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Via Complex…

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Lil Scrappy and Luda spit flows about how as rappers they are… well… addicted to money. I know its a far stretch for hip hop but I think this money-gloating thing might catch on.

Lil Scrappy – Addicted To Money (feat. Ludacris)

Still dope though.

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I’m appreciative of the hip hop movement out overseas, too!

Epik High is a South Korean indie hip hop group from Seoul, South Korea. The group is composed of Tablo, Mithra Jin and DJ Tukutz.

Here’s their latest cut…

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Via Nah Right

The Roots take a short break from their Jimmy Fallon gig to hit us with a new video of their new heater “How I Got Over”

Look for How I Got Over, October 20, 2009.

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The past few months I’ve seen a number of Vanguards remixes start floating around the interwebs, and then I noticed that Big Syphe posted up a link to a zip file of a collection of their remixes.  I liked most of them, and figured I’d do a little digging.  A bit more about them:

VANGUARDS (DJ Kemo, Big Syphe, Vago, hAZEL, Don Cristo and Fac) are a production team to be reckoned with. With over 15 years of combined musical experience, VANGUARDS are respected for creating energetic music from (yet, not limited to) Hip-Hop R&B/Soul, Reggae, Reggaeton and House.

I looked at some of their old productions, and it turns out that they not only produced worldwide chart smasher “Dangerous” by Kardinal Offishall – DJ Kemo also produced one of my favorite slept-on songs: Rascalz – “Top of the World” from way back in 2000.

Check out this collection of Vanguards productions and be on the lookout for this group of talented producers to reach even higher levels of success.

Vanguards Remix Joints (Zip File) (Zshare Download)

Felli Fel – Get Buck (Vanguards Remix) (Mediafire Download)

Rascalz – Top of the World Ft. Barrington Levy (Mediafire Download)

Pitbull-City Of God (Prod. The Vanguards) from Big Syphe on Vimeo.

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It’s been awhile since the last Throwback, so I’m hitting you with one of my all-time “daaaaaaayyaaammm that’s old school” joints.

Via allmusic.com:

Chicago vocal group Subway’s first single, “This Lil’ Game We Play” with vocals by their Motown labelmates 702, was a million-seller. The group, Eric McNeal, Keith Thomas, Trerail Puckett, and Roy Jones, was signed by Michael Bivins, formerly of New Edition and Bell Biv DeVoe, to his Motown-distributed label Biv 10. Their debut album was Good Times, whose cover art and title were inspired by the same-named CBS-TV hit sitcom of the ’70s that featured a preteen, pre-stardom Janet Jackson in some episodes.

Their debut single, which was produced and written by Gerald Levert and Edwin Nicholas, was billed as “Subway featuring 702,” went gold, making it to number four R&B on Billboard’s charts in late 1994.

Shout-out to Michael Bivins for having a hand in like half my childhood.

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Brand new hotness… Drake and his allstar cast for “Forever”, off the Lebron James documentary soundtrack.

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Have a safe Labor Day weekend.. now go out and paint the town!

Debarge Rhythm of the night

Onesix will be partying in Vegas and I’ll be running continuously back and forth between San Diego and Los Angeles.

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I may be slow in posting this up on the Doperad blog but this video is totally fresh. It’s amazing LEGO art and it really doesn’t get old. Seriously, it’s LEGOs meet 8-bit (and lower) video games. What more could you ask for?

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Bay Area MC (Berkeley High School represent!) Rafael Casal gives you a quick 3 minute lesson on Bay Area slang… I like it.  It’s off his upcoming album “Monster.”  Check out more of The Getback music and writing over at The Getblog.

Bonus: search for dude on youtube, and watch his HBO Def Poetry Slam videos.

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