Quincy Jones interview

Allhiphop comes through with another dope interview, this time with legendary musician Quincy Jones.

This guy is one of my heroes. His talent and resume are not be fucked with.  Respect a legend.

bonus:

Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson (video):

New Ghostface interview, album in stores today

Allhiphop has a pretty fresh interview with Pretty Toney up. He goes into details about the making of some of his classic songs. Ghost’s new album The Big Doe Rehab is in stores today.

bonus:

Ghostface Killah feat. Method Man & Raekwon – “Yolanda’s House” (off The Big Doe Rehab)

Ghostface Killah feat. Beanie Sigel & Styles P – “Barrel Brothers” (video) (off The Big Doe Rehab…also posted below, but whatever):

EVENT: J*Davey @ The Viper Room

Catch Ms. Jack Davey and Brook d’Leau at The Viper Room, next Tuesday, December 11th.

bonus:

J*Davey – The Beauty in Distortion (video):

J*Davey -  Live @ The Viper Room, April ‘07 (video):

Worst commercial ever…

This new Boost Mobile ad is so ridiculously corny and wack that I had to post it. What the hell is Mickey Avalon doing???

peep:

bonus:

Kanye West/Ludacris/The Game “Whole City Behind Us” commercial (from ‘04):

Kanye West, Ludacris & The Game – “Whole City Behind Us“

Ghostface Killah feat. Beanie Sigel & Styles P – “Barrel Brothers” (video)

Off Ghost’s new one The Big Doe Rehab. Directed by rising star Rik Cordero.

What’s with Def Jam dropping videos the same day as albums?

A southern legend passes

Port Arthur, Texas native Chad Butler, better known to the world as Pimp C from UGK (Underground Kingz), was found dead in his hotel room in Los Angeles earlier this morning. This is a tragic loss to the hip hop community. This guy was part of, and went onto inspire, some of the best hip hop to emerge from the south.

Rest in peace.

edit: 

Jive Records released the following staement regarding Pimp C’s passing:

It is with great sadness that Jive Records announces the passing of Chad “Pimp C” Butler, a member of the celebrated rap duo UGK (Underground Kingz).  Jive Records’ President and CEO Barry Weiss states: “We mourn the unexpected loss of Chad.  He was truly a thoughtful and kind-hearted person. He will be remembered for his talent and profound influence as a pioneer in bringing southern rap to the forefront. He will be missed and our prayers remain with his family and Bun B.  I’ve known Chad since he was 18, and we loved him dearly and he was a cherished member of the Jive family.”

Born in Port Arthur, Texas, Butler’s father was a trumpet player who played professionally with Solomon Burke. Outside of his father, the 33-year old rapper’s influences varied, ranging from Bobby Bland, Jimmy McGriff, the 1960’s Motown artists to Run-DMC. Butler met his inseparable partner Bernard “Bun B” Freeman in high school where they formed UGK. In 1992, the duo signed to Jive Records and went on release a total of eight albums for the label. They earned their highest achievement earlier this year when their most recent album, Underground Kingz, debuted in the number one position on the album pop chart. According to the New York Times, UGK “…helped inspire a generation of Southern Hip Hop stars, from OutKast to Lil Wayne.”

Bun B is not available for comment at this time.

Jay-Z “American Gangster” a cappellas (download)

I think Jay is really smart for doing this again, like he did with The Black Album in ‘03. I wanna see you beatmakers get creative with these remixes…we’ve all seen what can happen when you do a good job with something like this. It’s not just about placing some a cappellas over instrumentals and coming up with a clever title…the most memorable producers created something completely original and fresh from what was given them. I’m still bangin’ Kno’s Black Album remix to this day.

Click the album cover to download.

Blu for LRG

Check out the boy Blu in LRG’s latest ad, currently running in new issues of Vice and Complex magazines – on newsstands now. Excellent for hip hop.

bonus:

Johnson & Jonson – “Bout It Bout It” (video) :

vote for Blu in the Okayplayer Awards

2Pac feat. Amel Larrieux – “Resist The Temptation”

I usually try to stay away from these new Tupac albums. They just never feel right. Every now and then, I’ll hear a pretty good track and add it to my collection, but I’ve never copped one of his posthumous albums. Anyways, they’re putting out another one for the holiday season, and I came across a pretty dope track from the album. “Resist The Temptation” features a younger ‘Pac – sounds like around the “Brenda’s Got A Baby” era – and has some  pretty nice new vocals from one of my favorite female singers, Amel Larrieux. Not sure who’s on the beat, but it’s straight. Peep that.

download

Classic SONG/SAMPLE: Zhane – “Hey Mr. DJ”

This song reminds me of childhood. Classssssic.

the song: Zhane – “Hey Mr. DJ” (video)

the producer: KayGee

the sample: Michael Wycoff – “Looking Up To You“