Spencer Pratt...WTF...
"I'm not you, I don't need the tattoos/all my ink is on my checks..."
Will someone, on behalf of the craft of making music, the culture of Hip Hop, and just making the world a better place, please stop this dude?...wow...disappointed, not surprised...And if you want more on Spencer Pratt and his budding rap career (I'm envisioning a tour with Joaquin Phoenix), you can check out Complex where they did an interview with him. Entering the game as any white emcee should, he takes aim at Asher Roth...In the words of Peter Rosenberg (interview coming soon), white on white hate in Hip Hop has got to stop...Hating on this man, and his ego-driven assault on musical integrity should proceed at maximum speed...Also, don't think I didn't notice that this is probably the theme song for that god awful Celebreality show about quasi-famous lowlifes being stuck on an island somewhere that our sorry ass ex-Governor was going to be on...
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Illegit: "Too Familiar" featuring Wes Restless Video
Here's a follow-up to Illegit's It Must Be Illy EP I posted yesterday. Last night, Illegit had a party at The Tonic Room to premiere the EP's lead video, "Too Familair". The clip was directed by RH homie, Nick Castle, aka DJ Castlerock. Check it out below.
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Black Moth Super Rainbow: "Born On A Day The Sun Didn't Rise"
I don't know what to classify Black Moth Super Rainbow as, is it psychedelic? Yes, but that description seems so lacking. Is it electronic? Yes, but again, the word doesn't seem to encapsulate what's going on here; at best I can call it brilliant. Following up 2007's Dandelion Gum the Pittsburgh, PA band has put out one of my favorite albums thus far this year in Eating Us. Its heavy use of vocoder and brilliant symphonic keyboards make it wonderfully expansive and equally strange. The entire album and especially the first song, "Born on a Day the Sun Didn't Rise" are simply entrancing, the music just swirls, trippy, great stuff.
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Wale: "Breakdown" Live In Seattle
Blogs Is Watching captured this performance of "Breakdown" from Wale's Seattle stop of The Attention Deficit Tour. Check it out below. Also check out video and photos from the Chicago stop.
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J Dot Trife: "I Grind" featuring Astonish
Bacardiru slid this my way earlier today. I'm not too familiar with Mr. Trife, but definitely an Astonish fan. This is something a little different than what I'm used to from him. Grab it below.
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RH First Look: QuESt
Drake doesn’t over saturate at all and when you hear a new record from him it’s like, "'Oh s**t did you hear that new Drake record?'" Says Miami up and comer, QuEST. While he's been a mainstay on sites such as 2dopeboyz and illRoots (who happen to be presenting his upcoming mixtape), he's not confused about his own standing in the larger Hip Hop world. "You talk to people about QuESt and there’s more people saying, 'Who’s QuESt?' then people saying, 'Oh s**t that’s QuESt!' I got to pay my dues and let people know who I am."
Find out exactly who QuESt is in our new RH First Look.
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Mic Terror: "N***a Like Me"
Mic Terror hit the Redeye today describing his music as somewhere "between George Jefferson and Archie Bunker." Mic follows it up with his new leak via his facebook page, which serves as a perfect illustration. Get it below.
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How Did I Miss This?: Alexis Fox
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ThedaDot com: How Many Languages do you speak? We know you're a beautiful mix of the Cuban and Colombian cultures. Any other backgrounds in there?
Alexis Fox: "My father's Colombian is actually a mix of Syrian Jewish and Dutch Jewish as well. My mother is mostly Spanish Cuban. A far as languages, I speak Spanish and English at home, it's a combination of the 2. Then a little bit of Portuguese and a little bit of French, barely any Italian."
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