Written, directed and edited by Ra The Rugged Man

On Friday Anonymous hacked the website of a for-profit enterprise specializing in providing “private correctional and detention management services” to the government. They replaced the front page with a picture of Mumia Abu-Jamal and also made the Public Enemy powered Mumia 911 track auto-load upon arrival. 0wnage.

6/7, 7pm @ Betsy Head Memorial Playground
EPMD / Funkmaster Flex

6/8, 7pm @ Betsy Head Memorial Playground
Special Ed

6/15, 7pm @ Herbert Von King Park
Nice and Smooth / The Awesome 2

6/21, 7pm @ Red Hook Park
Talib Kweli

6/28, 7pm @ Soundview Park
Funkmaster Flex and special guests

7/12, 7pm @ Crotona Park
Slick Rick / DJ Brucie B

7/19, 7pm @ Queensbridge Park
Kool Moe Dee

7/21, 7pm @ Queensbridge Park
Funkmaster Flex and special guests

8/2, 7pm @ Tappen Park
The Sugarhill Gang

8/9, 7pm @ Marcus Garvey Park
Rob Base / Funkmaster Flex

8/21, 7pm @ Central Park/Mainstage
Rakim / EPMD / Funkmaster Flex

8/24, 7pm @ East River Park
Cold Crush Brothers

update: final version

Produced by Hi-Tek

John Forte – Gone ft. HD Fre, Talib Kweli, AZ and Sass Jordan

Now if only we could convince Aloe Blacc to rap a verse or two.

Kweli feels a certain way when his sound is cut off during his encore performance.

video by Ka5p

Circa ’95 demo tape from Cincinnati vets with unreleased tracks and early versions of songs that ultimately landed on their full length debut DOOM (if you’re not familiar, a regionally significant album pushed by TVT and sometimes accurately credited for launching careers of Talib & Hi-Tek). Link (via)

1.MOOD – Untitled Demo 1 (Unreleased)
2.MOOD – Untitled Demo 2 (Unreleased)
3.Talib Kweli – Untitled Demo 1 (Unreleased)(Cuts out for 4 secs at 1:00 mark)*
4.Talib Kweli – Untitled Demo 2 (Unreleased)
5.MOOD – Cincinnatti (Hi-Tek Version)(Unreleased)
6.Donte – Mr. Everything (Solo Version)(Unreleased)
7.MOOD – Doom Da feat. Pase Rock of Five Deez^(Unreleased)(Contains the interlude “Babylon The Great”, later used on the “DOOM” LP)
8.MOOD – Illuminated Sunz (Demo Version w/o Sunz Of Man)(Unreleased)
9.Talib Kweli & Rubix – Millionaires (Later released on “Mission Control Presents: Prehistoric Sounds” compilation)
10.MOOD – Untitled Demo 3 (Unreleased)(Main Flow’s verses from this were later used on DJ Greyboy’s “Uknowmylife” from the “Mastered The Art” LP)
11.MOOD – Peddlers Of Doom (Demo Version)(Unreleased)
12.MOOD – Empty Pages feat. Talib Kweli (Slightly different intro to the version later released on “Mission Control Presents: Prehistoric Sounds” compilation)
13.Talib Kweli – Untitled Demo 1 (Remix feat. Donte)(Unreleased)

previoiusly: Mood, Main Flow

If one album release party wasn’t enough for you, here’s another. I’m hoping to attend both of these but I guess one will do. link

Sep 8, 2009
Doors @ 8 PM

Ice Water Inc & Littles present:
RAEKWON Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II… release party

live performances by:
GHOSTFACE KILLAH, METHOD MAN, BEANIE SIGEL, TALIB KWELI, SLICK RICK, LYFE JENNINGS

hosted by
P. DIDDY
alongside Hot 97′s PETER ROSENBERG

music by
DJ KID CAPRI

Another unofficial video courtesy of DallasPenn.com. Very cool.

From Statik Selektah’s ‘Stick 2 the Script’ album… SkyZoo, Joell Ortiz and Talib Kweli put down the 2009 anthem for the sassiest and sexiest ladies on the map.

The duo of Mos Def & Talib Kweli, also known as Black Star, will be performing live later this month in NYC. A lot of cats will disagree with me but I thought their self-titled album was the pinnacle of both their musical careers. I was disappointed with the follow-ups: “Black on Both Sides” and the Reflection Eternal album. Who agrees? link for 7pm show, link for 11:30pm show

NOKIA Theatre Times Square
1515 Broadway at W. 44th Street
New York, NY 10036

For the Chace verse. Off the eco-friendly Think Green album. Tracklist after the jump.

Phil The Agony – Think Green ft. Mitchy Slick & Chace Infinite (remix)

Green Skit 1
Intro
What It Is feat. Blaq Toven
Nothing Can Stop Us feat. Planet Asia & Krondon
Hunters feat. Krondon & Talib Kweli
Thousand Dollar Omelettes feat. Planet Asia & Krondon
Green Skit 2
Think Green feat. Talib Kweli
Time feat. Planet Asia & Krondon
Stick Together feat. Blaq Toven
Green Skit 3
Black History feat. Planet Asia & Chace Infinite
Everyday feat. Big Twin & Jean Grae
Turkey Bacon feat. Chace Infinite
Think Green (Remix) feat. Mitchy Slick & Chace Infinite

Peace to Tunji for the look. Link

Here’s the trailer for “Let’s Get Free: The Black August Hip Hop Project,” featuring performance and interview footage from Common, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, dead prez and more.

The Black August Hip Hop Project strives to promote human rights though supporting and influencing the global development of Hip Hop culture. By facilitating exchanges between international communities where Hip Hop is a vital part of youth culture, they promote awareness about the social and political issues that affect our global communities. Their vision is to bring culture and politics together and to allow them to naturally evolve into a unique Hip Hop consciousness that informs our collective struggle for a more just, equitable and human world. This film documents the movement through a series of interviews and performances with hip hop artists and key members of the black activist movement.

Peace to Tunji Balogun for the look.