Words By Prop Jay
I woke up this morning, rolled one, made coffee, sat down at my computer and this track was the first thing that hit my playlist. Due to the “laid back” nature of Sunday, it felt perfect for sharing.
Turbulence has quickly become one of my favorite Reggae artists and, as I keep digging through his library, my Read the rest of this entry »
Sports Sunday’s Jeby Lookin’ Real Aggressive In This B*tch © Playboy Tre
Lady Gaga…Too Hot for T.V.? [The Lipstick Diaries]
Why Google Wants You To Google Yourself [CNN]
Asher Roth Gets High With High Times Magazine [illRoots]
Chingy: Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places? [TRU]
Three Fingered On Class Trip To Washington, D.C. [The Onion]
De La Soul Celebrates 20 Years With International Tour [AHH]
Golden Girls Star Bea Arthur Dies At 86 [Yahoo]
Google Earth Helps Solve A Plane Crash Mystery [Tech Crunch]
The Milli Vanilli Story Will Hit The Big Screen, Brett Ratner To Direct [The Daily Swarm]
College-Educated Blacks Lose More Jobs than Peers [The Root]
Words by Jesse H.
I don’t know the reason, but nearly every Hip-Hop track I’ve heard that utilizes the flute is phenomenal. It’s an interesting strand, but it makes sense. While it certainly isn’t the manliest of instruments, hearing a flute on the track says something about the producer; that they have searched for creative samples which expand their musical palette beyond the standard drum kit/bass/synth combo. Here’s five flute-flecked Hip-Hop highlights:
Nas- “Nas Is Like” (Prod. by DJ Premier) — Obviously, a stone cold Five Cig flute standard. The flute brings to mind an image of gliding across the top of a jungle canopy, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon-style. Near the top of the laundry list of Premier’s greatest beats.
Ghostface Killer – “The Forest” (Prod. by The Alchemist) — The most dynamic flute sample on this list, the fluttering whistle of the flutes is a perfect contrast to Read the rest of this entry »
It’s been a while since a “mixtape” was posted (and this one surely isn’t being posted because of the cover art). But this one has a lot of recent material, some that just dropped over the past 24-48 hours so I figured what they hell. It’s Saturday & you need music anyways. Hit the break. Read the rest of this entry »
Another quick appearance from Shaun Boothe, taking a break from the Unauthorized Biography series to drop what will be his first single for Hip-Hop In 3D. “Music Man” featuring Amanda Diva.
Previously Posted — Shaun Boothe – “Unauthorized Biography Of Jimi Hendrix”
Well I hope. Good money if so.
Broken Cool via RR
Normally the best place to start in a story is at the beginning, but for every rule there’s an exception and this is one of those cases. The Cali based group U-N-I boldly titled their debut album A Love Supreme, which immediately (and maybe unfairly) connects them with John Coltrane’s masterwork of the same name. On the end of the feverish title track, Y-O breaks it down as something you’re willing to die and or give your life to or conversely not give your life for. So with that said, the last man standing is the music. Backed by the lush soundbeds of producer Ro Blvd., Thurzday and Y-O wax poetic on everything they consider to be A Love Supreme: mainly music, women, & gear. Read the rest of this entry »
Hey Nike,
It’s me, Gotty™. Nice to see you add the Dunk Low Premium to Nike iD. I see even the AM90′s got some new design features. But do me this one favor: Bring mesh as an option on Nike AM1′s. For real. Read the rest of this entry »
Ruby Hornet threw up a couple of vids from Wale’s Attention Deficit show from April 22 @ the Abbey Pub in Chicago, IL. Me being me, I’m sharing the history of Go-Go medley segment lol.
Sorry Chi-town but, from the looks Read the rest of this entry »
Kathy. Freak Something Saturday. Nuggets.
Eminem Launches Fictional Drug Rehabilitation Site [AHH]
Justin Timberlake & Jimmy Kimmel: Golf Cuddle [Just Jared]
Donny Goines – Making of “The Breakfast Club” [Xclusives Zone]
Matthew Williamson for H&M Insanity [Black Voices]
Awareness: Young Black Males & Suicide [Concrete Loop]
Fashion Update – The Joint Hat [Afrojacks]
Nike Sportswear “Nike Head” Tee [Daily Drop]
Who’s Hot And Who’s Not Heading Into The NFL Draft? [Coed]
DMX Joining The Cast Of VH1′s “Celebrity Rehab” [Broken Cool]
Troy Polamalu, Larry Fitzgerald Now Considered Cursed [Yardbarker]
Respect Our Fresh!
It baffles how abused and misused the word mixtape is. If you aren’t actually mixing songs, meaning using another song that you have slowed, sped up or scratched in, get a new fucking name like Skilless CD-R.
That’s all null and void because for this one, we have two Bay Area Kings. Mista B and B Cause, both members of 4 One Funk (the illest DJ crew in the world that isn’t Skratch Piklz or Space Travelers), who brought real talent and deep crates to Technics plates. Named after E-40′s introductory slaying on The Hall Of Game, Record Haterz is a strictly vinyl 33 track Read the rest of this entry »
As if we haven’t given this album enough praise to encourage you to cop it, here’s another offering, disguised as a Daily Funk entry. Don’t worry, the label Read the rest of this entry »
If Slang Prostitution came out and this video had never dropped, would anyone even remember it? Read the rest of this entry »
Provide your own rhymes, haiku’s & thoughts over the instrumentals from one of Think Differently’s most well-known, well-received releases. After the break, it’s yours. Read the rest of this entry »
*Ghostface voice*
Yeah yeah, these are warm weather right here. I’m talking walking around, munching on a mango, spilling a bit of the juice on your white tee but still not giving a damn because you’ll take that bad boy off and just wear your wifebeater since it’s too hot for a shirt anyways. Hell yeah that was a run-on sentence like a mother. And what? I said it that way too, gettin’ as many as many words in one breath as I could. You put these on and your ego gets amplified like Michael Buffer is walking behind you, announcing your arrival wherever you’re going. Give me the orange joints, the Super Blues from the other day & a pack of Starburts, then call me tickled pink.
You? You can cop now from Hanon. They don’t have my size so I’m on the sidelines for the time being, hoping these come stateside.
More pics after the break. Read the rest of this entry »
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