Bay Area connects with this one as Pack member Lil B hooks up with the strip club king, Too $hort to bring you the misogamy you’ve been missing today. Short just adds his voice to the track…not much more. Not really my style of music for the middle of the day, but if you’re in to this, enjoy. **Unfortunately rap’s punching bag, who shall remain nameless, has a verse on this.

Lil B ft. Too Short – Ass on Deck

Under The Bay Season 1: The Mixtape

“It’s here! Under The Bay Season 1: The Mixtape features 23 new tracks, from each artist that was featured on Season 1 of Under The Bay. For those who have been sleeping, Under The Bay is our weekly video interview series showcasing dope unknown, underground or up and coming hip-hop talent from the Bay Area. The tracklist include exclusive new tracks from Bay Area veterans Casual (of Hieroglyphics), Equipto (of Bored Stiff), DaVinci, Roach Gigz, Nio Tha Gift, TRUTHLiVE, Jern Eye, Z-Man, Dex Beats, Seneca, Richie Cunning & QM, Khafre, Rafael Casal, Citizen, BPos, Equivalent Exchange, and Big A.”

Check it out HHU’ers. Get hip. Oh, and who is that on track one…haha

Peace,

Clif Soulo

Besides Kanye this week, there was another rap star tip toeing up to the microcosm known as the Silicon Valley in the Bay Area, that be Chamillionaire.  Sharing tips with the lofty tech folks on hand who were eager to hear what the Chamillitary man had to say about social media and how he uses it. (above photo courtesy of  Kim Larsen / Parnassus Group from the Twitter Conference in Los Angeles Oct. 2009)

via The Next Web
Today (June 30th) at the CrunchUp in Palo Alto rap all-star Chamillionaire sat down with Michael Arrington and talked about the social internet. Chamillionaire is a noted Twitter user, and actually debuted the lead music video for his upcoming album live on Ustream.

Arrington pressed Chamillionaire, real name Hakeem Seriki, on his use of social media to help his last single reach the top iTunes spot. Facebook helped promote the event, and that combined with Ustream time with the rapper himself exploded the song across the internet. That woke up record executives to the power of an individual really working the ‘tubes.

“I’m an artist, but I call myself a businessman,” Hareem said in a discussion about his life. Chamillionaire is a noted attendee of technology events, even when not speaking, given his wish to leverage technology for business purposes. “I come to the tech conferences to see what’s next,” Hareem said to a big round of applause.

Chamillionaire has an interesting record deal that includes a larger percentage of revenues from sales earmarked for himself. “When I went to the lables I had leverage,” he said.

Chamillionaire is perhaps the most active user of social media tools of any artist online. After pulling out three cell phones Chamillionaire brought down the house.

Here’s another leak from The Pack. The bonus song will appear on the groups sophomore LP, Wolfpack Party, along with the summer single “Sex on the Beach.” Look out for this album in about a month.

The Pack – Based Boys

The Pack continues to give fans a preview of what is to come from their SMC Recordings debut album, Wolfpack Party. The latest track to find its way to the net is titled “Hella Bass Remix III” and will open up the groups highly anticipated release, scheduled to hit stores everywhere August 24.

The Pack – Hella Bass Remix III

I just randomly came across this, but I wanted to post it up here because it looks like all you have to do to attend one of these shows is RSVP here. Tour stops & artists include: Miami (Trina), DC (Wale), Chicago (Twista & Clipse), LA (Three 6 Mafia), San Fran (To Be Announced), NYC (To Be Announced). The tour starts next Tuesday on the 27th in Miami and the events are 21+.

Like I said, it looks like all you have to do is hit the RSVP button for your respective tour stop and just fill in your info. Other than that, I’m not positive if there’s anything else you have to do. Seems easy enough though, right? Click below to check it out:

http://www.xxltour.com/

Vell4Short – Like This feat. London

Top back + Sunny day + Pretty lady + This song = The life. ha, but seriously, this song is real smooth with London (Bay Area R&B artist that i’m sure you’ll be singing along with soon) smashing the hook. Get Hip.

Peace,

Clif Soulo

38thNotes Presents: The Bay Abridged: June Edition (Mixtape)

The Bay Abridged is a new monthly mixtape presented by 38thNotes that will bring you our favorite slaps from each month. Some of the songs on the tape have been previously posted on the site, others have not, but either way, each month will bring you am eclectic taste of Bay Area hip-hop and R&B. We can only hope that the national blogs will man up and post this, rather than continuing to ignore us and/or rely on dated hyphy stereotypes.

Aside from that fact that this handsome young fella named Clif Soulo is on the mixtape, this is something i think ya’ll might want to get hip to. I’ve been championing the Bay’s music for a while now. Here is a project that should speak for itself….but i decided to add my two cents. Download and enjoy.

Peace,

Clif Soulo

Now Usually J.D. holds these down but since i been pretty busy, i’d figure it’s only right for me to come back proper and represent my area correctly. Here is a post of alot of new music from up and coming and established folks in the Bay Area. The Videos up top, songs below, enjoy.

Beejus – Let the Beat Breathe feat. Ashley DiAmante

Vell4Short – Regular ish feat. Moe Green

Plane Jane – Welcome to the Rich

Tony Vic – Get you in the mood feat. R.O.D.

League510 – Summer time feat. Way-D

Su! – Su the right thing (Mixtape)

Peace,

Clif Soulo

This is a cut that didn’t make The Pack’s upcoming album, Wolfpack Party. This is actually a remake of the 2 Live Crew song. The album will be out mid-August so be on the lookout for promo material before then.

The Pack – We Want Some