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What happened when Aesop Rock joined with Murs and Slug for Felt 3? URB spoke with Slug and Aesop to find out.
Felt
Felt 3: A Tribute to Rosie Perez
Released by Rhymesayers Entertainment
"We still spittin’ on that indie bullshit,” Murs raps on “Protagonists,” the lead track off Felt’s third album. While his 2008 Warner Bros. release Murs For President didn’t exactly fly off the shelves, the whole shebang seemed kind of uncomfortably commercial for a guy that hosts an independent hip-hop festival every summer. Add this to the fact that his Felt partner-in-rhyme Slug (of the Minneapolis group Atmosphere) now co-owns a label that recently signed well-known acts like former Roc-A-Fella MC Freeway and Dilated Peoples member Evidence, and it’s no wonder these ...
At the sweaty, smoky dust bowl they call the Fairplex in Pomona, I hid out in the Epicenter artist tent, getting spoiled with laser tag games, free lip gloss and massages. It’s not that I hate music or anything, it’s that other than a curiosity about Street Sweeper Social Club and
Condoms, Jack Daniels and beats by Primo. Twitter has given us the best glimpse into the hip-hop lifestyle since Cribs debuted all those years ago. URB follows a lot of rappers, but here’s the 10 that keep us constantly entertained:
Sage Francis- SageFrancisSFR
“if I had $1 for every time I had a flight delayed or canceled at the chicago airport I’d be able to buy something from the Skymall catalog.”
Fabolous- myfabolouslife
“Ok, never had Jack Daniels in my life. But Rihanna jus pass me a ginger & jack.. How do u turn down a drink from Rihanna? I know how, u dont”
Joe Budden- mousebudden
“Just took a shit in the nail salon & they didn’t have any …
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