Mikey: In an effort to raise awareness for the fight against diabetes, Hip-Hop legends KRS-One, Dres (Black Sheep), Greg Nice, and few a more performed for a benefit concert last night at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn. Hosted by Michael Rappaport, Phife Dawg, and Okayplayer, the event had a line wrapped around the block all night long. But around midnight it was pretty clear who the folks came to see… minutes later Jay Electhanukkah crept out from the clusterf*ck going on backstage, that’s when I opted to climb back into the crowd for a better shot. It’s only just begun…

MissInfo: First off, big up to all the folks who performed because the threat of diabetes is such a scary thing, and it’s great to see Phife back in action. I’m not sure what makes people all mash up on a tiny stage, but big up to Mikey for thugging it out, lol. Now I heard Mel D Cole was there so I’m sure some dope images are soon to come, but I also got an email from the Keap Hope blog with their show post link. (Is this blog a Williamsburg blog? because there’s both a Keap St. and a Hope St. in the area. Hmm). Also big up to my Mighty Healthy family who were there: Denis, Drew, Damian and John.

Related: Video: Jay Electronica x Diddy perform “Exhibit C” at Highline Ballroom (Mos Def’s Show)

Mikey: Dope PBS documentary on the history of copyright laws in the music industry and how they’ve affected rap music over the years. Props to YN for the rip.

More clips after the jump…

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Mikey: Alright it’s 4:45 am, so I gotta keep it short and simple… Jay Electronica x Diddy x Talib Kweli x Mos Def on stage together @ the Highline Ballroom, New York City 1/17/10. Epic !!!

“Diddy send a text every hour on the dot sayin “when you gon drop that verse n***a you takin long”

Bonus:

UnKut: The rap names that Jay Electronica rejected, LOL

and….Jay Electronica and Just Blaze at DJ Green Lantern’s Invasion Radio…video after the jump…

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Mikey:  Mystikal is finally a free man after serving 6 years behind bars. Fresh out of Louisiana State Prison, he called into Q93 FM in New Orleans and spoke with host Wild Wayne for his first interview since his release. Props to RapRadar for the rip.

Mystikal Interview w/ Q93 FM

MissInfo: the homie Legend/OnSmash/AllThingsRock is back at it with our weekly walk down mixtape memory lane…this time with Ron G’s classic….

Download: Ron G – Dead Presidents [1996] (Mixtape)

full tracklisting after the jump…

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RZA is one of the only rappers that I ever want to see acting. Sorry. In fact, I’ll go further…he’s one of the handful that I want to hear talking too. And Parks and Recreation is genius TV. Especially the episode where Amy Pohler is really nervous about going on her first date with Louis C.K…..awesome.

New Remix: Snoop Dogg feat. Jay-Z “I Wanna Rock (The Kings Remix)” (Here is the real version CDQ no DJ no tags) (clean) (Update: now the dirty version of the song, thanks to Kayla/CashmereAgency)

“Its no Biggie, I’m just the King now.” -Hov

(talk amongst yourselves)

Also earlier today Cons sent over his Bad Boy team remix, and Trey ripped Rihanna’s song….I’m still rockin to Boss of All Bosses and Bun B….today was a great day for new music.

New remix: Consequence feat. Diddy & The Lox “Whatever You Want (Bad Boy Remix)” (via Consquence)

New remix: Trey Songz “Hard“(Rihanna) (via ThisisRnB)

New music: Raekwon, Ghostface, Method Man & U-God “Clap 2010″ (via Nahright)

New mixtape: DJ Holiday Presents: Holiday Season Vol. 3 (Featuring Gucci Mane, Waka Flocka, etc) (download link) (thanks Simone/Mizayy)

New Music: M.I.A. “There’s Space For Ol Dat I See” after the jump)

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(Bun B, the homie Eskay, and me, but please ignore my doofy face and tourist peace sign)

Bun B has been on fire this past week. fire! He set off the new year with a bunch of new freestyles and yesterday Bun sent over his freestyle over Chris Brown x Swizz x Wayne’s “I Can Transform Ya” beat…exclusively for us to enjoy on missinfo.tv : )

Love this guy. No seriously, one of the few artists that you actually enjoy talking to and don’t feel like it’s “polly-ing.” Bun’s album Trill OG will be out in April. Mark it down!

New Freestyle: Bun B “Transform Ya” (download link)

Related: here are some of Bun’s other recent freestyles….

Bun B “On To the Next Year” freestyle (download link) (via Nahright)

Bun B “I’m On The Block” freestyle (download link) (via RR)

Bun B “Stupid Trill” freestyle (download link) (via TeamYee)

Bun B “2 Damn Trill” (4 My Town) freestyle (download link) (via UHTN via 57th Ave)

You already know how much I love random. And bizarro. And this is both random and bizarro and….given that I love Justin Timberlake (*semi-goo-goo eyes but less so because of his weird curly hair phase) and I respect Brother Ali’s talent….cool!
Zeke from MrPeterParker sent over this clip of JT joining Ali onstage in at the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar in Jackson Hole for the JH Snowboarder Magazine party. I dunno…but it looks like it was a grand ol’ time apres-ski!

UPDATE: the best part of the weirdness is that, according to an insider, when JT first jumped onstage and grabbed a mic, Ali didn’t know who he was and booted him off. LOL

(artwork by my friend Denis of the mighty MightyHealthy streetwear brand : )

So much good, free music today! First we had Diplo’s Free Gucci Mane remix mixtape…and now DJ Soul and RR blended 70 minutes of hip hop’s biggest samples for a listen and learning experience, lol. And I also like this Adrian Champion mashup mixtape of White Stripes songs with Nas, Biggie, Hov, Outkast and more. Enjoy!

New Mixtape: DJ Soul x RapRadar presents No Idea’s Original (Mixtape Download)

New Mixtape: Adrian Champion presents Stars and Stripes: The White Stripes Reimagined (Mixtape Download) (Instrumentals Download)

Adrian Champion Presents: Stars & Stripes – The White Stripes Reimagined from Adrian Champion on Vimeo.