Check out this interview w/ Abraham Beltran and Treck Life off of Soundwaves Radio (90.7 KPFK). Trek Life will be on the Vimby Tape, which drops February 18th.

Trek Life & Oddisee - Get High <–Shouts to 2dopeboyz for this one

Abraham Beltran and Treck Life on Soundwaves pt.1
Abraham Beltran and Treck Life on Soundwaves pt.2

New Money, Oddisee’s remixes of Trek Life’s Price I’ve Paid is out on Mello Music Group (cop it on iTunes) it will be available on CD in late March. Trek Life & Oddisee will be dropping a new full-length album later this year. Shouts to KENNY FRESH for the Instrumental link

Trek Life- Last Joint feat. Mashica Winslow, Wendi Vaughn & Wyann Vaughn (Oddisee Remix) <–check out Red Bull Music Academy Daily News for more exclusive joints

Price I’ve Paid Instrumentals
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Tracklist

1. Black Music produced by J. Bizness
2. Enjoy Yourself produced by DJ 360
3. Hold Me Down produced by Just Beats
4. Long Time Comin’ produced by J. Thrill
5. Big Picture produeced by DJ 360
6. One Idea produced by J. Bizness
7. Whole World produced by Diverse
8. All Times produced by Rhettmatic
9. I Am produced by DJ Khalil
10. I’m Gone produced by Kev Sakoda
11. Mind Right produced by Evidence & Porse
12. Price I’ve Paid produced by Kev Sakoda
13. Still Here produced by Diverse
14. Hard Word produced by Babu
15. Last Joint produced by J. Thrill
16. Maintain Excellence produced by Babu
17. produced by Trek Life

I won’t even lie and say that we haven’t joked around about N.O.R.E’s tubbiness in VIMBY HQ. I would like to say that the rap game isn’t as superficial as Hollywood would have you think, but that’s not true at all. Take a look at this swipe…

Last year, we saw a much different N.O.R.E. when he surfaced with quite a bit of extra weight on him. However, he’s changing that by getting healthy, and as reportedly lost over 65 pounds.Via his new blog, 57thAve (I would like to injertect by saying N.O.R.E’s blog is hood-tactular lmao, you gotta see for yourself), the rapper said that via a vegan diet and exercise, he’s been able to shed a few pounds, which he’s been documenting in a 12-part vlog.

Despite the weight-loss, it’s still the same old N.O.R.E. though.

“We are switching it up from the Hang Hang Hood Chicken blogs, to the Hang Hang Hood Vegan blogs. Same N.O.R.E., same hood talk,” he said….to finish reading, new tab HERE…

Glad to see he’s getting his act together. Maybe this’ll motivate a lot of little tubbers around America (if they even know who N.O.R.E is). However I must note that he isn’t the first rapper to switch styles. I recall Young Jeezy or Young Jock (young someone) and his crew making a $3000 bet to see who could get the fittest.

You can thank BallerStatus for this lovely swipe.

Shouts to SHAKE for showin’ some love to the homey Trek Life.

Trek Life - Hold Me Down feat.Champ MC & Oddisee (zshare)

09′ is just getting started people.

Oddisee’s Remixes of Trek Life’s - Price I’ve Paid album is on now on iTunes.

Trek Life - Hold Me Down feat.Champ MC & Oddisee (zshare)

This FRIDAY Tony Touch, Crazy Legs (Rock Steady Crew NYC), Apollo & DV One will be  providing a night with  music and  fun in exchange for 5 bones and 2 cans of food that will be donated to the San Francisco Food Bank, which works towards ending hunger in SF by distributing food and advocating for improvement in government food programs and policies. NICE!

The good homey Trek Life will be celebrating the release of his new project w/ Oddisee this Saturday.

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Oddisee’s Remixes of Price I’ve Paid
On iTunes NOW!!!

This Saturday, Johnny Cupcakes will be hosting their S.F Pizza Party @ 63 Powell St. Starting @ 3pm!
Wear your Johnny Cupcakes shirt and eat free pizza with Johnny! Holllaaaa

madness. Lists lists lists. I can do without them, but I’ll trust almost (almost) anything from The FADER… they start off their own concocted list titles and I like it: Here goes…

Top Twelve Albums That We Thought Would Have A Bigger Impact On Our Lives
12. Gyptian, I Can Feel Your Pain
11. Secret Machines, self-titled
10. The Game, LAX
9. Wolf Parade, At Mount Zoomer
8. N.E.R.D., Seeing Sounds
7. Devin The Dude, Landing Gear
6. David Byrne & Brian Eno, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
5. Re-Up Gang, Clipse Presents Re-Up Gang
4. Bloc Party, Intimacy
3. Jenny Lewis, Acid Tongue
2. Akon, Freedom
1. Usher, Here I Stand

Top Five Incorrect Guesses At Fake Blood’s True Identity
5. Free Blood
4. Simon Lord from The Black Ghosts
3. Regal from The Wiseguys
2. Shock G
1. Blank Dogs

I didn’t know, that no one knew who Fake Blood is…I do however know that the Black Ghosts are the shiz and that these are the lists we always wish were here…

For more listmania new tab HERE for part un and HERE for part deux….for the skinny from FADER.

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With the economy in such a sh**ty state, New York is trying to enact this “iTax”.

The state is staring at a $15.4 billion deficit so Gov. David Paterson is proposing an “iPod tax” as part of his state budget. Under the plan, New York would charge state and local sales tax for “digitally delivered entertainment services,” according to a story in The New York Daily News.

That includes e-books downloaded to Amazon’s Kindle as well as for the digital songs obtained from Apple’s iTunes. If the state legislature passes the governor’s plan, the price of digital content for New Yorkers is sure to go up. The tax would also apply to sporting events, movie tickets, taxis, and satellite TV and radio.

I swear their going to start taxing the air breathe any time soon.

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