Heeeey Ya!
Peep the new video from Outkast's Ice Cold Andre 3000 and act like you know :-)

Check the great fan site (actually its a blog!) at Stankonia.com.

The album is out September 23rd. In meanwhile, here's a complete song-by-song review - originally posted at OkayPlayer.com.

Kool Keith
The Ultramagnetic Mc puts out "lost tapes":

"This project contains lots of lost songs, exclusive songs that I'd play for myself. I was planning to keep it confined, but I like making records, even if I don't have a release date," Keith says. "These tracks were recorded so far ahead of their times and recorded at separate times in various mind frames, they were marinated. Now they're ready." (news item from Syracuse.com)

Kool Keith also released "Thee Undatakerz" - another new album - using a new CD/DVD format known as CS2CD, according to a news item from Allhiphop.com.

NOTE: Kool Keith doesn't have a website. He probably can't manage it - or maybe just changes labels too often. But for now, check out the extensive Kool Keith article from LA Weekly.

GAM3 Finals
Its been a few weeks now, but on Saturday 9th this month the second annual GAM3 Finals streetbasketball tournament was held in Copenhagen, Denmark. Located in the very center of the city - the City Hall Square ("Rådhuspladsen") - the 3 on 3 competition attracted more than 50 teams. Throughout the day, plenty of hiphop djs and artists were on stage - and the tournament even had an unannounced visit by Tash and J-Ro from Tha Liks!

You'll find pictures, etc. at the GAM3 website - and if you want to go deeper, check out the in-depth article (written before the finals).

Vocabulary spills
"The Internet has spawned a gaggle of new verbs — Googling, surfing and flaming are words most of us are used to hearing in everyday conversation. Now you can add "flash mobbing" to that list."

Check out The Word Spy - an excellent source for the latest vocabulary. The Word Spy is Paul McFedries' Web site devoted to new words and phrases.

"Vocabulary spills I'm Ill" - Nas: "It Ain't Hard to Tell"