Youth, defiance, and freedom come to play in this new music video from The Naked and Famous for the song Young Blood. Directed by specialproblems.com, taken from the forthcoming debut album by The Naked And Famous.

After the successful release of his Further EP, rising hip-hop artist, Outasight, is teaming up with LRG again for his latest mixtape titled ‘Never Say Never’. Outasightis one of those guys who will make you want to take a listen, and I wasn’t displeased with what I heard.  He blends the worlds of hip-hop and soul music together so effortlessly in this project, I believe that he has officially made a name for himself.  Take a listen here.

This is a brilliant video just because it capture the Arcade Fire in their best element, live. Directed by Charlie Lightening for the single Ready To Start.

The music from this video is from cell-bop cellist Gideon Freudmann‘s ‘Denmark’ and preformed by Portland Cello Project a.k.a PCP. The video was made by Two Penguins Productions and directed by Daniel Fickle. Shot with a 5d and 7d camera they take us into the world of a sea creature puppet who is building a rocket-ship to blast off into space.

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The snippet of this track dropped a couple weeks ago and it had me salivating for the full CDQ version. Lupe Fiasco has always been one of my favorite artists out there. His words are genius and his flow is eloquent, both of those show up magnificently in this track called Go To Sleep which will be featured on Food & Liquor 2: The Great American Rap Album.

Download:

Lupe Fiasco – Go To Sleep (Full CDQ)

Paul Rodriguez’s shoes were finally put on display a couple weeks ago. His new shoe from Nike ,”Paul Rodriguez Zoom 4″ are set to be released on Saturday August 21st by Primitive . Aside from the kicks, I  thought the commercial was captivating and inspirational from the get-go. It’s narrated by the infamous Nas in the city that never sleeps… Check it!

Video on shoe info after the break…

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Diesel will be hosting the Mad Decent party on August 14th in Downtown Los Angeles from 1-8pm for FREE! There will also be a pre-party on Melrose the day before (August 13th) from 5-9pm. Check it out folks! More info after the break…

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Sydney based band PVT has dropped the first single off their new album “Church With No Magic”.  Cool video.

Hailing straight out of Los Angeles is hip hop/rap artist, Adam Buzz. His new work is off his most recent album entitled, “Never Wanted too Much” which features L.A rapper, Killa King Castro. Adam Buzz steps out of the box with his style and transcends his lyrical ability to stand alone in the game. His music is somewhat reminiscent of Aesop Rock with a more melodic and elongated instrumentation. He will be opening for Talib Kweli this Friday (August 6th) in Pasadena, CA at The Terrace. Check em out!

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The folks over at RapRadar dropped Wale’s latest mixtape yesterday, and it is definitely a return to form for the D.C MC.  Some early favorites are The Cloud and The Friends & Strangers.

Download it here