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Trailer to the movie Holy Rollers. The film is based on a true story about a Hasidic Jew drug smuggling operation and has debuted at the Sundance Festival. Q-Tip stars in the movie and in last week’s NY Daily News he joked about him practicing Judaism. Continue reading for a Q-Tip interview about the film!

“I’m going to enjoy Sabbath on Saturday, so on Friday at sunset I’m going to turn off my TV, my radio – I’m not going to do anything,” says the rapper, who plays an Ecstasy dealer in a Hasidic community in the flick. “And then when the sun sets on Saturday night, I’m going to raise hell!”

Via: RapRadar

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Whilst in Europe on the SOUNDCLASH tour with fellow heavyweight Hip Hop producer The Alchemist, Just Blaze sat down with SoulCulture TV in London earlier this week to discuss today’s key issues in music blog culture. Namely: the commonplace battles between bloggers and record labels, and what should be done about it – from both sides of the fence.

Continue reading for part 2 of the interview where he talks about how the remix became a marketing tool.

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Off AZ’s upcoming album, Doe Or Die 2. Cuts by Statik Selektah.

Download: AZ – Feel My Pain

Via 2DB.

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As I spent 2 enjoyable years in Ghana I thought it was appropriate to do a short mix with music from, or inspired by Africa. The music highlights some of my current favorite songs.

Continue reading for the tracklist.

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Kao što smo i prvi najavili prije nekoliko mjeseci, Xzibit ovog tjedna stiže u Hrvatsku. Od četvrtka će biti u Zagrebu, a u nedjelju, 23.5., nastupiti će u turističkom naselju Lanterna u blizini Poreča u sklopu austrijskog MTV Spring Jama 2010. Više informacija očekujemo narednih dana.

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Stream novog singla Bolesne Braće Mali Majmun Čita možete provjeriti na portalu INDEX.HR. Album Veliki Umovi 21. Stoljeća u prodaji 25.5.

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Download: Grand Agent Feat. Lord Finesse – Know The Legend

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guru dj doo wop DJ Doo Wop   We Got Gunz (Solar Diss)

The hacker that infiltrated Solar’s accounts said that this guy really wasn’t feeling Doo Wop. It’s about 40 seconds short but that’s enough to see that he got the memo.

Download: DJ Doo Wop – We Got Gunz (Solar Diss)

Via Nah Right.

UPDATE: Now in full lenght. Download here.

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Ever since Quite Nyce and Seek formed RADIx in 2003, the dynamic emcee duo has been on a mission to breathe life back into hip-hop. For their second full-length LP, Say Yes, the two rappers have teamed up with multitalented producer Statik Selektah. Statik brings a heavy dose of boom-bap beats that perfectly suit the detailed and intelligent rhymes of Quite Nyce and Seek. The second single from Say Yes, titled “Weight of the World,” is now available for free download.

Download: RADIx – Weight of the World (prod. by Statik Selektah)

Previous: RADIx live on Halftime Radio w/ DJ Eclipse

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Here is the first 10 Minutes of the Monumental History of Rap. The individual stories pieced together like a puzzle will give you the full picture of the history of the 6 Billion Dollar a Year industry called Rap. Wriiten and Produced by Kurtis Blow for Krush Films. If you want the full length movie then email Kurtis Blow at kbkrushgroove@aol.com

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