Gorillaz new album Plastic Beach is scheduled to be released March 9. The virtual band has been preparing for their upcoming release and scheduled co-headlining performance at Coachella by releasing the identities for their members. Those who missed 2-D’s identity can see it on the official Gorillaz site courtesy of The Fader, as well as [...]
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Hip Hop Videos will include performances, concerts, freestyles and blogs. Great place to see your favorite artist live in action. The wide selection of material will be gathered from all across the internet and we will try to only add the most interesting videos.
Gorillaz release identity of Russel Hobbs
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
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J. Cole – Live in Houston
Monday, January 25th, 2010
J. Cole was live in Houston, Texas on Saturday night to perform some of his best known hits: A Star Is Born, Just Begun, and Beautiful Bliss.
Just Begun
Beautiful Bliss
Give the credit to the Nation.
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Lebron James Raps Eminem Forever Verse
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
Lebron James raps Eminem’s verse during last nights TNT basketball game against the Lakers, which incidentally they won, the second time this season they have beat the Lakers, despite Kobe Bryant reaching his 25,000 point of his career.
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Copyright Criminals (PBS Documentary)
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
Copyright Criminals examines the art of sampling by interviewing the masters of it as well as the critics. You’re foolish if you pass up the opportunity to watch this because its a brilliant observation of one of hip hop’s most essential components.
PBS aired this special documentary on their programming recently, and you can watch it [...]
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Wyclef Jean – Haiti Earthquake
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
Wyclef calls for a national state of emergency after an unforgiving 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti. Unfortunately, thousands are feared dead and anybody who has the money to support the Haitian people should really donate. I’ll put a safe link at the bottom of this post to help the cause.
Red Cross
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Lupe Fiasco & Krs One – Freestyle Nike
Sunday, December 27th, 2009
Lupe Fiasco isn’t only suing people for leaking his music these days (I joke because I love, though I am sort of disappointed in the avenue that he has chose to pursue in addressing these leaks), he is also doing freestyles for Nike with KRS One. Of course, we at Illest Lyrics hope that everybody [...]
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Mos Def – Talib Kweli – History – Jimmy Fallon
Sunday, November 29th, 2009
Blackstar reunites on television for a performance of their track History that appeared on Mos Def’s The Ecstatic available in stores.
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Plies Gives 1000 Dollars To A Preteen Girl
Friday, November 6th, 2009
Plies gives 1000 dollars to a preteen girl to leave the stage during his performance. I guarantee that he won’t get the publicity that he deserves for this commendable act, but its still a cool moment.
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