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Chali 2na ‘International’ Video Ft. Beenie Man

Chali 2na is out with the video to his new single ‘International’, featuring Beenie Man, off the former Jurassic 5 rapper’s debut solo album ‘Fish Outta Water’, in stores now via Decon. Watch the Jason Goldwatch directed video below.

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Chali 2na ‘Lock Sh** Down’ Video Ft. Talib Kweli

Chali 2na is out with the video to his new single ‘Lock Sh** Down’, featuring Talib Kweli, off the Jurassic 5 member’s debut solo album ‘Fish Outta Water’, out now on Decon Records. Watch the Yoram Benz and Jason Goldwatch directed video below.

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Jurassic 5 ‘Ducky Boy’ Video

Jurassic 5 are out with the video to their new single 'Ducky Boy', directed by Decon's Yoram Benz, from the Los Angeles alternative hip hop group's 'J5' Deluxe re-issue, in stores now. Watch it below.

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Jurassic 5 Perform In Bristol

Jurassic 5 performed in concert at Carling Academy on September 26th in Bristol, England. Check out pictures from WireImage.

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Jurassic 5 Perform At Fuse

Jurassic 5 performed at Fuse Studios on Wednesday (August 16) in New York City. Check out pictures from WireImage.

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Q&A With Hot Karl

Contributed by AdamBernard:

The first time I heard Hot Karl’s The Great Escape I was hooked. The album's opening song, “Let’s Talk,” which features Karl and 3rd Bass great MC Serch having an argument in rhyme over the art of Hip-Hop vs. potential commercial success, was on repeat before I could even get to the rest of the CD. Born and raised in Calabasas, CA, Karl now lives in LA and in addition to his music he co-owns an art gallery and has a book about the toys of the 80’s coming out in 2007 on Abrams called “Products of the 80's.” He’s recorded with DJ Clue, Fabolous, The Black Eyed Peas, Kanye West, 9th Wonder, Redman, Sugar Ray, Mya, DJ Lethal, MC Serch and She Wants Revenge and performed live on bills with Snoop Dogg, Slick Rick, Big Daddy Kane, Kool Moe Dee, ToTo and Ray Parker Jr. (not a joke), Sugar Ray, Jurassic 5, Living Legends, Phife Dawg and Gerardo (again, not a joke). Karl, whose real name is Jensen-Gerard Karp, became Hot Karl as a youth when Ice-T heard about him destroying (also referred to as “sh**ting on”) MCs at a show. This would mark the start of a wild journey for Hot Karl. “I was the all-time LA Radio Roll Call champion turned Interscope golden boy turned Interscope whipping boy turned Indy rapper.” Recently Karl sat down with me to talk about that journey, his thoughts on Hip-Hop in the suburbs, and how pro-wrestler Viscera once made his day. For the full interview, visit adambernard.blogspot.com.

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On TV: Big Boi, Pharrell, Jurassic 5

Rap acts on television this week include Outkast's Big Boi, who is featured on 'Total Request Live' on Wednesday; Pharrell Williams, who performs on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' on Wednesday and 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' on Friday; Jurassic 5, who perform on 'The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson' on Wednesday; and Flavor Flav, who visits 'Live with Regis and Kelly' on Friday.

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On TV: Yung Joc, Nick Cannon, Jurassic 5

Rap acts on television this week include Yung Joc, who gets a 1st Look on 'Total Request Lie' on Monday; Paul Wall, who is Pre-RL on 'TRL' with Brooke Hogan on Tuesday; Nick Cannon, who visits 'Last Call with Carson Daly' on Tuesday and 'TRL' on Thursday; Rhymefest, who performs on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' on Wednesday; and Jurassic 5, who performs on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' on Friday.

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Concerts Should Be By The Book

'CD:USA' spoke with Jurassic 5 and asked the group what are the important elements to building a good hip hop show. "Your transitions from song to song have to be smooth," Akil said. "You have to look at it like it's a book. You don't just start in the middle of the book. You have an intro, a middle, and an ending and then you have the credits at the end. A lot of times, people come out and do their credits: 'Yo! Shout out to my homeboy da da da da!' Before they even give you the intro. The order be all mixed up and stuff, so if you have a beginning, middle, and end in there and the songs that you have, you place them in there." The transcript at cdusa.tv has since been removed.

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Bonnaroo Music And Arts Festival

Jurassic 5 performed at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival on June 10th in Manchester, Tennessee. Check out pictures from FilmMagic and GettyImages.

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