J Dilla "Still Shining" Documentary

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"Honoring the birthday of the late and great J Dilla comes this interesting documentary tribute to his incomparable legacy. Entitled Still Shining, the piece contains commentaries from his mother and some of his closest friends. Most of the footage was shot on the day of his funeral..

Created in 2006, this remembrance piece is created as a tribute to the memory and legacy of James “J.Dilla” Yancey. This is a piece designed for his fans and supporters who knew of his accomplishments before February 2006 and those that have grown to appreciate his genius. Here, we gain a greater insight and understanding about our musical icon."

via Hypetrak

DJ Soul Presents "Big Pun Tribute Mixtape"

Here's to a personality and voice that left the game too soon..

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Tracklisting:

01. Various Artists – Intro
02. Fat Joe – Intro
03. Big Pun – Resurrection (Produced by Sean C & LV)
04. Big Pun, Fat Joe & Remy Martin – Fire (Produced by Buckwild)
05. N.O.R.E. – Interlude
06. N.O.R.E. & Triple Seis – Close Encounters (Produced by Buckwild)
07. Fat Joe – Interlude
08. Big Pun – Stretch Armstrong & Bobbito Freestyle on WKCR
09. Big Pun & Raekwon – Fire Water
10. Big Pun & Tony Sunshine – Still Not A Player (Demo)
11. Big Pun & Tony Sunshine – Loco Bananas (Produced by Young Lord)
12. Triple Seis – Interlude
13. Big Pun & Black Thought – Super Lyrical
14. Big Pun & A.G. – Drop It Heavy
15. Big Pun, Fat Joe, Cuban Link & Triple Seis – Stretch Armstrong & Bobbito Freestyle On Hot 97
16. Big Pun – Dream Shatterer (Original)
17. Big Pun – Tony Touch Freestyle
18. Big Pun & Cuban Link – Toe To Toe
19. Onyx & Big Pun – Shut Em Down (Remix)
20. Big Pun – Thug Love
21. Mary J Blige & Big Pun – Round & Round (Remix)
22. Big Pun &Tony Sunshine – King MC
23. Big Pun – Ni**a Shit
24. Pete Rock Interlude
25. Pete Rock, Big Pun & N.O.R.E. – Verbal Attack
26. Big Pun – Where You At (DJ Premier Remix)
27. Big Pun & Cormega – Rhyme To Rhyme
28. Big Pun & Nas – John Blaze (Original)
29. Big Pun – Whatcha Gon Do
30. Big Pun – Beat Box
31. Big Pun & M.O.P. – N.Y. Giants
32. Big Pun & Joell Ortiz – BX To BK (Produced by Green Lantern)
33. Big Pun – Mama (Original)
34. Fat Joe, Big Pun & The Terror Squad – Hidden Hand
35. Big Pun – My Turn

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GET CRYPHY!

Our fellow Twin Cities DJ comrades the Get Cryphy crew have been putting in serious work for years and Friday night is their 3 year anniversary party ( ! ) at First Ave. They have become known for making people get nuts on the dance floor with an array of rap bangers, dancehall, moombahton, baltimore club, plus their own remixes and edits. Check out this mix that was made by all four DJs: Jimmy 2 Times, Plain Ole Bill, Last Word and Fundo. It's reminiscent of classic rap mixtapes where there are multiple layers of intricate tracks. Download the mix and get ready for the party because it's going to be nuts. 

Artwork by: Mike Davis aka Mike2600

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Sinden & Mad Decent Present - Free Gucci 2: The Burrrtish Edition

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Sinden and Mad Decent are very proud to bring you "Free Gucci 2" complete with ice cream face tattoo. The first "Free Gucci" just never gets old, we got our friends from all over the world to remix the track. This time around Sinden is trying to keep the Queen happy by putting all the remix work to his British homies and wow this is as packed as the last.

In Sinden's own words. “Gucci has been on my radar a long time – I’ve always waited with baited breath for the next tape to drop. To have the opportunity to curate a mixtape of his material and A&R the project is a dream gig and I knew that with the talent over here it would yield some really interesting results."

via Mad Decent

Hypebeast: Jake Davis "Motion Man"

Jake Davis: Motion Man from hypebeast.tv on Vimeo.

Despite working with some of the biggest creative names today, Jake Davis remains incredibly humble. Often seen working behind the video camera, we capture the filmmaker in a reversal of rules in this episode of hypebeast.tv. He details his rise through the ranks and some of his experiences working with the likes of Supreme and other big-time musical acts..

Director: Kellen Dengler

Wants Vs Needs - Jan 2011: Picture Slideshow on Citypages

Its 2011..and we still at it, ya'll. Shout outs to Kevin O'Meara and Citypages for the support and photos of our events. Also, extra special thank yous to all of those who made it out on that cold and bitter night! Glad to see people got it hot in there and sold the place out again!

Check out the slideshow here and until then see everybody next month!

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Download: Prince & The Commission - The Instrumental LP

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"Musical born Legend Prince, Meets Rising Minneapolis Production Duo “The Commission” in this Highly Anticipated Instrumental Album Titled “Prince & The Commission” produced by, The Commission (contains a collection of samples and elements from Princes’s 22 studio albums)

Rising Minneapolis Producers Wizz kidd and GR8withtheMuzik also known as the production duo “The Commission”, bring to you a collection of some of the legend Prince’s number 1 hits and most popular songs remade into a Hip-Hop instrumental album. This album takes the pop icon and reinvents his music into a Hip-Hop instrumental masterpiece. With #1’s like Diamonds & Pearl and album favorites like Little Red Corvette this Instrumental album has a variety of Prince music to keep any fan entertained.

This Instrumental Album is being released for Free. Its purpose is to inspire new talent and bring recognition to the talents of Minneapolis artist and producers.."

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Mr. Skeleton - Loudest Bang (Remix EP)

Mr. Skeleton- The Loudest Bang EP **OUT SOON ON ROT10 MUSIK** (128KBPS PREVIEW) by SO HIGH ON LIFE

Kid Cedek hit me up about his involvement with Mr. Skeleton's "Loudest Bang" Remix EP and this EP is definitely on the heavy side of things! Big up to Rot10 Musik from Brooklyn, NY and all the producers and artists that are featured on this.

via So High On Life

Onry Ozzborn - “That Good” f. Sapient

The link for this track showed up in a text message this morning from my dude Onry and I'm glad it did. Infectious upbeat synth heavy production mixed with Onry's warm yet ominous word play is exactly what we need in 2011. Shout out to Sapient for laying down the fresh hook. Peep the track below off his upcoming full length album Hold On For Dear Life which you can pre-order: here.

Onry Ozzborn - That Good (f. Sapient) by Fake Four, Inc.

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NYE 2010 | Shanghaied **** Important Update ****

Due to logistical errors with OM the Shanghaied NYE event will now be at the Graves 601.  Because of the last minute venue change and the loss of space we regret to inform you that Wants Vs Needs will not be playing the event tonight. Unfortunately all of this was out of our hands and we apologize for any inconveniences. All of the crew will still be celebrating at Graves so we will see you tonight. -WVN