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KRS-One Says Def Jam Destroyed Hip-Hop [D.Dot]

When the Internet Runs Out [Buzz Feed]

10 Greatest Movie Badasses Of All Time [Manofest]

Music Thieves Also Occasionally Pay For Music [SVI]

Is Microsoft Ready to Buy Electronic Arts? [IGN]

Lousy Karaoke Inspires Violence in Connecticut [TRU]

Binghamton Basketball Player Arrested for Selling Crack Cocaine [TBL]

Oh Pamela, You Old Whore, You [D-Listed]

Why Obama Makes Americans Want to Stockpile Ammo [Cracked]

The Best Guides to Watching TV Online [NewTeeVee]

Not Looking Good For The Ecko Empire [Frank 151]

Big Nike High Premium Quickstrike City Pack ATL + LBC [SN]

Music is a young man’s game and a lingering question remains for Hip-Hop. What will happen to legends as they grow old? If KRS-One and Buckshot have anything to say, rap’s senior circuit will keep pumping out albums when they’re being spoon-fed warm peas in the local old folks home. Survival Skills, the latest tutelage from this new collaboration effort proves that both have plenty left to offer music fans in the twilight of their careers. Read the rest of this entry »

Ask the radio’s program director or any Soulja Boy fan and they’ll tell you Hip-Hop is no country for old men. Calling KRS-One and Buckshot old however signifies that they’re experienced, wiser and better than you. Albeit well below senior citizen status, the BCC/BDP alumni have earned their stripes twiceover in this thing called rap. Read the rest of this entry »

Nothing like .Free99 to cap an album release, especially when you’re talking about legendary figures such as Buck & Kris Parker.

Who: MySpace Music presents The Release with KRS-One & Buckshot.
When: 8 PM on Wednesday, 9.16.
Where: Live on stage @ Trocadero Theater in Philly Read the rest of this entry »

Part two of Killer Kill’s interview with Ms. Moorer. No d-ride, but Mike really has a knack for asking the questions that a journalist might not tap into. Gentrification of Brooklyn & Atlanta, the youth chasing the “low hanging fruit” with their aspirations, the importance of community-based business & female emcees collaborative efforts.

Bonus — Broken Cool Speaks With Killer Mike On Society, Money, Churches, Clothes & Underground Atlanta

Don’t forget: Enter the Killer Mike Underground Atlanta compilation contest.

Shouts to UNN once again.

Previously Posted — UNN & Killer Mike Present GrindTube: MC Lyte

Tiffany L Shelton. Chocolaty Goodness.

Was Cash for Clunkers a Success? [Time]

Danica To Bare It All For ESPN Mag’s “Nude” Issue [SbB]

Sirius XM Meets iPhone, Chapter Two [Technologizer]

The Top 10 Lottery Busts Of The Last Decade [Ball Don't Lie]

The Blueprint Of A Jay-Z Album: What BP3 Could’ve Been [Giant]

Microsoft Apologizes For Gaffe In Online Ad [CNN]

Four Of The Unluckiest Men In Sports Today [Open Sports]

ill Roots Interviews Donnis [ill Roots]

Cranberries Reunite [Stereogum]

KRS-One Founds Hip-Hop Religion, Writes its Bible [The Daily Swarm]

Quentin Tarantino Hints — Again — That He Might Tackle U.S. Slavery One Day [The Playlist]

D’AlCapone AlPacino Morris Arrested [Film Drunk]

Finally, Dick Vitale Delves into the Memphis-Calipari-Rose Mess [The Big Lead]

Music Firms Go After Online Lyric Sellers [P2PNet]

Killer Mike, a.k.a. Michael Cronkite, speaks with the legendary MC Lyte, who’s prepping to release an album, working her new show on BET with Mary J. Blige, Hollywood Treatment, and a newly syndicated radio show. How U Luv That? © Big Tymers.

Footage by none other than the almighty UNN.

Previously Posted — UNN & Killer Mike Present GrindTube: The Buckshot Interview Part 2

Untitled from Urban News Network on Vimeo.

Via UNN

Previously Posted — UNN & Killer Mike Present GrindTube: The Buckshot Interview

While Buckshot & KRS were among the many in Atlanta to perform & celebrate the career accomplishments of Kris Parker, Killer Mike sits down with Buckshot Read the rest of this entry »

Words by Jesse H.

Chances are, most rappers didn’t pay much attention in high school chemistry. That said, the majority do know some basics about chemical equations. You need to find an appropriate balance, run a controlled experiment to test your theories, and most importantly, the chemist who’s handling the material better know what they’re doing or the whole concoction could blow up in their face. Luckily, in the case of Alchemist’s second LP Chemical Warfare, the man behind the boards has a keen understanding of the Hip-Hop scientific method. Read the rest of this entry »

Highly impressive. Get on your job BET MTV²

Survival Skills coming September 15th courtesy of Duck Down Records. Prepare yourself.

Audio — KRS-One & Buckshot – “Robot”

Buckshot, KRS-One & Dru Ha stopped by Tony Touches “Toca Tuesdays” show on Shade 45 last week to promote their collaborative album Survival Skills coming out on Duck Down August 25th. I caught the tail end leaving work on Sunday and tuned in just before they started freestyling. It’s worth a view just to see how seamlessly Buckshot flips his flow when Touch switched up the beat.  Second part’s after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

Words By Jason Hortillas

The pairing of Krs-One and Buckshot seemed unlikely to me, especially for an entire album but maybe the duo will try to prove me wrong. Survival Skills (Duckdown Records) features production from Black Milk, Marco Polo, Khrysis, Illmind and 9th Wonder and a whole bunch of guest rappers as well. The leak of their first single, “Robot,” interestingly enough comments on the usage of Autotune with Buckshot pointing out Read the rest of this entry »

Hip-Hop started out in the park… and Grandmaster Flash has pretty been there since the beginning. Playing a big part in the creation of deejaying as we know it, his contributions to Hip-Hop as a culture are undeniable. Few people with his perspective still remain a prominent figure in an art form that cannibalizes their old. So if anyone was qualified to break Hip-Hop down to it’s lowest denominator, Flash would be on the short list. On his latest LP, The Bridge (Concept Of A Culture), he takes a stab at doing just that. Sadly, much like the culture itself, a lack of direction has this compilation adding nothing new to the discussion. Flash assembled a motley crew of legends and upstarts together which all but guaranteed a choppy showcase before the play button is pushed. Read the rest of this entry »

Found in Gotty’s™ inbox from the homie JS…

Live from the Mohawk in Austin, TX, Proper Entertainment put on the Stop the Violence Tour with Mic Skillz, Hakim Green of Channel Live, and ZEALE. We are putting up videos from ZEALE’s set as well. The footage above is, of course, of KRS-One. Dude is 43 and still did a 90 minute set!

Word up. Who gives a damn albums when you can rock a crowd with a catalog full of classics. Kris Parker’s still going strong & one of those people you have to seen live before you die. Additional footage of “Sound of Da Police” after the break. Read the rest of this entry »