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Elegant to Elephant When Nas recorded the song Hip-Hop Is Dead, a self-righteous rant about the decline of rap music, he probably had his heart in the right place. But his assertion that hip-hop is being dumbed into extinction was a little undermined by his decision to hire producer Will.I.Am, the evil genius whose chief contribution to rap has been the phrase "lovely lady lumps." And when Nas spits that “Everybody sound the same, commercialize the game/ Reminiscin' when it wasn't all business” he’d already agreed to appear alongside Kanye, KRS-1 and Rakim on the Nike-commissioned Classic, an advertisong for Air Force Ones disguised as a celebration of old school hip-hop. So yes, Nas is a hypocrite, but he's also completely wrong. Hip-hop isn’t dead. Hip-hop is drunk as fuck and looking to party. Just like us. It’s Easter, it’s sunny and here at Pinglewood we are stuntin’ like our daddies. Over the next few days these are the jams we’ll be bumping in our ride. Cool Kids - '88 [mp3] Chicago’s Cool Kids will release their debut single soon on FOP Catchdubs and A-Trak’s new Fool's Gold. They come on like a cross between Spank Rock and the Clipse, so pretty much a marriage made in hipster-heaven. Wale - Good Girls [mp3] Wale has a massive buzz, a smooth flow and a cowbell. With his clever wordplay and jazzy tracks he looks set to go Lupe this year. He’s currently working with Mark Ronson so may end up on a Commitments-funk cover of some old Brit-pop song, but for now we’ll just enjoy that cowbell. Devin the Dude - Sheusetabe [mp3] [Buy] Devin the Dude recently appeared at number 15 on a list of the 25 worst names in hip-hop. Crazy. This is a list that couldn’t find a place for Peedi Peedi, a rapper who may as well change his name to MC Ian Huntley. Outkast & Marvin Gaye - Get It So Fresh (DJ B.Cause remix) [mp3] Lots of people get snobbish about blends because, “oh, mash-ups are so 3 years ago, darling”, but those morons are missing out on amazing stuff like this little slice of sunshine from DJ B.Cause. Posted by: Scott 07/04/07