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I’ve always been a fan of Lupe, from the mixtapes, to the album I needed to get my doctorate’s degree to understand, to the toy & luggage swagger, to the dumb it down lyrics on his latest album. So when I heard he linked up w/ Wale and K.O. from T.O. I nearly lost my s#it. All three verses are Dylan hot FI-YAH!!!  And all that over Chocolate Boy Wonder’s “T.R.O.Y.” beat make this track so dope it made a crackhead cry.

Props to SeaNY Sean for the look.

“I smoke ROCKS!”
- KAGE

I was like “BOOOOOOO!!!” when I heard that “Whatever You Like” song. Not my cup of coffee, tea or soda. It left me thinking that T.I. is up to the same silly “I’mma BALLUH!” B.S. that’s already chicken cesar salad in a tortilla (that’s a “wrap”). But then I found this little ditty and I thought that you know, This T.I. guy, he’s not that bad. At least he had sense enough to get 4 of the hottest rappers out now (Kanye, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne to be on his track to help up his lyrical game. That M.I.A. sample ain’t half bad either.

I might actually have to cop Paper Chase when it drops.

Or at least download the good tracks from iTunes.
- KAGE

OK, call me an EMO pansy, but I can’t front, I like Fall Out Boy. They got me with that “Arms Race” song. Yeah, Pete Wentz is a little nancy, but c’mon, their last album was executive produced by Jay-Z and they had Kanye on the remix. That’s pretty gangster for an EMO rock group. Are they even considered EMO after that? And they’re down with another guilty pleasure of mine in Gym Class Heroes, which I get s#it for still from my friends but screw it, that candy coated bubble pop hip hop put a god damn smile on my face.

Tracklist, D/L and more after the jump. . .

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. . . But only for the rest of the summer. Scared ya, didn’t I?

We’re gearing up to make moves in the Fall so the you won’t be able to buy gear from the site for a bit until a HUGE rebirth in September. You can still rely on The SPL Word (this blog your reading right now) for the latest updates at SPL and other randomness from the mind of that silly KAGE character.
We want to thank all our supporters and customers for keeping us going over the summer and inspiring us to be bigger, better and more beastly than the competition. We heart you magnificent bastards.

Click on the “SHOP” link above to find out more about the near future of your favorite label, ShadowPlastic.

We’ll be right back.
- blogmaster X

Teargas & Plateglass is my new favorite band. Imagine you’re a baby floating around in your mother’s birthsack and she’s listening to a Prince Paul or Dan The Automator album from back in the day. This shit is that dark. Flooded with heavy bass and eerie synth sounds; it’s the best soundtrack to your worst nightmares.

And DangerMouse likes them a whole bunch so if that’s not a cosign I don’t know what is.

Teargas & Plateglass – Book of Black Valentines

Still afraid of the dark. . .
- KAGE

You might remember this character holding up the “Body Dispose All” Tee from the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival. Well Timbaland’s latest artist Izza Kizza just dropped a mixtape and we go the leak:

Izza Kizza – Kizzaland

Dude can spit. Tracklist post-jump.
KAGE

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Space Raider, that ill cat from Philly aka “Snufftown” blessed us with a gem for the ladies. This joint, on some real talk, is outta site:

Fallout Tee from Space Raider

To the moon, Alice. . . To the MOON!
- blogmaster X

We finally got off our collective asses and posted pics from The 4th Annual BKHHF. Needless to say it was a full day of fun and festivities. We had a blasty blast with the live screenprinting thing and got mad love from the fancy people and all the celebs. KAGE was holding it down printing like an Epson. So much so KRS1, the BLAST MASTER himself gave us a shout. Too bad The Major wasn’t on his photo game and blurred up the shots. Other than that, we killed it. Hip Hop could not ask for a better day to be celebrated. Props to YUME for making it happen.

More pics HERE!
- blogmaster X 

So SPL joined up with the lovely ladies at Around The Way Girls Dot Net and created this little gem of a giveaway.

You answer a simple question, you get a dope T-shirt: What makes you an “Around The Way Girl”?

Perm in your hair? Or even a curly weave with you new edition Bobby Brown button on your sleeve?

Get your writing game up because the are only 5 up for grabs. Only available at AroundTheWayGirls.Net.
- KAGE

A new one for the hot summer:

Just try to keep the water away from my feet when I copp these:

Photo by means of Kenlu.net

Kinda fire.
- blogmaster X