VIDEO: Busta Rhymes - I Got Bass

Trevor gets real creative with it in this new video. Dope flow.

VIDEO: Roc-A-Fella Freestyles Pt 3 & 4 : Y'All Don't Wanna

Part III


Part IV



Previously: Parts I & II.

VIDEO: Jake One - The Truth ft. Brother Ali & Freeway

Off of Jake One's dope White Van Music album. Props to J. Directed by Rik Cordero.

LISTEN: Guilt By Association Vol. 2

Side step away from Hip Hop. Find below a player we built to stream Guilt By Association Vol. 2, an indie rock compilation I produced. All dope indie rock acts covering their favorite mainstream pop songs.

VIDEO: Q-Tip - Renaissance Rap (Directed by Rik Cordero)

VIDEO: Mickey Factz - Road To The Achievement (Ep.6)

Mickey Factz is another step closer.

CONTEST: Tickets To Blitz, Amanda Diva & Che Grand Show

Next Wednesday Blitz the Ambassador, Che Grand and Amanda Diva, who is featured on Q-Tip's The Renaissance will headline at The Knitting Factory. All three will be backed by a full live band. Think horn sections. Sure to be a good night. We're giving away two pairs of tickets. Drop a line to wes [at] liberatedmatter [dot] com with the subject line "Knit" and I'll draw two random winners by Monday.

When: Wednesday, November 19th at 9pm
Where: Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard Street. New York, NY 10013
Ticket Info: $12 in Advance/$15 Day of Show

Blitz At Work

LISTEN: JD Era - 9 to 5 ft. Donny Goines

DOWNLOAD JD Era - 9 to 5 ft. Donny Goines (MP3)

Donny Goines guests on this C4 Entertainment produced track.

VIDEO: Pugs Atomz - Memorial ft. Dave Ghetto & Deuce Eclipse

Pugs Started this animated 8 bit music video (think nintendo tabletops) back in May and finally got her done this month enjoy... Taken from The Pugs Atomz album "Conversations with a Chamelion" on Gravel Records.

VIDEO: B-Real - The Making of 'Don't Ya Dare Laugh'

VIMBY - B Real

NEWS: New Site Launched

Since I do a few other things in music aside from blogging about our dear Hip Hop it seemed appropriate to start a separate blog to track my adventures running two small indie record labels, artist management, photography and some other things. Please check out WesleyVerhoeve.com, which is pretty much done aside from a missing About Me page.

VIDEO: It's The Real - Gimme The Salute

Their latest piece.

VIDEO: Roc-a-fella Freestyle pt. 1 & pt. 2

Part 2 of the classic Roc freestyle session on Hot 97 with Funkmaster Flex. This is a classic moment in hip hop folks. I've put pt. 1 underneath as well as I slept on posting it previously.

Roc-a-fella Freestyle pt. 2 "R.O.C. Freestyle"

Roc-a-fella Freestyle pt. 1 "Who Shot Ya"

LISTEN: Blame One & Exile - Disturbed ft. Sean Price

DOWNLOAD Blame One & Exile - Disturbed ft. Sean Price (MP3)

Sean P featured on the lead single off of Blame One & Exile's debut album Days Chasing Days (Nov 11). The album features Blu, Sean Price, Aloe Blacc, lack Milk, and others.

VIDEO: will.i.am - It's A New Day

will.i.am. takes us on a Wyclef/Cee-Lo type trip with his new Obama centric song. Great track, could be a hit if properly worked.

LISTEN: 88 Keys On The Record On 'The Death Of Adam'

VIDEO: Busta Rhymes Live @ The Knitting Factory

Busta Rhymes performed at The Knitting Factory in New York City last week. Q-Tip and Consequence guested. More on the night here.

Change, That's What's Up

LISTEN: Jay Electronica - Exhibit A (Transformations) (Prod. by Just Blaze)

DOWNLOAD Jay Electronica - Exhibit A (Transformations) (MP3)

Just Blaze produced this new Jay Electronica track off of the hilariously titled Fresh Cuts Vol. 3 (Music By Guitar Center Employees).

LISTEN: Abstract Rude - The Government (Nov 4th RMX)

DOWNLOAD Abstract Rude - The Government (Nov 4th RMX) (MP3)

Abstract Rude releases a special Nov 4th remix to 'The Government'. Off of his upcoming album Dear Abbey dropping Spring '09.

VIDEO: 6th Sense - Ignite The People (Like Obama)

Dope track featuring a Common's vocal sample for the hook. Props to Pedro who shows up in the background.

LISTEN: Ali Vegas - Excuse Me ft Shire

DOWNLOAD Ali Vegas - Excuse Me ft Shire (MP3

Ali Vegas comes out of the dark with a new track produced by Rico & Pres. Dopest Vegas track I've heard in a while.

LISTEN: Praverb - A Blogger's Dream (Prod. by Jake One)

DOWNLOAD Praverb - A Blogger's Dream (MP3)

"This track was conceived due to my disapproval with the XXL Freshmen 10 article (Mickey, Blu, Wale, B.o.B, and Cory Gunz are definitely dope), I believe that XXL could have highlighted more deserving emcees (Skyzoo, Donny Goines, Drake, Shad K., Elzhi, Joell Ortiz, Joe Budden, Fashawn, Sha Stimuli, Wiz Khalifa, Torae, AC, Reks, Termanology, Nametag, Joe Budden, Pacific Division, and many more). I was fumbling with the idea for about a month and the article is all I needed to pen the lyrics. In the second verse I make a statment NOT a diss towards Asher Roth. The statment suggests if Asher Roth is better than Stimuli and my response is heck no. Asher is a talented emcee who has a lot of potential (he is also not afraid to reveal his background) but Stimuli is a better emcee than Asher and should have been featured over Mr. Roth (in my eyes). Sometimes marketability is the thing that saves or makes an artist more visible than the next. When I wrote the song I did not focus on winning the contest per say but instead I focused on crafting a nice song. Hopefully you will like it as much as I do" - Praverb

VIDEO: Freeway - Change

Freeway brings it on the social commentary tip.

VIDEO: tabi Bonney - Microphone Fiend (live)

Tabi Bonney covers the classic Eric B. & Rakim track live with a full band at The Puma Archive in DC.


tabi Bonney - The Puma Archive from tabi Bonney on Vimeo.