NOE IS AN ARTIST FROM CHARM CITY THAT MANY COMPARE TO JAY-Z VOCALLY. IRONICALLY, HERE IS A VIDEO FOR THE SONG "STARK", FEATURING THE WILDOUT WHEELIE BOYZ. THE IRONY IS THAT NOE IS NOW COLLABORATING WITH DAME DASH AND SKI BEATZ, AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE ROCAFELLA DYNASTY COMING INTO FRUITION. CHECK OUT THIS SNIPPET AND SEE WHAT YOU THINK...
http://www.creativecontrol.tv/www/#/music-videos/noe/current-episode/
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Monday, July 12, 2010
DJ JAZZY JEFF/MICK BOOGIE---------------SUMMERTIME: THE MIXTAPE
FOR THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER, CHECK OUT THIS DOPE COLLECTION OF SONGS WITH SUMMER-BASED THEMES...
1. Summertime Intro
* 2. Kool & The Gang: Summer Madness (Live Version)
* 3. Kool & The Gang: Summer Madness
* 4. Quincy Jones: Summer In The City
* 5. Ahmad: Back In The Day
* 6. Ice Cube: It Was A Good Day
* 7. Roy Ayers f/ Mary J Blige: Everybody Loves The Sunshine
* 8. Pharcyde: Passin’ Me By (Ffej Remix)
* 9. Jay-Z f/ Babyface: Sunshine
* 10. Ramsey Lewis: Sun Goddess
* 11. A Tribe Called Quest: Find A Way (Ffej String Edit)
* 12: Bush Babies f/ Mos Def: The Love Song
* 13. Jodeci: Get On Up
* 14. The Commodores: High On Sunshine
* 15. J Dilla f/ Dwele : Think Twice
* 16. Erick Sermon f/ Marvin Gaye: Music (Mick’s Marvapella Edit)
* 17. Bernard Wright: Who Do You Love
* 18. LL Cool J: Loungin’
* 19. A Tribe Called Quest: Hot Sex
* 20. Main Source: Live At The BBQ
* 21. Nuyorican Soul: Nautilus
* 22. Pharcyde & Sublime: Summertime
* 23. Fresh Prince and Jazzy Jeff: Summertime Remix
* 24. Michael Jackson: I Can’t Help It
* 25. De La Soul: Breakdawn
* 26. Musiq: Just Friends
* 27. Carl Thomas: Summer Rain
* 28. Faze-O: Riding High
* 29. Dionne Warwick: Walk On By
* 30. Skee-Lo: I Wish
* 31. Black Moon: Who Got The Props
* 32. Frankie Beverly and Maze: Before I Let Go
* 33. Nu Shooz: I Can’t Wait
* 34. Montell Jordan: This Is How We Do It
* 35: The Roots f/ George Benson: Breezin’
* 36: Fresh Prince and Jazzy Jeff: Time To Chill
* 37. Biggie: Can’t You See
* 38. James Brown: The Payback
* 39. En Vogue: My Lovin’
* 40. Bobby McFerrin: Sunshine Of My Life
* 41. Fifth Dimension: Let The Sun Shine In
* 42. Mos Def: Sunshine
* 43. Nine: Whatcha Want
* 44. Otis Redding: Sittin’ On The Dock
* 45. 2Pac: I Get Around (Mick’s String Edit)
* 46. Zapp: Computer Love (Terry’s Mirage On The Water Mix)
* 47. Seals And Croft: Summer Breeze
* 48. Jay-Z: Dear Summer
* 49. Weldon Irvine: Morning Sunrise
DOWNLOAD: SUMMERTIME---THE MIXTAPE
1. Summertime Intro
* 2. Kool & The Gang: Summer Madness (Live Version)
* 3. Kool & The Gang: Summer Madness
* 4. Quincy Jones: Summer In The City
* 5. Ahmad: Back In The Day
* 6. Ice Cube: It Was A Good Day
* 7. Roy Ayers f/ Mary J Blige: Everybody Loves The Sunshine
* 8. Pharcyde: Passin’ Me By (Ffej Remix)
* 9. Jay-Z f/ Babyface: Sunshine
* 10. Ramsey Lewis: Sun Goddess
* 11. A Tribe Called Quest: Find A Way (Ffej String Edit)
* 12: Bush Babies f/ Mos Def: The Love Song
* 13. Jodeci: Get On Up
* 14. The Commodores: High On Sunshine
* 15. J Dilla f/ Dwele : Think Twice
* 16. Erick Sermon f/ Marvin Gaye: Music (Mick’s Marvapella Edit)
* 17. Bernard Wright: Who Do You Love
* 18. LL Cool J: Loungin’
* 19. A Tribe Called Quest: Hot Sex
* 20. Main Source: Live At The BBQ
* 21. Nuyorican Soul: Nautilus
* 22. Pharcyde & Sublime: Summertime
* 23. Fresh Prince and Jazzy Jeff: Summertime Remix
* 24. Michael Jackson: I Can’t Help It
* 25. De La Soul: Breakdawn
* 26. Musiq: Just Friends
* 27. Carl Thomas: Summer Rain
* 28. Faze-O: Riding High
* 29. Dionne Warwick: Walk On By
* 30. Skee-Lo: I Wish
* 31. Black Moon: Who Got The Props
* 32. Frankie Beverly and Maze: Before I Let Go
* 33. Nu Shooz: I Can’t Wait
* 34. Montell Jordan: This Is How We Do It
* 35: The Roots f/ George Benson: Breezin’
* 36: Fresh Prince and Jazzy Jeff: Time To Chill
* 37. Biggie: Can’t You See
* 38. James Brown: The Payback
* 39. En Vogue: My Lovin’
* 40. Bobby McFerrin: Sunshine Of My Life
* 41. Fifth Dimension: Let The Sun Shine In
* 42. Mos Def: Sunshine
* 43. Nine: Whatcha Want
* 44. Otis Redding: Sittin’ On The Dock
* 45. 2Pac: I Get Around (Mick’s String Edit)
* 46. Zapp: Computer Love (Terry’s Mirage On The Water Mix)
* 47. Seals And Croft: Summer Breeze
* 48. Jay-Z: Dear Summer
* 49. Weldon Irvine: Morning Sunrise
DOWNLOAD: SUMMERTIME---THE MIXTAPE
Thursday, July 1, 2010
VIDEO----KANYE WEST AND RICK ROSS IN THE STUDIO
THE HIP HOP TEFLON DON MEETS THE LOUIE VUTTON DON! THIS VIDEO SHOWCASES RICK ROSS AND KANYE WEST IN THE STUDIO TOGETHER, WORKING ON A TRACK FOR ROSS' UPCOMING TEFLON DON ALBUM, DUE IN STORES JULY 20TH. THE SONG IS "LIVE FAST, DIE YOUNG". THANKS TO OKAYPLAYER AND ON SMASH FOR SUPPLYING THE VIDEO LINK.
VIDEO: RAPSODY-------- "EVERY"
COURTESY OF OKAYPLAYER, HERE IS A VIDEO LINK FOR FEMALE EMCEE EXTRAORDINAIRE RAPSODY. THE VIDEO IS FOR A NEW CUT CALLED "EVERY", AND WAS POSTED BY NC PRODUCER 9TH WONDER UNDER HIS JAMLA LABEL. ENJOY!!!
http://www.okayplayer.com/news/Video-Rapsody-Every-.html
http://www.okayplayer.com/news/Video-Rapsody-Every-.html
Sunday, June 27, 2010
SAMPLE SUNDAY----EPISODE 6
EVEN THOUGH MY MIND IS A LITTLE CLUTTERED AT THE MOMENT, I'M STILL GOING TO BRING YOU TODAY'S INSTALLMENT OF SAMPLE SUNDAY, HOPING IT CAN CLEAR MY VISION. ONE THING ABOUT MY TRUE LOVE AFFAIR WITH HIP HOP IS THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE THROUGH THE FACADE OF CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE MUSIC TO SEE THE TRUE ARTISTRY. HIP HOP HAS RUN AMOK AT TIMES, BUT ULTIMATELY IT HAS NOT FORSAKEN ME, UNLIKE MOST PEOPLE THAT ARE A PART OF MY LIFE. OK, TIME TO JUMP OFF THE SOAPBOX AND GET TO THE BUSINESS AT HAND: THE ART OF SAMPLING.
I HAD TO FIND SOMETHING THAT STRUCK A NERVE WITH ME FROM AN EMOTIONAL AND AURAL STANDPOINT. NOTHING BETTER COMES TO MIND THAN THIS SONG FROM ONE OF MY FAVORITE DUOS EVER, MOS DEF AND TALIB KWELI, BETTER KNOWN TO MOST AS BLACK STAR. THE NUGGET IN QUESTION ACTUALLY FEATURES TALIB KWELI AND VINIA MOJICA, WITH MOS DEF PROVIDING THE AD LIBS AND BACKGROUND VOCALS. "K.O.S. (DETERMINATION)" IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE TRACKS FROM A CLASSIC ALBUM, MAINLY BECAUSE TALIB ARTICULATED AN INTELLIGENT PERSPECTIVE ON THE M-I-C DURING HIS FOUR MINUTES AND THIRTY-EIGHT SECONDS. FOR THOSE THAT DON'T REMEMBER OR KNOW THIS SONG, HERE IT IS FOR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE:
PRODUCED BY HI-TEK, THIS SONG SERVED AS A PRECURSOR TO GREAT MUSIC FROM REFLECTION ETERNAL. HI-TEK USED BRILLIANT ELEMENTS FROM A 1970'S SONG ENTITLED "BABY, THIS LOVE I HAVE", FROM THE INCOMPARABLE MINNIE RIPPERTON.
"BABY, THIS LOVE I HAVE" IS A SONG FROM THE 1975 ALBUM ADVENTURES IN PARADISE, WHICH ALSO INCLUDED THE VERY SENSUAL "INSIDE MY LOVE". VINIA MOJICA PROVIDED THE HI-TEK TRACK WITH HER OWN SIGNATURE TAKE ON THE VOCAL STYLINGS OF MS. MINNIE. THE ORIGINAL SONG FROM MINNIE RIPPERTON ACTUALLY SERVES AS THE INTERPOLATION TEMPLATE FOR THE BLACK STAR SONG. THE BLACK STAR TRACK IS A REPLAYED VERSION OF THE ORIGINAL, AND YOU CAN FEEL THE LIVE ENERGY RADIATING FROM THE TRACK. LISTEN...
ALL IN ALL, THESE TWO SONGS BRING A WARMTH AND EMOTION THAT YOU DON'T NORMALLY FIND IN MUSIC, EITHER FROM AN R&B OR HIP HOP PERSPECTIVE. I LISTENED TO "K.O.S." (WHICH STANDS FOR KNOWLEDGE OF SELF, FOR THOSE NOT IN THE KNOW) EARLIER TODAY IN ORDER TO CALM THE SAVAGE BEAST, SO TO SPEAK, AND IT DID IT'S DUTY WONDERFULLY. I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE, AS LISTENERS AND CONSUMERS, WERE BLESSED BY MINNIE RIPPERTON'S PRESENCE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. HER LIGHT WAS BRIGHT DURING HER TOO-SHORT EXISTENCE ON PLANET EARTH, AND I PAY HOMAGE TO HER ANGELIC VOCALS. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE INFLUENCE THAT TALIB KWELI (AS WELL AS MOS DEF AND HI-TEK) HAVE BEEN FOR THE BETTER PART OF A DECADE NOW. THEY ARE THE PURVEYORS OF A BYGONE ERA IN HIP HOP WHEN LYRICAL PROMINENCE AND SONIC EXCELLENCE WERE TWO PEAS IN A MUSICAL POD. TODAY WE GET SOME "SO-CALLED MUSIC" RESONATING FROM IPODS. I AM ONE TO APPRECIATE THE NUANCES OF HIP HOP PRODUCTION AND LYRICISM, AND THE BLACK STAR SONG PROVIDES A HAPPY MARRIAGE, SOMETHING SURELY MISSING (MUSICALLY AND OTHERWISE). MAYBE WE CAN ALL TAKE QUEUES FROM K.O.S. (DETERMINATION) AND APPRECIATE WHAT A HAPPY "SONIC MARRIAGE" CAN BE, AND APPLY THOSE PRINCIPLES TO EVERYDAY LIFE. "KNOWLEDGE OF SELF...DETERMINATION"!
HERE'S TO A SONIC AND LYRICAL MARRIAGE MADE IN HIP HOP HEAVEN!!!
ONE LOVE, MANY SOUNDS...
----WISDOM
I HAD TO FIND SOMETHING THAT STRUCK A NERVE WITH ME FROM AN EMOTIONAL AND AURAL STANDPOINT. NOTHING BETTER COMES TO MIND THAN THIS SONG FROM ONE OF MY FAVORITE DUOS EVER, MOS DEF AND TALIB KWELI, BETTER KNOWN TO MOST AS BLACK STAR. THE NUGGET IN QUESTION ACTUALLY FEATURES TALIB KWELI AND VINIA MOJICA, WITH MOS DEF PROVIDING THE AD LIBS AND BACKGROUND VOCALS. "K.O.S. (DETERMINATION)" IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE TRACKS FROM A CLASSIC ALBUM, MAINLY BECAUSE TALIB ARTICULATED AN INTELLIGENT PERSPECTIVE ON THE M-I-C DURING HIS FOUR MINUTES AND THIRTY-EIGHT SECONDS. FOR THOSE THAT DON'T REMEMBER OR KNOW THIS SONG, HERE IT IS FOR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE:
PRODUCED BY HI-TEK, THIS SONG SERVED AS A PRECURSOR TO GREAT MUSIC FROM REFLECTION ETERNAL. HI-TEK USED BRILLIANT ELEMENTS FROM A 1970'S SONG ENTITLED "BABY, THIS LOVE I HAVE", FROM THE INCOMPARABLE MINNIE RIPPERTON.
ALL IN ALL, THESE TWO SONGS BRING A WARMTH AND EMOTION THAT YOU DON'T NORMALLY FIND IN MUSIC, EITHER FROM AN R&B OR HIP HOP PERSPECTIVE. I LISTENED TO "K.O.S." (WHICH STANDS FOR KNOWLEDGE OF SELF, FOR THOSE NOT IN THE KNOW) EARLIER TODAY IN ORDER TO CALM THE SAVAGE BEAST, SO TO SPEAK, AND IT DID IT'S DUTY WONDERFULLY. I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE, AS LISTENERS AND CONSUMERS, WERE BLESSED BY MINNIE RIPPERTON'S PRESENCE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. HER LIGHT WAS BRIGHT DURING HER TOO-SHORT EXISTENCE ON PLANET EARTH, AND I PAY HOMAGE TO HER ANGELIC VOCALS. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE INFLUENCE THAT TALIB KWELI (AS WELL AS MOS DEF AND HI-TEK) HAVE BEEN FOR THE BETTER PART OF A DECADE NOW. THEY ARE THE PURVEYORS OF A BYGONE ERA IN HIP HOP WHEN LYRICAL PROMINENCE AND SONIC EXCELLENCE WERE TWO PEAS IN A MUSICAL POD. TODAY WE GET SOME "SO-CALLED MUSIC" RESONATING FROM IPODS. I AM ONE TO APPRECIATE THE NUANCES OF HIP HOP PRODUCTION AND LYRICISM, AND THE BLACK STAR SONG PROVIDES A HAPPY MARRIAGE, SOMETHING SURELY MISSING (MUSICALLY AND OTHERWISE). MAYBE WE CAN ALL TAKE QUEUES FROM K.O.S. (DETERMINATION) AND APPRECIATE WHAT A HAPPY "SONIC MARRIAGE" CAN BE, AND APPLY THOSE PRINCIPLES TO EVERYDAY LIFE. "KNOWLEDGE OF SELF...DETERMINATION"!
HERE'S TO A SONIC AND LYRICAL MARRIAGE MADE IN HIP HOP HEAVEN!!!
ONE LOVE, MANY SOUNDS...
----WISDOM
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
FIGHT THE POWER 2.0----21ST CENTURY-STYLE
On a very humid evening in the heart of downtown Baltimore I caught the aftermath of something heinous and despicable. After midnight on any given night near the red light district of Baltimore's famed (as well as infamous) Block you are able to see upclose and personal a microcosm of our city's ills. Young women willing to barter bodies for duckets, older men chasing after skirts and dirt to inject in already-poisoned veins, homeless individuals trying to coexist, and the Central Police District headquarters overlooking the debauchery within a few blocks radius. This makes for a combustible mixture ready to explode. So it should come as no surprise that the corner of Gay and Fayette became a powder keg of activity early Tuesday morning.
As I made my trek to the bus stop waiting for the Number 5 bus marked for Cedonia, I noticed a few individuals apparently doing the same. What made the scene surreal, however, was a middle-aged black male sitting on the curb, being interrogated (or investigated, as one officer YELLED). This interrogation occurred while the man was bleeding profusely from his forehead, evidently the victim of some sort of attack. Something didn't sit well within my spirit as the scene unfolded. According to the bloodied man, he was sitting near War Memorial Plaza, a short distance from the bus stop, when he was approached by another black male. Some type of discussion ensued, with the end result being an interrogation of a bleeding human being. Of course the men and women of the Baltimore Police Department have an almost impossible task of deciphering the true from the crazy and illegal in our beloved Charm City. This, however, doesn't warrant basic civil liberties from being stripped right in front of a victim. Even though I didn't witness the attack, I call the bleeding man a victim, just from the fact that he had no weapon, and he was bleeding. Two plus two still equals four in my book.
Let me backtrack a tad bit here. There was no weapon found on the scene, except for maybe the book the man was reading and still clutching in his hand. I was incensed when one of the police officers (who was also a black male) asked the injured and visibly shaken man why was he reading on the bus stop. I didn't know that a black man reading in public was deemed a crime anymore in our society, yet the few officers on the scene ran with this thickening plot. One of the alpha male officers made it a point to advise the gentleman, still sitting on the curb, waiting for an ambulance to tend to his injuries, that he was conducting "AN INVESTIGATION!!!", and shouted at him to shut the (censored) up. At that point my anxiety went from 0-60 in a matter of seconds, because this man didn't deserve the injury or the verbal abuse afterwards. Truth be told, physical injuries will heal and be forgotten, for the most part, but mental scars will last a lifetime. In my heart of hearts I feel that lump on his head will disappear long before the injustice witnessed on this early morning. Eventually an ambulance arrived and assisted the still-bleeding man. The lack of respect for him by the Baltimore City officers at the scene was quite evident, as a multitude of common opinions were voiced. I felt the burning need to be the mouthpiece, because hip hop as a culture needs to look at so many things that affect our communities, directly and otherwise. I would definitely be a WACK individual if I didn't at least share this with eyes and ears that are in tune to hip hop in one form or fashion.
I hope and pray that the victim of this attack recovers physically AND mentally. Physically from the blow to the head, and mentally from the blow to the psyche. Hopefully, the officers that hopped into their respective police cars (069255 and 078744 being two of the police cars on the scene) will realize that they contribute to the problems on the gritty streets of Baltimore when approaching any ol' black male with disrespect and disdain. That's why "Fight The Power", by the revolutionary hip hop outfit Public Enemy, will still have a relevant place in today's society, twenty years and one black president later.
FIGHT THE POWER (1990)
In 2010, let us continue to FIGHT THE POWER 2.0. It still takes a nation of millions to hold ALL of us back, be it black, white, red, brown, or any shade for that matter. Our collective voices need to be heard...
ONE LOVE!
----WISDOM
As I made my trek to the bus stop waiting for the Number 5 bus marked for Cedonia, I noticed a few individuals apparently doing the same. What made the scene surreal, however, was a middle-aged black male sitting on the curb, being interrogated (or investigated, as one officer YELLED). This interrogation occurred while the man was bleeding profusely from his forehead, evidently the victim of some sort of attack. Something didn't sit well within my spirit as the scene unfolded. According to the bloodied man, he was sitting near War Memorial Plaza, a short distance from the bus stop, when he was approached by another black male. Some type of discussion ensued, with the end result being an interrogation of a bleeding human being. Of course the men and women of the Baltimore Police Department have an almost impossible task of deciphering the true from the crazy and illegal in our beloved Charm City. This, however, doesn't warrant basic civil liberties from being stripped right in front of a victim. Even though I didn't witness the attack, I call the bleeding man a victim, just from the fact that he had no weapon, and he was bleeding. Two plus two still equals four in my book.
Let me backtrack a tad bit here. There was no weapon found on the scene, except for maybe the book the man was reading and still clutching in his hand. I was incensed when one of the police officers (who was also a black male) asked the injured and visibly shaken man why was he reading on the bus stop. I didn't know that a black man reading in public was deemed a crime anymore in our society, yet the few officers on the scene ran with this thickening plot. One of the alpha male officers made it a point to advise the gentleman, still sitting on the curb, waiting for an ambulance to tend to his injuries, that he was conducting "AN INVESTIGATION!!!", and shouted at him to shut the (censored) up. At that point my anxiety went from 0-60 in a matter of seconds, because this man didn't deserve the injury or the verbal abuse afterwards. Truth be told, physical injuries will heal and be forgotten, for the most part, but mental scars will last a lifetime. In my heart of hearts I feel that lump on his head will disappear long before the injustice witnessed on this early morning. Eventually an ambulance arrived and assisted the still-bleeding man. The lack of respect for him by the Baltimore City officers at the scene was quite evident, as a multitude of common opinions were voiced. I felt the burning need to be the mouthpiece, because hip hop as a culture needs to look at so many things that affect our communities, directly and otherwise. I would definitely be a WACK individual if I didn't at least share this with eyes and ears that are in tune to hip hop in one form or fashion.
I hope and pray that the victim of this attack recovers physically AND mentally. Physically from the blow to the head, and mentally from the blow to the psyche. Hopefully, the officers that hopped into their respective police cars (069255 and 078744 being two of the police cars on the scene) will realize that they contribute to the problems on the gritty streets of Baltimore when approaching any ol' black male with disrespect and disdain. That's why "Fight The Power", by the revolutionary hip hop outfit Public Enemy, will still have a relevant place in today's society, twenty years and one black president later.
FIGHT THE POWER (1990)
In 2010, let us continue to FIGHT THE POWER 2.0. It still takes a nation of millions to hold ALL of us back, be it black, white, red, brown, or any shade for that matter. Our collective voices need to be heard...
ONE LOVE!
----WISDOM
VIDEO------"Dear God 2.0"
To commemorate the release today of The Roots joint How I Got Over, here you have the video for the nice cut "Dear God 2.0". Enjoy this visual offering from the hardest working crew in the music industry, courtesy of Okayplayer.
DEAR GOD 2.0
For more information about all things Questlove and crew, go to my favorite site: http://www.okayplayer.com/.
ONE LOVE!!!
WISDOM
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