I'll be the first to admit that I wasnt the biggest Skyzoo fan in the world but after hearing his debut album "The Salvation" I am officially on the bandwagon. This is his video for his single Popularity with a play on the Saved By The Bell show. Enjoy and support hip hop.

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Can hip hop and commercialism go hand and hand? Will there always be this need for rebellion in hip hop? These are questions that "us" as golden era hip hop listeners have to address when we got hyped about Public Enemy criticizing Nike in "Shut Em Down" then cringed at the image of Rakim on Hennessey banners. Where is the line drawn? Well here comes another grey arear on the line De La Soul the most innovative, creative never mainstream group of all time has linked with Nike's Original R-U-N series to make

FiNALLY the video for Brother Ali's song "GOOD LORD" was released by three21media recently and it was well worth the wait. This is by far one of my favorite songs and the video which was directed by Rik Cordero is a beautiful expression of the personality of Muslims and really showed a side of Muslims rarely seen in mainstream media. Brother Ali's music is truly an inspiration to many and an incredible lyricist so check out the video and cop The Truth Is Here EP in stores now.

Lost in all the commotion about the kiss with Roxy Reynolds in the trilogy of relationship videos, Murs dropped a video for *my favorite song* off the Murs For President album titled "The Science." This song Murs really simplifies the origin of hip hop for a commercial audience but still is lyrical and creative with the history lesson. Pick up the album Murs For President in stores now.

Talib Kweli lends his voice to a dope Internet cartoon starring a group of neighborhood friends just trying to survive hood life. This episode is about the friends trying to hustle up enough money to fix their boombox but run into obstacles on the way that include a gang and a rap battle. Stay tuned for more episodes of Blokhedz and get prepared for the year of the blacksmith.

Again from the my twitter friends are doper than yours department, we have my man D. Goodz, from B-More dropping off a dope freestyle over the Nike Boots beat. We bumped into D. Goodz in line waiting on the Yeezys mad early in the morning and dropped an impromptu freestyle there but footage got destroyed but stay tuned to hear more from him. Also add him on twitter http://twitter.com/Dgoodz and check out the rest of the Big Dreams family at bigdreamzco.blogspot.com

From the official my twitter friends are doper than yours department, I got this ill video by my homey Mario Dones off that Keelay & Zaire joint. The Soul Vibe family is killing everything right now if you arent aware then Wake UP. Check out more from the Mario Dones on his website.

In the upcoming episode of Neglected Sound Radio that will be released this week, we discussed underground music that you can still dance/groove to in the clubs. This song by Foreign Exchange (Phonte & Nicolay) featuring Darien Brockington is a perfect example of soulful music with respectful lyrics and a nice groove. This is good old two step music where you can actually see the girl face you are dancing with for once. So enjoy the new video from Foreign Exchange- Take Off Your Blues and if you haven't alr

You ever had a dirty little hip hop secret? Something that might destroy your hip hop credibility. Imagine if your best friend had never heard a Rakim album or didnt know who DJ Premier was? Well Skillz put ogether a show based on the idea, Hip Hop Confessions, is one of the rawest and truest shows I have seen recently. It is about being open and honest about your true feelings about hip hop minus the politics or political correctness. Be sure to place some of your hip hop confessions in the comments.

Yo D-Nice has a new video series where he goes around discussing true hip hop stories with some of our favorite emcees. This particular story is from one of my favorite emcees, Masta Ace as he discusses his verse being accidentally put on the classic, The Symphony. Big shout out to D-Nice for this story and i will definitely keep checking these out.

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I bet you are scratching your head saying who is Cymarshall Law? CyMarshall Law is one of the purest emcees ever. his words and delivery are from the heart and his lyricism is raw and pure. he has toured all over Europe and the United States and had has credentials validated by premier lyricists such as Wordsworth and Mos Def but many of you are still sleeping. He was selected into the Rawkus 50 or the "next most important artists in hip hop." For those still not in the know I have posted a quick introducto

Cesar Comanche is a one of the founding members of the Justus League( 9th Wonder, The Awayteam, Little Brother) and he is set to drop his forthcoming album on DOFTW/ABB Records on 2/24/09. "Hands High" is the lead single off the album, Die In Your Lap, and was produced by fellow Justus Leaguer 9th Wonder of Little Brother fame. Check out the video below which was shot in Wroclaw, Poland.

Arizona emcee Random recently dropped the video to his new single "Push" off in our inbox. The song is definitely inspirational and is a breath of fresh air for the current climate of hip hop. So check it out and cop "Megaran 9" which you can find at http://randomhiphop.proboards.com

Another promo video from Rik Cordero directed "Good Lord" single from Brother Ali which includes the Brother dropping a live verse at the Malcolm X/ Betty Shabazz Center.