Love Thirst Flix, New Jean Grae Audio, New Badu eCard, E On Palestine, ?uesTOVTR, MTV Circa ‘83, New Old Jigga.
First up, a few stills from the “Love Thirst” video shoot the other day. Followed by the second song to be (re)leaked off Jeanius, “8th,” which will also get a video. Thanks to Monihan Monihan and Joe Cookie.
Jean Grae - “Love Thirst” (off Jeanius)
Jean Grae - “8th” (off Jeanius)
Check out the brand new eCard for Erykah Badu featuring her new video for “Honey” and tell a friend while you’re at it!
Tomorrow night Erykah performs in Tel Aviv, Israel. Read the article on Yahoo where E states that she identifies with the Palestinians and their hip-hop scene, saying they are part of her “tribe” of hip-hop. Then check out the posters they refer to, exclusive to Okayplayer.
Yesterday we told you about a new project entitled Soundtrack For A Revolution which will feature a re-done Civil Rights era freedom song by The Roots featuring TV On The Radio. Read Gingerlynn’s blog about the studio experience and then peep her photo gallery from the recording session.
“Hov is my boy, Roc Boys for life.” - “Man, eff that fool Hov, he don’t have my back.” - “Naw, I’m still signed. Diamonds are forever.” - “We all been dropped, all of us.” - “Me and Hov are cool.” … Well, whatever <a href=”http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=5&topic_id=1558748&mesg_id=1558748&page=
“>the case may be, how about everyone just shut the hell up about Jigga and listen to the old new Timbaland produced track titled “Aint’ I” that hit the net in a firestorm after DJ Clue debuted it on a mixtape. Apparently the track was originally recorded for Timbaland Presents Shock Value but wasn’t finished in time.
Jay-Z - “Ain’t I” (produced by Timbaland)
Major throwback. We found 3 straight hours of MTV online. Best part? It’s from 1983!! Complete with some rad commercials for Atari video games and huge boom-boxes, you can watch vids for Huey Lewis, Prince, The Who, Quiet Riot and more. Treats!
Last week we endorsed a MySpace Secret Show with Aesop Rock. Check out this video montage of testimonials and performances from Aesop, Slug of Atmosphere, Yakballz, and El-P.
-dantana