The A Tribe Called Quest’s third album, “Midnight Mauraders” was a huge success for the hip-hop group. Released November 9, 1993 the album received huge acclaim from review boards all over the world. Including #2 “Hip Hop’s 25 Greatest Albums by Year 1980-1998” in Ego Trip Magazine.

Check out the track “Midnight” from YouTube after the jump. The only music video made from the album was “Awards Tour.”

The group also partnered with Air Jordan I and released a few T-shirts that are now being re-released as Air Jordan I “A Tribe Called Quest – Midnight Mauraders” retro.

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I’m always fascinated when hip-hop, R&B artists use great instrumental tracks in their music (Nelly & Jamie Foxx for example used Big-Bands in their performances).

Relative newcomer, Jazmine Sullivan uses great instrumental sound in her latest song “Lions, Tigers & Bears.” Just listen and watch the video below, you’ll see what I mean. Great effects too!

Jazmine Sullivan – “Lions, Tigers & Bears”

Let us know what you thought of the music video.

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Rapper P.O.S. (also known as Stefon Alexander) is going online to play Skate 2 with fans February 6. The game will be released to the public for the first time January 30, 2009. So go get it quick and get set up on Xbox LIVE.

The game begins February 6, 7pm ET and don’t forget to register gamertag POS GwF. You have to be online a half hour before game time to get set up.

P.O.S. hit the bigtime with his release of Ipecac Neat. He then followed that up with the critically acclaimed Audition. Recently he has released his third album Never Better.

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The Dream has been working with Mariah Carey on her upcoming album, reportedly entitled “MC3” which will be her twelfth studio album. He spoke to DJ Skee’s HD2 New Music Show on 102.7 KIIS FM to dish out some news on the project.

He’s responsible for Mariah’s hit single “Touch My Body” off of her 2008 album “E=MC²” which debuted at #1. This guy is amazing. He names some of the songs he worked on, and I was pleasantly surprised. This dude is great. Check out his interview below.

Here is a video of rapper, Sean “Diddy” Combs working on his album in the recording studio. The album is supposed to drop in September of 2009. He hasn’t released a solo album since 2006, so this better be good. The whole album is also reportedly said to be in Auto-Tune. Something else we should look out for is a rumored collaboration with Danity Kane’s Dawn Richard. The track he’s listening to in the video sounds good. Check it out below!

With the internet it seems to be getting harder and harder for producers to keep songs under wrap. “When The Money Goes” was leaked yesterday as Jay-Z’s newest single. Whether or not it was for his album is still uncertain.

According to MTV, the song features lyrics of friends asking each other if their girlfriend will stay when the money goes?

“When the money goes/ Will the honey stay/ When the gray skies replace the sunny days/ Heeeey.”

Well with Jay-Z and Beyonce making over $80 million each last year, the couple is at par financially. So I highly doubt he is talking about himself.

Check the song out on Z-Share: “When The Money Goes”

Read the full article at MTV.ca

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True fans will know that this years best rapper Lil Wayne, loves rock& Roll. Claiming the group Nirvana, as his biggest source of inspiration. So it comes as no surprise that after conquering the Hip-Hop world, Lil Wayne is looking toward his true passion “Rock”.

[Kid Rock (R) and Lil' Wayne perform at the 42nd annual Country Music Association (CMA) awards in Nashville, Tennessee on November 12, 2008.]

The song that is making news is ‘Prom Queen,’ a new single that’ll be on his newest album Rebirth. I suppose this new album will truly be a rebirth for Lil Wayne. And good for him, why not. I mean the guy loves all types of music and that’s what’s made him the star he is today.

Keep a watch out for ‘Prom Queen’ and let us know what you all think of it.

Read more at MTV.ca

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Apparently Coolio has been up to no good at the Celebrity Big Brother UK house. Here he is leaving a BBC radio station today.

If you get the UK’s Channel 4 check out the show. The series ended January 23 when Ulrika won. With the show now over I guess Coolio will have to find another reality show to take over.

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I saw a few episode of 50 Cents: The Power and The Money but can’t tell you much about it. However, if you are like me you can catch up by watching the videos online at MuchMusic.ca 

Here’s a recap of the lessons from the episodes.

• Week 1: Choose You Crew Wisely
• Week 2: Turn Shit Into Sugar
• Week 3: Truth = Money
• Week 4: Respect The Hustler
• Week 5: See Through The Hustlers Eyes
• Week 6: Use Your Cents To Make Change
• Week 7: Expand And Protect Your Turf
• Week 8: Move From Demand To Supply
• Week 9: Knowledge Reigns Supreme
• Week 10: Crush Your Competition

If You want to see the finale and find out who wins the $100,000 check out the video online at http://www.muchmusic.com/tv/50cent/50 Cent: The Money and The Power.

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Kanye West would now like to be called “Martin Louis The King Jr.” According to a podcast he made in a Paris Hotel, the great hip-hop rapper is now a French King. Maybe someone should tell Kanye that all of the Aristocrats in France were beheaded.

In collaboration with Louis Vuitton, Kanye now has a line of cloths he can be proud of. For anyone looking for his new stuff check em out at Louis Vuitton.

Maybe someone should tell Kanye West that he is loosing his damn mind. No offence Kanye, but you have to know that very few of your fans can afford $700.00 sneakers. I mean, who is your target audience now? 50-70 year old men or 30-40 year old gold-diggers? I’m not a sociologist but I do know that they usually like to listen to either talk-radio or classical music. 

Kanye – come back before it’s too late. Your fans want a rapper who can inspire not a snob who can sing.