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After a full year packed with hype, appearances on hundreds of magazine covers, love from thousands of bloggers, and endless message board debates over her "authenticity" and the real "worth" of her "art," you might think that we here at Imageyenation would be so tired of Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam (known to most of you as M.I.A.) that we'd never mention her again. But lemme tell you right now, you would be dead wrong chief. Ya see, she's still one of the hottest babes on the planet (just look at that beautiful kisser), her album 'Arular' still rocks whatever speakers happen to be connected to whatever audio playback device it's spinning in (or on), and now, she's finally breaking through to the everyday American consumer by lending her breakout tune "Galang" to a Honda Civic commercial!
If you missed out on the MP3 when I posted it a couple months back here's your second chance to get down with "Kryptonite" by the Purple Ribbon All-Stars, the first official single from Outkast member Big Boi's Purple Ribbon custom label!According to a statement from the Virginia State Police, the SUV in which D'Angelo was traveling swerved off a road and into fence before flipping over.
The artist was not wearing a seat belt and was thrown from the car. According to police, it is not yet known if D'Angelo was driving; another person in the vehicle, Lynne Sellers, was also injured in the accident but the status of her condition was unknown.
Emcee Gift of Gab and DJ/producer Chief Xcel of Blackalicious have a new album, titled 'The Craft,' set for release September 27th on Epitaph Records. Gab himself has said no less of the disc than "It's my favorite of all of our albums, I think that it's our best album." And me? I'd be inclined to agree. Though the singles so far, "Rhythm Sticks" and "Your Move," have felt sorta lukewarm, the album as a whole is nothing but straight heat. Guests include George Clinton, Floetry, P.E.A.C.E. (of Freestyle Fellowship), and Quannum family members Lateef The Truth Speaker, Lyrics Born, Pigeon John, and the Lifesavas."It's a legacy, it's historical," ?uest continued. "Of course, for the Roots, the most important thing for us is providing grade-quality, hip-hop connoisseur music. So we're very excited to have a new home. We're gonna maximize on it. [The new album] is 15 songs, it's gonna be our darkest, craziest record since [2002's] Phrenology, [1996's] Illadelph Halflife. This is a dirty, dirty record — a raw-sounding record."
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Our close personal friend Emeyesi was supposed to post about this video clip from Canadian hip-hop superstar K-Os for his track "Man I Used To Be" ( which happens to be my personal favorite track from last year's 'Joyful Rebellion' disc ) a long fuckin' time ago. Unfortunately, he ( like most of the people on the Imageyenation "staff" not named "El Keter ben Tzadik" ) is a shiftless slack-ass, so he never got around to actually doing it. And that is why I am posting it now! 
We, the Hip Hop and Black community, are asking that BET and its staff, reconsider the videos that you play on your network. As, of recent, a video titled "Lovin' It" by a group that goes by the name of Little Brother signed to record label, Atlantic Records, was banned from your network because it was labeled "too intelligent" by your program director. If "Lovin' It" is too intelligent, then what should we be teaching the black youth? Supposedly, your network would rather teach black males to swipe credit cards in between a black woman's buttocks as depicted in Nelly's "Tip Drill" which is a video that was featured in heavy rotation on your television program titled "Uncut". We are disgusted and appalled at your decision to stop the airing of such videos as Little Brother's video "Lovin' It", depriving the black people and Hip Hop community of a balance in what type of music is out there. We hope BET and your staff reconsider your decision in the airing of Little Brother's "Lovin It". Thank you for your time!
Lately, every time I leave my house to go out to a "night-spot" I've been confronted with a gaggle of light-skinned black dudes rocking locks, little scruffy beards, and carribean influenced bohemian fashions. And I must admit, I'm totally convinced that this sudden proliferation of Rasta-chic poseurs is in fact a direct result of the new-found popularity of that youngest of Robert Nesta's musically inclined progeny, Damian Marley, and his enormous hit "Welcome To Jamrock."
With the release of his sophomore full-length 'Still Means Something' still a ways off, Fort Wayne, Indiana's favorite bearded emcee Sankofa is doing everything he can to keep his "buzz" strong. To that end, an album sampler is already floating around the web ( thanks in no small part to my posting it a few weeks back ) and people are finally starting to realize that this guy is dope, and not just because he dresses up as a ninja and wears bizarre headwear in his promo photos either. The fact of the matter is the dude is just plain dope, and he's incredibly prolific. Which is something I learned through numerous collabortive efforts ( which I'm sure you will hear... someday ), and which you are about to learn by way of yet another post featuring new and exclusive promotional audio!
Though I'm sure a mix like this would have been perfect to listen to last night or earlier today when nothing else was on television besides the Jerry Lewis telethon, my motto remains "better late than never."
New Jersey based emcee Dave Ghetto came on the scene back in 1998 ( under the name AZ-IZ ) as a member of the Fondle 'Em Records crew Nuthouse. Since then he's released a number of projects, collaborating with producer Chops of the Mountain Brothers and others, as well as a few solo singles. After much delay, his debut full-length, titled 'Lovelife?,' which features production from J Dilla, DJ Spinna, ILLmind, Tony Galvin, Erik Rico, Khrysis, and Square4, is finally set for release towards the end of October on Counterflow Records!| « Newer Posts | Older Posts » |
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