Jay-Z, Pharrell Williams and Russell Simmons are some of the latest music stars to show their support for Barack Obama becoming the next U.S. President. The artists have all designed limited edition official Barack Obama tees in support of the campaign and are available for $60 a pop. All these shirts are currently available at the official Obama website
Above: The “Change” Men’s tee designed by Jay-Z,
Album cover for legendary D.I.T.C. crew member Diamond D’s solo release The Huge Hefner Chronicles due October 14th. Don’t know if this cover is supposed to be ironic or not, I hope it’s the former.
KMD’s BL-CK B-ST-RDS is being reissued October 7th by Metal Face Records with the original incendiary album cover art. This is where MF Doom got his start for those not in the know.
The much anticipated mixtape from Royce Da 5’9” and DJ Green Lantern makes it’s debut at HipHopDX. The nice fellas over there have been nice enough to provide a link: download Bar Exam 2 here.
King of the Hipster Rappers, The Cool Kids, unleash their “Delivery Man” video to the tight jean and baggy jean masses. Can these Kids do no wrong?
Prime Cut: “Sleeper Cell” from the DJ Muggs/Planet Asian album collabo Pain Language. Muggs stated they wanted to go “ultra aggressive” with the album and this track is a clear representation of that. Hardcore thumping beat against some regal sounding horns and epic violin strings.
Prince Paul talks about the flack he received for making the classic Gravediggaz album Six Feet Deep, delayed acclaim, being known as the “father of the skit”, and pushing musical boundaries.
The greatly underrated producer Ty Fyffe takes us inside a G-Unit listening session with Sha Money XL as he runs through a beat demo for 50 Cent’s upcoming album Before I Self Destruct. Ty poses a question and the end and the answer is “Fuck yeah!”.
Album cover for the September 30th release of producer Ayatollah’s instrumental LP, Drum Machine. Twenty-two tracks from the man who’s production credits include Rakim, Wu-Tang, Mos Def, and Pharoahe Monch, and Talib Kweli.
Here’s 50 Cent doing what he does best and that’s not rapping, but trying to stir shit up for his next album’s release Before I Self Destruct. He mocks Kanye West’s new single “Love Lockdown” as his fans shot “Fuck Kanye!”. Oh boy.
Fila have collaborated with The Wu-Tang Clan for an exclusive winter boot. No word yet on exact U.S. release dates but they are taking pre-orders in Japan. Daddy wants a pair.
I have no idea who Ludachrist is (guessing a Christian rapper), but this is one of the dopest album covers in recent memory.
