Jake One interview at AllHipHop.com

Just an excerpt:

"Jake One: There’s a couple other projects I’m working on bringing to them that would definitely shock people, so hopefully next year we’re going to see those come to fruition. There’s a lot of songs recorded but there’s nothing set in stone yet, so I don’t want to throw something out there that people are going to ask me about that doesn’t happen [laughs] I’ve been dealing with [Rhymesayers] for a minute, and there’s definitely a family atmosphere over there, no pun intended. I believe in what they do, I appreciate the way they handle business the way they pushed the record. It’s kind of a lost art. A lot of the indie labels at this point are so strapped for cash that they don’t have the staff to pull off the kind of leg work that they can do. And they have a really serious brand that I’m contributing to as well.

AllHipHop.com: So what do you have confirmed for 2009?

Jake One: There’s a couple things I’m working on that are potentially really, really big. But I’ve got a couple songs on the new Prodigy album, I’m on Scarface’s new album, De La Soul should be 2009. I’m doing a lot of work on Freeway’s new record, although where that’s coming out has yet to be determined."

DOPE. Get the rest HERE!!

Soulful Sundaes - De La Soul - Trying People

Imeem wasn't working so I had to youtube it. This song is hypnotizing to me. It goes "IN" on SO many important topics. It's ... amazing.

I'm tryin to pop a hole in your Yankee cap
Absorb me
The skies over your head aint safe no more
And Hip Hop aint your home
And if it is then you fuckin up the crib son
You make life look like I don't wanna live one
You might as well hold your
breath until you die in a
corner somewhere bent over in the crevice
This God Theory overcomes the worst of weathers
As long as you willin to try,
you on a good start homie

Well, what you wanna be?
We wanna be ready!

Do you wanna lose hate for love?
Yes!

Do you wanna see these gates above?
Yes!

I said people are you ready?
Yes we're ready!

But are you willing to try?
We wanna try harder!

Do you really wanna carry some weight?
Yes!

Are you ready to design your fate?
Yes!

Yo, people are you ready?
Yes we're ready!

Well what you wanna be?
We wanna be ready!..

Vh1 Hip Hop Honors - Monday

Since it's pre recorded, we can already see the photos from the event, but I can't wait to watch this on Monday.



Honorees:

Cypress Hill, De La Soul, Naughty By Nature, Slick Rick, Too $hort!

Performers:

Cypress Hill, Naughty by Nature, De La Soul, Kid Rock, Big Boi, MC Lyte, Biz Markie, Scarface, Slick Rick, Too $hort, Wyclef Jean, Lil Jon, Ghostface Killah, Bun B, Q-Tip, Cee-lo, Estelle, Fat Joe, Gym Class Heroes, Juelz Santana, Mack 10, Jim Jones, Flavor Flav, EPMD, Chuck D, Busta Rhymes.

Looks like Lupe wasn't invited to perform this year. lol. What a fiasco that was. :P. Shit it'd be hard enough to remember your own songs. Anyway. On to current events.

Tribe Called Quest x Air Jordan

f'ithy!

De La Soul x Nike Collaborate Again!

From the Dunk Low, to the Dunk Hi, each of the Nike’s that De La Soul has created with Nike have both been a hit, and continue to be some of the most sought after dunks to this day in time. The group De La Soul is planning some big things in 2009 such as a new album and another collaboration with Nike as well. At around 2:00 De La Soul talks about how they are going to be doing another collaboration with Nike.

Shout out to Karamaloop. Use code: AS24223 to get 20% off at Karmaloop.

Check out the previous de La Collab with Nike:

WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING: ROCK THE BELLS UP AND MOVED!

TO THE GORGE IN WASHINGTON STATE!!!!! September 6th. Thanks to TiffLOC for BOMBING us with the knowledge.

We Win.
=!=

Sample Of The Day! Special Edition (Part 2 of 2)

Ok. Part 2 special edition. The sample I left out of yesterday was Long Red by Mountain. Because this song deserves it's own SOTD. People really like this song. I realize each song could spawn a whoollleee web of new samples, but those will just have to be future SOTDS because 50,000 Imeem players will probably take 10 minutes to load. So for now just enjoy the top 10 Biters of Mountain's song. CLICK HERE FOR A FULL LIST:


Writer: Mountain - Long Red




Biter #1: Common - The People


Biter #2: Kanye West - Barry Bonds



Biter #3: The Game - Wouldn't Get Far


Biter #4: De La Soul - Verbal Clap


Biter #5: EPMD - Strictly Buisness


Biter #6 Artifacts - The Ultimate


Biter #7: Public Enemy - "Louder than a Bomb"



Biter #8: NWA - "Real Niggaz Don't Die"


Biter #9: Eric B and Rakim - "Eric B is President"


Biter #10: Nas - "It Ain't Hard to Tell"



Again if you want a FULL LIST CLICK HERE.


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