VIDEO: Pharoahe Monch - Welcome To The Terrordome

Pharoahe Monch remade Public Enemy's classic 'Welcome To The Terrordome' for his album a while back. Unexpectedly here's a video for it, guerilla/low budget style, but it's hard to do anything wrong with this song.

NEWS: Atmosphere Tour Dates

Rhymesayers mainstays Atmosphere are hitting the road again, this time in support for their upcoming new album When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Sh*t Gold. Dates Below. But first look at this picture of Slug of Atmosphere looking like a Simpson's character next to Chuck D.


Atmosphere - 2008 Tour Dates
04.19 St. Paul, Minnesota, Fitzgerald Theatre w/ Brother Ali & Chuck D @
04.22 Chicago, IL The Metro
04.23 Chicago, IL The Metro
04.24 Toronto, ON Opera House
04.26 Boston, MA The Roxy
04.27 New York, NY Webster Hall
04.29 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
05.02 Austin, TX Emo's
05.03 Austin, TX Emo's
05.05 Phoenix, AZ Marquee Theater
05.06 Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda Theatre
05.07 Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda Theatre
05.08 San Francisco, CA Grand Ballroom at The Regency
05.09 San Francisco, CA Grand Ballroom at The Regency
05.12 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
05.13 Seattle, WA Showbox
05.14 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
05.16 Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue
05.17 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
05.18 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
Dates via BV.

LISTEN: Jay-Z - Classic Gangster (Full Mixtape)

DOWNLOAD Jay-Z - Classic Gangster (Full Mixtape) (MP3)

I swore to not post any more Jay-Z/American Gangster mashup albums anymore, but with a cover like that how could I not post this one?



Jay-Z - Classic Gangster
01. Jay-Z vs. Ice-T - Intro
02. Jay-Z vs. Boogie Down Productions - Pray
03. Jay-Z vs. The D.O.C. - American Dreamin’
04. Jay-Z vs. Big Daddy Kane - Hello Brooklyn 3.0 feat. Lil Wayne
05. Jay-Z vs. Kool G. Rap - No Hook
06. Jay-Z vs. Public Enemy - Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)…
07. Jay-Z vs. A Tribe Called Quest - Sweet
08. Jay-Z vs. Slick Rick - I Know
09. Jay-Z vs. Beastie Boys - Party Life
10. Jay-Z vs. Eazy-E - Ignorant Sh*t feat. Beanie Sigel
11. Jay-Z vs. Too $hort - Say Hello
12. Jay-Z vs. D-Nice - Success feat. Nas
13. Jay-Z vs. Run D.M.C. - Fallin’
14. Jay-Z vs. Eric B. & Rakim - Blue Magic
15. Jay-Z vs. N.W.A. - American Gangster
Props to BrooklynBodega.

NEWS: Public Enemy & Raekwon To Perform Albums In Full

Now this I'd like to see. Public Enemy will perform It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold us Back in full as part of the oddly named Don't Look Back concert series. Raekwon will do the same for Only Built 4 Cuban Linx. Now the problem is that it will take place in the UK. Dates below.
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Public Enemy
5/23 - Brixton Academy, London
5/26 - Academy, Manchester
5/27 - ABC 1, Glasgow
Support acts: Kool Keith/Dr. Octagon, Edan

Raekwon
5/19 - Koko, London
Via DS.

NEWS: RZA, Nas , Black Moon, Nice & Smooth Shows

No, not all at the same show unfortunately. Here's a run down of upcoming Hip Hop shows in NYC for the next month.

12/18 Lupe Fiasco @ Irving Plaza, tix
12/19 Public Enemy @ Irving Plaza, tix
12/30 Public Enemy @ Warsaw, tix
12/21 Ja Rule @ B.B. King's, tix
12/21 Black Moon @ B.B. King's, info
12/22 Nice & Smooth @
12/23 Bone Thugs N Harmony @ B.B. King's, tix
12/26 Nas @ Hammerstein Ballroom,tix
12/27 The L.O.X. @ B.B. King's, tix
12/29 RZA @ Hiro Ballroom
12/30 Talib Kweli @ HighLine Ballroom, tix
01/12 Wu Tang Clan @ Hammerstein Ballroom, tix

NEWS: Public Enemy Documentary To Debut

Public Enemy documentary Welcome to the Terrordome will debut at the AFI Fest in Los Angeles November 1st. It will take a look at the 20-year history of Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Terminator X, Professor Griff and the rest of the crew. Henry Rollins and Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine are featured as well. Can't wait til it comes home to the East.