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Big shouts to him for doing this, a lot of misinformation is floating around

I got a chance to sit with one of the G.O.A.T.’s of Hip Hop, Rakim during his latest tour stop in the Bean. Great convo and concert footage. The God drops jewels as always on everything from who he thinks is hot to why he still wants to drop albums in a stanky leg loving world. Shout out to Hek and the good people at 617Live TV. Good work my friend.

So I’m working on getting my on camera interview game up. To do so, I connected with the good people of 617 Live TV and got a chance to build with Statik Selektah and Hip Hop legend Bun B. At the listening party for Statik’s new album, 100 Proof: The Hangover, we talked about the work they’re doing together and how to make it in a digital age. Feel free to pass this on. Shout out to my 617 Live family.

Dre Robinson talks about his new song “Fade Away” featuring Mighty Mystic. Then he describes why he stepped off the scene for a little while and how the competitive spirit drives making great music. Then we talk about the true mark of being humble. Good stuff.

Pollymore Music Group is one of the teams that has been making noise in New England for a little while. At least thats how I see it. HA! Anyway we decided to give cats a behind the scenes look at what we do. Mostly we talk trash and swap jokes while dropping an occasional jewel. So we bring you the “Fresh Files”, a web based series to inform you on all things Pollymore.

In Fresh Files Episode 3, Dre Robinson asks me my thoughts on Boston hip hop. We give our opinion on Smoke Bulga, Masspike Miles, Statik Selektah, Termanology and the scene as a whole. Seems like I have been getting stalked by that question lately. Enjoy! Or leave a comment and tell us to shut the f*&^ up. Episodes 1 and 2 after the jump more

Here’s the raw footage from my interview with DJ Chubby Chub (@DJ_CHUBBY_CHUB), Program Director of Boston’s new Hot 97. I did this in Fall ‘09. In the wake of my talk with Rakim (which we will post soon), I figured I’d let this one live too. I’m working on getting more for the new year. Hopefully my on-camera game will improve. Cross your fingers.

Anyway, we talked about everything from his international touring (djing with Kelis on the Britney Spears tour) to Boston’s artists. I had my man Joe Politics on the camera, as Chub just kept it all the way 100. We basically went in on everything. The camera work was a little shaky but it was mos def a good conversation.

I had to make up for all that extra R&B earlier. HA!

G. Valentino Ball comes through with exclusive footage of Raphael Saadiq’s final show on his latest tour @ HOB Boston. The commentary Saadiq gives about his Boston Red Sox hat is priceless, and his live show game is nothing to be messed with. Exclusive footage that you cant get anywhere else. Get focused cuz we are!

At the most recent installment of Restless Entertainment’s Beyond the Beat series, ThatsMajor editor G.Valentinoball was hosting the festivities and provided us with some live footage of budding superstar Emilio Rojas in action

ThatsMajor does it again, and wait till y’all see the interview we got!

G.Valentino Ball goes behind the scenes and gets you an EXCLUSIVE look at the new Kid Daytona and Kardinal Offishall video shoot!