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Gorillaz release identity of Russel Hobbs

ekoms — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:51:05 +0000

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 the official trailer for the Mos Def and Bobby Womack assisted single “Stylo” (shown below). Plastic Beach is currently available for pre-order via Amazon.com

J. Cole – Live in Houston

complexity — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:02:44 +0000

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.

Lebron James Raps Eminem Forever Verse

complexity — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:19:34 +0000

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.

Copyright Criminals (PBS Documentary)

complexity — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:25:19 +0000

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 for free after the jump.

Wyclef Jean – Haiti Earthquake

complexity — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:11:13 +0000

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

Lupe Fiasco & Krs One – Freestyle Nike

complexity — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:18:18 +0000

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 had an excellent Christmas and that momentum will continue into the new year. 2010, unbelievable the way that time flies by, this will be Illest Lyrics fifth year providing you with hip hop.

Mos Def – Talib Kweli – History – Jimmy Fallon

complexity — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:43:56 +0000

Blackstar reunites on television for a performance of their track History that appeared on Mos Def’s The Ecstatic available in stores.

Plies Gives 1000 Dollars To A Preteen Girl

complexity — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:13:05 +0000

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.

50 Cent Speaks On Leak

complexity — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:02:14 +0000

50 Cent speaks on the leak of his upcoming album Before I Self Destruct. He seems to be kind of excited about what always certainly will hurt his sales. 50 is really going to need to change the momentum of hip hop for his album to put up big numbers. It will be interesting to see what happens, when the album drops on November 16th, early reviews are looking good.

Jay Z Speaks On Beanie Sigel

complexity — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:48:25 +0000

Jay Z quickly responded to a question about Beanie Sigel, who flat out dissed him with a track titled What you talking about Jay Z. He basically says that he did all that he could for Beanie Sigel.

Previously: What You Talking About Jay Z