* Ted Leo vs. Taco Bell
* Walk for Farm Animals
* MC Hammer: Not dead
* Lupe Fiasco relieved
* 1990s are @ Maxwell's
* Britney Spears suing Perez Hilton
* Van Morrison is @ United Palace again
* The Gowanus Harvest Festival @ The Yard
* U.S. ATF agents arrest rapper T.I. on gun charge
* Kelly Clarkson is at Beacon Theatre
* Gina Gershon is playing the Box
* They Might Be Giants are playing Columbia
* Tiny Masters of Today are @ SoundFix Records
* Tiny Masters of Today are playing a BV party on Sat. Oct 20th
* Live Nation could lose money on Madonna deal
* Voxtrot, The Little Ones, and Pratique are playing Music Hall
* Voxtrot is also playing Bowery Ballroom on Tuesday
* RSVP for the Oct 20th BrooklynVegan CMJ afterparty @ 205

A new promotional Celebration 'campfire songs' video is below. What else?

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I was unfamiliar with S.E.L.F., but I'm really enjoying his new self-titled album (no pun intended), and even though from the look of the cover I thought I'd hate Brother Reade, I really enjoyed their album Rap Music. Here's two MP3's...

DOWNLOAD S.E.L.F. of Lotus Tribe - Primitive Feedback (MP3)
DOWNLOAD Brother Reade - Life Ain't Easy For Y'all (MP3)

MC Hammer @ Wingate Field, Brooklyn, NY - July 9, 2007 (CRED & MORE)

Doug E Fresh, Slick Rick and MC Lyte also played the show at Wingate Field with raffle winner MC Hammer. Were you there? Media Junkie says MC Lyte "still has it". See for yourself when she plays again with The Roots and Big Daddy Kane at the Nokia Theatre on October 5th. Get your tickets HERE. All tour dates at the end of this post. More pics of Hammer at Surgery's Flickr. Slick Rick's next NYC show is on a boat.

The free El-P show this Saturday (7/14) has been moved to a bigger Urban Outfitters on 6th Ave (or something like that. To go, you need to print out the pass HERE.

NEWS

• Lots of Wu-Tang Clan related news with the anticipation for 8 Diagrams growing. RZA speaks on it here.
• David Banner has some interesting thoughts on why a certain type of Hip Hop gets more play than others.
• Iron Solomon successfully defended his Fight Club title this week.
• KRS-One's son was found dead in Atlanta this week. He commited suicide after battling severe depression. R.I.P.
• Common, David Banner, UGK, Mos Def, Bilal, Clipse, Collie Budz, E-40, Cham, and Large Professor are playing the Live At The BBQ concerts that will take place in LA (July 12), Chicago (July 22) and August 4 in NYC.
• The LAist does a nice write up on Ice Cube's classic Death Certificate.
• "How youtube is ruining Hip Hop Beef vs A Rebuttal
• Ja Rule recalls the G-Unit Massacre.

Downloads, videos, tour dates & more, BELOW....

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MC Hammer has a blog?

@ Wingate Field, Brooklyn, NYC in 2007 - FREE
July 9 - MC Hammer, Doug E Fresh, Slick Rick & MC Lyte (Old School Night)
July 16 - Fred Hammond (Gospel Night)
July 23 - Boyz II Men & Ruben Studdard (an evening of Smooth Grooves)
July 30 - The Mighty Sparrow (Carribbean Night)
Aug 06 - Lauryn Hill
Aug 13 - mystery night
Aug 20 - The O'Jays & The Spinners (Classic Soul Night)

THIS IS the 2007 season of the Martin Luther King Jr. free concert series.

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