New(ish) Ish

Happy 7 11 day. Get your free slurpees before time runs out. The picture is that big because it is that important.

Couple of recent cd's to check out. All shouts to HHA because I am too lazy to change all the DL's to Back on the Scene

Prometheus Brown and Bambu Walk Into a Bar- I'm sure my slightly Jewish co-blogger will let you know his feelings on this one once he is done celebrating the Sabbath. Or just whenever he feels like it.

If you are like me and don't cringe when Hey Ma comes up on the shuffle, and even turn it up, then you might wanna check out 2002's Come Home with Me, which Hey Ma was on. I'm not going to, but you might.

Finally, Houston's own Trae the Truth comes out with his album Street King. Despite not getting a lot of national exposure before, Trae has been around a while, putting out music since 1999, and its nice to see him get a feature from everybody in the game. In particular, check on the last track I'm On, featuring Lupe Fiasco, Wale, Big Boi and a hook from MDMA. If nothing else, you will get some solid verses from the guests, but don't sleep on the truth.

Lupe Fiasco + Kanye West + Mos Def 30 minute freestyle

Accompanied by the Robert Glasper Experiment at NYC's Blue Note, Lupe brought a few special guests on stage for a thirty minute cypher session that is absolutely incredible.  Visit It's All the Way Live for the audio.

Spotted on Midwest Broadcast.

Lupe Fiasco ft. Travis Barker "Joaquin Phoenix"

Lupe has been coming out with some fire lately, in preparation for his new album, Lasers, due out March 8th. Many of the songs (Show Goes On, Words I Never Said, Never Forget You) have already been out on the nets, so Lupe's been coming with some fire freestyles. In the past week he has gone in over Nicki Minaj's "Moment 4 Life", Kanye's "Monster", and two tracks I will never listen to the originals of, Birdman's "Fire Flame" and Prodigy's "Girls". Check out his newest below, a song off Travis Barker's (the only real talent from Blink-182, although those days are long behind him) mixtape. Its called Joaquin Phoenix. "That Joaquin Phoenix Facebook flow" is one of the weirder things I have heard Lupe say, but the track is still hot.

Note: Pete and I still haven't decided whether were going to post places to download music, or just direct you to other site. For now, check out http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/singles/id.13949/title.travis-barker-f-lupe-fiasco-joaquin-phoenix for Phoenix and http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/gowhere-hip-hop/2011/02/lupe-fiasco-monster-girls-fire-flame-freestyles.html and http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/gowhere-hip-hop/2011/02/lupe-fiasco-lasers-manifesto-moment-4-life-freestyle-leads-new-music-update.html for the freestyles.