We at Killahbeez have raved about The American Dream Team’s work in the past on a few occasions.  In support of their monthly party, Lickwud, Code-D executed another banger of a mixtape.  For this month’s party, Colt 45 will be giving away their malt liquor at 10pm.  Come out to Williamsburg tonight and support TADT’s monthly party if you’re anywhere near Brooklyn.

Listen to the stream below to get a taste of Blue Dream and download the mix here.

TRACKLIST
1. TADT Blue Dream Intro
2. Jack Beats – Get Down VIP Edit
3. Naughty By Nature – Get To Know Me Better (TADT Remix)
4. Nas – Made You Look (Laidback Luke Bootleg)
5. Bingo Players vs Chocolate Puma – Touch Me (Bart Bmore Remix)
6. Spencer & Hill – Cool (Afrojack Remix)
7. Black Lips – The Drop I Hold (Kill The Noise Remix)
8. Prodigy – No Good (After Midnight Remix)
9. The American Dream Team – Hands Up!
10. Udachi & Jubilee – Smoke Rings
11. Reid Speed & Hot Mouth – Jailbait Rinse
12. Jedi feat. Choclair – Get It Girl
13. Tomb Crew – Western Jam
14. Black Noise feat. Wizard Sleeve – Me Plus You
15. Monster Squad – As The World Turns
16. Digital Manges – Manges (Sharkslayer Dub)
17. Dub Pistols – I’m In Love (Foamo Remix)
18. Silvio Ecomo & Chuckie – Moombah (Afrojack Remix)
19. The American Dream Team – Murder Music
20. Reid Speed & Mike Balance – Prosti Tot
21. Patrick Wolf – Hard Times (Jack Beats Remix)
22. Proper Villains – Music Takes Me Up
23. Oh Snap – Plus Size Model (Treasure Fingers Remix)
24. Monster Squad – Make Me Lose It
25. The American Dream Team – Listen 2 The Music
26. James Curd – Back Off Move Away (Treasure Fingers 5am Disco Mix)
27. Jewl Kid – Break My Heart (Computer Club Remix)
28. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix)
29. Florence & The Machine – You’ve Got The Love (The XX Remix)
30. Blue Dream Out Take Outro

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Local Vancouver hip hop artist Anami Vice is back with another album, They Made Me Do It. The album release party is this friday and I had the chance to chat with him briefly about what the album’s about and how he’s trying something new because well…they made him do it.

So tell me, what’s the new album about?

It’s about me trying to do something a little more mainstream. After the last album I thought I would try to do something that would appeal to more people. I didn’t think I would have as much fun making it but at the end of the day I think I enjoyed making this album more than anything I’ve done. It came out sounding more pop-y.

What was the idea behind They Made Me Do It?

Well really, I made me do it at the end of the day but I made me to it because that’s what [ the fans] wanted. I really had a good time making the album!

Was it easy to get into the pop/mainstream swing of things?

It came super easy and easier than I expected!

How are you going to promote the album?

I think I’m going to do a lot of internet marketing. I don’t want to give anything away but I think I have a pretty original plan. I’m going to be pretty intense about it.

Do you have a lot of shows lined up?

The show I’m doing in Vancouver is for me, friends, and whoever else wants to hear the new album. But I think I decided after the last album that I didn’t want to go the route of grinding it out and doing a lot of shows around town or around anywhere. That’s another reason behind the concept of the new album. I’m trying to do something that can appeal to a lot of people and market it to the internet instead of doing the long slow traditional process.

Was there anything in particular that influenced this album?

My friend and I were listening to the album and he said he could tell where the influence for each one of the songs came from and I think for most of them he was spot one.

For example, there’s a song called “Vodka Soda” and if you listen to it you can see the inspiration is from a Mos Def track called “Miss Fat Booty”.

Do you have a favourite track off the album?

Probably the last track “High Five” and the fourth track called “Hollywood”. Those are my favourite right now.

So how are you dealing with the whole T-Pain thing where you guys released tracks titled the same at the same time?

[Laughs] I would rather it be T-Pain rather than NAS or Jay-Z, or someone I actually respect. My song is what it is and it’ll stand on its own.

Another group released a song in the summer time called “Take Your Shirt Off” too. So the novelty of the song is completely gone now.

Well that happens right, you’re bound to name a song something that’s already been done. Not that you want accidental traffic of people searching for T-Pain but getting you instead, but you never know, maybe they’ll find your version first and like it better!

Yeah absolutely. That’s why I “leaked” my “Take Your Shirt Off” track as soon as I heard that T-Pain released his song, in hopes that people might click on mine! The only problem is that I don’t think that people who listen to T-Pain’s stuff will necessarily like Anami Vice’s stuff.

True, but you never know! People’s tastes are varied.

Again I’m glad it was T-Pain rather than Jay-Z because then I would actually feel bad about it. I’m a huge Jay-Z fan. If he did it, I would be like, ah he did it, now I feel like an idiot!

Cool, well that’s it! Anything else you want to say about the album?

Listen to it! It’s going to be available for free download on my site, anamivice.com.

Sweet, well I’ll see you Friday at the album release party!

That’s rad you’re coming, I’m stoked!

See you then!

You can download his album for free of his website as of this friday. In the mean time,  listen to the first two released tracks off of They Made Me Do It:

Anami Vice – Call and Response

Anami Vice – Take Your Shirt Off

Download Anoraak “Wild Geek Tape”

1| Holy Ghost! I will come back [Classixx Acapulco nights version]
2| David Rubato Circuit [Siriusmo remix]
3| Jupiter Mama used to say
4| Metric Help i’m alive [The Twelves remix]
5| Pacific! Hold me [Breakbot remix]
6| Lacquer Behind
7| Château Marmont Diane
8| Cinnamon Chasers I like watching you [Diamond Cut remix]
9| Michael Cassette Moonlight runner
10| Friendly Fires Skeleton boy [Grum remix]
11| Zoot Woman Saturation
12| LeCorpsMinceDeFrançoise Bitch of the bitches [Russ Chimes remix]
13| Jamaica [PoneyPoney] When do you wanna stop working [Pacific! remix]
14| The Juan MacLean Happy house [VHS or Beta remix]
15| Passion Pit Little secrets

Download DJ Marvel “Straight Goods Throwback”
More info, check, www.sofreshsokids.blogspot.com

1| Donny Hathaway – The Ghetto
2| Dr. Dre – Lil’ Ghetto Boy
3| Geto Boys – My Mind’s Playin Tricks On Me
4| Outkast – Players Ball
5| Sylvia Striplin – You Cant Turn Me Away
6| The Notorious B.I.G. & Junior M.A.F.I.A. – Get Money
7| Camp Lo – Black Nostaljack
8| Masta ace incorperated – Inc Ride
9| The Isley Brothers – Living for the Love of you
10| Common – I used to Lover H.E.R
11| Nas / Billy Suite – One love (DJ Marvel Blend)
12| Mobb Deep – Drink Away The Pain (Situations) (With Q-Tip)
13| The Roots – The Next Movement
14| Dilated Peoples – Rework The Angles (featuring AG, Defari and Xzibit)
15| Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf – World Premiere
16| Tha Alkaholiks – Make Room
17| Skillz – The Nod Factor
18| Wu-Tang Clan – Protect Ya Neck (Bloody Version)
19| Main Source – Live at the Bbq
20| Naughty By Nature – Uptown Anthem
21| Eric B. & Rakim – Don’t Sweat the Technique
22| Run-D.M.C. – Sucker MC’s
23| Doug E Fresh – The Show 101
24| Grandmaster Flash – The Message
25| Jimmy Spicer -Money (Dollar Dollar Bill Ya’ll)
26| OC – Dangerous (feat. Big L)
27| Big Pun ft. Fat Joe – Twinz (Deep Cover 98)
28| Dr. Dre Feat Snoop – Deep Cover
29| Snoop Dogg & Lil Malik – Pump Pump

This past weekend saw Rock The Bells make a stop in Vancouver, taking place at the great outdoor venue, Deer Lake Park. There was an air of sadness surrounding the event, before it even started, as early that morning I found out that Baatin from Slum Village had passed away. Currently there are no details on the matter, we’re not sure if something happened en route to Vancouver, or in Vancouver. Nonetheless, respects to a legend, R.I.P. Baatin.

Respectively folks in attendance weren’t sure if Slum Village would still make their scheduled performance, but 2:30 rolled around and there they were, T3 and Elzhi, coming out and putting on a great show for everyone, performing all the classics, then taking a moment to remember their friend. I definitely can say I had chills during the whole time, just seeing these guys putting on a brave face and performing hard was nothing short of amazing.

There were a few changes in the lineup, as Canadians have come to expect when attending a hiphop concert. Customs can be a bitch to get through or in some cases not get through. Early in the day we were told that Pete Rock wasn’t going to be there, as well as K’Naan, Big Boi and KRS-One. B-Real was brought on to help Supernatural with hosting, but that was scraped and instead fans were treated with a full on performance of classic Cypress Hill joints. RZA was also added to the bill and he brought up Ol’Dirty Bastards son, he had a frightening resemblance to his father. Reflection Eternal had initially canceled as we were told by Livenation staff, but at the 11th hour, Hi-Tek and Talib Kweli made it to the stage and performed a slew of songs, but honestly did anybody hear any Reflection Eternal songs? I’m pretty sure they just did all Talib Kweli’s songs, correct me if I’m wrong here.

The final act saw Nas and Damian Marley together on stage, each performing their respective classics and essentially amping the crowd. Everyone pushed in closer and closer to the stage to try and catch some pictures, video or to simply take in the moment. It was a great way to end the festival.

Although our bill wasn’t as great as the original announced line-up, there’s no doubt that it was still a great festival. Check out a few of our pictures below and hit our flickr page for more pictures, lots more.

Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/killahbeez

Click on link to download.

Lily Allen “The Fear” Dr. Rosen Remix
Beastie Boys ft. Nas “Too Many Rappers”

For those following us on Twitter (@Killahbeez), a few days go we announced that we had a huge giveaway coming up. Well, here we go folks. 9:30 Club in Washington DC and Killahbeez are teaming up to give you a chance to win 2 tickets to the Rock The Bells Festival on July 12th in Washington DC at the Merriweather Post Pavilion. Tickets for this event start at $51.00 and cap at $101.00.

You know the lineup:

NAS ‧ Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley ‧ The Roots ‧ Common ‧ Busta Rhymes ‧ Big Boi ‧ Reflection Eternal: Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek ‧ Tech N9ne ‧ RZA ‧ Raekwon ‧ K’Naan ‧ Sage Francis ‧ Slaughterhouse ‧ Buckshot ‧ M.O.P. ‧ Necro ‧ Slum Village ‧ Eyedea and Abilities ‧ Evidence and Alchemist ‧ The Knux ‧ Psycho Realm ‧ Mystik Journeymen ‧ Chali 2Na ‧ Mickey Factz ‧ B Dolan ‧ Tabi Bonney. Hosted by KRS-One, Supernatural, Murs & Pete Rock

Prize Details:

• 1 pair of tickets (2 in total) to Rock The Bells on July 12th at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Washington DC.
• These tickets are the $51.00 tickets and you get 1 pair (2 in total).

How To Enter:

• Leave a comment on why we should pick you.
• Each comment counts as an entry, one entry per person and per IP.
• Contest Closing Date: Thursday June 4th at 9am PST, Noon EST

***WINNER HAS BEEN CHOSEN. THANKS FOR PARTICIPATING.***

Rock The Bells 2009 lineup was officially announced yesterday and its looking nice. No actual dates and venues have been announced, but we do know that the tour will stop in the following cities below, hopefully this time Vancouver actually gets it, unlike last summer it was moved at the last second down to Seattle. If you’ve never been to Rock The Bells its a pretty amazing experience for a hiphop head and I was lucky enough to attend the New York show back in 2007. The above video shows what Supernatural does best, so peep it as he freestyles the lineup. Oh and if you haven’t been to RTB, its worth it just to see Supernatural freestyle in between every act, you know how much of a vocab you have to have to do that?

Chicago, IL
Toronto, ON
Washington, DC
Boston, MA
New York, NY
Denver, CO
Los Angeles, CA
San Francisco, CA
Miami, FL
Vancouver, BC

So if you missed it in the freestyle based on pure shock, then here it is. Nas & Damian Marley, The Roots, Common, Big Boi, Krs-One, House of Pain, Reflection Eternal (Talib Kweli + Hi-Tek), Tech N9ne, K’Naan, Rza, Raekwon, Sage Francis, M.O.P., Slaughterhouse, Eyedea & Abilities, Necro, Slum Village, Evidence & Alchemist, Chali 2na, Psycho Realm & Mystic Journeymen, Buckshot & Mickey Factz.

Here’s a fresh project a dude by the name of Adrian Champion. He’s taken The White Stripes instrumentals and samples and sprinkled it with acapellas from some of your favorite hip-hop artist. What resulted is a mixtape with 13 tracks of well polished mixes. The closest thing that pops to mind is the Danger Mouse Grey album, but this one is slightly different as it isn’t fusing two albums.

Here’s a word from Adrian Champion:

I started digging through my collection and fitting all the pieces together. My goal was to use only samples from The White Stripes and a cappellas from classic songs and my favorite emcees. And of course, I had to rap on one of the tracks myself, with my man Brian Jacobs on the hook.

So there it is, hip-hop fans, meet The White Stripes.

Fans of The White Stripes, meet hip-hop. — Adrian Champion

Download the mix here.

Exactly a year ago we reported that Vodka brand Smirnoff was teaming up with Hip-Hop cats and remixing classic joints, essentially pairing up the songs original MC and teaming them up with some of this generations dopest producers. The first one that dropped was the KRS-One  & DJ Premier track “Criminal Minded ‘08″, that was followed up with Common & Just Blaze “The Light ‘08″ and the third and final installment of the series for 2008 was the  Q-Tip & Cool & Dre joint “Midnight ‘08″.

Well the series is BACK for the ‘09, except this years version is different than the last. Instead teaming up MC with producer, they’ve teamed them up with another vocalist. The first track has Nas doing “If I Ruled The World ‘09″ except this version features Marsha Ambrosius. The follow up to this will be Buckshot and Canada’s own Kardinal Offishall redoing “I Got Cha Opin ‘09″ and the third in the series will be Nice & Smooth with Pac Div doing “Funky For You ‘09″. Should be an interesting set of remixes this time around. For more information hit up http://smirnoffsignaturemixseries.com

To download right-click and save as. For Mac users hit “Control+click”.

Nas with Marsha Ambrosius “If I Ruled The World ‘09″

Alright so here’s the lastest leak from what one can assume is off of the upcoming Dr. Dre album, Detox. The track features guest vocals from Nas and T.I. and this is officially the CD quality version. I paused for a minute on posting this as folks on the scene know, this officially dropped on Friday. The reason for pausing was I wanted to see if this track was connected to a Vancouver dude, and well, what do you know it is. This beat was created by DJ Khalil and Chin Injeti of The New Royales, Chin Injeti also is a huge part of The Hastings Set, check out www.thehastingsset.com for more info on them dudes. Back to the track, it’s definitely a banger so check it out.

To download right-click and save as. For Mac users hit “Control+click”.

Dr. Dre ft. Nas & T.I. “Topless”

Here’s a newly leaked track from Jay-Z, which may or may not be a preview of what we can expect to hear on his upcoming 11th studio album, The Blueprint 3. Rumors have it that the album is dropping sometime in February and features guest appearances by Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Santogold, Andre 3000, T.I. and Nas.

To download right-click and save as. For Mac users hit “Control+click”.

Download Jay-Z “When The Money Goes”

Just in time for inauguration is Young Jeezy’s fifth single / video for “My President is Black” which features Nas and a cameo from Bun B. The video is directed by Gabriel Hart and features Barack Obama supporters marching throughout the streets. But seriously the messaging, “My President is black, my Lambo is blue, and I’ll be goddamned if my rims ain’t too”. Huh? wtf? I thought we were talking about the President, how’d the topic change to blue Lambos and rims? C’mon playa.

Available right now over at Stussy is a collaboration t-shirt between Stussy, Nas and NexusVII. The story behind the shirt is that Nas did a one night only show at ZEPP Tokyo on December 12th in 2008 and in celebration of the night and his latest album, the three heads came together to create this set of limited edition tees. As you can see these tees feature iconic Nas images and song titles (”Make the World Go Round”, “Black President” and “World is Yours), while the back of the shirt keeps it simple with the three logos of the collaborators. Check out the pics and then head over to www.stussydirect.com to cop one or both of these for yourself.

Are you planning on attending the Inauguration in Washington, DC? Look no further, I have provided a list of parties, concerts, official balls and unofficial balls.

There will be many (as in hundreds) of events including DC’s night life throughout the week but the hottest tickets in town, besides the official Inaugural Ball, will have special celebrity guest performances. The festivities kick off with Jay-z’s Inaugural Party at Love on Friday.  The biggest show will be on Sunday at the Lincoln Memorial, We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial. The party will take place on Friday.  

Ready to go, fire it up!

Here’s a message from President-elect Barack Obama: Inauguration Night: Your Neighborhood Ball

Obama Inauguration Celebrities: Who, What And Where by Jake Coyle

NEW YORK — If you thought the Golden Globes was a party, just wait until you see Barack Obama’s inauguration. Next week, Washington will look a lot like a colder version of Hollywood.

Here’s a roundup of who will be where, keeping in mind that in the mad rush to D.C., schedule changes may occur.

THE BIG SHOW

_ On Sunday, tradition will be upheld with a free star-studded concert on the National Mall, starting at 2:30 p.m. Among the many performers: Bruce Springsteen, U2, Beyonce, Usher, Garth Brooks, Stevie Wonder, John Mellencamp, Shakira, Mary J. Blige, Herbie Hancock, Josh Groban, John Legend and James Taylor. Denzel Washington, Jamie Foxx, Martin Luther King III and Queen Latifah will read. Obama will stop by and HBO will broadcast “We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial.”

WHERE’S OPRAH

_ Winfrey will host a live episode of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” from the Kennedy Center Opera House on Monday. She’ll also host a second episode on Wednesday. Winfrey has not announced her plans on Inauguration Day.

WHERE’S SPIKE

_ Spike Lee will appear at a daylong symposium at Howard University on Monday to discuss topics including the impact of Obama on Black America. Also there will be Rev. Al Sharpton, Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr., Dr. Cornel West and Dr. Henry Louis Gates. Lee will also host an after-party Tuesday evening.

OTHER CONCERTS

_ BET will hold an awards ceremony, the BET Honors, Saturday at the Warner Theater to honor Mary J. Blige, filmmaker Tyler Perry, Ervin “Magic” Johnson and others. Gabrielle Union will host and performers include Queen Latifa, Ne-Yo, Anita Baker and Joss Stone.

_ The Hip-hop Caucus will host a concert Saturday at Ibiza with Common, Mary J. Blige and Nelly.

_ Jessica Alba will host a kickoff event by youth voter initiative Declare Yourself on Sunday dubbed “A New Birth of Citizenship.” Maroon 5 and DJ Samantha Ronson will perform.

_ “Kids’ Inaugural: We Are the Future” will be held Monday night at the Verizon Center and air on the Disney Channel. Performing will be Miley Cyrus, the Jonas Brothers and Bow Wow. Michelle Obama and Jill Biden will host with their families.

_ The “America Feels Kinda Cool Again Inaugural Gala” will feature the Beastie Boys, Sheryl Crow and Citizen Cope on Monday at the 9:30 club.

_ Jay-Z will perform a concert “In Concert on the Eve on Change” at the Warner Theater on Monday.

_ Aretha Franklin will play a free concert at the Kennedy Center with Nuttin’ But Stringz and the Let Freedom Ring Choir on Monday.

_ Manifest Hope will finish a three-day-long, Inauguration-themed art exhibit with a party featuring performances by Santogold, Moby and De La Soul.

THE OFFICIAL BALLS

_ The Neighborhood Ball: ABC will broadcast this ball for Washington residents at the Washington Convention Center. Performing will be Mariah Carey, Jay-Z, Beyonce, Alicia Keys, Faith Hill and Mary J. Blige.

_ The Youth Ball: This ball is for people aged 18 to 35 to celebrate “the role young Americans can play to serve their communities.” After announcing and then junking a similarly themed ball, MTV will broadcast it. Fall Out Boy is among the acts attending.

_ The other eight official balls are: the Home States Ball, the Commander in Chief Ball, the Biden Home State Ball, the Mid-Atlantic Ball, the Western and Southern Regional Ball, the Midwest Regional Ball, the New England Ball and the Southern Regional Ball.

THE UNOFFICIAL BALLS

_ The “Dreams of My Father” American Scholars Inaugural Ball will take place Sunday at the Four Seasons and feature Alicia Keys, Macy Gray and LL Cool J.

_ The Voto Latino Inaugural Party will on Sunday include Marc Antony, Rosario Dawson, Tony Plana and Wilmer Valderrama.

_ The Hip-Hop Inaugural Ball will take place Monday at the Harman Center and be hosted by Russell Simmons, LL Cool J, T.I. and Young Jeezy

_ The Huffington Post Preinaugural Ball will be held Monday night at the Newseum and feature performances by Sting and will.i.am. Attendees will include Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, Denzel Washington, Shakira, Jon Bon Jovi, Halle Berry and Ashton Kutcher.

_ The Green Inaugural Ball will be held Monday at the Portrait Gallery and be hosted by Al Gore.

_ Muhammad Ali will attend the Kentucky Inaugural Ball on Monday at the Marriott Wardman Hotel.

_ The nonprofit arts and entertainment advocacy group Creative Coalition will hold a gala to be headlined by Elvis Costello and Sting at the Harman Center for the Arts on Tuesday. Also attending will be Anne Hathaway, Spike Lee, Tim Robbins, Maggie Gyllenhaal and others.

_ The Purple Ball, Tuesday at the Fairmont Hotel, will be hosted by Lou Gossett Jr. and Il Divo will perform. Expected to attend are: Ashley Judd, Patricia Arquette, John Cusack, Tim Robbins, Ed Harris, Ashley Judd, Josh Lucas, Amy Brenneman, Brendan Fraser, Susan Sarandon and Lisa Marie Presley.

_ There will be two American Music Balls: The Legends Ball, hosted by Dionne Warwick and featuring Chaka Khan and George Clinton; and the Urban Ball _ hosted by Ludacris and featuring Cedric the Entertainer and Monica. Both will be held Tuesday at the Marriot Wardman Park Hotel.

_ BET will host an inaugural ball at the Mandarin Oriental hotel Tuesday. The network will broadcast an hour special to coincide with the ball, which will include a performance by Wyclef Jean.

_ The Equality Ball, hosted by the Human Rights Campaign, will be held Tuesday at the Mayflower Hotel with appearances by Cyndi Lauper, Melissa Etheridge and Rufus Wainwright.

_ The Inaugural Peace Ball, Tuesday at the Smithsonian Postal Museum, will be hosted by Harry Belafonte and include Joan Baez, Graham Nash and Jackson Brown.

_ Rihanna will perform at the Recording Industry Association of America Inaugural Ball to benefit Feeding America on Tuesday.

_ Nas, Josh Groban, Slash and Robert Randolph are among those performing at the Heroes Red, White & Blue Inaugural Ball (benefiting military families and veterans) on Tuesday at the Warner Theater

Source: Inauguration Night: Your Neighborhood Ball

Outkast — Stankonia

Here’s something dope from one of my favorite online mags, Format, they always have dope shit over there and this is no different. They went ahead and recreated 20 classic Hip Hop album covers in LEGO! Yes, you read correctly, LEGO. Pretty awesome recreations actually and pretty bang on. The photos were taken by Nick Hanekom with styling and art direction by Jaici Chen and layout and design by Glen Manucdoc. Below are a few of my favorites.

Nas Stillmatic

Ghostface Killah The Big Doe Rehab

Gangstarr No More Mr. Nice Guy

EPMD Back In Business

Dr. Dre The Chronic

Common Be

View the rest of the collection over at Format.

So I’ve been reading a lot of these “Top 10 albums of 2008″ list in the last little while and decided, hell our staff here at Killahbeez has some pretty dope taste in music, we should also do one. So we’ve compiled a list from our writers annnnnd on top of that we’ve reached out to people that we’ve worked with in the past year such as Jeff Hamada from Booooooom, Sasha Lee from Halcyon Magazine, Michael Halford from Orland Kurtenblog and Sean La-La from Spectrum Events. This process was a tough one for all of us as we all hated narrowing it down to 10 and then ranking them created some nightmares. Check out the list below and let us know if you agree or disagree and what your top 10 would be in the comments below.

AJK’s Top 10

1. Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours
2. M83 – Saturdays = Youth
3. Anoraak – Nightdrive With You EP
4. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
5. Empire of the Sun – Walking On A Dream
6. The Presets – Apocalypto
7. Nas – Untitled
8 Black Milk – Tronic
9. Chairlift – Does You Inspire You
10. Ladyhawke – Ladyhawke

Atek’s Top 10

1. Q-Tip – Renaissance
2. Coldplay – Viva La Vida
3. T.I. – Paper Trail
4. Raphael Saadiq – The Way I See It
5. N.E.R.D. – Seeing Sounds
6. Kid Cudi – A Kid Name Cudi
7. Lil’ Wayne – Tha Carter III
8 The Virgins – The Virgins
9. The Clipse – Road To Til a Casket Drops
10. Santogold – Santogold

DT’s Top 10

1. Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours
2. Ladyhawke – Ladyhawke
3. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
4. Nas – Untitled
5. Lykke Li – Youth Novels
6. N.E.R.D. – Seeing Sounds
7. Pacific! – Reveries
8. Empire of the Sun – Walking On A Dream
9. Santogold – Santogold
10. Hercules & Love Affair – Hercules & Love Affair

Lee’s Top 10

1. Black Mountain – In The Future
2. Dávila 666 – Dávila 666
3. Jay Reatard – Matador Singles ‘08
4. Diplo & Santogold – Top Ranking (Mixtape)
5. TV On The Radio – Dear Science
6. The Duke Spirit – Neptune
7. No Age – Nouns
8 Vivian Girls – Vivian Girls
9. Spiritualized – Songs in A&E
10. Tim and Eric – Awesome Record, Great Songs! Vol. 1

Mila’s Top 10

1. Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
2. Lykke Li – Youth Novels
3. Kings of Leon – Only By The Night
4. Santogold – Santogold
5. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
6. Coldplay – Viva La Vida
7. Lil’ Wayne – Tha Carter III
8 T.I. – Paper Trail
9. Leona Lewis – Spirit
10. Adele – 19

Mona Alice Oakenfold’s Top 10

1. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
2. Hercules & Love Affair – Hercules & Love Affair
3. Santogold – Santogold
4. N.E.R.D. – Seeing Sounds
5. Kanye West – 808s & Heartbreaks
6. Ladytron – Velocifero
7. Girl Talk – Feed The Animals
8 Lykke Li – Youth Novels
9. TV On The Radio – Dear Science
10. Cat Power – Jukebox

Neran’s Top 10

1. Johnson & Jonson – Johnson & Jonson
2. Lil’ Wayne – Tha Carter III
3. The Game – LAX
4. Bun B – II Trill
5. T.I. – Paper Trail
6. Gnarls Barkley – The Odd Couple
7. The Roots – Rising Down
8 Nas – Untitled
9. Kanye West – 808s & Heartbreaks
10. Good Charlotte – Greatest Hits & Remixes

Ry’s Top 10

1. Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours
2. Empire of the Sun – Walking On A Dream
3. Sebastien Tellier – Sexuality
4. The Presets – Apcocalypto
5. Nas – Untitled
6. The Cool Kids – The Bake Sale
7. Coldplay – Viva La Vida
8 Lykke Li – Youth Novels
9. Hercules & Love Affair – Hercules & Love Affair
10. Raphael Saadiq – The Way I See It

Van’s Top 10

1. The Presets – Apcocalypto
2. Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours
3. Kitsune Maison Compilation 6
4. Empire of the Sun – Walking On A Dream
5. CSS – Donkey
6. Q-Tip – Renaissance
7. Ladyhawke – Ladyhawke
8 Megapuss – Surfing
9. Pacific! – Reveries
10. Walter Meego – Voyager

Jeff Hamada from Booooooom’s Top 10

1. Mr Oizo – Lambs Anger
2. TV On The Radio – Dear Science
3. The Dodos – Visiter
4. Lykke Li – Youth Novels
5.MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
6. Johnson & Jonson – Johnson & Jonson
7. Lil’ Wayne – Tha Carter III
8. Priscilla Ahn – A Good Day
9 Wale – Mixtape About Nothing
10. DJ Shadow – 4 Track Era Bundle

Michael Halford from Orland Kurtenblog’s Top 10

1. TV On The Radio – Dear Science
2. Portishead – Third
3. Madvillain – Madvillainy 2
4. Kings of Leon – Only By The Night
5. J.Dilla – Ruff Draft (Re-Issue)
6. A Tribe Called Quest – The Best of A Tribe Called Quest
7. Beck – Modern Guilt
8 Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours
9. Kanye West – 808s & Heartbreaks
10. Wolf Parade – At Mount Zoomer

Sasha Lee from Halcyon Magazine’s Top 10

1. Big Elf – Cheat The Gallows
2. Danava – UnonoU
3. Dungen – 4
4. Howlin Rain – Magnificent Fiend
5. Pride Tiger – Lucky One
6. Trigger Renegade – Rip It and Pass It
7. Mammatus – The Coast Explodes
8 Annihilation Time – Tales of the Ancient Age
9. Conifer – Crown Fire
10. Mt. Eerie – Black Wooden Ceiling Opening EP

Sean La-La from Spectrum Event’s Top 10

1. Santogold – Santogold / Annnd Santogold & Diplo – Top Ranking Mixtape
2. Colin Munroe – Is The Unsung Hero (Mixtape)
3. The Roots – Rising Down
4. Q-Tip – Renaissance
5. Scarface – Emeritus
6. Jake One – White Van Music
7. Jamie Lidell – Jim
8 Sam Sparro – Sam Sparro
9. T.I. – Paper Trail
10. Al Green – Lay It Down

Ladies and gentlemen, he’s baaaaack. Shaun Boothe returns for the third installment of his “Unauthorized Biography” series, which was inspired by Nas’s “Unauthorized Biography of Rakim”. Boothe started off the series with James Brown, then worked his way to Bob Marley and now he’s onto Muhammad Ali. I was impressed with the first two, but am utterly blown away with this one. Seriously he spits some hard game on this one. So check this out for yourself.

The next installment will be about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Barack Obama. Should be fire.

If you missed the first two catch them below.

Shaun Boothe Unauthorized biography of James Brown
Shaun Boothe Unauthorized biography of Bob Marley

New video from Q-Tip for the single “Move” off of the upcoming album, The Renaissance.The video is directed by Rik Cordero who also did Nas’s “Be A N****r” Too”. The video has an old school grainy feel to it, very similar to Snoop Dogg’s video for “Sensual Seduction”, minus all the women. I definitely have to say that I’ve liked every track that I’ve heard so far from this upcoming album.

New video from Nas for the latest single called “Make The World Go Round” which features The Game and Chris Brown on the track and can be found on his latest untitled album.The video was directed by renowned director, Chris Robinson, while the song was co-produced by Cool & Dre and The Game.

It feels like it’s been a minute since we’ve done a hip-hop mix, but quite honestly I haven’t come across anything quite inspiring, until now that is. Q-Tip is the shit, ’nuff said. He has a new album coming out and teamed up with Dj Dub to present an array of songs that he’s been featured as an artist or produced. This soon-to-be classic features new, classic and unreleased from Q-Tip. Artists like Busta Rhymes, Andre 3000, Kanye West, D’Angelo and more all make appearances on this momentous mixtape.

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Tracklisting:

1. Intro – DJ Dub
2. Verses From the Abstract – A Tribe Called Quest
3. Midnight – A Tribe Called Quest
4. Midnight 08 Smirnoff Signature mix – Q-Tip
5. Wild Hot – Q-Tip / Busta Rhymes
6. Oh My God – A Tribe Called Quest
7. Got Til Its Gone – Janet Jackson / Q-Tip / Joni Mitchell
8. Footprints – A Tribe Called Quest
9. The Promo – Jungle Bros / Q-Tip
10. Buddy Remix – A Tribe Called Quest / Jungle Bros / De La Soul
11. Check The Rhime – A Tribe Called Quest
12. Groove Is In The Heart – Dee-Lite / Q-Tip
13. Sh. Fe. Mcs – A Tribe Called Quest / De La Soul
14. Excursions – A Tribe Called Quest
15. Drink Away The Pain – Mobb Deep (Prod by Q-Tip)
16. Get Down Q-Tip Remix – Q-Tip / Craig Mack
17. Dont Curse – Heavy D / Kool G Rap / Grand Puba / CL Smooth / Big Daddy Kane / Pete Rock / Q-Tip
18. Make It Better – Kanye West / Talib Kweli / Q-Tip
19. A Rolling Skating Jam Named Saturdays – Q-Tip / De La Soul
20. Heels – Q-Tip
21. Abstractionisms – Q-Tip
22. I Believe – Q-Tip / D’Angelo
23. Vivrant Thing – Q-Tip
24. Can I Kick It (Spirit Mix) – A Tribe Called Quest
25. Lyrics To Go (Tumblin Dice Remix) – A Tribe Called Quest
26. Get It Together Remix – Beastie Boys / Q-Tip
27. Sucka Nigga – A Tribe Called Quest
28. Get A Hold – A Tribe Called Quest
29. Lets Ride – Q-Tip
30. One Love – Nas (Prod by Q-Tip)
31. Give Up The Goods – Mobb Deep (Prod By Q-Tip)
32. The World Is Yours Remix – Nas (Prod by Q-Tip)
33. In The Sun – Large Professor / Q-Tip
34. Bonita Applebum (Hootie Mix) – A Tribe Called Quest
35. Glamour & Glitz – A Tribe Called Quest
36. Feva – Q-Tip
37. Practice Session – The Ummah
38. Thats Sexy – Q-Tip / Andre 3000
39. What The Fuss (Hard Remix) – Stevie Wonder / Q-Tip
40. Ill Vibe – Busta Rhymes / Q-Tip
41. Gettin Up – Q-Tip