Bruno Mars teaming up w/ Eminem and Royce

           This collabo is bound to leak before the album drops June 14th. Eminem, Royce and Bruno Mars. Wish I could convey to you amped I am for this.


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Childish Gambino - Be Alone x I Can Hear Your Feet

             Be Alone and I Can Hear Your Feet sounded incredible live. The violinist >>>. If you haven't already, download Childish Gambino's Freaks and Geeks EP.

PJ Simas - All I Need Feat. Cal

              PJ Simas recruits Cal of Timeflies for what will likely be the last leak before Triple Play is released later this afternoon. As I see it, PJ Simas has 2 legit singles (Ocean Drop and Good Life), and All I Need is a quality album track.

PJ Simas - All I Need Feat. Cal

PJ Simas - That Good Life Feat. Jordan Corey

PJ Simas - Ocean Drop



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Dylan Owen - Old Armor

            Dylan Owen has a really unique sound. You may have seen him here. He'll be opening for Mac Miller May 1st on Cornell's campus. Dylan's also currently a student at Cornell. That's pretty dope.

Dylan Owen - 2 Postcards Feat. Jesse Denaro


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Lupe Fiasco - Words I Never Said Feat. Skylar Grey (World Premiere)

             Dope video. You won't find  this on many blogs yet....we had to hunt it down, but it was well worth it. Enjoy.


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Childish Gambino - I Can Hear Your Feet

           One of my favorite tracks Childish Gambino performed last night. I Can Hear Your Feet can be found on Donalds I Do Not Talk Mixtape.

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White House releases Obama birth certificate today

              So does this mean the birther racist party will finally shut up? Rational minds can disagree...but it's safe to say the 'birther' party is stocked full of white middle class racist rural folks [ now that's a helluva stereotype, ha]. Today's revelations are Trump's worst nightmare.


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Outasight – Figure 8 (FreEP)

            I've become a major Outasight fan as of late. Haven't even listened to this whole EP yet, as it just leaked a couple minutes ago, but I can already tell Figure 8, Maybe Next Time and Everything will be dope. Check out all of Outasight's music.




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Lupe Fiasco Performs "The Show Goes On" On David Letterman Live

            Last night.

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e-dubble - Be a King

          Can't believe I forgot to post this e-dubble track a few weeks back. Warren G sends his final goodbyes to his life long pal Nate Dogg. Weezy and 50 Cent also leaked new singles today. If you havn't already, check out e-dubble's Mixtape, samples include Tom Petty (track #2), Black Keys (track #15), Parks and Rec intro (track #16), Guns N Roses, J. Dilla and Broken Bells, among others. 

e-dubble - Be a King

Warren G - This is Dedicated to You (Nate Dogg Tribute)

T. Lopez - Breathe Feat. Lil Wayne

50 Cent - Keep It Coming (Prod. Timberland)



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Brandon Roy's 4th quarter magic helps tie series 2-2

          Well, I was wrong. Brandon Roy came alive in the 4th quarter scoring 18 of his team high 24 points. Cracked me up when Lamarcus Aldridge showed some emotion and gave Tyson Chandler a friendly shove. Head here for a espn video recap.

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Realistic Dinosaur scaring kids at school

           The blonde kid @ :38 pretty much sums up how'd I feel if I was a youngin' and saw this thing for the first time. Dude's from the Walking With Dinosaurs tour.

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Sneak Peak at Oregon Ducks Spring Game Jerseys

             Leave it up to the Ducks to fashion the dopest Support Our Troops jerseys in existence. Big thanks to Chad Doing for supplying the picture.


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Donald Glover Impromptu show in Broncos country

                Donald Glover took to a Impromptu Boise, Idaho show last night at Chandler's Steakhouse. I'm sure the 60 year old white redneck regulars loved this. Can't wait to catch Donald Glover at his IAMDONALD Tour next week in San Diego. Donald kills this Grizzly Bear classic.


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Intuition - Still D.R.E. (Freeverse)

            Intuition resides in the Top %5 of the hip-hop lyrical community. Place twenty rappers in a line, Intuition's better than 19 of them. I'd kill to get a chance to intern for him again. He decided to take this video viral earlier today. Peep his track below, Ocean, and continue to downloads to peep the other random tracks that leaked today. Check out our comprehensive section on Intuition.

Fabolous – The Soul Tape (Mixtape)

              Inspired from Jay’s Blueprint, Fab's latest Mixtape finally arrives. Download. 

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TheJourney Presents: BeN GZ - Lyrical Smoke Break (Prod. Reza)

            BeN GZ, our blogs Official Artist, and Reza took to the net today to leak a munchie treat. Only seems fitting. These guys have something in the works that will be released shortly. It's dope, I promise. Until then, check out all of BeN GZ's music.

BeN GZ - Lyrical Smoke Break (Prod. Reza)

Curren$y - Covert Coup (FreEP)

              Arguably the most notable project dropping on 4/20. Curren$y lives up to the rumors, leaking the Covert Coup in it's entirety right around midnight. Best artwork thus far of 2011. Download Curren$y's Covert Coup. 
              As an extra, check out one of my favorite interviews ever, below. Nardwuar and Curren$y at their best.

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PJ Simas - That Good Life Feat. Jordan Corey

            PJ Simas continues to leak great tracks. Ocean is also really really dope. Triple Play drops April 29th. PJ Simas produces every one of his tracks. Got alotta respect for that.

PJ Simas - That Good Life Feat. Jordan Corey

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Kanye West - Power - Coachella 2011

           Professional festival live streams may be is the new way to experience music festivals. Thank you Coachella. We just witnessed history this weekend. 75,000 fans in physical attendance, millions more logged into their Iphones, onto their Facebook, Ustream and YouTube accounts to be a part of the festivities. On a side note, cracks me up Wiz and Kanye almost threw down over Ms. Rose. Am I the only one that isn't all that attracted by Ms. Rose? Here is the entire audio from Kanye's performance. Pretty dope!

Kanye West's 2011 Coachella Playlist
H.A.M. (Intro)
Dark Fantasy (with Justin Vernon)
Power
Jesus Walks
Can't Tell Me Nothing
Diamonds from Sierra Leone
Hell of a Life
Monster (with Justin Vernon)
Flashing Lights
Good Life (With P.Y.T. Intro)
Love Lockdown (With Bulls Entrance Music Intro)
Say You Will
Heartless
Swagger Like Us (Jay-Z cover)
Run This Town
We Will Rock You
E.T.
Homecoming
Through The Wire
All Falls Down
Touch The Sky
Gold Digger
All of the Lights
Stronger
Runaway (with Pusha T)
Lost in the World (with Justin Vernon)
Hey, Mama

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Dylan Owen - 2 Postcards Feat. Jesse Denaro

              As entertaining as it is to watch @alleyboy confront Yung LA, sometimes I just need something with a little more substance. Dylan Owen and Jesse Denaro provide such substance. I dig this right here. One of the better chorus' of 2011 [imo], no joke.
              Dylan's currently a student-musician at Cornell. Dude's opening for Mac Miller May 1st on Cornell's campus for a free show open to the public. So dope. Andy Bernard would be proud. I wish the San Diego schools had someone bubbling just under the radar like Dylan Owen. Grab the rest of Dylan Owen's music.

Dylan Owen - 2 Postcards Feat. Jesse Denaro

Dylan Owen - Kiss My Ass Goodbye Feat. Mac Lethal

Sweatshop Union

            These guys are more Canadian than Drake's wheelchair. If you enjoy the Sweatshop Union's songs below as much as I do, download Sweatshop Union's sampler.

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Predicting the Playoffs: Two Months of Hardcore Hoops Loom

            Robert Seitzinger gives us his NBA Playoff predictions. I can't think of a more reputable NBA-focused journalist in their mid 20's than Robert Seitzinger. Check out Robert's other articles we've featured.

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FBI Seizes PokerStars, FullTiltPoker and AbsolutePoker

           Online poker sites PokerStars.com, FullTiltPoker.com and AbsolutePoker.com were seized today by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the owners of the sites have been charged with accusations of fraud and illegal gambling. Something makes me think the gov't may have ulterior motives. Damn. I got a bunch of friends that are gunna have to get off the couch now...

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XV - Zero Hero

            With production by J. Cole, Just Blaze and Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump, the latest freelease from Warner Bros. signee XV has some noteworthy hip-hop beats. I'm really diggin Textbook Stuff and Last Hero. If you like what you hear below, download XV's Zero Hero.


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Oregon Ducks offering 'Support Our Troops' shirts for Spring Game

       
              Earlier today the The Oregon Ducks athletic department announced these t-shirts promoting the University of Oregon's spring game would be available for purchase at shopgoducks.com. A portion of proceeds from sales will be donated to help families of armed forces currently serving overseas. Look fly and support a great cause, win-win.

Pacific Beach: San Diego's oasis

          

            I was burnt out by like 11a.m. at the library this morning, decided to drive back home, walk across the street to the bay, and study. If you look really closely towards the center of the picture below, you'll see the nose of one of Mission Bay's resident seals. He decided to make an appearance today. Sometimes they come all the way up onto the beach to just kick with the residents. 

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Emilio Sparks - One Step At a Time Feat. Outasight

             I love this. Hip-hop continues to rebut the older generation's notion that it lacks musicality. This is so damn good it's silly. Emilio Sparks and Outasight leaked this right before lunchtime today. Check out Outasight's other quality track that leaked last night.

Emilio Sparks - One Step At a Time Feat. Outasight

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Santorum Launches Presidential Exploratory Committee

            Dude should be boo'ed off stage. Instead, he's testing the waters for a possible run at the 2012 presidency. Oh man, I'd love to have him behind the wheel. "If the Supreme Court says that you have the right to consensual [gay] sex within your home, then you have the right to bigamy, you have the right to polygamy, you have the right to incest, you have the right to adultery. You have the right to anything."....and now back to 2011...
            Republicans are in serious trouble if Santorum's their hope for a 2012 bid. Can't believe this kind of talk is still tolerated in their party.

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Atmosphere - The Woman With Tattooed Hands

              Arguably my favorite hip hop track of all time. Atmosphere recorded this at a pretty young age. The studio version sounds over produced and unauthentic. The live version however is an absolute masterpiece.

"Every show is packed, Full-House; Danny Tanner." - Jon Connor

| Fabolous' face is priceless | 

           Slap happy Chris has himself a catchy chorus with Pot of Gold. Both of these Game/Chris Brown collabos will not end up on Game's upcoming R.E.D. Album. Ya Boy and Akon link up for a noteworthy track. Jon Connor proceeds to do his thing over one of my favorite beats off Lasers. Regular viewers of this blog know what a big fan of Jon Connor's I am.

Ready for the NBA Playoffs Theodore? Me too.

| Who was the bigger ladies man: Stefan from Family Matters, or Theodore? | 

           G-Eazy is currently on tour with Dao Jones. Can't wait to check their sets out in SD. e-dubble leaked a new track. Check out him sampling Tom Petty, Parks & Rec intro, The Black Keys and Guns N Roses here. Also, I threw in this Copywrite and Tassho Pearce track because it's great. Check out our interview with Hawaii's own Tassho Pearce.



Dao Jones - Japan

Dao Jones - Mr. October

Tassho Pearce - Books Feat. Copywrite & Kwalified MC

e-dubble - Where We Are


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Macklemore performs "My Oh My" at Mariners Opening Day 2011

            47,000 fans and not a dry eye in the entire place. Pretty dope to see a whole generation of otherwise non hip-hop fans rising to their feet, clapping enthusiastically and showing genuine love to an iconic rapper. My first video-interview was with none other than Macklemore. Not gunna lie, dude's also one of my favorite artists. I can't describe to you how nervous I was, lol. Thanks again though Macklemore. Like the legendary Dave Niehaus, your a genuinely humble person. Us fans are appreciative of that.


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Viewer Appreciation

          I started this blog as an escape from the day-to-day annoyances of law school. I can't dedicate as much time to new posts as I'd like to at the moment, as I am in the midst of finals. But from the sincerest spot in my heart, thank you. Thank you for taking the time to check out some of the things that interest me.


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Intuition - Breaker

          On a day when our government is roughly 30 hours from shutting down, and the apocalypse continues to approach quicker and quicker by the minute, this song only seems appropriate.
          IMO, Intuition is one of the better rappers on the left coast. Check out all his music here, and if you can afford it, go ahead and purchase some of his music.

Wale - So What Feat. Mac Miller

              In case you're keeping track, Mac's leaked four new tracks to the net this week.

G-Eazy - The Outsider

             Outsider, the lead track off G-Eazy's album by the same title has been on constant repeat for some time now. It's one of my top tracks of 2011. I dig the feel of Dear Ms. Rose, subject content is on point.
             Anyone standing within 20 feet of a Prop 215 card-holder in Cali can appreciate Blazin On a Sunny Afternoon. G-Eazy goes in on Jai Paul's hit BTSTU. Simply put; this is one of my favorite hip hop albums of 2011.





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Frank Ocean - Swim Good feat. Intuition

           
             This may be my favorite track off Intuition's I Ruined These Songs For You Too. If you haven't already, check out more than 20 blog-posts spotlighting Intuition. Intuition's one of the better rappers on the Left Coast.
           

Arvydas Sabonis inducted into NBA Hall of Fame today

             Portland Trailblazer fans know how lucky we were to have been able to catch glimpses of brilliance every time Arvydas Sabonis suited up. Glad to see that today he gets the recognition he deserves. Such a classy dude too. To be able to with-strain himself from knocking Rasheed Wallace's dumbass out after he threw a towel at Sabas' face, a fellow teammate...
             I wrote Young, Wild & Free as an ode to my childhood. To this day Arvydas is still my favorite Blazer ever, only seems fitting I mention him.

Cros - Young, Wild & Free

Cros - Freaks and Geeks

Cros - Triple Threat

Cros - Irish Influence

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‎Mac Miller x Brother Ali x PJ Simas x The Good Husbands & DotherSide.

           Weekends are always slow in terms of new music hitting the net. I'd think some artists would try to capitalize on that, and release a track or two occasionally on a Saturday/Sunday. Until then, here are a few tracks that may have flown under your radar.

Mac Miller - Senior Skip Day

Night Zombies - Talkin My Ish Feat. Brother Ali

PJ Simas - Coming Home For A Doctor Feat. Jordan Corey

The Good Husbands - Things I Haven't Seen

Dotherside - The Opposite Sex

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Tassho Pearce opens first retail store in Hawaii today

              Tassho Pearce, of Flip The Bird Entertainment is set to open his first retail shop in Honolulu, Hawaii, today. If your in Hawaii paradise in the near future, check out their gear. Also, check out our interview with Tassho Pearce.


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La Jolla

           My digital camera's video looks like it was shot in the 1970's, ha. Oh well. I currently live 5 blocks from the beach. This location, on the beach, is the end goal.

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