Newly leaked Nas track titled "Be a Nigger too" I still don't think people are responsible enough to use this term (especially) with a live mic in hand; however, I get what NAS is trying to say.
Big up to Mr. Ryan from Streetlocal on this one...
Monday, June 9, 2008
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Get Your Hustle On
Aiight, now that the cost of EVERYTHING has gone up due to gas reaching an "all time high" on an hourly basis, it is even more crucial for us to really "Get Our Hustle On". Here is a a quick once over of how we can get away from our economic myopia.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Radiohead on some Scotch Mist
On May 9, a small group of friends including myself, got to witness one of the best live performances of my life, Radiohead. Even being penned up against the furthest wall in the venue, we still had the best seats in general admission (basically because we kept people from sitting in front of us by saying "there's an ant bed there". This show marks my second attendance of one of their shows and I have to say I am more impressed by my second outing than my first. Don't get me wrong, the first show I saw in '98 was dope, but this one was straight off the D.I.C. They mosdef aren't getting my normal comment to an aging group of "Hey, I like your old shit waaaayyyyy better than your new shit".
Anywho, peep this video from the Scotch Mist session back on New Years of 2008. They run through every song on the "In Rainbows" album. Dope ish. PZ.
Anywho, peep this video from the Scotch Mist session back on New Years of 2008. They run through every song on the "In Rainbows" album. Dope ish. PZ.
Willie Evans Jr.- Communication
Yo peep the video and then check the rapid share download of the "Communication" album link. If there was a indy hip hop of the year award this would be it for the '08.
Try it out; however, if he is in your town take a friend to the show and BUY the album.
http://rapidshare.com/files/119369921/Willie_Evans_Jr_.zip.html
Try it out; however, if he is in your town take a friend to the show and BUY the album.
http://rapidshare.com/files/119369921/Willie_Evans_Jr_.zip.html
Monday, May 26, 2008
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Rap Republicans
Below is an article I ran across this morning while surfing for something of some substance. You know straight internet joy riding. I'm not going to summarize the article since I cut and pasted it below; however, I find it really interesting that there are no hip hop songs on this list. Not even one Dead Prez, Public Enemy song? Why is this? In my honest opinion, I believe the conservative people of Clear Channel don't see hip hop as a threat. It's not a threat! These cats, with their guns and their bandannas, call themselves soldiers? Damn right, soldiers for George Bush and the "Man". Thats why we see these cats posing in pictures with Donald Trump because they are the system, they love the system, they are bought into the system. They're fooling these kids into thinking that if they get some diamonds in their ear( read about the Sierra Leon Blood Diamond) or drive a certain car then they've made it. They don't share with these children the amount of hard work, the amount of invested time, and to be honest the great amount of luck they've experienced. Hip Hop has now become Republican. Everyone is talking about money: "Im going to get mine, fuck you imma get mine". When hip hop was first developed out of South Bronx, it was rooted in rebellion and look at it now. These cats have to snap out of their Scarface day dreams an realize the truth behind the bullshit. Teach the kids to think.
Reaad the article below written by Corey Deitz http://radio.about.com/library/weekly/blCCbannedsongs.htm
One of the most famous cases of alleged banned songs occurred several days after September 11, 2001. As the story goes, a Program Director at one of the Clear Channel Radio stations, decided on his own to compile a list of songs that might be considered in "bad taste" - if played - following the awful events of 9/11.
The list was simply meant to be suggestions or a guideline from his point of view. There was no official corporate backing or endorsement from the company.
The songs on the list, either because of title or content, were considered to be remindful of the images still vivid in the minds of Americans after the tragedy in New York City.
The list was probably unofficially shared or distributed internally to other Program Directors. Clear Channel employees often share programming ideas and information with one another.
From there, a copy of it leaked out and immediately took on a life of its own in the outside media. It was soon flashed across the Internet and deemed by web surfers to be an official company policy, which was not true.
The Snopes website has an excellent accounting of this event which you may find fascinating reading.
Here is the list of songs:
Alice In Chains, "Rooster"
Alice In Chains, "Sea of Sorrow"
Alice In Chains, "Down in a Hole"
Alice In Chains, "Them Bones"
Beastie Boys, "Sure Shot"
Beastie Boys, "Sabotage"
The Cult, "Fire Woman"
Everclear, "Santa Monica (Watch the World Die)"
Filter, Hey Man, "Nice Shot"
Foo Fighters, "Learn to Fly"
Savage Garden, "Crash and Burn"
Dave Matthews Band, "Crash Into Me"
Bangles, "Walk Like an Egyptian"
Pretenders, "My City Was Gone"
Alanis Morissette, "Ironic"
Barenaked Ladies, "Falling for the First Time"
Fuel, "Bad Day"
Korn, "Falling Away From Me"
Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Aeroplane"
Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Under the Bridge"
Smashing Pumpkins, "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"
Peter Gabriel, "When You're Falling"
System Of A Down, "Chop Suey!"
Lenny Kravitz, "Fly Away"
Tom Petty, "Free Fallin'"
Bruce Springsteen, "I'm On Fire"
Bruce Springsteen, "Goin' Down"
Phil Collins, "In the Air Tonight"
Limp Bizkit, "Break Stuff"
Green Day, "Brain Stew"
Temple Of The Dog, "Say Hello to Heaven"
Sugar Ray, "Fly"
Local H, "Bound for the Floor"
Slipknot, "Left Behind, Wait and Bleed"
Bush, "Speed Kills"
311, "Down"
Stone Temple Pilots, "Dead and Bloated"
Soundgarden, "Fell on Black Days"
Soundgarden, "Black Hole Sun"
Metallica, "Seek and Destroy"
Metallica, "Harvester of Sorrow"
Metallica, "Enter Sandman"
Metallica, "Fade to Black"
Nine Inch Nails, "Head Like a Hole"
Godsmack, "Bad Religion"
Tool, "Intolerance"
Soundgarden, "Blow Up the Outside World"
Nena, "99 Luft Balloons/99 Red Balloons"
AC/DC, "Shot Down in Flames"
AC/DC, "Shoot to Thrill"
AC/DC, "Dirty Deeds"
AC/DC, "Highway to Hell"
AC/DC, "Safe in New York City"
AC/DC, "TNT"
AC/DC, "Hell's Bells"
Black Sabbath, "War Pigs"
Black Sabbath, "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath"
Black Sabbath, "Suicide Solution"
Kansas, "Dust in the Wind"
Led Zeppelin, "Stairway to Heaven"
The Beatles, "A Day in the Life"
The Beatles, "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"
The Beatles, "Ticket To Ride"
The Beatles, "Obla Di, Obla Da"
Bob Dylan/Guns N Roses, "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
Arthur Brown, "Fire"
Blue Oyster Cult, "Burnin' For You"
Paul McCartney & Wings, "Live and Let Die"
Jimi Hendrix, "Hey Joe"
Jackson Browne, "Doctor My Eyes"
John Mellencamp, "Crumbling Down"
John Mellencamp, "Paper In Fire"
U2, "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
Boston, "Smokin"
Billy Joel, "Only the Good Die Young"
Dio, "Holy Diver"
Steve Miller, "Jet Airliner"
Van Halen, "Jump"
Queen, "Another One Bites the Dust"
Queen, "Killer Queen"
Pat Benatar, "Hit Me with Your Best Shot"
Pat Benatar, "Love is a Battlefield"
Oingo Boingo, "Dead Man's Party"
REM, "It's the End of the World as We Know It"
Talking Heads, "Burning Down the House"
Judas Priest, "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll"
Pink Floyd, "Run Like Hell"
Pink Floyd, "Mother"
John Parr, "St. Elmo's Fire"
Barry McGuire, "Eve of Destruction"
Steam, "Na Na Na Na Hey Hey"
Drifters, "On Broadway"
Shelly Fabares, "Johnny Angel"
Los Bravos, "Black is Black"
Peter & Gordon, "I Go To Pieces"
Peter & Gordon, "A World Without Love"
Elvis Presley, "(You're the) Devil in Disguise"
Zombies, "She's Not There"
Elton John, "Bennie & The Jets"
Elton John, "Daniel"
Elton John, "Rocket Man"
Jerry Lee Lewis, "Great Balls of Fire"
Santana, "Evil Ways"
Louis Armstrong, "What A Wonderful World"
Youngbloods, "Get Together"
Ad Libs, "The Boy from New York City"
Peter Paul & Mary, "Blowin' in the Wind"
Peter Paul & Mary, "Leavin' on a Jet Plane"
Rolling Stones, "Ruby Tuesday"
Simon & Garfunkel, "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
Happenings, "See You in Septemeber"
Carole King, "I Feel the Earth Move"
Zager & Evans, "In the Year 2525"
Norman Greenbaum, "Spirit in the Sky"
Brooklyn Bridge, "Worst That Could Happen"
Three Degrees, "When Will I See You Again"
Cat Stevens, "Peace Train"
Cat Stevens, "Morning Has Broken"
Jan & Dean, "Dead Man's Curve"
Martha & The Vandellas, "Nowhere to Run"
Martha & The Vandellas/Van Halen, "Dancing in the Streets"
Hollies, "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"
Sam Cooke/Herman's Hermits, "Wonderful World"
Petula Clark, "A Sign of the Times"
Don Mclean, "American Pie"
J. Frank Wilson/Pearl Jam, "Last Kiss"
Buddy Holly & The Crickets, "That'll Be the Day"
John Lennon, "Imagine"
Bobby Darin, "Mack the Knife"
The Clash, "Rock the Casbah"
Surfaris, "Wipeout"
Blood Sweat & Tears, "And When I Die"
Dave Clark Five, "Bits and Pieces"
Tramps, "Disco Inferno"
Paper Lace, "The Night Chicago Died"
Frank Sinatra, "New York, New York"
Creedence Clearwater Revival, "Travelin' Band"
The Gap Band, "You Dropped a Bomb On Me"
Alien Ant Farm, "Smooth Criminal"
3 Doors Down, "Duck and Run"
The Doors, "The End" Third Eye Blind, "Jumper"
Neil Diamond, "America"
Skeeter Davis, "End of the World"
Ricky Nelson, "Travelin' Man"
Chi-Lites, "Have You Seen Her"
Animals, "We Gotta Get Out of This Place"
Fontella Bass, "Rescue Me"
Mitch Ryder, "Devil with the Blue Dress"
James Taylor, "Fire and Rain"
Edwin Starr/Bruce Springsteen, "War"
Lynyrd Skynyrd, "Tuesday's Gone"
Drowning Pool, "Bodies"
Mudvayne, "Death Blooms"
Megadeth, "Dread and the Fugitive"
Megadeth, "Sweating Bullets"
Saliva, "Click Click Boom"
P.O.D., "Boom"
Reaad the article below written by Corey Deitz http://radio.about.com/library/weekly/blCCbannedsongs.htm
One of the most famous cases of alleged banned songs occurred several days after September 11, 2001. As the story goes, a Program Director at one of the Clear Channel Radio stations, decided on his own to compile a list of songs that might be considered in "bad taste" - if played - following the awful events of 9/11.
The list was simply meant to be suggestions or a guideline from his point of view. There was no official corporate backing or endorsement from the company.
The songs on the list, either because of title or content, were considered to be remindful of the images still vivid in the minds of Americans after the tragedy in New York City.
The list was probably unofficially shared or distributed internally to other Program Directors. Clear Channel employees often share programming ideas and information with one another.
From there, a copy of it leaked out and immediately took on a life of its own in the outside media. It was soon flashed across the Internet and deemed by web surfers to be an official company policy, which was not true.
The Snopes website has an excellent accounting of this event which you may find fascinating reading.
Here is the list of songs:
Alice In Chains, "Rooster"
Alice In Chains, "Sea of Sorrow"
Alice In Chains, "Down in a Hole"
Alice In Chains, "Them Bones"
Beastie Boys, "Sure Shot"
Beastie Boys, "Sabotage"
The Cult, "Fire Woman"
Everclear, "Santa Monica (Watch the World Die)"
Filter, Hey Man, "Nice Shot"
Foo Fighters, "Learn to Fly"
Savage Garden, "Crash and Burn"
Dave Matthews Band, "Crash Into Me"
Bangles, "Walk Like an Egyptian"
Pretenders, "My City Was Gone"
Alanis Morissette, "Ironic"
Barenaked Ladies, "Falling for the First Time"
Fuel, "Bad Day"
Korn, "Falling Away From Me"
Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Aeroplane"
Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Under the Bridge"
Smashing Pumpkins, "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"
Peter Gabriel, "When You're Falling"
System Of A Down, "Chop Suey!"
Lenny Kravitz, "Fly Away"
Tom Petty, "Free Fallin'"
Bruce Springsteen, "I'm On Fire"
Bruce Springsteen, "Goin' Down"
Phil Collins, "In the Air Tonight"
Limp Bizkit, "Break Stuff"
Green Day, "Brain Stew"
Temple Of The Dog, "Say Hello to Heaven"
Sugar Ray, "Fly"
Local H, "Bound for the Floor"
Slipknot, "Left Behind, Wait and Bleed"
Bush, "Speed Kills"
311, "Down"
Stone Temple Pilots, "Dead and Bloated"
Soundgarden, "Fell on Black Days"
Soundgarden, "Black Hole Sun"
Metallica, "Seek and Destroy"
Metallica, "Harvester of Sorrow"
Metallica, "Enter Sandman"
Metallica, "Fade to Black"
Nine Inch Nails, "Head Like a Hole"
Godsmack, "Bad Religion"
Tool, "Intolerance"
Soundgarden, "Blow Up the Outside World"
Nena, "99 Luft Balloons/99 Red Balloons"
AC/DC, "Shot Down in Flames"
AC/DC, "Shoot to Thrill"
AC/DC, "Dirty Deeds"
AC/DC, "Highway to Hell"
AC/DC, "Safe in New York City"
AC/DC, "TNT"
AC/DC, "Hell's Bells"
Black Sabbath, "War Pigs"
Black Sabbath, "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath"
Black Sabbath, "Suicide Solution"
Kansas, "Dust in the Wind"
Led Zeppelin, "Stairway to Heaven"
The Beatles, "A Day in the Life"
The Beatles, "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"
The Beatles, "Ticket To Ride"
The Beatles, "Obla Di, Obla Da"
Bob Dylan/Guns N Roses, "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
Arthur Brown, "Fire"
Blue Oyster Cult, "Burnin' For You"
Paul McCartney & Wings, "Live and Let Die"
Jimi Hendrix, "Hey Joe"
Jackson Browne, "Doctor My Eyes"
John Mellencamp, "Crumbling Down"
John Mellencamp, "Paper In Fire"
U2, "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
Boston, "Smokin"
Billy Joel, "Only the Good Die Young"
Dio, "Holy Diver"
Steve Miller, "Jet Airliner"
Van Halen, "Jump"
Queen, "Another One Bites the Dust"
Queen, "Killer Queen"
Pat Benatar, "Hit Me with Your Best Shot"
Pat Benatar, "Love is a Battlefield"
Oingo Boingo, "Dead Man's Party"
REM, "It's the End of the World as We Know It"
Talking Heads, "Burning Down the House"
Judas Priest, "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll"
Pink Floyd, "Run Like Hell"
Pink Floyd, "Mother"
John Parr, "St. Elmo's Fire"
Barry McGuire, "Eve of Destruction"
Steam, "Na Na Na Na Hey Hey"
Drifters, "On Broadway"
Shelly Fabares, "Johnny Angel"
Los Bravos, "Black is Black"
Peter & Gordon, "I Go To Pieces"
Peter & Gordon, "A World Without Love"
Elvis Presley, "(You're the) Devil in Disguise"
Zombies, "She's Not There"
Elton John, "Bennie & The Jets"
Elton John, "Daniel"
Elton John, "Rocket Man"
Jerry Lee Lewis, "Great Balls of Fire"
Santana, "Evil Ways"
Louis Armstrong, "What A Wonderful World"
Youngbloods, "Get Together"
Ad Libs, "The Boy from New York City"
Peter Paul & Mary, "Blowin' in the Wind"
Peter Paul & Mary, "Leavin' on a Jet Plane"
Rolling Stones, "Ruby Tuesday"
Simon & Garfunkel, "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
Happenings, "See You in Septemeber"
Carole King, "I Feel the Earth Move"
Zager & Evans, "In the Year 2525"
Norman Greenbaum, "Spirit in the Sky"
Brooklyn Bridge, "Worst That Could Happen"
Three Degrees, "When Will I See You Again"
Cat Stevens, "Peace Train"
Cat Stevens, "Morning Has Broken"
Jan & Dean, "Dead Man's Curve"
Martha & The Vandellas, "Nowhere to Run"
Martha & The Vandellas/Van Halen, "Dancing in the Streets"
Hollies, "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"
Sam Cooke/Herman's Hermits, "Wonderful World"
Petula Clark, "A Sign of the Times"
Don Mclean, "American Pie"
J. Frank Wilson/Pearl Jam, "Last Kiss"
Buddy Holly & The Crickets, "That'll Be the Day"
John Lennon, "Imagine"
Bobby Darin, "Mack the Knife"
The Clash, "Rock the Casbah"
Surfaris, "Wipeout"
Blood Sweat & Tears, "And When I Die"
Dave Clark Five, "Bits and Pieces"
Tramps, "Disco Inferno"
Paper Lace, "The Night Chicago Died"
Frank Sinatra, "New York, New York"
Creedence Clearwater Revival, "Travelin' Band"
The Gap Band, "You Dropped a Bomb On Me"
Alien Ant Farm, "Smooth Criminal"
3 Doors Down, "Duck and Run"
The Doors, "The End" Third Eye Blind, "Jumper"
Neil Diamond, "America"
Skeeter Davis, "End of the World"
Ricky Nelson, "Travelin' Man"
Chi-Lites, "Have You Seen Her"
Animals, "We Gotta Get Out of This Place"
Fontella Bass, "Rescue Me"
Mitch Ryder, "Devil with the Blue Dress"
James Taylor, "Fire and Rain"
Edwin Starr/Bruce Springsteen, "War"
Lynyrd Skynyrd, "Tuesday's Gone"
Drowning Pool, "Bodies"
Mudvayne, "Death Blooms"
Megadeth, "Dread and the Fugitive"
Megadeth, "Sweating Bullets"
Saliva, "Click Click Boom"
P.O.D., "Boom"
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Monday, March 3, 2008
Monday, February 11, 2008
For Real...
Mark my words, when Tricky dies everyone is going to be riding his dick like Pac, BIG, L, and Dilla...
FOOD FOR ANIMALS - SCAVENGERS EP
Some of the dopest ish Ive heard since traditional Hip Hop died. Peep it and if you like it, buy it...
http://www.sendspace.com/file/zp6cry
http://www.sendspace.com/file/zp6cry
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Big Doe, Nope?
Damn, I feel you Ghost. 30,000 units when you got like 100,000 + friends on myspace? Imma buy his disc, but only when I see him have it on sale when he tours. The reason I dont feel bad is that I saw Ghost 3 times in 2007: Rock the Bells San Fran, Roxy ATL, and Scion show in ATL (free). The reason why I didnt buy his album is because I am busy and don' t have time for music stores. Hell, the last two albums I bought (Radiohead and Saul Williams) allowed me to pick the price I wanted to pay for it on a instant download after the purchase. I dont care about album covers or bulky cd cases, plus those last two albums I bought put more money in the artist pocket than by me going to the store to buy them.
Here is the reasoning: An artist gets like $.85 - $1.25 per CD sold. The majority of remaining money goes to the record label, production, and promotion. When the artist does the select your own price model they get to by pass the record label's cut and only have to really pay for production and promotion of the music which allows the artist to bring in almost twice the amount they would have pulled in per album than the traditional retail model.
I hate it for Ghost cause he deserves a Mighty Healthy payday. I will buy his album as soon as either I see him rock a show with a merch table or I catch a good .mp3 (256kb) download that allows me to pick my price. Artist have to realize who holds the power right now for album sales.
Here is the reasoning: An artist gets like $.85 - $1.25 per CD sold. The majority of remaining money goes to the record label, production, and promotion. When the artist does the select your own price model they get to by pass the record label's cut and only have to really pay for production and promotion of the music which allows the artist to bring in almost twice the amount they would have pulled in per album than the traditional retail model.
I hate it for Ghost cause he deserves a Mighty Healthy payday. I will buy his album as soon as either I see him rock a show with a merch table or I catch a good .mp3 (256kb) download that allows me to pick my price. Artist have to realize who holds the power right now for album sales.
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