The Rap Map

So, I’m not sure how old or new this is, but I came across it this morning, and I got incredibly pumped. Rap Genius, the encyclopedic website for all things hip-hop, has created a comprehensive map using Google Maps to provide (often humorous) event details on specific places across the country referred to in hip-hop songs throughout history. Here’s an example:

Marcy Houses

I’m from Marcy, I’m varsity, chump, you’re JV
— From “Brooklyn’s Finest” by Jay-Z

Marcy is the project where Jay-Z grew up. It’s located in the rough Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant (near the boyhood home of Biggie Smalls, and was a hotbed of drug-related crime during Jay-Z’s childhood in the 1980s. Memphis Bleek is also from the Marcy Houses, but he never used his boyhood connection to Jay-Z to further his rap career or anything…

As it turns out, the Rap Map let me know that the project in which Jay-Z grew up is about a 1 minute walk from my apartment — pretty syked on that. Biggie and Mos weren’t too far either… Visit The Rap Map here.

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Caspa + Mr Hudson: what the future sounds like

As if Dirty South Joe and Flufftronix didn’t bring us a healthy enough dose of dreamy, tender sounding dubstep with their fresh to death Luv Step mixtape, West London native Caspa and R&B fancy dude Mr. Hudson have straight blown the hinges off things with this hooky, sentimental monster of a jam. Distorted bass line rumbling, synthy loop building, airy vocals oozing good vibes, it’s what the future sounds like. Here’s to never letting love die.

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LISTEN: Kanye West ‘Power Remix’ ft. Jay-Z & Swizz Beats

Kanye reported via his Twitter last night that he had released the official remix of the anthemic new single ‘Power,’ which features Jay-Z, produced by Swizz Beats. I never liked this song, and I still don’t, thus saddening me to be reminded that apparently Young can’t save everything… Maybe you’ll enjoy it? Listen/download below and watch the awesome video for ‘Power’ after the jump.

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{LA Photo} ‘It’s Better With The Wind’ by Scott G Toepfer

I’m gonna just start this out by giving a shout to Nick @ A Time To Get. ATG is flat out the best written site out there. Nick’s stories started as a daily read and have now progressed into a full on infatuation. If you fuck with Say Mayday and you don’t stay up on ATG, then you might as well just close this window out. Since we got that out of the way, it should come as no surprise that we learned about another amazing photographer and story-teller by the name of Scott G Toepfer above the fold of ATG.

Scott is a photographer living in Los Angeles and is releasing a preview of his gritty photo-essay about two wheeled truth on the road, ‘It’s Better With The Wind’ this Friday at Secret Service LA.

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LISTEN: Small Black — ‘Photojournalist’

Brooklyn’s Small Black (Ryan Heyner & Josh Koleni) is back with the first single from their forthcoming debut full-length New Chain. This one is a thumping, dreamy 5 minutes that will have you scratching your head wondering what the fuck Washed Out is up to right now. Play this one before you go out tonight.

Small Black — Photojournalist by Say Mayday

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GQ x Lebron James

The September issue’s cover story for GQ features an interview and photo spread with the once beloved but now kind-of-despised superstar basketball player, Lebron James. Based on released excerpts, it should be fairly revealing and informative as he moves forward with Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh in Miami. See an excerpt, behind the scenes video, and pictures below.

“It’s not far, but it is far. And Clevelanders, because they were the bigger-city kids when we were growing up, looked down on us.… So we didn’t actually like Cleveland. We hated Cleveland growing up. There’s a lot of people in Cleveland we still hate to this day.”

Check out the pictures after the jump.

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Doing It Baja — NYC Screening

Missed out on the VBS epic skateboarding outlaw bro trip Doin It Baja? Tonight you get a chance to catch a very special screening hosted by Brooklyn’s premiere shop KCDC.

Maybe you like motorcycles? Maybe you like Williamsburg? Maybe you are a pro-ho? It doesn’t really matter. Get there and get drunk.

RSVP
8pm / KCDC
90 North 11th Street
Brooklyn

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Watch: Superhumanoids — Persona


Los Angeles own fuzzed out wet dream Superhumanoids have been putting in some serious work lately and firing out a series of rad music videos in support of their latest EP, Urgency. Persona, directed by Eli Gunn-Jones, takes a espionage to brave new and otherworldly levels. Check out the video after the jump.

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