Monthly Archives: February 2012

Once again, Gilles Peterson, proves why British public radio overshadows its ex-colony, by coaxing an appearance out of the enigmatic Jay Electronica, who remains unwilling to properly explain the whereabouts of Act II.  After all, the Style War emperor is almost 35, and still has yet to release an official album. Why rush now. Besides, [...]

(CNN) — A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Japan’s Ryukyu Islands early Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. Soon after the 5:31 a.m. (3:31 p.m. Friday ET) quake, Japan’s Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami advisory, recommending that people on the Okinawa Islands evacuate from the seashore. The advisory also affected the Amami Islands and Tokara Islands. The [...]

So here are 2 new tracks from Miss Badu’s upcoming album New Amerykah Part 2: Return Of The Ankh that premiered on Gilles Peterson’s BBC radio show this week. That trademark sound again. Source Bonus: Erykah Badu –  Window Seat Via: [...]

Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) — A key Sunni Arab party is boycotting Iraq’s March 7 elections because of what it says was Iranian influence that led to the banning of participants in the upcoming race, including the bloc’s leader. The Iraqi Front for National Dialogue, headed by Saleh al-Mutlaq, said the move was prompted by remarks [...]

Taxpayers could be on the hook for $1 trillion in pension and retiree health benefits.By Tami Luhby, senior writer NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Just as they are contending with massive gaps in their operating budgets, states and localities must also deal with a $1 trillion deficit in public employees’ retirement benefits’ funds, a new report [...]

Fab gave MTV Mixtape Daily a preview of the delayed mixtape. Expect freestyles over “Say Something,” “All The Way Turnt Up,” “Popular Demand,” “Roger That,” “Cigar Music,” and Swizz Beatz f/ Shyne’s “Shyne.” Via:. [...]

Directed and produced by Creative Control. Via: [...]

(CNN) — North Korea vowed Friday not to dismantle its nuclear program — not even in exchange for economic aid — as long as the United States continues a “hostile policy.” “It was none other than the U.S. that pushed [North Korea] to acquiring nuclear deterrence and it is, therefore, wholly to blame for the [...]

Kush x Orange Juice: The Mixtape coming soon. Via: [...]

Lupe talked to THE AGE in Australia, mainly discussing the conflicts he is/was going through with his label. Check it out below. Historically, there has been a conflict between the music Lupe wants to create and the music his label wants him to make. Lupe: ”It’s less about me being a celebrity, because I guess [...]

Gov. Paterson has 99 problems — and Jay-Z might be one of them. The governor’s friendship with the hip-hop impresario is raising questions because of the latter’s involvement with AEG, the consortium controversially selected to run a multibillion-dollar racino at Aqueduct Racetrack. Paterson’s bond with the man born Shawn Carter was growing at the same [...]

Ludacris pokes fun at the frantic message Tiger Woods left his side chick pleading her to take her name off of her voicemail greeting. Ludacris – Sexting (prod. The Neptunes) | Mediafire Ludacris’ Battle of the Sexes drops March 9th. Via: [...]