Artist: The Week That Was

While Mobb Deep continues their 20 year anniversary tour, Havoc is pushing his solo project, 13 , and the latest offering is the visuals for "Life We Chose." This record is one of the better ones he's put out and Lloyd Banks' show-stealing verse keeps the G-Unit/Mobb Deep chemistry alive and strong. The two camps were incredibly close while the duo was signed to 50 Cent (P and Fif even went as far as tattooing the other's label name on their hands as a mark of loyalty), and the connection is still going. [...]

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One of my favorite acts over the last few years has been Field Music , as well as the various bands that have been spawned from the group like The Week That Was .  They always have a way of manipulating their musical work, and often play with the vocal registry in order to create intense rhythmic emotions.   As me near closer to the release of their latest album, Plumb , more songs are coming out our way, and this one just hit today (via RS ).  It's [...]

• Field Music - A New Town

​Hey! Yo! What's up? The Week That Was is back. Sure, we've been away for a good long while, but too much crazy shit's gone down this week. Enjoy!

Have a safe and enjoyable holiday weekend as you take in the rundown of events we covered over the past few days. - Amber Rose served up her milkshake by delivering her first frontal nude spread , much to her disappointment and our enjoyment. Wiz still loves her , though. - The NBA & NFL are both sitting on ice like the NHL. We made a playlist for the funeral. - Speaking of playlists, it's 4th of July weekend and BBQ’s & Boomboxes: [...]

- The NBA Finals: Where Dallas looks like a team of destiny and where LeBron makes headlines for all the wrong reasons . - Tracy Morgan upset the gay and lesbian community. And then apologized . - Lupe isn't too fond of President Obama. We'll just leave it at that. - Moby has a shocking new video . Literally. - Tech news: Apple iOS5 and E32s biggest attractions . - We profiled 12 players [...]

Photo: eiknarf - The world seems to be in working order, but we still want those questions answered . While you're at it, the BET Awards ones too. - Tyler, The Creator went under the knife and all hell broke loose (no rapture). DJ Quik earned his Cigs, too. - Snap into a Slim Jim and pay homage to one of the greatest wrestlers of all time, Macho Man Randy Savage . R.I.P. - LC managed to get [...]

- Budden now gets a scarlet letter “A” for “Abuser.” - MZ talks karoake music . - A full list of crappy movies in this week's "Random Netflix." - Jon Stewart ripped Faux News for ripping the White House and Common. - Feast your eyes on Michelle Amara , a fit and lovely Lingerie Football player. - What will the Lakers do now after being eliminated from the postseason? - TC [...]

- In news that flew under the radar, some guy named Osama Bin Laden was killed. - Tins took us on a trip down memory lane, showing us five of Pac's most memorable interviews and reminding us of a playoff series for the ages. - Did you see Thor? Is it a sign of great things to come, or that comics book movies have finally jumped the shark? - The Beastie Boys are back! But what [...]

Insert Your Own Caption Of The Newlyweds - The Beastie Boys did what the Knicks couldn't - take over Madison Square Garden . - Thanks to a mixtape and a haircut, Soulja Boy will now be paying homage to the late Tupac Shakur by reviving the role of Bishop . Yep, that Bishop. - S. Cadet addressed The Weeknd and his much talked about House Of Balloons mixtape. - In Compton, they have no clue what a royal [...]

- The God MC and the lady who's a goddess dropped a remix together. - We figured out how Atlantic Records figured out how to manufacture rap music . - DJ Mister Cee and Gloria James made the police blotter. - People have Nostalgia, Ultra on repeat. - Puff caught a case of karma . - The Sandlot celebrated 18 years of existence and will live “For-eh-ver. For-eh-ver.”

- Hip-Hop lost one of its most iconic voices with the passing of Nathaniel "Nate Dogg" Hale . - Nick Schonberger gave us a look into what music he's listening to right now. - More Cigs were handed out this week. Lupe , The Chef and Pharoahe Monch were the lucky (or not so lucky) recipients. - A great majority of the crew traveled to Austin for SXSW. We're a forward-thinking and hard working bunch, so we even [...]

- Remember when rap music dominated movie soundtracks ? - Rest easy XXL Freshman 2011, "Class Dismissed" and there will be no more grades and report cards. - Saigon and Just Blaze's long-awaited album received the Cig treatment . Joell & Premo's works got reviewed too. Meanwhile, Dr. Dre's pumping up the promo for his anticipated album and released the "I Need A Doctor" video . - We talked music and movements with DJ Revolution And Malcolm & Martin [...]

- The Rock returned to the WWE #Wrasslin' Love - Strong Arm Steady spread love the Cali way in their Smoking Session . #Cali Love - David D. & Talia made the perfect Ghostface Killah Valentine's cards . #Ghetto Love - Danny Brown has a new hairstyle and new fans en masse. #Detroit Love - Talib Kweli's Gutter Rainbows was determined to be solid work. #Review Love - You now have 5 Reasons [...]

- Saigon's great story that was never told? Yeah, now it finally is . - Yeah, Nicki's platinum, but there are more than enough ladies whose projects never saw the light of day . - There aren't many things better in life than a dope rap song with an incredibly dope opening line. Here's 55 of them . - Maliah Michel is in great shape . Really. Great. Shape. - We took a trip to yesteryear when Kobe donned the mini-fro and experienced [...]

- Word on the street is that there is a big football game this weekend. Here are three things that'll make it better: these crazy bets , the possibility of free pizza and, if you're a Packers fan, Lil Wayne's new fight song . - David D. was man enough to admit when he was wrong and gave a history lesson on MF Doom. - Project Pat has a new side hustle . - Several mixtapes were highlighted this week [...]

- TC & Talib Kweli talked Gutter Rainbows , business models and future projects. - Jewman and Gucci are back. Kanye announced he'll be returning to sales registers soon too. - We talked OOP music we want back. - Nas ran into tax troubles . - Kim Kardashian mesmerized a crowd of fans. - Our good brother Zo updated the Sa-Ra podcast series . [...]

- Gucci Mane and Lil B are riding the carousel of fame. - Stans, fans and haters rejoice! Lupe revealed visual proof that Lasers is finally coming out. - Tyler Perry's feminine side continued to make a mockery out of fine cinema. Rashad McCants took notes . - Of course Detox isn't coming out on 4/20...or any other day for that matter. - Bart Scott rules . "Can't stop a nosebleed" has been incorporated into [...]

- Kanye and Jay-Z went "H.A.M." and we wondered if people will ever take the time to learn of its true origins . - DJ Burn One managed to get Rittz, Yelawolf and Big K.R.I.T. together on one track. The outcome was amazing. White Jesus dropping soon. - In "no laughing matter" news, half of Motown's schools are in danger of closing up shop and 90 girls are pregnant in one Memphis, Tennessee high school. - We're already [...]

- Lil Wayne dropped "6'73," his first track since being released from the belly of the beast. Welcome back soul goblin number one. - Ja Rule's going to the big house and this ain't no movie role. - Focus your attention on 10 good college football bowl games that won't feature Cam Newton but still should be a blast to watch. - Nike introduced the future of football . - Facebook's Mark Zuckenburg is the best person ever [...]