From the monthly archives:

January 2009

Almost-Daily Briefs: 1/29/09

Renaissance Rap Rmx, Q-Tip, Busta, Raekwon, Weezy
Cory Gunz Rotate Freestyle [NahRight]
Russell Simmons EIC of Global Grind [PRNewsWire]

Run-DMC Movie In The Works [TheAmpersand]

NYT Article on Subway Breakdancers

Break dancers now have international competitions, with performers from as far afield as South Korea and Russia. But for the teenagers around 170th Street, it is still glued to the grit of the Bronx pavement, where, they say, break dancing is enjoying a resurgence.

Almost-Daily Briefs: 1/14/09

Vid: DMX speaks from jail [MissInfo]
DITC’s late Party Arty material to be released [HipHopDX]

Whar: Rza f. Kool G, Ghost, Tash Mahogany [HipHopDX]
Peter Rosenberg interviews Voletta Wallace [NahRight]
Mos Def: Quiet Dog [BumpMag]
Mickey Factz and others, SOBs 1/21 [MadOnly]

Bed-Stuy remembers Biggie [NYDailyNews]

Maino: Letter to Pac (clean & dirty)

[Audio] Maino: Letter to Pac

Almost-Daily Briefs: 1/13/09

50 Cent goes in on Kanye & Lil’ Wayne [GyantScoop]
Mos Def interview w/Zune Insider [NahRight]

Upcoming DJ Premier shows [NodFactor]
Nas: Fear of Mandingo [BirthplaceMag]
Saigon: Trans-Atlantic Slave Deal [BirthplaceMag]
Camp Lo: Double Doors vid [HipHopLinguistics]

NYOIL: Father Father video

(Your boy Manny Faces appears @ 3:03)


NYOIL – Father Father (Produced by DJ Green Lantern) from NYOIL on Vimeo.

Almost-Daily Briefs: 1/9/09

Couple of new 50 joints [NahRight]
Homeboy Sandman – Lightning Bolt [HipHopLinguistics]
Vibe behind the scenes re: Notorious [Vibe]

Blitz the Ambassador Breathes [FavWhiteBoy]
Budden speaks to/with/at Vlad. Interesting. [MissInfo]

Almost-Daily Briefs: 1/2/09

New mixtape from old friend Ja Rule [DifferentKitchen]
Bunch of NY undaground Super-Friends [NahRight]
What’s Beef? Lil’ Kim vs Biggie’s mom, Faith [PopCrunch]

And the cover to the Notorious “soundtrack” [ProHipHop]
Serius Jones, Arsenal, Loaded Lux got bars [hiphopmusicdotcom]