Some Good Literature

Decoded - "Is a book like no other: a collection of lyrics and their meanings that together tell the story of a culture, an art form, a moment in history, and one of the most provocative and successful artists of our time."

The book by Jay-Z (the KING of hip-hop). Available from all good book shops and Amazon.

Dom Kennedy - Locals Only

Cali's finest, Dom Kennedy has released a video for 'Locals Only' which is on his latest mixtape, From The Westside With Love.

Check the video out and don't forget to download the mixtape.

Mickey Factz - Legend

Mickey Factz has released a video for the track 'Legend' which is off the I'm Better Than You mixtape.

Check it out and don't forget to download the mixtape and look out for Mickey's album, The Achievement which is scheduled to drop next year.

Mickey Factz

Mickey Factz is an American rapper from the Black Apple, New York.

He has been in the music game for a while but is yet to drop an album. However, he has been grinding, releasing a series of hot mixtapes for the past few years and he is now starting to get the recognition he deserves.

The Factz of Life was released earlier this year and the New Yorker also featured on a nice DJ Zee mixtape-Hipster City released back in 2009 which features Chicago's The Cool Kids and Thriftstore.

Mickey's latest offering, I'm Better Than You was released in September this year. It's hosted by DJ Enuff of Hot 97 and features some real GOOD music. Artist such as Bun B, Fat Joe and B.o.B all feature.

Be sure to check it out and look out for his debut album The Achievement which is set to drop early 2011.

Runaway feat.Pusha T

Check out Kanye's latest video from his up-and-coming album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy which is due to drop next month.

The video contains some ballet dancers and the man himself features playing a white keyboard. Pusha-T's on the track but he doesn't appear.

I'm digging the loafers!!!

Majestic Varsity Range

American sportswear brand Majestic have put together a nice collection of varsity baseball jackets.

Specialising in all sports American - except "soccer", this baseball line by Majestic is a real winner.

With a selected range retailing from £60 on the Wellgosh website, my favourite has to be the 60% wool/40% polyester combo which retails at £120.

'MEAN' Chicago Cubs Coach jacket

See more at wellgosh.com.

Mos signs with G.O.O.D Music

Black Dante' aka Mos Def is now a member of the G.O.O.D Music family.

The label already includes the amazing talents of (founder) Kanye West, Common, Pusha-T of The Clipse, John Legend, Consequence, Mr Hudson and many others.

Although Mos' latest album, The Ecstatic was a great piece of work, there wasn't much hype around it. Having already worked with Kanye on 'Two Words' from 2004's The College Dropout and 'Drunk and Hot Girls' from 2007's Graduation, the two know how to create heat.

I'm eagerly anticipating the release of Kanye's next album which is due to drop later this year and now Mos Def is on a label which includes such an array of talented people, his next album should contain a lot of GOOD music and is sure to be classic.