It's The Duj

Full Clip favorite Dujeous is back on their New York shit. Since Election Day, they have been dropping one uncut track a week over at their blog, including this gem with the amazing Budos Band (apparently Joe from Duj is also a part of the Budos Band as well). Other unique collabos hitting Leak Street include one with The Shins, as well as another with Joe Cuba.

The tracks will keep piling up weekly until Inaguration Day, so stay tuned to their hustle.

DUJEOUS - MORE YOU FIND OUT (FT BUDOS BAND)

DUJEOUS - UPTOWN

Honesty Box

Brand new Charles off his highly mediocre mixtape Intervention, which dropped today. If anything is becoming more clear, it's that the kid can knock a smooth beat and/or love song out of the park, I mean way out; but swings and misses at pretty much everything else.

Just stay in the batting cage Charlie, you'll be a starter soon. The fans and coaches notice hits like this.

CHARLES HAMILTON - HONESTY BOX

MVP

What southern dude you know on a Premier beat with a Nas sample that sounds like classic Gangstarr? As Lil Fame would say: Hotfiyyyyyyyahhhh!

LUDACRIS - MVP (PROD DJ PREMIER)

Tell me you dont want that shirt. ^

Renaissance Rap

For some reason Q-Tip hid the best track of his new album at the end of another track (Move), and now most people cannot fully enjoy this one on it's own. With a new video for Renaissance Rap directed by Rik Cordero based loosely on The Bourne Identity, there is no reason you shouldn't have this one by itself. We chopped it up and offer it as our entree this evening, since most other heads ain't got it on their skimpy ass menus.

*Note: My DivShare account is acting up so there is no player on mp3s for a day or two. Just download this straight.

Q-TIP - RENAISSANCE RAP

eLucidity

Like the photo, this is mindblowing. Off Elucid's new avante garde hip-hop project Police & Thieves. Internut it if you are feeling this one, it's beaming in the waves as we speak.

ELUCID FT SANTOGOLD - STARSTRUCK

The Jeanius Is Back

Last we heard Jean Grae had announced her retirement via Myspace. Then last week someone picked up on the fact that Jean was selling verses on Craigslist. Hmmmm. Given the circumstances, most of the world has been under the impression that Jean is driving a cab somewhere in Coney Island a la Cappadonna, has absolutely no money, and will never be heard from again.

But then yesterday out of nowhere I get shipped this brand new Jean Grae album produced entirely by Blue Sky Black Death, titled The Evil Jeanius. Looks like someone is back. We love you Jeany, even if you have trouble loving yourself, stick around.

JEAN GRAE - THREATS FT CHEN LO

Johnson & Jonson

Extraneous information in videos is played out. Who cares who you roll with, what you roll in, or how thick your rolls are. Just spit like you mean it, add a little type, and voila, you're done. If you add a line like this you are also given a free pass to do whatever you want for the rest of your career:

We the Robin Hoods of rap.
Jack, then give back to the culture.

If you missed picking up the J&J album, which dropped only three days ago, here's one good reason to drop a dime on it. Me and my cochlea co-sign this big time. [Note: this track is not the above one in the video]

JOHNSON & JONSON - LONG TIME GONE

Oooh Girl

Hov spits over what sounds like a healthy mix of Reasonable Doubt meets Blueprint. In fact this sounds like a Cool Calm Pete beat. It's good to see him making tasteful choices like this instead of collabos with Jeezy or Wayne.

On top Saadiq takes it to that old 60s soul sound that only Sharon Jones & The Daptones have been able to replicate. I wish these sorts of old slow dance love songs would get en vogue pronto.

RAPHAEL SAADIQ FT JAY-Z - OH GIRL REMIX

New Lauryn

?uestlove just dropped this old 8-minute unreleased Lauryn single on us out of nowhere. It's good too.

While you listen, check out Rolling Stone's article on the making of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, written in celebration of it's 10 year anniversary. The article includes the opinions of those involved with the project, many of whom are a surprise list of characters, including: John Legend, D'Angelo, and Rohan Marley.

LAURYN HILL - WORLD IS A HUSTLE

The Break Room: David Byrne

Back at it with our new weekly section spotlighting Brooklyn musicians outside of the hip-hop scene.

This week David Byrne, lead singer for the Talking Heads and original New Yorker, takes the award. Mostly because he is Kanye part II...he is versatile in the art, fashion, and design scene as much as he is a part of music.

Aside from recently releasing an album with Brian Eno (first track below), Byrne just designed and installed nine unique bike racks throughout Brooklyn and Manhattan as part of the City Racks Design Competition. You can view the whole set of designs at davidbyrne.com.

Also worth a visit is City Racks, where you can see the other finalists. One design will be released throughout NYC as THE bike rack design, period.

DAVID BYRNE - STRANGE OVERTONES

Gorgeous

New school heads want that new Kanye. Us fogeys want that old Kanye. How about some new old Yeez instead. Unreleased though some of you real heads will recognize this from that old Murphy Lee garbaggio.

KANYE WEST - GORGEOUS

Mecca Don

New CL Smooth with that gritty quick sound he's developing. Who needs Pete Rock?

CL SMOOTH - SORRY FOR THE HURTIN

Previously:
CL Smooth ft Junior Reid - Foreign Minds
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Take You (9th Wonder Remix)

Wu Meets Blu

Blu is seeing a lot of shine on here lately, but when you're on fire someone has to gather the kindling to keep the blaze. Not only is Blu now on a track with Inspectah Deck, but he outshined him by a mile on this one. What's next, Blu on OB4CL2?

S1 FT BLU & INSPECTAH DECK - SUPAFLY

All The Kings Men

This guy cannot miss. Everything that Blu has put out in the last year has been more consistent than the Triple S every morning.

Meaningless side note: My vacation is the shit. I slid my way into a 50-person Obama fundraiser today ($500 a head) for free, ate and drank myself silly, and sat next to the love of my life. I never want to see NYC again.

BLU - ALL THE KINGS MEN