VIDEO: Clipse: The Road To Success (Part 2)

VIDEO: Clipse - Fast Life

I love me some Clipse, I'd even say they're among my top favorites of current MCs, but they need to stay away from brokety broke sub par producer Scott Storch. Get back to making those timeless classic fellas.

VIDEO: Making Of Kardinal Offishall's 'Set It Off' ft Clipse

Skee TV presents Behind the Scenes with Kardinal Offishall and Clipse at the 'Set It Off' video shoot.

LISTEN: Capone N Noreaga - My Hood ft. Clipse

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So yea, I'm like two days late with this track, but I only just now got a chance to check it out and it's pretty damn good. Not the first combination of artists I would've thought of but it works. Off of Reporting The Way.

VIDEO: Pusha T & Travis McCoy Interviewed By Clinton Sparks

This is a two part video with Pusha T, of Clipse fame, and Travis McCoy, of Gym Class Heroes, interviewed by DJ Clinton Sparks.

VIDEO: Re-Up Gang Interview Pt. 2

Part 2 of the OnSmash Re-Up Gang (sans Pusha) interview.

VIDEO: Re-Up Gang Interview

Three fourths of the Re-Up Gang speak to OnSmash on the future and the past. Pusha T couldn't make it.

LISTEN: Re-Up Gang - We Got It 4 Cheap Vol. 3 (Full Mixtape)

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SDSU's Mixtape Of The Week: As you all know Clipse + Sandman + Ab Liva = Re-Up Gang and Vol. 3 The Spirit Of Competition is the continuation of the excellent We Got It For Cheap mixtape series. And you get it for free. That's real cheap. And it's really good.

VIDEO: Pusha T Interview

Pusha T speaks on Clipse, Re-Up Gang and more.

LISTEN: Re-Up Gang - 20K Money Making Brothers on the Corner

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Clipse, Ab-Liva and Sandman are back with the first official single off of Re-Up Gang's upcoming We Got It 4 Cheap Vol. 3. Photo from their Columbia University show from last summer. More here.

LISTEN: Malice (of Clipse) - Cry Now Freestyle

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Clipse's Malice freestyles over Obie Trice's 'Cry Now' instrumental. Off of We Got It For Cheap Vol. 3.


Malice showing off the bling @ Columbia University. More pics here.

LISTEN: Ab Liva - Roc Boys Freestyle + Interview

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Clipse affiliate and Re-Up Gang member Ab Liva shares some stories on how he came up, ghostwriting for rappers in Aftermath Records and meeting Clipse in the interview above and then proceeds to flash for about a minute over Jay-Z's 'Roc Boys' instrumental.
Update: Check out Sandman's interview as well.


Ab Liva performing at Columbia U w/ Clipse. More here. Spotted in Eskay's Lite mini blog.

PHOTOS: SitDownStandUp.com's 2007 In Pictures

I brought my camera to a few really great Hip Hop concerts in 2007 including Clipse @ Columbia University, Rock The Bells featuring Cypress Hill, Wu-Tang Clan, Redman, The Roots and more, Boost Mobile Rock Corps @ Radio City Music Hall featuring Swizz Beatz, Just Blaze, Jadakiss, Fabolous, Hurricane Chris, Yung Joc, Keyshia Cole and more, EPMD, Nas, Jeru Da Damaja @ Roseland Ballroom and more. Click on the shows above specifically for relevant photos. Below there's a slideshow of photos from all of those. More non-Hip Hop photos can be found here. Move your mouse over the top of the picture below to go to the next photo, and move it over the bottom for thumbnails.


Full size photos available @ my flickr page.

VIDEO: Pusha T Responds To Lil' Wayne

I found the new Clipse/Re-Up Gang blog through this XXL story and have to admit to being really f*cking psyched and surprised to see their profile picture is a mini slide shot of the photos I took of them performing at Columbia University a few months back. Below is a video of Pusha T responding to recent comments Lil' Wayne made in the 2Pac rip-off covered Complex Magazine. I say, be the bigger man and ignore people with less skils talking out of the side of their mouth.

LISTEN: Pharrell - Cheers ft. Clipse

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Clipse @ Columbia University. More photos here.
Pharrell left over track or brand new? This Ziplock P track features Clipse and is off of the Gangsta Grillz album.

VIDEO: 50 Cent MTV Cribs Promo

MTV Cribs may very well be one of the things that are wrong with music culture, or culture in general, right now. It may have set us up for a fall of Roman proportions, but this episode looks pretty funny. Last one I'll watch I swear. I wonder how 50 Cent feels about the hilarious placement of Clipse derogatory 'Mr. Me Too'.

NEWS: Clipse Signs With Columbia

I wonder if Rick Rubin/Hip-Hop had anything to do with this. Clipse spoke to Billboard about recently signing a 5 year 50/50 profit-sharing deal for Re-Up Gang Records with Columbia somewhat similar to Jim Jones was talking about.


Photo from, coincidentally, the Columbia University Set
Clipse will own the masters for its Re-Up Gang artists, Ab Liva and Sandman, but no word on their own masters. 2008 will see a Re-Up Gang album and a new Clipse disc that for the first time will include outside producers including Timbaland, Danjahandz and Dame Grease. More here.

LISTEN: Britney Spears - Sugarfalls + Stupid Things

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Another sideways post featuring Britney Spears. This time because The Neptunes produced two new tracks off of her upcoming album Blackout. That titling process seems to have been a little misguided with an eye on her recent activities. Speaking of recent activities,'Stupid Things' is actually not about Britney's actions, but seems to be about K-fed, magazines, and other things. Both tracks feature Pharrell crooning on the hook and are unfortunately more in the vein of the sugary drab the Neptunes have been releasing in the past two years, rather than their return to awesome with Clipse and Jay-Z's 'Blue Magic'.

Related: Watch below the new video for the Danjahandz produced 'Gimme More' which I shared an MP3 of here.

LISTEN: Clipse - Flashing Lights Remix

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Clipse @ Columbia University. Full set here.
DJ Benzi combined some Clipse vocals with the Kanye West beat off of Graduation. Works surprisingly well.

PHOTOS: More Clipse

DOWNLOAD Clipse - Chinese New Year (MP3) via AfterBirthOfCool

Big shout outs to the good folks at The Smoking Section, BGDoom, Columbia University's Bwog and the NasForum for linking to my Clipse photos this weekend. Here's some more. For the full set go here. The Rawkblog also attended.




(full set)