VIDEO: 9th Wonder & Murs Discuss Pt 2

VIDEO: Murs & 9th Wonder Going Back And Forth Pt. 1

The homies Murs and 9th Wonder go back and forth joking around and talking about Murs For President. Hilarious one-liners all around including an innocent Little Brother dig.

VIDEO: Big Pooh - With You (Prod. by 9th Wonder)

LISTEN: Big Treal - Keep It Live (feat. 9th Wonder)

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CONTEST: Paid Dues Tickets

The Paid Dues Tour is coming through NYC featuring the stellar line up of Rakim, GZA, Blackalicious, Murs, 9th Wonder, Buckshot, Super Natural, Scratch, Kidz In The Hall and others. This is going down Wednesday, June 4 at the Nokia Theatre and it will be dope. 16+ or with an adult and tickets are on sale right now (here for $39.50). Can you also go for free? Well, if you win a pair of tickets in this exclusive SDSU contest, then yes.

WHAT TO DO TO WIN Write me at wes[AT]liberatedmatter[DOT]com (subject line: PAID DUES) with your name, address and one entry will be randomly selected and notified in about a week.

VIDEO: 9th Wonder & Buckshot - Hold It Down ft. Talib Kweli

Created by the venerable Dru Down.

LISTEN: NYOIL - 9 Wonders (Full Mixtape Stream)

I'm not one usually to post a stream of something, but I'll make an exception for NYOIL's new mixtape rapping over previously released 9th Wonder beats.

UPDATE Download the full mixtape below:

VIDEO: NYOIL - Conspiracy Theory (Prod. by 9th Wonder)

SDSU's Featured New Video Of The Week: SDSU is debuting NYOIL's brand new video for 'Conspiracy Theories'. Off of 9 Wonders (NYOIL verses 9th Wonder), a Digital EP available for free download right here soon. NYOIL's concept heavy lyrics mesh up exceptionally well with 9th Wonder's retro heavy production.

LISTEN: Jean Grae - #8 (Prod. by 9th Wonder)

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New Jean Grae track. Very Talib Kweli.

LISTEN: Buckshot & 9th Wonder - Go All Out

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Buckshot & 9th Wonder are following up their collaborative LP Chemistry with a second volume, Formula of which 'Go All Out' is the first single. Came by this over at Eskay's.

Update: Removed download link per label's request. Instead stream it in the SitDownStandUp music player to your right.

VIDEO: Pete Rock - NY’s Finest EPK

Pete Rock returns with this EPK (electronic press kit) for his upcoming new album NY's Finest. In stores February 26th. Just Blaze, Pharrell, Timbaland, ?uestlove, Kanye West, 9th Wonder, Swizz Beatz and Jim Jones all make appearances.

LISTEN: Bishop Lamont - First They Love You ft. Prime & Indef

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Dr. Dre prodigy and never-coming-off-the-Aftermath-bencher Bishop Lamont has a good new track featuring Prime and Indef. Produced by 9th Wonder.

NEWS: 9th Wonder Releasing 'The Wonder Years' In January

XXL reports that a follow up to the second volume of 9th Wonder's The Dream Merchant is coming in January of 2008 on Asylym Records with features by Talib Kweli, Q-Tip, Mos Def, Little Brother, Erykah Badu and more. He brings up an interesting point below.


"The Wonder Years will unite some of today’s top R&B artists with some of the best MC’s in the game in an effort to reach an older, more mature listener. “You’re going to get some younger people who will enjoy this, but my main demographic is women who have careers, women who like to sit in the house and relax as they listen to it. My album is not for the club. A lot of women my age don’t go out, because they don’t like the music being played. I want my album to be played in the beauty salon or a Coach bag store just as much as anywhere. [...]There’s no music that suits them wholeheartedly, you either have young for the young or old for the old. You still want to hear Hip-Hop, but you want Hip-Hop that’s your age.” Read more here.

LISTEN: Kanye West - The Graduate (Full Mixtape)

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Mick Boogie, Terry Urban and 9th Wonder hooked up for their new remix mixtape Kanye West ::: The Graduate


Kanye West - The Graduate Tracklist
League Crew/Kanye West: Intro
Kanye West and 50 Cent: Flashing Lights (Mick Boogie Mix)
Kanye West and Nas: I Wonder (Terry Urban Mix)
Kanye West and Jay-Z: Never Let Me Down (9th Wonder Remix)
Kanye West and Jay-Z: Big Brother/Encore (live)
Kanye and Mos Def: Good Night
Kanye West: I Still Love Her
Kanye West: Stronger (Original Unreleased Verse)
Kanye and Nas: Major League (Mick Boogie Mix)
Kanye and Biggie: Kicks Open Doors (Terry Urban Mix)
Kanye West: A Million And One
Kanye West, Little Brother and Lil' Wayne: Breakin My Heart (produced by 9th Wonder)
Kanye West: Champion (live)
Kanye West and Jay-Z: Everything I am (Terry Urban Mix)
Kanye West: Freestyle
Kanye West and Common: Get Em High (A-Trak Remix)
Consequence and Kanye West: Complications (Mick Boogie Mix)
Kanye West and Ludacris: Breathe In (9th Wonder Remix)
Kanye West and Talib Kweli: The Bounce/Two Words (live)
Kanye West: Two Words (9th Wonder Remix)
Kanye, Dr. Dre and Busta Rhymes: Imagine 2008 (Terry Urban Remix)
Kanye West, Consequence, & Patti Labelle: Anything
Consequence and Kanye West: Skillz (Terry Urban Mix)
Kanye West and Common: Glory (Mick Boogie Remix)
Kanye West and Termanology: Everything (The Diddy Song)
Kanye West and Consequence: Dont Forget Em
Kanye West, Common and Lupe Fiasco: Southside (Terry Urban Remix)
Kanye West and Little Brother: Naaw (9th Wonder Bonus Track)

LISTEN: Little Brother - Sirens feat. Carlitta Durand

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Off of the upcoming Little Brother album Get Back, which you really need to pick up October 23rd. It's great. Oh and the intro to the song has some intentional static so don't freak out and think your computer broke.

LISTEN: Little Brother Album Sampler

DOWNLOAD Little Brother - Get Back Album Sampler (MP3) via TSS


This Get Back album sampler shows promise for the post-9th Wonder version of Little Brother. Mixed by DJ Flash

LISTEN: 9th Wonder - Sunday ft Chaundon & Keisha Shontelle

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9th Wonder will be bringing us back to 1994 with Dream Merchant Vol. 2. Set to be released October 9th on Six Hole/Hall of Justus Record.

You better be enjoying your Labor Day outside and not reading any blogs today.

UPDATE

Tracklist:
9th Wonder - Dream Merchant Vol. 2

1.) Mr. Dream Merchant Intro
2.) Shots f/Big Dho & Sean Price
3.) Merchant Of Dreams f/The EMBASSY, Skyzoo & Torae
4.) Brooklyn In My Mind f/ Mos Def, Jean Grae & Memphis Bleek
5.) Sunday f/Keisha Shontelle & Chaundon
6.) Baking Soda f/Big Treal
7.) Reminisce (Take Time) f/Big Remo & The Great Novej of the A.L.L.I.E.S.
8.) No Time To Chill f/Little Brother
9.) It Aint Over ft. Jozee Mo & Tyler Woods
10.) The Last Time f/ Royce the 5'9 , Naledge & Vandalyzm of the MIDWEST WRECKIN' CREW- The D, The Chi & The Lou
11.) Saved f/Saigon & Joe Scudda
12.) Milky Lowa ft. Camp Lo
13.) Backlash f/Sean Boog & Buckshot
14.) Thank You f/ D.O.X & O-Dash
15.) Let It Bang f/Ness & Skyzoo
16.) What Makes A Man f/Rapper Big Pooh & Buddy Klein
(All Tracks Produced By 9th Wonder)

Murs Invites A Critical Beatdown

DOWNLOAD Murs & 9th Wonder - Yesterday & Today (MP3) via Jefitoblog


Murs is waiting for you under the pier
The homie Murs will release his next album, Murs For President, on Warner Brothers as we know. He talks about it in this Urb interview.

A big chunk of the interview is taken up by talk about a backlash for going to a major label.

“Money has never been a motivation for me to do shit,” he says. “But if I’m going to change hip-hop—and I love hip-hop—and I’m offered a chance to be an infl uence on making a positive change, I’d be an asshole to tell Warner Bros., No. I’ve done all I can do in the independent scene.” [.....]"This is something I have to do, for me, as a black man, as a man, as Nicholas Carter, as Murs. And if you guys don’t understand, if you think I’m selling out, then fuck you. Suck my dick. Fight me when you see me. Fuck you, I’ll spit on you. I’m my own man.”

Lets hope no crazy Jukie takes him up on that offer. Full interview here.