Friday, February 27, 2009

FOCUS'D FRIDAYS - MISREPRESENT

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Chris Focus is right back with a lil freestyle over one of his (and my) favorite Nas tracks: Represent.  The freestyle touches a lil bit on his view of the hip hop game in general.  I can dig it as well as many more of ya'll I'm sure.  So peep this out, download it and put it on the iPod the CD, even the ZUNE.  Leimert Park stand up!!!

"...a Cali local, an LA native, Leimert Park resident my money's on the LAKERS, purple and gold, the purple I blow, I'm Jaleel with the skill U just Urkel the flow..."

LAUSD x UNI on TAKEOVER RADIO

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If you ain't know, UNI and the LAUSD camp were in full effect at Takeover radio the other night.  E Dub & Jansport J were in the house as well.  So peep the audio of that broadcast inside the link below.  Enjoy.  LAUSD's Curly Tops & Nautica Jackets f. LOS ANGELES HIP HOP on March 17th and UNI x RO BLVD drop A LOVE SUPREME on March 31st.  A Good month already.

Bill McMullen | “Hype, Hustle, Rip-Off”

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Another art show that opened up last Friday that I need to get down to and check out is Bill McMullen's "Hype, Hustle, Rip-Off".  The images I've seen on HighSnobiety were pretty cool.  I was interested when I saw the R2-D2 boombox.  The exhibit is at Constant Gallery on La Cienega.  Peep their site to see hours.  For a little background on Bill McMullen go to HighSnobiety.

1500 or NOTHIN - EPK

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If you ain't know who 1500 or Nothin is...please get acquainted thru this video.  They are LA's own "home grown" talent and have put many a fingerprint on some of your FAVORITE songs ever.  They've worked with Just Blaze, Kanye West, are Lupe Fiasco's band and so much more.  One of the cooler videos I've seen (and I see alotta videos).  Shouts to El Prez for putting me up on this.

PAC DIV x DUB FREQUENCY x LOS ANGELES LAKERS

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Have you ever seen Pac Div drunk?  I have and it's always loads of fun.  Anyways here is Pac Div at a great Laker game vs. the Hornets at the Staples Center in the executive suites with Red Bull.  I already told Like the night of via twitter I was jealous...but I'll have my own in a couple years so it's all good.  So check this clip out and watch as even my boy DJ Sean G gets his camera time in, because he's "home grown".

LAKERS > SUNS

Posted by mr. la at 11:33 AM 0 comments

I think it's cool that they are over the "beef', it's cool that they won co-MVP of the All Star game, but the fact of the matter is: KOBE & the Lakers are the better team.  Even though Nash & Stoudemire were out yesterday the Lakers handled business (because we know they like to lose the games they shouldn't) and I think the Suns are in need of an identity.  I believe we have a 3 wins over the Suns this season so that will help for the playoff picture.

Thursday, February 26, 2009

THROWBACK THURZDAYS

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Beautiful Day by U-N-I from Tomás Whitmore on Vimeo.

In light of the BUSTA RHYMES x UNI shows this weekend in LA, Thurzday has chosen Dangerous & Beautiful Day by the respective artists.  Both videos are visually pleasing and all around DOPE.  So check these out and get your nostalgia on.

SKEME - STRAIGHT DROP

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Twitter is an interesting thing, so as the network and family grows via technology I met the young man by the name of Skeme.  He knows my cousins and other folks in my circle.  So we had engaged in a few general twitter interactions and then last night in a group convo that turned into straight comedy.  Dude definitely knows about the LA lifestyle and does his music thing too.  So he sent me this track where he goes in over DROP, that Rich Boy track that I bang ignorantly thru the streets, lol.  This is not to be confused with that Kid Cudi freestyle attempt...blah.  So enjoy this and get a LA twist to the track.  From his Fuck the Radio vol. 2 project.  I'll have more stuff from him poppin' soon.  For now enjoy this one.

YOUNG JEEZY - CIRCULATE

Posted by mr. la at 12:35 PM 1 comments

I'm posting this for the simple fact that this was my favorite song off of The Recession; and not that I have a problem with the song Welcome Back but when I saw he dropped a video for that first I was a lil confused after all the promo buzz they were looking to build for this video right here.  Jeezy x Belvedere Vodka.  Props to OnSmash.

TiRON f. AYOMARI - 3 DRINK MINIMUM

Posted by mr. la at 11:49 AM 0 comments

"3 Drink Minimum" from Eric Thompson on Vimeo.

Speaking of TiRon & VIMBY and all that, Mario dropped this video last night as well.  I'm really mad I missed this video shoot...i heard it was a great time, but after seeing this...I KNOW it was a good time.  Besides if you've ever been out on the town with TiRon and Ayomari...u already know.  Directed by Eric Thompson, enjoy.  And d/l that Ketchup a few posts down.

VIMBY x UPONTHINGZ present THE NEW CLASSICS (mixtape)

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This dropped yesterday so I'm dropping it today because I was busy.  The main portion of the tape is produced by Cook Classics and features many of the internets' all stars like Pac Div, UNI, Shawn Jackson, TiRon, etc.  Also features hot bonus tracks like Diz Gibran's smash "Stereo" and that "Mass Appeal 09 RMX" by Convinced f. Shawn Jackson, El Prez & Tunji.  Enjoy.

LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS > BOSTON CELTICS ???

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In the battle for hometown hero (Paul Pierce v Baron Davis), Baron led his team to victory over the world champion Celtics.  Sounds a$$ backwards I know...but hey it happened.  I know DJ Sean G is excited, and I'm sure entertained by it.  I mean the Clippers are one of THE WORST teams in the NBA but both LA teams are beating Boston now.  Enjoy another day of victory LA.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

UPPER PLAYGROUND vs. FRANK 151

Posted by mr. la at 7:28 PM 0 comments
So Upper Playground drops some new caps in honor of Spring Training.  5950 New Era wool caps with embroidery on the front and back of the caps.  Artwork by Morning Breath, UP looks to brand the cities the way they see fit.  Note of interest: the Miami Kilos couldn't get 5950 cap...u guess why that is.  Now the feedback from the consumer end is that this is a blatant bite of Frank 151 and their actual baseball league.  While attending MAGIC/SLATE/POOL etc I caught up with Frank 151 and saw their caps as well.  Interesting sub-plot.  Anyways, if you like these caps you can peep on Upper Playground's site or just go to the store.

REFLECTION ETERNAL - INTERNET CONNECTION f. BOOTSY COLLINS

Posted by mr. la at 6:37 PM 0 comments
When Tunji sends me stuff I try to post ASAP...and when Reflection Eternal is one of my favorite artist/producer collabs I have no prob sharing this with the public.  If you don't know who Reflection Eternal is...it's Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek.  Get familiar.  Oh and Tunji did his thing last night as Inverse and their live band got the show at UCLA yesterday started right.  Video footage coming soon.

OMARION x LIL WAYNE - COMFORT

Posted by mr. la at 5:49 PM 0 comments
Now I know I reported eons ago that the young man above signed to Timbo's label, now everyone is saying it's Young Money especially after he did the track with Drake and now he drops this track with the Young Moula ringleader.  I've known this young'n since he was like 4 or 5 so I guess I gotta hit fam up and get sum verification.  Omarion is still LA whether u hate it or not.

PICASO - IMAGINATIONS CANVAS

Posted by mr. la at 5:30 PM 0 comments
1st question is why Picaso didn't send me this already and the 2nd question is how he got a hold of this beat.  All in all this a good way to build buzz for his upcoming project.  Should be pretty good...stay tuned I'll have more as this project develops.  Shout out to Picaso and Language Artz.  I took Meka's link.  FCC Up!!!

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

NIPSEY HUSSLE IS EVERYWHERE

Posted by mr. la at 3:22 PM 0 comments



Nipsey Hussle is everywhere today, he's on tour with Game with a stop in NY tomorrow.  He also guest stars in Spider Loc's new video above and dropped this new track "Payback" which is basically his letter to Bush.  The track speaks on some real ish...so peep that out.  Don't forget to check Nipsey's site out.

Monday, February 23, 2009

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