Your moms hair so short she take a shower and get brainwashed – Meth

Your mother be having old gold icies stashed in the freezer – Chef

Meth Vs. Chef part 2 will appear on Ghostface, Raekwon & Method Man’s upcoming album Wu Massacre, this version is from Allah Mathematics radio show.

Meth Vs. Chef II – Method Man & Raekwon

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Rated: R for language and crude sexual humor throughout, and some sexuality.

Comedy

Theatrical Release:Jul 31, 2009 Wide

Over the past few years, writer/director Judd Apatow (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up) has shown that nothing?not even losing your virginity or the miracle of childbirth?is sacred. About his third film behind the camera, he says, “I’m trying to make a very serious movie that is twice as funny as my other movies. Wish me luck!” Apatow directs Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen and Leslie Mann in Funny People, the story of a famous comedian who has a near-death experience.

Adam Sandler, Eric Bana, Jason Schwartzman, RZA and newcomer Aubrey Plaza join a cast that reunites Judd Apatow with Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann and Jonah Hill in their third comedy together.

I suppose you’re all wondering what the new COEN BROTHERS film is like? Well I went to see it this evening, and I’m gonna say this: it’s very different from their usual films, it’s more of a deep, philosophical comedy drama. Some (denser) audience members may leave feeling cheated, or fail to be entertained, but upon reflection at the ending, I found the film to be very clever, and begin to make sense upon reflection; when I left the cinema. Just go and see it, if you’re intelligent, and want to be entertained. It’s about as challenging to watch as Charlie Kaufman’s latest, I’d say, but possibly a little less complicated. But c’mon, it’s a Coens film, who’s not gonna go see it?

Yes. Yes you should. I’m serious.

Anyway, back to music. I’ve been listening to a bit of a mix lately; about half electronic, half other music? Well whatever, but I’ve bumped into a few incredible tracks from all different corners. Such as this – Erol Alkan’s latest signing, German dude BORIS DLUGOSCH, who has released possibly one of the biggest bangers of this year, immediately rivalling everyone from Jack Beats to Crookers, and mainly due to its simple formula of chopped up beats, wiping synths and high pitched groans, as well as steady popping bass.

“Bangkok” (Original Mix) – Boris Dlugosch (zshare)

Also from Germany is minimal techno duo AKA AKA, who sample some crazy stuff (including Batman & Robin), but in this track utilise a bit of didgeridoo in place of the usual repetitive electronic percussion, which I thought was pretty raaaaaaaaaad:

“Woody Woodpecker” – Aka Aka (zshare) [hi-qual/large file]

A while ago I found these two Portuguese guys called OCTA PUSH, who are incredible. They’ve pretty much popped out of nowhere, and they mix all kinds of styles together to form some kind of supersound. I can’t really explain it, but it’s very accessible. This is their signature track, I think, and it’s pretty sumptuous when you first hear it smother your ear-holes…

“Kolokani” – Octa Push (zshare)

So THE BLACK KEYS decided to go hip-hop for their newest stuff, and collaborated with a ton of rappers and vocalists, including one of my favourites, Mos Def. But the track I’m gonna show you features RZA of Wu-Tang fame, and Pharoahe Monch of “shut the fuck up” fame. It holds a significant amount of soul, psychedelia, and swagger. Raw:

“Dollaz & Sense” (ft. RZA & Pharoahe Monch) – Blakroc (zshare)

I saw TURBO FRUITS a while back when whiting out at a festival, and I remember them playing pretty well for a Be Your Own Pet spinoff. I actually bought their debut album, despite it not seeming fully thought-out. This new stuff shows a stronger side to them, with a balls-out Black Lips-style tightness. This is how mainstream rock music should sound nowadays, brilliant production too. Apparently they’re soundtracking the new Drew Barrymore film though…ugh…

“International Language of Love” – Turbo Fruits (zshare)

INVASION are insane. I first read them described as “wizard metal”, and straight away got on that shit. First listen sounds like Death From Above 1979 with crazy soulish vocals. And I’m happy to say it all sounds that good! It’s pretty spacey, you should check out their videos actually, I’ll post one now just to keep you entertained – watch their other videos though, they’re really cool 90’s video montage-based! Can you handle:

“Alchemy” – Invasion (zshare)

[BONUS COVERT DUBSTEP SKILLZ: "Dublicker" - Unknown Artist vs Aphex Twin (zshare)]

I sooooo wish i could have been apart of this…

This album is entirely composed by the Black Keys and featuring artists nclude RZA, Pharoah Monch, Nicole Wray, Mos Def, Jim Jones, Billy Danze, NOE, Raekwon, Ludacris, ODB and Q-tip.

This is going to be a big album pick it up this Friday November 27th available at good music stores near you or Itunes or online.

- T

Music is always rolling in, so let me update you! First off, Charles Hamilton is back! I also got two three Drizzy Drake tracks, two Blakroc tracks, Wayne, Wale, & much more. You know what to do!

Charles Hamilton – Charles Hamilton Is Back (MP3) – First leak off The Normalcy Project dropping December 8th!

Juelz Santana – Back To The Crib ft. Chris Brown – Final/Mastered version

Drake – Money [Original] (MP3) – All Drake verses, no other bums.

Drake – Do What You Do [No Tags] (MP3)

Birdman – 4 My Town (Play Ball) ft. Drake & Lil Wayne (MP3) – To be honest, Birdman is awful. But here he’s joined by Drake and Wayne in an attempt to sell records. I added it to the Boombox because people are really feeling it. Enjoy.

Blakroc – Dollaz & Sense ft. Pharoah Monch & RZA

Blakroc – Ain’t Nothing Like You (Hoochie Coo) ft. Mos Def & Jim Jones

- Make sure you cop this album on black Friday! 11 emcees who joined The Black Keys to create some dope rap/rock fusion. More leaked, but just go support when it drops.

Wale – Beast (Prod. 9th Wonder) (MP3) – Didn’t make the album cut so 9th let it loose. He also said there are two more coming, so be on the lookout!

XV – Nevermind (MP3) – Unreleased XV produced by Seven, cool track I’m feeling.

Curren$y – Breakfast (Prod. Mos Def) (MP3) – That’s right, The Mighty Mos Def on the boards!

**Also, be sure to check my remix post for three other joints that dropped recently! You’re welcome!

Props to 5Star & 2DBz

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Blakroc Album Trailer (vimeo)

Fuck wordpress for not supporting vimeo integration

Blakroc is set to drop from V2 Records on November 27th.

PREVIEW: VISIT Blakroc’s Website
WE GIVE IT: 17/20 Watts

Regardless of any preconceived notions you may have regarding rap-rock, it’s hard to ignore a group with a lineup as stacked as Blakroc.

With the bluesmen of the Black Keys laying the foundation for tracks featuring the likes of Mos Def, Raekwon, Q-Tip, ODB (from the grave, obviously), RZA, Jim Jones and others, the collaboration, headed by hip-hop mogul Damon Dash, was set to turn heads, if nothing else. With the release of the group’s self-titled debut though, Blakroc is sure to shatter any of your dispositions against the genre.

Taking on a clearly Delta Blues inspired sound, the guys from the Black Keys refuse to assume  a “backing band” roll throughout the record, and for good reason. Behind each of the notorious vocalists, the duo groove with a heaviness that would make their Delta predecessors proud.

Black Keys, who Dash has said are his favorite band, position themselves around the vocalists on the tracks, rather than behind, giving each track a noticeably more cohesive sound. Never is hesitation heard in the backing tracks on the record, leaving the remarkable vocal roster to perform at their best.

While the collaboration may seem at first to be nothing more than your run-of-the-mill rap-rock novelty, the lineup of vocalists from track to track is hard discount. While not every track is single-worthy, each is still a success in its own right. Nicole Wray’s vocals are some of the smokiest sounding on the record (see “Why Can’t I Forget Him”), featuring a relaxed longing that complements the Black Keys’ blues backing remarkably.

NOE, who has often been cited as sounding like Jay-Z (we believe it now), achieves a flow on “Hard Times” that would make Hova himself blush. Perhaps the most notable of the vocalists on the record, though, is Mos Def. His comfort with a live band is obviously attributable to his past work, but important nonetheless.

In the end, Blakroc takes the novelty associated with the rap-rock genre and shatters it. With a refreshing and groove-heavy sound, the 11 artists of Blakroc have effectively resurrected a dead concept, or at least reminded us that it could still be done well. At this point, I guess all we can do is sit back and wait for the sophomore release from rap-rock’s talented new entrepreneurs.

– John Luposello

I saw this thing a week ago and thought “just another collabo with some hiphop artists”. Yes these are some of the best hiphop artists around. But still it didn’t make that much sense to me. Just a “various” album. But today when I saw it again, and listened some better, it started making sense!

The Black key’s (7 albums), who are a bleus-rock band and are world-famous because of their very one sound, are asked by Damon Dash to work with him. I didn’t know Damon Dash but if you look at the video he is a great man by founding this project! He asked the Black Keys to work with him and some other people and to create Blakroc! Not just some people. Read this!

The Black Keys and Damon Dash worked with: RZA, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Mos Def, Nicole Wray, Pharoahe Monch, Billy Danze (one half of M.O.P.) and Q-tip. I dont know everybody but if you look at the trailer you must day that they all are talented!

I think this is gonna be big! The combination between hiphop and bleus-rock is so nice! The beats feel very jazzy. This sound is not hiphop or rock. I think this sound is hiphop/blues, or maybe just blues. Blues with faster lyrics. That’s the best description. It’s more a New Orleans kinda hiphop. I definitely love this sound. It’s something new, in comparison with the vocoder hiphop of the last year (i’m not saying that I hate that vocoder . Watch the trailer and buy the album when it drops the stores (Blackfriday, 27 november 2009 in Amerika).

• Blakroc Ft. Raekwon – Stay Of The Fuckin Flowers (mediafire)

• Official website Blakroc

• This is what wiki says

• Pre-order the Album or Vinyl here!

• UPDATE •

You can already listen to the album at the Dutch website “3 voor 12″. The whole album is on stream. The public gave it 3 stars, but I think it deserves more! I’m listening to it right now and you should do it to!

• Listen to this shit!!!

BLAKROC is the thrilling new collaborative project from The Black Keys and a star-studded line-up of influential hip-hop artists that includes Mos Def, Q-Tip, RZA, Raekwon, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Pharoahe Monch, Ludacris, Jim Jones, Nicole Wray, NOE and Billy Danze (M.O.P). BLAKROC will be released on 27th of November Ireland on V2/Cooperative Music, the same day as its US release  (to be dubbed “Blak Friday” by the independent record stores that will sell the album). Of the album, The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach said “no samples were used on the record, it’s all live instruments and live vocals.”

Sessions began in early summer in Brooklyn with Mos Def’s songs among the first put to tape… Over the following weeks the ten other artists joined the party to play their part in what is unquestionably one of the most forward-thinking and exciting hip hop records of recent years…

“It was fun and refreshing to work with The Black Keys on the project… We all had one common denominator – The Love of Music” (RZA)

“Experimenting with different sounds and genres of music has always been important to me. While collaborating in the studio with The Black Keys and Damon Dash may seem like an unusual fit, it felt natural. We were able to bring our own unique strengths and experiences together, that signifies the true artistry of music. I think this is something that all fans of music will appreciate.” (Q-Tip)

“What it meant to me was something I always knew; great rock music and great hip-hop music fused together can create undeniable greatness.” (Pharaohe Monch)

For more informations on Blakroc visit their continually updated website here or their myspace here.

Już dawno nie zwariowałam tak na punkcie jakiegoś zespołu, jak na punkcie The Black Keys. Nie ma w ich muzyce fajerwerków i może to właśnie ta prostota przekazu tak mnie urzekła. Tylko gitara i perkusja. I głos Dana Auerbacha, który przeszywa. Chcę go słyszeć ciągle więcej i częściej.
Ponieważ grają ze sobą już od lat, zdumiewa mnie ciągły brak wiadomości o zespole w polskich mediach. Podobno w Australii są gwiazdami, ale tam wszystko jest na odwrót.
Dan Auerbach i Patrick Carney pochodzą z Ohio. Byli sąsiadami i tak się poznali. Zaczęli grać dla własnej przyjemności, co, kilka lat później, przerodziło się w nagrania na taśmę i debiut płytowy w 2002 roku – The Big Come Up. Dwa lata później otwierali koncerty dla Pearl Jam, Beck’a czy Radiohead. Mimo tych sukcesów nadal nie są zbyt znani w Ameryce. Kiedy Auerbach chciał wydać swoją solową płytę, wszystkie wytwórnie zamykały przed nim drzwi. Dlatego założył własną.
Poza tym Auerbach jest wiecznie zajęty realizowaniem miliona pomysłów, które przychodzą mu do głowy i trasą koncertową. Sam przyznaje, że nie potrzebuje wiele snu, a przez resztę doby myśli tylko o muzyce.
27 listopada do sklepów wchodzi płyta Blakroc nagrana przez Black Keys wspólnie z raperami, takimi jak, Mos Def, Q Tip, RZA. Zapowiada się świetnie.

Black Keys, “The Lenghts”

Dan Auerbach “Mean Monsoon”

Pharoahe Monch blesses the new Black Keys project with a verse he wrote at the last minute.

Teaser trailer for the awesome sounding new Black Keys hip hop project. Also included the Hoochie Coo video and a few tracks courtesy of 2dopeboyz.

Blak Roc ft. Mos Def & Jim Jones – Hoochie Coo

Blak Roc ft. Mos Def – On The Vista

Blak Roc ft. Pharoahe Monch & RZA – Dollaz & Sense

Dame Dash’s latest project is gearing up to hit stores. As previously reported, Dame’s been busy preparing a collaboration with rock/blues group the Black Keys. Now as the holiday season kicks in to full swing, the final project between the mogul and the band is set to hit stores. BlakRoc Records is preparing to release their collaborative effort, BlakRoc on “Black Friday” on November 27, the day after Thanksgiving.

Independent record stores that carry the album will appropriately deem the day “Blak Friday.”The album will be exclusive to iTunes digitally upon release. Produced by and featuring music by The Black Keys, BlakRoc hosts a star-studded line up of MCs including Mos Def, Q-Tip, RZA, Raekwon, Pharoahe Monch, Jim Jones, NOE, Nicole Wray and Billy Danze. The album will feature no samples and incorporate all live instruments and vocals.

the album drops black friday. go support

A new cut called “Dollaz & Sense” off of that BlacRoc  album…shit might be a sleeper. If you dont know this is Dame Dash new project he’s been working on. Dame’s taking the Black Keys and fusing them with some of the dope artist of are time.

Dollaz & Sense

Oh! here’s the behind the scenes of this track…shit it crazy how it unfolded

RZA’s input

Pharoahe’s input