I thought the G.O.O.D. Music Takeover in NYC was hot, but apparently the UK smashed on us with theirs. The show was a few days ago but we're now just getting post worthy footage from the after party. Courtesy of DJ Semtex, here is a 13 minute vid featuring De La Soul, Mos Def, will.i.am and Nas all passing the mic on stage with Kanye West, KiD CuDi, Big Sean, and Consequence in the background. Looks like it was a real epic night for our friends across the pond.
We hope you all watched VH1's Hip Hop Honors last night, at least to catch The Roots performing a special tribute to Isaac Hayes. More on that later. In the mean time, to further celebrate the event, Mick Boogie, NahRight, PressPlayFashionforward, and LRG hooked up for The Honor Roll Mixtape. Mick took some of the hottest in the game and had them remake classics from last night's honorees; Cypress Hill, De La Soul, Slick Rick, Too Short, and Naughty by Nature. Artists on the tape include; Freeway, Alchemist, Evidence, Tanya Morgan, Skyzoo, Joell Ortiz, Pac Div, Talib Kweli, Little Brother and more. To give you a sample, here is one of the many heat rocks off the project with U-N-I's rendition of De La's "Stakes Is High" produced by the homie 6th Sense. Follow me after the jump for the tracklisting and download link.
Here is a sneak preview of a rough edit of some footage Jay Electronica shot and put together from his Rock The Bells experience. It features some brief commentary from Jay himself followed by a performance clip and some very candid interviews with De La Soul. You will notice it ends abruptly. That's because there is more to come! This one isn't even finished.
