Jay-Z: Death Of Autotune (Prod. Kanye West)

Here's a new song leaked from Jay-Z titled D.O.A. or Death of Autotune. It was produced by Kanye and the beat is so dope. Also, in related news, Jay-Z has removed every song featuring autotune off of his upcoming album The Blueprint 3.

Quotable: "The only rapper to rewrite history without a pen"

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How To Stick It To The Man Pt. 1

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to The Civil Underground's first segment of our new instructional course on sticking it to the man. Part One: How to pay a traffic ticket. A Washington man by the name of Michael Harold Lynch was recently charged $206 for a traffic violation, which isn't very remarkable, but Lynch did something I wish I had thought of the last time I had to pay a ticket; he filled a plastic bag with $206 in change, urinated in it, and sent it in. The best part is, he didn't do anything illegal. According to postal officials, it is acceptable to mail bodily fluids as long as they are properly contained and don't leak or smell. I strongly urge everyone to pay all fines this way from now on.

Lupe Album Update

Many of you heard the news about the indefinite postponement of the final album in Lupe's trilogy, LupE.N.D., but now it appears that the album is being called off all together. Lupe announced his plans via his new twitter page and, in addition to canceling LupE.N.D., also announced that his new project, originally named The Great American Rap Album, will be titled We Are Lasers. Here's what Lupe had to say about the new title:

"[The name] Comes from some repressed high school outcast shit…blended amidst And He Gets The Girl ambitions. I’ve been working for about a week and around 60% done."

Lupe has plans to release two albums this year including We Are Lasers and as much as I was looking forward LupE.N.D. I'm relieved that Lupe won't be retiring just yet (official word is that he will still retire, just not quite so soon.)

Pharrel Williams Buys Textile Company

Hip Hop producer and clothing designer Pharrel Williams (a VA native) recently added to his entrepreneurial résumé by becoming co-owner of the textile company Bionic Yarn, which manufactures cloth from recycled plastic bottles. Here's what Pharrel had to say:
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“I have to think about the future of this planet,” said Williams in an e-mail interview, adding that he plans to use the fabric in his own clothing lines, although there are not yet any designs in the works. “I love quality,” he said, “And quality with environmental benefits is the cherry on top.”

You can visit the Bionic Yarn website Here