Download: Cash Chris – Dope Boy Intro
Brian Pumper Gets Clowned By His Own Crew
This may be the last thing I ever post about this guy.
Jay-Z’s All Black Everything Nike Air Force 1
On Thursday, August 12, NIKE, Inc. will bring together the world of sport and entertainment in an unprecedented way as one of basketball’s most prestigious teams shares the stage with one of the world’s greatest entertainers. Music mogul and multi-platinum selling recording artist JAY-Z will take the stage at New York’s Radio City Music Hall for an electrifying musical performance following a one-of-a-kind, on-court showcase featuring finalists for the 2010 USA Basketball World Championship Team as part of the inaugural World Basketball Festival – brought together by Converse, the Jordan Brand and Nike Basketball. “We’re excited to bring together the international prestige of JAY-Z and the USA Team on stage at famed Radio City Music Hall to open the first World Basketball Festival. This will be a historic night,†said Trevor Edwards, Nike VP Global Brand and Category Management. “We’re also honored to collaborate with JAY-Z on limited edition Air Force 1s that celebrate the countries participating in this inaugural event.â€
Check after the jump for the rest of the announcement and a couple more AF1 pics.
Nike has distributed tickets for the Radio City Music Hall events to a number of New York area community groups and charitable organizations, as well as youth clubs and youth basketball leagues. Distribution to the general public has been driven through on-going promotions with radio station Hot 97 and through retailers Modell’s, Footlocker, Niketown and House of Hoops. Additional ticket information can be found at http://www.facebook.com/wbf.
The entire Radio City Music Hall basketball and musical performance will stream live on http://www.facebook.com/wbf beginning at 6:30 p.m. EDT until its conclusion. Following the event at Radio City Music Hall, highlights will be available online at NBA.com and USABasketball.com.
In addition to his performance at Radio City Music Hall, JAY-Z has joined forces with Nike to create an iconic collection of Air Force Ones – the All Black Everything collection inspired by the World Basketball Festival. Nike has donated the shoes to the Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation who in turn have linked up with eBay on a charity auction where the five unique pairs will raise funds for its mission to provide financial assistance to promising individuals upon acceptance into any accredited institution of higher learning.
One hundred percent of the funds raised will support the Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation. The charity auction begins on August the 12, and bidders can visit www.ebay.com/jayznikewbf to enter a bid. Only two pairs of each of the five designs will be created, one for the winning bidder and one for the man behind the design, JAY-Z. The charity auction begins on August 12, at 9:00 a.m. EDT and ends on August 22, at 9:00 a.m. EDT.
After the tip-off event at Radio City Music Hall on August 12, the action moves uptown to New York City’s legendary basketball courts at Rucker Park in Harlem, Friday and Saturday, August 13 and 14.
The World Basketball Festival concludes Sunday, August 15 with an exciting exhibition double-header featuring the United States taking on France (1 p.m. EDT) and China meeting Puerto Rico (3:30 p.m. EDT) at famed Madison Square Garden. Tickets for the exhibition doubleheader, which start at $15, are available on the Web via www.Ticketmaster.com and www.thegarden.com, by phone at 1-800-4-NBA-TIX, and at the box office at Madison Square Garden.
The exhibition games are being utilized as part of the teams’ preparation for the 2010 FIBA World Basketball Championship in Turkey, August 28 to September 12.
Kanye West – I’m So Appalled (Performance & Unfinished)
How did I miss this? DJ Camilo previewed a bit of Kanye’s ‘I’m So Appalled’, which sounds unfinished (and it’s the clean version) but will definitely be SICK. It’s also been announced that Pusha T & RZA will be on the final track. Whaaaaaaat?!
Download: Kanye West – I’m So Appalled (Performance & Unfinished)
Diggy’s Been Added To The ‘Show About Nothing’
Diggy Simmons will be performing at Wale’s upcoming show. If you care.
Still Infamous: Free P Edition (Mixtape)
Infamous Studios, Nyce, DJ Rated R and La the Darkman collaborate on a project as a salute to Prodigy (he’s been in for a while, now…when the hell does he get out?). Tracklisting and download link after the jump.
01. La The Darkman – Intro
02. Nyce Da Future – I Got The Drop (feat. Mobb Deep & La The Darkman) (Prod. by Havoc)
03. Mobb Deep – That NY Bullshit (Prod. by Havoc)
04. Nyce Da Future – Real Talk (feat. Havoc & Cory Gunz) (Prod. by Havoc)
05. Mobb Deep – I’m A Thug (feat. Raekwon)
06. Nyce Da Future – Who The Fuck Is This (feat. Mobb Deep & Chashis)
07. Nyce Da Future – Shoot A Nicca (feat. Vic Damone & 40 Glocc)
08. La The Darkman – I Ain’t Lettin Shit Slide
09. Nyce Da Future – Forever Be Guilty (feat. Cau2G$ & Cory Gunz)
10. Nyce Da Future – Highlife (feat. Cash Bills)
11. Prodigy – Sugar Pop (Prod. by Alchemist)
12. Nyce Da Future – Hot Summer (feat. Havoc) (Prod. by Havoc)
13. Tony Yayo – So I Don’t Hurt Nobody (Prod. by Havoc)
14. Mobb Deep – BuckWildSpansihHorns (Prod. by Havoc)
15. Nyce Da Future – 3 The Hardway (feat. Havoc & Cash Bills) (Prod. by Havoc)
16. Nyce Da Future – High As A Helicopter (feat. Prodigy & 40 Glocc) (Prod. by Alchemist)
17. Mobb Deep – Ya’ll Can’t See Me (Prod. by Havoc)
18. La The Darkman – Figaro Chains (feat. Havoc) (Prod. by Havoc)
19. Nyce Da Future – What Time It Is (feat. Cau2G$ & Un Pacino)
20. Big Noyd – T.O.N.Y.
21. Nyce Da Future – We Rollin’ (feat. 40 Glocc & Prodigy) (Prod. by Havoc)
22. Havoc – Ribs (Prod. by Havoc)
23. Havoc – Letter To P (Prod. by Havoc)
24. Prodigy – Welcome To State Prison (Prod. by Sid Roams)
25. Willie The Kid – MI40 Weighs A Ton (Prod. by Lee Bannon)
Shyne On XXL Conference Call
You can only see his responses to the questions asked by various journalists within the Hip-Hop community, but what he says (I feel) makes it worth putting up (at least until I get an update). I’m not going to post other peoples tweets or whatever, but a lot of folks on the conference calls had jokes…if his voice was like it was, would this even be a problem?
Skyzoo x Torae x CurT@!n$ – The Incredible
Produced by Illmind. Off of that 2dopeboyz mixtape you see above (which drops on the internet next Tuesday). Check out the tracklist after the jump.
Cali Swag District – TMZ Live Interview
Kanye West – Hot 97 Interview
You’ve just listened to the new song, now you can enjoy the full interview. Oh yea, it seems that the album will now be dropping 11/16. Goodbye G.O.O.D. Music Day.
Download: Kanye West Hot 97 Interview Part 1
Download: Kanye West Hot 97 Interview Part 2
Download: Kanye West Hot 97 Interview Part 3
Download: Kanye West Hot 97 Interview Part 4
Download: Kanye West Hot 97 Interview Part 5
VT Union x Malice x Bobby Konders – Make Rume (Statik Selektah Remix)
Whoever is making these dudes’ artwork is hilarious…I hope I didn’t just take away from the music with that.