Jay-Z Brings Out Kanye West At The Isle of Wight Festival (video)

This song is a total stadium anthem. Beat is ridic, hook is catchy as hell, and it's clear how easily Jay controls the crowd with this one. The stroke of genius was to bring Mr West out with no announcement; element of surprise. A very powerful performance. Word life.

What Cee be on... British India

I am absolutely loving Aussie rock right now. So many brilliant bands coming out of this country, it's mad impressive, particularly for someone like myself who has only recently gotten into the scene.

So I went and caught British India at the Corner Hotel last night, the first of two shows for the launch of their latest album, Avalanche. Openers City Riots, hailing from Adelaide, were really great, however this was the first show I've ever seen people too scared to be up front for. Really strange considering how solid their music was.

Big Scary were up next, a two piece (male singer/guitarist/keys, female drummer) who made a shitload of noise. Awesome stuff.

There was a solid gap between Big Scary and British India, and the mob was getting restless. I'd never been to a gig like this before, so me and my mate were right up front ready to go. Chants of 'Bri-tish, Bri-tish!' were hollered from the gaping mouths of the beer-swilling suburban hooligans, and this should have indicated what was to come.

Fuck I was shocked. I'd heard of 'slam pits' before but fuck me, up close, shit is hectic. If this happened at a Hip Hop gig, full scale riots would break out and it'd get mighty messy. But not here. The sweaty meatheads were happy to throw each other around as hard as they could, with damn near everyone around me screaming the words to every song. I was entranced; until some short ass broad knocked my camera out of my hand, which was duly stomped upon and the lens knocked firmly out of place.

That kinda ruined it for me, but I tried to put it out of my mind and enjoy the rest of the show. The boys were intense the whole time, the crowd loved it, so much energy. I really learned a lot about stage presentation from these fellas. I'd love to go again, but next time I'll stay far back from said pit of slam.

Check out the videos for the two singles from the album below.


Beneath The Satellites


Vanilla

Rhymefest - "T.M.S." (video)

Aight, so we just hit y'all with one Rhymefest video this week, and then you turn around and we smack ya in the head with another one, like BAM! Fuck yeah. Watch the crap outta this shit.

El Che is out now, apparently. Cop that.

Nat-2 x WuWear - the WuTang Brand bookbag 2.0

We don't usually post too much stuff about gear and whatnot on here, but I caught this today and it looks pretty sweet. Feelin' the oversized zipper, dunno about the thongs (flip flops) though.

Jamie Lidell Music Video Marathon

Y'all might know that I been on Mr Lidell's nuts for a hot minute. Dude put on a killer show in Melbourne a few months back, and his latest album, 'Compass', is a gem.

So I didn't realise that he already dropped two music videos from the album. The first one, The Ring, is a bit of a strange one, with dude writhing around on the beach making all sorts of faces.

Next, 'I Wanna Be Your Telephone', is much more straight down the line, for such a weird song.

I also threw in the video for 'Another Day' from his last album, 'Jim', as I'd never seen it before and it's an amazing song.

The Ring (From 'Compass')


I Wanna Be Your Telephone (From 'Compass')


Another Day (From 'Jim')

Lil Wayne's greatest verse ever?

So we all know Drake is a fan of blowing things out of proportion. Nicki Minaj's skills (oh check out Lil Kim's Twitter page, she goes IN on Nicki, Puffy and Drake), Jay dropping his 'greatest verse ever' on their collab 'Light Up'...and now it's the incarcerated Lil Wayne who apparently dropped his 'greatest verse ever' over the phone from Rikers Island to the same 'Light Up' joint. Check the video. Sound quality is shit, it's from a recent UStream Drizzy did to promote the album. I hear he's going to drop a full quality version soon, so stay tuned for that...

A-Diction + Syntax + Whisper on Top Billin 3RRR (download + video)

Y'all might be familiar with the homies Whisper and A-Diction from various mentions on TheMovementFam.com, but alongside their boy Syntax, these fellas came together (pause) for a joint mixtape, In Good Company. Bang.

Check the official word on the project:

"Together the four musicians have created a bond that is reminiscent of some of the most note worthy groups in hip hop history, and featuring a stellar production line up consisting of M-Phazes, Mules (Choose Mics, Hyjak & Torcha), Ciecmate, Jsquared, Lewis One, ATP (Beatkamp Muzik) and Whisper, ‘In Good Company’ will do more than wet the whistles of the eager hip hop loving market, it will forge itself as the standard for all collaborative projects for years to come."

So while you're waiting for In Good Company to download, scroll up and check the fellas recent spot on 3RRR's Top Billin' show as they murder some mics.

Eminem - Not Afraid (video)

Eminem - Not Afraid from DomS on Vimeo.

I think this dropped the other day but I missed it. So the album leaks around the same day as the video for the first single drops. Coinkidinks? These days, I think not.

Once again, still vibin' off Em's album so don't really wanna stop it to watch this one just yet. Will jump back on it in a sec, but as with 'Fest, I'm sure it's the shiznit.

Rhymefest feat Phonte - Say Wassup (video)

Rhymefest has been taumbout this album for fucking ever. Looks like it's nearly here. Check the video for the first single, Say Wassup, featuring my favourite MC, Phonte. Yeah, that's right, I said 'favourite MC'.

Gotta be honest; I haven't watched this yet coz I just got the Eminem leak, and kinda buggin' off of that. I'm sure it's ill though.

Ras Kass and Royce Da 5'9" - Attitudes 2012 (video)

The big homie Ras Kass done did it again. This cut, 'Attitudes 2012', is produced by Sick Jacken and features Royce Da 5'9".

Not much else you can really say about this. Beat is bananas, both Ras and Royce come with it as expected - just fucking dope music. Video is cool. Mad simple, kinda cut together from various images and random videos and whatnot, but it works.

Cop this shit.