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The Illz - Prelude To The Sickness

#109 in DJBooth.net's freestyle series. Illz is poised to drop The Pursuit before the end of 09', and another project with producer Ill Tal (who also produced this track) titled The Epdemic next year.

The Illz - Prelude To The Sickness

The Clipse talk Play Cloths [Video]

Salute these cats on their one year anniversary of the brand for having one of the few rapper clothing lines that isn't completely tacky. Their stuff is pretty fresh actually, i've been meaning to cop for awhile.

Wyclef Jean - Streets Pronounce Me Dead [Video]

Jay Cro - Potential (Then/Now) [Mixtape]

New mixtape from Jay Cro. It's split in half with previously recorded songs to show his growth as an artist, comparing his material then to what it is now. Pretty interesting idea.

Jay Cro - Potential (Then/Now) [Mixtape]

Alicia Keys ft. Maino - Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart (Remix)

Maino tacks a couple bars onto Alicia's new single.

Alicia Keys ft. Maino - Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart (Remix)

Felt (Slug x Murs) - Styleetron [Video]

Behind the scenes production footage of Felt 3: A Tribute to Rosie Perez with Aesop Rock and DJ Big Wiz who provided the scratches for the album.

Felt 3: A Tribute to Rosie Perez drops next Tuesday (11.17.009) and will be available where most fine hip hop music is sold so hit the streets and cop it at your favorite independent or chain record store!

Pre-order the album now: Amazon|Itunes(Deluxe)|Fifth Element

And follow Slugs x Murs on: Twitter|Facebook|Myspace

Lil Wayne - Rebirth Artwork

Hm, ok. Be on the lookout for both Rebirth & We Are Young Money to drop together as a double disc on December 15th. Don't mind me, i'll just be over here waiting for the next Carter.

Sean Price on the "Figure Four" video

Ruck talks about the new video he's shooting with director Jimmy Giambrone and clarifies a line he spat about Wale.

Goodie Mob performs in Tampa, FL [Video]

From Wild 94.1's "Last Damn Show 11" this past weekend.

Props to DJ Smallz.

Nas - The World Is Yours (Richtcraft Remix)

Rich is doing a remix of a Hip Hop classic every tuesday, be on the lookout.

Game Interview w/ DJ Green Lantern [Video]

Game calls up to the show while B.G. and Khaled are up there.

Shouts to That's Hip Hop.

Cymarshall Law - Crime Wave Freestyle

Cy goes in over 50's instrumental.

Cymarshall Law - Crime Wave Freestyle


Also, Cymarhsall Law is doing a show with Diamond District tonight @ Silk City in Philladelphia. Hit the jump for the flyer.

N.O.R.E. and Busta Rhymes in the studio [Video]

Check out some recent footage of N.O.R.E. & Busta Rhymes in the studio. They take some time to update us on the outcome of their weight loss bet, speak on their friendship & take shots of Tiger Bone.

Shouts to 57thave.

Madlib ft. Guilty Simpson - The Paper

Madlib is launching the Madlib Medicine Show, a once-a-month, twelve-CD, six-LP series. The Madlib Medicine Show will be a combination of Madlib’s new hip-hop productions, remixes, beat tapes, and jazz, as well as mixtapes of funk, soul, Brazilian, psych, jazz and other undefined forms of music from the Beat Konducta’s 4-ton stack of vinyl.

Madlib Medicine Show No. 1 is Before The Verdict featuring Guilty Simpson, a 17-track album mixing remixes and new material, something of a prelude to Madlib & Guilty Simpson’s forthcoming OJ Simpson album.

Madlib ft. Guilty Simpson - The Paper

TheRealFocus ft. Crooked I, Jay Rock, Marsha Ambrosius & Kida - Homage to Dr. Dre

Here's the full version of that radio rip from the other day. I heard they were getting another west coaster for this, but wasn't expecting Marsha. I haven't even heard this full joint yet but now i know it's gonna be soulful.

TheRealFocus ft. Crooked I, Jay Rock, Marsha Ambrosius & Kida - Homage to Dr. Dre

Off of Focus's Pay Homage LP, which'll drop next year.

Bonus: TheRealFocus ft. Phonte - Recession

Obie Trice - Got Hungry (Prod. by MoSS)

First leak off of Special Reserve, produced by MoSS (with scratches by DJ Grouch.) Be on the leakout for the full project dropping December 15th.

Obie Trice - Got Hungry (Prod. by MoSS)

Cause - I Am Us [Mixtape]

New mixtape from the rapper Cause. To me, this feels like more of an album than a mixtape in terms of quality. Haven't gone through the whole thing but the couple tracks i've heard so far have been pretty good.


Cause - I Am Us [Mixtape] (Direct Download)

1. Save The Game
2. Birth Of A Rebel
3. In A Daze
4. Keep It Real (ft. Jon Hope)
5. On My Mind (ft. Mike Payne)
6. Chasing After Money
7. Just Another Day
8. Life Ain’t A Playground
9. I Am Us
10. In A Daze (Clean)

The Clipse on Anthony "Geezy" Gonzalez's incarceration [Video]

via MTV:

“If the good die young, then the greats go to jail,” Pusha T raps on the Clipse’s new single, “Doorman.”

The duo have been reflecting on the incarceration of their manager and friend, Anthony “Geezy” Gonzalez. Last month, Geezy struck a plea deal for one federal drug conspiracy charge as well as one firearm charge. As much as it hurts to not have their friend with them, the Clipse said they have to go on with their lives and careers.

“The show don’t stop, we know what we gotta do,” Malice, who tweeted, “We luv u GZ!” in the wake of Geezy’s court outcome, said. “So we’re out here doing it. The situation has been hard as well as heartbreaking. But I got the faith everything is gonna work out for the best. I believe everything happens for a reason. We still take care of our fam. We never leave our fam behind.”

“Geezy’s good,” Pusha insisted.

“Everybody is good. It’s Geezy, it’s a few more too,” Pusha detailed. “Y’all just know Geezy, but everybody is our brother. Every time we talk to them, nobody is hanging their head. Ain’t no crybabies. We got real soldiers in the family. Everything is gonna work out alright.”

According to The Virginian-Pilot, Geezy is scheduled to be sentenced on January 11.

The Clipse release their next LP, Till the Casket Drops, on December 8. Guests include Yo Gotti — not Drake — on “Showin’ Out.” Fabolous also appears on a remix of “Kinda Like a Big Deal.” (Kanye West appeared on the original.)