Q-Tip finished out Mister Cee and Hot97’s Black Fist Friday, Throwback at Noon mixes.
Tribe’s frontman took it back with the echo effect on his mic and all positive track selections. I kind of wish Cee would keep this going after February.

Listen: Q-Tip’s Black Fist Friday Guest Mix on Hot97 (Audio)

Related: Questlove’s Black Fist Friday Guest Mix on Hot97 (Audio)
DJ Premier’s Black Fist Friday Guest Mix on Hot97 (Audio)
Questlove’s Black Fist Friday Guest Mix on Hot97 (Audio)
Mister Cee’s Big Pun ‘Throwback at Noon’ Tribute Mix
Ed Lover x Hot97’s ‘Yo! MTV Raps Classic Cuts’ Throwback Mix
Mr. Cee’s ‘Throwback At Noon’ Big L Tribute

This has definitely been the highlight of my Friday afternoon so far. Continuing on with Black Fist Fridays, Mister Cee asked his good friend DJ Premier to come mix it up.

Audio: DJ Premier Black Fist Friday Guest Mix on Hot 97 (2.17.12) (Download)

Related:
Questlove’s Black Fist Friday Guest Mix on Hot97 (Audio)
Mister Cee’s Big Pun ‘Throwback at Noon’ Tribute Mix
Ed Lover x Hot97’s ‘Yo! MTV Raps Classic Cuts’ Throwback Mix
Mr. Cee’s ‘Throwback At Noon’ Big L Tribute

Today marks the 13th anniversary of the late Big L’s passing. Mister Cee took his time to pay respects in traditional form during his ‘Throwback at Noon’ mixshow. Stream below and rest in peace Lamont “Big L” Coleman.

Audio: Mister Cee Hot 97 Big L ‘Throwback At Noon’ Tribute Mix (2.15.12)

DOWNLOAD: Mister Cee Hot 97 Big L ‘Throwback At Noon’ Tribute Mix

(photo via Yvette Davilla)

After having Pete Rock kick off the “Black Fist Fridays” Throwback at Noon series, Mister Cee tapped Questlove to spin his favorite tunes this afternoon. He mixed it up with an incredible selection of classics from J. Dilla, Mos Def, Tribe, and all the oldies. Quest dedicated his set to Dilla, who he says was his mentor.

It was also hilarious that Questlove said one of the main reasons he was able to remain great friends with Jay-Z for over decade was because Hov is also a secret nerd at heart. The Roots drummer admitted their bond comes from a nerd-like place.

Listen: Questlove’s Black Fist Friday Guest Mix on Hot97

Download: Questlove’s Black Fist Friday Guest Mix on Hot97 (Audio)

Hit the jump to see 10 Facts About J Dilla You Might Not Know.

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Awesome Plug Research duo Quadron released a gorgeous soul album earlier this year. They’ve done a string of shows opening for Raphael Saadiq, and releasing some great Remix EP/Maxi-Single (remember those?) projects as well. Here, Coco covers Lauryn Hill’s “Ex-Factor” with awesome results.

Damn, I miss Lauryn Hill.

After the jump to check their cover of Michael Jackson’s “Baby Be Mine”

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Our co-worker DJ Mr. Cee invited Kiss FM’s Ed Lover to take over the Hot97 Throwback At Noon for a special tribute mix to Yo! MTV Raps.

New Mix: Ed Lover’s ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ Throwback at Noon mix

This Sunday, MTV2 is bringing back that iconic hip hop video show, Yo! MTV Raps, with a special episode called Classic Cuts. The show features the original host, Ed Lover, along with our pals like Shaheem Reid, Jayson Rodriguez, Peter Rosenberg and more…as well as yours truly, Miss Info. We’ll be talking about “classic cuts” like ATCQ’s “Scenario”, Ice Cube’s “Today Was a Good Day”, Geto Boys’ “Mind’s Playin’ Tricks On Me” and more. And the show hunted down the legends behind the songs and their contemporaries, interviewing Q Tip, Scarface, Ice Cube, Wiz Khalifa, DJ Khaled, Questlove, Busta Rhymes, Mac Miller, Machine Gun Kelly, Young Jeezy, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Phife, Fat Joe, Common, Mike Epps, Ice T, Meek Mill, Tyga, and Naughty By Nature. The show airs at 12 midnight this Sunday, Dec 4th…right after the MTV2 Sucker Free Awards (which I think I’m also on, lol).

Thank you so much to the Sucker Free Awards team and the ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ Presents Classic Cuts team for inviting me to be part of their shows : )

MOBILE USERS…listen to Ed Lover’s mix…
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This afternoon, Miss Info hosted an epic Q&A session with The Diplomats for The Red Bull Music Academy’s Five Out of Five concert series. The big four from Harlem, Killa Cam, Jim Jones, Juelz Santana and Freekey Zekey closed out the week of RBMA events with an incredibly candid story-telling session about the making of their 2003 classic, Diplomatic Immunity. They shared everything from who really created the name The Diplomats, Juelz’s awkward audition, and of course, all the complicated relationships between the Roc-A-Fella family and the Dipset crew….

Mikey: Dipset fans, this 2-hours long session was f*ckin incredible. All the little side stories of how Cam’s was mad as hell when he first met Juelz…all the drama surrounding the “I Really Mean It” video…their experience at Roc-A-Fella’s Baseline Studios…and of course, the build up of tension with Jay-Z. I can’t even  begin to explain how epic Cam’s Hov impersonation was!! Video can’t even give you the full scope of it. But check out this clip of the guys explaining why they ended up beefing with Jay-z during Cam’ron’s time as a Roc artist. We’ll make sure to bring you more footage of the hilarious Dipset stories. (Props to Nigel D for the footage)

MissInfo: Un-friggin-believable. Honestly, I’m dead tired because I stayed up all night checking album credits and watching Dipset youtubes in preparation for today. So I’m in no mental state to break down all the hilarious gems from today. But we will edit some clips soon. I got great feedback from all the Dipset fans who were there, and I hope that the upcoming footage provides you guys with clarity and entertainment.
(PS: I know that traditionally, the Red Bull Music Academy sessions focus more on the nuts and bolts of music production, from samples to engineering, to lyric analysis. That’s not what Dipset does. But Just Blaze, Young Guru, Heatmakerz, Opera Steve, Lenny S, Skitzo, Duke Da God are great resources for that. Meanwhile, if certain folks can’t appreciate how Cam, Jim, Juelz and Zeke re-live their creative process with anecdotes, rather than through liner notes….then you’re missing the forest for the trees. #message)

Miss Info asks Cam’ron about Mariah Carey’s trip to Harlem during the “Oh Boy” days….
and Juelz remembers a visit to Destiny’s Child’s dressing room…
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(#30, Public Enemy’s Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age: I knew  Complex wouldn’t let me down by leaving this gem off their 50 Greatest Worst Rap Album Fails. I remember my outrage when this album dropped. Actually, the outrage started when I had to read the album title out loud repeatedly to figure it out what it meant. Which actually makes it favorite bad rap titles.)

My buds at Complex got balls for this one. Rather than their usual 50 heaps of praise on a hip hop legends (or someone just newly hot), this time they’ve compiled a list of the not so proud moments in hip hop, the un-triumphant releases, the s–tstains on some stellar careers. I don’t know how they span 30 years worth of mediocre, horrible, and a few amazing albums…I usually have to look through my crates of old cds to even remember that The Ecleftic happened. But I’m pretty sure some of these fails will be hotly debated.

Do you agree with the low points?
Plus an old Shortie anecdote ; )
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Mikey: This is hiliarious and I’m sure Weezy will receive much Twitter slander for his epic jam session to Beyonce’s “Single Ladies.” I’m not sure what got him so hyped, but with his flip cam in hand and Bey cranked up, Wayne proceeds to dumb out in front if his boys.

MissInfo: What is with the Beyonce/Destiny’sChild karaoke with these YM-ers? Weezy’s zoning out to “Single Ladies”….and just last weekend, Drake did that weird zooted rendition of The Weeknd x Destiny’s Child “Say My Name”?
Is Matthew Knowles sending out his resume reel or  something?

If you missed the Drake “Say My Name” clip, it’s posted after the jump!
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Wow. Totally completely wow. Watch this vintage TV clip from the mid-90’s of the late great Notorious B.I.G. performing “Big Poppa” with a live band, back-up singers, Puff Daddy and Lil’ Cease…on MTV’s The Jon Stewart Show. Can you imagine? 1994-1995: Jon Stewart actually had a hour-long talk show on MTV that competed with the big boys like Dave Letterman and Jay Leno. Obviously it failed. But the same team created The Daily Show later, and just look how great it’s become.
But getting back to BIG….this would have been one of the few and biggest TV looks that Biggie could have gotten at the time. I don’t know that they were as open minded to hip hop on the Tonight Show as they are now? And you can hear the influence of the g-funk trend in the cheesy jazzified live band and singers. I still love it though.
Props to ThaaRapBasement for the gem.

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Vintage Footage of Biggie Playing a Joke on DJ Big Kap
The Notorious B.I.G. in Fader’s 2011 Icon Issue (Excerpts)
Unreleased Music From Tupac, Dissing The Notorious B.I.G., Nas, Dr. Dre & more.
Still Always Miss Big Poppa….#RIPNotoriousBIG (Updated: DJ Clark Kent, Maino and more pay tribute)
Shaquille O’Neal Remembers The Notorious B.I.G.