Love this roots reggae refix produced by Shy FX with Dizzee pon di mic. From Dizzee Rascal’s Tongue N Cheek LP, here’s “Can’t Tek No More” of this, No No No…

Just learned the news from DJ Premier’s blog. Definitely go there for the true tribute. Here’s an excerpt:

classic Gang Starr

While in hospital with terminal cancer, Guru wrote a letter, which was provided by Solar, to his fans addressing his illness, his shining music career, his family and loved ones.

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Love this sultry booty bass track from longtime fave Stereotyp (<3 <3 ) and newcomer-to-us Arabyrd. Whoever she is, we’re in love – girl crush all.the.way. Keep this up, love!

<a href="http://crunchtime.bandcamp.com/track/drop-it-feat-arabyrd">DROP it / feat.: ARABYRD by Stereotyp</a>

DROP it / feat.: ARABYRD | Stereotyp.

Check out Dorrough’s saucy likkle vid, “I Want (Hood Christmas)” and enjoy the rest of 2009. See you in 2010!!

Via The Smoking Section:

Cashmere Agency Presents Mr. Grustle & Tha Russian’s Dubstep LA: Embrace The Renaissance Vol. 1 which is mixed by Plastician, features famed Dubstep producers Benga, 12th Planet and Caspa alongside Hip-Hop stars like Murs, Grouch and Eligh, Grand Puba, Ras Kass and Eve. It also features Snoop Dogg’s Chase & Status produced “Snoop Dogg Millionaire, ” Xzbit’s “So What” Featuring U-N-I, and Murs’ “Mad House,” which recently leaked to the web.

Get The Cashmere/Plastician Dubstep Mix Here

Just got word that DJ AM was found dead in his apartment. Cops had to bust down his door after he wasn’t seen for a few days. ([More →])

Hard to find a better role model for the ladies to learn from – then or now. BIG UP Killer Mike for being so direct and honest with Lyte about her positive influence. A tuff gyal like she is needed in this game now more than ever. Keep blazin MC Lyte!! Ya voice not too ruff, too gruff – I think it’s sexy…

Grind for the Green.

It seems like only yesterday our little monster was rampaging around the Bay Area like a bass wave on a sugar high. Hard to believe this will be the 5th time the loosely associated autonomous mobile soundsystems of the mutant variety have convened on an undisclosed, secret underground location for maximum sound reinforcement and fun times. That’s right – 2 monstrous walls of sound will be erected, combining the earth-trembling bassbins of 5lowershop & Army of Love with the massive mid-range towers of HAVOCSOUND, crowned by Czech-technology rocket tweeters of the notorious S.P.A.Z. soundsystem for ONE MASSIVE MONSTER OF LOVE 5!!!

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Xrabit and DMG$ mix old school hip hop beats and flow with new-rave/M.I.A. day glow flavor. Last year, the duo signed to Big Dada Records (Ninja Tune’s hip hop homies) and will release their new album, Hello World, on March 9th.

Listen to “Ferris Bueller” and “Damaged Good$” from Hello World:

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Here’s the video for “” the 2nd single off Hello World:

XRABIT + DMG$ Live Dates

Wed 28 Jan Paris, France Le Social Club
Thu 29 Jan London, UK Yoyo @ Notting Hill Arts Club
Fri 06 Feb London, UK Get Familiar @ Fabric
Sat 07 Feb Berlin, GER Scala

Links

myspace.com/xrabit

myspace.com/dmgeez

youtube.com/XRABITandDMGEEZ

Roots Manuva and Toddla T will be the source of some major heat waves this summer, from spontaneous combustion on the dancefloor to sweltering temperatures in the the streets.

It started with a seemingly innocent video from the Sheffeel producer and the cross-cultured lyricist, called “Sound Tape Killin”. I’ve been MAD about that tune since I first heard it/posted it, moments before it induced an early Spring in the western States. Then, the video for “Buff Nuff” appeared on the web and, despite a truckload of ice cream on the scene, ladies swooned and nearly melted anytime Manuva was in the vicinity. Roots Man handed out the frozen treats as quickly as possible, but was unable to reverse the feverish effects of Toddla T’s smokin dancehall riddim.

Slime & Reason Is IN This Season

Now, the impending release of a new Roots Manuva album and the subsequent rise in body temperatures threatens to warm the globe like a Bikram yoga classroom. A world filled with sizzling hot bodies, buff enuff to bounce a quarter (or quarter OZ) off of and glistening with sugary sweat, all because 2 English lads combined Slime & Reason in 2008. Like PB and J, ice cream and exercise, love, war, sex, drugs, and rock and roll, Slime & Reason represents 2 very different sounds that were meant to be mixed together for the betterment of humankind. But there’s plenty of tunes on the album I haven’t heard yet, so I’m sure Roots and T will enlighten us soon enough. In the meantime, invest in lemonade stands, ice machines and igloo-rich real estate, coz it’s gonna be a wicked hot summer!

More deets from the press release:

Feel like something is missing from your life? Not quite sure what? Is it a new record from Roots Manuva? Or a beautiful body beside you in bed? Either way, all your problems are solved.

Mr Manuva comes blazing back into action with the wonderful “Buff Nuff,” a slice of Sheffield dancehall cooked up by the so-hot-it-hurts Toddla T, mixed by the mighty Ross Orton (M.I.A. etc) and weighed down with lyrical wonderment and silly genius by the one and only Rodney Smith.

Manuva’s own productions range from the skanking carnival anthem “Again & Again,” through the melancholy funk of “C.R.U.F.F.,” the electro-Bach rhythms of “Kick Up Ya Foot,” the lof-fi Gospel of “A Man’s Talk,” the roots stylings of “The Show Must Go On” and the analog-synth attack of “It’s Me Oh Lord.”

But as a vocalist, Roots has also been reinvigorated working with young producers Toddla T and Metronomy. There are three Toddla tracks here (including “Buff Nuff,” the first single taken from the album) and they represent some of the funniest, most loose-limbed music Rodney has produced in years. In addition, Metronomy’s “Let The Spirit” is one of the standouts of the record – a gorgeous piece of “blue-eyed” electro-funk which will be soundtracking our lives for a long time to come.

Links

Roots Manuva Website
Roots Manuva my$pace
Toddla T my$pace
Big Dada
“Sound Tape Killin”

… Dizzee Rascal and Dirtee Stank in San Francisco, July 25th 2008 …

Haven’t written the concert review yet, but here’s photos of the show in the meantime:

The photos appear larger on my flickr page:

Dizzee Rascal photos by Molli Fire on flickr

Have you seen Dizzee live this year? If so, how was it? If you have pix online, drop a link in the comments, I’d love to see them!

Wow, Weezy really didn’t put much effort into his new video for “A Milli.” The production is so lo-fi compared to the vid for “Lollipop.” Ladies, however, will enjoy watching Wayne Carter strut around with no shirt on and the part where he poses with the super-shorty is adorable.

Lil’ Wayne – “A Milli”