ONE OF THE MOST SLEPT-ON ENTITIES IN THE HIP HOP REALM HAS DROPPED A VERY RELEVANT AND POIGNANT VIDEO FOR THEIR SINGLE "GUN FEVER". WITH ALL THIS TALK ABOUT GUN CONTROL AND SAFETY, THE OAKLAND-BASED HIEROGLYPHICS CREW (CONSISTING OF CASUAL, SOULS OF MISCHIEF, DEL, PEP LOVE, DOMINO, DJ TOURE) ARE BRINGING THEIR VINTAGE FLOWS TO A 2013 AUDIENCE.
DON'T BE FOOLED INTO THINKING THAT THIS IS A HIERO COMEBACK. IF ANYTHING, IT IS MORE LIKE THE NON-LISTENERS ARE GETTING A GLIMPSE INTO WHAT THIS DYNAMIC CREW HAS BEEN DOING FOR MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS. SUPPORT THE REAL, AND SUPPORT HIERO IMPERIUM. A FULL-LENGTH ARTICLE/INTERVIEW IS IN THE WORKS, SO STAY TUNED WISDOM SEEKERS! UNTIL THEN, PEEP THE DOPE VIDEO BELOW.
CRATE DIGGERS HAS BEEN A DOPE SPOTLIGHT ON THE ART OF DIGGIN' FOR JOINTS AND HIGHLIGHTING VINYL COLLECTIONS FOR HIP HOP AFICIONADOS AS VARIED AS DJ JAZZY JEFF, RHETTMATIC, PETE ROCK, ADRIAN YOUNGE AND OTHERS. THIS EDITION IS VERY SPECIAL---JAMES DEWITT YANCEY. IT HAS BEEN SEVEN YEARS SINCE THE PASSING OF THE MOST REVERED PRODUCER WITHIN THE HIP HOP PANTHEON. WATCHING THIS DOPE, YET EMOTIONAL, EPISODE BRINGS UP IMAGES OF J DILLA LIVING, BREATHING, EMBODYING HIP HOP TO THE FULLEST. EVEN IN DEATH, HIS INFLUENCE HAS LIVED ON, AS SEEN WITH J ROCC, DJ SPINNA, HOUSE SHOES, AMP FIDDLER, FRANK NITT, TALIB KWELI, HIS BROTHER ILLA J, AND HIS VERY STRONG MOTHER MAUREEN "MA DUKES" YANCEY DISCUSSING HIS LOVE AND PASSION FOR MUSIC.
I AM A PROUD CHARTER MEMBER OF OKAYPLAYER, A SOCIETY OF SOUL/HIP-HOP INTELLECTUALS THAT SHARE A COMMON BOND FOR ALL THINGS CENTERED AROUND THE LEGENDARY ROOTS CREW. FOUNDED BY ANGELA NISSEL AND AHMIR "QUESTLOVE" THOMPSON AS A MEET-AND -GREET FAN SITE (OF SORTS), IT HAS EXPANDED AND GROWN INTO A MOVEMENT AND DE FACTO WAY OF LIFE, SO TO SPEAK, FOR OKAYPLAYERS AROUND THE GLOBE. RELATIONSHIPS HAVE BEEN FORMED, MUSIC HAS BEEN CREATED, AND LIFELONG KINSHIP HAS BEEN DEVELOPED ALONG THE WAY FOR AN ECLECTIC GROUP OF CHARACTERS TO SAY THE LEAST. NO ONE IS SAFE FROM SNARK WHEN DEALING WITH OKP (ASK LUPE OR TALIB KWELI), BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY WE ARE FAMILY, SISTER SLEDGE STYLE. FOR A PEEK INTO WHAT OKAYPLAYER MEANS, CHECK OUT THIS DOCUMENTARY TRAILER FOR WTF: AN OKAYMENTARY.
