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UK illustrator Mathew Thomas AKA Couscouskid has recently redesigned his website full of fabulous illustrations and limited edition canvas prints for sale. Stop by and have a look!

Couscous Kid

The leaves are changing and Kidrobot's all-new line of apparel is about to hit the stores! Don't miss the Kidrobot NY Store Re-Launch on Thursday, September 28 from 7-9 PM, hosted by Swizz Beatz. Be the first to see the super limited hoodies, shirts, bags, and more!

Kidrobot Apparel will be available on September 28 at all Kidrobot stores, online at kidrobot.com, and later this fall, at select retailers including Barneys New York.

Kidrobot

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Limited-edition prints from Kinsey, Buff Monster, Crash One, and David Flores are now available exclusively at Metropark.

The series consists of 5 screened prints in a signed edition of 100 each. The first print from each artist is now available for $50/each. Some really nice work here and for something this limited and affordable it would b a shame to miss out on the opportunity to own a print from one of these renown street artists.

Dave Kinsey Exclusive Print

Buff Monster Exclusive Print

David Flores Exclusive Print

Crash One Exclusive Print

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KMD history via Discogs: KMD consisted of brothers Zevlove X and DJ Subroc along with thier mate Onyx. They released the classic album Mr. Hood in 1990 on Elektra records. Criminally slept on it is only getting the props it deserves today.

Politics and bullshit lead Elektra to drop the group in 94 (now without Onyx) before the release of thier second album Black Bastards. Around this time Subroc was tragically killed in a car accident, and Zev, understandably disillusioned, took some time out from the record industry.

He resurfaced under the metal mask of MF Doom in the late 90's, on b-boy philanthropist Bobbito Garcia's Fondle 'Em label. His album Operation Doomsday pretty much forms a trilogy with the two KMD albums before it (the second now released through Subverse records) and has garnered much praise from the Hiphop world.

Album description via Amazon: KMD (Kausing Much Damage, or a positive Kause in a Much Damaged society) was a Hip Hop group in the early 90s perhaps best known for launching the career of acclaimed MC/Producer MF Doom (known during his KMD tenure as Zev Love X). After guesting on 3rd Bass' "The Gas Face," the trio (Zev, brother Subroc, and Onyx) released the acclaimed and overlooked "Mr. Hood" full-length. Their political outlook was similar to the group Brand Nubian, who guested on Hood; however, the style was more comical and included a great deal of clips from old children's recordings, mostly notably a sample of the Seaseme Street character Bert on the single "Who Me?".

This is the official Elektra Records/Traffic Entertainment Group re-release with original artwork and track listing in it's entirety. Cutting edge, ahead of it's time production and skits from KMD and Stimulated Dummies (John Gamble and Mr. Dante Ross). Features the singles "Peachfuzz", "Who Me?" and "Nitty Gritty" (feat. Brand Nubian).

KMD's "Mr Hood" will be (re)released on September 26, 2006

KMD - Mr Hood

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Description from HipHopSite.com: Rapster Records presents this new compilation record of lost and found remixes and b-sides from the Chocolate Boy Wonder. 14 tracks, including collaborations with The U.N, Edo G, CL Smooth, INI, and Grap Luva. Order from HHS and recieve a free copy of the official, now out of print French CD single for "It's A Love Thing" (feat. CL Smooth) b/w "Appreciate" (feat. CL Smooth), including instrumental and acapella mixes for both tracks.

"Soul Survivor 2" hair picks are also available free with purchase, for a limited time, while supplies last. Limited edition t-shirts are also available for sale separately, produced and designed by Exact Science, featuring the cover art. Shirts are available in L and XL, in both black and chocolate colors.

Pete Rock's "Undeground Classics" will be released on September 19, 2006

Pete Rock - Underground Classics

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Doubling as the soundtrack to the new 2K7 Basketball game from 2K7, Dan The Automator (of the Gorillaz, Dr. Octagon, Handsome Boy Modeling School and many other productions) returns with a hip-hop album featuring all new music from Ghostface, Lupe Fiasco, Dilated Peoples, Mos Def, Chali 2na of Jurassic 5, Aceyalone, Hieroglyphics, A.G. of DITC, Slim Thug, E-40, Zion I, San Quinn, Rhymefest, and an all new Automator remix of A Tribe Called Quest's classic "Lyrics To Go"!!

Dan The Automator's - 2k7: The Tracks will be released on September 19, 2006

Tracklisting:
1. Dan The Automator - Intro
2. Slim Thug - I Love This Game
3. Rhymefest - Bang The Ball
4. Hieroglyphics - Don't Hate The Player
5. Fabolous - Ball Til You Fall
6. Aceyalone & Rakaa of Dilated Peoples - Champions
7. E-40 & San Quinn - Baller Blockin'
8. Ghostface & A.G. of D.I.T.C. - 2K007
9. Lupe Fiasco & Evidence of Dilated Peoples - Catch Me
10. Mos Def & Anwar Superstar - Here Comes The Champ
11. Chali 2NA of Jurassic 5 - Anchor Man
12. A Tribe Called Quest - Lyrics To Go (remix)
13. Zion I - Fade Away

Dan The Automator - 2k7: The Tracks

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Quoted from HipHopSite.com: DJ Shadow returns, with perhaps his most daring project yet. In his first new project for Universal, Shadow continues his trend of constant reinvention, working with Bay Area Hyphy mainstay Keak Da Sneak and for his first single, "3 Freaks", plus Q-Tip and Lateef The Truth Speaker for the follow-up single, "Enuff". Additional guest support from Little Brother, E-40, David Banner, The Federation, and many more.

Order from HipHopSite.com and recieve the EXCLUSIVE D-Styles Vs. DJ Shadow mix CD, which pits the incredible turntablists against each other - D-Styles on the mix, DJ Shadow on the tracks - including exclusive material and mixes you won't find anywhere else.

DJ Shadow's "Outsider" will be released on September 19, 2006

Releasing at the same time will be the limited edition 2-disc CD/DVD (PAL) import pressing featuring 5 videos

DJ Shadow - Outsider

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Major label debut for Lupe Fiasco on Atlantic Records. With executive production by Jay-Z and backing from Kanye West and Mike Shinoda (aka Fort Minor) of Linkin Park. Also featuring artwork by none other than Chuck Anderson of No Pattern

Description: With Food & Liquor, Lupe Fiasco sets no boundaries for himself as he creates a revolutionary brand of alternative hip-hop in which he shares his mind through original storytelling techniques. He takes hip-hop off the streets and onto the half pipe, off the streets and into the sneaker shops, off the streets and into the hands and in front of real people.

Lupe Fiasco's "Food and Liquor" will be released on September 19, 2006

Lupe Fiasco - Food and Liquor

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Although, Kehinde Wiley's works reference specific paintings by Titian and Tiepolo, he draws from a range of art historical and vernacular styles in his compositions, from the French Rococo to the contemporary urban street. Wiley collapses history and style into a uniquely contemporary vision. He describes his approach as 'interrogating the notion of the master painter, at once critical and complicit.' He makes figurative paintings that 'quote historical sources and position young black men within that field of 'power."

His 'slightly heroic' figures, sometimes larger than life size, are depicted in poses of power and spiritual awakening. He deliberately mixes images of power and spirituality, using them as a filter in the portrayal of masculinity. After receiving his MFA from Yale in 2001 Kehinde Wiley began exhibiting at Deitch Projects in New York and Rhona Hoffman in Chicago. His exhibition Infinite Mobility recently appeared at the Brooklyn Museum in New York and is traveling to The Columbus Museum.

Kehinde Wiley Bust Untitled #1
Edition: 250 signed and numbered
Material: Cast marble dust and resin
Dimensions: 12" x 10" x 6"
Price: $1000

Kehinde Wiley Bust Untitled #2
Edition: 250 signed and numbered
Material: Cast marble dust and resin
Dimensions: 12" x 10" x 6"
Price: $1000

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