In an effort to encourage more Americans to vote, Mos Def explains what he would do if he was the president of the Unites States. With universal health care education and housing, free breakfast for all kids, National Jam-Master Jay Day, and a 100-year ban on the phrases “in the club” and “that’s hot”, you […]
Entries from October 2008
Mos Def as president
October 26th, 2008 · No Comments
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heads up producers - remix the roots
October 24th, 2008 · No Comments
Competition:
Want a chance to showcase your skills and rock with The Legendary Roots crew? Well here is your chance, thanks to Indaba’s The Roots “Criminal Remix” contest. You have until November 12th to submit your round one remix to The Roots‘ “Criminal” off of their latest album Rising Down. Provided are separate tracks from the […]
Hip hop I love you but step out of line and I will beat that ass.
October 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
Xpizzle’s Bitch Slap
Hip hop I love you but step out of line and I will beat that ass.
How funny are artists from any country who fake ‘hardness’ in a blatant attempt to sell CDs and merchandise. Whether you are an Australian act overusing the word cunt in the hope your rubbish CD appeals […]
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What’s the 411?
October 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
Today, Crumpet presses rewind on our dusty old VHS recorder to share a classic performance we found on the Meaning of Dope, our favourite source for vintage hip hop music videos. This clip features a supa-fly Mary J Blige (dressed in Cross Colors gear) kicking it alongside Grand Puba and crew. So sit back, relax […]
Tags: Music Clips
Download or Die Mix Series
October 20th, 2008 · No Comments
Crumpet resident A Fish Named Stargazer is always dig’in deep to bring you only the freshest headnod’n beats and treats from around the globe, dont trip……download or die!
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crème of da crop - syndrome studios
October 17th, 2008 · No Comments
Let me paint the picture: rapper pulls up to a flashy nightclub in his flashy new Bentley. He’s escorted to the “V.I.P” room where a platter of half-naked females fight for air time in front of the camera, while his entourage hang back throwing gangsta hand signs in the air…
Ring any bells?
Yep, we’ve all seen […]
Tags: Design · Music Clips · clips
droppin science fiction
October 17th, 2008 · No Comments
Hip-hop super-group, The Mighty Underdogs, comprised of Lateef the Truth Speaker(Latyrx), The Gift of Gab (Blackalicious) and producer Headnodic drop their fresh off the press new jazz infused album Droppin Science Fiction
Featuring Damian Marley, Julian Marley, Lyrics Born, Chali 2na, DJ Shadow, Zumbi from Zion I, Tash from the Liks, Casual, Raashan Ahmad, and more. […]
butter 3.1 for your ears
October 13th, 2008 · No Comments
There are times within life where more 90s isn’t a good things. For instance if you have just stumbled across your new partners porn collection and it features people aged 90 and above. Hip hop however flourished in the 90s and with that in mind crumpet provides version 3.1 of this excellent series.
Tracklist
01. Butter Intro
02. […]
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xXx
October 13th, 2008 · No Comments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydt0RoQkuGo
With Diesel’s Dirty Thirty party now over, we Crumpeters gotta say throwing a big three-oh party for the rest of the world is a mad major marketing ploy to get masses back on the Diesel bandwagon which, in our circles at least, had been dying in the a-hole.
We’re taking a look at the mashups that […]
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Common, Pharrell, Hype - Universal Mind Control
October 8th, 2008 · No Comments
Ingredients
1 kilo of Common Sense
Table spoon of Skateboard P
Pinch of black and white
1 Rosie - the robot maid from the Jetsons
Mixed together with a Hype Williams egg beater from the future, bake on 200 for an hour and what comes out of the oven? Common’s UNIVERSAL MIND CONTROL music video. The lead single to his […]
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Hip hop I love you but step out of line and I will beat that ass.
October 8th, 2008 · No Comments
xpizzle’s bitch slap
Hip hop I love you but step out of line and I will beat that ass.
The Wu-Tang Clan are hip hop legends, but in the year 2008 they are barely relevant releasing shit that is less entertaining than a Bert Newton hair piece. Raekwon sounds like he is asleep, RZA doesn’t seem to […]
Tags: News
Nike Halloween Pack
October 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments
With halloween creeping up on all of us, its almost certain that some of you are looking to rock out with some freaky (yet original) outfits. And what better way to start from the bottom up. Nike releases the halloween pack - The Dunk Low, Dunk High, Vandal High and Air Force 1. Each sneak […]
Restless by Crown City Rockers
October 7th, 2008 · No Comments
We’re always down with Crown City Rockers. For one, they have a slick crown logo and the other, they’re a dope crew with our flavoured hip hop. They have a new single you can check on crowncityrockers.com We won’t brag no more, body rock over to their dot com. chicky check it.
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Don’t call it a comeback…
October 7th, 2008 · No Comments
I been here for years!
Crumpet’s lovin the vibe coming from Brooklyn based tshirt company Watch Your Back NYC. With comical genius fit for anyone with a larger than pea sized noggin and a flavour for ad type humour you’d be quick to step to these tees. We did! We’re rockin Burt and also this genius […]