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Stones Throw X Badu In NYC, New Badu Live Song, The Roots Get Grossed Out, Cons Entry #5, The Roots by Dilla.

• Last night the Holiday Edition of the Stones Throw and 2K Sports Bounce Tour featuring Madib, Karriem Riggins, PB Wolf, J. Rocc, Percee P, Guilty Simpson, and Med made a stop at NYC’s Highline Ballroom. If that line up wasn’t enough as it is, the lovely Erykah Badu made a surprise guest appearance. I was laid out at home recovering from two nights in a row of Ween the nights before. Good thing that once again we sent our dude BigMell to cover through his lens. Badu joined Karriem and Madlib (aka Supreme Team and Booty Jean, lol) for a performance of “Real Thang.” Word is she did three other songs as well.

• Badu posted a live version of one of her new songs called “Believe” on her Black Forest Theater MySpace page. It’s a good one.

• ?uesto returned to the non-okp blogosphere with a new myspace entry titled “7 Roots, 1 Tech, 2 Jawns, 1 cup.” Check the clip on YouTube and if you don’t know what its in reference to, you are probably better off leaving it alone.

• Consequence is back with his 5th entry from the UK Glow In The Dark Tour with Kanye and Common. The entry titled “Play Your Cards Right” discusses their show in Knottingham and addresses the fact that while Serena Williams was at the show, the media and its readers sure can be presumptuous! Cons ends it with a tight video from the first night.

• Black Thought leaked this on his myspace page some time ago but Von Pea is bringing it back. The Roots produced by Dilla Dawg with “Please Don’t Go.”

• Nicolay is back along side an artist we know from our “Rappers I Know” blog named Kay. Download their “TIME:LINE” album sampler from Nicolay’s post. Another smokin’ cover art by FWMJ. (Dude, the trains were crazy this morning! Plus it was the day my metro card expired. Good running into you though.)

• With 650 songs released simultaneously, the Rawkus 50 project might seem a bit overwhelming. Put aside some time as the consensus on the boards seems to be that most (if not all) of the 50 acts and their offerings are worthy of attention.

ALL NEW Blacksmith TV trailer premiering RIGHT HERE as soon as we get the word.

-dantana