Who said beef was dead?

And just when you thought beef was dead. Rappers find another way to bring it beef back to life. This time in the form of Twitter.

But this shit is entertaining as hell as you get to watch it unfold between 2 well established industry artists who throw mud at eachother and to further butter the bread, other established artists want to put in their 2 cents like its high school crush.

For the 411 of what went down you need to check Fabolous and Souljaboys twitter accounts, I dont know how this shit started I just been looking through my tweets and watching Royce Da 5 9 and Skillz commentate on whats goin on like its a Heavyweight championship boxing match. Mean while 50 Cent is jumping in (when he supposed to be away from twitter for the next 7 days making his album) sayin dont fuck with SouljaBoy and talking about how niggas gone end up dead talkin this shit. Fabo is startin trending topics about about SB coke habit. And Souljaboy ... well ... I'm not following that dude so I dont know whats up...

Meanwhile, both SB and FABOs album drops in November... *cough*publicity*cough*. But something good does come out of this ... Skillz announced he has his inspirations for this years Yearly Wrap Up seemingly from the twitter beef.

On another note, Wyclef is getting all sensitive about not being able to run for president and dogging Sean Penn and his former partner in rhyme Pras. These two both said they wont back Wyclef in a presidential election for Haiti and they both had their (valid) reasons. Word is Clef was calling out Penn for being a coke head (like souljaboy) and Pras for only doing 8 bars in the entire Fugees album collection in a remix track played live.

I dont know about you, but if I was trying to run for president of a country I wouldn't start picking on celebrities who have any sort of influence on the public. Politians beefing with politicians is fine but politicians vs celibrities does not end up well.

My 2 cents..

I aint even gonna bother editing this post or nothing. I'll treat this post for what it is ... boredom.

-Lewz

PS: Sorry for this being poorly written

Big Boi (Feat. Yelawolf ) - You Aint No DJ (Official Video)

Cee Lo Green - FUCK YOU (Official Video)

The Song Of The Year

Dr Dre - Turn Me On (Another Weak Leak)

If you want to hear the song.... google it.

It's starting to seem that the long (no longer awaited but) delayed 'Detox' has become a year and a half slow drip from the ceiling annoying more people than its pleasing. Have you tried sleeping next to a slow inconsitent drip? I haven't but I'm sure that shit pisses people off. It's one drip away from chinese water torture and thats what this has become. Every couple of months an incomplete Detox nominee leaks and people complain about how the album is never coming out. Shit, even I am doing it right now. I know that pushing back albums is the trend for hiphop right now but Dre is taking it to another level.

All we are hearing is sub-par incomplete tracks. When the leaks 1st started, I heard a couple good joints with TI rapping what would be Dre's verses that would have been dope to hear complete and on an actual album, shit a compilation or a soundtrack would have been okay. Even the crack a bottle leak that had Eminem doing the verses in Dre's tone sounded better than the final version that hit the radio. But now I am hearing some weak shit with this 'Turn Me On' track. In all aspects of music this song aint hitting anything, either that or I am getting old.

I never got to hear the last leak 'Under Pressure' because it got flooded with hate, Dre said it was incomplete and he will release the proper version in a few weeks. That was months ago and I still havent seen shit so I still havent heard it. This was around the same time he was promoting his 'beats by dre' headphones and announcing 'detox will be coming out this year' followed by a chuckle. The dude is laughing at how long this shit is taking him. Then he announces a date, just to be pushed back again and someone mysteriously leaks another song.

But why leak this song?
I just hope and prey this song is not gonna be on detox and/or unfinished rather than a 'snippet' because what I have heard is terrible. With Lyrics like "I want to F*** you so bad right now" and "Every time you step into the room, OMG!" Seriously, girls singing some OMG shit like mid-forties dre is trying to make on some 14 year olds. Then Dre's rap style, probably ghostwrote by Jigga is sounding like a british 14 year old wanting to be Dre. The beat is meh. It sounds like granddaddy dre is trying to cater to the Justin Biebers with edge.

This shit aint gonna work but I have been wrong before... look at Drakes success.
 
-Lewz

Black Friday - Hip Hop Massacre Tonight!

Don't forget tonight is Black Friday. All details on the flyer above. Make sure you are there and support the H-town hiphop scene.

Shout out to Strife for the hook up and Tom for the LRG gears for the show.

-Lewz

Pulcro – Reserva del 85 (2010) - (Spain)

Be sure to check out out my mans from Spain new joint he just dropped. Pulcro hails from a production duo RJBeats. Pulcro and has a flows for days and if i knew what he was saying I'm sure he would have lyrics for days too! This time he has his old partner in rhyme Shroomy up on a few tracks and the Doerakers veteran Emilio Lopez up on the second joint. Be sure to cop this and check it out alright

Tracklist
1. Strike 85
2. No pueden (con Mr. López)
3. Ya lo decía mi mamá
4. Quien quiere (con Iñakih y Kaiz)
5. Erraste
6. We got it (con Shroomy)
7. Un blues más
8. Entiéndenos
9. Polos opuestos
10. Ya no me importa el resto
11. Esto es (Remix)(con Shroomy) Descarga de

Megaupload:http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XG0DHALM
RJBeats.com:http://www.rjbeats.com/pulcro85.zip

-Lewz

V.I.P.E.R Squad Documentary Trailer 2010

Black Friday - Fri August 13th - Hamilton

Slip Of The Tongue doing the voice in this ad

5 Mics Announced

Congratulations to Bun B on winning the 5 mics for his album Trill OG

As you can see from my previous post about the 5 mics., I have not heard the album so I can not make an opinion on whether this is a worthy 5 Mics like Illmatic or a 'WTF' rating like Lil Kim. But I am definately going to check it out. I am a Bun B fan and I know Uncle S will be celebrating this one.

Trill

-Lewz

The Funky Drummer-Feat Notorious B.I.G-Produced By Shadow Mindset

1st 5 mics in 5 years

If you don't know what the coveted 5 mics are then you aint hip-hop. Thats fact. 


If your album got the 5 mics you become legend. The rarity of the 5 mics were reserved for classics such as Illmatic, Life After Death, The Blueprint. So rare infact you can count the amount on your fingers and toes, thats not counting the time The source decided to go back in time and award a bunch of classics with 5 mics to rectify their mistakes. 


As time moved on The Source lost its respect and tried to reclaim its position in Hip-hop but not quite able to get back on top. 


It seems now in order for The Source to gain new subscribers they would like to remind hip-hop heads of the 5 mics of awarding an album with 5 mics. The first album to be awarded 5 mics in 5 years. This certainly caught my attention and I thought I should put in my 2 cents as a hip-hop fan.


Below is a list showing my opinions and reasons why the nominees should and should not win.


Note that these views are solely mine and are not that of my partners in rhyme VMT. 


Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot
Why It Will Win: The closest to a outkast album we got in a long time and a good album with the classic outkast style that every loves. This is my favourite album of the year so far the only thing that is missing is ...
Why It Wont Win: Andre 300 isn't on it


Drake - Thank Me Later
Why It Will Win: Rookie of the year. Some Lyrical Skill, an Emcee praised by the likes of Eminem, Jay Z, Kweli. The Source may think to get more subscribers to keep up with the trend of what is happening right now and Drake seems to be it. 
Why It Wont Win:  Dude sings too much and lets be honest. Thank Me Later is no Illmatic debut.


Eminem - Recovery
Why It Will Win: Lyrical genius and The Source owe him from the Benzino saga (Look it up if you don't know). I do like this album, especially the first 2 Joint. 
Why It Wont Win: This is hard to say really... because Pink is on the album? This is not my favourite album in the list although lyrically eminem is great this is too commercial for my liking. 


Rick Ross - Teflon Don:
Why It Will Win: Officer Ricky is in fashion at the moment and has the backing of Diddy (probably paying the Source for him to win)
Why It Wont Win: The Album Sucks.


Fat Joe - The Darkside Vol 1
Why It Will Win: The Album has some bangers and is far superior then Joes last album. Joey CRACK has solidified himself in the game as a legend.
Why It Wont Win: Just not 5 mic worthy


The Roots - How I Got Over
Why It Will Win: Publicity stunt by the source to get Questloves twitter followers to buy source magazines if he wins if they win. The album itself is pretty good too
Why It Wont Win: 4 - 4.5 Mics


Bun B - Trill O.G
Why It Will Win: I haven't had a chance to hear this album so I cant comment
Why It Wont Win: Because I have'nt heard it.


Again, these are just my views and if you disagree you can have your say in the voters pole here
http://www.thesource.com/articles/22918/Who-Deserves-The-Precious-'5-Mics%3F'

-Lewz

Beat Street 2010 10th Anniversary

I cant wait for this, 

BEATSTREET 2010

Beatz Collective presents The 10th Anniversary of Beat Street

Saturday 17th July 2010
$5 on the door
The Meteor, 1 Victoria Street, Hamilton

featuring 3 on 3 bboy/bgirl battles
Live on Stage Bella Kalolo and the Soul Symphony
MC Silva
Koma and Frankton Zoo
VMT

Hosted by Hira and Jordaan


3 ON 3 BBOY COMP
$600.00 1st prize
$200.00 2nd prize


FINAL BATTLE WILL BE BATTLED OUT TO A LIVE HIPHOP/FUNK BAND

DJ'S ON THE NIGHT
DJ KERB
DJ SPEL

JUDGES

SWERV (SHADOW ROCK)
SAMU (FLESHMAZE CREW)
CRITTER (BLACKOUT CREW)

CREWS SO FAR

ED AND FRIENDS
MOST WANTED
M.O.B.B STEP KIDDZ
FLESHMAZE
INFINITE STYLES CREW 1
INFINITE STYLES CREW 2
S.K.I
FREELOADERS
BLACKOUT
VOLTRON
CRAZY PONYS
LOKOMOTION
QUESTION MARKS
SUPREME KIDDZ
SUPREME KIDDZ 1
KINGS ONLY

THATS YOURE 16 CREWS REPPING FOR THR NIGHT

THERE WILL BE TIME FOR CREWS TO WARM UP BEFORE THE COMP STARTS
ANY QUESTIONS ON BEATSTREET HOLLA AT
ME OR AYESHA ayesha@xtra.co.nz OR FAYBES bboysurf@hotmail.com

remember bring youre game face and yo A TEAM

more details on soon

Shadow Mindset - Soul Grooves Beat Tape Vol. 2

Shadow Mindset has dropped another tape with some real smooth beats for your ear drum and if you likes his first beat tape Current State Beat Tape Vol 1. then prepare to get your next fill and them some with this new shit. Shadow is going on a soul tip and these are the beats that reprasent that real hip-hop that I love. This tape is pure gold and I can already see people knockin down the Mindsets door to get him to bag a beat.

Download Here:

http://sharebee.com/15525eb4

You will need winrar to extract the files:

Download: http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm

-Lewz

The Trouble With Vin street album Teaser

Wu Tang Lego - Da Mystery Of Chessboxin' HD 1080p

Check this Fav vid of Da Mystery Of Chessboxin.

Dope shit.



WU-TANG!

2010 Wake Up Show Anthem - OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO (Produced by King Tech)

Shadow Mindset - Hip Hop Kiwi(Good Night Kiwi Remix).mov

Sword Styles 2 - May 14th

This shit is going to be epic. If you in hamilton, this is the place to be. If you aint in hustle-town this is the place you want to be.

3 simple reasons to go

1. Killa line up including Mr Sicc, Koma, Nikki Montana and mean Hustle Town Performances.
2. Hosted by SMV and Slip Of The Tongue
3. Plus it will be 5 years to the day of Venomous Mic Technicians Performance

Pre-sales $10 available from any of the VMT members or email vmt.htown@gmail.com

-Lewz