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Phranchyze in Oakland

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Photo by Callie Richmond for AThousandGrams.


The Austin Ace, Phrancyhze, impresses at another national battle. Don't talk to me 'bout emcees got skills...

Check the furious, three-round fight post-jump. If this were 1997, he'd have a deal from Def Jam. Phran even gets dissed for being too good at freestyling and for being too smart.

His closing line is my favorite: "When I win, son, it won't be the first time a nigga came from Austin to Cali to get shit done...VINCE. YOUNG."
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T.I. on Larry King (video)



The other two parts after the jump. Peace to Yardie.

Interesting interview, T.I. is very guarded and defensive throughout.
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Jay-Z Shuts Down SNL



In a standout SNL performance that can only be described as "epic," Jay-Z, his full touring band and gorgeous, thick-piped backup singer claimed Studio 8H's stage and ran through an 8.5 minute medley that included "PSA," "On to the Next One," a moment of "'03 Bonnie and Clyde" and "Empire State of Mind." Jay and Mr. Hudson came back to polish things off with "Forever Young," which you can watch after the jump. 


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New Freddie Gibbs video - 'The Ghetto'



We told you how good this song was and, thankfully, MTV agrees. The first clip/single from his Str8 Killa No Filla mixtape/album. I spent 20 minutes with Gibbs in March and left taken by this man's humanity, honesty, hunger, humility.
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New Freeway video - 'She Makes Me Feel Alright'



One of 2010's most enjoyable singles gets a video treatment. Yay Freezer.
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New Theophilus London video 'Life of a Lover'


One of our favorites doing it returns with the hotly anticipated I Want You mixtape the day after tomorrow. Guess where you'll be able to find it? Si, exactamente, a qui.

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Freeway goes for a ride

 

Pitchfork.tv catches up with our favorite rhymesayer in their new "Selector" feature - which I guess is kind of like their "Day Tripping" feature, except with black people. Another vid, including a pretty sick freestyle, after the jump.
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The Endorsement: Tanya Morgan


Tanya Morgan are one of those acts that we listen to far more than we blog about. It's a shame really, and we're going to rectify it starting right now. In case you're not familiar, TM are a boom-bap trio hailing from Cincinnati, Ohio and Brooklyn, New York and including rappers Donwill, Ilyas and rapper/producer Von Pea. Their thoughtful, down-to-earth lyricism and predilection for heavy, head-nodding, old-school production place them squarely in the gene line of acts like the Tribe, De La, Slum Vill, and Little Brother. As of this year, all of those acts are more or less retired, but TM, who released their debut Moonlighting in 2006, are thankfully keeping it moving.

So. Tanya Morgan. DON'T SLEEP. Their latest, Brooklynati, which includes the above jam "Bang & Boogie" and features Phonte, Blu, Peter Hadar and others, dropped last year. This year, group member Donwill has been killing the game with his solo project Don Cusack in... High Fidelity, also in stores now. Check the video for that album's lead single, one of my favorite hip-hop songs in years, "Laura's Song" after the jump.


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New Sauce Money video - 'No Average Joe'



Remember Sauce Money from Jay-Z's In My Lifetime, Volume I? He's back.

More than ironic nostalgia, this song is thorough. 
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