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The debut album from Oh No + Alchemist ( Gutter Water ) is out Monday, Nov. 22 on Decon/Stones Throw. The "Take Drugs" mini-horror movie is the newest in a string of recent Gangrene videos manned by Goldwatch, who is also the co-founder of the New York-based record label/production company. "Coincidentally," Mr. Goldwatch is 1/2 of the experimental performance art group, "Media Muerte" (the other 1/2 being Alchemist). I, for one, will be checking the Gangrene album out; Stones Throw's billing it at as a Jaylib-type project - 2 producers/MC's, both lending their multi-talented skills.

[April 8, 2011]

First heard this on the "How to Make It In America" Companion Mixtape (HBO). There's also a noteworthy "Riot Song" Remix that features KiD CuDi. Johnny Polygon's new mixtape, The Catch-Up [cover art image above], was put out online today. His previously released mixtape, Rebel Without Applause (Public Enemy reference?) is worth checking out, too. A new FreEP, "A Wolf in Cheap Clothing," is slated to be released Dec. 15, by way of 2DopeBoyz. *Fun Fact: Mr. Polygon is featured on "Black President," from Nas' Untitled (2008).

OK, this is really unexpected (but GREAT news)! Over the weekend, Jay-Z held a press conference/show @ The Box in the "Big Apple." The topic @ hand was to reveal that his label, Roc Nation, had inked a deal with Jay Electronica. [I bet Diddy's pissed.] A handful of tracks were then performed, and subsequently released to the Internets soon thereafter. The first CD-Q track to leak was "The Announcement," which features a voice audio snippet of JFK's infamous "Moon Speech." The second ("Shiny Suit Theory") showcases an All-Star cast including new labelhead Jay-Z, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and The-Dream. So, let's hope that this means that Act II: Patents Of Nobility (the turn) , "Abracadabra: Let There Be Light," the Guilty Simpson and Mos Def collabos, the Jason Goldwatch/Decon film project, and more... are released in a timely fashion! Because the far-too-limited collection of tracks Jay has put out over the past 6+ odd years, ...