Wes' Weekly Hip Hop News Roundup

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DOWNLOAD: The Pack - Ride My Bike (mp3)

KRS-ONE @ SOUTHPAW, BROOKLYN, NYC | DEC 7, 2006 (VIA)

The above linked track by The Pack was given to us as a BV "exclusive". The Pack's song "Vans" is Sasha Frere-Jones' 10th favorite song of the year. "Vans" is also streaming at their MySpace.

What is your favorite hip hop record of the year? Leave it in the comments!

My favorite new rapper: Termanology. Listen to a track with Kanye, watch the youtube for Watch How It Go Down (production by DJ Premier, read an interview then another one and then a feature article.

An interesting, and dare-I-say touching, interview with The Game.

Lupe Fiasco takes part in AOL Sessions, and does it well. Lupe recently played SOB's.

XXL offers an interesting read on the influence of the internet on the hip hop industry.

Jay-Z might have had a terrible sales drop in his second and third week but at least he got to hang out with Barbara Walters. She interviews him for her 10 Most Fascinating People Special. Watch it (and read the rest of this post) below...

Common is set to release a new single called A Dream. Production by the will.i.am . It will be featured on the soundtrack to the forthcoming Hillary Swank film Freedom Writers.

M.O.P, Cormega, and AZ play BB King's in NYC on December 20th. Nas added a show at Webster Hall.

Go check out the new Styles P single Testify featuring Talib Kweli over at NahRight. Check out a Styles P interview as well.

Pitchfork reviews the new Ghostface record More Fish.

The Daily News reports that graffiti is still alive in the world of New York City subways, but interestingly enough, a large percentage is done by tourists from Europe.

Check out this interview with Pharoah Monch, hip hop legend and recent Diddy collaborator. He's putting out his new album Desire soon. Preview some tracks on his myspace.

Read an entertaining Redman interview from the Denver Post.

Evel Knievel is suing 'Evel Kanyevel'.

Religious movement growing in hip-hop culture.

DMC says today's hip hop is "monotonous"

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