Mos Def visits MF Doom

 

Ghost Won’t Pull The Plug Until The End

Ghost rhymin’ till his teeth fall out! Even at 60!

At 39 years old Tony is better than more than half the new jacks out, word.

 

Lost world of fanged frogs and giant rats discovered in Papua New Guinea

Spotted over at the The Guardian

A team of scientists from Britain, the United States and Papua New Guinea found more than 40 previously unidentified species when they climbed into the kilometre-deep crater of Mount Bosavi and explored a pristine jungle habitat teeming with life that has evolved in isolation since the volcano last erupted 200,000 years ago. In a remarkably rich haul from just five weeks of exploration, the biologists discovered 16 frogs which have never before been recorded by science, at least three new fish, a new bat and a giant rat, which may turn out to be the biggest in the world.

The discoveries are being seen as fresh evidence of the richness of the world’s rainforests and the explorers hope their finds will add weight to calls for international action to prevent the demise of similar ecosystems. They said Papua New Guinea’s rainforest is currently being destroyed at the rate of 3.5% a year.

“It was mind-blowing to be there and it is clearly time we pulled our finger out and decided these habitats are worth us saving,” said Dr George McGavin who headed the expedition.

The team of biologists included experts from Oxford University, the London Zoo and the Smithsonian Institution and are believed to be the first scientists to enter the mountainous Bosavi crater. They were joined by members of the BBC Natural History Unit which filmed the expedition for a three-part documentary which starts tomorrow night.

They found the three-kilometre wide crater populated by spectacular birds of paradise and in the absence of big cats and monkeys, which are found in the remote jungles of the Amazon and Sumatra, the main predators are giant monitor lizards while kangaroos have evolved to live in trees. New species include a camouflaged gecko, a fanged frog and a fish called the Henamo grunter, named because it makes grunting noises from its swim bladder.

“These discoveries are really significant,” said Steve Backshall, a climber and naturalist who became so friendly with the never-before seen Bosavi silky cuscus, a marsupial that lives up trees and feeds on fruits and leaves, that it sat on his shoulder.

“The world is getting an awful lot smaller and it is getting very hard to find places that are so far off the beaten track.”

Check the 15 pictures here Lost land of the volcano

Cool stuff right there, like a mini land of the lost. I would love to go on an adventure like this.

 

Kid Cudi – Soundtrack 2 My Life & Simple As (Leaks from Man On The Moon)

Here is a couple leaks to hold us over until September 15th….

KiD CuDi – Simple As…

KiD CuDi – Soundtrack 2 My Life

Don’t forget to pick up the hard copy 9/15 …….Plain Pat what up!

 

Video: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony – D.O.A. (Remix)

Together once again with a fresh out of prison Flesh, Bone goes in the studio to remix Jay-Z’s DOA.

Not too shabby for being split up so many times and locked up. 216!

 

Kid Cudi Interview with HipHopChronicle in London

Did you know Plain Pat produced? Me niether.

RAAAAGE!

 

RA the Rugged man on Eminem

The intro/outro you can hear “Give It Up” from my man Dreddy Kruger’s Think Differently project, that was a nice combo with him and J-Live!

RA is nice but Em? I disagree. Still would be an interesting record that’ll never see the light of day.

 

Jay-Z BP3 Ad for Rhapsody (Video)

Jiggaman poses for every album cover in this video.

Brilliant.

Jacked from Nahright:

Jay-Z has teamed up with Rhapsody® and MTV to promote the highly-anticipated release of his new album, “The Blueprint 3.” As part of the partnership, the entire album will be available for fans to listen to for free on Rhapsody.com and from MTV’s “The Leak”, almost two weeks prior to its official release. In addition, Rhapsody will also make the new album available for purchase beginning September 8, three days ahead of the street release, and will include two exclusive bonus tracks.

Leading this partnership, three new Rhapsody TV spots will debut starting on September 1 across MTV Networks. In addition to two 30-second ads, Rhapsody will premiere a 60-second version of the ad in the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards on September 13.

 

Nike+ Challenge w/ Nore – 100 miles & Running (in 30 days)

Noreaga, one half of Queens, NY rap group, CNN has taken his workout plan a step further and thru his Twitter account  (twitter.com/Noreaga) formed a Nike+ challenge to run 100 miles in 30 days. On his website 57thAve he has been showing fans and friends how committed he is to losing weight and getting back in shape. He hasn’t stopped smoking that sour (and how could you?) or those bogeys but he has started eating healthier and began working out while documenting it and from the looks of it, it seems to be working. Check out (my.nike.com/SuperThugNore) his Nike+ profile if you wanna join the challenge it starts Tuesday September 1st otherwise you can just follow the Superthugs progress online.

Starts September 1-30th on Nike+

Run it!

 

Brother Ali on Buying VS Pirating

Brother Ali’s new website just launched this last week and he took the time to comment on this important topic.

Be sure to check Ali’s new site: BrotherAli.com

 

Street Struck: The Big L Story (Trailer)

Easily top 10 dead or alive!

Couldn’t find any release date but I’ll keep my eyes peeled.

RIP BIG L

 

Chef Raekwon Performs “Catalina” & “House of Flying Daggers” on his labels roof

If I could find the rest of the footage the sky turns literally purple as Shallah performs into the night.

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2 releases in September…fingers crossed.

 

Consequence x DJ Whoo Kid – “Q.U.E. Another E.N.S.”

This track is really tough. DJ Whoo Kid finally brings some decent music for the masses, instead of always just talking and preventing me from hearing the Jams on 66 Raw on XM/Serius. Consequence is hit or miss for me, he does resemble Rae’s overbite though.

 

DJ AM RIP

TMZ is reporting Adam Goldstein aka DJ AM was found dead in his NYC apartment. Found in the apartment was said to be drug paraphernalia.

Wow this dude who survives being a fat ass, surviving a near death plane crash where he caught on fire, and a relationship with Nikole Ritchie and then OD’s?

Your kidding me right, tragic.

 

Flying Kick to the dome piece

At 0:31 seconds in witness a flying ninja kick to the facial!