Jake One: Great Beat Writer (Mixtape)

Minnesotas own Rhymesayers Entertainment and HipHopDX have teamed up to hook you up with a free mixtape from Jake One. Appropriately named “Great Beat Writer” this mix gives you a taste of his previous work and a couple of new joints from the upcoming record “White Van Music” and is mixed by the man himself, Jake One. So go ahead and rock that — so many classic beats — until WVM drops (Oct 7th). Then cop that. Aight?

Please don’t sleep.

Jake One will be in Minneapolis next Tuesday, October 7th. I’mma have to make an appearance and see what’s crackin’. No diggity doubt.

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Picture This: The Take Back Labor Festival

Aside from the tomfoolery that took place in downtown St.Paul yesterday, over yonder, the family friendly, peace loving “Take Back Labor Day Festival” rocked Harriet Island Park. My girl C.Rimstad aka C-Rocka put her ‘credentials’ to use and captured the moment. I didn’t make it to the festivities, but from the looks of the photos and what I’ve heard, the festival was pretty darn cool. Actually, it was described as being “Off the chain!”

From top to bottom: A purple SEIU Welcome, Slug and Ant of ATMOSPHERE, Fatlip (Pharcyde) and Muja Messiah, Mos Def

To view the rest of the photos (there are plenty more), check out the gallery HERE…

Peace and love, people.
Peace and loooove.

Hip Hops Crown Jewels: Sorry, No “Lay-A-Way”…

Read on, playa, read on…
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New York — Phillips de Pury & Company is pleased to announce “Hip Hop’s Crown Jewels”, the first-ever hip hop jewelry auction to be held on October 1, 2008. A portion of this pioneering auction will benefit Rush Community Affairs, Russell Simmons coalition of non-profit organizations including Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, the Hip Hop Summit Action Network and the Diamond Empowerment Fund.

“Hip Hop’s Crown Jewels” showcases complex cultural artifacts embedded with style, and indelibly marked with narratives of class, religion, materialism and the American Dream.This unprecedented auction is led by specialist Alia Varsano, Worldwide Head of Contemporary Jewelry at Phillips de Pury & Company, in consultation with Minya Oh (Miss Info), noted hip hop authority and author of Bling Bling: Hip Hop’s Crown Jewels.

This is the first time that hip hop jewelry will be presented within the auction setting, as glittering cultural artifacts woven into hip hop’s colorful legacy. A historic selection of approximately 50 jewelry pieces from some of hip hop’s most illustrious musicians, rappers and jewelers will be offered, including those worn by:

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Muja Messiah Week at SAUCYDAMEDELUX.COM

Fuck it, it’s Muja Messiah Week at SAUCYDAMEDELUX.COM. Here’s a few more snippets of some of that raw hip hop from the show-show…

Saucy Snippets - The Intro

Guys and Dolls, Dames and Villians,

With much humility I present to you my very firstest internet video, ever! Filmed with my cheap arse digital camera and limited memory storage — I’m a total amateur (as you will soon see). I had fun filming the footage though, and I’ve decided to continue bringing saucy snippets of my divine state, Minnesota, and all that encompasses me . The presentation can only get better. Hell, it has too.

Just doing what it does,

Saucy Dame Dizzle -

P.S. It’s okay to make fun of my Midwestern twang. I know I do! *covers ears*

Saucy Snippets - July 21st, 2008 from SAUCYDAMEDELUX.COM on Vimeo.

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