There’s nothing greater than hearing intricate rhyming over live instrumentation. Rae spins the usual drug tale that’s enhanced by the melancholy sound of The Black Keys’ backdrop, sounding like a mystery movie with hanging fog & darkness included. Read the rest of this entry »

I could do without Jim’s presence on this project but I’ll tolerate it for the comedy and if it’ll help resurrect Dame’s relevance. The game needs more Dame. Read the rest of this entry »

More studio footage from Dame’s Blakroc musical adventure as The Keys are joined by Mos Def. Read the rest of this entry »

Never in my most intoxicated imagination would I have imagined that Dame Dash and The Black Keys would link up to do a project. The way Dame tells the story it makes sense though and it’s actually pretty ingenious. The Black Keys music really is that addictive and Read the rest of this entry »

Give It Up For Ms. Renee

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7 Video Game Characters That Were Inspired by Movie Characters [Unreality Mag]

Dame Dash, The CEO [XXL]

10 Drugs You Shouldn’t Do While Driving [Epic Carnival]

Mike Vick, Rick Pitino…Some Week, Huh? [The Big Lead]

Arrest Warrant Issued For Bobby Brown [Reuters]

Does Holywood Share The Same Problems As The Record Industry? [Hypebot]

Ripping the Timberwolves Down To The Studs [True Hoop]

I Don’t Date Girls In Gangs (Sorry, Sorority Sisters) [NWSO]

Spike Lee And The Source Celebrate Michael Jackson’s Birthday In Brooklyn [The Source]

Why Toronto Sucks As A Sports City [Open Sports]

42.0 Ways To Tell If Someone May Be A Stoner [HMJ]

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I hate to swipe a whole post but I was literally laughin @ Info’s description of this clip. Read the rest of this entry »

LOL, I started to be extra cynical and sing the “Dame Dash is dead, Dame Dash is dead…” mock that he once sang on a Dips mixtape. Dame ain’t dead, but for the sake of baby Jesus it’s like the man can’t catch a break. Now, reports show that he may longer be Mr. Rachel Roy.

Roc-A-Fella Records and Rocawear co-founder Damon Dash has been slapped with divorce papers by wife Rachel Roy, the Daily News has learned. The stunning fashion designer piled onto Dash’s already sizable stack of lawsuits when she filed for divorce from her husband of four years this month in Manhattan Supreme Court. Ed Hayes, a lawyer for Roy, declined comment, and a Dash spokeswoman did not return calls or e-mails. An electronic record of the case says the divorce is for “nonmonetary relief” and should be resolved by February.

It’s not like she could get bread out of Dame, since that would be “trying to get blood from a turnip” as my uncle would say. Read the rest of this entry »

Words By Jesse H.

2006 was a big year for Jim Jones. Dipset was just peaking in popularity, and Jones’ signature “We Fly High” had as many spins as that year’s box office had sequels.

But, for those of you who went into hibernation between then and now, here’s a list of Jones’ notable contributions to Hip Hop since then:

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What’s an artist to do to ratchet his buzz back up to a fever pitch? A slew of mixtapes? Been there, done that. A new dumb-out single? Sorry, the lacrosse team that lives down the hall can play it as many times as they want, I’m not buying “Pop Champagne” as a “We Fly High Part II” for multiple reasons, chiefly because it sounds exactly like “Arab Money” to me. Yawn. So, being the creative genius that he is, Jim Jones decided on…. what else? An off-Broadway play.

Yes, you read that correctly. From the minds of Jim Jones and…(gasp) Damon Dash, the world was bequeathed with “Hip-Hop Monologues: Inside the Life & Mind of Jim Jones,” a precursor to his upcoming Pray IV Reign, which drops January 2009 on Columbia. I mean, what could possibly go wrong with this project? Read the rest of this entry »