What do Australia’s Generation Y think about multiculturalism, and how do second-generation migrants deal with engrained racial stereotypes? Meet the band F.O.B (Fresh off the Boat), a mixed group of Malaysian, Indian, Filipino, Egyptian and Assyrian musicians whose savvy Hip Hop rhymes make light-hearted fun of traditional ethnic stereotypes. Says Christian (A.K.A MC Justice), “A lot of the time people just write Hip Hop songs about Hip Hop. We’re trying to break out of that and write Hip Hop Songs about stuff that relates to us, and stuff that other people can relate to.” Having built up solid credentials with an ethnic audience, F.O.B take their songs and message to a broader audience and perform at Federation Square, in Melbourne. But is Australia ready for a generation who are prepared to laugh in the face of issues which have traditionally been too sensitive to joke about? – SBS mY Generation

You can download the FOB Mixtape here at GroundUp.

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Those are some pretty big words being spoken by Timbo. Although, Timbo’s credibility is immaculate and Jay’s consistency is a force to be reckon with I still wouldn’t put all my money in it just yet. Shock Value was an amazing album but we all know it was a little hard sitting through long enough to let it grow on us. And, don’t forget how Jay’s last joint made us wonder what happened to that classic Jay presentation? I mean once Jay did the BET special, explaining how he seen the album as a movie and broke it up into acts, we seen the album in a different light and it then became a great album.

Hopefully, this won’t be like the Lakers when they got Payton and Malone… that proved that you can in fact have too much of a good thing.

Jaewon, JJS.

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Carl Cherry threw up a nice piece online about the recent life & times of Earl Simmons. And don’t forget we’ve got our own DMX: Criminal Mastermind piece, which I’m gonna have to update the next time I get a spare hour

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So this is it. This will be the first thing I hear from The Cool Kids since the Totally Flossed Out bootleg was recommended to me by a friend a while back. Are Mikey & Chuck a gimmick or are they gonna give us something to work with? Download the tape and see

Download That’s Stupid here

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Here’s three new leaks from the upcoming Nigger album:

“You Can’t Stop Us Now” Feat. Eban Thomas

“Breathe” Prod. J. Myers & Dustin Moore

“Queens Get The Money”

Leaks via Nahright & Missinfo

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I never really dug 10 Deep’s Murko vinyl toy, but 10 Deep is good people and this is a cool variation. Plus they went to the trouble of making a promo video for their walking knuckle duster! This is the July 4 version of Murko, “draped in the colors that don’t run”

Murko is 5 inches tall, features movable arms, hands, and feet. Limited to 200 pieces, out now.

More info 10Deep.com

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Here’s RZA speaking with DJ Hyphen on KUBE93. The Abbot speaks on his new Bobby Digital project (”Digi Snacks”), Bobby’s role in the universe, working in Hollywood, the fallout from the Wu-Tang’s “8 Diagrams” album, his future plans, unreleased Wu material and other shit.

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Detroit’s Obie Trice has left Shady Records after eight years and two albums, AllHipHop.com has confirmed today (Jun 30).

He is currently working on his third album, while solidifying a new situation for his own imprint.

“Obie and Shady were moving in different directions,” the 30-year-old rapper’s manager Terry Wilson tells AllHipHop.com. “But he still has a great relationship with Shady Records. He has some big plans for his World Wide Hustle label.”

Currently recording his third album while solidifying his label situation, Trice has released a track explaining his decision to leave the label with which he attained a considerable amount of respect and success.

While a source at Shady confirms the split is amicable, the new song, “The Giant,” indicates that Obie’s complaints may have been with parent company Interscope.

“I murdered e’ything when I wore the Shady logo,” he spits after announcing there’s no more Shady.

“O is a mogul/Low on the totem pole ‘cause Interscope’s loco/Now I’m gettin’ mo’ dough.”

Following a personal introduction to Eminem via D12’s Bizarre, Obie Trice joined the Shady Records family in 2000 and was introduced to listeners outside of Detroit on the supergroup’s 2001 debut Devil’s Night.

His own RIAA-certified gold debut Cheers came two years later, with a follow up, Second Round’ s On Me released in 2006.

Continuing with the theme of his two previous releases, Trice’s third album is tentatively titled Bottoms Up.

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“That record is real it’s coming,” Snoop Dogg said. “You know me, I was starting to doubt it myself and then I went up there and [Dr. Dre] played so much music for me it knocked my head off.”

Is this good news or bad news? The good news is someone can actually confirm Dre is at least working on this long spoken of album. The bad news is, if Snoop is only just hearing the songs now, that would indicate he’s not on it. What’s a Dre album without Snoop?

We’ve been waiting on this one. Is Snoop just blowing smoke here like that video announcing Detox in September 07? Or is this for real? Time will tell.

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Also, for all of you who haven’t heard his verse over the “milli” beat, you might want get an ear on it asap.

Meanwhile, check out the clip from Mtv’s Overdrive.

http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1589849&vid=251948

Don’t forget to come back here and leave a comment!

Jaewon, JJS.

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