DOOM/STARKS - Victory Laps *bootleg + the red tape

Mf Doom & Ghostface Killah - Victory Laps (Exclusive) by CanadaConnections.net

After what seems like light years the DOOM/Ghostface project appears to be on the horizon Nature Sounds is currently shipping a limited edition red cassette tape and a 12" Serato vinyl featuring instrumentals. Victory Laps was produced by Madvillian so you know what to expect from the beat. Feel a bit bad since this is a bootleg but had to share. Listen while its still available and cop the hard copy shiz from HERE

'Unexpected Friends' - DOOM (review)

What’s there to say? One CD-shaped collection of DOOM’s bestest featurings and collaborations. These sorts of things, aimed at the fans, always seem a little redundant – you’ll probably have most of the tracks, but then it’s a DOOM release and you need it for your collection.

‘Unexpected Guests’ is a gathering of tracks that illustrate why DOOM gets these gigs – he sounds so good on guest verses! Commencing with the great ‘Rock Co. Kane Flow’ off of De La’s ‘The Grind Date’ (and produced by Jake One who crops up a few more times) the album brims with that real Hip Hop that is above all amazingly entertaining in the ‘I can’t believe he thinks of and says these things’ kind of a way.

I really enjoyed this mix CD and with Dilla beats, Wu-Tang verses and other appearances from folk like Kweli (who is back on point on ‘Fly That Knot’) it should make sense to you, the discerning Hip Hop head. Good stuff.

It’s out now on the Gold Dust label and is available at the places where you buy your Hip Hop.

HHC Digital 002 - Out Today!

Head over to the Hip Hop Connection place at 5pm today for the publication of their second digital issue. It's going to feature Raekwon (as you can see),Ghostface, Speech Debelle, P.O.S., General Steele, Superstar Quamallah, Paul White, DJ Vadim, Asher Roth, YNR and Dr Butcher. Oh, and an piece on Homecut written by a blogger you know well.

It's also coming with either 35 or 40 free mp3s from all the artists featured in the mag as well as a mix by The Last Skeptik (but not DJ Skeptik mind!).

Free U-God, Ghostface, Redman, Method Man, Kid Hum, Braille, Mos Def, The Game

Here are few tracks borrowed from other blogs that I'm feeling. They're all from the US so enjoy this brief excursion from my usual fare:

I'm ready for new Wu-Tang type stuff so this U-God track with Ghostface comes at a good time: 'Train Tussle'. 'Blackout' was and is one of my favourite albums so I'm looking forward to 'Blackout 2'. Red and Meth seem to have let a few tracks go including 'How 'Bout That' which I'm feeling lots.

Kid Hum has just put out a free album called 'Offshore Drilling' and this track with Braille is a good un - I really like Braille for his honesty and his general on track persona and the production suits him to a tee. The track is 'Thinking Shoes'.

I love a bit of Mos Def too so hearing his latest 'Casa Bey' was a treat for me. It's a fast paced and funky return to the game for this chap - reminds me a bit of 'Universal Magnetic' - a good thing.

For some reason I can't resist The Game. And here is his latest track 'Bang Along' which is a real laid back joint on which he chats general reminiscences about the westside.

See Ghostface Live In Scotland!

If you can be in Scotland, Glasgow to be precise, on Thursday 7th May then you'd do well to get booking tickets for this do.

Until Monday 16th March you can pay £12 to get an early bird ticket for this awesome looking lineup. It's taking place at the O2 Academy at 7pm and joining the Wu-master are DJ Vadim and Yarah Bravo, Cheeba (Solid Steel - Kung Fu Hip Hop a/v set) and soon-to-be On The Radar artists Capitol 1212 & Profisee.

If you miss that deadline then it's still only £16 to see some Hip Hop greats of varying levels of stardom.

Get your tickets from the O2 Academy box office (08444 77 2000), Ticket Web or Tickets Scotland.

Vee Kay Ghostface/Daft Punk Mashup

That man Vee Kay from the Sweatbox has a funky mashup fo' yo' headphones. He's sensibly entitled it 'Daft Ghostface 500'. Sensible because it almost just says what it does on the tin... whatever.

It's a mashup of the original track that Daft Punk used on 'Robot Rock' and Ghostface Killah's (as he was back then) 'Daytona 500' which features Raekwon and Cappadona. The OG is a personal fav of mine since it featured on a skate vid back in the day (Josh Petty's profile on VG7).

Vee Kay - 'Daft Ghostface 500' (mashup)