Big Boi Interview w/ Gowhere Hip Hop & Rap Genius [Video]

Big Boi will release his new solo album, “Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors”, on December 11th. Big Boi sits down with GY312 for Gowhere Hip Hop & Rap Genius at the New Era store in downtown Chicago to talk all about the upcoming album, “Vicious Lies & Dangerous Rumors”. The album possesses a very personal meaning for Big Boi. Find out how the GIF artwork came about as well as the album title’s connection to Big Boi’s grandma. Plus, get the origin of Big Boi’s bowling name (hah!) and the legendary ATL emcee verifies a line for Rap Genius from his new song “In The A” featuring T.I. & Ludacris. Last week Big Boi held a listening session in Chicago, where he played his new album “Vicious Lies & Dangerous Rumors” for tastemakers and fans, he also spoke briefly with Ruby Hornet about the new project, having fun with his art, and why he’s always chosen to keep it player over playing it safe. Check it out below!

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Lyricist Lounge’s 20 Year Reunion Show w/ Black Star [Video]

LAUNFD hit Club Nokia in Downtown LA for the Lyricist Lounge 20 Year Reunion with Black Star headlining the show. Also performing that night were DJ Numark, Del the Funky Homosapien, and Freestyle Fellowship. Take a look at our recap of the dope show put on by Ant Marshal, Danny Castro and the Lyricist Lounge that also included a few more special guests.

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Just Blaze DJ’s At Brisk Bodega [Video]

Last night, Brisk Bodega returned for a second year in a row, this time setting up shop in Downtown Los Angeles with a Star Wars pop up art gallery in promotion for the 3-D released of Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace. The event was hosted by Just Blaze & DJ Skee and we were on hand to capture footage of Just Blaze mixing records from all of your favorite artist including N.O.R.E.. Watch as Just gets busy and check out some of the art displayed at the gallery, which will make its way to New York City later this month and wind up at SXSW later next month.

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Statik Selektah & Babygrande Present: The History of M.O.P. [Mixtape]

Download: Statik Selektah & Babygrande Present: The History of M.O.P. Tracklist 01. Statik Selektah Intro 02. How About Some Hardcore 03. Rugged Neva Smoove (DJ Premier rmx) 04. New Jack City 05. World Famous 06. Brownsville 07. Stick 2 Ya Gunz f. Kool G Rap 08. Downtown Swinga 96 09. Downtown Swinga 98 10. My Kinda N!gg@ 11. My Kinda N!gg@ 2 f. Heather B 12. New York Salute 13. Handle Your Biznezz (DJ Premier rmx) 14. Breakin’ the Rules 15. Blood Sweat & Tears 16. 4 Alarm Blaze f. Teflon & Jay-Z 17. New York Giants f. Big Pun 18. Half & Half f. Gang Starr 19. G-Building 20. Calm Down 21. Cold As Ice 22. Ante Up 23. Ante Up Remix f. Busta Rhymes & Remy Ma 24. You Don’t Know (rmx) f. Jay-Z 25. Wolves f. Krumbsnatcha 26. We Got Gunz f. Gang Starr & Fat Joe 27. Here Today, Gone Tomorrow 28. For The City f. Jadakiss (prod. Statik Selektah) 29. What I Wanna Be 30. Crazy f. Termanology (prod. Statik Selektah) 31. Whip Yo Head (rmx) f. 50 Cent 32. Get Yours 33. Sparta (World Premier) 34. Secret Outro Track You’re now listening to a snippet from M.O.P. & Snowgoons’ collabo album, “Sparta” in stores worldwide November 22nd on Babygrande Records!

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