The dopehouse is proud to present the first official video from the Money Making Jam Boys off their long-awaited, upcoming debut mixtape.

“Judgment Day” is the first official video from the upcoming Money Making Jam Boys mixtape that will be coming out real soon. The video is directed by Samuel Rogers of Visually Inklined. “Judgment Day” video is also available on iTunes. Please stay tuned for new visuals and new music coming from the Money Making Jam Boys.

Props to BJ for making this happen.

Title track off Chrisette Michele’s upcoming album, dropping November 30th.

DOWNLOAD: Chrisette Michele – Let Freedom Reign f. Talib Kweli & Black Thought

while we wait for the MMJB mixtape to finally drop, here’s a small taste of the visuals set to drop in support of it next week.

This was unexpected. Who says Thought isn’t the hardest working man in hip hop?

The EP was recorded live on stage during their September 26th performance , and features 30 minutes of Live J.Period remixes while Black Thought eats up every beat that J puts on. Thought rhymes over beats from Foxy Brown, Damian Marley, dead prez, Jay-Z, Snoop, Biggie, Drake, and more. “Put him over any beat, I don’t care what beat […] he can hold his own,” says J. Period of Black Thought. And the respect is mutual, “I came to do this just on the strength of J. Period saying ‘I’m trying to do this joint.’ […] I appreciate J. Period’s hustle. He’s dedicated and he goes in. Once he has a vision, he’s gonna see it through to fruition.” – OKP

Tracklist and link down bottom.

While performing at DJBooth’s SOB’s show (along with Pac Div, Von Pea and Beyond Belief) STS was joined on stage by surprise guests Black Thought & Truck North. They performed an untitled joint (produced by Sean C & LV) from the upcoming Money Making Jam Boys mixtape.

The lone original track off John Legend and The Roots’ upcoming covers project, Wake Up!, dropping September 21st. UPDATE: Bringing this back to the top as one of the two tracks with Black Thought surfaced online. Artwork shown above.

DOWNLOAD: John Legend & The Roots – Shine

DOWNLOAD: John Legend & The Roots – Hard Times w/ Black Thought | iTunes
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Damn… backstage at Rock the Bells, Rakim chops it up with MTV about how he almost sent some shots towards Big Daddy Kane on Let the Rhythm Hit ‘Em.

Me and Kane, people always expected me and Kane to battle. ‘Yo, Ra, you and Kane need to do this. Boom, boom,’. For the most part, it was love. We knew that people was trying to make us clash. ‘Let the Rhythm Hit ‘Em,’ I had wrote some of that for Kane because he did a joint before that I felt he was talking to me. I wrote ‘Let the Rhythm Hit ‘Em’ [in response] and Eric B.’s brother, Ant Live, let Kane hear it.

They called me up like, ‘Nah, Ra, don’t let people gas it up and say I was talking about you. So it was a couple of bars in ‘Let the Rhythm Hit ‘Em’ that I took out because I spoke to Kane. But he could’ve been lying. You know how it is, baby! Nah, love is love. A lot of people wanted it to happen — it would have been crazy. But big up to Kane, he always kept me on my toes, and I hope vice versa. And another brother: [Kool] G Rap. Those were my measuring sticks that I measured myself with. Big up for helping me keep my sword sharp.

Speaking of those two (Big Daddy Kane x Kool G Rap); Black Thought’s impression of them on Boom! is unbelievable. A track off The Tipping Point I always thought got overlooked.

2DBz THROWBACK: The Roots – Boom! | Mediafire

Although the quality of the audio isn’t that great, it’s still great to see the homie Add-2 making moves. I can only imagine how awesome it would feel for an upcoming emcee to be given the chance to rock alongside Black Thought. One of the best to ever do it. Be on the lookout for some new Add-2 music soon and be sure to cop The Roots’ How I Got Over if you haven’t already.

Black Thought is still > your favorite rapster. And now how am I supposed to dap up Kay Slay when he’s not around such esteemed talents like Ashley Logan? Props to the BoBO.

PREVIOUS: John Legend x The Roots = Wake Up!

Black Thought, Dice Raw, STS, Truck North & P.O.R.N kick some a lot of bars during their time on DaCaveRadio in Philly. Part two after the jump…

The Roots members are next up on Dee Vazquez‘s PROFILE series. Also, hit the jump for the trailer to this year’s Roots Picnic.

Here is some footage of the Money Making Jam Boys performing Eric B. & Rakim’s classic “Juice (Know The Ledge)” at the Highline Ballroom for the latest Roots Jam Session. Filmed by Samuel Rogers of Visually Inklined.

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