Cry me a river

If you know, you know. If you don't know, you still don't know. It's ok, let it out...

Free Bleste

If you were down with DG in 2003 and 2004 at some point you might have recieved a free CD from our friends BLESTeNATION with your order. Emcees Werdplay and Various are extremely talented wordsmiths armed with flexible vocabulary and dextrous style, and FAFU's beats really do the job. You may have seen Werdplay get a tattoo from a complete amateur in Complex Magazine's Jack Of All Trades feature in the December Issue.

They're fucked up, and hilarious, and you should get down. They were recently signed to Geffen/Interscope, and will be droppin an album later this year. In the meantime, they're doing some shows.

New Yorkers, check this one out. Free show, Free Jack Daniels.

Pictures of Lilly

So...after I wasted a whole 30seconds of my valuable time making a purposely poorly photoshopped pic of Lilly Allen rocking the Milkcrate "LaCrate Bird" fitted hat because I saw her doin just that on MTV...Wally Swervnmiss pointed me in the direction of Jason's Effingdope site which already has the youtube joint for the very spot i'm talking about. It's cool, I'ma show you my photochop anyways! I was going to ask if anyone else had noticed this on MTV recently, but obviously Japors already did, and now you can see it too thanks to his fastidious Youtube searchin skills. Whattup Milkcrate fam?

Photochop:


Real deal Holyfield:

Hey and while I'm on the topic of "who saw who doing something on TV"...did anyone notice this? WE SEE YOU SHALOM!

89 TEC 9

I was living out of range of Columbia University's W-KCR 89.9 radio station, in the early 90's, and specifically their groundbreaking & legendary hip-hop mix show, "The Stretch Armstrong & Bobbito Show." I was living in Japan at the time, and the only two decent ways to stay up on hip-hop were a) The Source Magazine (remember, they hadn't gone completely down the drain at that point) and b) tapes of this radio show. The show was so popular, even in Japan, that cats would fly to NY to tape the Saturday night shows, and fly back to Japan and sell the bootlegs in small clothing stores around the country. I loved it. I still got some of the tapes hidden away somewhere. So anyway it literally made my day when I found out that Stretch Armstrong's blog has mp3 rips of the show you can stream or download. I found the link here (these guys never fail me) and they found it here. Thanks fam. Even if I had to use my AK, I'd still have to say that today was a good day.

Absolutely inconceivable

I'm not gonna lie...I DID play a small role in hooking up the good people at Carbon Electra with the heads at Apple. Click the pic and enjoy the insanity that ensued when Wally previewed his upcoming FiPhone...

Reserve: Filmaker Spotlight 2

The work of Andrew Gura. Come join us at Reserve, 420 N. Fairfax, Los Angeles 90036.
Thursday Jan. 18th. Doors open at 8, screening begins at 9PM SHARP!
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Please don't bite it

Even the most casual look at the fashion industry reveals that mainstream fashion lives by biting the artwork, inspiration, color palettes, concepts, and more, from other more cutting-edge brands. The big dumb guys often prey on the little creative guys. Sounds a lot like highschool huh? Anyway, in the mean world of fashion there's blatant beligerent biting, and there's that weird like-minded coincidentally similar timing biting. In this case, REBEL8 think they've caught a case of the former...at their expense. I'm inclined to agree with them 100%. Follow the link and decide for yourself!

I-I-I I Get Jocked So Much You Think I Had A Bozack

First, on the really real, can anybody identify the title of my post? Mad props if you can.

Yo, so who saw the (White) Rapper Show on VH1 the other day? I love it. As far as I'm concerned, everything ego trip has ever done from the interviews with Count Chocula, to the brilliant psychoanalysis of N.O.R.E., The Book Of Rap Lists, to The Big Book Of Racism and the other shows they've done for VH1, that camp can do no wrong (and Brent Rollins is a stone F-O-X!)
Wally and I are chatting yesterday...the incident comes up. You know, the incident, right? Not the n-bomb.

The dirty dilsmack.
here is is, in case you didn't see it


First of all, damn.
Second of all, gross.
Third of all, ew.
Fourth of all, dildo?
While you're living in a house with strangers, and cameras? Who does that? At least bring a vibrator so you can hop in the closet and bang out your nookie on the quickness!
You know she totally brought that dildo just so when she got around to busting a rhyme that involved the words "suck my dick", because all female rappers do, one of the dudes would predictibly question her right to have her proverbial dick sucked, she could then retreat to her fatcave and bring forth said dick for the sucking.
Wally was right. Persia is a savage. The last time I saw a dildo that big was Eve's sex tape, which was also mad brutal.

Do us a favor ladies, keep your dildos to yourself. That's not hip hop.

King of the Burbs is also rediculously wacksauce. Actually, redildoulsly. New word. Write it down.

New Monch

Nice to see/hear that one of the most underrated emcees in the history of the universe is making new joints and about to drop an album. Needless to say, the flow is RIDICULOUS. A lot of other so-called emcees are gonna need to step their game up...

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This is sort of an appropriate follow up to Kang's post about Fiddyspeare. Well maybe not, but it does prove why Youtube rocks!

R.I.F. - Reading Is Fiddymental

I hate everything about 50 cent. From his music to his face. The mere thought of his voice has ruined activities I once found enjoyable, like partying like it's my birthday, and window shopping. I took my collection of half dollars to the bank and traded them for paper money. I stopped wearing bullet-proof bustiers. And then today, the best newspaper on the planet, the New York Post, told me that Fiddy wrote some books so I might be changing my tune. I shoulda knew something was up when I saw this picture and didn't vom.

The article says: "In his new series, which includes "The Ski Mask Way," "Death Before Dishonor" and "Baby Brother," the newly crowned Shakespeare of urban street literature says he's creating a series of books that complements the type of music he creates. Mostly inspired by his life on New York City streets, where he was famously shot nine times, the books all have common themes - drugs, sex, women, sex, incarceration and more sex." Which is precicely the kind of literary ignorance I'm feelin right now.

My favorite part of the article is this: "I'm also planning to make one of my ventures condoms," he says. "The kids and people in general become immune when you constantly beat them over the head..." I cut the quote short because it's funnier that way.

and now here's a passage from The Ski-Mask Way: "He put the mask on and picked up his gun, cocked the hammer and pointed it at his reflection in the mirror over the dresser. "I want everybody to lay the f$&# down or else it's on." He laughed a loud wicked laugh. Then he whispered, "What have I become ... what have I become?" He took the mask off and sat on the edge of the bed, looked at the picture again. A tear trickled down his cheek."

Shakespeare, yo.

Premium Label Sale

The homies at Premium are havin a sale so if you're in the hood, roll thru and see what's good!

Jan 6 & 7 from 1pm to 8pm at their spot in Artesia:
11632 Artesia Blvd
Artesia, CA 90701
562-402-5160

Flyer's kinda NSFW but really, what on the internet isn't?

About that contest...

I got a few questions on how the contest is gonna work... like "If I buy something at 12:01am, do I get entered?" and "What timezone should we consider it 1/5". Well...

It goes down like this. Our Winter stuff will get posted on DG around noon Pacific time. As soon as our Winter pieces get posted, the first 100 people who make a purchase on the site will be entered into a drawing for the prize. One person will be randomly selected from the 100 and will have a "gold ticket" inserted into their box. If you're that lucky winner, the instructions will be on the gold ticket on how to redeem it for your prize. Happy hunting, all.

The Stay Up Project

Bisc1 - a talented NY based MC among many other skills - clued us in to his dope new mixtape project which is available for download for FREE here. He's labelmates with our homies Junk Science and other high caliber artists like Cool Calm Pete on Embedded so you know he keeps good company, and in fact, JS's own MC BAJE ONE appears on a track on this mixtape along with a lot of other talented emcees. You just gotta follow the link and fill in your info for a full album length free download. Enjoy!!!!

Willy Wonka eat your heart out

To celebrate the launch of their Winter line, 3sixteen has teamed up with Digital Gravel to present a special giveaway. The 2nd half of 3sixteen's Winter line will be released this Friday (1/5/07) on DigitalGravel.com, and a random winner will be selected from the first 100 customers who make a purchase on Digitalgravel.com that day. The winner will receive a special "Gold Ticket" in their order, which can be sent in and redeemed for a one-of-a-kind Complete Technique x 3sixteen golden pendant along with a free year's subscription to the Diggers Society. Total value of the prize is $500.

Drive through penalty

So, I think that I have constructed about as much as possible without the missing axle. last night the cowling and rear wing were completed. No telling when the missing piece will show up, but I am anxious to complete this bitch. I already bought a rose gold dookie chain that I am going to attach it to so I can wear it to Nacional on Friday nights. I was going to fashion an over-sized wrist bangle out of it, but Ghost already played that shit out. Anyway... to keep this post street I shot the 2 pieces next to a Marine issue KABAR field knife for size reference.

Axle of my eye

Ages 10-16 my hairy fucking ass. This shit is no joke. So the black #12 axle is still MIA, but I was able to work around it and finish the nose section and cockpit pod, complete with working suspension, struts, steering rack, all that. The axle has been ebayed and is inbound from the UK. Hopefully tonight I can bang out the rear wing. I will update you all tomorrow as I know you are glued to your monitors in anticipation. The DG Blog hasn't been this exciting since the Kangsta went through her human deformity phase. Oh... to keep this post street, I photographed the car next to a live grenade for sizing reference (click to enlarge).

Oh no they didn't...

Oh yes they did! Not to be confused with Velvet Crush or Deep Purple, little known purveyors of amazingly repetitive ironically insipid homemade electro, Purple Crush, (who may or may not be one girl from the Lower East Side) have taken it upon themselves (herself?) to critique the so-called "Hype" fashion scene with a funny song that namedrops the likes of Freshjive, Mishka, and 10Deep. And just when we thought that was pretty funny, they (she?) made a homemade video to go with it!! YAY. Ok, I'll admit that I'm kinda salty that she didn't show DG any love and mention us too...enjoy

Wally wants for Xmas...

All Wally wanted for Xmas... he got. Is 29 too old to be asking Santa for Legos? Anyway, I will be keeping you all updated on the progress of my Lego Ferrari F1 car, because that's the kind of narcissist that I am. Below is the constructed engine block with a penny next to it for size reference. Note the V10 that indicates the model was based on an 05 version of the car as the 06 version went back to the V8. If anyone has a black #12 Lego Technic axle, holler at the kid. And to keep this post street.. I am the Michael Schumacher of the DG roster.

Step One: Cut a hole in a box

Wow...

LIBeration - Talib Kweli Madlib

We're only on the first listen thru right now but this new project from Madlib and Kweli sounds dope already...and to make things sugary like nutrasweet, you can download it for FREE here. There's also a ton of other dope stuff on this site for downloady...

I like coffee too!! Ayyyyyy!

This hilarious nugget of moving pictures with sound is actually a promo for an upcoming concert. Brought to you by: Nuclear Family, along with Embedded Music and Arc The Finger Records.



DETAILS FOR THE EVENT:

FRIDAY JANUARY 12th

AT THE MERCURY LOUNGE (217 East Houston Street at Avenue A - NY, NY)

NUCLEAR FAMILY
COOL CALM PETE
BISC1
LOER VELOCITY
PSYCHE ORIGAMI
INTELLEKT & DIRTY DIGITS

DOORS AT 8

10 BUCKS / 21 AND OVER