Tracks:

1. Paul Mooney – Michael Jackson Ecerpt
2. Jackson 5 – Darling Dear
3. Jackson 5 – 2,4,6,8
4. Jackson 5 – Great To Be Here
5. Jackson 5 – I Want You Back
6. Jackson 5 – Feelin’ Alright
7. Jackson 5 – I Wanna Be Where You Are
8. The Jacksons – Show You The Way
9. Jackson 5 – We’ve Got A Good Thing Going
10. The Jacksons – Heartbreak Hotel
11. Jackson 5 – Walk On By (Intro Live)
12. Jackson 5 – I Don’t Know Why I Love You
13. Jackson 5 – Dacing Machine
14. The Jacksons – Your Ways
15. Jackson 5 – Who’s Loving You
16. Jackson 5 – ABC
17. Jackson 5 – Sugar Daddy
18. The Jacksons – Enjoy Yourself
19. Jackson 5 – I Am Love
20. Jackson 5 – The Love You Save
21. The Jacksons – Blame It On The Boogie
22. Jackson 5 – 2300 Jackson Street

Wow, this legendary mix is outta control. Already downloaded 89300 times on zshare alone, posted on major hip hop sites and even non hip hop! If you still didn’t hear it, go and download it yourself here. And Premier is going to make a new mix that is free to download in the short future he said last night… R.I.P. MJ!

DJ Premier announced yesterday he will have a total of 6 tracks produced by him on the upcoming Royce da 5’9″ album. By my guessing we already have three of them leaked: “Ding!“, “Hit ‘Em” and “Shake This“. The album will be released after the Slaughterhouse album that does not contain any Preem productions, but most of the records were recorded and mixed at his studio. So that’s the reason Joe Budden is most of the time up there. Premo also said again he has worked on the upcoming M.O.P. album “The Foundation“.

Premier also had pee of himself on him, MTV should start filming this.

The past few years have been troubling for fans of New York Hip Hop. When commercial artists weren’t busy riding the South’s finger snapping, Auto-Tune crooning coat tails, tight pants-wearing hipsters began to slowly take over sections of Brooklyn with their Diplo beats and overly ironic sensibilities. While the rest of the city seemingly sinks further and further into a musically mire, Queensbridge emcee Blaq Poet stands strong with his debut LP Tha Blaqprint, after over two screw-faced decades with Screwball, fighting hard in the trenches for Queens recognition and a king’s respect.

Lyrically, Poet isn’t the most audacious of emcees. His flow and wordplay is fairly simple. But what the Poet lacks in lyrical elegance, he makes in raw, energetic delivery. With his nasal war cry “Huhah!,” Blaq Poet rocks the mic with a verbal iron fist. On the hard-body “Don’t Give a Fucc,” he explodes from the barrel, saying “Blaq Poet attacks, what the fuck you think was going to happen? / I’m from the days when niggas stood on the corner clapping / Drinking 40’s in front of the police / Running around, a straight beast on the streets.” Even at his more mellow moments on the touching tribute to Screwball member and cousin K.L. “Never Goodbye,” Poet makes the listener feel without saying much. Granted, he’s not the best wordsmith to grace the game. Some of his lines do miss the mark, such as on “U Phucc’d Up” when he refers to the Pocono Mountains as “the Cokeanos.” Yet for the most part, such problems occur on an individual basis and do very little to hurt the overall quality of the album.

In terms of content, Tha Blaqprint is surprisingly deep and insightful. While the album is irrefutably hardcore in sound, Poet infuses the music with a level of honesty that perfectly captures the aura and mentality of Queensbridge. Right from the get-go, Poet hits hard, summing up his state of mind on “I-Gititin” by saying, “Ain’t nothing wrong with that kiddie shit, but this what been missing / Premo on the beats and me on the rhyme / That means it’s heat on the streets, it’s about that time.” He talks up all things hardcore: the hood (“Ain’t Nuttin’ Changed” and “Hood Crazy”), the criminal life (“U Phucc’d Up”), the police (“S.O.S.”) and guns (“Let the Guns Blow”). He even carves out some time to get back to his Hip-Hop roots on the Shabeeno (of NYGz fame) and Lil Fame-assisted “Rap Addiction.” Yet Poet’s spectrum extends beyond that. He tackles concept-oriented tracks like “Voices,” on which he speaks with 2Pac and Biggie about the sordid state of the game. On “Sichuwayshunz,” he shows his empathetic side on the latter of the two, explaining the stories of a thief, a mobster and a homeless person, saying “If you living in the mansion or the fuckin’ basement, everybody got they own situation.”

Primarily handled by the legendary DJ Premier, Tha Blaqprint’s production provides the perfect musical backing. From the jaunty single “Ain’t Nuttin’ Changed” to the paranoid “S.O.S.,” Premo does some of his best work on this album. He even explores different types of sounds with success. On the N.O.R.E.-featured “Hate”, Premo applies a minimalist acoustic guitar to a sample of Main Source’s “Looking at the Front Door,” while on “Stretch Marks and Cigarette Burns,” he utilizes a fuzzed-out bass to make a perfectly sleazy stripper anthem. Joining Premier on the production are Easy Mo Bee (“U Phucc’d Up”) and Gemcrates (“Sichuwayshunz”), and while neither producer quite matches Premier’s level of excellence on this album, their beats prove to be worthy additions to the album’s overall sound.

Tha Blaqprint is an extremely well-made and engrossing Hip Hop album. The honesty of Poet’s words more than make up for any lyrical blemishes, while DJ Premier’s production harkens back to golden years of Hip Hop. Tha Blaqprint is an endearing New York relic lost in an industry that’s incapable of grasping its significance.

HipHopDX Rating: 4/5
User Rating: 3,5/5

Source: HipHopDX

Like every other successful site/blogs does is creating accounts on various community’s with a member list of more then a million people. I did the same thing, the only thing is I didn’t post it up yet on this blog. I don’t know, I remember Twitter when only a few people knew it thanks to Barack Obama. Since the start of this blog I made a account on Twitter when only Nahright and 2DopeBoyz had one lol. So for maybe a couple of you people it’s handy to follow me on different sites. I’m not on myspace though, I get a headache when I’m on that site!

Facebook
I run the group DJ Premier = Best Producer in Hip Hop Ever together with Magdi, Facebook is one of the site I’m rarely on, but Magdi created the first group for DJ Premier over there and it has now more then 7400 members!

Last.fm
The site I used to be on all the time, the group is created in 2006, so before it blew up. It has now more then 1100 people!

Twitter
Lol at twitter, it’s stupid to share everything what you’re doing. But it’s handy to install the twitterfeed so everybody see when something new on your blog. The account has more then 4600 followers.

Hyves
A netwerk site made for The Netherlands community, bigger then facebook in her own country!

JOIN JOIN JOIN

I’m wondering when yearroundrecords.com is coming…

A friend of mine has a clothing line called Crossover, very dope. His brand is already seen with DJ Premier, Jay-Z, DJ Clark Kent, Lupe Fiasco and more. Take a minute to check this new shit out but to buy it you need to be quick, limited! First the pics with his previous work

Now the new shit folks:

Crossover, one of the UKs most anticipated clothing lines, has finally relaunched. After its huge success over the last 3 years, Crossover fell back to regroup and restructure. Today we get to see the latest offerings from the premium streetwear brand. This is a very limited collection, with only 60 t-shirts of each design available.

For the whole collection click here. Feel free to leave some feedback!

Media wins, Michael lost… Every person has his limits, Michael wanted to give us the most of it… Now he can rest in peace! Hip Hop will always remember him…DJ Premier will dedicate his entire show LiveFromHQ on Hip-Hop Nation to Michael Jackson on Friday, June 26 at 10:00 pm ET. It will be later released on this blog.

Tracks:

1. Jay-Z – D.O.A.
2. J-Dilla – Make It Fast (Feat. Diz Gibran)(Unadulterated Mix)
3. 50 Cent – Talkin’ In Codes
4. Blaq Poet – Ain’t Nuttin’ Changed (Feat. MC Eiht & Young Maylay) (Queensbridge to California Remix)
5. Singapore Kane – Whatever I Want To Do
6. KRS-One – Murda Ya
7. Marco Polo & Torae – Smoke (Feat. Lil’ Fame)
8. Warren G – Mr. DJ
9. Bumpy Knuckles & Jesse West – See The Piece
10. General Steele – Find My Way (Feat. Stormy)
11. Nutrageous – 2009 Til’
12. La Coka Nostra – Choose Your Side (Feat. Bun B)
13. Nipsey Hu$le – Strapped
14. Busta Rhymes – The Game Room (Feat. Lil’ Fame)
15. Blaq Poet – Hate (Feat. N.O.R.E.)
16. Kurious – Brand New Day (Feat. Dave Dar,CO Campbell)
17. NYGz – Fever (Feat. Raw, Rush Rhythms, Nick Javas & Blaq Poet)
18. Busta Rhymes – If You Don’t Know, Now You Know (Feat. Big Tigger)
19. 50 Cent – Cream 2009

Guests:

THA BLAQPRINT (EXPLICIT)

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THA BLAQPRINT (INSTRUMENTALS)

HERE

Here you have a new interview with Guru where DJ Premier and Gang Starr is again a major issue, this reporter goes really hard into it. Guru even tells personal about him and Premos friendship. I’m not going to spend more words on it, read it yourself. Oh, and yes: “Tha Blaqprint” is available on the internet. Download it here!!

AllHipHop.Com: I’ve heard some of the album- I actually heard the whole album, but I listened to it again today. Can you sort of speak on it in terms of what you thought you achieved with the album?

Guru: Well first of all, you know the title is pretty self-explanatory you know- Hip Hop was lost, but now it’s found. It’s found with myself and my partner Solar- 7 Grand Records, being that we’re those intelligent, creative leaders that Hip Hop needs, to take Hip Hop to the future. I travel globally- we travel all over the world and everyone’s like “Hip Hop needs this, it’s lacking that, it’s missing this, it’s half a lie, it’s fed” whatever. And so this is real Hip Hop for ’09.

And I wanted to say real quick before we continue that I don’t know whose decision it was to exclude Solar from the interview, but it’s just a collaborative effort and it wouldn’t be going down with Solar- he’s the CEO of the record company as well as the producer, as well as the director of all the videos. We been around the world, his production has been critically acclaimed on the previous records, you know around the world, and you know the politics that’s involved in this are not really to my liking. As a legend it’s a little bit-

AllHipHop.com: What do you mean when you say “politics?”

Guru: I mean to be say “Oh we just want to interview Guru” or “We don’t want to interview his partner.” It’s very you know- I’m a legend, and at this point in my career, I mean, I want to do what I want to do. I don’t really have to dictate in what I want to do, especially when it comes to promoting my record- it’s no f**king charm. I mean if it’s going to be something that’s not about this record and a trip down memory lane, then I would respectfully decline from even doing the interview.

AllHipHop.com: Okay, well I mean if you don’t want to do it, then we don’t have to do the interview. I do want to talk to you about- you know it is the 20th Anniversary of your 1st album…

Guru: See that’s what I mean! That’s something I don’t want to talk about. I don’t want to talk about the past. The past is the past. It is what it is. It was great, but that was then and this is now. I mean, you know, that’s just what it is. I mean there may be some artists that’s doing new music that’s irrelevant, but my music’s relevant. 7 Grand is a successful, important, independent label. At a time when the music industry is tight, when CD sales are low, we’ve been successful. We’re still running- we’re up and running, and we’re going strong. So to be forcing me- to try and force me to go down memory lane when I don’t want to is kind of insulting. It’s not even kind of insulting.

AllHipHop.com: Nobody’s trying to force you go down memory lane. We have a series that we have artist do a retrospective on their previous records.

Guru: Oh Ok! Well in that sense, I will just say that it was a great era and that was then and this is now. Now I’m adding another luxurious chapter to our already great career.

AllHipHop.com: Everybody knows what’s going on with you and Premier- that’s old news now but are you.

Guru: I mean what do you mean by that? There’s really nothing to talk about as far as that was then and this is now. There’s no drama attached to it you know, I don’t get it.

AllHipHop.com: I’m just so curious as to why you’re so dismissive of such a rich legacy of music that you had, that you-

Guru: I’m not. I’m not. Now you’re putting words in my mouth. I’m not because when we performed live in our live show, we had the number one Hip Hop/Jazz Ensemble on the planet. In our performance, we do a whole musical journey and part of that is through the Gang Starr classics, but they’re ranged by Solar and we have live instrumentation, which is incredible. How can I be dismissive of something I created? I created it. I own it.

AllHipHop.com: Well I’ll just put it like that, you know from a fan stand point- because that’s what I am, a fan, I would like to hear about how those records were made and what was the thought process behind them.

Guru: Yeah see that’s not what I chose to do at a time when- as a businessman and as a- let’s say I was signed to a major. The major record company would be like “You know he has a new record out that he’s promoting so he’s not going to want to talk about that”, and that would be that. You know what I mean, that’s just the way it is. No hard feelings or anything. That’s just how it has to be.

AllHipHop.com: Okay. No problem. So this particular project, are you feeling that it’s addressing some of the deficiency in music these days?

Guru: Definitely because rather than to try and go back to an era that’s gone already, we’re providing new Hip Hop for ’09 as oppose to 1999 or oppose to ’95 or whatever it is. Again, this is something that has never been done, so it’s taking people- some people some time to get their minds around it. Some people are definitely stuck in the past. Some people are stuck in the past, but not the audiences because our shows are sold out. You know it’s weird, it’s like it’s really an industry thing.

AllHipHop.com: Now, what about the comments that were made? You guys made a lot of people talk as far as the comments about down south music not being “real” Hip-Hop. I know mostly towards Solar, but do you feel the same way?

Guru: First of all, it was kind of taken out of context, but first of all he was saying it was good music, that we vibe to it and all that. It’s not that we don’t listen to it or whatever, but he was saying that it was a hybrid, that it’s not necessarily connected to the root, it’s derivative of pure Hip Hop. Especially that a lot of those artist do not have the respect or show any knowledge of where it came from. Again, to get a more in depth comment, you should ask Solar because he will break it down for you very articulately.

AllHipHop.com: Well I think that his point was fairly clear in the video. I didn’t see that it was edited in any way or even taken out of context from what I see, but perhaps we’ll do that.

Guru: Some of the stuff I read was, but go on.

AllHipHop.com: Okay. No doubt. As far as some of the down south artists that you do appreciate, would you mind sharing that with us?

Guru: T.I.- I always thought T.I. was lyrical. I like Lil’ Wayne. He’s got some ill metaphors. I think what it is is that the medias sensationalized Lil’ Wayne, but I think Lil’ Wayne is a dope artist. So I would listen to Lil’ Wayne for the music, not for the hype. Who else, a couple others… I like Jeezy.

AllHipHop.com: Oh yeah, what do you like about him?

Guru: I like his voice, his delivery. I like the fact of what he talks about. When you meet him you can tell he represents what he talks about so it’s not some act so to speak.

AllHipHop.com: Right. He’s one of the guys that people blamed on destroying Hip Hop. He’s actually rapped about that considerably. The people think that he’s not lyrical enough or his content matter is too negative, so that’s just something to note I guess. I guess it’s a little ironic, but not so much.

AllHipHop.com: Somebody wanted me to ask if you miss Boston.

Guru: I
travel to Boston to see my parents, you know they’re still there. As far as Boston goes, I get love to where I’m getting love from and I a lot of love in New York so I’m here showing love back. Boston has been a bit kind of funny you know. They don’t want to give you that hero’s welcome that I deserve. They want to put me in the little underground spots and so forth to perform- spots that I’ve done a million of times, not really trying to do all that again. So Boston has to step it up as far as showing me love. I’ve done a lot to put Boston on the map and you know if they were to get behind me, there’s a lot more. But I’m not going to show love if I’m not getting love. That’s just the way that is.

AllHipHop.com: One thing I noticed on the album that you is there’s one song on there when you use the autotune. I was were curious to as prompted you guys to use that device.

Guru: I’ve heard autotune on Red and Meth’s album and you know, did [you] ask them that (laughs)? I mean, I’ll put it to you like this, it’s used in a way that it makes sense for us, not in a way that’s used indicative of whatever “Pop Hop” that’s out there. It’s totally different. It’s just a song, it fits the style of the production for that song, and it made sense. Solar’s production is brilliant. It all comes together to form the lost and found theme.

AllHipHop.com: Have you felt any resentment from people in the industry?

Guru: In the industry yes because a lot of them are from that era where they just want to talk about Gangstarr, they just want me to do what I used to be doing or whatever. And like I said, Gangstarr was great, it was great till that time and it represented a lot of important things. Gangstarr is me. It runs through my veins. I got it tattooed on my arm. But at the same time it’s ’09 and I’ve moved on, and I’ve moved on to join forces with New York City’s brightest producer, visionary film director …who connects with that next genius producer or the next genius artist. I’ve been known to do that.

I’ve connected with Solar so it is what it is. Some people are just stuck in the past. It doesn’t discourage me at all. In fact, it motivated me more. At the same time while there’s people doing that in the industry, there are people at our shows, at our concerts, and people that are supporting the records that love what we’re doing. And there are bunch of new fans. See that’s the whole new element that’s not being spoken on. There’s a whole new 7 Grand fan base that’s new and never really knew about Gangstarr – that’s learning about Gangstarr from the new material. They get the new material first and then they do the history.

AllHipHop.com: I’m not trying to dwell in the past or anything, but do you stay in touch with any of the other host of the Gang Starr Foundation members- aside from the Gang Starr part. I’ve seen Jeru Da Damaja out and about…

Guru: No, I haven’t. I haven’t seen anybody. It was just a situation where people grew apart. People ask me about my ex-DJ (DJ Premier) and all that. We were never all that close. We hooked up in the studio and did great music, but we were never hanging and all that cool. Solar and I, we got tight before we even started doing music. We were friends for a couple of years before he even started playing me the hot tracks. I knew he had the heat, but it was more like we were building as men. So, it’s just a different situation. I guess that’s why I’m so I’m passionate about what I’m doing you know what I mean. It’s just a whole different level.

Source: AllHipHop