “THE Black leader”, but still, I respect that man for where he’s come from, where he is, and some of the things he’s done to support the Black community. To hear a white kid joke about Sharpton during this ceremony did not feel right to me. Rosenberg’s comment showed me that he really didn’t understand the position he was in and the responsibility he had as a voice for Hip Hop. I called him out on it via Twitter, but he hadn’t responded, still I felt dude was out of line and I let him know.

JLP: When did the conflict between you two really pick up?

Combat Jack: One morning he’s on the radio trying to stir anger and hate towards Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi who’s in New York for the United Nations Assembly. I’m like “hold up, this lil’ know-it-all is at it again”, speaking on something from solely his perspective and not respecting, not realizing that his views might not necessarily resonate with the demographics of this stations listeners, and with an arrogant tone as if he was talking down to his listeners, like they should know better. Once again, I’m not an advocate for Qaddafi, but I felt that whatever background Peter came from allowed him to have opinions that weren’t necessarily the opinions of the community to which he now spoke to, spoke for. I hit him on Twitter about how he needed to slow his role, nothing slanderous, just calling dude out on his judgments and where it stood with regard to others guilty of similar crimes. The next thing I know, Rosenberg threatens to “smack the shit outta me in front of my kids!” in broad daylight on Twitter. So now his arrogance, his sense of privilege has him thinking he can speak any way to a Black man whose not on as large a public platform as him? Get the fuck outta here, B. Not that I’m thugged out or whatever, but I don’t play that.

JLP: Yeah, I remember that exchange, how did that end up?

Combat Jack: He starts reaching me via direct messages wanting to work shit out, knowing I got him under pressure. He’s reaching out to people we both know, asking all types of questions about me. Then in public, maybe to regain some type of support from the public that’s observing our beef on Twitter, on the nets, dude pulls the lamest shit yet. As he’s trying to backpedal on his threats, knowing a lot of eyes are peeping his meltdown, he tries to throw me off by claiming I’m an anti-Semite. Come on son, I’m not having that. New York radio may have fallen off but as long as he’s around, I’m going to be waiting right there to check his Pudge Nubby candy ass. [||]. I have great fun pushing Peter Rosenberg around for breakfast.

JLP: With all that being said, are you willing to resolve issues with Rosenberg?

Combat Jack: Well, it’s nothing personal with Rosenberg. So sure I’d be willing to resolve my issues with him. I’d be a hypocrite to shun any types of dialogue, that’s where true democracy begins. He’d just have to be willing to see how he crosses the line, fall back from assuming his listeners should agree with his views that come from a different perspective, originate from a different culture, he’d have to be willing to be rehabilitated in learning how to move in certain circles. He’d have to be man enough to come from hiding behind the Hot 97 shield and realize he’s in no way bigger than me or anyone else in this game. Yeah, I’m open to having a beer summit for shits and giggles. Though I’d still check him when need be, afterwards.

JLP: I know you’re blogging at XXL now, what blogs do you read?

Combat Jack: I read a lot of blogs. Too many to mention, plus I don’t want to leave out any blogs that I really respect.

Via: Hypebeast

Hot 97 Who’s Next Live @SOB’s on Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Hosted by Peter Rosenberg from Hot 97

Doors Open @ 7:30 p.m.
Show to Start @ 9 p.m.

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I’ve been seeing a lot of clips of Talib Kweli on Noisemakers floating around the hip hop blogs for the past couple of days.  I figured why not post as much of the show as I could find on youtube for you guys to enjoy.  It is pretty interesting, after all.  Noismakers is part interview, part concert.  Hosted by Hot 97 radio host Peter Rosenberg, featuring DJ J. Period, the show has hosted the likes of  Raekwon, DJ Premier, and Q-Tip.  Think of it as Inside the Actor’s Studio for hip hop.

Here’s Talib Kweli talking about what it was like to work with Dilla:

In my opinion, Talib’s music has been sorta hit and miss since the Rawkus golden era.  The Black Star Album remains untouchable.  His Soundbombing tracks were always ones to look for, and the first Reflection Eternal album was also a classic.  But things got a little rocky after he parted ways with Hi-Tek and did the Quality album.  A couple of albums later, there’s still nothing that compares to that old Kweli flow that first got me hooked.

All things considered, he’s still the man.  The influence that his music has had on hip hop is no doubt tangible.  Just like A Tribe Called Quest needed De La Soul, among others, to help them create a movement and get on the map, artists like Common probably wouldn’t have made it as big as they are today without the collective effort brought forth from artists like Kweli.  The bottom line is that his rhymes are smart and they reflect an element of hip hop that is no longer as rare in the mainstream, albeit still kinda rare, as it was before he stepped on the scene.  For that I thank you, Talib Kweli.

So, yeah, Kweli is smart.  He’s also funny and a good story teller.  Here’s Kweli talkin about why Detroit has the best rappers, weed and being white girls’ favorite rapper:

Kweli on Kanye habitually acting like a jackass:

On the Rawkus days, working with Mos, Kanye, Dilla, having Jay-Z drop his hame in a verse, avoiding being pigeon-holed as a political rapper, family and more:

Spotted this yesterday while watching the Giants illustrate exactly the opposite of what a good defense looks like. I’m lazy today so here’s some copy and paste action from J. Period:

3 Exclusive New Remixes + Freestyles Starring Talib Kweli and Remixed by J.Period!  J.Period & Talib Kweli’s “Noisemakers EP” celebrates the latest installment of Peter Rosenberg’s critically-acclaimed Noisemakers series. Noisemakers with Talib Kweli is going down on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 92YTribeca (tickets available in advance at: http://tiny.cc/WrAgg).  J.Period & Talib Kweli’s “Noisemakers EP” also offers an advanced preview of J.Period’s top secret, upcoming mixtape collaboration with Reflection Eternal (Talib Kweli & DJ Hi-Tek)…coming soon!!!

I wish I could go but I banned myself from New York City events during the week due to hangovers causing me to miss work personal reasons. 

A top-secret RE mixtape? That’s what I’m talmbout!

Shouts to Meka for the heads up, Enjoy!

Download: J. Period x Talib Kweli – The Noisemakers EP

Track List:

1. Ambitionz (Exclusive Freestyle)
2. Youthful Re-Edit (Exclusive Freestyle)
3. Country Couzins (J.Period Remix) f. Bun B

The EP features 3 tracks featuring Talib Kweli in anticipation for Peter Rosenberg’s Noisemakers event going down on Wednesday in NYC. Be on the lookout for J. Period’s upcoming collaboration mixtape with Reflection Eternal coming soon.

Via: OnSmash .

The Line started forming outside of Hiro on 9th avenue at 7pm and by 8pm was around the corner with about 400 eagerly awaiting to see Ghostface perform. Also Performing K-Salaam & Beatnick (Live Production set), Jasmine Solano, and DJ dB

9th avenue

around the corner on 17th street

DJ dB of The F.EDS (Twitter.com/therealdB)

JASMINE SOLANO performing her hit single “That’s Not It” (twitter.com/JasmineSolano)

K-Salaam & Beatnick performed their Live production set

Ghostface!!!

Kid Cudi made a surprise appearance

JadaKiss

Redman

U-GOD

K. Foxx, Cipha Sounds, Peter Rosenberg and Jeremy Asgari (Socialight Ent.)

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I didn’t plan on going to this show, because free (+ MySpace) shows tend to get crazy, and I was ready late because I was coming from another show across town. But I couldn’t resist checking it out, and the possibility of getting to see Ghostface Killah for the first time was too tempting…Ghost was celebrating the release of his latest album, “Ghostdini: Wizard of Poetry.” I was coming from another show with Billie Sunshine (MADOnly), TreZure the Empress, and our friends Cynthia and Fire, and when we got to Hiro Ballroom, we found a line wrapped around the block. Bummer… Lucky for me, Billie spotted a friend at the door who was able to help us bypass all of that. Score!

Inside, people were packed in like sardines. Some had been patiently waiting for hours for get in, and then for the show to begin. Unfortunately, I had just missed Jasmine Solano’s opening performance =(

I have no idea where this guy came from, but he ended up “treating” us to a little dance on stage. Ew.

Thank goodness he got kicked off the stage… Cipha Sounds and Peter Rosenberg kept the crowd entertained until Ghostface hit the stage.

A commotion on my right caused me to look over and see REDMAN walking right past me! This was going to be a dope show…Finally, the main show was about to begin. Fans started throwing up W’s (for Wu-Tang, in case you didn’t know.):

Ghostface came out and the crowd went crazy… He performed a slew of classic joints from his previous albums (including my favorite, “Ice Cream,” from which I got my internet alter-ego, ChocoDeluxe)…

Then came the special guests… U-God:

Jadakiss:

Redman (this is where I text my uncle and he doesn’t believe me. He’s been feenin’ to see Redman perform forEVER!):

Large Professor:

and Kid Cudi:

Right before Ghost was about to bring out his last guest, a little scuffle broke out on the left side of the stage. U-God and Ghost explained to the crowd the it had to do with family issues, and wasn’t serious. I was afraid it would spill out into the crowd…but it didn’t. Kudos to Ghost for handling a potentially damaging situation with poise…

Last but not least, Ghostface brought out Raheem DeVaughn (one of my favorite singers!) to perform two songs, one of which is their current smash single, “Baby.”

Afterwards, Ghost apologized to the crowd for the on-stage drama earlier, and ended the show by asking the audience to say “peace.”

All in all, it was a great show… many thanks to Billie Sunshine and Shampoo for facilitating my entry, and kudos to all the fam in the building!

Part 1 the day before the album release follows Raekwon to Hot97’s Rosenberg & Cipha Sounds Morning Show, Hall of Fame in store signing (Queens), Jam Master Jay’s studio, Hot97’s Funkmaster Flex show & concludes with the album release party at Club Santos hosted by Diddy.

Diddy chills with Rosenberg & Soundz @ Hot 97 while off the air. They talk about underground hip hop, Jay Electronica, Mos Def, and etc…

Last night SOBs paired up with Hennessy, Peter Rosenberg and Hot 97 to bring you the latest in the Who’s Next Live series.  Jade, Curtis Santiago, and of course the Cons put on a killer show complete with special guests Ryan Leslie and John Legend. Check the photos below and check back to see an exclusive interview with GOOD Music artist, Consequence.

Consequence on the SOBs Stage

Check after the jump for more photos and special guests.

Consequence and John Legend

Jade

Ryan Leslie

The CONS

Watch for Consequence’s upcoming album Cons TV dropping soon.  He previewed his video for “Whatever U Want ft. John Legend and Kanye West” last night, then did a live version with John Legend.  He and Ryan Leslie did a remix of  “You’re Not My Girl” check them both here.

Eminem won the MTV Video Music Award for best hip-hop video Sunday night for his song “We Made You.” “Wow. This is crazy,” Eminem said as he took the stage to collect his moon-man trophy. “I want to just say thank you to the fans, first and foremost, for sticking by me this whole time.” Then thanks his team, Peter Rosenberg (Manager/Business Partner), Shady Records, etc.

Eminem then proceeds to dedicate the award to lifetime friend, right hand man, D12 member- Proof, whom was fatally shot back in April of 2006. Eminem’s first performance on MTV, (since Proofs’ passing) wasn’t until earlier this year at The MTV Movie Awards. Kid Cudi’s DJ AM tribute song follows Em’s Acceptance Speech.

Frequent visitors of the site (real sorry for the ridiculous amount of slacking fam…) know that we DREAD these kinds of posts, but almost a whole week out of the game leaves us with no choice… A slew of jams for you to pick and choose from including tracks from *deep breathe – 6th Sense, A&E (Masta Ace & Edo G’s collabrative project), Brother Ali (alongside Joell Ortiz & Freeway), cARTer (with a guest spot from the Underground King, Bun B), Consequence (suprisingly featuring Rick Ross and production from Statik Selektah), CurT@!N$, Don Notz (guest featuring Ali Vegas & Torae), Ice Cube, the homie J.A.M.E.S Watts, a few joints from CuDi, Lee Bannon alongside U-N-I, Talib Kweli, Zion I and Sha Stimuli, new shit from Ladies Love Cool James, the final version of the Madonna x Lil Wayne song, a collab between N.O.R.E. and Bun B, OC & AG, Raekwon, new heat off of Royce’s Street Hop, Saigon, Sean P!, unreleased Snoop from the Death Row days, some new Term, The Black Keys featuring Jim Jones and Mos Def (ridiculous), U-N-I featuring Theo and CurT, Nino Bless & Rass Kass and finally Vibes w/ Royce. – exhale*

Download: Best@it (Ft. Freeway & Joell Ortiz) – Brother Ali
Download: The Return 2 (Ft. U-N-I, Talib Kweli, Zion I & Sha Stimuli) – Lee Bannon
Download: New Money – Royce Da 5′9″
Download: Broken Safety 2 (The Incredible P) – Sean Price
Download: Hoochie Coo (Ft. Mos Def & Jim Jones) – The Black Keys

You can catch the rest after the jump…

Download: In The Garden – 6th Sense
Download: A’s & E’s (Ft. Marsha Ambrosious) – A&E (Masta Ace & Edo G)
Download: Houston Summer (Ft. Bun B) – cARTer
Download: The More I Get (Ft. Rick Ross) (Prod. Statik Selektah) – Consequence
Download: Mode – CurT@!N$
Download: Lost (Ft. Ali Vegas & Torae) – Don Notz
Download: Raider Nation – Ice Cube
Download: Say You Will (Re-Fix) – J.A.M.E.S WATTS
Download: Cuditastic – KiD CuDi
Download: Hater Hooray – KiD CuDi
Download: I Hear Them Calling (Prod. Eminem) – KiD CuDi
Download: NCIS (No Crew Is Superior) – LL Cool J
Download: Revolver (Ft. Lil Wayne) – Madonna
Download: Set Trip (Ft. Bun B) – N.O.R.E.
Download: Think About It – OC & AG
Download: Can’t Hide It – Raekwon
Download: Free Tru Life – Saigon
Download: Fallin Asleep On Death Row (Prod. Dr. Dre) – Snoop Doggy Dogg [Unreleased]
Download: God’s World (Prod. M Will) – Termanology
Download: What’s The Answer (Ft. Ea$y Money) – Termanology [iTunes Bonus Track]
Download: Drive By (Ft. Theo & CurT@!N$) – U-N-I
Download: Sparta (Ft. Rass Kass & Nino Bless) – Vetereno
Download: As Live As It Gets (Ft. Royce Da 5′9″) – Vibes

Stay tuned for the video catch up, lord knows there alot to catch up on…

Scotty stopped by French Hip-Hop station Generations FM to walk fans through the album track-by track.
Below, observe CuDi’s ability to switch the style up when Peter Rosenberg drops the beat from Naughty By Nature’s “Hip Hop Hooray”.

DOWNLOAD | KiD Cudi – Hip Hop Hooray 2009

Cudi @ Royal Oak, MI

Its crazy how quick the dude can come up with a quality song off the “dizzome”.  Here’s a new Kid Cudi freestyle hosted by Peter Rosenberg.  Make sure you go cop his album.

“That. reminds me. of some ole’ funky groove”

D/L HERE

DA out.

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