Some weeks can be harder to get up for than others. At TSS, we believe there’s nothing wrong with using a little help to get through the rough weeks if need be. After all, that’s why we provide The Cooler. Read the rest of this entry »
When I was in my early college years, the first tastes of individual freedom coincided with my ever-increasing Black awareness and studying the Lessons of the Gods & Earths.
If you can overlook Cannon’s drops, what you’ll find is a very solid outing from Chris. Tracklisting & link after the break. Read the rest of this entry »
A couple of years ago when “Party Like A Rockstar” came out, my friend and I discussed the song’s lasting power. He’s a DJ so he was explaining to me the reaction he’d seen to the song at different parties:
“Yea, people go crazy for it. But it’s a phase. It’s not a classic like ‘Back Dat Azz Up.’”
His use of the word “classic” was jarring to say the least. As a “Hip-Hop guy,” my idea of classics are Illmatic and Ready To Die. Not a song that features the line “…You a fine mothafucka, Back dat azz up!”
That conversation stuck with me this whole time as I thought about these songs and their status as classics. But if a song plays 10 years after it first came out and it still gets the girls running to the dance floor, then it is a bonafied classic in the party song sense. So if “Back Dat Azz Up” is a classic, then “Get Ready Ready” by DJ Jubilee is a first ballot Hall of Fame epic classic.
I was raised on it, dancing to this song at my 8th grade dance. My sister, who is 13 years older than I am, danced to it back in the day too. And last night, a club in Houston went crazy when this track came on.
I know you may hear and dismiss this as some sort of nonsense rap because we’re accustomed to a lot of garbage dance songs a la “The Ricky Bobby.” But “Get Ready Ready” is a completely different monster. Not to bore you guys, but I once presented an Anthropological study on “Get Ready Ready” and it’s relationship to African culture. Here’s the abridged version:
– The song traveling throughout the last few years almost solely through word of mouth like as the only people with access to the track for the most part were DJs playing the song at clubs. DJ Jubilee was never on BET or MTV. “Get Ready Ready” has always been a pretty difficult song to get a hold of even in the Napster days. Still, it’s traveled like wildfire or an Anansi story. In fact, many people don’t know the real name of this song as it’s being called “Get It Ready” (which I thought was the title until I started writing this) and “Get It Ready Ready” by many people that know ever word and dance move of the song.
In the annals of dance songs, “Get Ready Ready” is a cultural masterpiece. Don’t get it confused with something like “The Stanky Legg” which holds on to small strands of what the former was founded on but in comparison is at best a half-retarded bastard stepchild. Just listen to the end of Beyonce’s “Get Me Bodied” in which she absolutely jacks pays homage to “Get Ready Ready.” Let’s not forget, Mrs. Carter is from the same Houston that got it ready as if the song came out last week.
Recently, DJ Jubilee was just invited to the New Orleans Essence Festival for the first time ever to perform. It’s amazing that it has taken this long for him to get that spot but it’s nice to know that his classic is being recognized.
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Let me put down this Nike flag in order to give praise to these Pro-Keds 69er Uptowner inspired by the Mets’ royal blue/orange color scheme. Available now @ Packers & they do take phone orders. More pics after the break. Read the rest of this entry »
The beautiful thing about music is that, unlike sports (football season can’t start quick enough, by the way), it lasts all year. Sure, some days tend to be a tad faster than others and certain quarters of the year may house more anticipated releases, but “off days” are few and far between. However, for those moments when the music industry seems to move at a snail pace, diggin’ through the e-crates never gets old, especially when you recall what you were doing around the time a specific project was released.
The summer of 2006 happened to be one of those moments. Aside from marking the first time I began living on my own and the official halfway point of my collegiate career, three particular releases pretty much defined that point of my life, at least musically. Depending how you look at the glass, that could either be good or bad. Hit the break for breakdown. Read the rest of this entry »
Nigel posted & reminded me of this clip that I saw a few days ago. Even though there’s no sound, it won’t take much to break down the cast of characters & the ensuing action because we’ve seen all these people before.
Before it even starts, you know there’s trouble because A.) it’s a Youtube clip but moreso because B.) dudes got their shirts off. Shirts off indicate it’s hot and tempers are probably flaring and that the squab is about to go down & nobody wants to get their shirt shanked over their head.
0:00 – :10 — Extreme posturing. The two shirtless guys gather around a Corky-type fellow who looks like he finally took a break from gaming to grab a soda & some honey roasted peanuts, his only source of nutrition. Not shaping up to be much of a battle from first glance and, initially, one might think that Corky let loose a bold Freudian slip like, “I hate when you guys skip the line like people aren’t standing here.” You’ve been there, you know what I’m talking about. We all think it, but aren’t 100% sure about saying it Read the rest of this entry »
While he’s in Chicago for a performance, Ruby Hornet caught up with Spitta and asked him to share random bits of information about himself. Read the rest of this entry »
I hopped out of bed this morning and my swag was on. I’d just watched Obama’s speech for the 7th time and wrote a story about my dad. I was feeling all warm and Black and shit.
I saw the post up on the site with some positive comments. That made me feel even more jolly. I decided to give pops a call and tell him that his favorite child just wrote about him.
I called him on my way to my car to grab my iPod on the way to the gym.
Me: “Dad, did you get my email?”
Dad: “Naw, I missed it. What was it?”
Me: “Well, I decided to- what the sumbitch somebody broke into my car I’ll call you back!” Read the rest of this entry »
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