The Audacity of Dope

Chyea, one of the illest producers in the game, 88 Keys just dropped Adam’s Case Files: The Mixtape in preparation of his debut solo album, The Death of Adam. I interviewed Keys a few weeks ago for Sound Session (if you missed that, you can peep it here), and he mentioned the tape would be out there soon for people to download. Well, that time is now. Featuring appearances by Tanya Morgan, Guilty Simpson, Grafh, Big Sean, Mr. Bentley, Serius Jones, Izza Kizza, and Kid Cudi. Back cover (with tracklisting) and download link after the jump.

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More dope visuals, this time from one of North Carolina’s finest, Kaze. “So Real” also features Erv Ford and one of my favorite MC’s of all time, Wordsworth. Definitely peep this. Respect to Kaze for dropping the Nutso reference. Cinematic quality aside, “Above The Rim,” is my favorite movie of all time! “Nutsooooooooooooooooooooooooo” (The way “Pain” opens the movie is so ill)

Swiped from Kevin Nottingham.

(what happened?)

Man, labels are making my job easy. I don’t even have to search for these, they come right to my inbox every day. LL may be a legend, but he manages to fire off multiple wack lines in his new single featuring The Dream, the creatively titled…”Baby.” Sigh. Here’s a sampling:

“Hot sex on a platter, no need to cook/I let her steal my heart like a horny crook”
“My pulp ain’t fiction, it’s an addiction/To see your booty clap on the floor in the kitchen”
“Nasty girl, taught me all the lingo/Mama played bingo/She ride mandingo/She don’t give a damn if I’m married or single/She makes me tingle!”
“She lookin’ for a man that could give her a break/Like Usher or Justin Tim-ber-lake/I’m really not sure if her breasts are fake/Cause with whipped cream on ’em, they taste just like cake”
“Bought her some dessert, give a damn if it’s early/Head spinnin’ around like roller derby”

And in the last verse he breaks out the stale Nelly impression and fires off a depressing string of “surrre/currr/hurrr/everywurrrr” rhymes.

Oh, I can’t forget The Dream on the hook too. In stirring lyrics that evoke the complex emotions of love and heartbreak that only classic soul music can provide, he channels a young Stevie and sings:

“I’m your baby, I’m your baby, I’m your baby, I’m your baby, I’m your baby, your baby, your baby, your baby/I’m your baby, your baby, your baby, your baby, I’m your baby, your baby, yeah, yeaaaah, yeaaaaaah, hell yeaaaaah”

Epic. [Hov] Do you fools listen to music, or do you just skim through it? [/Hov]

Anyway, listen…if…you…dare.

LL Cool J ft. The Dream – “Baby”

In much doper LL related news, Info posted up an ill segment of Tony Toca‘s radio show where Eminem (still alive!?!) prank called Touch and LL. Definitely a much better listen than the single. Wow @ that ish getting 30K downloads in a day. Anything Em touches blows the hell up.

Boo @ 64 MB though…I guess Suck is a fitting name. I understand the reasoning for the small capacity, but that just seems like a cop out so they save a few bucks. “This’ll remind you of the good ol’ days…it’ll even have suck the same way!” But nah, I can’t hate. This is fresh.

I still firmly believe that wasting money on a chain is topped only by the stupidity of plastering diamonds on your teeth, but anything Transformers related is tough for me to hate on. Keep on keepin on with that ignance Berg. I approve.

Swiped from RealTalkNY

I warned y’all I might post random ish from time to time. But with that picture, I assume you can’t be too mad. I was just listening to Ryan Leslie’s new single, “Addicted,” with Cassie and Fabolous, and I thought I’d post it up for 2 reasons. 1) it’s a cool song. 2) there’s something about the way Cassie sings “I’m addicted to you” that is the ish. Don’t judge me.

Ryan Leslie ft. Cassie & Fabolous – “Addicted”

Damn, I was going to toss up the original version of her “Me & You” video, but apparently it’s been removed from all over the net. WTF! Say it ain’t so…

A bunch of dope videos hit the net recently that you should be aware of, so TAOD is here to help. Check the first video below, then more from PackFM, Wale, Nas, El Prez, Black Spade, and Buff1 after the jump!

First up, Ta’Raach & Blu dropped some visuals for “Buy Me Lunch” off their C.R.A.C. album, The Piece Talks. I’m hoping we also get a video for “Love Don’t” at some point…that’s my ish.

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Big shout to Mama Hyphen for giving me the heads up on this one. If you’re in need of an Obama sticker, MoveOn.org is sending them out for free to help us get Barack in office this year. All you have to do is go here, enter basic info, and they’ll send one out to you with the quickness. If you need more than one, you can give a small donation and get a bunch. If you’d prefer to instead donate directly to Barack Obama’s campaign, you can always do that through his official website, right here.

Remember, Barack does not take money from PAC’s or lobbyists, so his entire campaign has been funded through people like you and me. Even if you can only donate a little (like I did), it can still make a difference. Plus, they usually have matching donations. If you chip in $10, someone else has already pledged to match that. Your $10 just became $20…and you helped move this country in the right direction. If times are rough enough that you can’t spare any, no worries, just grab a sticker and help spread the word. The Hyphmobile has 2 in the back window right now, so join the club…

I was working out & listening to Harlem World yesterday and while the album is a personal classic, I heard this line I had apparently erased from memory:

“Girl, I wanna give you carats, till you feel you a rabbit”
–Ma$e, “What You Want”

I remember this dropping when I was a sophomore in high school, and I loved damn near every track. I ain’t ashamed. This is still my JAM:

“Boo, you know how many he meet with no panties?”…ah, good times.

The longtime homies, Inverse, just got their second well deserved feature on MySpace. This time, along with being on the front of the “Music” section, they also got placement on the main login page. So when you sign in to listen to horrible musicians trying to befriend you and sell you crap stay up to date with your friends, look out for Toby and Tunji. You can also download their ridiculously dope So Far (The Collection) project off their page for free, so go get that if you’re sleeping. These guys are destined for big things people…get on the bandwagon now.

And if you’re thinking “Tunji…that name sounds familiar,” that’s cause you’ve been hearing this at 10:45 PM every Sunday night on KUBE 93.3 before we start our show:

Tunji – “Sunday Night Sound Session Intro”

Be sure to check out their blog regularly too!