rap.1424brka,
ICE T NEWS...
Speaking of artist dropping bombs on line, Ice T has emerged
himself deep into the Internet game. To start he has just
released his new album 'The 7th Deadly Sin' on the Atomic Pop
record label. It's a 21 song lp which is available at
http://www.atomicpop.com. On the album are artist like Numbskull,
Too Short, EPMD, Soondoobie, Frost, Jay-Z , Kam, and Ras Kass
to name a few. If that's not enough Ice T has also opened up
his own Internet record label called Coroner records. He intends
to focus on distributing underground music and videos and
will expand his musical horizons well beyond the boundries of
Hip Hop.
rap.1425brka,
** DAVEY D'S Social Question Of The Day **
This week will mark the release of the movie 'Fight Club'. From
the previews, I gather it's a movie that will be focusing on
some Yuppie types who are out to create some excitement and drama
in their lives by partaking in underground fights etc. On the
previews I seen there's a scene where they announce that in order
to be down with Fight Club one must go out there and pick fights
with unsuspecting individuals. Anyway the thing I'm wondering is
with a film that is so blatant about it's intent, do you think
movie theaters around the country will hire extra security and
take other precautions much the same way they've done with the
release of 'Hip Hop oriented movies? After all, we all know the
power of film and what sort of influence it can have young minds.
If I don't see police sitting in front of my local theater for
Fight Club the way they were when 'Belly' came out I'm gonna ask
some hard questions. At a time when we have the Woodstock riots
and rapes and numerous mass hooting sprees to the average of twice
a month, should we be concerned about 'Fight Club'. We were
concerned with the release of 'Colors',' Menace To Society',
'Fridays' and 'Belly'.. so what about Fight Club?
rap.1426brka,
HIP HOP AND IT'S CRITICS
by Davey D
Looks like Hip Hop artists are rearing their heads and speaking out
about the type of ratings they have or have not received from various
publications. In the latest edition of Lee Bailey's EUR Report
[http://www.eurweb.com] where he interviews The Lost Boyz, they go
off on publications like The Source Magazine. Here's an excerpt from
that interview...
"All these cats go out here and spend all this money to get all these
different people on their album and it still don't sell. They (Made
Men - formerly Almighty RSO) got Jay-Z, Jermaine Dupri and all these
other crazy (people) on their album, but they don't sell. They sh*t
still ain't sh*t. That four or five mics in the Source don't mean
nothin'. You gotta go up there with baseball bats to get 5 mics.
We're averaging 3 mics in the Source. That's what they gave the
first two albums. We was beefin' like 'Yo, how come we didn't
get five.' But we don't pay attention to that now. Basically all
the n***as that they feel fail after going platinum. Everything
else they come out with fails. They go from double platinum to
double wood. They (The Source) gave us a nice write up and
everything, but f**k the Source. F**k em!" [Taken from Lee Bailey's
EUR Report Sept 11th 1999.. ]
Here the Lost Boyz are referring to the recent rumblings that have
come out of the Source camp where their most recent editor Selwyn
Seyfu Hinds vacated his post after publisher/owner Dave Mays went
behind the back of his editorial staff and changed the low ratings
given to 'his group/friends' Made Men to a higher one. A widely
circulated industry letter was released a couple of weeks ago
explaining this incident in great detail. Hip Hop deejays were
being encouraged to boycott the magazine. For many, the whole
incident brought back unpleasant memories of what went down at
The Source a few years ago when many from their original staff
broke camp after Mays was accused of subverting his editorial
staff by slipping in a favorable article about the same group.
It's ironic that a similar incident would occur. To date there
was another letter that's been circulating explaining that
Seyfu Hinds had taken a job with an on line publication being
put together by Russell Simmons, however Source publisher Dave
Mays asserts that the info is not totally correct and that
while it's true Hinds is stepping down as editor and chief he
will remain on staff to help put together the December '99
issue.
While the Lost Boyz have been lambasting The Source, Bay Area
rap star is seriously upset with Blaze Magazine. His discontent
was first brought out on his appearance on Tavis Smiley's BET
Tonite. E-40 explained that he was upset by the fact his new
album was given a miserably low rating of 2.5. In addition he
felt that the people reviewing his album were unqualified and
not up on the type of music that he puts forth. What initially
was thought to be a direct response to the Blaze article,
another Bay Area rap group who is down with E-40 named A-1 is
set to drop a devastating song called 'Critic Killers'.
I caught up with E-40 aka Charlie Hustle this morning to get
the whole scoop. 40 broke it down by noting that the song
'Critic Killers' was done long before the Blaze article, but
it was connected to his current feelings. He went on to
explain that there seems to be an attempt by several writers
to do what he described as 'character assassination' when it
comes to certain artist. 'It wasn't so much that they gave me
a 2.5 rating as much as it was the writer seemed to go out of
way to clown me personally', E-40 explained. The writer in
question, Dan Frost made disparaging remarks like 'The
Blueprint [E-40's album title] needs to be proof read', 'the
beats sound like an arcade game', and '40 needs to keep up
with the youngsters'. Adding insult to injury E-40 noted that
Blaze seemed to go out of their way to depict him in a
unfavorable manner by including photos that had nothing to
do with the theme and Bay Area lifestyle E-40 attempted to
bring out during the photo shoot. 'man , I could've just sent
them a photo if I knew they were gonna make me look bad' E-40
stated. E-40 went into detail when he explained how he had
spent quite a bit of time during the photo shoot which was
requested by Blaze to bring forth the type of imagery that
reflected the Bay Area's unique Hip Hop scene and lifestyle.
The end result was a photo that essentially downplayed
things and had E-40 looking like any other rapper sitting
in a car.
The Blaze review was unsettling because it runs counter to
the type of positive response E-40 has been receiving out
here on the West Coast. Although the album hasn't been
officially released, advanced copies have been circulating
with mad props being directed at 40. Many are saying, this
may be 40's strongest album to date. Tracks like 'LIQ' are
being played all over in Los Angeles while the Too Short
inspired 'Earl Dats Your Life' is the jam that you're likely
to hear from everybody's ride here in the 'Yeh [Bay] Area'
With his last couple of lps, 'Hall of Game' and 'Elements
Of Surprise', E-40 fans bemoaned the fact that he seemed
to be moving away from the type of sound and style that
first netted his huge popularity. This was in spite of the
fact that both lps were commercially successful in terms
of sales. This time around E-40 brought it back to basics by
revitalizing classic Vallejo 'Mob' sound and as a result
folks have been feeling him.
With Blaze dropping such a low review the ugly specter of
East/West coast bias rears its ugly head among fans. When
I see kids on every street corner in Oakland vibing to
E-40 or listeners jamming the phone lines to the radio
station requesting his music, one has to wonder if a
reviewer truly understands the music he is peeping out.
Are all these people who happen to be feeling E-40, 2.5
rated fans? Are they in someway Hip Hop deficient and
hence need some one from outside their hood to inform
them that their Hip Hop hero is wack and needs to go
back to the lab?
I pointed this out a long time ago, way before there was
an East/West coast 'war', that many of our Hip Hop
publications played a key role in bring this about by
continuously putting out uninformed or obviously bias
reviews. The people who were left being most upset would
be the fans who would see the publication as an entity that
was personally attacking them. Here out West, folks have a
deep seeded loyalty to their artists. Any review that goes
out to the public ideally should take into account the
standards set by the artist's audience. That is after all,
who they ideally are speaking to when they drop their new
material. Sometimes we have to put our personal bias and
standards aside.
If Hip Hop is ideally supposed to reflect the lifestyle and
culture of a particular individual, can a kid from New York
really understand the mind set and musical upbringing of
the kid from the hood 3000 miles away? Oftentimes there
seems to be an implied assumption by many within the Hip Hop
media that everyone is striving for the same Hip Hop standards.
It's like folks start thinking that an artist like E-40 or
Juvenile should be setting their sights to spit lyrics with
the smooth finesse of a Rakim or their beats should be bangin'
like those produced by DJ Premier. And while such individuals
are clearly at the top of their game, they do not set the
standards for everyone who are creating beats and rhymes in
this rap game.
I've found that folks from all over this country have their own
styles and sounds and what may be dope to some is wack to others.
For example, here in Oakland, one of the hottest acts out is a
guy named Keak Tha Sneak from a group called 3 X Krazy. You
can't walk two blocks without hearing that tape bumping from
someone's ride. To this day I can't figure out the appeal.
But I admit to having a certain musical bias. Some of the
slang and Keak's approach to doing his album will initially
go over my head while folks from his East Oakland neighborhood
will be loving it to death. He is ideally reflecting the things
that are important to his audience. It would be foul for me to
go out and publicly state the album is wack just because it
ain't my cup of tea especially when I see it blowing up
the spot without any radio or video play. Keak's popularity
should ideally be an indication for me to go out and get to
understand this particular artist better. It means I should
check to find out why so many people feel him. Is it his
lyrics? His beat? His subject matter? It's up to me to find out
the deal and then hopefully I can use my media position to
inform folks from outside the area exactly why Keak Tha Sneak
is the bomb. I would not only be salting Keak Tha Sneak, but
also a significant part of Oakland's Hip Hop community if I
came out and gave praise only to artists like Casual or Del
while dismissing Keak Tha Sneak or The Deliquents which is
another hot act blowing up in Oakland. At a time when this
industry is so bent on labeling and compartmentalizing acts
and music genres for its own convenience, the least I can do
in my position is not continue this harsh pattern. It short
changes the artist and it short changes Hip Hop.
So does E-40 deserve a 2.5 rating? To the kid who grew up
listening to East Coast beats only.. I can see him going in
that direction. But I doubt if the fan growing up on the
left side of country who understands the slang and feels
the music would go in that direction. Did the reviewer
really understand the significance of a song like 'Earl Dats
Your Life'? Did he understand what that song meant to Bay
Area folks and what it meant to have Too Short introduce it..
Did he understand why folks in LA are eating up 'LIQ' .. Did
he peep the game on a track like Ballaholic? Did the reviewer
peep what sound or style that E-40 was bringing back?
I'll be the first to admit, as a journalist you can't be all
things to all people. We're not gonna be up on every style.
We're certainly not gonna like everything that gets put out
on the market. There are gonna be some things we become
big champions of and its good for us to show our enthusiasm.
For example, I loved Rakim's last album and I couldn't quite
understand why so many journalist lambasted it. However, when
giving a bad review we should use extra precaution by making
sure we separate our personal feelings from that of the fans.
Why knock some one else's hustle? Does this mean we can't give
bad reviews or call an album wack? Of course we can. What
I'm suggesting is that we as journalist must look at the
larger picture and take into account that we as writers aren't
the necessarily the trendsetters in this game. The fans set
the trends. We as writers just happen to have the ability to
report or not report what's going on in other parts of the
world. We also have to remember that while it's good for us
to have strong opinions on things, however when it comes to
art we should be clear about noting our opinion vs what may
be going elsewhere.
The kid 2000 miles away from Cali in Tennessee may actually
like the new E-40 album. He however may not go pick it up
because of a bad review in Blaze. The question that one has
to wonder was Blaze really in touch with the kid from Cali
and the kid from Tennessee? Hip Hop publications have
positioned themselves as the middle men who play the crucial
role of connecting communities and people from all over.
These magazines have become primary resources for many folks
within Hip Hop. We expect Time Magazine or Newsweek to say
a Hip Hop album is weak. We all collective assume that a
reviewer from those publications aren't up on Hip Hop music
and culture. The assumption is that the reviewers from our
Hip Hop mediums are up on things.. Or are they?
The bottom line is this.. There are no clear cut formulas
or ways to write about some one's craft. Rappers take
their chances when they submit material to writers for
review. I guess the bottom line is that we may want to
always keep in mind that this is someone's work.. It's their
heart and soul and we should be a bit sensitive to it..
Sometimes it's not what we say, but how we say things
especially in print.
rap.1427brka,
HANDSOME BOY MODELING SCHOOL
is Nathaniel Merriweather (Dan the Automator) and
Chest Rockwell (prince Paul)
Like all great ideas, the Handsome Boy Modeling School was borne
out of necessity. Most people just don't have the mental wherewithal
to identify the need for a great social institution. But not
Nathaniel Merriweather and Chest Rockwell. Known in some circles
as Dan "The Automator" Nakamura and production great Prince Paul,
Merriweather and Rockwell are transforming young, naive and
maladjusted males into handsome boys and exemplary members of
society. These boys have immaculate manners, dress well, and can
make women swoon with a simple pose. In short, the Handsome Boy
Modeling School is empowering boys with the confidence to succeed
not only in their chosen profession, but in life as well.
Some people will tell you that So How's Your Girl, the first
Handsome Boy Modeling School audio course Merriweather and
Rockwell have created is just a record. That's like saying
American Gigolo was just a movie. Not only have the duo comprised
a wonderful audio course with testimonials from Handsome Boys
like Mike D, DJ Shadow, Money Mark, Sadat X, Grand Puba, Del The
Funky Homosapien, Trugoy and El-P but they've also established
a very influential video course and a special correspondence
course for prison inmates. In essence, Handsome Boy Modeling
School is more than just a social institution; it's a way of
life. Never one to turn down an opportunity to meet with great
minds, platform.net correspondent Finnegan Brown met up with
Merriweather and Rockwell, er, Automator and Prince Paul to
get the skinny on the Handsome Boy Modeling School.
Brown: So I was lounging on my sofa at three in the morning
and I saw your info-mercial. Tell me about some of the students
from your program. Like I noticed Rahzel in the info-mercial.
My what a handsome man. Was he the valedictorian?
Automator: Rahzel wasn't the valedictorian but when we found
him, he needed a lot of work. Now look at him.
Prince Paul: We got his teeth capped. It makes his beats come
out cleaner. We got 'em capped and they're looking really good.
We got him some extra big ones for more bass. It's little
things like that that can make you more handsome.
Automator: See, handsome-ness is a state of mind.
Prince Paul: Exactly. Exactly. And I learned that from Dan.
Automator: Basically Paul showed us the attitude.
Prince Paul: And Dan shows us the inner spirituality.
Automator: One thing we should make clear is that we're not
models. We may look like models but we're not models. What
we're promoting is a lifestyle.
Prince Paul: Most people who think you're models get really
uneasy around you, intimidated and shy. We just come off as
regular cool.
Automator: Also, a lot of our clientele are people who have
made their way through life on the verge of being successful
but can't breakthrough the corporate glass ceiling. They just
don't have the je ne sais quoi.
Prince Paul: That's what it takes.
Automator: Not everyone knows which fork to use, how to drape
their jackets correctly or how high the hem on the pants
should be. That's all technical stuff, of course. The real
stuff is in the attitude.
Prince Paul: That can make and break a career.
Brown: [Laughing] It sure can. I'm sorry for laughing.
Automator: Don't worry about it. You know, levity, too is a
part of being handsome. If you have a good, up-beat state of
mind, it radiates positive energy. Radiating positive energy
affects other people's orbits around you and things work out
better for you typically. I'm not saying you have to be a
comedian. You just have to treat life lightly and people
will come around.
Brown: Ok. [awkward pause]. I'm going to throw out a student's
name and you tell me about them. How about Del.
Automator: Del was a stand-out student. He has always been cool,
people just didn't realize his coolness.
Brown: Is that something you brought out of him then?
Automator: We don't bring it out of them. They bring it out of
themselves. We just give them the ability to bring it out of
themselves.
Prince Paul: That's good, man. That's good.
Automator: Thank you.
Prince Paul: You're welcome.
Brown: How about El-P?
Automator: He's a confident fellow but he wasn't showing his
confidence when he was walking the street. Handsome Boy allowed
him to cut a more dashing figure.
Prince Paul: It's all in the video. You can purchase it.
Automator: Merchandising is important in this day and age.
Prince Paul: It makes you handsome.
Automator: I think you were telling that to Versace before he died.
Prince Paul: He didn't listen.
Brown: What about Josh Haden and Sean Lennon?
Automator: They're two very handsome fellows in their own right.
They have a lot of lineage, their families are in music. I
believe Josh Haden's dad, Charlie Haden, is a pretty good
souzaphonist and wasn't Sean's dad in a barbershop quartet? I
think they might have been European. They were living in the
shadows so we just told them to be themselves.
Prince Paul: Don't be scared to be yourselves.
Brown: I heard Kid Koala was a student.
Prince Paul: Hmm, that was an interesting case.
Automator: People wouldn't respect him because he looks so young.
We tried to instill a greater sense of maturity in him, a little
more of a rigid attitude so people wouldn't treat him lightly.
Prince Paul: We gave him chest hair. Fed him a lot of hot sauce.
Automator: A lot of drinking.
Prince Paul: We had to make him grow up real quick. Now he looks
weathered, but handsome.
Automator: We had to break him out of his teen idol status.
Prince Paul: He was like a 98 degrees type of kid.
Automator: Now he's more like Tom Waits.
Brown: And DJ Shadow? He was a student, too.
Automator: We had to make him step out of the shadows, so to speak,
and into the limelight.
Prince Paul: We gave him a lobotomy. That was the only way to
make him more in touch with his feelings and less with his 45s.
Automator: He's a very handsome fellow in his own right, but you
know, you have to get him out into the public a little bit. It's
hard to be handsome when you're on your hands and knees digging
through crates of 45s.
Prince Paul: And being on your hands and knees isn't too handsome
anytime.
Brown: Finally, you have the ultimate handsome man, Father Guido
Sarducci.
Automator: It's a very handsome story. He's basically an older
version of a handsome gentleman. Handsome men circulate in the
same circles and so, through our travels we happened to run
into him.
Prince Paul: We bumped into him in Rome which is pretty weird.
The thing about being handsome is that it radiates. He kind of
stood out in a room. We gravitated towards each other.
Automator: I believe it was in front of the buffet table, though.
I loved the buffet in Rome. It was pretty lavish.
Prince Paul: I like them. I especially like the caviar table.
Automator: Honestly, I prefer to be seated. It's more proper. But
during Fashion Week, it's really busy and sometimes you have to
sacrifice a little bit.
Prince Paul: Sometimes it's good to serve yourself. It's very
hands on.
Brown: I read in your Vogue profile, or maybe it was in the Wall
Street Journal, that the Handsome Boy Modeling School modeled
itself after the television show "Get A Life". How did "Get A
Life" spawn the School?
Automator: Well, we've actually never seen the show.
Brown: But then what about those audio clips on the record?
Prince Paul: Is that where that's from?
Automator: You know how when you buy used equipment from people
and they give you their old discs? We bought these used samplers
and we said, "Let's make a new record." So we used whatever was
already on there.
Brown: So what now?
Automator: I think we're going to continue to expand the school.
It originally started out as a video correspondence course.
Now we have like 25 branches. We realized a lot of people were
doing things wrong. We saw terrible mishaps and felt like we
needed to provide accurate, hands-on instruction.
Brown: OK, any parting words?
Automator: Beauty radiates from within. Oh, and if you're a man,
the record helps you get women.
Prince Paul: And if you're a woman, the record helps you get
women. It's all good. It's like the gift that keeps on giving.
rap.1428sherman,
Brko, ti si stvarno odlepio. Brate, nema niko (skoro) zhivaca da
chita tvoje poruke, a ako shaljesh vetj tolko, kompresuj lepo u
arhivu i poshalji.
rap.1429gdown,
-> #1419, brkaGD> members which includes MC Ren, DJ Yella and Cube were all set
GD> to go.
GD> Snoop Dogg was scheduled to take the place of the late Eazy E.
Strasno.Skrnavljenje. :(
rap.1430ica.z,
-> #1429, gdown> Strasno.Skrnavljenje. :(
pa ono, ja mislim da je to totalno ql shto se ponovo
okupljaju, samo me mnogo iritira to shto ce u igri
biti i Snoop Dogg koga ne podnosim...
Ica
rap.1431ventura,
Izasao je novi spot od GRU-a 'Adrenalin Dzanki' u kome se i ja pojavljujem :)
(onaj deo sa bordovima, snimano je od 20-24 marta '99 :> )
rap.1432gligo,
-> #1430, ica.z> pa ono, ja mislim da je to totalno ql shto se ponovo
> okupljaju, samo me mnogo iritira to shto ce u igri
> biti i Snoop Dogg koga ne podnosim...
Podnosio ga ti ili ne, covek je svojevremeno u Death Row-u
napravio "Doggystyle" i plasirao ga u klasike repa odnosno
klasike Zapadne produkcije.
Ovo njegovo preseravanje za No Limit ne zelim da komentarisem.
rap.1433gligo,
-> #1431, ventura> Izasao je novi spot od GRU-a 'Adrenalin Dzanki' u kome se i ja
> pojavljujem :)
Vidi ovoga, do juce, pu po repu, pu po crncima, pu po pravima, a
sad' se prod'o k'o Puff Daddy. ;)
Ua, luzeru, ua. ;)
rap.1434stukelj,
-> #1430, ica.z> biti i Snoop Dogg koga ne podnosim...
bre, di-ou-dabldzi je klasika :>
Artist: Snoop Doggy Dogg
Album: Doggystyle
Song: Gin and Juice
Intro: Dre
*man pissing*
Heah hah hah!
I'm serious nigga one of y'all niggaz got this ass motherfuckin up
Aiy baby, aiy baby... aiy baby get some bubblegum in this motherfucker
Steady long, steady long nigga
Verse One: Snoop
With so much drama in the L-B-C
It's kinda hard bein Snoop D-O-double-G
But I, somehow, some way
Keep comin up with funky ass shit like every single day
May I, kick a little something for the G's (yeah)
and, make a few ends as (yeah!) I breeze, through
Two in the mornin and the party's still jumpin
cause my momma ain't home
I got bitches in the living room gettin it on
and, they ain't leavin til six in the mornin (six in the mornin)
So what you wanna do, sheeeit
I got a pocket full of rubbers and my homeboys do too
So turn off the lights and close the doors
But (but what) we don't love them hoes, yeah!
So we gonna smoke a ounce to this
G's up, hoes down, while you motherfuckers bounce to this
Chorus: repeat 2X
Rollin down the street, smokin indo, sippin on gin and juice
Laid back [with my mind on my money and my money on my mind]
Verse Two:
Now, that, I got me some Seagram's gin
Everybody got they cups, but they ain't chipped in
Now this types of shit, happens all the time
You got to get yours but fool I gotta get mine
Everything is fine when you listenin to the D-O-G
I got the cultivating music that be captivating he
who listens, to the words that I speak
As I take me a drink to the middle of the street
and get to mackin to this bitch named Sadie (Sadie?)
She used to be the homeboy's lady (Oh, that bitch)
Eighty degrees, when I tell that bitch please
Raise up off these N-U-T's, cause you gets none of these
At ease, as I mob with the Dogg Pound, feel the breeze
beeeitch, I'm just
Chorus
Verse Three:
Later on that day
My homey Dr. Dre came through with a gang of Tanqueray
And a fat ass J, of some bubonic chronic that made me choke
Shit, this ain't no joke
I had to back up off of it and sit my cup down
Tanqueray and chronic, yeah I'm fucked up now
But it ain't no stoppin, I'm still poppin
Dre got some bitches from the city of Compton
To serve me, not with a cherry on top
Cause when I bust my nut, I'm raisin up off the cot
Don't get upset girl, that's just how it goes
I don't love you hoes, I'm out the do'
And I'll be
Chorus
Rollin down the street, smokin indo, sippin on gin and juice (beeotch!!)
Laid back [with my mind on my money and my money on my mind]
Rollin down the street, smokin indo, sippin on gin and juice (beeotch!!)
Laid back [with my mind on my money and my money on my mind]
rap.1435gdown,
-> #1432, gligoGD> > pa ono, ja mislim da je to totalno ql shto se ponovo
GD> > okupljaju, samo me mnogo iritira to shto ce u igri
GD> > biti i Snoop Dogg koga ne podnosim...
GD>
GD> Podnosio ga ti ili ne, covek je svojevremeno u Death Row-u
GD> napravio "Doggystyle" i plasirao ga u klasike repa odnosno
GD> klasike Zapadne produkcije.
Ali zar stvarno misli da moze da bude Eazy umesto Eazy-ja :)
Pa taj isti Eazy ga je svojevremeno tolko popljuvao.
Osecam da se Eazy prevrce u grobu.
Kome su ostala autorska prava za N.W.A ?
Nadam se da im nece dozvoliti koriscenje tog imena, jer po mom
misljenu ono sto je uradio N.W.A. je otislo u legendu a svako
dopunjavanje toga (pogotovu sa Snoop-om u ulozi Eazy-ja ) bilo bi
skrnavljenje legende.
rap.1436ventura,
-> #1433, gligo> > Izasao je novi spot od GRU-a 'Adrenalin Dzanki' u kome se i ja
> > pojavljujem :)
>
> Vidi ovoga, do juce, pu po repu, pu po crncima, pu po pravima, a
> sad' se prod'o k'o Puff Daddy. ;)
>
> Ua, luzeru, ua. ;)
Pa brate... oko tebe do jaja ribe, dzabe pice/klopa, zajebavas se na bordu
i jos budes na televiziji :)))
A i vi rekoste da GRU nije rap-er... komercijala... :)))
rap.1437brka,
-> #1428, sherman
> Brko, ti si stvarno odlepio. Brate, nema niko (skoro) zhivaca
> da chita tvoje poruke, a ako shaljesh vetj tolko, kompresuj
> lepo u arhivu i poshalji.
Da, moram priznati da za citanje (sa razumevanjem) mojih
poruka covek mora posedovati dve stvari - odlicno znanje
engleskog jezika i veliku zelju da sazna sta se novo
desava u svetu hip hop-a...
Kada sam prvi put poslao vesti i intervjue nisam imao
nameru da to nastavim periodicno da radim. Medjutim,
neki ljudi koji prate ovu temu (izvinjavam se, ali
stvarno sada ne mogu da se setim ko je sve to bio)
trazili su da to ipak uradim... i tako je pocelo.
Zeleo bih da mi pojasnis zbog cega nemas zivaca
da citas moje poruke. Da li zbog toga sto vecinu od
imena koja se tu pominju po prvi put cujes? Da li
zbog toga sto imas mali fond reci engleskog jezika,
pa ti citanje ide sporo, ili skoro nikako?
Moje je misljenje da se iz tih vesti, intervjua,
slika, zvucnih fajlova moze mnogo toga nauciti o
hip hop muzici (kada to kazem, mislim na real
hip hop...). Zelim da pokazem da hip hop nisu samo
sampanjac, besna kola, zlato i devojke iz spotova
koje izgledaju fantasticno - ima tu i neceg
drugacijeg... Uostalom, iscitaj raspravu koju
smo skoro vodili u ovoj temi oko toga.
BTW, ovo je javna konferencija (igraliste...).
Niko te ne tera da citas moje poruke.
Jednostavno - mozes da ih preskocis.
Pozdrav od
Aleksandra
rap.1438sherman,
-> #1437, brka>> zbog toga sto imas mali fond reci engleskog jezika
Engleski govorim tecno, nema rechi u tvom tekstu koju ne razumem,
kratko: dobro znam engleski.
>> Niko te ne tera da citas moje poruke.
Tachno. Ali razmisli malo, ako to pishesh za odredjenu grupu
ljudi, mozesh lepo da sve zapakujesh i da ljudi lepo chitaju
offline. Prva prednost toga je shto tjesh troshiti manje prostora
na ionako punim sezamovim diskovima, a druga je shto tje ljudi u
miru i tishini svog doma motji tachno da nadju u tvojim tekstovima
ono shto ih zanima.
Nadam se da je ovo malo pojasnilo stvar.
rap.1439brka,
-> #1438, sherman
>> Niko te ne tera da citas moje poruke.
> Tachno. Ali razmisli malo, ako to pishesh za odredjenu
> grupu ljudi, mozesh lepo da sve zapakujesh i da ljudi lepo
> chitaju offline. Prva prednost toga je shto tjesh troshiti
> manje prostora na ionako punim sezamovim diskovima, a druga
> je shto tje ljudi u miru i tishini svog doma motji tachno
> da nadju u tvojim tekstovima ono shto ih zanima.
Posto sam pogledao tvoj res, iz njega sam saznao da slusas
techno muziku. Takodje sam video da si noviji korisnik
Sistema... To me je navelo da postavim hipotezu o tome
zbog cega ti smetaju moje poruke. Pa da probam...
Dosavsi na SezamNet pozeleo si da pratis i konferenciju
Muzika, jer u njoj postoji i tema 'techno'. Naravno, tada
nisi znao da se ne moraju pratiti sve teme iz jedne
konferencije, pa tako ni tebi ne mora da se prikazuju
poruke iz teme 'rap' - jednostavno, udjes u konferenciju
Muzika (co jo 91), a potom napises conf resign *.* .
Izlistace ti sve teme i za svaku pojedinacno te pitati
da li zelis da je pratis (Da/Ne).
Inace, 99% ljudi i pregleda poruke offline (ili pomocu
Off Line Readera, ili jednostavno skine poruke u Pad,
i potom ih cita off line). Sto se tice prostora na
disku... nijedan blok mojih poruka ne prelazi 30k,
a svaki file koji posaljem nakon nekoliko dana
obrisem sa diska (neka mi Moderator bude svedok).
Ja se nadam da je ovo pojasnilo stvar...
Pozdrav,
Aleksandar
rap.1440ica.z,
-> #1435, gdown> Ali zar stvarno misli da moze da bude Eazy umesto Eazy-ja :)
> Pa taj isti Eazy ga je svojevremeno tolko popljuvao.
> Osecam da se Eazy prevrce u grobu.
ima da se prevrce itekako ako se stvarno to bude dogodilo...
Eazy-E je legenda, lik koga najvishe cenim... sumnjam da bi
bilo kome poshlo za rukom da ga uspeshno zameni (Snoop nije
ni prineti)... sramota!
> Kome su ostala autorska prava za N.W.A ?
autorska prava za N.W.A. ima najverovatnije Dre... ako on
nema, niko ih nema...
> Nadam se da im nece dozvoliti koriscenje tog imena, jer po mom
> misljenu ono sto je uradio N.W.A. je otislo u legendu a svako
> dopunjavanje toga (pogotovu sa Snoop-om u ulozi Eazy-ja ) bilo bi
> skrnavljenje legende.
ne bi bilo skrnavljanja legende ukoliko ne bi Snoop dolazio
na Eazy-jevo mesto... da je bilo ko drugi pa i da shvatim...
po meni bi najbolje bilo da se okupi cela stara N.W.A. ekipa,
izuzev Eazy-ja naravno... njega niko ne moze da zameni i to
treba tako i da ostane...
Ica
rap.1441robin.hood,
E ljudi ! Jel ste chuli za grupu koja se zove ICP(Insane Clown Posse)
Ja chuo pre neki dan ! I mogu vam reci da su jedna od najboljih rap grupa na
planeti !
Ako neko zna nesto vishe o njima mogao bi da poshalje text pesme "Nothing's
left" !
A ko nije chuo predlazem da poseti sajt www.insaneclownposse.com
Evo i jedne slicice sto se tiche njih !
ByE
icp.jpgrap.1442robin.hood,
I josh jedna slika vezana za njihov zadnji album !
Upoznajte Jack Jackil-a !
jack.jpgrap.1443robin.hood,
I josh samo jedna slika !
Naime rech je o bratu blizancu malopre poslatog Jack-a !
Ima mu je Jake Jackil ! ;)
Stize !
jake.jpgrap.1444gdown,
-> #1440, ica.zGD> autorska prava za N.W.A. ima najverovatnije Dre... ako on
GD> nema, niko ih nema...
Mozda neka od Eazy-jevih zena ?
GD> po meni bi najbolje bilo da se okupi cela stara N.W.A. ekipa,
GD> izuzev Eazy-ja naravno... njega niko ne moze da zameni i to
GD> treba tako i da ostane...
Po meni ne bi trebalo da se okupljaju posle toliko godina.Pogledaj
samo bendove koji su se ponovo okupili posle XY godina (The
Beatles, Sex Pistols..), sve to zvuci mnogo jadnije i gluplje.
Zasto se okupljati posle tolko godina ? = zbog para, naravno :)
Ne bih voleo da cujem neki bezvezan album N.W.A.-a.
Jeste da je to iskusna ekipa, ali rap se mnogo promenio za to vreme.
U krajnjem slucaju neka se i okupe da vidimo sta sad mogu zajedno,
ali bez Snoop-a ;)
rap.1445gligo,
-> #1440, ica.z> autorska prava za N.W.A. ima najverovatnije Dre... ako on
> nema, niko ih nema...
Hm, ako on ima prava na N.W.A. sumnjam da im se ne bi pridruzio,
cisto kao "nadzornik radova", izdavac ili nesto trece, ili bi im bar
zabranio da opet "igraju" pod imenom N.W.A.
A posto im se on ne pridruzuje, niti im pravi smetnju, sumnjam da
on ima ista sa pravima na N.W.A...
rap.1446brka,
RUSSEL SIMMONS SARADJUJE SA HILLARY CLINTON
Russell Simmons along with his wife Kimora Lee are making some
major moves in the political world. They're set to host a $1,000
plate fund raising dinner for First lady Hillary Clinton who is
now running for Senate in New York City. Mr Simmons has a huge
SoHo [South of Houston] pad which will comfortably accommodate
the 100 or so invited guests. There is no doubt this fund raiser
will attract some high profile folks from the entertainment
industry. The question is who? Will Puffy be there along with
his boo Jennifer Lopez? How about Method Man or Redman will
they pass a fat spliff to the First Lady and will she inhale?
This should be interesting, but on a serious tip it's great
move by Russell. If you want to have impact on public policy
and also have the ear of powerful politicians these are the
things one need to do at times. Who knows Russell may wind up
being Hip Hop's first bona fide political lobbyist.
rap.1447brka,
TASH IZ ALKAHOLIKSA SNIMA FILM
Tash of Tha Alkaholiks was in town the other day promoting his
new album Rap Life which is scheduled to drop on November 23rd
and not November 2nd as it had been widely advertised. He
explained that he toned down is legendary freestyle abilities
to make a more 'planned' out album. He noted, 'I wanted to
separate this solo project from Tha Alkaholiks.. So on this
album I concentrated on making good songs where the hook
coincides with lyrics and beats. It's not as spontaneous as
an Alkaholik album, but its good'.
Tash also noted that his album will drop around the same time
as a movie he's prominently featured in. It's an adventure
story put together by Snoop Dogg. Here Tash plays the role
of Co-Cheese who happens to be a cell mate of Snoop. The pair
managed to break out of jail and that's when the story kicks
in. Tash concluded by noting that Snoop was changing the title
of the movie so he couldn't tell us what that would be. He
was headed back to LA to finish shooting a couple of more scenes.
rap.1448brka,
POOR RIGHTEOUS TEACHERS SE VRACAJU...
Speaking of new album releases Poor Righteous Teachers are set
to return to the scene in the early part of 2000. The new album
is called 'Losing My Religion' and it will drop on their own
independent label Exit 7A Recordings. If folks wish to peep out
any of the advance MP3s head on over to
http://poorrighteousteachers.iuma.com
or Chuck D's new site http://rapstation.com
rap.1449brka,
CHUCK D & RAPSTATION.COM...
Speaking of Chuck D he' set to give a keynote address this weekend
at a Internet conference being held here in The Bay Area.
Afterwards he heads back out on tour and will be set to do his
first Cybercast concert from the House of Blues in Los Angeles.
This all goes down on Tuesday October 19th at 7:30 pm Pacific
Standard Time. This will be the first of a series of live
concerts and broadcast Chuck's http://rapstation.com will be
doing with the House of Blues. The event is free to all those
with 28k or 56k modems. Log in to http://www.HOB.com to check
out the PE concert this Tuesday night.
rap.1450brka,
DRE OPET MENJA IME ALBUMA...
In other news come November 2 don't go looking for Dr Dre's
much anticipated album Chronic 2001. For the second time within
a year Dre has had to change the name. The final name change
will be 'Dr Dre Chronic 2001' and it will feature everyone
from Eminem to Snoop Dogg to Xzibit and Kurupt. Initially
the record was supposed to entitled Chronic 2000 but Dre's
'good friends' over at Death Row Records dropped and album
with that name first.
rap.1451brka,
OPET O DEATH ROW-U...
Speaking of Death Row, remember that tell all controversial book
'Have Gun Will Travel' by former Source writer, author Ronin Ro.
Because he gave up so much game and details about the inner
workings of Death Row records there were all sorts of malicious
rumors suggesting that Ro had gone into hiding and was attempting
to avoid any contact with Death Row CEO Suge Knight and his
people. I heard from Ronin the other day and he explained that
he certainly hadn't gone into hiding. In fact he's been working
on another book which should drop real soon called "Street
Sweeper'. Ronin described it as 'a novel, a high charged
first-of-its-kind type of book I hope will make younger readers
think twice about lifting guns and entering the street game'.
We'll keep you posted when the book drops.
rap.1452brka,
"O" PRAVI MUZIKU ZA IGRICU ELECTRONIC ARTS-A...
Finally props are in order for up and coming rapper named O.
He has just landed a nice little gig with Electronic Arts
which is the world's largest interactive entertainment software
company. Electronic Arts along with Hollywood records and O
will release the title song for one of the companies most
popular games 'Knockout Kings 2000 boxing.
The title song In the Game will be the lead single from O's
debut album, Full Circle: The Story of O. Electronic Arts
also provided several boxing champions that appear with O
during the In the Game music video. These champs include
Smokin' Joe Frazier, Sugar Shane Mosley and Floyd Mayweather.
Although not in the video other boxers included in the game
are Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Oscar De La Hoya and
Evander Holyfield. O is one of the handful of rappers who
are turning their talents to non traditional fields like
Video Games. If you recall we spoke about how Wu-Tang is
set to have a video game dropping in the near future that
is based upon them. They like O will release songs via the
game. The other Hip Hopper who you may soon see and hear in
video games is MC Hammer who happens to be so good at some
video games that he's actually asked to come up and test
games for a couple of companies.
rap.1453brka,
POTPISANA SMRTNA PRESUDA ZA MUMIU...
As you know Governor Tom Ridge signed a December 2cd death
warrant for 'political' prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal. For those
who aren't familiar he's a former Black Panther and
journalist who was convicted of killing a Phildelphia police
officer almost 20 years ago, in 1981. He's been on death row
ever since. The circumstances surrounding his case and
numerous aspects of his trial have led people to believe
that he is innocent and should be granted a new trial. Over
the years Mumia's plight has garnered considerable community
support. He has come to symbolize the nation's rapidly
expanding Prison Industrial Complex. Mumia himself has
managed to issue a couple of books and countless insightful
commentaries on the issues of the day from his prison cell
in Pennsylvania. He had continued to live up to his moniker
of being the 'Voice of the voiceless'.
Over the past couple of years many within the Hip Hop nation
have gotten involved and have done things to bring attention
to his situation. There's been a compilation album entitled
Mumia 911 which featured all sorts of rappers ranging from
Channel Live to Poor Righteous Teachers to Chuck D of Public
Enemy. There have numerous demonstrations and free concerts
including one that was most recently held in Delores Park
in San Francisco. Here artists like Michael Franti of
Spearhead, Digital Underground and Boots & The Coup donated
their time and brought out over 50 thousand people. This
September 11th event was a who's who in bay Area Hip Hop as
everyone from Saafir to Mystik Journeymen came through to
show support for Mumia's cause.
Yesterday almost a 1000 people, many of them from the Hip Hop
community took to the streets to protest Governor Ridge signing
Mumia's death warrant. There will be a huge rally tomorrow on
Saturday Sept 16th in San Francisco at the corner of Market and
Powell thousands of people are expected to show up. In
Philadelphia demonstrations will take place in front of the
Pennsylvania State Office Building at the corner of Broad and
Spring streets. Both the San Francisco and Pennsylvania events
will kick off at 11 am. For more info call 215-476-8812.
rap.1454brka,
4TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MILLION MAN MARCH
Interestingly enough these Mumia demonstrations will take place
on the 4th Anniversary of The Million Man March. I wonder if
folks within Hip Hop recall the promise and commitment they
made four years ago to improve themselves and show more
respect toward women. I know that at numerous turns people
within the business have attempted to thwart such efforts.
The most glaring occurred last year when Brand Nubian dropped
their album. Their first single was supposed to be a heartfelt
song called 'Sincerely' that had Brand Nubian apologizing
for their mistreatment of women.
Grand Puba explained that they wanted to release that song as
their first single. It would've dropped in time for the
Million Man March anniversary. It would've likely set a new
tone for the type of music that was being put out at that
time. There is no doubt in mind that people would've taken
notice and pondered over the lyrics. The problem was the
groups record label Arista didn't wanna go in that direction.
Puba said the powers that be did not think it would make
money and hence over ruled the group's request. If that wasn't
insulting enough numerous commercial radio stations including
mine, sat on that song in an attempt to support the first
single being released by the label. What a shame. Can you
imagine how the video to that song would've looked? Can you
imagine the type of impact Sincerely would've had if the
music industry movers and shakers would've got behind it. As
we come upon the 4th anniversary of the Million Man March,
it's interesting to note that there haven't been more songs
like the one put out Brand Nubian. Have people forgotten
what September 16th day Of Atonement was about?
rap.1455brka,
PUCNJAVA U STUDIJU DAZ-A I KURUPT-A...
The rap world has been shaken up again as for the second time in
a month there has been another shooting at a recording studio. A
couple of weeks ago Puff Daddy saw his studio in New York get
shot up by an unknown gun man. This Sunday night well known
artist Daz Dillinger and Kurupt found their Echo Sounds studio
get shot up resulting in a death and two injuries. The person
killed was Kurupt's body guard, 23 year old Dwayne Dupree. The
two injured were Jevon 'Realistic' Jones and Willard 'Act Da
Fool' Givers.
Thus far the police have been un able to establish the motive
behind the shooting. It wasn't clear as to whether or not Daz
or Kurupt who were inside working at the time of the shooting
knew the reasons behind the drama. Many began to immediately
speculate that it may have had something to do with the recent
'beef' Kurupt announced that he had with New York based rap
star DMX. Kurupt was upset with DMX because he supposedly made
moves on Kurupt's fiancee Foxy Brown. The possibility of DMX
being behind this shooting incident seems a bit unlikely.
The incident involving Puffy's studio being shot up was
attributed to an altercation one of his artists, Shyne had
at a night club. Fortunately no one was hurt in that incident.
The gun man has yet to be captured. Folks aren't quite sure
if the Puffy and Kurupt shootings are some how connected.
rap.1456brka,
CASH MONEY & NO LIMIT...
Lately there's been a rash of rumors stating that members of
Cash Money have been shot in a sort of drive by. It is unclear
exactly where these rumors started but many are pointing to
the altercation that took place between Cash Money and Master
P's No Limit camp backstage at a Public Enemy show not to
long ago. As everyone now knows the two New Orleans based
groups have a long standing rivalry. Much of it has to do
with some 'street stuff'. Things got exasperated when Master P
began to blow up nationally and was excused of biting many of
the concepts Cash Money had popularized in New Orleans.
According to industry sources, things hit a more intense level
when Universal Records tried to sign Master P. He backed off
which left Universal chasing down P's rivals which happen to
be Cash Money. As of late there seems to be some sort of smear
campaign directed at P while simultaneously Universal has sunk
a whole lot of money into Cash Money. That's why you hear them
everywhere. Some people are saying it's the classic Music
Industry giant trying to hate on the independent. Others claim
its just one group rising up while another is playing itself
out. Needless to say all this tension reached a boiling point
when members from both camps showed up at a PE show in New
Orleans. Supposedly C-Murder dropped some blows on a Cash Money
member and .. 'it was on'. Not too long afterwards these nasty
rumors about Cash Money members being killed began to surface..
rap.1457brka,
PUFFY'S BUSSINES...
Good ole Puff Daddy ya gotta love him for trying. When he dropped
his new album 'Forever' he left a lot of folks here in the Bay
Area a bit disturbed when he lifted the beat from the Luniz
classic jam 'I Got Five On It' and used it in the song 'Satisfy
You' which features R Kelly. Of course everyone and their momma
knows that to be a Bay Area anthem of sorts. 'I Got Five On It'
was borrowed from another Bay Area native, Jay King and his group
Club Nouveau's 'Why You Treat Me So bad'.
When Puffy came to the Bay Area in August he was asking around
on how he could track down Yukmouth and Numbskull of the Luniz.
He apparently wanted to make a nice gesture and do some sort of
remix. Well he finally hooked things up. Yuk and Num are all
over the new version to the point you forget it's a Puffy song.
The problem is Puffy's remarks in the beginning of the song.
He gives a shout out to the whole Bay Area and names off a
couple of cities including 'San Diego'. Local deejays have been
having a field day clowning Puffy about this.. because San Diego
is more then 500 miles away from the Bay Area in Southern Cali.
It would be like somebody giving a shout out to New York City
and then naming the Bronx, Manhatten and Buffalo. It would be
enough to scratch your head. Puffy's brilliance has certainly
left the Bay Area puzzled, but he gets props for trying to reach
out.. Next time look at your map Puffy.
rap.1458brka,
SWISS BEATS NA SUDU...
Looks like everyone's favorite producer Swiss Beats may have
to do some producing in court. He'll have to produce some
valid excuses as to how he managed to produce the hit songs
like 'Down Bottom' by The Ruff Ryders and Eve's 'Whatcha Want'.
Apparently Mr Swiss lifted the beats and melodies from that
came packaged with the keyboard/sampler he used. That of
course is a copyright 'no-no'. Thus far there has been no
comment from the Ruff Ryder's camp..
rap.1459brka,
WILL SMITH GRADI HOTEL!
The Fresh Prince...oops I mean Will Smith is set to make some
major millennium moves. First, he will be the man of the hour
as he will be hosting the big Millennium celebration going on
in the nation's capitol-Washington DC. After Mr Smith gets
done doing that he will no doubt look over the enticing
business and tax incentive package Philadelphia's City Council
has tossed his way. You see Will Smith has big plans to open
up a 185 room hotel complete with condominiums, restaurants
and health clubs in downtown Philly. And who said Will Smith
doesn't give back to his community? The hotel will be called
Hotel 'W' and if all goes well it should be open by the year
2002. Oh yeah one other thing, Will's next album will be
called 'The Willennium'. It's due out mid November.
rap.1460brka,
"ZULU NATION" SLAVI 25 GODINA HIP HOP-A...
Congratulations to the Universal Zulu Nation as they get set
to celebrate their 25th Anniversary. The fact that Zulu is
having a 25th Anniversary means that all the hype around
Hip Hop having it's 20th anniversary this year should be
looked at a bit more closely. The fact of the matter is
that Hip Hop had been around and thriving long before the
landmark record 'Rapper's Delight' was released. But as is
often the case lots of folks who went out and built
businesses around this '20th anniversary never sat down
with Hip Hop's pioneers and took what they had to say
seriously.
This past weekend many of Hip Hop's pioneers held a press
conference which included: Afrika Bambaataa, Kool Herc,
DJ Jazzy Jay, Grandmaster DST, Tony Tone of Cold Crush
Bros., Yoda of Crash Crew, Awesome 2 (Special K & Teddy
Ted) and many more Zulu Nation members. Here they announced
the upcoming celebration of Hip Hop Culture's official
birthday-November 12th 1974. There will be a week long
celebration which will include grafitti, break dancing
and turntablism. There will also be an awards show.
During the press conference, Bambattaa and Kool Herc spoke
about the continued exploitation of Hip Hop by the media,
press, record labels and radio stations. "We have to take
it back!" was primarily the theme of the evening as various
Hip Hop pioneers took the podium to express their views on
the "sad state of affairs regarding media's constant
exploitation of guns, drugs, ice jewels, and hip-hop
culture as a target".
For those who are familiar with Zulu Nation, they've come
a long ways since the early days when they were seen more
as a gang to be feared then as an organization that
strives to represent Hip Hop culture. Interestingly enough
many of Hip Hop's first b-boys including Bam were gang
members. Hence Hip Hop was really an expression from the
streets. Around '74 the city of New York was pushing to make
a serious crack down on the growing gang problem that
existed in the Big Apple. The attempts being made were
similar to the ones that have been put forth by NY's current
mayor. As the traditional gangs like The Black Spades, Savage
Skulls, Glory Stompers etc were disbanded, under Hip Hop
culture they resurfaced with new names like Casanova Crew,
Nine Crew and of course Zulu Nation and Gestapo.
Under Bam's leadership, he attempted to move Zulu into a
more positive and socially conscious light as he began
setting up chapters all over New York City by the early 80s
such a change had occurred when Zulu Nation held their first
big anniversary celebration in Midtown Manhatten. If memory
serves me correctly this may have taken place around '81 or
'82. In any case Zulu Nation is a world wide organization
with more then 10 thousand members and chapters all over
the world. It's members are committed to preserving Hip Hop
and in many cases have actually involved themselves in local
politics. It's a shame Zulu isn't officially consulted more
by all these big entities who wish to be involved in Hip Hop.
For more information about the upcoming Zulu Nation
Celebration hit up my girl Chase at eridian entertainment
mailto:hiphop@planetmeridian.com .
rap.1461brka,
INTERVJU: KOOL KEITH
""""""""""""""""""""
Ultramagnetic Kool Keith plunges full speed ahead in conversation
with Platform's Tom Constabile.
Polluted skies are purple and orange neon. Dr. Octagon is dead,
vanquished amidst Dr. Doom's evil void. Elvis is back and he's
black.
.....Hip-hop's bizarro world has dawned, and Kool Keith's wavering
sanity is all that's holding things together. Baller's and Playa's
flossy rental cars and cubic zirconia Rolexes vanish, revealing
insecure, media conforming robots to pop's newest thing-- thug life
for the whole family. Internet commerce and hip-hop news and rumors
fade into Y2K failure-- no match for the immortal technology with
which Martians blessed Keith, that next-level, superhuman lyricism
of the ultimate playa-hater, cross-over entertainer.
.....Enter the playground of hip-hop's original psychedelic,
identity-shifting leader of the rebellion versus the "keep-it-realism"
federation facade. Dr. Octagon was a decoy anyway, working night
shifts undercover both for the FBI and Dr. Doom. Black Elvis is here
now to entertain all earth-people into awareness. George Clinton
taught him everything he knows.
.....Beyond all of the science fiction and psychotic shock value of
Kool Keith's mind altering lyrics and multiple personalities does
exist the grounded center of a funny guy. While he may have entered
his hotel room for our interview wearing a Martian space helmut,
designed to inspire adventurous press as we have embarked upon in
the opening paragraph, Keith truly just wants everyone to have
some fun. (His color coordinated Baltimore Orioles warm-up and old
school orange and white Nike air's told us so).
.....Saying that he made sense through the whole interview, and that
he seemed to be quite sane, would mislead you. What should be stated
is that though he believes that Martians have visited the Earth, he
also makes a lot of sense when it comes to challenging hip-hop's
contradictions and overall current tendency to mimic itself for
album sales.
.....Analyze him late at night with black light posters all you want.
Keith is intentionally abstract. In the end know that what he wants
is for people to take the music back to something more risky,
something more innovative, something less serious and less violent.
He is a child of electric funk-- Funkadelic, Ohio Players, Zapp-- the
Bronx's hustling streets, and 42nd Street's infamous freak fest.
Colorful, outlandish stuff. But he's a thinker, too. Hip-hop's court
jester and poet laureate at once, his two new albums are out to
redefine what it means to "represent."
.....For Keith, it's more about how you "reinvent." A warrior pushing
black music, and hopefully black culture, into the pace of the
future, he has just dropped independently, as Dr. Doom, on Funk Ass
Records, First Come, First Served. He will follow only a month later
with the solid Black Elvis LP on Columbia/Ruffhouse.
.....The original independent urban artist, funky and personality-split
way before The Artist found his symbol, Keith is serving up rat
burgers for phony thugs and lyrical jewels for candied ravers. As punk
as he wants to be, this guy might even make you wanna dance this time
around. Lock up your platinum records and hide your gold fronts,
because Keith is coming original this year!
...
rap.1462gligo,
-> #1455, brka> PUCNJAVA U STUDIJU DAZ-A I KURUPT-A...
> The rap world has been shaken up again as for the second time
> in a month there has been another shooting at a recording
> studio. A couple of weeks ago Puff Daddy saw his studio in New
> York get shot up by an unknown gun man. This Sunday night well
> known artist Daz Dillinger and Kurupt found their Echo Sounds
> studio get shot up resulting in a death and two injuries. The
> person
> knew the reasons behind the drama. Many began to immediately
> speculate that it may have had something to do with the recent
> 'beef' Kurupt announced that he had with New York based rap
> star DMX. Kurupt was upset with DMX because he supposedly made
> moves on Kurupt's fiancee Foxy Brown. The possibility of DMX
> being behind this shooting incident seems a bit unlikely.
Bice da je ovo nastavak filma u kojem su ranije glumili B.I.G i 2Pac,
a sada Kurupt i DMX.
Samo sto je DMX totalno lud, i izgleda da ne pravi prozivke, vec
odmah prelazi na dela. ;(
rap.1464gligo,
Potrebuju se tekstovi od Gang Starr-a, bilo sta...
Hvala unapred...
rap.1465robin.hood,
Evo josh jedne slicice grupe ICP !
I ovom prilikom josh jednom pitam da neko poshalje neki textitj , ako je
moguce text pesme "Nothing's left" !!
Hvala unapred !
A sada stize slicica !
hell.jpgrap.1466stukelj,
-> #1465, robin.hood probaj na www.ohhla.com, verovatno ima... ;)
rap.1467brka,
'RUKE DALJE OD ASSATE'...
Congratulations are in order to artist like Common Sense,
Dead Prez, The Roots, Black Star and Q-Tip to name a few.
They have all put forth their time and talent for an
upcoming political Hip Hop project entitled 'Hands Off
Assata'. This album is a benefit designed to bring
attention to 2Pac's exiled Aunt Assata Shakur who now
lives in Cuba as well as America's numerous 'political
prisoners'.
For folks who are not familiar with the story surrounding
Assata, in 1973 she was known as Joanne Charismard. She
was a member of the Black Panther Party who was accused
and convicted for shooting to death a New Jersey State
Trooper. The situation surrounding her case was marked
with controversy as many claimed that she was innocent.
Assata managed to escape prison and has since been hiding
out in Cuba. For years Assata was all but forgotten by
the mainstream public until a couple of years ago when
current New Jersey Governor Christie Whitman began to
involve herself. She has offered a 50 thousand dollar
bounty for her return and has pushed to the US Congress
adapt a policy that would make Assata's return to New
Jersey as one of the conditions for any meaningful
US/Cuban relations to take place. Please see the
following articles on my website [http://www.daveyd.com]
including an open letter from Assata Shakur for more
information
http://www.daveyd.com/assataletterpol.html and
http://www.daveyd.com/letgovwhitpol.html.
Over the years there has been a cultural exchange of
sorts with Cuba and many within the Hip Hop community.
Chuck D of Public Enemy invoked her name in a couple
of songs. Numerous artists ranging from Michael Franti
of Spearhead to Common Sense to Paris have traveled to
Cuba to perform. Many have actually sat down and 'broke
bread' with Shakur. She has also managed to stay very
active and up to date with the Hip Hop community. She
even offered some heartfelt 'constructive' criticism
about the types of activities and artistic approaches
taken by her late nephew 2Pac.
The upcoming project being put forth by Common and
other progressive artist will no doubt keep people up
to date about this story and the numerous others
surrounding activist from the late 60s and early 70s
who are doing time in American prisons behind some very
suspect circumstances.
rap.1468brka,
MC HAMMER PRODAJE SVOJU KOLEKCIJU AUTOMOBILA
There will be a quite a number of people who are expected
to show up to The Forrest Faulknor & Sons Auction Company
this Thursday October 28th in South San Francisco. The
reason being is that eight vehicles formerly belonging
to MC Hammer will be auctioned off. The vehicles include
a 1952 custom Chevrolet Coupe, 1967 Ford Thunderbird,
1964 Lincoln Continental Convertible, 1972 Mercedes Benz
350 SL, 1985 Mercedes Benz 500 SEC custom convertible,
1990 Mercedes 300 SEL sedan, 1991 Lincoln Limousine and
a 1990 Ferrari Testa Roosa with 9000 miles. I recall the
Ferrari, unfortunately the last time Hammer drove the
car he overheated the engine which means it will have
to be rebuilt. There have been a number of firm bids
for the Testa Rossa.
As this auction is set to take place MC Hammer has been
doing quite well. He had a successful comeback this summer
when he left 22 thousand people standing as he rocked
the house during KMEL's Summer Jam concert. He can also
be heard doing talk radio on KGO as well as commentating
during the SF 49er pre-games. He's had a number of songs
that he's dropped off to deejays here and there, but people
are awaiting his album. Many of the cuts will be from the
unreleased album he completed while he was an artist on
Death Row records. There are some slamming songs especially
one he did with 2Pac and Big Kaddy Kane.
With this auction set to take place the question that
everyone always asks.. 'Is Hammer poor broke and destitute?'
About as much as Donald Trump was when he filed for
bankruptcy a few years back :).
rap.1469brka,
PE PREVARENI ZA KONCERT...
The Bay Area was treated to a number of Hip Hop shows this
week including performances from Redman and Method Man,
Public Enemy, Pharoah Monch, The Beatnuts and Del Tha
Funkee Homosapien and Casual. Meth & Red who's new album
'Blackout' is the bomb did what I consider a so-so show
during the Family Values Tour. The sound was jacked which
is endemic of most rap shows and the routine was somewhat
predictable. 10 minutes into the act they resorted to the
over done routine of getting each side of the audience
more hyped then the other. They also rushed through a
number of songs where they would just do a couple of
verses. The most annoying thing was the muffled vocals.
When you have two stellar lyricists like Red and Meth you
wanna be able to hear them clearly. Their sound should've
been like that of the headlining act Limp Bizkit..
Public Enemy got seriously jacked during their performance
at Maritime Hall in SF. For those who are unfamiliar with
maritime it is the only all ages venue in the city. It is
also one of the only places that will consistently bring
safe rap shows to the Bay Area. They tend to be quite
progressive in their booking as they have had everyone
from KRS-One to Tha Alkaholiks to Organized Konfusion.
Maritime is also a large venue with several stages that
can house several shows at one time. For the most part
it is one of the only games in town. The same night that
PE was scheduled to perform, reggae artist Linton Kwesi
Johnson was also booked. Quite naturally folks thought he
would be on one of the other stages which has a separate
entrance. Who would've thought Maritime would go and put
both acts on the same stage in one night.
When PE arrived in town they discovered that they would
have to be off the stage and out the venue by 8:30 pm
that night. Maritime was intending on clearing the hall
after the performance and bringing in a fresh new crowd
for Linton Kwesi. Needless to say this did not sit well
with anyone. PE maintained their professionalism and wound
up taking the stage at 7pm. Their show lasts for about
2 hours, but unfortunately had to cut it short. Maritime
threatened to pull the plug if they went over. The place
was packed but tons of people began showing up at the
venue around 9pm only to find out their favorite group
had left the building. Chuck accommodated people by doing
interviews well into the night, but Bay Area folks were
definitely duped and short changed by a venue that has a
somewhat 'shady' rep.
As for the show, it went real well. They had a new deejay
named Lord Auswaad who was filling in for Terminator X.
This kid was off the hinges as he was doing some
Invisible Skratch Piklz type of moves. According to Chuck,
Terminator was back in his home in North Carolina dealing
with the recent rash of floods and Hurricanes that have been
bombarding the state.
rap.1470brka,
ALLEN IVERSON SNIMA ALBUM...
Basketball star Allen Iverson is getting to set to make some
moves of a different sort as he has just signed a deal with
Universal Music. His album will feature folks like Jermaine
Dupree and Nas. The two questions everyone has on their mind
is whether or not Iverson's raps will be in synch with his
infamous bad boy image. The word is his album will not be
gangsta or thugged out rap. The second question is whether
or not Iverson got skillz that are on par with his on court
finesse.. After all, many athlete turned rapper like Dion
Sanders and even Shaq left much to be desired in the emcee
arena. From what I'm hearing Mr Iverson can flow, but he
certainly won't be outshining Nas on his track. We wish him
much luck.
rap.1471brka,
KRS-ONE IMA NOVU RADIO EMISIJU...
Congratulations are in order to the Blastmaster KRS-One. As
of late he's been making major moves to get his Temple Of
Hip Hop organization up and running. Thus far he has
established chapters both in The Bay Area and In Los
Angeles. At last count which was almost two months ago he
had over 120 members in the LA chapter. The Oakland chapter
has also been up and running. KRS noted that he has plans
to do some speaking engagements which will involve many of
Hip Hop's movers and shakers and pioneers. He's also
finishing up his book entitled 'Hip Hop'. Now KRS has
taken his activism to the airwaves as he is in his third
week of hosting a conscious Hip Hop Show on 92.3 The Beat
in LA. It's appropriately called 'The Temple Of Hip Hop'.
It airs every Sunday night from 9pm-midnight and it features
KRS dropping some phat tracks, chatting it up with a variety
of guests and of course dropping mad science. I'm waiting
to get my taped copy of his show. For more info email him
at mailto:www.thebeatla.com or peep out his website
http://www.templeofhiphop.com
rap.1472brka,
JAY-Z I MAGIC SE NISU DOGOVORILI...
Bad news for Jay-Z and company and the fate of his newest film,
The Hard Knock Life Documentary. This is a movie that focuses
on the behind the scenes activities for the historic Hard Knock
Life Tour. It was said to be the highest grossing rap tour ever.
The other week it was announced that Jay-Z and former basketball
star turned theater owner Magic Johnson were close to striking
a deal which would result in Magic distributing Jay-Z's film.
However, late last week the deal fell through. Roc-A Fella
records co owner Damon dash claimed that Magic Johnson 'flaked'
and had gotten in over his head. Johnson noted that he could
only commit to showing the film in the three theaters that he
personally owns. He could not guarantee distribution in the
Lowes Theaters that he is affiliated with. Being the class guy
that he is, Magic wished Jay-Z and friends much success. In the
meantime Jay-Z will have his film distributed by Miramax films.
Look for it to drop sometime early next year as it will coincide
with a soundtrack from Jay-Z.
rap.1473brka,
KPFA 94.1 FM...
In the November issue of The Source Magazine, there's an
excellent articled penned by writer Eric Arnold that talks
about the tumultuous struggle that took place over the summer
to save community radio station KPFA 94.1 FM in Berkeley. For
those unfamiliar with the station, KPFA is the nations oldest
and most powerful community radio station. Earlier this summer
the governing board - Pacifica that oversees the station and
holds the licence made some foul moves including a proposal
to sell the station. When on air deejays attempted to speak
out on the airwaves about this, the station was shut down and
huge protests were held. At one close to 20 thousand people
turned out at a rally.
The Bay Area's Hip Hop community played a key role in
mobilizing people around this issue of Free Speech and Free
Radio. Organizations like Third Eye Movement, STORM and
others gotten lots of young folks out into the streets to
defend the station. One of the key figures in helping bring
the Hip Hop community to the table was a raptivist named
Khalil Jacobs-Fantauzzi. Khalil is known around the Bay for
his activism especially within the Latino/Puerto Rican
community. He also taught a class up on UC Berekely campus
that dealt with Hip Hop. On numerous occasions he would
bless the mic with wicked freestyles of his own. His love
and passion for the music and culture are unparalleled.
During the station lock out Khalil would mobilize rappers
to rally in front of the station every Friday afternoon.
His on going activism resulted him being brutalized and
arrested by the police. In fact he was shown on the local
news channels being dragged away by police in what many
were saying was an unprovoked attack. One of things that
got the police upset was the fact that Khalil would
consistently take pictures and write down badge numbers
of any officer who stepped out of line toward the
protesters.
This Thursday at 8:30 am Khalil finds himself having to
face charges at Berkeley's Municipal Court. From the
looks of things it appears that he is personally being
singled out due to the fact that there were more then
100 arrests during the KPFA Lockout and all but his
charges have been dropped. Bay Area folks are being
asked to come out and show support.. The Hip Hop
community is being asked to be aware and support one
of our own.. For more info peep out the website
http://www.savepacifica.net.
rap.1474brka,
*QUESTION OF THE WEEK*
Have you ever paid close attention to Hip Hop lyrics and come
away shaking your head because some of the information being
spouted was just plain wrong. For example in Biggie's song
'Going Back To Cali' he rattles off a slew of California
area codes but then he mistakenly gives one '313' which
doesn't exist anywhere in the state. If I'm correct, I
believe that's the area code to Michigan. Puffy in his recent
remix pays tribute to the Bay Area by naming off some Bay Area
cities but then goofs by naming off San Diego which is 500
miles away.. In KRS-One's classic record 'Why Is That' he
spouts off some Biblical verses and passages that simply
don't coincide with the lyrics to his song.. I've heard other
songs where people have spelled names wrong in an attempt
to rhyme on time. Others like Foxy Brown in the song
'Affirmative Action' by The Firm drops a verse that just
doesn't make sense.. Others have used slang terms the wrong
way.. Have you come across any gross misrepresentations
in a song.. Drop me a line so I can share this with others.
In the immortal words of Guru 'Watch What You Say'.
mailto:kingdave@sirius.com
rap.1475brka,
DILATED PEOPLES
"""""""""""""""
Not counting the strictly-Raiders-and-Kings-gear sounds of
bangin'-on-wax, there are three distinct camps of hip hop
staked out within L.A.'s landscape ş Melrose, Roscoe's and
cholos. There's: (1) the smoking section occupied by the
funk-freakin' Soul Assassins; (2) those happy-hour-bumrushers
known as the Likwit Crew; and (3), just a short bizarre ride
away, the envelope pushing-and-shoving underground sounds of
the Good Life/ Project Blowed. Somewhere in the middle of
those three creative Cali cliques you'll find Dilated Peoples:
Evidence, a clever weatherman; Iriscience, a triple optometrist
and DJ Babu, the Dilated Junkie who celebrates duck season all
year long.
Three guys with a trio of acclaimed 12-inches on ABB Records,
Dilated Peoples' angle-working strategy is supported by the
balance of the group itself. And we're not talking about the
corny kind of balance that wack fools talk about in interviews,
like,"Yeah, we got somethin' for everybody - a slow song for
the girls, hype shit for the fellas, a club joint." Nah, fuck
that. Dilated Peoples have two highly skilled MCs (who met
through graffiti writing) with completely different lyrical
styles, along with a world champ, unfadable 'ablist manning
the decks.
VICE: What's up with your name?
Evidence: To dilate is to grow. We are peoples of expansion.
Plus, it's a play on 'dilated pupils,' when your pupils are
open. You know, that's some shit the cops ask you or some
shit like that. My mom was always asking me that: "Why are
your pupils dilated?" Break down your two different rhyme
styles. We touch a lot of ground. Iriscience's background
is poetry ş Watts Prophets and Gil Scott-Heron. So he
manifests a lot of complex and subliminal messages, but
delivered through a raw cadence. And I'm influenced by
Special Ed, Parrish Smith and Rakim.
Iriscience:In the natural flow of things, I'm more concerned
with issues of consciousness, and I have a much more broad
interest in music, poetry and books, where Evidence is
definitely more focused on what the task at hand is. . .
The whole point is balance.
VICE: [Since you formed back in '92] was Dilated Peoples
influenced by the rest of the LA hip hop scene?
Evidence: Actually B-Real and Everlast are really big
influences on me. During our Immortal (Dilated's former label)
recording days, they were around the same area, and they
always encouraged me. If I was at the studio and they came
by the session, they'd be like "yo, turn off the lights,"
or "yo, memorize your rhymes first." Givin' me pointers.
Everlast told me to pull my dick out. On the real. [laughs]
He was like, "man, drop your drawers homie. Hold your dick
or somethin'."
Iriscience: [And just like Soul Assassins] the Likwit Crew
is also our extended family. As far as Good Life and Project
Blowed, we have a great deal of respect for them. We've been
working with Aceyalone on this project, so while we're not
specifically a part of that scene, I still get a chance to
express and build with those cats.
Evidence: And since I separate myself as a fan and an artist,
I would say that people like Freestyle Fellowship, the Good
Life movement ş and also Ice Cube, Too Short, King Tee and
the Liks ş they're all major influences on my personality,
but not on my style. As a writer, I block everything out.
Like, I could do any Mikah 9 verse, put me to the test, but
I don't need to rhyme like them 'cause I can separate myself
from respect and biting. I think that in LA a lot of people
got so influenced by these cats that they felt that they had
to do their style to be on their team.
Iriscience: So while there's elements of all those [LA
artists] in what we do 'cause we're in the scene, hopefully
and more importantly, we don't fall under the banner of
anything else. We're trying to blaze new trails and new
paths, and say, "hey, this is another way we can roll." Any
words for aspiring young punks out there? Evidence: Really
question why you do this. It's like, watch-what-you-ask-for-
'cause- you-just-might-get-it type shit. I know it's come
up in my head a few times. Why are you doing this? 'Cause
you want some pussy? Or 'cause you want money to buy weed?
Or to pay rent? Or because you love it? What's your motive
behind it? Make sure you're doing this for the right reasons.
rap.1476robin.hood,
Nashao sam text od ICP-a , pesma:Nothing's Left !
Evo sad cu da je poshaljem i ovde !
Mnogo je dobra !
nothigs.icprap.1477brka,
-> #1441, robin.hood
> E ljudi ! Jel ste chuli za grupu koja se zove ICP(Insane Clown
> Posse) Ja chuo pre neki dan ! I mogu vam reci da su jedna od
> najboljih rap grupa na planeti !
Cuo sam mnogo toga o njima, ali malo toga od njih... Poslednja
stvar koju sam cuo je 'Slim Anus', u kojoj prozivaju Eminema,
tj. Slim Shady-ja...
Ukoliko ti se bas toliko svidjaju, imas njihov album na disku
(original) kos SKC-a, kod Bakica na standu, za cca 18 DM...
Pozdrav,
Aleksandar
rap.1478brka,
-> #1464, gligo
> Potrebuju se tekstovi od Gang Starr-a, bilo sta...
Evo reci svih pesama Gang Starr-a koje su poslate na Sezam,
uglavnom od strane Chadre...
Pozdrav,
Aleksandar
rap.1479brka,
INTERVJU: EVE FROM THE RUFF RYDERS
By APANI B
I've become a perfectionist so much that I'm agonizing over where
to start this article. Gotta find the perfect angle, just like in
my music. Although a full length Apani project has been years in
the making, I couldn't imagine not taking several months to take
care that all my doohickeys are completely calibrated,
knowhutImsayin? I need time to percolate and marinate over tracks,
concepts and lines.
Times have changed since I first aspired to go pro with this music
thing. New artists are mass-produced and spit out in cycles. Get
the hot ones in fast and get 'em out when they ain't so hot any
more. Fans don't display the cult-like loyalty they used to in the
good old days of Elvis, so cranking out hit after hit nowadays is
the standard. The race is on for consumer affections and you must
stay fresh in their minds. The downside is that keeping up with
the Joneses, eventually will lead to burn out. Artists need to
take a break from politics, phony-ness, the break-neck pace or
all of the above. In addition, music suffers, creativity
diminishes. That being said, one can conclude that with all the
cycling in and out of these young artists, it's hard to establish
a career in black music. How many times have you seen an aging
rock star twenty years past his heyday in leather pants, eyeliner
and lipstick, gyrating his tired-ass booty and sticking out his
tongue? Yet, I'm practically a dinosaur in the rap game at 25,
and I've barely begun.
In rock, alternative or pop, you can grow up in the music. I
mean there are fewer deteriorated female rock stars, but they
have better chances than us emcees. I remember when I'd never
wear a skirt if performing. Rugged women like the Boss, or
Lyte that were taken seriously as emcees. For example, one
of my favorite emcees back in the day was a chic named
Shazzy. She had a song called "Jigahoe" and in her video
she was slick in a fur coat, dapper-ass suit and upswept
hair-do. I thought, damn she's spitting and she's smoother
than a motherfucker. She had a major deal on Elektra, who
signed Yo-Yo, Lin-Que, Latifah's Flavor Unit, Lyte and now
Rah-Digga. Seems Shazzy was way ahead of her time, yet she
never dropped an album. Now's the time of the
slick out-the-mouth female who's sleek on the screen. You
gotta love Lil' Kim, who I crown the official cosmetic
queen. She's had breast augmentation, never leaves home
without her wig hat, and rocks outrageously loud outfits
that look like haute couture r la Ringling Bros., Barnum
& Bailey. Foxy, lot's of make-up, lots of T&A hanging out
all over the place. Charli Baltimore was launched in a
cloud of mystery surrounding what Biggie's 2nd mistress
looked like. Her pictures look like fashion layouts; they
aren't natural or personal.
Finally there's Eve, who seems to have answered the prayers
of Interscope's marketing department. A female who can talk
some foul-mouthed street shit, men find her sexy, has a
professional understanding of make-up artistry and fashion,
and will perform as long as you can watch. Still what
separates her is credibility. Eve writes her own songs
and doesn't need to be lead by the nose. She's capable of
thinking for herself. After our conversation, I couldn't
help reflecting on something she said, "I remember thinking
before I got on, that I couldn't wait to get up in this
game so I could show the world what I could do." I think
the same thing everyday. That hunger keeps my dinosaur ass
in the game.
...
rap.1480brka,
MASTER P IZBACEN IZ TORONTO RAPTORSA...
Bad news for Master P as he was cut from the squad of the
Toronto Raptors. As you know this was the second year in
a row that Master P aka Percy Miller tried to break into
the ranks of the NBA. Last year he made the final cut
with the Charlotte Hornets, but wound up being cut on the
last day. This year he along with former Duke forward
Antonio Lang were waived. The word is that Master P took
this defeat especially hard. Over the summer P spent a lot
of time trying to improve his game. Unfortunately the
coaches thought he was mismatched when inserted into the
closing minutes of Raptor exhibition games. Initially
Toronto coach Butch Carter was gonna put P on the injured
reserve list, but after consulting with the team's general
manager they decided it was best to cut him. Knowing
Master P and his will to win, I can see it only a matter
of time before he breaks the ranks of the NBA and makes
some serious noise.
rap.1481brka,
VESTI...
Common is about to drop a new song called 'Doing It'. It will
be released on a white label to college and mixshow djs within
the next week or so... Mos Def is blowing up the spot for
Rawkus Records.. I don't care what anyone says.. the illest
verse I've ever heard on a Hip Hop record is his second verse
in the song 'Brooklyn'. I hope they make it a single so us
deejays can cut it up on the turntables.. That album is a
classic.. As for Mos Def's group Black Star, they are in the
studio recording an album for MCA records.. not Rawkus.
All you Killer Priest fans be on the look out 'cause home boy
is about to drop a new single entitled 'View From Masada'.
Look for it around December. Jay_Z will soon be dropping his
new lp just in time for Christmas. He promises it will be
a more socially conscious approach toward Hip Hop... Also is
it me or has Rakim's new single 'When I be On The Mic' dropped
without much fanfare? The song is pretty cool, but I hardly
hear anyone rocking it at least here in the Bay Area.. I had
an interesting conversation with DJ Mind Motion of the Pirate
DJs.. [They do a lot of the clubs out here in the Bay Area].
He was explaining that nowadays the average 21-22 year old
club goer has very little knowledge of Rakim. He complained
that it was hard for him to even play 'Eric B For President'
which is a Top 10 classic. He noted the new generation
loves Nas, Jay-Z, Mobb Deep and everyone else.. but all the
classic stuff like Big Daddy Kane, Biz and yes Rakim is
greeted with lukewarm response. If I hadn't seen such
reactions myself I would've not believed Mind Motion.. But
if you think about it, when Rakim first hit the scene in
'86 a kid who was 21 was only 8 years old.. What the hell
did an 8 year old know about Rakim?
The stuff I'm really feeling right now that everyone should
be peeping is all the dope music coming outta the Blackberry
Music camp. DJ revolution of the Sway & King Tech Wake Up
Show has a slamming project called 'R2K version 1.0'. Here
he has dope cuts from underground artist like Freddy Fox
aka Bumpy Knuckles, Rasco, Planet Asia, the late Big L and
Motion Man. Also off that same label are a couple of break
beat projects and a smoking single from Mykill Miers called
'The Illest'. Another simmering joint I've been bumpin' is
Dr Opp's 'Subterrain' where he talks about the exploitation
that goes on in Hip Hop.. It's definitely a phat cut..
Blackberry and Rawkus..when I see these labels I pick up
the package knowing I can count on having some dope Hip Hop
to get down to...
Props to Spice One and his new single 'Can't Fade Me'. This
is taken from the Ice Cube classic of the same name that
was featured on Amerikkka's Most Wanted'. Spice customized
it to fit his own backdrop as well as replaying the beats.
It's dope as hell.. His new album isn't bad either... ya
may wanna check for it..
Finally a couple of other gems not to sleep on include;
The Terror Squad album..All sorts of cuts like 'War',
"Pass The Glock' and 'As The World Turns' are not to be
slept on.. The new Cypress Hill 'World Wide' is pretty
cool.. Lets see if they can drop a good album.. I wish
Cypress could do like they did on their first lp when
they dropped 'How I Could Just Kill A Man'.
Am I off base for liking the Limp Biscuit/ Method Man
song 'N2Gether Now'? .. I played it the other night and
a few folks including Boots from The Coup called up and
started clowning and questioning my tastes in music..My
other partners at the station [KPFA 94.1 FM] took a long
step back and started handing me other records to play
because they weren't feeling the song either. I think
Fred Durst comes off pretty cool in that song.. Am I off
base? Am I missing something?
I did this interview for the Arizona Republic the other
day about the 'recent' trend in Hip Hop where Rap and
rock are merging. The whole Limp Biscuit, Kid Rock, Rage
Against The Machine thing has caught a lot of people's
attention. I'll give all these people their props..but
lets pay homage to the real forefathers of all this.. I
recall groups like Consolidated, Meat Beat Manifesto,
Michael Franti's old groups Disposable Heroes and The
Beat Nigs as fusing rap with Industrial style rock from
way back in the days. Some of those groups like Consolidated
and Disposable Heroes were extremely political in their
lyrics.. Whatever happened to them? I ran into one of
the Meat Beat Manifesto guys at the PE show the other
night.... But i didn't really get a chance to break bread..
Since were going back into time a bit.. Whatever happened
to the pioneers of LA's Hip Hop scene.. before there was
DR Dre and Ice T.. I recall groups like Formula V with
songs like Killer Groove, Rich Cason and Captain Rap
with songs like 'Bad Times 'I Can't Stand It'.. Remember
the Egyptian Lover? Wasn't he like one of the first cats
to go out and independently do Hip Hop and get paid? Does
anyone recall Ice T being down with a group called the
Zulu Kings that featured Mele-mel and Bronx Style Bob?
rap.1482brka,
Y2K - CUVAJTE SE RASNOG RATA...
Hip Hop Media Assassin pulled this item off the news wire..
What are your thoughts on this? Also what sort of things
should we be expecting from Hip Hop artists in the year
2 grand?
FBI Warns Of Y2K Race Violence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Bureau of Investigation
said Wednesday it was warning local police about the danger
of apocalyptic violence by white supremacist groups spurred
by the dawn of the year 2000.
In a statement, the FBI said it had wrapped up "Project Megiddo,''
a study of potential crimes "by individuals or domestic groups
who attach special significance to the year 2000."
The study highlights the dangers of fringe white supremacists
"who seek to initiate a race war,'' it said. It was being
distributed to law enforcement personnel nationwide.
The project was named for the ancient battleground in Israel
associated with Armageddon, the biblical scene of a final
battle between the forces of good and evil, prophesied to
occur at the end of world.
"The report is intended to...(warn) of the unique challenges
that may be presented by extremists motivated by millennial
agendas," the FBI said.
The report also cited a Year 2000-related threat from those
who fear the United Nations "will initiate an armed takeover
of the United States" and set up a "One World Government."
FBI Director Louis Freeh told Congress earlier this year that
the possible targets of such groups included Jews, non-whites
and their supposed "establishment allies, i.e. the federal
government."
In its statement, the FBI said it was aware that some militia
groups had moved to purge violent extremists. "These elements
are often very small cells or lone actors," it said.
rap.1483brka,
Feedback HIP HOP MISTAKES AND RAPPERS NOT MAKING SENSE IN SONGS
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Warren G - "What Next"
On his verse he says, "What's next, what's next, what's n-X-e-t"
Of course the most famous example!
Nice & Smooth - Hip Hop Junkies
"Dizzy Gillespie plays the sax"
Pete Nice and I had dinner over this topic one night, and it was
one of the most interesting hip-hop discussions I've ever had.
Greg nice had to know that Dizzy Gillespie played the trumpet,
but chose to say "sax" anyway. I think it's a stroke of genius
if you ask me!
Peace,
Count Bass-D
------------------------
KRS One in that One Two Pass It joint with the D&D All Stars said
"Your lyrics are stiff like David Coppel..." when we all know
that the famous news anchor is TED Coppel. Then, on Mad Izm KRS
spelled Mad Lion's name "Mad L-O-N" which left me askin' "Where's
the I bruh?".
Of coursew there are many more... but that's enough from me.
Peace
K E T E R
-------------------------
LiL Kim on "No Time" "Zsa Zsa Gabor, Demi Moore PRINCE Diane and
all them rich bitches" I believe the lady was named PRINCESS
Diana....
K-Solo on "Knick Knack Patty Wack" "Like A B - R - I - D in the
s - k - y" Guess he spelled Bird wrong
i know more but have to remember them... I will email you if i
can remember them...
The Notorious Mr. ILL
rap.1484brka,
PHARAOHE MONCH...
Pharaohe Monche has definitely been blowing up the spot
with his new solo lp Internal Affairs. I caught up with
him the other day to get the scoop on the man who many
are considering one of Hip Hop's most gifted emcees. He
explained that his new album focuses on his personal
journey's over the past couple of years, hence the name
Internal Affairs. He wanted to let off steam and feel
himself out as an artist without being confined by
people's expectations. Different sides of his personality
came through on the 15 tracks including him being very
vulgar and very street as well as being a bit spiritual
and socially conscious. He noted that he had a song
called The Eulogy that paid tribute to an artist
named Alli who painted the cover to Busta Rhyme's
album Extinction Level Event. The man had recently
passed away. He decided to take the song off the album
and may eventually release it as a b-side track to a 12".
He noted that it maybe some time before another Organized
Konfusion lp comes out. 'Organized Konfusion fans are
very critical' he explained. 'They will listen to every
word and take things apart'. Pharaohe noted that as a
result it would be extremely important that everyone
involved in an OK project be mentally ready and committed
to giving their 100%. Anything less then that would be
unfair to the group and the fans.. Basically Pharaohe
wanted to explore himself as an artist..
I asked him about his controversial song 'The Mayor' where
it starts off with gunshots. 'Was this song directed at
Mayor Giuliani?' Pharaohe said it wasn't initially. He
had written the song two years ago as the opening to a
script he was working on. The story line was about a guy
whose father worked for a police force and was responsible
for reducing the crime rate. Unfortunately the city's
Mayor took all the credit. When the father confronted the
Mayor he found himself getting black balled and eventually
fired. The father wound up being a stress case. The son
entered into the police force with the sole intent of
getting a chance to shoot and kill the Mayor. Pharoahe
noted that the current climate of New York City with the
numerous police shootings that were seemingly endorsed by
Giuliani made this song appropriate and in many ways
directed at New York's current Mayor. It captured many
people's frustrations and anger. Pharaohe also explained
that he dropped the script once he released the song.
He is currently finishing up another script which he intends
to make into an animation. It's basically about Armageddon
where all the white people and planet Earth's elite leave
the and Black folks are left behind to run the world. The
story centers around the type of directions they will take
and the types of struggles they go through to get organized.
He is working on the script with his partner Extreme and
will soon be set to shop it to various animation studios.
He seemed pretty confident that the story will be picked up
and eventually be put out.
Pharaohe concluded by noting that as much as he loves
Hip Hop, it's important for him to be involved in other
things such as script writing. He has a lot of talent and
should definitely be putting it to good use.. I also asked
him about battling.. he explained he really had no interest
in battling folks. He just wants to enjoy his time being
an artist.. He asked folks to allow themselves to be open
to all types of Hip Hop and not limit themselves. He asked
that fans not allow current trends to dictate their taste
in Hip Hop but instead that they decide for themselves
what style and type of approach toward Hip Hop they want
for themselves.
rap.1485brka,
SPORTISTI U HIP HOP-u...
by Davey D
Looks like another athlete is attempting to put his emcee
skillz to the test. Bronco's running back Terrell Davis
will be celebrating his 27th birthday by giving fans a
performance of sorts with Legit. Terrell bust rhymes on
a track called 'It's All In The Game'. He also gets down
on another cut on Legit's album. Joining Terrell and Legit
on stage will be Andrew Wolfolk who was the original
saxaphone player for Earth Wind & Fire. Terrell maintains
he has always had a passion for music and wanted to get
down with Legit after seeing him perform at a local
Denver night club. After the season Terrell is expected
to be in the studio a lot more.
Now I'm not one to hate on anybody or knock somebody's
hustle, but with all this cross pollination going on
where athletes are turning rapper and rappers are
trying to turn athlete-Are we cheapening Hip Hop? From
a business stand point it makes sense. If Shaquille
O'Neal or even Michael Jordan puts out an album, which
one of their legions of fans is gonna turn it down?
They are merely capitalizing off their popularity. The
rap albums they put out is just another way of them
marketing merchandise. We buy the Air Jordan shoes,
The Allen Iverson cap so why not buy the Terrell Davis
album?
My concern is do these athletes have skillz to really
pay their bills? Would I be checking for Allen Iverson's
upcoming album if he wasn't playing for the Philadelphia
76ers? Would I really be checking for Terrell Davis
if he wasn't an MVP Running Back? With all these
athletes just jumping into the Hip Hop arena, signing deals
and putting out albums it makes it seem like anyone with
a little bit of fame and pocket change can come put out
an album. To me it cheapens the hard work that groups
like Gang Starr, Busta Rhymes? KRS-One and others put
into perfecting their craft. It seems like all this is
nothing more then an elaborate marketing scheme. The line
of thinking goes like this; Hip Hop is hot.. It makes
money and has tons of fans so lets put a famous face
behind the mic and sell tons of records. We'll get a
couple of legitimate rap stars like Nas or Mobb Deep
and have them do a couple of songs and boom we have
the ultimate marketing merchandise-A bonafide Hip Hop
album from the latest sports superstar.
After I reported about Allen Iverson story last issue
I received this email from one of my co-workers:
"Allen Iverson has a record deal...do you get why it's
so easy for the naysayers to laugh at hiphop as a genre
now???
When is Mark McGwire getting his own country album deal??"
As much as I hate to agree with him.. I think he summed
it best.. This is almost as bad as all the rap artist
who suddenly started appearing in movies to the detriment
of actors and actresses who studied the craft for years.
Directors were all of sudden overlooking trained actors
who sacrificed for years to hone their craft only to
put some kid with mic skillz in front of the camera. To
a degree it works. How many of us went to see Three Kings
or Anaconda because of Ice Cube? If Davey D did a flick
like 'I Got The Hook Up' would any of you guys reading
this newsletter have gone seen it? Like Whodini once
said 'It All Comes Down To The Money'.
The overall point I'm making is not that people shouldn't
try their hands in other fields. I'm definitely all about
broadening my horizons. I also like the fact that
athletes are investing money into record labels and
studios. I just hate to see folks who are new to the
game all of a sudden become the spokesperson or poster
boy for Hip Hop because of their fame. I wanna know that
Allen Iverson or Terrell Davis was out there carrying
record crates to shabby night clubs trying to be seen
and heard. I wanna know they were trying to get back
stage at a concert to get noticed by some folks before they
got their record deals. I wanna see their book of emcee
rhymes. I wanna see rhymes they wrote in the back of
class and accumulated over the years. I don't wanna see
some big record deal and instant air play and video play
simply because he scored the winning basket or touch down.
It cheapens Hip Hop. All these athletes making their way
to the mic is no different then the neighborhood dope man
deciding to put out his own tape. At least in the latter
case the man is usually trying to go legit. Here with
all these rich athletes getting record deals is making
Hip Hop illegit especially if they don't have skillz.
rap.1486brka,
A DYING BREED: INTERVJU SA SAAFIR-OM
By: Adisa, "The Bishop"
In a rap world where looking like your life has been rough,
has become more important than actually having lived a rough
life, it's kinda hard to appreciate an MC like Saafir Tariq
Mahmoud. From dealing with being raised in a broken home, to
fighting inmates in juvenile facilities and battling
homelessness- Saafir overcome several lifetimes worth of
trials and tribulations. He speaks to you through eerily
emotionless eyes that hide a little over two decades of pain.
As a major factor in the underground rap game, he strikes
fear in the hearts of many would be rap kings. Saafir's
mere presence in the cipher makes cats rap, walk and talk
different. He's been known to pick pocket MC's while they
battle him- and lose. His new album "The Hit List (Dirty)"
[Qwest Records] is two years old and it's STILL light years
ahead of any album out right now. As we sat on his porch
to take shelter from a lightning storm, he shared his
philosophies on life, artistic liberty and his unhappiness
with Hip Hop.
AB: Your full name is Saafir Tariq Mahmoud, are you Muslim?
S: I was raised Muslim, and I constantly study to build my
spiritual self. But my spiritual and religious life like
to keep private.
AB: Most cats associate the name Saafir with Digital
Underground ,or, the carjacking scene in Menace to Society,
or, how you battled Hiero on the Wake Up Show a few years
back- does that bother you?
S: It don't bother me, but now.....It's cool to be recognized
for my accopmlishments and what not. But I don't put too
much on it. I just do what I do and keep ridin'. I don't
want people to be like "Oh, you did this. You did that."-
I didn't do nothin'. I'm operating all under the grace of
God. If thats waht I gotta do, then I'm gonna be down and
do it.
AB: Well, since we're talking about it now, how DID you get
that part in Menace anyway?
S: At the time I was dealing with Digital Underground on an
artistic level. I was affiliated with Money B and then I
started hanging with Tupac. I moved in with Tupac.. The
brotha extened his gratitude to me in like 1990-91. I was
homeless and dealing with a lot of drama. But I stayed with
him. And this was right around the time he was doing the
video for "Brenda's Got A Baby". The Hughes Bros. did the
video for that. After the shoot, I guess Pac didn't really
wanna kick it with 'em. They was at a hotel in Oakland. I
called 'em and broke bread with 'em. They aked me "Whats
there to do out here"? I went through there. We did our
thug thang. They asked me if I acted. I told them I acted
every day with the police. They were like "OK, we gonna
shoot you a script, since you was holdin' us down while
we were out here". Two weeks late the script came, I read.
I called them back, they called me back. They flew
me down, and I read for the casting directors. They told
me I got the part and it was on.
AB: You face has become immortal for that scene. Why
didn't we see you in more flicks after that?
S: At the time I didn't have representation. You know I
was a young rider, stickin' and movin' as it is. And the
more brothas and sistas recognized me for Menace, the
more I wanted to slip ino the cut. I wasn't used to that
level of attention. Dealing with certain aspects of what
they call "the reality of life", and the cats thats around
it you tend to get paranoid. If you're not paranoid to the
point of always being attentive, you're stupid. But I
wasn't really used to that, so I slid into the cut. Plus
I didn't want to go through all the ails that actors go
through trying to get other jobs. I wanted to prove my
point in this rap shit and let 'me know that I'm a
hitter when ti comes to this rhymin'. Once I got a lil
noteriety [as an MC] I could let them know my talents
as an actor. My father and my uncle were actors as well
as musicians. So it comes natual to me in my blood through
my experiences. I'm trying to get a hit, get noticed, bump
up into a good movie and let my talent shine.
AB: So, do you ever talk to the Hughes Bros. anymore?
S: I seen the briefly at a restaurant when I was chopping
it it up with this cat about this record you're about to
hear. I got they number, called 'em. Got the answering
machine. I guess schedules is so hectic once they reached
a certain level in Hollywood that it's hard to reach out
to certain cats. But I know they doin' they thang and
hopefully I can break bread with them in the future,
touch one of them flicks and grace the screeen.
AB: But you just finished doing an independent flick right?
S: Yeah WAS called "Fishes Outta Water", but they changed
it. But I have a starring role in it. Shock G is in the
movie, Fat Joe- no big names but at lot really good actors.
It's really an abstract movie, so it's hard for me to
even explain it to you. It'll reach the Sundance Film
Festival and the theates soon hopefully. Regardless it was
kind of a bootcamp kind of thing. I was in wat that was
32 degrees. I was jumping off of 50 foot cliffs backwards
doing cannon balls. I do all my own stunts. So anybody
who wants to fuck with me, I'm a stunt man too.
AB: So Jackie Chan should be checkin' for you?
S: Oh yeah he can check for me. I got bullet wounds and
bad knees but we can break bread Jackie, Jackie!!
AB: I saw you popped in that Mya video a few months back.
How'd you hook up with her?
S: I did a fashion spread in Rap Pages by way of Marc
Littlejohn [the fashion editor]. He asked me to to a
spread with Miss Toy from the Milita and Terry Dexter.
So, I did it and some girls that run Star Casting and
Entertainment saw it. They showed Mya the spread and
she was interested. So they called me through this
hustler named Monalisa. Monalisa got at me and told
em about it. I called and went down there with my man
Troy Shelton, who knoew her manager. They breoke bread,
I went down there and politiced with her. She was a
real female. It kinda caught me by surprise. Not that
I saw her as fakem but you know how fake Hollywood
shit is today. It was surprising to find a real one
at the status she's at. She was real with hers so it
was easy to act with her.
AB: Speaking of groups, what happened to the Golden
State Warriors?
S: Everybody is doing their own solo projects, but we
still around.
AB: At this point in your career, you got this new album
The Hit List [Qwest Records]. It was finished almost a
year and a half ago, yet it's still light years ahead
of a lot of stuff thats out right now. How did you
manage to pull that off?
S: Basically, when I wrote the album I tried to keep it
conceptual. Having the moniker "The Hit List" basically
explains me killin' the rhyme. But what I wrote, I wrote
from the soul, I didn't write from the mind. I write
from the inside focusing my thoughts to come with a simple
strategy. I guess when you focus on the authenticity,
mixed with the creativity, you usually get classic
material that lasts beyond the time span of the average.
AB: So, do you have any other projects you're working
on right now?
S: A lot of my focus right now is going into a clothing
company I'm starting called Poli' Wear. Clothes to
politic in- ya know? It's gonna be real hot. Real
quality material and fresh designs, be on the lookout
for it...
AB: It's weird, because on one hand you have put in a lot
of work. You battled hella cats and did mad shows. On the
other hand, you only released like two albums. At the same
time, you make other rappers change their style. Do you
feel pressure being as talented as you are? Knowing that
"If I do XYZ, THESE cats are gonna change".
S: No, I don't feel any pressure. The only pressure I feel
is to satisfy my own need to create at a very premium
level. But I don't care about other cats changing up they
shit and biting. That seems to be the trend in hip hop
today. Everybody is brainwashed and everybody bites. I
keep to the originality. I don't do what everybody else
is doing. You gotta walk that fine line. You gotta get
that paper fa 'sho. But you gotta keep your individuality,
keep your integrity and keep some sort of fucking pride
in your profession. That shit is is like non existent in
Hip Hop today. The shit that's coming out is fucking
terrible. You got a couple of thug niggas who can really
bust. Give them there's. I don't knock nare niggas hustle.
But at the same time it's like "God Damn man, if you can't
rap nigga get the fuck outta here". But if you can hustle
your way throughout he middle of that shit, but, can't
bust a lick because of muthafuckas that buying that
bullshit... you know circulating in the matrix as
brainwashed population then fuck it man get your money.
At the same time I'm a nigga of the ART. I respect niggas
with skills that really put time in. I mean, what happened
to that shit [the true arts of rhyming and battling]? It's
like everybody has a Webster's dictionary with the same
cover. But if I come like a thesaurus- I'M WACK, I'M WEAK?
......And some niggas out here got other niggas writing
for you, and you actin' like YOU doin' it? You a sucka.
If you in this game and you can't write, what are you in
this game for? To get ya money, right? Well, get you
money and get the fuck up outta here!
rap.1487brka,
BEATS BY THE POUND NAPUSTAJU MASTER P-JA...
Caught up with veteran producer DJ Darryl the other day
and he told me that he was on his way out of town to do
some production work for Kane & Abel. These names should
all be familiar to you because they were once part of
the No Limit Family.. Kane & Abel who have just dropped
a new lp entitled 'Rise To Power', ran into some trouble
with the law last year when they were accused of
trafficking cocaine. They have vehemently denied the
charges and have since left No Limit. DJ Darryl's
initial claim to fame was him being down with the Bay
Area's legendary rap group 415 which featured Richie Rich.
He later hooked up with Master P and became part of his
No Limit production team. About a year ago DJ Darryl
left explaining that Master P while taking care of some
of his artists was not hitting DJ Darryl with proper
compensation. Darryl since his departure has dropped
a compilation lp on his new label Bomb Shelter Music.
In our brief encounter he noted that Master P's production
team Beats By The Pound had also broke camp and changed
their name to the Medicine Men. In fact under the new name
they produced the new Kane & Abel album which ain't bad...
It's still unclear as to whether or not their departure
from No Limit is permanent. We'll keep you posted.
rap.1488brka,
SWAY & KING TECH TRAZE BATTLE MC'S...
Sway & King Tech of the 'world famous' Wake Up Show are
getting ready to set things off-again. They are holding
international auditions for freestylers who wish to go
through rigorous rounds of emcee battles to see if they
qualify to go head to head with Supernatural or Juice.
If you recall back in September, Supernatural who hails
from the state of Wisconsin went up against the Chicago
based Juice. It was supposed to be the epic battle of
all time as they two gifted freestylers attempted to
win the 5 thousand dollar 'winner take all' prize purse.
Supernatural won and the result was a whole lot of
disgruntled Juice fans who listened to the battle on the
radio complaining that Juice was robbed despite the
unanimous nine judge decision.
King Tech explained that while the battle may have
sounded close on the airwaves it was definitely a
different story at the actual event. While Juice was
able to drop some nice rhymes.. he simply did not have
clear dominant presence compared to Supernatural. He
also explained that what folks heard on air was the
result of him having to seriously clean up the sound
and equalize it for air play. During the event Juice's
lyrics were muddled and not very clear to the audience.
And that wasn't do to the sound system. It was due to
his technique. In any case it's not certain if Juice
and Supernatural will return to the emcee arena to battle...
With regards to the upcoming tournament, Sway explained
that in order for an emcee to have the privilege of
battling Juice or Supernatural they will have to earn
that right. Hence they will have to endure several
rounds of battling in which they will get ranked.
There will be several cities in which these battles will
take place including LA and The Bay Area.. If anyone
wants to get down and see if they qualify they must
call this number 1-818-971-6112 and spit some verses.
Sway emphasized that they are seeking skilled emcees.
They don't want any non skilled crappy sounding wannabe
woodchucks trying to get on.. Only true lyricists with
battle skillz need to call the number..
Lastly be on the look out for the Wake Up Show's upcoming
project 'Freestyles Volume 5' It will feature folks like
KRS-One, Kool G Rap, Ahmad and several key surprises..
It will be dropping December 7th.. That's the same day
as the upcoming Biggie album.
rap.1489brka,
2PAC YOUTH CONFERENCE...
With less then one month to go people here out west are
getting set for the upcoming 2Pac Youth Conference. The
event is scheduled to take place on December 4th at
McClymonds High School in west Oakland. This event is
being put together by a number of grassroots organizations
with the purpose of trying to bridge the generation gap
between the young Hip Hop generation and adults who have
often maligned the culture. There will be a workshop that
shows who 2pac was and how and why he was so relatable
to many within the community. There will be a number of
workshops focusing on youth issues including police
brutality and the upcoming controversial juvenile crime
bill which force 14 year olds to be tried as adults and
make it a felony for 400 dollars worth of graffiti. There
will be a workshop on Male Hood led by activist/poet
Marvin X. There will another workshop called Predators
To nation Builders. 2pac's mom Afeni Shakur as well as
former political prisoner and Black Panther Geronimo Pratt
will be on hand..Rap stars Digital Underground and Mac mall
will also be in the place. For more information regarding
the conference call 1-510-879-4519
In other 2Pac news. His new album And Still I Rise is set
to drop..and his new book 'The Rose That Grew From Concrete'
is already making waves. For those who aren't up on it..
This new book by 2pac is actually a collection of poems
that he wrote before he blew up in the rap game. He was
part of a writer's circle with his former manger Leila
Steinberg and former rapping partner Ray Luv. These poems
caught everyone's attention and caused quit a stir when
they read on the air the day Pac was killed. Some of the
poems were released and folks went out and sold t-shirts,
posters and other items with the poems inscriptions.
After 3 years of legal hassling and back room drama, the
poems were released in what is terrific book. Many of the
poems are in 2pac's hand writing and for the most part
absolutely incredible...
Here's an example of one poem entitled "U R Ripping Us
Apart - dedicated 2 Crack"
Before u came the triangle never broke
we were bonded and melded as one
But as the 2 pushed u away
The one got weak and embraced u
and now u R ripping us apart
The worst feeling of helplessness
The greatest pain has rested in my heart
The vision of heaven fades
and the nightmare of loneliness has started
My Hero has been defeated by you
and now what can I do
watch as u destroy us
and our love is finally through
I know the worst is here
I feel it in my Heart
u got into the circle
now you're tearing us apart!!!!!!
rap.1490brka,
FREESTYLE UNION...
The Sacred Circle Spoken Word Festival that was held in
Newark New Jersey this past weekend was pretty cool.
Everyone from the Watts Prophets to Sonia Sanchez to
the Nuyorican Cafe to Sekou Sundiata was on hand. What
was really cool was the international flava. I saw kids
from as far away as London to Mozambique to South Africa
who came and represented. Most were able to flip engaging
poems or kick wicked freestyles.. Trust me folks Hip Hop
really is world wide.. There was this one kid named
General Dee from Mozambique who was kicked a hard
hitting freestyle about the conditions in his native
country. He did it in Portuguese and then explained what
he meant in English. The crowd gave him mad props.
The act that really caught me was the Washington DC
based Freestyle Union which is headed by this sista
named Toni Blackman. She explained that there are
about 10-15 members but when doing performances they
usually work in groups of 3-4. She along with a brother
named Ghost and this kid from Zaire hit the stage and
demonstrated another level in which Hip Hop can be
presented. They took a theatrical approach as opposed
to the all to commonplace walking back and forth,
grabbing crotches and yelling for the sound man to
turn the mics up. They would rap around a subject and
literally act it out.. It was kind of like watching a
Hip Hop musical, but in no way was it corny or contrived.
Freestyle Union members have mad skillz and could easily
hold their own and then some against anyone. They
further demonstrated their lyrical agility when they
solicited topics from the audience and then all three
would lay down some dope rhymes that spoke to the
subject. The first topic tossed out by an audience member
was 'rent'. Ghost & Toni flipped verses off the dome
about the stresses of having to get their rent in on time.
It was humorous and skillfully done.. The emcee from Zaire
totally mashed it when he cleverly started freestyling
about the Broadway play 'Rent' and how he wanted to get
on stage and join the other actors. They had a female
deejay who was pretty nice on the wheels.. I apologize
for not having everyone's names but I lost my notes..
In any case if you happen to be in the Washington DC area
be sure to check for Freestyle Union. If you're looking
to book a group capable of doing a good show in addition
to taking a creative approach toward doing a Hip Hop
show be sure to reach out. Lastly much props are in
order for Freestyle Union because they are reaching
out and not only staying active within their community
but they are doing an exchange program with Hip Hoppers
in South Africa. In fact some of the folks from SA
were at the Festival..They too have nice skillz.. Hit
Freestyle Union up at mailto:toni_blackman@hotmail.com.
rap.1491brka,
Everlast Interview on Islam
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""
By: Adisa Banjoko
AB: Tell me about the first time you learned about Islam?
E: It was probably around the late 80's. I was hangin' out
with Divine Styler. He was basically at the end of his 5%
period. He was starting to come into Islam. He lived with
the Bashir family. Abdullah Bashir was sort of his teacher,
and mine it wound up later. As he was making the transition
from 5% into Islam I would just be around and hear things.
I'm trying to think of the first time I recognized it AS
Islam. I think it was when one of Divine's friends took
Shahada and I was there. I heard him say "I bear witness
that there is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is the servant
and messenger". And I remember me being like "What is this?
I'm white, can I be here"? It was outta ignorance, you know?
'Cause here in America, Islam is considered a "Black thing".
And thats when someone pointed out to me "You have know
idea how many white Muslims there are in the world". I was
like, "Really", and somebody broke it down. I said "Thats
crazy, I had no clue".
AB: Do feel any extra pressure being a white Muslim in
America?
E: I don't think of it on the grand scale. To me, Islam
is mine. Allah is the God of all the worlds, and all
mankind and all the Al-Amin. Islam is my personal
relationship with God. So, nobody can put any more
pressure on me than I can put on myself. But as far as
the mosque where I pray, I have never felt more at home
or more welcome. And it's not just mine. The few mosques
that I've gone to around the country, I've never ever
been made to feel uncomfortable. Like in New York the
mosque is big and there's so many people that nobody is
lookin' to notice you. There were Chines, Korean,
Spanish- everything. Which was a good thing for me
because at my mosque I'm the only white male, there
are some white females. I think at first I thought about
it more than anybody else, the first couple times I
went to Juma (Friday afternoon prayer). The first time
I went to Juma I was taken by a friend of mine in NY.
It was in Brooklyn in Bed-Stuy. I was nervous about the
neighborhood I was in, not the mosque. But I was just
so at ease once I was there. I was like "This is great".
I didn't feel any different than anybody else in the
mosque.
AB: How did your family take your turning to Islam?
Because you were raised Catholic, right?
E: Well, you know my mom is very open minded, very
progressive. My mother lives with me. And I've been
raised all my life with not a BELIEF in God, but a
KNOWLEDGE that he exists. I was taught "If anything
in the world, know there's a God". Any my mom, even
though she was Catholic she was the first person to
point out hypocrisy in the church. My mom really
hasn't attended church in a long time. But as far as
me, my mom is just happy that I have god in my life.
She sees me making prayers. And Divine is one of her
favorite people in the world. She knows how much
different we are than when she first knew us as kids.
When me and divine first hooked up we were wild. We
were out partyin', fightin', doin' whatever we had to
do. We thought "Yeah, that's what being a man is about.
We're gonna go out here and be thuggish". She has
seen how much it's changed me and him. And how much
peace it's brought me since I've started to really
accomplish something with it. I actually had a long
talk with my mother the other day and we were on the
topic of religion. We were actually talking about
life and death and the future and when she might go.
That won't be for a long time, inshalla (god willing).
But I asked her to do me one favor I said "Mom, if
when you die there might be some angels who ask you
a question and I want you to answer it. and I'm not
ure exactly how it goes, 'cause I ain't died yet.
Remember that there's only one God, and he's never
been a man". She said "I know what you are trying to
tell me. I said "Jesus wasn't God, ma". Some of what
I know has definitely shown up in my mother. She's no
Muslim, but she knows there's only one God. And that
makes me very happy. I know guys that have turned
towards Islam and there families have turned them out.
AB: My family tried to. I just can't understand that.
But you know what? That's a trial. Although I've changed
my name for like 8 years now. They still run up calling
me by my birth name. then it's "Oh I forgot that you're
Muslim". Then it's the pork jokes. It never stops.
E: It's one of those things where people laugh at what
they don't understand. Or they fear what they can't
grasp. The thing is that nobody can pretend that they
don't understand it. Because I've never come across
anything more simple in my life. Like I remember that
when I sat down and asked "So, what does a Muslim
believe"? And I got the list run down to me.....I was
like "You don't put up the wall between Christianity
and Judaism"? They were like "Nah, it's all the same
story". If when you finally get down to reading the
Qu'ran, the Bible and the Torah, which is pretty
much just the Old Testament. You find that the Qu'ran
is just an affirmation of what is correct and isn't
correct within those books. And then you say to
yourself "How did that go down when these cats were
all from different parts of the world"? But they are
all confirming each others story. I'm reading a book
right now called "Muhammad: The Life of the Prophet",
by Karen Armstrong. It was written by a non Muslim. So
far, I'm only about a quarter of the way through. But
it starts out telling you how they originally tried to
make Muhammad look like the most evil man on the earth.
That he established Islam under the sword. But then
you learn that Muhammad only fought when he had to.
Muhammad only fought to defend Islam. It's a very
good book about the man. It just lets you know that
this cat was MAN. We ain't trying to tell you that
he was anything else but a man. We're telling you
as Muslims that he was the most perfect example of
a man to walk the earth so far. And from what I've
read he is the last one to come of his kind so far.
When you get beyond begin scared of Farrakhan and
what he's sayin'...And here as a white person I'm
speaking.....when you get beyond the ignorance of
believing that Islam has anything to do with just
people that are blowing up things- that doesn't
have anything to do with Islam. THEY might do it
in the name of Islam. But it has nothing to do with
Islam You can't argue with it. When I explain Jesus
to a Christian, the can't argue with me. And I don't
mean argue, saying "Jesus isn't God"!! I mean, how
much more sense does it make that He's a man? If I
was Christian, which to me means to be Christ-like,
and god asks me "Hey how come you weren't more like
Jesus". I'll say, I wasn't more like Jesus because
you made him half of a God. I'm only a man". That
doesn't make any sense. God doesn't want things hard
on us. God wants things easy as possible. Allah is
going to make it as easy as possible. If you ask and
you are sincere, Allah WILL bring it to you. He might
throw some rocks on your path, to make you trip and
stumble. But it's gonna come to you.
AB: Talk to me about the first and second time you
took your Shahada.
E: Well the first time it was right after I had heard
a tape from Warith Deen Muhammad (Elijah Muhammads son
who left the N.O.I) That just kinda broke down the
whole Jesus thing. He explained that we (Muslims) do
Christians a great favor by bringing Jesus down to the
level of a man. Why would God create a man who is half
a God and compare us to him? And it just sent off a
bomb in my head. So I took Shahada. And then the
initial high wore off. It was almost like a Christian
who says that they accept Jesus. Then they say, "No
matter what I do now I'm saved". 'Cause I was raised
with that kinda mentality. Like "OK, I accept the
truth so let me just go out here and sin my butt off
and I'm saved". I didn't really claim to be Muslim
though at that time. I picked and chose what I wanted
to believe. Allah gave me leeway for a time. But
eventually it was time to fish or cut the line. I was
coming to a point where I was unsatisfied emotionally,
and spiritually. I had money in the bank and $100,000
car, women left and right...Everything that you think
you want. And then just sitting there being like "Why
am I unhappy". Finally that voice that talks to you-
not the whisper.The voice said "Well, basically you're
unhappy because your living foul and your not trying
to do anything about it". My stubbornness at that time
wouldn't allow me to talk about it at that time. You
get in that state of mind where you're like "I can
figure this out all by myself". I finally got humble
enough to talk to Divine and Abdullah about it. They
asked me "How do you feel? What do you think it is"?
So finally I'm sittin' there taking Shahada again.
From that point on I've made a commitment where I'm
going to try my best. I'm gonna do my best to make my
prayers, let's start there. Let's not beat our selves
up because we went out last night and had a drink. Let's
make our prayers and pray for the strength to stop
doing one thing at a time. That's what I'm still
dealing with. You know, one you get over the big things,
it becomes very subtle. It can be as subtle as looking
a man, and not even speaking bad about him- but back
biting him in your mind. The easy ones to beat. Well,
I shouldn't say easy, the BIG ones are easy to notice.
It's the subtle psychological stuff that helps you get
into who really you are. You gotta be able to face the
truth of who you are. If you are not able to face that
truth of who you are, you're gonna crumble, man. People
question me and go "You're Muslim"? And I'm like, "Yeah
I'm Muslim, but I'm also a professional sinner. I'm
tryin' to get over it, tryin' to retire. I won't front
and say I'm better than you. I just believe that I've
been shown the truth and hopefully that will save me".
By the end of my life I'll hopefully be able to look
back and say " Good and bad all in all I did my best
to be good and to be kind". One of the things I trip
on in the Qu'ran is that Allah tells us basically that
the bad deeds you do are only worth the bad deeds you
do. But every good deed you do is worth ten good deeds.
That's God telling you "I'm gonna make it easier for
you. If you did ten bad things don't think ya lost! You
can turn it around, you don't have to accept that."
And people think that you have to change the world.
You don't have to could the world. You could help an
old lady across the street. You could say a kind word
to somebody. It's that simple. I'm gettin' a lil
lost here.
AB: Do you think that America will ever have a substantial
number of American white Muslims?
E: Yeah, I would like to think so.And if Allah wills it,
who is gonna stop it? Me Divine and Abdullah were talking
the other day. They were saying how there are a lot of
Muslim countries in the world. That are in turmoil. And
if you put the fundamentals of Islam and put into effect,
you would call it a democracy. And a lot of the fundamentals
of the Bill of Rights are kind of Qu'ranic values when
broken down to their simplest form. But what better place
for Allah to prove Islam would work but in America? As far
as like being the last bastion of Satan. But Islam is just
rising up in this place.Look at me. A tattooed rockin', bold
supposedly wild white man. Islam jumped into me. And it's
tryin' to make me the best I can be. But I didn't choose
it. Do you understand what I'm saying?
AB: You don't know if you chose Islam or if Islam chose you.
E: Yeah.....
rap.1492stukelj,
-> #1481, brka> slept on.. The new Cypress Hill 'World Wide' is pretty
> cool.. Lets see if they can drop a good album.. I wish
the new cypress hill? sta se tu tacno zbiva?
rap.1493misery,
Message to brka:
E,ono brate,mnogo si bre naporan sa tim porukama,
oladi malo...Ne,stvarno... vishe ne pratim temu
rap jer je ti zasipash vestima koje ja uzgred
recheno i ne chitam tako da kada skinem poruke
na hard obavezno ih preskacem...Bolje bi ti
bilo kada bi lepo napisao o chemu se radi i
zakachish fajl uz tu poruku sa vestima,a ovako
je smor...Nemoj da mislish da ja ne volim rep
i da ga ne pratim, al zasipash temu vestima...
Zakachi fajl,a u poruci napishi o chemu se radi
pa koga interesuje nek skine...
rap.1494ventura,
-> #1490, brka> FREESTYLE UNION...
>
>
> The Sacred Circle Spoken Word Festival that was held in
Zar ne bi bilo lepse i jednostavnije da sve te textove spakujes u txt
file i da u poruci napises naslove textova i to sve da okacis ovde?
rap.1495brka,
-> #1492, stukelj
> the new cypress hill? sta se tu tacno zbiva?
Nisam za sada nasao nista vise... Izbacili su taj singl
'World Wide' koji bi trebao da bude prethodnica novom
albumu, za koji jos nemam podatak kada ce izaci.
Cim cujem neku vest - zakacicu...
Pozdrav,
Aleksandar
rap.1496brka,
-> #1493, misery
> E,ono brate,mnogo si bre naporan sa tim porukama,
> oladi malo...Ne,stvarno... vishe ne pratim temu
> Zakachi fajl,a u poruci napishi o chemu se radi
> pa koga interesuje nek skine...
E, ono brate, OK... Mizerija vlada... :)
Pozdrav,
Aleksandar
rap.1497brka,
VESTI...
"""""
- IZVESTAJ SA LYRICIST LOUNGE-A...
- ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER STUDENT ALLIANCE
- HIP HOP HALL OF FAME...
- OUTKAST SE SUDE SA ROSOM PARKS...
- *Question Of The Week*
- Letters & Feedback
Pozdrav,
Aleksandar
hh911.txtrap.1498gligo,
-> #1488, brka> King Tech explained that while the battle may have
> sounded close on the airwaves it was definitely a
> different story at the actual event. While Juice was
> able to drop some nice rhymes.. he simply did not have
> clear dominant presence compared to Supernatural. He
> also explained that what folks heard on air was the
> result of him having to seriously clean up the sound
> and equalize it for air play. During the event Juice's
> lyrics were muddled and not very clear to the audience.
> And that wasn't do to the sound system. It was due to
> his technique. In any case it's not certain if Juice
> and Supernatural will return to the emcee arena to battle...
Znas li nesto vise, uopste, o samim freestyle nadmetanjima, kako
izgleda sama "borba", pravila, ko su "sudije" i ko su najvece
legende freestyle-a?
Poznato mi je da je Canibus opasan sto se tice lyrics freestylea,
kao i ekipa iz Wu Tang-a? Istina ili..?
rap.1499brka,
-> #1498, gligo
> Znas li nesto vise, uopste, o samim freestyle nadmetanjima,
> kako izgleda sama "borba", pravila, ko su "sudije" i ko su
> najvece legende freestyle-a?
> Poznato mi je da je Canibus opasan sto se tice lyrics
> freestylea, kao i ekipa iz Wu Tang-a? Istina ili..?
Freestyle takmicenja su trenutno i u Americi velika
retkost, iz jednog prostog razloga - hip hop u ovom
trenutku ima jako malo pulena koji imaju talenta za
freestyle (za razliku od '70/'80-tih godina kada
nisi mogao da se smatras MC-jem ako nisi sposoban
da uradis pristojan freestyle...).
Danas se odrzavaju uglavnom u manjim klubovima, koji
su uglavnom maximalno popunjeni. DJ pusta muziku
(instrumentale), nastupaju jedan MC za drugim...
u toku samog nastupa DJ im vise puta menja
instrumental, pa ko se snadje... (Mislim, takav
sistem si mogao da vidis i na nekim nasim
hip hop zurkama, ali u mnogo bednijem izdanju,
sa prilicno neinventivnim i banalnim rimama,
koje su, uz to jos i naucene napamet dva
meseca pred nastup... i onda to nazovu
freestyle...).
Pobednika uglavnom odredjuje atmosfera u publici
nakom nastupa svakog od takmicara...
Tako je bilo i na takmicenju izmedju Juice-a i
Supernaturala.
Osim ove dvojice (i jos nekoliko poznatih underground
freestylera) poznata imena kojima ovaj stil odlicno
ide su Canibus, Eminem, Naughty By Nature, The Roots,
KRS-One, dok su freestyle-ovi Wu-Tang-a uglavnom
zanimljivi samo njihovim zagrizenim fanovima...
Sto se tice samih legendi freestyle-a, to ne bih
mogao sada da ti odgovorim... morao bih da konsultujem
literaturu :), a trenutno nemam vremena za to.
Pozdrav,
Aleksandar
rap.1500gligo,
-> #1499, brka> instrumental, pa ko se snadje... (Mislim, takav
> sistem si mogao da vidis i na nekim nasim
> hip hop zurkama, ali u mnogo bednijem izdanju,
> sa prilicno neinventivnim i banalnim rimama,
> koje su, uz to jos i naucene napamet dva
> meseca pred nastup... i onda to nazovu
> freestyle...).
Da, recimo na ovoj zadnjoj u Domu Omladine, kao opasan freestyle
imali su momci iz Full Moon-a, cak ih je i Sonja u Talasu pohvalila ;),
a ko je bio tamo mogao je da cuje nesto sto je licilo na sve, samo ne
na gore opisani 'ebeni freestyle...
I uzgred, ovi iz Full Moona su na ivici raspada, sto inace verovatno
tangira sve ljubitelje naseg rap-a. ;)
rap.1501gligo,
Tekstovi Gang Starra sa njihove najnovije kompilacije Full Clip:
A Decade of Gang Starr, tacnije samo nekih osam stvari, a ako
neko izrazi zelju skinucu i ostale...
Elem, Full Clip...
1. Discipline
2. Ex girl to next girl
3. Full clip
4. 1/2 & 1/2 feat. M.O.P.
5. Jazz thing
6. Mass appeal
7. Militia
8. Work
fullclip.ziprap.1502mango,
-> #1501, gligoTo majstore. Ima li neko "Dynamite", od Rootsa? STRASNA stvar, samo ne mogu
sam da provalim sve reci, a interesuju me.
rap.1503brka,
Vesti
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- MOS DEF MAKES NOISE...
- JAZZYFATNASTEES I BLACK LILY TOUR...
- HIP HOP KUNG FU MOVIE W/ SOULS OF MISCHIEF & THE JUNGLE BROTHERS
- ZULU NATION
- NOVOSTI O 2PAC KONFERENCIJI...
- 35 EMCEES FOR ANTI-CRIME BILL CAMPAIGN
- Feedback..letters (Rosa Parks...)
Pozdrav,
Aleksandar
v171199.txtrap.1504stukelj,
a, kad bese izlazi novi dre?
p.s. sad sam skinuo "still dre" mp3, vlada... neko bi reko dominira,
ali to je diskutabilno... ;)
rap.1505brka,
Vesti i ostali hip hop materijal od danas opet saljem
u staroj formi... Kome se ne svidja - neka preskoci.
Pozdrav,
Aleksandar
rap.1506brka,
16. novembra izasao je novi Dreov album - 'Chronic 2001: No Seeds'.
Evo liste pesama...
1) Lolo (Intro) feat. Tray Dee, Xzbit
2) The Watcher
3) Fuck You Devin feat. Snoop Dogg
4) Still D.R.E. feat. Snoop Dogg
5) Big Egos feat. Hittman
6) Xxplosive feat. Hittman, Kurupt, Nate Dogg, 6'2
7) What's The Difference feat. Eminem
8) Bar One feat. Tracy Nelson, Ms.Roq, Eddie Griffith
9) Light Speed feat. Hittman
10) Forgot About Dre feat. Eminem
11) The Next Episode feat. Snoop Dogg
12) Let's Get High feat. Kurupt, Hittman, Ms.Roq
13) Bitch Niggaz feat. Snoop Dogg, Hittman, 6'2
14) The Car Bomb feat. Mel-Man, Shari Henry
15) Murder Ink feat. Hittman, Ms. Roq
16) Education feat. Eddie Griffith
17) Some L.A. Niggaz feat. Defari, Xzibit, Knoc-Turnal, King T,
M.C. Ren, Kokane
18) Pause 4 Porno feat. Jake Steed
19) Housewife feat. Kurupt, Hittman
20) Ackrite feat. Hittman
21) Bang-Bang feat. Knoc-Turnal, Hittman
22) The Message feat. Mary J. Blige, Rell
rap.1507brka,
VESTI...
There are a couple of cuts that are hot off the press that everyone
should be peeping out.. The first is from one of Oakland's most
talented and to a large degree underrated groups Zion I..Group
members Amp Live, DJ K-Genius and Zion bring an East Coast/NY
style approach to their new song 'Critical' on Ground Control
records is to say the least...bangin'. It's one of my top songs
that I play during my Sunday Night Local Flava Show on 106 KMEL.
The beats are rugged and the lyrics are tight. From a deejay
standpoint, its a fun song to mix and cut up. The flip side track
'Venus' is also hittin'. On stage very few groups can match their
energetic performance. And they get major props for their
continous activism and positive approach toward Hip Hop. Zion I
has come a long ways since dropping their first single 'Inner
Light' about a year ago. They are soon scheduled to drop an
album.. We'll keep you posted.. If you happen to be in the Bay
Area you can peep Zion I performing this Friday November 19th
at Storyville Niteclub [Fulton st] in San Francisco. Also on the
bill will be The grouch who is best known for his work with The
Living Legends Crew.
The other track I'm really feeling belongs to Toronto's Choclair.
Entitled 'Let's Ride', this piano laden head boppin' track is
definitely hittin' and no doubt adds proof to the nationwide
buzz about Hip Hop's next big hot spot being North of the border
in Toronto, Canada. Over the past year or so the 'T-Dot O Dot',
has been representin' with a slew of emcees who have been holding
their own and making folks sit up and take note. Artist like
Saukrates, Kardinal Offishall along with Choclair have been
building on the inroads that were initially made in past years
by acts like Michee Mee who rolled with MC Lyte, Maestro Fresh
Wes and one of my favorites The Dream Warriors [Remember cuts
like 'Follow Me Not and Face In My Sink'?]. Although I have
never been there, everyone I keep running into have been telling
me Toronto has a burgeoning underground scene that will be well
worth the trip. So without a doubt during my next vacation
expect me in T-Dot. I'm just hoping the food is good and
Choclair can introduce me to the women in his video 'Lets Ride':).
BTW The b-side to Lets Ride is a slammin' cut called 'Bare
Witness' which features Guru of Gang Starr. If you happen to
be in Washington DC on Wednesday Nov 17th and in Boston on
Thursday Nov 18th or in Pittsburg, PA on Friday Nov 19th, be
sure to check for Choclair 'cause he'll be performing on the
Lyricist Lounge Tour. For more info drop Choclair a line at
mailto:day@choclair.net.
Some other underground hits worth peepin' include LA based
Mykill Miers who is a frequent guest on the Sway & King Tech
Wake Up Show. His new song 'The Illest' will have you feeling
good about Hip Hop and fiending for more. Insane Poetry drops
three dope songs including 'Let 'Em Know', 'Shroom Vision'
and 'Calico Flows' All these hard hittin' songs are featured
on the emerging Blackberry music label. Again I'm really
feeling this label..They're like a Rawkus of the West in
the sense that they appear to be letting their artists do
what they do best, put out good music that you won't
necessarily hear on radio.. but nevertheless will find
itself a home among today's b-boy and b-girl.
Speaking of Rawkus, they're on a roll of enormous proportions
as they've just released excellent lps by Mos Def and Pharoahe
Monche. They also dropped a nice album entitled 'Home Field
Advantage' from a group that I feel a lot of headz have been
overlooking..High & Mighty. These guys caused quite a stir
when they dropped the hit song B-Boy Document. After that
died down, you didn't hear too much about them in spite of
the fact their album was kinda nice.. Songs like 'Top
Prospects', 'The Last Hit' and 'Mighty Mi For Your Stereo'
were more then enough to make one take note. So if you haven't
peeped them out.. give them a second chance.. Also coming out
of the Rawkus/High & Mighty camp are the Smut Peddlers. Their
new songs 'First Name Smut' and 'For The Record' are worth
checkin' out.
Another song that's gonna kick up dust and cause some
controversy is the new one from Onyx's Sticky Fingaz entitled
'Jackin' For Beats'. This track is in the same vein as 50 Cent's
summer time hit 'How To Rob'. Here Sticky boldly talks about
how he's gonna snatch beats and rhyme styles from such notables
like Jay-Z, Ja Rule, Nas, Juvenile, Eve and even his own group
Onyx. Maybe its me, but the song seems gimmicky..We'll see if
it catches on..
The song that has got everyone talking at least in these parts
is the brand new joint off the upcoming 'Born Again' lp by The
Notorious BIG. Entitled 'Notorious' the song features Mr Puff
Daddy and Lil Kim and borrows from the classic 'modern rock'
song Notorious by Duran Duran. It was definitely a clever use
of the sample.. The song hits..
Straight from the South comes Big Pokey and his new joint
'Ball-N-Parlay'. It features artists like Lil Keke, Mr 3-2
and Big Moe. If you like that song by Lil Troy called 'I
Wanna Be A Baller' then you will definitely be feeling this
one. Although it features different artist, Big Pokey brings
the same feel and energy to this new cut. It has a floor
packin beat, nice singing hook and that down south gritty
flava. It's one of my favorite cuts at this time. The b side
track "Hardest Pit' was a pleasant surprise as it utilizes
the same beat from the Notorious BIG track 'Your Nobody
Till Somebody Kills You'.
On the album tip..I'm loving the new Dr Dre.. After a 4-5
year hiatus. I think he came back..and came back strong.
Tracks like 'What's The Difference' w/ Eminem and Xzibit,
'The next Episode' with Dre and Snoop, 'Big Egos' w/ Hittman
and ' Some LA Niggas which features King T, Kokane, Defari,
Xzibit, Knoc-Turnal and old NWA member MC Ren. From start
to finish, the lp hits..It will never be on the classic
level as The Chronic.. but this is a nice follow up.. I do
have to wonder about Dre's back and forth stance on things..
If you recall, when he first started his Aftermath Label
he released as his first single 'Been There Done That',
where he basically let it be known all that gangsta stuff
for him was finished. After listening to his album, it's
obvious that Dre 's not ready to abandon his old ways. In
fact he even admits to inventing the phrase 'gangsta rap'.
Dre's switch around reminds me of the time he boldly stated
on a song 'Express Yourself' about how he would never smoke
weed because it causes brain damage. Of course he later
went on to drop the song 'The Chronic' and the rest is
history. I wonder what made Dre decide he didn't wanna be
a space where he 'Had Been There Done That' ?
Ultimate Hip Hop Gems of the Week: This has got to be the
new Bob Marley album which features everyone from Chuck D
to Erykah Badu to MC Lyte to Busta Rhymes. All of these
artists have been incorporated into songs originally done
by Marley. Through the miracle of modern technology
everyone now raps and sings alongside him.. If there was
any reason to pick up this album, it's just to hear how
Hip Hop legend Rakim skillfully flows on the song 'Concrete
Jungle' with Marley. That alone was worth picking up the
album..
The other hidden jewel from the underground is the new cut
'Goldmine' from former Pharcyde member Fatlip. If he
continues on this pace..expect to hear a killer album when
it drops.. I wonder when Pharcyde themselves is gonna drop
a new joint. they should've taken advantage of being on
'The Real World' and had some material to promote. Oh well,
'c'est la vie.
Disappointments from the underground..has got to be Master P
and his new lp 'Only God can Judge me'. I'm a fan of Ps..and
while I don't expect him to be a lyrical genius, I did
expect to hear a few songs that would go on to be big hits
for him.. The only track I could pick out of 20+ tracks was
'Da Ballers featuring Master P and Jermaine Dupris. I'm not
sure if this lp was rushed or if P has been able to take
time out and really concentrate on his career as an artist.
It's also unclear about how the departure of his long time
producers 'Beats By The Pound' effected him and musical
decision making. Nevertheless its not hitting.
rap.1508brka,
DRAMA O SHAKURU...
For all you 2Pac fans there's a play about his life and death
that will be kicking off in February 2000 at Howard University.
It's entitled Seventh Son and was written by Kwame Alexander
and directed by Kenneth Daugherty. The good folks putting on
this play were supposedly holding auditions. I'm not sure if
the dates past. But they were seeking brothas between the ages
of 18-60, sistas between the ages 18-35, folks with tap dance
experience and of course any individuals who have a resemblance
to 2Pac. Anyone who is interested may want to reach out and
touch the production company BlackWords Inc a call at
703-912-1755..
rap.1509brka,
HIP HOP DONALD TRUMP...!?
With all this talk about the upcoming Presidential elections,
I thought I'd share with you a commentary that appeared the
other week in Lee Bailey's EUR Report http://eurweb.com. It
focuses around the blind support that many of us often give
people without really doing the proper research..As you know
Donald Trump who hangs out with all sorts of Hip Hoppers like
Puff daddy, Jay-Z and others is considering running for the
White House office. The Hip Hop's immediate embracing of The
Donald has raised some concerns. I was set to do an editorial
on this..but then Mark Riley dropped this in EUR.. I couldn't
have said it better.. Hit me back and let me know what you
think as I would like to post up some of the letters..
mailto:kingdave@sirius.com
GET REAL -- Mark Riley
Hip Hop Trump?
A couple of weeks ago, a young man called my radio show
and offered the notion that young Black and Latino men might
well be the swing vote that puts Donald Trump in the White
House. I scoffed at the idea at the time. Donald Trump? Why
would young people from my community back a developer who
has had a problematic relationship with it throughout his
public life? Why would young Blacks and Latinos take Trump
seriously when everybody knows he could never win......
Suddenly it dawned on me I was looking at Trump the
way a middle aged Black political commentator would. The
way the rest of the media does. Donald Trump is a flamboyant
playboy and not much else, the logic goes. Then (I swear
this happened after the call to me), the New Yorker runs
an item by Jane Mayer that essentially said the same thing
that young man told me over the phone. Trump's own
researchers say his strongest supporters are Blacks,
Latinos, and whites making less than $25,000 a year.
How can this be explained? The most logical reason comes
from David Bositis of the Joint Center for Political and
Economic Studies. Donald Trump spends a lot of his time
hanging out with rap stars and other Black celebrities.
He's tight with people like Muhammad Ali, Sammy Sosa,
Puffy Combs and Russell Simmons. These are just the kind
of people young Black men (and women) dream about
socializing with. Is this a valid reason to vote for
a candidate? History teaches us there are no invalid
reasons. Way back in 1960, women across America helped
elect John F. Kennedy President by a razor thin margin
over Richard Nixon. Was it his politics? His position
on issues? Maybe, a little. However, pollsters of the
day found out to their surprise that many American
women voted for JFK because of his good looks and not
much else.
Russell Simmons told the New Yorker Blacks love
Trump because he's embodies the way they'd live their
lives if they had money. Some Trump enthusiasts ought
to temper their support by remembering Trump supports
New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, whose been nothing
short of a horror show for Blacks in this city.
Supporting a politician because he hangs out with
rappers can certainly be done. People should vote for
whoever they choose. The problem is simply that it's
not smart politics to vote for anyone until you know
what they're ready to do for your community. In
Donald Trump's case, support should be earned by deed,
not photo-op.
Readers in the New York Metropolitan Area can tune
in to Politics Live with Mark Riley Monday through
Friday from 1 to 4PM on WLIB, 1190AM Radio in New York
City. Please send comments to: getrealradio@usa.net
Get Real! With Mark Rileyę1999
rap.1510brka,
DAVEY D'S ULTIMATE HIP HOP QUIZ #1
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Since Def Jam is giving away one million dollars for your
Hip Hop knowledge I thought I'd test you skillz..
Each question is worth 10 points.. Lets see how you do...
Only a true Hip Hopper will get these all correct..
Everyone else will have to go back to the lab.
===
1-What well known rapper/producer started his career as a
dancer for the Hip Hop group Whodini?
2-Name The 3 members of the Original Sugar Hill Gang
3-What well known rap group started out their career doing
a song called 'Cookiepuss'?
4-Name 6 of the 9 members of the Wu-Tang Clan?
5-What group did the hit song 'Fly Girl'?
6-What well known rapper used to sing back up for Bobby Brown?
7-What well known rapper went on to be a model for Calvin
Klein underwear
8-What well known organization did Hip Hop pioneer Africa
Bambaataa start in the mid 70s..?
9-What well known rapper was KRS-One originally married to?
10-What Bay Area rapper had a role in the movie Menace II
Society?
11-Money B and DJ Fuze of Digital Underground had their own
group ..What was the name of it?
12-What well known rapper was known as The Black Panther Of
Hip Hop?
13-What well known rapper introduced the world to the rap
group Tha Alkaholiks?
14-What well known rapper put out the songs 'Buttermilk
Biscuits' and 'Square Dance Rap'?
15-The Wu-Tang Clan always talk about coming from Shaolin..
What is Shaolin?
16-Queen Latifah did a song called Ladies First.. Who was
the other female rapper on that song?
17-What well known rapper wrote the hit songs Wild Thing
and Funky Cold Medina ?
18-What well known Hip Hop figure played briefly for the
LA Rams football team?
19- What does LLCool J name stand for?
20-What well known Hip Hop group produced the Backstreet Boys?
rap.1511brka,
CHUCK D'S TOP TEN RHYME JOINTS FOR 1999.
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1. Alive - Beastie Boys (Grand Royal)
2. Click Click - Krupt Mob, Bumpy Knuckles (Krupt)
3. Jackin For Beats - Sticky Fingaz (White Label)
4. Dooinit - Common (MCA)
5. F*** the Radio Version - Spontaneous (Good Vibe)
6. Do It Now - Mos Def (Rawkus)
7. F*** It - Ice T (Coroner / Atomic Pop)
8. Some L.A. - Dr. Dre (Interscope)
9. Mingling - Grand Agent A.G., DJ Revolution,
Kut Masta Kurt (Land Speed)
10. Power- Raekwon (Loud)
rap.1512brka,
CHUCK D'S REASON WHY RADIO SUCKS NOW MORE THEN EVER
"Radio - suckers never play me" is a line I'm known for
from one of my records, "Rebel Without A Pause," from 1987.
This lyric depicted Black radio's rap blackout at that time.
Actually, I was speaking for the whole genre of hip hop/rap,
which was then being stereotyped by many as this "jail music
outta New York."
Restricted Formats
In 1999, rap music has infiltrated the realm of pop radio
and this creates a problem for traditional Top 40 situations.
The more young white kids are exposed to black culture, the
more they'll seek the "more authentic stuff" The downside
is that white-owned Black radio has co-opted only those
elements of rap music digestible for listeners comfortable
with the R & B format, thus closing the door on the
diversity of the genre. These radioized versions have
created illusionary vault of financial reward that focuses
artists' attention on the green brick road of riches.
White-owned Black radio has masqueraded these versions as
being the rule of the game while other aspects of the
artform remain the exception.
Wack On-Air Personalities
White-owned Black Radio sucks in '99 because the masters
that endorse the policy of more music, less talk. This
policy further limits the information delivered to the
people via the creation of the transparent DJ --- Colorless
individuals unable to interpret the sounds they're playing
for their audience. Mix and college hip-hop jocks are the
closest thing we have today to the Black personality jocks
of the 1950s and '60s - DJs who the people relied on for
everything in the 'hood from local business support to
various community activities. But corporations consider
airtime that could be devoted to such services to be
sponsor time and not DJ time. That way it doesn't take
much talent to be a radio jock these days. (Who wants to
hear a damn weather report 30 times a damn day?!)
No Sense of History
The selection of music is so limited on these stations
that instead of supporting the legacy of past Black music
and how it sows a path to today's sound, a station would
rather play the current, paid-for-music until its support
funds run out. White-owned Black radio is the major cause
in keeping the Black community behind and dumb. Isn't it
strange that while more and more folks are into rap music
more than ever, there's just as many people clueless of
its origin, legacy, individual contributions, etc.? Why,
then, should we wonder when current styles tend to
evaporate into the air like steam? Don't get me wrong;
today's music is great. It's just that the jocks and the
stations are WACK!
rap.1513brka,
Tekstovi: THE ROOTS
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- Act Too.. The Love of My Life f/ Common
- Dynamite! f/ Elo
- The Next Movement
- Return to Innocence Lost f/ Ursula Rucker
- You Got Me f/ Erykah Badu, Eve
+ U.N.I.Verse at War f/ Common
Pozdrav,
Aleksandar
rap.1514brka,
Ovo je tekst pesme o kojoj sam pricao u nekoj od ranijih
diskusija... Namerno ga kacim ovako, a ne u arhivi.
Artist: The Roots f/ Raphael Saadiq
Album: Illadelph Halflife
Song: What They Do
Chorus: (Saadiq)
Never do....what they do, what they do, what they do...
Never do....what they do, what they do, what they do...
Verse One:
Yo, lost generation, fast pace nation
World population confront their frustration
The principles of true hip-hop have been forsaken
It's all contractual, and about money making
Pretend-to-be cats don't seem to know their limitations
Exact replication and false representation
You wanna be a man, then stand your own
To MC requires skills, I demand some shown
I let the frauds keep frontin
And roam like a celluar phone far from home
Giving crowds what they wanted
Offical hip-hop consumption, the 5th dumpin
Keepin ya party jumpin wit an original somethin
Yo, I dedicate this to the one dimension-al
No imagination, excuse for perpetration
My man came over and said
"Yo we thought we heard you"
Joke's for you
We heard your bitin ass crew but uh
Chorus: Raphael Saadiq
Never do, what they do when they do what they do
(repeat 2X)
Verse Two: Black Thought
Thin is the line of between love and hatred
The game is ill-natured, it's nothing sacred
Hey yo, it's funny when i see some rap niggaz do the making
Of you would blow up or go as far as they can take it
My nine to five is just to hit ya get the party live
I'm Black Thought, used to rap for sport
Now the rhymes need life support
I take it very seriously within this industry
It's various crews that try to touch me
But I come wit the beautiful thing
And I bless the track plushly
Around the world the crowds love me from doing tours
Recepient of applause from you and yours
Creator of original sounds to send to stores you take home
To absorb and sweat it out your pores
Now who can stop the music runnin through these veins
Infinitely go against the grain
That's why my motto's to
Chorus
Verse Three:
Livin the life of limos and lights
Airplanes and trains
Short days and long nights
Keyboards and mics
Bass chords and drum kicks
And my mental thick to hit my head like brick
As I embark on a mission welcoming to the dark
When I first spark the arts, when's the listening start
Open your head wide and let the thought inside
My style fortified by all of philladel-phy
I've dealt more stealth than all the wicked weal-thy
Mentality undetectable by the naked eye
Then I get paid when the record is played
To put it short I want it Made like Ed, nuff said
Then after that, I'm puttin on the ___
Let the ladies blend with the darkskin devil bred and discover
My level is that of no other
And Roots crew bring offical and true
While I'm continuin to...
Chorus: repeat 4X
rap.1515brka,
ROSA PARKS IZGUBILA PARNICU...
Good news for Outkast as a Detroit Federal judge ruled yesterday
that Civil Rights pioneer Rosa Parks did not have her rights
violated when Outkast used her name as the title of a song. The
judge stated that Outkast was protected by the First Amendment
and they are not obligated to compensate her. So that about
takes care of this little contentious 25 thousand dollar lawsuit
that was filed by Ms Parks and her lawyers. The real key to this
whole thing was that Outkast did not slander Ms Parks in anyway
shape or form. The sad part about this is that for many young
people who are only familiar with Parks through history books
which are all too often limited, she is not seen in such high
regards. For many the lawsuit came across as petty and just
further showed how divided the Hip Hop generation is from it's
Civil Rights era predecessors. The judges ruling comes at a day
after a study from the Burrell Communications group in Chicago
was released that showed that Black teens are swayed by Hip Hop
celebrities more then any one else. How we in Black America
allowed Ice Cube and Snoop Dogg to become bigger heroes then
Jessie Jackson and other Civil Right leaders is a discussion
on to itself.. The larger question is who is the one controlling
the presentation, defining and imaging of these Hip Hop heroes
and celebrities? If you are a parent I suggest asking your child
who their heroes and sheroes are.. If you ain't in the top 5..
You might want to really find out why...
rap.1516brka,
DJ PAM THE FUNKSTRESS
Last week we told you about how Boots of the Coup has been making
major moves by creating workshops and organizing Hip Hop artists
and getting them politically active. We'll his partner in crime
DJ Pam The Funkstress has been making moves herself. In addition
to holding down club gigs and a spot on KPFA's Friday Nite Vibe
Hip Hop Show, home girl has been socking away her money and has
finally opened up her own business. Pam is now the proud owner
of Picadilly Catering which is located in Foster City which is
right outside San Francisco. On Sundays she has a slamming all
you can eat Cajun Brunch which is off the hook. The person who
throwing down on the stoves is Pam herself.
Now most of us who know Pam, know her for her superb djaying
skillz. She's been on the scene for years and there's been many
a 'fool' who've gotten eaten up alive in battles with her. She
has all the tricks mastered but her patented maneuver is cutting
records with her breasts.. [No folks she doesn't take off her
blouse]. People knew that when Pam wasn't on the road with The
Coup that she would spend her time working for a catering
company. No one had any idea she had intended to buy out the
business and it caught all of us by surprise to find out she
could throw down on the stove top like she can on the turntables.
After all, Pam hardly showcased her cooking skillz on the road.
In any case, Pam explained that she spent time working in the
catering business so she could learn the ins and outs of the
professional. At the same time she was also spending time
learning how to run a restaurant and take care of a business.
She kept her plans on the 'DL' and when the time was right,
she went out and brought the very company she was working for.
Pam gets mad props. Its always good to see Hip Hop artist
make wise investments like opening businesses as opposed
to buying new diamonds or luxury cars. It's also good to
see Hip Hop artists take time to really learn about the
things they are investing in. So its not like Pam is just
throwing money into a business or putting her name on the
doorway. She owns, operates and runs the joint. She really
understands what's this whole venture is about. .
rap.1517brka,
NOVA PESMA ZA NWA!
A few weeks back we profiled Ice Cube and let you know that
he was on a mission to reunite NWA his original group. Such
a reunion had not taken place earlier because producer Dr Dre
was in a 'Been There Done That' move and hence wasn't trying
to get down with the project. Recently Dre changed his mind
which is evident by the content in his new album 'Dr Dre 2001'.
Now Dre has taken things a step further by publicly announcing
that there will be a new NWA track on the upcoming soundtrack
to the movie 'Next Friday'. The song is called 'Chin Check'.
From what I'm hearing its the absolute bomb. There is still
no word as to who will take the place of Eazy E. The popular
rumors keep pointing to Snoop Dogg. But now stories are
surfacing that it may be Xzibit or a number of rotating guest
emcees. Who do you think should be the fifth member of NWA
should they reunite?
rap.1518brka,
EMINEM NEWS...
Bad news for rap superstar Slim Shady aka Eminem. He recently
caught some major flack from NFL officials who saw fit to pull
some popular TV ads which featured his popular song 'My Name
Is..'. The NFL used the track in a commercial entitled 'My Name
Is Joe' which was intended to highlight the football careers
of football greats Joe Montana, Joe Gibbs, Joe Namath and Mean
Joe Green. The problem was the NFL found his lyrics to the
original song to be lacking wholesome family values so they
pulled it. This was done in spite of the fact no one ever
complained about the spots and the song was a big hit. The
fact that the NFL got 'Holy' on Eminem is puzzling when you
consider the nature of the sport and some of troubling antics
put forth by both players, coaches and fans. It's like the pot
calling the kettle black. Em is currently on tour in Europe.
In the meantime his lawyers headed to court the other day to
try and quell another problem Em was facing which was a
lawsuit from his moms Debbie Mathers-Briggs who felt like he
defamed her character in several interviews as well as songs.
Do you think Eminem could be the 5th member of NWA? Think
about it for a second..Don't you think that could work? Em
and Eazy E had similar tones in voice..? Em won't need
anyone to write his rhymes like they had to do for Eazy.
Em being in the group could set off controversy and bring
notoriety to the group. He's a sick writer. Can you imagine
Em collaborating with Cube and Ren and helping pen a
graphic NWA song? i think it could work.. Snoop, Xzibit
or Eminem..who would you pick?
rap.1519brka,
HEAVY D OTISAO U PENZIJU, ALI...
Everyone knows that Heavy D has supposedly hung up his
microphone and will be doing other ventures. Among them is
acting. He's set to star in a film alongside Ms Erykah Badu
and Michael Caine entitled 'The Cider House Rules'. The
film is based upon a novel and its about a guy name Homer
Wells who raised in an orphanage and all the adventure he
encounters once he gets out into the world on his own. The
film is set to be opening during Thanksgiving Weekend on
November 24th.
rap.1520brka,
SNOOP'S MOVES
Folks are buzzing about Snoop Dogg and him making some
new moves in the upcoming year. One such move involves him
hooking up with TVT records to distribute his new label
Dogghouse records. Snoop has hooked up with his crew Tha
Eastsidaz which features is child hood friend Tray D and
Goldie Loc. The first single which I got today is called
'G'd Up' and is produced by longtime producer, the
legendary Battlecat. The track has a definite West Coast
[LA] feel that will definitely get heads boppin'. The
album which is called Snoop Dogg Presents Tha Eastsidaz
is due to drop in stores on January 18th..It will feature
such notables like Daz, Kurupt, Xzibit, Quik, Nate Dogg
and Suga Free. Where's Master P? Mystikal and the rest
of the No Limit Posse on this album? If the first single
is any indication.. Snoop should have a dope album on his
hands.. Reach out to my man Ron for more information
about the project.. mailto:ron@tvtrecords
rap.1521brka,
WILLIE D [GETO BOYS] - BOXER...
The word around town is that Willie D of the Geto Boys is
gearing up to both set the boxing world straight when he
climbs into the ring on December 18th and squares off
against former Light Heavyweight and Middleweight champ
Reggie Johnson. It will be Willie's professional boxing
debut and it will take place in Houston. [Boy I tell ya
everyone who's a rapper wants to be an athlete and
everyone who's an athlete wants to rap.. ] In Willie's
case, he's no slouch in the ring. He won a celebrity
boxing match among rappers a few years back. He had the
dubious distinction of knocking out a very buff Mele-Mel.
I'm not sure who he faced in the championship round. It
might've been Freddie Fox. In any case.. i tried calling
Willie to get the full 4-1-1. I'll let you know his
thoughts. Willie for those who don't know is not only
gifted in the ring and on the mic, but he's also sharp
and politically conscious. He used to do a talk show on
one of the stations in Houston. I'm not quite sure what
happened to it. Perhaps some one from the Houston area
can fill me in. I know he was always sparking off heated
debates and dropping science.
Since we're on the subject of boxing, folks may want to
note that James Prince who is the founder and CEO of
Willie D's label Rap-A-Lot Records has just signed Super
Featherweight Champ Floyd Mayweather Jr and two time
World Champ Michael Nunn to a management contract for
Prince's newly formed Prince Promotions. Looks like
Willie D will have some sparring partners close to home.
rap.1522brka,
Odgovori na pitanja iz kviza...
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
1-What well known rapper/producer started his career as a
dancer for the Hip Hop group Whodini?
Ans: Jermaine DuPris
2-Name The 3 members of the Original Sugar Hill Gang
Ans: Wonder Mike, Master G, Big Bad Hank
3-What well known rap group started out their career
doing a song called 'Cookiepuss'?
Ans: the Beastie Boys.It was their first record..
4-Name 6 of the 9 members of the Wu-Tang Clan?
Ans: Method Man, U-God, Raekwon, Rza, Gza, Ol Dirty
Bastard, Inspectah Deck, Ghostface Killah, Masta
Killa.. sometimes Cappadonna is considered a
10tth member.. but he isn't an official member
of Wu-Tang..
5-What group did the hit song 'Fly Girl'?
Ans: The Boogie Boys
6-What well known rapper used to sing back up for Bobby Brown?
Ans: Smooth B of the rap group Nice-N Smooth..He even wrote
some of Bobby's songs..
7-What well known rapper went on to be a model for Calvin
Klein underwear
Ans: Marky Mark
8-What well known organization did Hip Hop pioneer Africa
Bambaataa start in the mid 70s..?
Ans: The Universal Zulu Nation.. They just celebrated their
25th anniversary in New York City and have over 10
thousand members world wide.. They're an organization
that is designed to preserve Hip Hop culture.
9-What well known rapper was KRS-One originally married to?
Ans: Ms Melodie.. She was on the song Self Destruction..
10-What Bay Area rapper had a role in the movie Menace II Society?
Ans: Saafir and Pooh Man, Spice One
11-Money B and DJ Fuze of Digital Underground had their own
group ..What was the name of it?
Ans: Raw Fusion
12-What well known rapper was known as The Black Panther Of
Hip Hop?
Ans: Paris
13-What well known rapper introduced the world to the rap group
Tha Alkaholiks?
Ans: King Tee
14-What well known rapper put out the songs 'Buttermilk Biscuits'
and 'Square Dance Rap'?
Hint: He's known as the JR Ewing Of Seattle?
Ans: Sir Mix-A-Lot.. Square Dance Rap was his first song..
15-The Wu-Tang Clan always talk about coming from Shaolin.. What
is Shaolin?
Ans: Staten Island..It's one of New York's 5 boroughs
16-Queen Latifah did a song called Ladies First.. Who was the
other female rapper on that song?
Hint: She comes from London
Ans: Monie Love
17:-What well known rapper wrote the hit songs Wild Thing and
Funky Cold Medina ?
Ans: Young MC who was best known for the song 'Bust A Move'
18-What well known Hip Hop figure played briefly for the LA
Rams football team?
Ans: Suge Knight.. his real name was Marion Knight
19-What does LLCool J name stand for?
Ans: Ladies Love Cool James
20-What well known Hip Hop group produced the Backstreet Boys?
Ans: Full Force.. They also produced Lisa Lisa, UTFO and
numerous other groups..
rap.1523gligo,
-> #1504, stukelj> a, kad bese izlazi novi dre?
> p.s. sad sam skinuo "still dre" mp3, vlada... neko bi reko
> dominira, ali to je diskutabilno... ;)
Nista tu nije diskutabilno, bar meni, slus'o sam stvar i....
sirova dominacija, 'real west coast'. ;)
" Still, not lovin' police,
Still got a love for streets,
Still..."
rap.1524stukelj,
-> #1523, gligo> Nista tu nije diskutabilno, bar meni, slus'o sam stvar i....
> sirova dominacija, 'real west coast'. ;)
jes, apsolutno... nego, kad smo vec kod dominacije, ide jedan opak
txt.. ima neki zli 'beat'... ;) i jos jedna mala stvar, pre nego sto
se bacite na studiranje txta, valja li ista onaj snoop - no limit top
dogg? ono, bitch please je opak napaljen shit, cist dope (the product
must be clean ;), a ostatak cd-a?
Artist: Method Man and Redman
Album: Blackout
Song: Cereal Killer
[Method Man]
Yeah.. yeah.. huahh.. hahh..
Murda murda murda, kill kill kill
That's right.. (killer, killer)
Murda murda murda, kill kill kill
Flex.. flex.. flex.. flex..
(I'm going to kill you!)
Verse One: Method Man
Slowly I turn, step by step
Through the back window, I crept
Silent as a mouse on the set
While everybody in the house slept
I disconnect the phones and the rest
Find a butcher knife, cut the power lines to the lights
Now a nigga wild for the night
I come like the livin dead, straight from the dirt
Back to avenge his own death on this earth
Ever hear of Jason? Then you know my work
Down to the basement, the dog get it first
I can't help myself, my thoughts ain't my own
The voices in my head just won't leave me alone
Murda murda murda, kill kill kill
Pissin on the car seats, flattenin the wheels
So there's no escape from the fate that awaits
No one to witness the horror takin place
Yea! Now I'm on my way up the stairs
To the bedroom of my prey unaware
Heads will be hung from the chimney with care
with hopes that the police soon will be here
I'm a KILLER!
(Eye Witness News, channel 7
We are at the scene, of a, horrific crime ladies and gentlemen
I can't describe it right now..)
Verse Two: Redman
Yo..
Yo, fuck knockin, kick the door, evict the four
Yell out, "It's a stick-up, hit the floor!"
You fish cake niggaz, stay lippin off
Did your mama name you, or Mrs. Paul's?
Battlin session, what's up with it?
I talk like I walk with a fucked up pivot
Niggaz scream out, "It's just us bitches!"
"Don't shoot," out the phone booth
I aim at your party, hit the wrong group
"Happy birth..." oooh, ooh ooh ooh!
Niggaz done snapped, runnin hunchback
Duckin, brick walls get thumbtacked
So run laps, 'fore I body you
Bust out the sides, like karate shoes
Doc, turned velcro when night falls
Central Park joggers, wear bright clothes
Tai-Bo five flows
Lizard, Centipede, Snake - I'm a KILLER!
[singer]
Cereal, cereal killer (This is the sound of a cow)
Cereal, cereal killer (Arf arf, aowwwwwwwww!)
[Redman]
Yo, yo
I walk on backs like Mr. Bentley
After P-P-P stripped you empty
Gather round, for rapid sound
Fourth of July was three months ago, should I pat him down?
No one, would fold both thumbs
and eight fingers, to square with Joe Young
Tongue below one, spit dumb, moron
for whiteboys to snowboard on
"So What 'Cha What 'Cha What 'Cha Want?"
Chew Spearmint gum, two double pump
Two cannons, piece by piece
Your School get Dazed like G Phi G
Murda murda murda, kill kill kill
Take nuts and screws out ferris wheels
If you ain't Missy, payin no bills
Body you in supermarket, no frills
Murda murda murda, kill kill kill (flex.. flex..)
Murda murda murda, kill kill kill
(murda murda murda, kill kill kill)
Verse Four: Method Man
Doc hold my coat, I'm bout to go low
Titanic MC rock the boat Meth
Tone def rhyme microphone sex line
Next time don't forget the TEC-9 step, Bob Digital
Context is critical
Bomb threat these individiuals that's on deck
So you the illest nigga in Nebraska?
Hell nah! It's the Master
Number sixteen, party crasher, flex
I think too much, I drink too much
My crew don't really give two fucks, about you ducks
We over here Shaolin What?!
Spontaneous combust' when I smoke a bag of dust
Ahhh what a rush, cigar be the Dutch
Method Man and Redman, Starsky and Hutch
I crush MC's, can't trust niggaz
niggaz can't trust me, I'm a KILLER!
[singer]
Cereal, cereal killer
Cereal, cereal killer
Cereal, cereal killer
Cereal, cereal killer..