Wes' Weekly Hip Hop News Roundup (May 24, 2007)

KRS-One & Marley Marl Live May 20th '07 @ Irving Pl.

Peace. Love. Unity. And Having Fun. More videos from the show HERE and HERE.

NEWS

• Whoa, Remember Drag-on? Never liked him much but this interview is pretty cool
• In the biggest surprise of the year Method Man was found with marijuana on his person.
• Never thought I'd ever say this but Master P shares some insightful thoughts
• Last, and definitely least former Source owner and eternally unsuccessful 'rapper' Benzino makes me chuckle with surprising turn of events. Now he wants to be friends with Eminem again.

• Stones Throw is set to release a deluxe double-CD reissue of Jaylib's underappreciated 2003 classic, Champion Sound, on June 12. Madlib hooked up a bunch of unreleased Jaylib remixes for disc two of the reissue, including this one: Jaylib The Mission (Stringed Out remix) download at GVB.
• One of the best female MCs around: Rah Digga's 2003 album Everything is a Story was shelved but download 4 songs here
• Download the new Jadakiss mixtape here.
• Sick of mash ups yet? No? Check out The Hood Internet.

• This was one of my least favorite songs on the Timbaland's album but Throw It On Me ft. The Hives has a video that gave me a whole new appreciation for the song. Cool comic book/Sin City type treatment.
• Uncle Murda's video for Bullet, Bullet is pretty rough, but the song is awesome.
• The Beastie Boys are back with a new video.
• Video Ghetto Penthouse interviews The Clipse's Malice and indie heavyweight Sean Price.
• KRS-One & Marley Marl - Hip-Hop Lives: the video
• Most anticipated Hip Hop album of 2007? Pharoah Monche channels Elvis in the new video for Body Baby. Also check out Pharoahe's new behind the scenes video.
• Check the video for El-P Ft Trent Reznor's Flyentology here.

SHOWS

5/25 Lifesavas @ Southpaw, 9pm

5/25 Lyricist Lounge Presents: Pete Rock & Stimilus @ Southpaw, 11pm

5/25 & 5/26 Sage Francis with Band plus Buck 65 / Alias / Buddy Wakefield @ Bowery Ballroom, tix

5/26 Mos Def @ Highline Ballroomm tix

5/29 Lyricist Lounge Presents: Slum Village, Illa Jay (J Dilla's Brother) @ Southpaw, 9PM

5/31 T-Pain @ SOBs, 8pm, $25, tix

6/05 Method Man with special guest GZA / Mike Relm @ Webster Hall, only $15! tix

6/3 Hot 97 Summer Jam @ Giant Stadium, Tickets will be going on sale April 27th at 9AM. Presale April 23rd, 9AM with password ACCESS

6/8 Common @ Central Park Summer Stage w/ Joss Stone & Ryan Shaw

6/9 DJ Drama plus Willie The Kid / The Rub DJs @ The Highline Ballroom, tix

6/15 DMX @ B.B. King's Blues Club & Grill, 11.30pm, tix

06/15 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Tribute To Grandmaster Flash & Furious Five @ Paradise Theater, Bronx (tix)

6/23 3rd Annual Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival ft Ghostface, Consequence, Skillz and more. (info).

07/28 & 29 - Rock the Bells w/ Wu Tang and many others @ Randall's Island

07/29 - "Wild Style 25th Anniversary Reunion" Central Park SummerStage ft Busy Bee, Cold Crush Brothers, DJ Grand Wizzard Theodore & Grand Master Caz

07/19 Arrested Development @ Von King Park (Brooklyn)

07/25 Kurtis Blow/DJ GrandWizzard Theodore/Ralph McDaniel @ Crotona Park (Bronx)

07/31 Whodini @ Queensbridge Park (Manhattan)

08/03 Lyricist Lounge With KRS-One, Ladybug Mecca, and more @ Prospect Park Bandshell. (info)

08/08 Biz Markie/DJ Lovebug starski @ Jackie Robinson Park (Manhattan)

08/09 Slick Rick/DJ Red Alert @ Marcus Garvy Park (Manhattan)

08/15 Black Sheep @ Mahoney Playground (Staten Island)

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