I don't care what anyone says. Jesse is not stupid. He made be old and senile, but he's not stupid. Jesse has been in the media spotlight for close to 40+ years and knows about turning off your mic when the camera's stop rolling. You can't tell me he didn't do this shit on purpose for some attention. Plus, it not just the fact that Jesse is still salty in regards to losing his presidential bid in 1984, but if you follow Jesse and Obama, you know really there ideologies is the true conflict.
Jesse, during his whole career has always been one to "rely on the government." Meaning he believes that the entire reason why Black people are in still are not equal in America, is because the government does not support us. Does our government truly give a damn about Blacks? Not that much.
HOWEVER, in that same era where most of Jesse career was made, groups such as The Black Panthers brought forth the ideas of personal responsibility for self and for our communities. Meaning, we can't really on anyone else, we gotta do this on our own. The reality is, even today, the government does have the power to assist the American people, but ultimately, that change has to be conceived and nurtured BY THE PEOPLE. This is the Obama's point of view.
And you know where Jesse is, Al is right behind him.
"We don't sit up and say what do you think about this one? We don't gossip like that.." BULL-SHIT!!! There is no way you can possibly defend this shit. These niggas are backpedding more than Deion Sanders.
Honestly, this whole this is one big "nigga moment" caught on nation television. Can be summed up into one image that has been real cause of why we, as a people, are still not on the same page...
Yep, you read right. Here in this video, Murs has stated that not only will his highly anticpated major label debut Murs For President, will drop in September. But the his latest clabo record with with 9th Wonder, entitled Sweet Lord, will be dropping on the internet... FOR FREE in the next couple of weeks!!! We will keep you posted (hopefully with a link) as we learn more.
This summer will see releases from many well known and up and coming West Coast's MCs.
The legendary Ice Cube will be dropping his eight solo album entitled "Raw Footage." From what I heard so far, Cube can't do no wrong with this album. Here is the latest video from the album, "Do Ya Thang." Raw Footage drops August 19. Do Ya Thang (Download Link)
The Game will be releasing his 3rd album L.A.X. late August. The latest record to find it's way to the internet is the 1500 or Nuthin produced "Dope Boys" featuring Travis Barker (of Blink 182/+44 fame) holdin it down on drums. The Game feat. Travis Barker- Dope Boys (Download Link)
Hailing From Carson, Bishop Lamont is the latest Protégé from Dr. Dre. After making serious noise with a series of mixtapes over the last two years, His debut, The Reformation is slated for a November 2008 release. This is the first single off the album, "Grow Up," produced by The Good Doctor. I love the message in this song.
"Niggas' still crusin' Crenshaw at 36/Ya wife at home, you wasting gas, tryin' to bust a bitch/At club, acting young, wear the wrong shit/Thinkin' you Chris Brown but you look like Keith Sweat bitch." LMFAO!!!! This is real talk.
Last but not least is Producer/Musician/MC Terrace Martin. Growing up in Westside section of L.A (Inglewood, Crenshaw, Slauson area, Culver City, according to him. Which are some of my own stomping grounds), and attending Locke High School, Terrance has been a crucial part of Snoop in-house production team and touring band, and has released his own mixtape entitled Signal Flow. He preparing his next tape with DJ Drama entitled Locke High. The first track of it is "Bounce Rock Skate" featuring Snoop, Kurupt, and a show stealing verse From DJ Quik.
I got ahold of this song late April and have been wearing out ever since. As a matter of fact, I loved this song so much, I played the DJ Skee tagged version at a Basketball game I was DJing at school about a week later, and I NEVER.... EVER play tagged versions of songs at gigs. Here is what went behind the track according to Terrace via a interview by Dubcnn.com
Dubcnn: Tell us about the "Bounce, Rock, Skate" track with Snoop Dogg, Kurupt and DJ Quik, how was the recording session to that? T.M: The recording went like this. First all I had was the drums, just "boom, clap, boom, clap", you know? I kind of wanted to do a type of record that when you closed your eyes you could picture going to a dope dope club in New York City late at night, where it's real small, and all you hear is claps with phases on it and big bass drums going off. I had that picture in my head and I wanted you to see that through the sound. That's all I had on my drum machine for like a month, "boom, clap, boom, clap".
Then, I got heavily influenced by that Kanye West album man. Listening to that and how he experimented with vintage keyboards. I've always played vintage keyboards on everything I do, but they used a lot of different keyboards on the album, like they used the JP or the Jupiter. So I went and bought those keyboards, cause it gave that "Flashing Lights" kind of vibe, you know what I mean? Futuristic music but still sounding like 1981-82, feel good music! So after I laid the keyboards, everybody came to my house and did their vocals, except for Kurupt. On the last day when we were doing that record, me and Kurupt had to go to Atlanta, so we went out there to work with Snoop and DJ Drama.
So Kurupt's is the only verse that wasn't done at my house, we actually did that in Atlanta, but I was still in the room producing the record. That's just a well produced, very fun record and everybody gave it their all. Did you hear that DJ Quik verse on there? Oh my god! I mean I see the blogs where everybody talks, some people love it and some people say "Oh he sounds gay!" You know what though? Hands down, I think that is an excellent verse and Quik served it!
Currently, Terrace is working with fellow L.A native Murs (Murs For President coming soon!!!), The Game, and the legendary Quincy Jones.
Keep ya eyes and ears open... the West is the rise again... West, West Ya'll.
The first teaser trailer from the 22nd film in the James Bond series, Quantum Of Solace. Unlike past Bond flicks, this one pick up around one hour after the last movie, Casino Royale. I'm a big Bond fan (runs in the family), so I can't wait to see this one.
I swear that night Key, P and myself must have repeated that line hundred times cracking up. I was on Yahoo checking my e-mail and found they now have the Embed Code for their Nissan Live Sets show. This was the show Key, P, and myself went to about a week before Finding Forever dropped.
FYI- There are a couple times you can see Myself, P, and Key on camera. Can you spot us? Hehehehe........
Go!
LMAO @ The girl that introduced him. That shit was comedy yo.
Drivin' Me Wild
For some odd reason, I remember when hearing this, I thought the keys sounded a like lot Kweli's "Flash Gordon." (FYI- Because I had avoided the leaks of the album, this was the first time I heard a lot of the tracks from Finding Forever).
Aquarius/The Game
"Yeah we mixed a little bit of The Game With Aquarius... so ya can stop talkin' shit about Electric Circus." - What Com said after performing this song.
I Used To Love H.E.R
Break My Heart
Fan Q&A Part 1
Black Maybe
The Light
Forever Begins
NLS Freestyle
I was very suprised that posted this on Yahoo. I orignially posted back after the show from youtube. This is while the crew was reloading the camera to reshoot The People. I wish though they had them on camera doing "Thelonius." It was between songs, with Com on drums and drummer Kareem Riggins spitting Dilla's verse with perfection.
The People feat. Dwele
Com on the second take- "I still think the first people was better." Honestly, he had a point. Dwele had this vocal breakdown while vibin' with band @ the end of the first take which was crazy.
Fan Q&A Part 2
A part of this was cut when this one dude try to pitch his demo to Com. The crowd's (and maybe Common's inside) reaction when dude's tried to pitch his demo: "Pshhhhh!!! This nigga here..."
Two new joints from The Abstract, most likely of his long awaited LP The Renaissance. These premiered on Mark Ronson's East Village Radio show. If you can get past Tip's hilarious mid-song drops (these worth the download alone, lol), you have two extremely dope tracks. Won't Trade You (Link) Getting Up (Link)
Here a mini-documentary from the road of the Fresh Rhymes And Videotape tour, featuring tour artists Dilated Peoples, The Alchemist, 88 Keys, and Aceyalone. My best friend Ant was at the L.A show and said it was off the chain.
Tracks include "Don't Nobody Go In The Bathroom," "Dance Now With Your Big Ole Ass," "You Got To Coordinate" and "Don't Be P***y Whipped."
And no I'm not making this up, this a real album. Here's a new interview with John "Pops" Witherspoon from allhiphop.com explaining the album. Well... I'll take this before the Bill Cosby album.
As we're on the theme today of duo's reuniting, here is Kweli and Hi-Tek A.K.A Reflection Eternal, performing the CLASSIC (and I have to cap the word because thats what this song is) track of Train of Thought, The Blast, at the NYC club Rehab. Alright, the joints from More or Less From Eardrum, Hi-Teknology Vol. 2, and Time from Vol. 3. Has been a great apptizer, not we want the album!!! Last thing I heard, in an interview on Splitkicker Radio with Tek And Kweli a couple months back, was that the album will be out sometime this year.
Fresh Prince and Jazzy Jeff reunite... from MickBoogie on Vimeo. "I called Jazzy Jeff on the phone I said, "I'm downstairs waitin' Jeff come on" I told him there's this hot spot we gotta burn He said, "Man after last weekend haven't you learned?" - Act Like You Know From Born To Reign (2002)
Thanks to Cleveland DJ, Mick Boogie, here is Will And Jeff on stage rockin' @ the Hancock Premiere. Fo' real "stop playing with my emotions" (c) Big Worm, release a new album and tour... it's WAY over due; especially with the heat Jeff has been producing lately? If you don't believe me, you need to cop last year's The Return Of The Magnificent. One of the best from '07.
Crazy special effects: check. Numerous "Get the fuck outta here!" moments: Check. More headshots than Superhead and Tera Patrick combined: Check. Slow Mo' martial arts and bullet time with heavy artillery monstrosities: Check. Angelina naked walking out the bathtub: Check. And one of the, hands down, funniest monologues in Morgan Freeman's career: double check.
What does that equal up to? One dope ass action movie. Wanted gets the three fingers and circle (that's the ok hand geister) by me.
Los Angeles AKA DA Wild Wild West, California, United States
DJ Chuck "thE oLd SouL," prez & owner of The Mighty, Mighty, Honor Flow Productions and a Young Black Man with a lot of his mind that "thinks too much" (c) A.D.
