video: glastonbury festival live sets: jay-z/lupe fiasco(2008)

i just spent the last hour watching the shit out of these sets. lupe plays an incredible set and made sure to drop lines about why hip-hop is still alive. young h-o-v sets the venue on fire. he freestyles over a millie, has a wonderwall cover, and runs through a shit load of his old hits. highly recommended.

lupe fiasco - full set live at glastonbury (video)

jay-z - full set live at glastonbury (video)

-grizzly

p.s. i just watched the HOV set for the second time and it is just as revolutionary.

t-pain - talla ho walk (2008)

you either hate him or you love him, but talkbox's #1 fan, t-pain comes sassy with some cee-lo shit on this song. i don't care what anyone says. this shit is dope and hilarious in the same. he hits some solid rhymes on this one.

t-pain on myspace

download:

t-pain - talla ho walk

-g-pain

ra ra riot - ra ra riot (2007)

saw these guys open up for tokyo police club last summer and had a lot of fun during their set. solid group of dudes out of syracuse. just smooth indie-pop for summertime. it'll do you good. these guys have a full length coming out on barsuk (who they recently signed to) in mid august called "the rhumb line."

ra ra riot on myspace.

download:



-ga ga grizzly

eye alaska - yellow & elephant ep (2008)

ok, so let's try to look past that the picture above me looks like four d-bags went ape shit in their local forever 21, and get to the fact that these dudes have a real soulful thing goin on. they're kind of like the fearless records version of as tall as lions. crooning vocals, jazzed out tempos, and laid back rhythms. this is some real chilled out, summer nights shit. i suggest picking up that girl you've been feelin' this summer, taking her for a late night drive, putting "roll right over" on, and letting eye alaska take care of the rest..

their ep 'yellow & elephant ep' is new.. which means you aren't getting the entire thing here. but here's a couple of tracks to get you started. get dowwwwwwn.

eye alaska on myspace.

download roll right over.
download i knew you'd never fly.

- eye panda

big sean - finally famous mixtape

19 year old big sean is a recent signing to kanye west's g.o.o.d. music label. nothing earth shattering, but i'm liking what i'm hearing. click the album cover to hit up the mixtape at datpiff.

big sean on myspace.



- panda

(p.s. does anyone else think the good logo would make a sick tattoo?)

lupe fiasco - me and my sneakers (2008)

likewise, what is weworemasks without a lupe fiasco post? this is a new track that was meant for a-trak's running man album, that didn't make the cut. why? clearance issues. so it's being passed out on the web, of course.

download:

lupe fiasco - me and my sneakers (prod. by a-trak)

-grizzly

(i promise i didn't mean for there to be this many a-trak related posts. dude has taken over this blog.)

kanye west - gotta pose (unreleased)

what is weworemasks without a kanye west post? this is an OLD ass track, judging by the way ye sounds. straight heat.

download:

kanye west - gotta pose (unreleased)

-grizzly

p.s. everyone needs to get off the man's shit for bonaroo. glow in the dark tour > every tour ever created.

the count and sinden - beeper (a-trak remix) (2008)

yet another jam i slept on. am i late on this one? i don't care. it's still dope.

a-trak on myspace

download:

the count and sinden - beeper (a-trak remix)

-g-trak

p.s. i love kid sister. look how happy she is in the picture, haha.

common - announcement f/ pharrell (2008)

ok, this song is MILES better than that throwaway U.M.C. track that leaked a few weeks back. skateboard p kills it on this one. i'm disappointed in the push-back of invincible summer, but at least he'll have time to tighten the album up. maybe he'll use his COMMON SENSE (sorry) and trash UMC while he's at it. har har har.

common on myspace

download:

common - announcement f. pharrell

-universal grizzly control

snowgoons (2008)

my boy kyle (who has probably given me 79 recommendations since the blog started) put me onto the snowgoons, and "wow" is all i have to say. snowgoons are a production duo out of germany and the entire album is a compilation of sorts, featuring a shit load of emcees. seriously, a shit load.

their most recent album 'black snow' has been bumped constantly for the past few days, and the east coast flavor really shines. above all, the entire album basically breaks faces and ruins lives.

since it's a new album, it's not getting posted, but here's a little taste. if you like any of these tracks, i suggest checking out 'black snow' immediately.
recommended listen for any fan of lyrical hip-hop. .

snowgoons on myspace

download:

snowgoons - black snow
snowgoons - who?
snowgoons - this is where the fun stops

-snowgrizzlies

kid cudi - embrace the martian (2008)

kid cudi is a slick dude i just stumbled upon recently. how i haven't found out about him earlier is beyond me. he comes from cleveland, ohio (bone thugs!) and he's definitely gonna be comin' up in the next few months. cudi is on a-traks label, fools gold and he's fusing hip-hop, electronics, r+b, pop and soul into a fresh, yet familiar sound. he has an ep called "day n night" out on itunes right now, so get on that. but for now, check out these two tracks.

kid cudi on myspace.

download:

kid cudi - embrace the martian
kid cudi - london girls

-g-thang

ADD US ON TEH SPACE.

we wore masks myspace page is officially up. add us and commentz our pixomgz. and tell your friends. especially the hot slutty ones. aaaaaaaah word.



- fat bears.

DOPE BRAG.

not that anyone cares, but i had to brag. i'm sure you ye heads will dig.

i just ordered the tom ford aviator eyeglasses that ye's been rockin lately. shine = on.

the faint - the geeks were right (2008)

HOT FIRE. put down your hipster flavor of the week and listen to one of the bands that propelled this shit into those deep-v wearing hands in the first place. fascinatiion will be in the top 10 of the year, easy.

download:

the faint - the geeks were right

-grizzly

muxtape (2008)

so we're gonna run this new feature from here on out. it's called muxtape. every sunday (or monday, cause we'll probably forget) we will provide a new 10-song mixtape to share with our readers. these are not necessarily recommendations or what we're listening to, just something we want to share with you lovely people. if you are really awesome, you'll make one for us and post your links in the comments. make it happen. if you don't, that's ok. we hate you anyway.

from here on out, click the small tape on the right side bar to listen to it.

click to listen to our muxtape!
click to listen to our muxtape!
click to listen to our muxtape!

-weworemasks

p.s. kendall, i give you permission to steal and implement this idea immediately.