From the aforementioned new album Shotta Culture, which drops today. Based on what I’ve heard so far, it’s looking to be a rather major affair. This one, like the others, is produced by Salaam Remi.

Check out the audio below…

Download it here: Spragga Benz feat. Nas - “This is The Way”.

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Official video after the jump…

Also, if you’re lucky….you’re at the album release party…

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via: The Guardian

This morning I was reading news from one of my favorite soccer blogs dirty tackle, that Usain Bolt wants to play soccer. There is no question dude has got athletic skills (mainly fast running skills) but I don’t know if he has football skills… Manchester United Football skills at that. Here is what Bolt says about it in his autobiography:

“Ideally, if I was to play football, I’d sign for my favorite team — Manchester United. People say it’s not realistic but nobody has seen me play so you never know. If Alex Ferguson saw me in one of those charity matches he might think I could replace Ryan Giggs.”

The Gaurdian explained the lifetime Man U supporter is serious about playing.

I ask about his ambitions. Ultimately, he says, he’d love to make a go of playing football professionally. He’s being deadly serious. One of the perks of being Usain Bolt is that sporting stars love to meet him, so whenever he’s travelling and there’s time, he tries to train with a top football team. Last year it was Manchester United, a few days ago it was Bayern Munich. He’s still carrying a copy of the French sporting newspaper L’Equipe, which features a spread on his football skills and praise from Bayern manager Louis van Gaal. He shows me a photo of himself with his arm wrapped round the dwarfed 6ft German forward Miroslav Klose. “If I keep myself in shape, I can definitely play football at a high level,” he says.

Here is some footage of a recent trip Bolt made to Bayern Munich FC and there’s a quick shot of his “football skills”.

The Daily Mail has put together a great photo essay on the weekend’s activities in London town. Check a few of their shots below…

Hundreds of thousands of revellers descended on the capital today for Europe’s biggest street festival - the Notting Hill Carnival.

Dancers wearing vibrant costumes paraded along the packed three-and-a-half-mile route in west London from 9am today to the sounds of traditional steel drums.

The lines of colourful floats were accompanied by more than 40 static sound systems and scores of Caribbean food stalls….

Check out the full set here: Notting Hill Carnival 2010: Thousands descend on capital for weekend of partying
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….I also came across this great set on Flickr.

Check out a video of Kardinal Offishall throwing down during carnival after the jump…

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Rodney Price aka Bounty Killer has influenced a lot of different artists in a lot of different ways. This documentary pays tribute to his influence on artists like Aidonia, Assassin, Wayne Marshall and more…

Can’t front on this one at all. This is TUFF. Federation’s Max Glazer on the boards. Check the details below…

…Vybz Kartel is on top form on top of driving drums, a bubbling bassline and strong simple synths. A wining tune featuring a melodic, old school ragga flow and lyrics in Spanish is always going to be a winner!

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Quick video interview with up and coming UK Deejay Gappy Ranks, courtesy of Boomshots. Check out the video below…

Gappy Ranks has been making waves since his song on the Soul Rebel riddim, “Heaven In Your Eyes,” made a big splash on the Peckings label. Astute listeners may remember him from his 2005 collabo with Kray Twinz, Lethal B and Twista or his work on the UK Grime scene (“Rep Your Endz”) or when he was ballin on a G4 in the bashment tune “Stinkin Rich.” But judging by the way he rides the classical Studio One riddims on his forthcoming VP album Put The Stereo On, way down deep inside, Gappy is a foundation deejay par excellence. Give him a listen and chances are Gappy will make you happy.

Jah cure takes it to the streets of Havana for his latest visual….

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Beenie Man’s latest video feature two song Jamaican Party and Dancehall Nuh Dead Yet with a guest appearance from Camar.

The crew from Dancehall Unscripted sat down with Aidonia to get more details on his recent appearance at Sumfest, his thoughts on the recent unrest in Jamaica and more on him and Bounty Killer.

New video from Ding Dong “Schoolaz”, here he is spreading a positive message to all the young girls coming up.