via OnSmash

Labels: asher-roth, cee-lo, music, video

Man... Such a dope video with legendary photographer Glen E. Friendman. He was really into photographing hard core/punk rock bands until he met Russell Simmons. After that, he had what Rick Rubin claims to be "the greatest photo shoot he ever had". Watch the video you punk!



via boingboing

Labels: hip-hop, photography, video

We rarely see trailers for music for music videos these days, but Eminem/Shady/Aftermath have dropped one for what looks to be a crazy ass video. Cinemax will exclusively debut the video for Em's 3:AM on Saturday, May 2nd at 10pm Eastern and Pacific times. If you miss it, or dont have Skinemax, we will put it up as soon as possible. If the video is half as good as the trailer, it's official... Slim Shady is back.

Labels: eminem, trailer, video

Wow! This cop literally tries to run over a man. I'm sorry, but unless the man has a bazooka aimed at the car, or has a clear cut case of the swine flu, police should not be allowed to do this shit. The "wtf" part of this whole story is... the officer will serve no time himself, only 100 hours of community service.

Labels: douchebaggery, gta, police, video, videogame, wtf

Yesterday, the homie Murs dropped The Science on y'all, so today we figured why not go ahead and drop some more science. A little over a year ago Blue Note Records dropped an album called Droppin' Science which features the greatest hip hop samples taken from the Blue Note back catalog. J.Rocc from the World Famous Beat Junkies took those tracks, and flipped them for a really dope mixtape. Being that the album dropped over a year ago, I'm not sure how new this mixtape is, but who cares, it's fire. You can cop the album Droppin' Science here.

>> J Rocc's Droppin' Science with Blue Note << (right-click-save-as)

via Rapcats.com

Labels: blue-note, free, j-rocc, mixtape, music

Another unofficial video, this time from Mykola Dosenko. He created a video for Kanye West's Robo Cop. The video is inspired by Nintendo (NES) graphics and is all his original work.
And even though the video is the unofficial version, it is Official. Ya dig?



p.s. Make sure you also check out the video he did for DJ Shadow back in 2006 for This Time.

via theaudacityofdope

-edit

It appears the homies over at Antiquiet have interviewed the man behind the video. Check out Antiquiet's Q&A With Mykola Dosenko. WORD.

Labels: kanye, music, nes, video, videogame

Brand new video off of Murs For President. Pay attention kiddos, Big Murs is learning y'all something. If you don't own the album, BUY IT NOW!


Murs - The Science from 2dopeboyz.com on Vimeo.

via 2DopeBoyz

Labels: livinglegends, murs, music, video

Maestro Knows - Episode 6 (Air Yeezy Skate) from Maestro Knows on Vimeo.

Labels: air-yeezy, maestroknows, skate, video

Who says that you need a grip of cash, fancy effects, actors, or even a rapper to make a dope music video? Dallas Penn has put together the unofficial video for Doom's Microwave Mayo, off his latest album Born Like This. The video looks like something Doom would have approved himself, dope. You can read more about the process behind the d.i.y. video on Mr. Penn's blog. Check it out.

Labels: doom, mf-doom, music, video

(In O.J. Da Juice Man's Voice)... Okay!

"Can I read your face for a second?"

Labels: Lil Wayne, tv, video, wtf

James Toback's critically acclaimed documentary, TYSON, is finally hitting select theatres in L.A. and New York this weekend. So to commemorate the release, we bring you two very interesting and insightful interviews with the man himself, Iron Mike Tyson. First we have Tyson's interview with MTV Rough Cut, in which Mike talks about various subjects ranging from Mike Tyson's Punch Out, Chris Brown and Rihanna, For the Love of Ray J, and even his own documentary. Whether or not you have already seen the movie, this interview is a must watch.


Next we have Tyson and James Toback's 60 minute interview with Charlie Rose, not really much to explain here, as the interview speaks for itself. Grab some popcorn because this interview is almost as insightful as the movie itself. Oh yeah, how could I forget about Coach K?


via WorldStarHipHop

Finally, in case you have been in a coma, here is the trailer for Tyson.

Labels: boxing, documentary, Movie, tyson

Ummm, Me thinks that Big Boi's album will not be nothing to fu*k with...
Just a hunch. 16 cuts? Everything brand new?


Big Boi Live from zachwolfe.com/live on Vimeo.

via Dirty Doctor Diary
via zachwolfe.com

Labels: big-boi, music, outkast, video

Maestro Knows - Episode 5 (Dom Kennedy) from Maestro Knows on Vimeo.

Peace to Maestro for what is shaping up to be a very dope series. Yo Maestro! Holler at a Thug Boss!!!

You can download Dom Kennedy's "Hard Work" >> HERE <<. West Coast Beeech!

Labels: dom-kennedy, downloads, maestroknows, video

Wow, this may be the most realistic wax figure I have ever seen, khakis creased and the whole nine. Peep Snoop as he meets his very own wax figure at the world famous Madame Tussauds - Las Vegas.



p.s. WOAH! Did that woman just say that Snoop would be appearing in Rock Band? -stay tuned

via ITN

Labels: las-vegas, rock-band, snoop

So I guess this is part three of the Murs mini-series, and it looks like he's really fed up this time. Yo big Murs! Do your thang homie!



via HipHopDX

Labels: livinglegends, murs, music, video

Asher Roth's 4/20 Suggestions from eskay on Vimeo.
via NahRight

Here is another interview about the album courtesy of ThisIs50.com



Happy 4/20 aka Asher Roth Day!

Asleep In The Bread Aisle on sale today!

Labels: 4-20, asher-roth, music, video

Yo Raymo? What's the deal lil daddy? Being that you hit Thugboss off with that Big Sean mixtape...I thought I'd go ahead and bless ya'll with 2 more "Free" downloads to check out. Need new music for that old/new ipod? Well here you go!

Wiz Khalifa | Flight School (Mixtape)



Via: scolla's word download here

Skyzoo | The Power Of Words (Mixtape)



Via: 2dopeboyz download here

Labels: downloads, free, hip-hop, mixtape

This video is just too fresh not to post. The concept is what makes it so hot, but shorty dancing at the end is what makes it bananas. That's how you let tha beat build beeeeech!


Nyle "Let The Beat Build" from Nyle on Vimeo.

via NahRight

Labels: music, nyle, video

Woah! So, I just so happen to follow Talib on Twitter, and he just posted this new video up, so I had to show some love. Reflection Eternal is back! Please give us an album soon.


Reflection Eternal - Back Again [Talib Kweli] from Radio Planet on Vimeo.

via RadioPlanet.tv

Labels: music, reflection-eternal, video

Just in time for the weekend, ThugBoss brings you a brand new mixtape to make the weekend that much better. U Know Big Sean is the highly anticipated follow up to "Mr. Gon' Getcha Some's" Finally Famous Mixtape, and believe me when I tell you that it is damn hot. So basically, this mixtape is thirty tracks of free, G.O.O.D. Music. Need I say more? Make sure you cop the album "Finally Famous" when it finally drops and holler at Big Sean on his myspace.

>> Big Sean | U Know Big Sean | Mixtape <<

Labels: downloads, mixtape, music

"Ever wish you could wear a tweet? For $20, we can turn it into a comfy Twitshirt!" -Ummm... Is that even a word? Well now it is. But wait, there's more! "And each time we sell one with your tweet on it, we give you a cut."

So apparently, there's this website, that will print your Tweets and actually put them on a shirt. You can search user names/twitter URLs to find specific tweets, add your own tweets, or even pick from a list of "top" tweets to print on your shirt. Is this genius or absolutely absurd? With the recent explosion of Twitter, I guess we will all find out soon enough. See some TwitShirts in action here (I love the GoBots one).

Peep the TwitShirt blog here for more info or just go straight to twitshirt.com to create your masterpiece.

All I can do is laugh! Ahahahahahahah!!!! I just might buy one. -"Hold on Ma! I gotta go put on my TwitShirt!"

So here is my shameless plug... follow me twitter.com/1raymo and make TwitShirts for the whole family.

Labels: blog, t-shirt, twitter, wtf

Man, just a cool ass interview with Joel Ortiz, as he discusses his new mixtape and the process behind it. This shit is gonna be bonafied bananas!



via OnSmash

Labels: interview, joel-ortiz, music, video

Peep some candid footage of Aesop Rock as he lays down his verses for an "Illogic ft-Aesop Rock and Slug" track. "It's amazing how smart rappers have become with all of these technologies!" -(In your grandmother's voice!") It's also pretty amazing that he even let this shit out to the public, but here it is. Can't wait to hear the final track.


Diabolical Fun (Aesop Rock in studio) from ill poetic on Vimeo.

Labels: aesop-rock, leaks, music, video

So the Underground King basically murders this track. I had to share, my only complaint is that he didn't add two more verses. This shit is fire! Enjoy!

>> Bun-B | I Love College <<

Labels: bun-b, downloads, music

This video highlights a project taken on by Erik Burke, in which he memorializes the Subway Graffiti movement of the mid 70's by creating a memorial plaque to place on the historical “Writer’s Bench” in the NYC subway. Amazing work... Check it out.


Writers Bench from Miss Tint on Vimeo.

The plaque reads...

"You are presently siting on the most historic writers bench in all of New York City. The writer’s bench is an important symbol and historical marker for graffiti writers. Beyond being a physical bench it grew to be a verb in it's own right, describing the action of watching graffiti pieces travel into the station on the train. At the bench, writers congregated not only to piece watch but to critique, study, meet other writers, teach, sign each other’s black books, and discuss layups and yards. In a way the writers’ bench was the emergence of an unsanctioned free school dedicated to the tradition of graffiti. As time passed the writers’ bench evolved from being a great location for piece watching to a popular gathering place for writers from all over New York City.

Over a quarter century ago graffiti writers from the Bronx began meeting here to watch trains carrying graffiti pieces. This was an ideal location because it was where the 2 and 5 IRT lines converged showcasing work of the graffiti writers from the Bronx and Brooklyn. The bench began attracting more and more graffiti writers to the point that it was a place of pilgrimage for writers. Other stations benches became popular but none to the effect of this bench at the 149th St. Grand Concourse Station.

The first writers’ bench was formed around 1972 and located on W. 188th St. in Manhattan. Many writers’ benches flourished since that time and up through the 80’s before slowly being dissolved. Some of the most notable were the benches at the Atlantic Ave. and Brooklyn Bridge stations. Although the writers’ bench community has now shifted to other locations, such as online, these benches are remembered as icons that attest to the explosion of the graffiti writers movement and d.i.y. culture. "

Check out photos of the project here or slideshow. You can also check out more projects from Erik Burke on his blog.

Labels: art, graffiti, nyc

Abraham Obama is a humorous and provocative look at an unprecedented political art movement. A campaign to change the visual landscape of America yields a new President, and ushers in a new collective consciousness for Americas people.

Famous street artist Ron English gathers a crew of professional pranksters and hits the road on a grass-roots campaign to make public art and promote Obamas campaign for the Presidency. Abraham Obama takes us on an unforgettable ride as the stories of Ron English unfold alongside musicians and artists such as Shepard Fairey, Jack Medicine, David Choe, Sam Flores, The Date Farmers, Will.I.Am, Morgan Spurlock, DJ Z-Trip and several others. -via jetsetgraffiti


Get the documentary here or here.

Labels: documentary, graffiti, Movie, Obama

SuperDope new video from Grouch & Eligh, co-starring Gift of Gab, Pigeon John and poker star Lacey Jones. These dudes have come a long way since the four track recording days. Support independent Hip Hop and buy the album. April 21st, Say G&E, pre-order now!

Labels: eligh, grouch, livinglegends, music, video

Maestro Knows - Episode 4 (Estevan Oriol) from Maestro Knows on Vimeo.

Labels: estevan-oriol, maestroknows, video

You can view more of my skate videos here on youtube.

Officer Ricky is the boss round here. I feel dude!!! His bond with J.U.S.T.I.C.E League is so soulful when they get together. Im definately going to buy this album when it drops. This is Maybach Music 2 feat Kanye West, T-Pain, and Lil Wayne. It's like Ross is the inventer of Grown Man's Hip-Hop.

Labels: J.U.S.T.I.C.E League, kanye, Lil Wayne, music, Rick Ross, T-Pain

The homie Fishr Pryce hooked us up with a special mix he just laid down for his trip out to London for a few shows beginning April 15th-18th with 'Diabolical Fancy' (Picnic and Headkrack) and the 'Bodega Brovas' (Headkrack, Travii and Keynote) & DJ Niro.

This mix has a good selection of hip hop classics. Have a listen below and download or embed it if you like.



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Labels: Mixtapes, music

This dude is definitely on some different shit, but I'm feeling it... especially the Conan O'Brien steez video effects. Honestly, it was pretty weird the first time I watched the video, but the second time I was jammin it! This track is off Rob Roy's forthcoming album "King Warrior Magician Lover". Holler at Rob Roy on his MySpace. -and did Lil' Jon do the beat or what? someone holler at me.


via xXhamiltonXx

Labels: music, rob-roy, video

Check out Skillz, as he and fellow rappers and producers put it all out there. I gotta give it to Skillz for coming up with a great concept, hopefully more shows are to follow. I DO NOT give it up to Skillz for his "confession", haha. Now watch the damn video.


via OnSmash

Labels: hip-hop, hip-hop-confessions, skillz, video

Two girls, light sabers, and underwear. Need I say more?

Labels: girls, star-wars, underwear, video

Okay, so the homies over at ITE (aka In This Economy?) have inspired us a little bit here at ThugBoss. They ran a post on Monday called The Beat Tape Bailout, which basically shed some light on some great music that was out there on the web to be had for free. Free? Yes free. Well man, since then, they either missed a few, or maybe a few more joints have been dropped. How amazing is it that we live in a time where all it takes is a decent internet connection to get all the free (legal) music we could ever wish for? One thing is for sure, if we are in a recession, these artists surely feel our pain. So whether you can't afford to buy any new CDs, or just wanna hear some new and very fresh music, I suggest you continue reading.

I guess you can call this the Beat Tape Bailout part II.

Jon Hope | Some Kind Of Wonderful

Jon Hope is a very gifted MC hailing from Rhode Island. Here is his new EP that he is just giving away to us for free. What recession? Get it!


Holler at him here. or just DOWNLOAD

via IllRoots

Diz Gibran | Soon You'll Understand

"On their debut album, Los Angeles MC Diz Gibran and Queens, New York producer Moonshine team up to create an unparalleled mix of style and substance. Brought to you by top lifestyle clothing brand, Crooks & Castles." -GetItHere

Mr Peter Parker | Asher Roth's Day Off

I guess you could say that ThugBoss has been all up on Asher's bozack as of late, but what can we say? The kid is dope. If you have been procrastinating, then this tape is a perfect refresher course for all the stuff that wasn't on his Greenhouse Effect mixtape. For the fans, there should be enough remixes/blends to hold you over for 12 days, until the album drops.

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via Mr. Peter Parker

DJ SELECT | Summertime Selections | Vol 1


The funkiest mix of the whole bunch. This is a raw mix from Dallas' own DJ Select. This is the one you put on for that first party of the summer. You can also catch him at various clubs during the week (if you live in Dallas). Follow Select on Twitter, or check out his blog here.
DOWNLOAD

Vohn Beatz | A Child's Painting


Now, we have 11 year old prodigy/the future of all that is beatmaking... Mr. Vohn Beatz. He is the 11 (maybe 12 now) year old son of Hip Hop super producer S-1 (aka Symbolic One) of Strange Fruit Project. Like his father, this kid is amazing with the beats. This tape has many guest appearances ranging from Headkrack, Picnic, Hi-Tek, Braille and many more. I'm not even gonna say that for an eleven year old whatever... for a man any age, VohnBeatz puts it down. This kid is AMAZING.
DOWNLOAD

U.N.I. | Ro Blvd | A Love Supreme


Just like every other drop in this post Y-O and Thurz come through with some amazing (and did I mention free?) music. This is a true must cop. So basically go to the site and do whatever it takes to get this album. I gave them my email on general principal...
DOWNLOAD

Kanye West | Lost Songs | Vol 2

"Some more obscure Kanye West features and productions - some I'm not even familiar with such as the Hot Karl track, Black Pegasus, etc. Big thanks to Artutabr and Dani!"
-HipHopUpdate

DOWNLOAD


Fail Whale: A Tribute

ILLROOTS.com put this tape together as a tribute to Twitter's many failures this past month, hence the "Fail Whale" graphics.

"Jacques, Andrea and yours truly put together this little mixtape while Twitter was having some issues over the past few days.
Filled with exclusive tracks from XV, Outasight, Harlem’s Cash, Jon Hope, Nero, Esso, J.Rocwell, Keelay & Zaire, P. Casso, Shawn Chrystopher, Evidence and more."

via IllRoots

Happy downloading/listening people. Don't forget where we got the idea from and visit in-this-economy.com.

-this post is a work in progress, so if you see a new tape pop out of now where, don't just stand there, GRAB IT!

Labels: beats, free, hip-hop, Mixtapes, music, recession

As much as you may love or hate Eminem, life has been been very dull since he left the scene. It's a damn shame that with everything that has gone down in this country, we have not had an Eminem, or Dave Chapelle to make us laugh about it all. Well, Mr. Slim Shady is finally back... Dave where are you? Big shouts to Tony Romo... you know you have made it when Eminem puts you in a video (hahaha). So without further adoo (sp?)... Eminem | We Made You...

disclaimer - (this is not the Slim Shady that us "true heads" learned to love, but more of an Eminem in between "Slim Shady LP and Eminem Show". Hopefully the album is a little better, and no where near the monstrosity that Encore was.)

I strongly suggest that you watch the video at least twice to catch everyone that Em is going at. Why don't we start a list in the comments? Nice to have you back Mr. Shady.



via MTV

Labels: eminem, mtv, music, video

Okay... so unless you were in a coma last summer, and still have yet to awaken, you know that auto tune has taken over. This simple effect has made the life of certain musicians a whole lot easier in terms of success. Some have pulled it off very successfully, and some have failed. But this is all in the world of music. What would happen if auto tune was brought into the world of a design firm? How much easier would auto tune make your life?

"Blake needs to talk to Jack about the homepage... or at least he tries to." -via Auto Tuning


Auto Tuning from Casey Donahue on Vimeo.

Labels: auto-tune, css, funny, music, office, video, web-design

"Follow Maestro & Curt@!n$ to Nike's Montalban theatre in Hollywood while they preview Curt@!n$ new song "Mode", get paid a visit from Chi McBride, check out some sample Air Yeezy's, and design a Nike shoe of their choice." - maestroknows.com

I can't lie, I think dude is hilarious, and is really on to something. Ayo Maestro! Holler at a ThugBoss! And shouts to Chi McBride! A tru sneakerhead to the heart.


Maestro Knows - Episode 3 (Curt@!n$) from Maestro Knows on Vimeo.

Labels: maestroknows, video

Sort of a late pass, but here's a video where Mr. Kid Cudi talks about his favorite Air Jordans inside the famous Alife Rivington Club. Bravo Mr. Cudi... I can't say that I disagree with you. III's and IV's all day long.



via thelifefiles.com

Labels: air-jordan, kicks, kid-cudi, video

Wait what? Man this is a slap in the face. Lil Wayne to me really started poppin' when Drama did those Dedication mixtapes. Now Weezy F Baby is Weezy F Plantiff???
What kind of sandwhich is that brotha?

Labels: Court, DJ Drama, lawsuite, Lil Wayne, Mixtapes

I WANT TO THANK RAHEEM AND THE FOLKS AT THUGBOSS FOR THE INVITE.

I WILL DO MY BEST TO KEEP FROM POSTING MATERIAL THAT REALLY JUST DON'T NEED MORE EXPOSURE.

THAT BEING SAID..ALLOW ME TO PRE-INTRODUCE MYSELF, MY NAME IS...

Maestro Knows is an online show based around Levi Maestro's day to day life. Taking place primarily in Los Angeles, Maestro shows you LA through his eyes. Oh yeah, in case you missed it, you can catch the first episode here.


Maestro Knows - Episode 2 (Anthony Hamilton) from Maestro Knows on Vimeo.

via maestroknows.com

Labels: in_n_out, maestroknows, video

New video and title track from Living Legends brethren Grouch and Eligh, also known as G&E (say it!). Cop the new album "Say G&E" on April 21st! Grouch and Eligh always bring the DOPE shit.


LegendaryMusic.net

Labels: livinglegends, music, video

I'm not really a big fan of the movie series, but that's just me, RAH is a huge fan though. Maybe this latest installment (or RAH) will change my mind. What I am a fan of though, is Mr. Cartoon and his street/tatoo/car work. He collaborated with Revok and Toomer to create one of the illest hand painted billboards ever produced for a movie. Watch the video suckas.

Labels: art, graffiti, Movie, video

While we are on the Living Legends tip, Murs has just dropped the follow up video to his last banger/love song? "Me And This Jawn" called "A Part Of Me". Both of these joints are off Murs's first major label release "Murs For President".
Go and get the album.

Labels: livinglegends, murs, music, video

I thought I'd post this. It seems that youtube is the place to call people out these days. So lets post a couple of vids on people calling Timbaland out. First I wanna say as a producer, I look up to Timbo!!! He has made some awesome tracks over the years and you can't front on his work ethic. I think folks are mad because he's still spending that "Big Pimpin'" money ya dig? Money is the motivation, holla at a boss beyaauch!!!



Damn...that's where he got that from?



Damn...he kind of tells on himself, but...I love it!



Da hell wrong wit dem?!!



You gotta masters degree? Let me ask ya dis...can ya kick my ass?



Peep the accent: Tembaland jayked muia beet!



LOL!!!!! Timbo the thief!!!!



I can be all day with these vidz but my question is...why are they just coming forward now? Timbo is cold on them beats son! I know he's heard almost everywhere. Why are they doing him like this now?

Labels: beats, music, Producer, Thief, Timbaland