Today kicks off the CMJ Music Marathon in NYC, which of course equals 0 sleep for the OKP staff. Coalmine Music Group, in recognition of this event, put together The Official 2008 CMJ Mixtape (mixed by DJ Dutchmaster & M-Phazes). The tape is laced with current singles and exclusives by artists like Dilated Peoples, U-N-I, Heltah Skeltah, Skyzoo, Pharoahe Monch, Wale, Royce Da 5'9", Slug and more. Follow me after the jump for the dl link and tracklisting.
We've been letting you know about Decon's latest release, Fresh Rhymes and Videotape for a minute via our exclusive pre-order. Today the DVD/CD officially drops. If you weren't convinced by "The FRV Anthem," here's another banger that should get you over to the OKP store to make that purchase. Alchemist teams up with Dilated Peoples for this song "The Last is First."
Dilated Peoples"The Last is First" (Prod. Alchemist) >>>Download
Did you somehow miss Decon's Fresh Rhymes and Videotape Tour when it hit your city this summer? Well if you did, we've got something to let you know all the dopeness you missed out on with the above for "The Fresh Rhymes and Videotape Anthem" featuring The Alchemist, Dilated Peoples, Aceyalone and 88-Keys. The video was directed by our boy Jason Goldwatch and gives you a behind the scenes look at all the stops of the tour. As a bonus in collaboration with Decon, we're selling Fresh Rhymes and Videotape Tour Tees in the OKP store packaged with the upcomingFresh Rhymes & Videotape Vol. 1 CD/DVD. The CD features 5 new collaborative tracks from the artists featured on the tour as well as a DVD with a documentary style short film about life on the road with some of the most well-seasoned performers in the game. Fresh Rhymes & Videotape Vol. 1 will be available October 14th but you can order yours now!
Bonus: large version of the group photo seen on our home page.
2/3 of Dilated Peoples hook up to put out this joint "Whatever It's Worth." Luckily Babu survived the above pic to craft this knockin beat. This one is off of DJ Babu's upcoming album Duck Season 3, droppin October 28th.
The Good people at Mixcast.tv put together this dope mini documentary of Decon's Fresh Rhymes and Videotape tour. The video includes performance clips and interviews with Dilated Peoples, Alchemist, Aceyalone, and 88-Keys. The final two shows are tonight in Los Angeles at HOB and Sunday in San Diego at Belly Up. If you didn't catch the tour while it was in your area...you lost. Enjoy this video and don't play yourself next time a Decon tour comes to your town.
K-Salaam & Beatnick's upcoming album Whose World Is This is laced with OKP favorites including Talib Kweli, dead prez, Rakaa Iriscience, and Saigon. As well as Buju Banton, Trey Songz, Kardinal Offishal, Young Buck, Capleton, Papoose, and more. The album is in stores July 29th through VP/Universal records and will come with a corresponding Documentary DVD. Follow me after the jump to download the album sampler, view the artwork and tracklisting, and find links to the DVD trailer.
The Fresh Ryhmes & Videotape tour featuring Dilated Peoples, The Alchemist, Aceyalone, and 88Keys kicked off Monday June 2nd in Seattle Washington. The tour bus is wrapped to look like an MTA Subway car and just might be the craziest wrap of a tour bus ever. Shout out to Decon (what up Yoram!) and 2KSports. I see a few okayplayer tags on there. Good lookin'!
Word from the road is that Kanye West showed up at the show in Portland where he joined 88 for an encore performance of his song "Stay Up! (Viagra)" followed by a quick acapella verse from Ye' (hmmm, I wonder if it was the same one from Summer Jam), and then "This Way" with Dilated.
We thought this was kind of humerous as far as it not being the type of thing you hear every day. Shout out to our man Evidence!
"Police arrest notorious graffiti tag artist Cyrus "Buket" Yazdani on felony vandalism charges this week in Los Angeles but wrong images of the man in custody continue to circulate and appear at the top of the hour on CBS 9 and ABC 7 Newscasts due to the LA Times Newspaper mistakenly identifying Yazdani with a Youtube.com photo of highly acclaimed MC and Producer Evidence of Dilated Peoples."
