2008 Rap-Up (no typo)

You know it's time to pop champagne and make some resolutions when Skillz releases his annual wrap-up:

Skillz - 2008 Rap-Up [click to download]

In other end-of-year news, check out Bootie USA and Culture Bully's best mash-ups of the year. Happy 2009, fam.

VIDEO: Statik Selektah feat. Bun B and Cory Mo - Get Out the Way

Already.

Weezy is a SPAZ!

Hilarmo.

VIDEO: Kid Cudi Interview

Hustler Watch: Kid Cudi from Eighty81 on Vimeo.

The Real: Vlogga Like Puff

Vlogga Like Puff from jeff on Vimeo.

Chamilli freestyle

Is Cham the only one who actually goes off the dome for these radio freestyles? I say yes.

VIDEO: Daniel Merriweather feat. Wale - Change

Diggin' the Walster on this one. Daniel -- how about a new haircut, duder?

The Real: "Wreckx-N-Effecxmas"

Wreckx-n-Effecxmas from jeff on Vimeo.

Late pass, please.

VIDEO: K'Naan - Somalia

Get your mind right, the K'Naan takeover begins in early '09.

Mickey Factz and KRS-One spit their game

Can I smell it (again)?

The "smell yo' dick" girl is back!

...not really, but this remix brings back fond memories of 2007. Enjoy, sicktards.

Aviance - Smell Yo' Dick (Mowgli Mix) [click to download]

VIDEO: Exile is a boss.

Exile "Milli" Video from Jonathan Kim on Vimeo.

Watch Exile flip "A Milli" like the boss that he is.

Idle Warship - Steady

Kweli and Res do their take on "I Wear My Sunglasses at Night."

Idle Warship - Steady [click to download]

Mick Boogie Presents: Adele - 1988

Download it here. Track listing below.

1. Chasing 1988: The Intro (f/ 6th Sense)
2. Day Dreams (nVMe Remix)
3. Tired (6th Sense Remix)
4. First Love (Remot Remix f/ Naledge)
5. My Same (Garbs Infinite Remix)
6. Melt My Heart To Stone (Kickdrums Remix f/ Big Pooh)
7. Cold Shoulder (Garbs Infinite Remix)
8. Right As Rain (nVMe Remix)
9. Make You Feel My Love (Remot Remix)

KiD CuDi and Asher Roth freestyle duet

Two of the best up-and-comers of recent memory go OFF.

VIDEO: MSTRKRFT feat. N.O.R.E. - Bounce

MSTRKRFT - Bounce feat. N.O.R.E & Isis

Rosenberg Round Table: Is "Arab Money" racist?

Hip-hop's favorite Jew sits down with some Arab emcees to get the lowdown on Busta's controversial new song.

VIDEO: N.E.R.D. - Sooner or Later

Pharrell and the nerds get their recession on for this new clip.

Adele + Naledge

Naledge (of Kidz in the Hall) turns Adele's ballad into a hip-hop banger, part of Mick Boogie's "Adele 1988" project. This is SO post-worthy.

The project comes from the folks who did last month's Viva La Hova project, so odds are this hip-hop/Adele mash session should be dope as ever.

Shout-out to Ike, the latest of many late bloomers to Adele's talents.

Adele feat. Naledge - First Love (Remot Remix) [click to download]

Peep the video below for more info:


Mick Boogie presents... Adele: 1988 from MickBoogie on Vimeo.

Dr. Dre on a Kardinal Offishall track...and it's real?

According to DJ Skee, Jimmy Iovine sent the "Set It Off" vid to Dre since his new line of headphones made an appearance. He liked the song so much that he decided to lend a verse. Granted, this was at a time when Dre thought he should be hyping himself up in the coming weeks before the release of Detox...which is NOT the case anymore. Enjoy, the doctor don't come around much these days...

Kardinall Offishall feat. Dr. Dre & Pusha T - Set It Off (Remix) [click to download]

The Real: "My Dog Earl"

My Dog Earl from jeff on Vimeo.

VIDEO: Charles Hamilton - Brooklyn Girls

Charles Hamilton - New Music - More Music Videos

Still can't decide if I think this guy will go the distance.

For those who view the glass as half-empty, peep this brilliant analogous article comparing Hamilton's challenging of Soulja Boy to the Godfather trilogy. Pure genius.

Jay-Z - Jockin' Jay-Z (Travis Barker Remix)

I assume this was made before Travis's tragic accident, but good to hear some new stuff from him nonetheless.

Jay-Z - Jockin' Jay-Z (Travis Barker Remix) [click to download]

VIDEO: Lily Allen - The Fear

The world's most shamelessly-outspoken pop starlet is back. The song is fine, but this vid strings too close to Feist's "1, 2, 3, 4." Right?

BCS Rap

PAUL BROGAN - COLLEGE FOOTBALL RAP


Thanks, Leon.

10.Deep Presents THE NEW DEAL (Mixed by DJ Benzi)

The new holiday mixtape, featuring: Wale, Brother Ali, Common, Kid Cudi, Charles Hamilton, Tittsworth, Kidz In The Hall, Colin Munroe, Izza Kizza...and the list goes on.

Download it here.

DDoff Daily featured in The Couch Sessions' "Best of 2008" series

Mad love to Stone for using my picks as the debut feature for The Couch Sessions Best of 2008 series. Though I planned on creating an extensive Best of 2008 thing on DDoff Daily at some point, dude kindly asked for my pics and I sent this over...albeit a bit haphazardly. Here's a link to my feature, and the text is below:

This year, instead of just having me yap on about my Best of 2008, I reached out to several of our readers to give their Top 5 of the best releases of the year. I’ll be profiling a new reader each day until the end of the 2008. First up, we have DDoff, of the very dope blog Ddoff Daily out of San Fran. Check his site at ddoffdaily.blogspot.com. And, btw…..who knew that Heavy D put out an album this year??

Name: DDoff
Location: San Francisco via TEXAS
Blog: ddoffdaily.blogspot.com

Top 5:

Albums

5. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III

4. Wale - The Mixtape About Nothing

3. Heavy D - Vibes (yea, boi!)

2. Radiohead - In Rainbows

1. Sia - Some People Have Real Problems

Songs

5. Nas “Sly Fox”

4. The Cool Kids - “88″

3. Santogold - “L.E.S. Artistes”

2. Hercules and Love Affair - “Blind”

1. Kid Cudi - “Day ‘n’ Nite”

?uestlove Interview with DJ Semtex

SEMTEX TV - ?UESTLOVE BREAKS DOWN THE HOTTEST MC'S FOR 09' from DJ SEMTEX on Vimeo.

I usually don't post interviews because most of them are pretty lame...but not this one!

Quest calls out Jim Jones, Ron Browz, and HSIC (of H-Town!) as some of the names to watch in '09.

VIDEO: Jurassic 5- Ducky Boy

Off the J5 Deluxe re-issue, which you can cop now. Reunion tour, anyone?

Need storage?

See more funny videos and TBT Videos at Today's Big Thing.

The Real: "A Message from the Brooklyn Tourism Board"

A Message from the Brooklyn Tourism Board from jeff on Vimeo.

Hilar Alert: Lookin' Kittie!

VIDEO: The Game feat. Ne-Yo - Camera Phone

Directed by Kevin Connelly, aka E from Entourage.

Did Coldplay really copy Joe Satch?

In case you weren't aware, Coldplay has been sued by guitar god Joe Satriani for copying the riff of his track "If I Could Fly" for the title track to the Viva La Vida album. Sounds ridiculous, right? Well, watch this video and think again...

HILAR ALERT: Andy Samberg and Lonely Island

Featuring cameos from Molly Sims, Jamie Lynn Sigler, and Justin Timberlake. Absolute hilarity.

VIDEO: Kid Cudi - Day 'n' Nite (Crookers Remix)

Uh, down.

VIDEO: LCD Soundsystem - "New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down"

CHROMEO Double-Post

Spotted at Discobelle.

Chromeo - 100% (Nacho Lovers B-Live Pemberton Mix) [click to download]

Chromeo - 100% (Treasure Fingers B-Live Pemberton Mix) [click to download]

Jack Black as Jesus in "Prop 8: The Musical"

See more Jack Black videos at Funny or Die

Absolutely hilarmo. Featuring John C. Reilly, Neil Patrick Harris, and a bunch of other 3-named celebrities.

HILAR ALERT: Real Life Cabbage Patch Kid

More funny videos like the "Real Life Cabbage Patch Kid" at Heavy.com

Thanks, Reez.

VIDEO (+ AUDIO): B.o.B. - AutoTune

"I coulda got a vocal coach...but I don't want no vocal coach!!"

Hilar alert. Get the mp3 here.

VIDEO: Ludacris - Everybody Hates Chris

Everybody Hates Chris from DTP TV on Vimeo.

VIDEO: Mickey Factz talks to Billboard

VIDEO: Busta Rhymes - Arab Money

Note for the "clean" version they don't say Ay-rab anymore, but the politically correct pronunciation. All those cameos set up a video for the remix quite nicely, too...

VIDEO: Scarface feat. Bilal - Can't Get Right

VIDEO: Jay-Z feat. Santogold - Brooklyn (Go Hard)

Jay-Z on iLike - Get updates inside iTunes

iTunes Best of '08 is here

Click here for the main page, and click here for my pop picks.

VIDEO: Wale - Nike Boots

18 months (at least) in the making.

Shout-out to Wale, D-Weis and the fam on the release (finally!) of Wale's first official video.

To the right, to the right...

It's an age-old tale.

Dude starts a blog.
Dude stays excited for awhile, then falls off.
Dude quits blog.

Now hold up, everybody (all three of you). This blog is NOT over. But after 10 months and 100,000+ hits to DDoff Daily (thanks to everyone for the love), there's gonna be some changes 'round here.

Unless it's what I think is a HUGE (or HUGELY TEXAN) joint, I will be posting all new mp3s on the mini-feed only (it's over there, on the top of the right side). You might notice that there's been twenty-or-so new songs over there just in the past couple days...

All other jawns (videos, news, etc.) will still be posted right here on DDoff Daily. But for those interested in the music only, look to the right from this point forward.

And that's what it do, what it does, what it is, what it was -- ddoff