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In my continuing quest to promote Wiz Khalifa, here’s the link to his new mixtape. This is a must download for 2 reasons:

1. “Won’t Land” sees Wiz taking on the Camp Lo “Luchini” beat. That is one of the greatest beats ever, if you think otherwise – you’re incorrect. Wiz pays homage to the O.G with the flows too, I dig that.
2. “If I Were A Lame” – Wiz addressing what he’d do if he were a lame to the tune of Beyonce’s “If I Were A Boy”. Solid.

On a sidenote, me and Glaciers went out drinking with Wiz manager while we were in NYC. Cool dude, and he also had some interesting tales about the spot we’d seen Adrien Grenier leaving from the night before. Haha.

Download: Wiz Khalifa – Burn After Rolling

looks to Dat Piff.

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I really don’t want to believe this. Rest in peace Adam Goldstein aka DJ AM, one of the best to ever do it!

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As promised DJ Franchise has come through with the goods, live video footage of my homeboy (© Damon Weaver) Ghostface Killah performing in San Fran. Ghost and Trife run through a bunch of Wu classics complete with J-Love’s signature Staten Island ferry horn.

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We hip hop fans in New Zealand have been deprived of one of hip hop’s greatest live acts, Method Man and Redman. Meth and Red were billed for the Buggin’ Out Tour a few years back, Redman got as close as Australia but apparently didn’t have permission from the US government to enter New Zealand. Although at the time we were told a totally different story by the promoters. Still, we got a live Method Man solo show which was ill.

Anyways, the homie DJ Franchise was fortunate enough to see Meth and Red live in San Fran on Sunday night and has shared some footage of them performing one of my favourite joints from their new album Blackout! 2, “City Lights”. Ghostface and Duo Live also performed on the same night, so expect some more footage in the next few days…

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Baatin of the legendary Detroit hip hop crew Slum Village passed away on 31 July 2009. That leaves only one remaining member of the original trio that formed SV, T3. I can’t claim to have followed Baatin’s career closely or anything but even so Slum Village to this day are one of my favourite all time hip hop crews. They made so much great music, Fantastic, Vol. 2 in particular will always be one of my favourite hip hop albums.

“Fall N Love” was my joint! First time I heard this was on Trueschool back in 2000, that shit caught my attention straight away and I immediately begun a search for it on 12″ or LP. To this day I do not own a copy of this song on vinyl or CD (I bought the version of Fantastic, Vol. 2 that strangely didn’t have “Fall N Love” on it, WTF?!). For years my only means of listening to this joint was on Melo-D’s A.M. Workshop mixtape (great mixtape by the way). I was put out of my misery by DJ Substance about two or three years ago when he hooked me up with a vinyl rip of the joint and instrumental. I’ve been rocking the fuck out of this joint since.

Long story short, this is one of my favourite joints, evah! Sure the rhymes are nonsensical but the combination of that beat and the singing is perfection to me. I’ve endured a lot of bullshit to be able to listen to this joint on a regular basis, and now you have the convenience of peeping it on Youtube, enjoy

Rest in peace Baatin and Jay Dee!

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… and I’m always reminded of that fact when I watch this video, being that it dropped round the same time. “Name On A Cloud” is taken from Wiz Khalifa’s Flight School mixtape and sees the skinny dude doing his thing over the “Runnin” beat. Top 10 beats ever btw, R.I.P Jay Dee, and if you’re one of those dudes who wears “Dilla saved my life” tees and you didn’t know he made this… now you do. We’re all about bettering the community round here.

Back to the vid tho – it rules for the reasons that Drakes video sucked.  It features a great yet simple performance from the artist. It gives you an idea of his character and something to identify him with. And most importantly it sits well with the mood of the song. It’s also very nicely shot, quite a remarkable effort really for something that’s just a mixtape cut.

As I’ve said before, I rate this kid.

Taylor gang or fucken kill yaself.

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Dj Class in this bitch!

This video cracks me up. If you’ve been hitting clubs in the past 12 months you’d be hard pressed to have not heard some “Baltimore club” or “BMore” songs and remixes creeping into peoples sets. I don’t know shit about this genre except for the fact that heaps of the songs use the same break (I don’t know what the break is called, ask P-Money he’ll tell you) and they like to sample ignant rap quotes and repeat them a few hundred times throughout the song. It’s great.

Anyways, if theres one Bmore song you’ve probably heard without knowing.. it’s this bad boy right here.  This vid is made all the more comedic by the fact it’s directed by Class himself, and is budget as fuck. When you got Kanye West jumping on a remix of your song I woulda thought you’d score some finances behind you – unfortunately not for Class. Best bit is when he shows the patron in his cup … which given the setting looks suspiciously similar to a glass of water.

Mean g

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Young Sid’s long awaited Domestic Disturbance mixtape has arrived courtesy of the MTC blog. Had a listen this arvo and it’s solid – Sid doin the damage over various NZ instrumentals, and it also acts as a  great compilation of the various guest verses he’s done to date.  Salutations must also go to Danny Ill for the care that’s obviously been taken in putting this tape together. From track sequencing, to sourcing audio from various interviews and even live shows to transition between songs. Shot.

Young Sid – Domestic Disturbance

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Brand new video from shot then’s own David Dallas. Multiple Dave’s, magical chairs, Atari’s and elephants, Big Time!

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