Video: Vybz Kartel Is Still Angwi

Vybz Kartel telling Bounty Killer what he can and cannot do with his own tongue can only mean one of two things, ultimately. Kartel is extremely concerned with his former mentor and current enemy’s oral hygiene, or, ITS GOING DOWN AT STING THIS YEAR. Last year’s clash between Kartel and Mavado extinguished the Gully God’s angst altogether, steering him to new heights of positivity, Mavado only using his tropical howl to serenade if not inspire the youth. Kartel, however, who some have begun to label a bully, remains hungry like the wolf, and as of late has been showing his teeth to Killer directly. What most ignore in their condemnation of Kartel though is that to bully successfully, you do have to be stronger than everyone else. In brighter Kartel news, a DJ named I.V. slapped a Vybz Kartel verse pon 50’s new single and it sounds better than it ever could have without Kartel telling his lady, “shift yuh panties partially.” Have baby by Vybz baby, be a gaza girl.



Download: 50 Cent f. Vybz Kartel & Neyo, “Baby By Me” (DJ I.V. refix)

J. Rocc Teases New Madvillain on EVR

J. Rocc of the World Famous Beat Junkies rolled through Fat Beats Radio on East Village Radio last week and apparently decided to open a Pandora’s Box of rap nerdery by playing heretofore unheard new Madvillain songs. Listen to that section of the show below and listen to the whole show on East Village Radio here. He plays so little of each song that it’s hard to get too excited about it, but that shouldn’t stop a sizable chunk of the internet from getting carpal tunnel over the possibilities of a new Madlib-Doom album.


(via Fact)

Pill Live at The Levi’s/FADER Fort NYC

By the time Pill took the stage at the Levi’s®/FADER Fort on Saturday, everyone had already sweated out any and all Budweiser or Southern Comfort they’d attempted to consume. So when you watch the audience going loco in this live performance of Pill’s anthem “Trap Goin Ham,” just know that you can’t blame their enthusiasm on the alcohol. Blame it on the unbridled charisma of one of the best rappers out of the A, and the rad dude posse alongside him (including Freddie Gibbs, who’d performed with him earlier in the night). And when FADER editor Felipe Delerme sprayed beer on the dancefloor like he was Puff with Moet in ‘96, he was stone cold sober, and no one was even mad because it was the perfect thing to do right at that moment. When in doubt, go ham.

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Premiere: Chauffeur (Mark Ronson, Sam Sparro & Theophilus London), “Soles of Fire” MP3

The semi-secretive super group known as Chauffeur came through The Levi’s®/FADER Fort NYC last Saturday looking like The Specials, all done up in tailored suits and sharp collars and ready to pump out some mellow dance music. Due to flight schedules and the fact that they have but one song, however, they only played for like eight minutes. What an eight minutes though! Sheila E cover HELLOOOO. The one song that is theirs, it turns out, is a special ditty cooked up for Gucci’s Icon-Temporary pop-up stores as they unveil the boat-sneaker designed by Mr Ronson himself, so prepare to feel like spending a lot of money as you listen to this. Ronson has that kind of mind power.



Download: Chauffeur, “Soles of Fire”

Timbaland f. Drake, “Say Something” MP3

If only he were a few years older, Drake could have been Magoo. Imagine that dude on “Indian Flute”! Ain’t nothing smoother than a Timbaland beat circa 2003. Meeting Drake during his Southeast Asian phase would not have been a bad look for Tim or anyone else for that matter. “Say Something,” located thoroughly within the making beats with video games period still knocks, just in the way that sounds like they both should be guesting on Entourage. Now I’m at the 40/40 getting bitches tipsy Drake says, not even bragging, just saying. Yeah, Turtle would love this.



Download: Timbaland f. Drake, “Say Something”

Clipse f. Cam’ron, “Popeyes” MP3

Right after Cam’ron emerged from his self-inflicted exile, around about the time he played us mad times in a row by not showing up for our interview appointments, someone who actually did get a microphone under him got him to admit that he’d thought about retiring. Thankfully, he did not follow through, a decision we’re sure had very little to do with ceding victory to 50 Cent after their dust-up. As far as we can tell, Cam is still very much the king of Harlem and if he wanted to be, probably New York City, but the fact that he’s somehow burrowed himself into the underground makes his appearance on “Popeyes” less the favor to message board heroes the Clipse, than a sensible alliance.



Download: The Clipse f. Cam’ron, “Popeyes”

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Freddie Gibbs Live at The Levi’s/FADER Fort NYC

Leave it to Freddie Gibbs to completely dominate Room 501 at the Ace Hotel, where we have been filming bands all week. Gibbs is a secret veteran of the rap industry, pushing through major label purgatory and coming out the other side with literally hundreds of unreleased songs and a grip of mixtapes that are as cohesive and solid as albums. This week, Gibbs has been rapping all over New York city, and here raps all over our room at the New York outpost of the Levi’s®/FADER Fort. Watch the video above.

Video: Juicy J, “Talkin’ Shit”

Juicy J is feeling solo videos these days. And not just solo because it’s not him with Triple Six, but because it’s just him walking around alone. This black and white video for “Talkin’ Shit,” a song with extremely tragic, German sounding strings, has some Blair Witch moments, only if Juicy was the witch. I ain’t never been a pussy is a great line, and we might think it was meant tongue in cheek if not delivered with a black bloc bandanna over his face. But then you notice the director’s reflection in Juicy’s sunglasses and the suspension of disbelief is kinda killed.

Lil Wayne, “Wasted” + “Swag Surfin’” MP3

The thought of Wayne going to jail for eight months on gun charges sometime soon is ridiculous, mostly because two of rap’s living legends will be in the clink for the same thing at the same time. We’re not saying these dudes should get a pass because they’re really wealthy celebrities and need to be able to defend themselves, but if we were really wealthy celebrities we would probably consider owning a gun to protect our millions more than we do to protect our scratched up iPhones. Anyway, being locked up certainly isn’t going to slow Wayne down as he’s definitely already got a bunch of material and plans for two albums by December, the upcoming No Ceilings mixtape from which these songs come, plus whatever else he decides to record before his sentencing in February. Best of luck to him either way. Enjoy Wayne’s take on Gucci and FLY and let us know in the comments what you think about Wayne’s case.



Download: Lil Wayne, “Wasted”



Download: Lil Wayne, “Swag Surfin” (via Nah Right)

50 Cent, “Crime Wave” MP3

Before I Self Destruct, 50 Cent’s fourth studio album, is currently scheduled for release on November 23rd or what Universal is calling “Super Monday.” The album will be up against pop juggernauts like Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Jay Sean, Timbaland and also less notably, Lil Wayne’s surrogate dad/puppet master, Birdman. Since his monstrous debut, 50’s been trying to sing and dance his way into the ranks of pop super-stardom through Justin Timberlake features and Scott Storch beats. Though he’d like to believe he never abandoned the “aggressive content” of a relatively flawless mixtape career, he’s far better known for poor acting and lazering off all his tattoos than he is for threatening to ride through your neighborhood with a cocked gun hanging out the window. Which is a shame because when 50 used to threaten us, we believed him. Actually, we still do. It’s just that he doesn’t threaten us that much anymore.



Download: 50 Cent, “Crime Wave”

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