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‘Monie in the Middle’: True Hip Hop Stories
06.01.2011
04:32 pm
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“Old skool” rap icon Monie Love—where she at?—tells the wonderful tale behind the lyrics to her signature hit, 1990’s “Monie in the Middle,” in an episode of True Hip Hop Stories. I still play this song all the time. It’s unbeatable!
 

 
After the jump, watch the original video for “Monie in the Middle.”

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Posted by Richard Metzger
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06.01.2011
04:32 pm
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Video of Dr. Dre as a child on game show ‘Child’s Play’
05.17.2011
05:12 pm
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I wonder how old Dr. Dre is in this clip? Four? Nonetheless, he’s as cute as a button and charming on the late-70s game show Child’s Play

UPDATE: There’s a lot of speculation on the Interwebs that the little boy is not Dr. Dre.

Posted by Tara McGinley
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05.17.2011
05:12 pm
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Terry Riley and Big Boi spotted eating together at Burger King
05.16.2011
04:53 pm
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I’d truly like to hear a collaboration by these two. Why not ?
 
Previously on DM : Metzger on Terry Riley
 
Thanks Ned Raggett via Brassica

 

Posted by Brad Laner
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05.16.2011
04:53 pm
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‘She’s Mad’ - the worst song of all time?
05.11.2011
06:50 am
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I’m freaking out over how insanely BAD this is (not bad meaning good but bad meaning terrible). Seriously folks, I need help, I mean is this FOR REAL?! First up I can’t stop giggling, but secondly it raises a lot of questions. “Why?!” being one, closely followed by “Maybe she’s mad because he wrote this sucky song about her?” And who the hell is “Mayberry”?

Well, at least one thing is for sure - this gives lie to the myth that “making music is easy with Autotune.” Kind of. I’ve messed around with Autotune before (if you own a Mac you have a cheap version as part of Garageband) and know that these guys have to be doing something really wrong for it to sound this bad. In all fairness though, this was uploaded over two years ago. Maybe PtheG has improved since then?
 
PtheG - “She’s Mad”
 

 
Oh the humanity.

Posted by Niall O'Conghaile
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05.11.2011
06:50 am
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The great lost Vin Diesel / Arthur Russell collaboration
05.04.2011
08:15 am
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No, this is not a joke. An old audio clip has been unearthed of a teenage Mark Sinclair (aka Vin Diesel) rapping over a beat by legendary NY avant-dance composer Arthur Russell under the name Second Edition. This is bizarre not so much for the music, but for the idea itself. Diesel, the lug head, $20 million action star and Russell, the stoned, gay, downtown disco bohemian trying their hardest to make a primitive rap tune work. It seems like a match made in an alternate universe, but no, it definitely comes from this dimension. It has been discovered on tapes owned by renowned guitarist Gary Lucas, who has this to say on his Soundcloud page:

Fragments of an aborted recording session at Battery Sound NYC in 1986 which brought together fledgling rapper Mark Sinclair—today better known as the actor Vin Diesel—and avant composer/dance music maven Arthur Russell in a project midwifed by Gary Lucas, who discovered Mark Sinclair rapping and break-dancing on the streets of the West Village, and greenlighted by Geoff Travis of Rough Trade Records and Barry Feldman of Upside/Logarhythm records.

“I’m the Man of Steel” the teenage Sinclair asserts, foreshadowing his stellar ascent as a worldwide action movie hero (“Triple XXX”, “Pitch Dark”, and most recently the #1 box office hit “Fast Five”)—but even Diesel is no match for Arthur’s crafty diabolical beats, which keep dropping “the one” out from under him, breaking up Sinclair’s delivery and eventually rendering the session useless.

“It’s the white part of me fucking it up!”
—Mark Sinclair at the recording session

Unfortunately embedding has been disabled, but if you really are curious to hear it (it’s not amazing to be honest) you can do so here.

Thanks to Steven Hall
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Previously on DM:
Arthur’s Landing: ‘Love Dancing’

Posted by Niall O'Conghaile
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05.04.2011
08:15 am
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Rapper jumps on the bandwagon releases shitty Bin Laden is dead song
05.03.2011
03:05 pm
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Expect a deluge of really bad Osama bin Laden death songs. Here’s one by a rapper from Phoenix, Arizona calling himself Hot Rod. He was at one time a protege of 50 Cent.

“My musical ear has expanded. Now the music I make is fuckin’ incredible and I can’t wait to unleash it to the world.” Hot Rod.

Mr. Rod, put it back on the leash.
 

 
Via The Daily Swarm

Posted by Marc Campbell
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05.03.2011
03:05 pm
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Listen to Beastie Boys’ ‘Hot Sauce Committee Part Two’ in full
04.26.2011
10:13 am
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So the Beastie Boys are back, with their new album Hot Sauce Committee Part Two.

There’s an interesting/confusing story about this release - the first Hot Sauce Committee record was due to drop in 2009. At the same time as HSCPt1 was being recorded, the ever-prolific band recorded a bunch of extra material for NSCPt2, and scheduled the release of the sequel for early 2011. Unfortunately the release of HSCPt1 was delayed when MCA discovered he had cancer (which he thankfully pulled through), but HSCPt2 remained on track for a spring 2011 release. And so here it is - but now with the track list swapped for that of HSCPt1. The real HSCPt1 is scheduled for release later this year, presumably featuring the material that was recorded for HSCPt2. Those Beasties, they so crazy.

So what does it sound like? Well, listen for yourself:
 

Hot Sauce Committee Part Two by Beastie Boys
 
Hot Sauce Committee Part Two will not be available to buy until May 3rd, but you can order it in advance on Amazon.

Posted by Niall O'Conghaile
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04.26.2011
10:13 am
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Prominent Los Angeles graffiti artist Revok arrested
04.25.2011
10:12 am
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Jason Williams, a.k.a. Revok, one of the best known graffiti artists in Los Angeles, was taken into custody Thursday at LAX as he prepared to board a plane bound for Ireland. The arrest was for an outstanding warrant he had failed to pay restitution on.

WIlliams is a member of the Mad Society Kings, or MSK, graffiti crew. He is being held in the Los Angeles County Jail in lieu of $320,000 bail, according to the Los Angeles Times.
 

Posted by Richard Metzger
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04.25.2011
10:12 am
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‘Titties and Carrot Cake’
04.23.2011
03:44 am
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Thug Friends have dropped their new video, “Titties And Carrot Cake,” and I don’t know what to say other than I fucking dig it. Another awesomalishtic track from Really Real Nigga Shit Records.

Me and my homie TwiggyKix have come a long way since starting our rap group, Thug Friends, two weeks ago. (It hasn’t really been long at all, but fuck it #doe.) We’d like to thank everyone who has played a part in getting this done. WE LOVE Y’AAALLLLL, MAYNE! *wipes tear*… Alright, enough of that shit. Here’s the video. It’s Thug Friends, ho!

This diabolically funny parody of crunk rap from the mad geniuses at Made Monarchs is gonna go viral. Why? Because it’s not just funny, it’s a catchy as hell song and everybody loves titties and carrot cake.

When it comes to titty milk, I like mine slightly chilled and served in a shot glass.
 

 
Via Absolut-ism.com

Posted by Marc Campbell
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04.23.2011
03:44 am
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Rich, white and Republican: Are The Young Cons the worst rappers of ALL TIME?

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I realize that this is another one of those, “This smells like shit, smell this” kind of posts, but bear with me, this one is pretty… “good”:

“The Young Cons” are a Dartmouth College “conservative Christian” rap duo comprised of Joshua “Stiltz” Riddle and David “Serious C” Rufful. “The Young Cons” rap about Ayn Rand, Ronald Reagan and Jesus and appear at Tea party rallies and on Fox News. Clearly these rich-kid goofballs, have no sense whatsoever of how they must appear to others outside of their white-bread, er, posse. They must have also completely given up on the idea of ever getting laid again…

“Stilz” and “Serious C” make even James O’Keefe look like… less of a Republican dweeb by comparison (That’s hard to do). These guys totally suck!  You might think this is a joke—and it surely is—but it’s not an intentional joke (or at least I don’t think it is?)

Local Los Angeles Christian radio idiot, Frank Pastore said of them:

“They’re Christian. They’re conservative. And, of course, liberals are going crazy over this. Some of their lyrics are really a hoot.”

A “hoot” huh, Frank? I doubt very much “The Young Cons” are driving many liberals (or anybody else) “crazy.” Most liberals would probably just think they’re fucking idiots, point and laugh at them and then say snarky things about them on their Facebook wall. About all they’re worth…
 

Via Wonkette

Posted by Richard Metzger
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04.06.2011
09:09 pm
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