reflection eternal feat. estelle - midnight hour



getting it to you first. coming from reflection eternal.

download: reflection eternal feat. estelle - midnight hour

xlarge summer lookbook 2010

hypebeast recently just released xlarge's summer lookbook. the company's bright color, playful style, is fresh as helll. with hats, tees and shirts for days, we suggest you get on your ish and cop some. 

source: hypebeast


busta rhymes feat. swizz beatz - stop the party (download)

boom.

pac div performs @ michigan



you may remember our last post promoting pac div's recently released mixtape don't mention it. well, here's the group giving a live performance at mich, if you're not on this group yet you should be.

download: pac div - don't mention it. (mixtape)

kobe team usa kicks

despite all the speculation as to whether nba stars like dwight howard or lebron james will be joining team usa this summer, it seems as thought kobe is on lock, starting with these team usa kicks. 
sporting the red white and blue, these are fresh.

see more pics at kicksonfire

speaking of lauryn hill


speak of the devil, having just talked about lauryn hill, she decides to come out featured on a song by artist stat quo.

download: stat quo feat. lauryn hill - the hustle

janet hansen lights up daft punk, m.i.a, kanye west


you think this lady is just lighting up the stage with some colors? no no no, she's lighting up the artists themselves. crazy i know.

that j.cole interview


j.cole takes the time to sit with jon moreno after a ohio university performance. talking about being co-signed by jay-z, rapping after college, the works.

red cafe signs with bad boy, can't stop... won't stop...



word is out that red cafe of i'm ill fame has signed with bad boy ent. his debut album, red october, is coming out soon, with a mixtape with diddy coming out on may 19th. 

busta rhymes feat. swizz beatz - stop the party



busta rhymes and swizz beatz collab to put out this iron man inspired track. they were having some trouble naming it though, even going so far as to asking their twitter followers to help name it. finally ended up with the name stop the party. think it fits?

beyonce - why don't you love me



everyone else has this up. might as well jump on the bandwagon. enjoy.

toni braxton grinding up on asher?!



yes yes it's true. to quote mariah carey, "there can be miracles, when you believe."

XXL interview with rhymefest


the rapper, who simply[too]classy talked about on a previous post, recently sat down with XXL magazine to talk about his upcoming album and anything else that was on his mind. if you've listened to blue collar, you'll know rhymefest is as much about the punchlines as anyone. but he's sending a message to the game now: he's got a serious side too. catch some of his thoughts after the break.

drake thank me later artwork released

drake's artwork for his upcoming album, thank me later, released recently. definitely digging the color scheme, but thought the cover in his next album would be a little more dramatic. what do you think? now that the artwork is out, a tracklist must be coming soon... come back for the update.

IMKING spring collection 2010



karmaloop tv brings to you couple of new releases from IMKING's spring collection. buttondown shirts with hoods? maybe. those jeans are a good look though.

the dream feat. t.i. - make up bag


the dream puts out another one with t.i. message of the song: if you don't wanna lose your girl, forget romantics and all the little things, just buy her lots of stuff. 





j.cole - hot 97 freestyle



new j.cole funkmaster flex freestyle as he spits on hot 97. to clarify all this media-hyped beef between j.cole and drake is not true.

drake on j.cole on a complex magazine interview:
"When J. Cole gets it super-right, I think he’s gonna have a place as a Nas-type character who really stands for hip-hop, but still makes ill records that everybody f--- with."


download: j.cole - hot 97 freestyle

what was kobe thinking?


who is this you're wondering? why it's none other than your favorite basketball player kobe bryant. don't believe us here at simply[too]classy? well then check out this article from la times magazine on the talented ball player. as bryant says, "this is crazy." we couldn't agree more. 

wale - diary (video)



as promised, the debut of wale's new video, diary.

music in cartoons




what's with music popping up in television today? from ke$ha hitting up the simpsons and kanye appearing on the cleveland show, it's a bonafide artist bonanza out there. have to say though, at least the two artists have been able to laugh at themselves with some dignity instead of doing something stupid like getting upset.

wale update on diary video


mr. folarin posted this today around 9 30pm, will update with the video when it releases. get excited.

diggy simmons - made you look


diggy simmons? rev run's kid? what? it's pretty good? what?

jake davis blog: test shots - jamie chung


fellow blogger jake davis has been shooting a series of videos named test shots, capturing styles of various individuals without them so much as saying a word. instead, with some nicely paired music and quality candid moments, davis brings out each person's individual style all on their own. and clearly with actress jamie chung here, he succeeds.