Krs-One - Okayplayer Interview

OKP does a pretty insightful interview with the Teacher, Krs-One. Not to detract from his crowd-rocking abilities or historical accomplishments, there are times when I feel that KRS-One is full of himself. But not in this article, I think he speaks enlighteningly of some of the new generation of hip-hop figures and what we can do to “Stop The Violence”. Full interview after the jump…

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KRS-1 X Primo: Criminal Minded ‘08

As mentioned before, Smirnoff is dropping some dope remakes for the hip-hop nation. The first of the three dropped today. Feel free to cop. In another collabo news, Ice Cube is teaming up with Lyrics Born for a free concert at SXSW.

KRS-1 - Criminal Minded ‘08 (Prod. by DJ Premier)

Self-Destruction 2008

XXL Mag reports that KRS-1 is retroing the Stop The Violence Movement. Last week hip-hop artists got together in LA (coincidentally around the Grammys) to record the track. Confirmed to record (not necessarily be on the track) are: The Game, Chamillionaire, Nelly, David Banner, Rakaa Iriscience, Planet Asia, 50 Cent, Busta Rhymes, Snoop Dogg, Fat Joe, Cassidy, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Lil Mama, Talib Kweli and MC Lyte. A snippet is planned to drop next week. I just came to the realization that some of the KTL readers may not know what we are talking about. Please see the video and wiki for reference:

Smirnoff X Hip-Hop

Smirnoff and Cornerstone Promotions are promoting their new Smirnoff Signature Mix drinks. For this campaign Common and Just Blaze will remake “The Light,” Q-tip and Cool n Dre will redo Tribe’s “Midnight,” and KRS-One and DJ Premier will make a new version of “Criminal Minded.” The latter is the one I am most excited about. Nike and Hip-Hop (via Just Blaze and Primo) were a good team, let’s see if Smirnoff can reach that standard.

All of the artists will be perform their classics live at the Smirnoff/Cornerstone launch party on Feb, 26th. The actual remakes will be available as a free download on Smirnoff.com later. Stay tuned for more info. Speaking of info, this was all due to Miss Info. One day we will make her blogroll. (hint, hint)

Harry, Dick, and Tom with a demo in his palm…

Scouring the forums, I found this dope spot by speakonitgod. Demo tapes and early recordings galore. This man did some work, so I will let him speak on it. Read the rest, you will be thank me (and him) later…

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