Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside - Not an Animal
I heard this one drunk out of my mind on Boulevard ave, been stuck in my head ever since.
Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Monday, June 13, 2011
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
RIP: GURU
I got no words, if you loved Hip-Hop like I did growing up then you already know.
According to Yo! Raps, Guru penned this letter to fans, explaining his illness while in the hospital with terminal cancer. Read it below in its entirety: - Ballerstatus
I, Guru, am writing this letter to my fans, friends and loved ones around the world. I have had a long battle with cancer and have succumbed to the disease. I have suffered with this illness for over a year. I have exhausted all medical options. I have a non-profit organization called Each One Counts dedicated to carrying on my charitable work on behalf of abused and disadvantaged children from around the world and also to educate and research a cure for this terrible disease that took my life. I write this with tears in my eyes, not of sorrow but of joy for what a wonderful life I have enjoyed and how many great people I have had the pleasure of meeting. My loyal best friend, partner and brother, Solar, has been at my side through it all and has been made my health proxy by myself on all matters relating to myself. He has been with me by my side on my many hospital stays, operations, doctors visits and stayed with me at my home and cared for me when I could not care for myself. Solar and his family is my family and I love them dearly and I expect my family, friends, and fans to respect that, regardless to anybody's feelings on the matter. It is my wish that counts. This being said I am survived by the love of my life, my sun KC, who I trust will be looked after by Solar and his family as their own. Any awards or tributes should be accepted, organized approved by Solar on behalf myself and my son until he is of age to except on his own. I do not wish my ex-DJ to have anything to do with my name likeness, events tributes etc. connected in anyway to my situation including any use of my name or circumstance for any reason and I have instructed my lawyers to enforce this. I had nothing to do with him in life for over 7 years and want nothing to do with him in death. Solar has my life story and is well informed on my family situation, as well as the real reason for separating from my ex-DJ. As the sole founder of GangStarr, I am very proud of what GangStarr has meant to the music world and fans. I equally am proud of my Jazzmatazz series and as the father of Hip-Hop/Jazz. I am most proud of my leadership and pioneering efforts on Jazzmatazz 4 for reinvigorating the Hip-Hop/Jazz genre in a time when music quality has reached an all time low. Solar and I have toured in places that I have never been before with GangStarr or Jazzmatatazz and we gained a reputation for being the best on the planet at Hip-Hop/Jazz, as well as the biggest and most influential Hip-Hop/Jazz record with Jazzmatazz 4 of the decade to now. The work I have done with Solar represents a legacy far beyond its time. And we as a team were not afraid to push the envelope. To me this is what true artists do! As men of honor we stood tall in the face of small mindedness, greed, and ignorance. As we fought for music and integrity at the cost of not earning millions and for this I will always be happy and proud, and would like to thank the million fans who have seen us perform over the years from all over the world. The work I have done with Solar represents a legacy far beyond its time and is my most creative and experimental to date. I hope that our music will receive the attention it deserves as it is some of the best work I have done and represents some of the best years of my life.
R.I.P GURU!
According to Yo! Raps, Guru penned this letter to fans, explaining his illness while in the hospital with terminal cancer. Read it below in its entirety: - Ballerstatus
I, Guru, am writing this letter to my fans, friends and loved ones around the world. I have had a long battle with cancer and have succumbed to the disease. I have suffered with this illness for over a year. I have exhausted all medical options. I have a non-profit organization called Each One Counts dedicated to carrying on my charitable work on behalf of abused and disadvantaged children from around the world and also to educate and research a cure for this terrible disease that took my life. I write this with tears in my eyes, not of sorrow but of joy for what a wonderful life I have enjoyed and how many great people I have had the pleasure of meeting. My loyal best friend, partner and brother, Solar, has been at my side through it all and has been made my health proxy by myself on all matters relating to myself. He has been with me by my side on my many hospital stays, operations, doctors visits and stayed with me at my home and cared for me when I could not care for myself. Solar and his family is my family and I love them dearly and I expect my family, friends, and fans to respect that, regardless to anybody's feelings on the matter. It is my wish that counts. This being said I am survived by the love of my life, my sun KC, who I trust will be looked after by Solar and his family as their own. Any awards or tributes should be accepted, organized approved by Solar on behalf myself and my son until he is of age to except on his own. I do not wish my ex-DJ to have anything to do with my name likeness, events tributes etc. connected in anyway to my situation including any use of my name or circumstance for any reason and I have instructed my lawyers to enforce this. I had nothing to do with him in life for over 7 years and want nothing to do with him in death. Solar has my life story and is well informed on my family situation, as well as the real reason for separating from my ex-DJ. As the sole founder of GangStarr, I am very proud of what GangStarr has meant to the music world and fans. I equally am proud of my Jazzmatazz series and as the father of Hip-Hop/Jazz. I am most proud of my leadership and pioneering efforts on Jazzmatazz 4 for reinvigorating the Hip-Hop/Jazz genre in a time when music quality has reached an all time low. Solar and I have toured in places that I have never been before with GangStarr or Jazzmatatazz and we gained a reputation for being the best on the planet at Hip-Hop/Jazz, as well as the biggest and most influential Hip-Hop/Jazz record with Jazzmatazz 4 of the decade to now. The work I have done with Solar represents a legacy far beyond its time. And we as a team were not afraid to push the envelope. To me this is what true artists do! As men of honor we stood tall in the face of small mindedness, greed, and ignorance. As we fought for music and integrity at the cost of not earning millions and for this I will always be happy and proud, and would like to thank the million fans who have seen us perform over the years from all over the world. The work I have done with Solar represents a legacy far beyond its time and is my most creative and experimental to date. I hope that our music will receive the attention it deserves as it is some of the best work I have done and represents some of the best years of my life.
R.I.P GURU!
Monday, September 28, 2009
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Sunday, September 13, 2009
What The Fuck Is Wrong With Kanye West?
Not cool man, that girl didn't deserve that.
You could see the hurt expression on Taylor's face.
Damn, I know I like the company of colorful assholes like myself but this one was out of range of my abilities.
Taylor couldn't say it so I will for her fuck you Kanye.
All the Beyonce haters you may all sit down.
I will say this Taylor might want to thank Kanye cause I am sure not many people were paying attention to her before.
They damn sure know her now.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Random Thoughts Of Cerebral Violence 7.
*****Warning: The Ability For Critical Thinking Required Before Reading This Post. The Slow Witted Need Not Continue.*****
****Karma is a B%$#^ Vol. 1
The little girl I blessed on her graduation day and seemed to have attitude?
Flunked the reading part of her exam that is required to test out of her grade.
On one side I feel bad for her to be stuck in summer school, on the other hand..........
****Karma is a B$%^$%& Vol. 2
The Ex?
Word came back that her cysts are flaring up and putting her in sever pain, between you and me I see a good chance she is going to have to get a hysterectomy to settle that issue.
And to top it off a mutual friend sent me a picture to my phone of her hair which is falling out in clumps.
Pretty bad looking too.
Don't feel any which way about it so I think thats a good thing.
I may test my karma out and post that pic......
****Classes started up yesterday and I am already sick of it.
This time they played slick and didn't have the assigned textbooks for classes listed.
Which means no shopping online for a deal, which means stuck paying $122 for a used softcover 350 page chemistry book.
If education is the KEY than why don't they make it f@#$% FREE?!
****Jobs I will never do again...
Surgical tech for any gynecological procedure.
Ever..Ever....EVER AGAIN!
The things that I have seen in that OR no man has any business seeing, in fact I question the sanity of any male doctor who would work in that field of medicine.
If there was ever was a reason to demand all little girls pay attention in school and ship them off to Med school it's so they can work on their own broken coochies.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, the VajJay is a beautiful thing but only at certain angles and under the right circumstance.
If not that mutha can be out right scary and dare I say disgusting, to think were my mouth has been when I recall some of those operations.
I was in the OR assisting a doctor who was supposed to take a small biopsy of some cysts that this woman had growing in her uterus, now Gyn and Proc are considered "dirty" procedures so not much emphasis is put in sterility but your still expected to keep a clean ship.
Well the Doctor decided she was going to do the operation in her flip flops, problem was she chose a very ripe cysts for the biopsy.
She burst it making the incision and the next thing you know this funky fluid the exact color and thickness of nacho cheese comes pouring out......
......and splashes all over feet, she tries to get up and back off and winds up slipping in the mess.
That was all I needed to see, from that day on I made sure to trade off on any Gyn procedure.
****Forgot to mention me and Ms. GG went to see the Bodies Exhibit a while back.
It was interesting but it kept playing in my mind that this was a human being that I am looking at on display here.
Yeah it's a learning tool and the deceased gave the OK, (I think), but it's still a bit unnecessary and morbid if you ask me.
Hell I'll go on to say out right disrespectful, there was nothing up there that they couldn't manufacture and show.
Which means the real appeal is ogling some ones stripped down corpse out on display.
That is a bit much.
**** What Im Rockin...........
The K'Naan joint is hot to death!!
I hate buying albums because a lot of these artist are straight up thieves.
If it's not a CD with two or three singles and the rest of fillers, it's a an album made up of singles with no cohesion, basically a compilation album.
I wont be robbed of my money least of all by a lazy ass musician who thinks he is "spitting hot fire".
I will rob you muth%#&%#, I'll bootleg the hell out of your trife butt and give it away for free.
So when ever I come across an artist that makes an effort I give him or her his respect, and if they do exceptional work I big them up.
K'Naan gets the big up treatment.
The beats are crisp and simple and a bit nostalgic inducing with track like "ABCs", (ft Chubb Rock), lamenting the lack of book education for the young forcing them to be street educated instead.
There's T.I.A (This Is Africa), a track where he lets "studio gangstas" know what hardcore life in Africa is really like.
Than there is the "If Rap Gets Jealous” (featuring Kirk Hammett of Metallica) were he defends his right to think outside the box of Hip-Hop.
And to top the whole thing off the man can spit hot fire, lyrically smooth and clever a breath of fresh air to what is just basically conversational raps we here now on the radios.
This album is not as earthy as his first album The Dusty Foot Philosopher, but it's easier to digest for the casual rap fan.
**** Why is it that when you don't want to be bothered that's when women decide they want to give you some play?
Any other time your chasing them all over the planet.
Four different women in my complex are all smiley in my face with the hellos and conversation mean while I'm walking around with a beware of mad dog, look on my face.
These same ones would give me the cold shoulder every time I say hello now you want to talk?
%^&%*$%^*&%#$@
**** This movie was damn good.
It's not as bad as you think it is, and it's not Boogie nights.
A pretty cool romantic comedy.
****Good......
No Good......
Leave the erotic athletic stuff to the experts.
****Man I am glad he is on the outs......
If there is anyone that can save the GOP's collective butt it's Colin.
Moderate, thoughtful, honest, decisive, has the ability to see past the tip of his nose and take into account the consequences of the decision you make.
He can be there Obama and turn the party around.
But like a crackhead who enjoys his high you cant save them if they don't want to be saved, you got to let them hit rock bottom.
Besides I question his desire to fight a war of ideals, he kept his mouth shut during the Bush and Cheney fiasco as dumb and evil led us down a path of ruin.
The good soldier doesn't make changes he instead keeps the status quo.
****Karma is a B%$#^ Vol. 1
The little girl I blessed on her graduation day and seemed to have attitude?
Flunked the reading part of her exam that is required to test out of her grade.
On one side I feel bad for her to be stuck in summer school, on the other hand..........
****Karma is a B$%^$%& Vol. 2
The Ex?
Word came back that her cysts are flaring up and putting her in sever pain, between you and me I see a good chance she is going to have to get a hysterectomy to settle that issue.
And to top it off a mutual friend sent me a picture to my phone of her hair which is falling out in clumps.
Pretty bad looking too.
Don't feel any which way about it so I think thats a good thing.
I may test my karma out and post that pic......
****Classes started up yesterday and I am already sick of it.
This time they played slick and didn't have the assigned textbooks for classes listed.
Which means no shopping online for a deal, which means stuck paying $122 for a used softcover 350 page chemistry book.
If education is the KEY than why don't they make it f@#$% FREE?!
****Jobs I will never do again...
Surgical tech for any gynecological procedure.
Ever..Ever....EVER AGAIN!
The things that I have seen in that OR no man has any business seeing, in fact I question the sanity of any male doctor who would work in that field of medicine.
If there was ever was a reason to demand all little girls pay attention in school and ship them off to Med school it's so they can work on their own broken coochies.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, the VajJay is a beautiful thing but only at certain angles and under the right circumstance.
If not that mutha can be out right scary and dare I say disgusting, to think were my mouth has been when I recall some of those operations.
I was in the OR assisting a doctor who was supposed to take a small biopsy of some cysts that this woman had growing in her uterus, now Gyn and Proc are considered "dirty" procedures so not much emphasis is put in sterility but your still expected to keep a clean ship.
Well the Doctor decided she was going to do the operation in her flip flops, problem was she chose a very ripe cysts for the biopsy.
She burst it making the incision and the next thing you know this funky fluid the exact color and thickness of nacho cheese comes pouring out......
......and splashes all over feet, she tries to get up and back off and winds up slipping in the mess.
That was all I needed to see, from that day on I made sure to trade off on any Gyn procedure.
****Forgot to mention me and Ms. GG went to see the Bodies Exhibit a while back.
It was interesting but it kept playing in my mind that this was a human being that I am looking at on display here.
Yeah it's a learning tool and the deceased gave the OK, (I think), but it's still a bit unnecessary and morbid if you ask me.
Hell I'll go on to say out right disrespectful, there was nothing up there that they couldn't manufacture and show.
Which means the real appeal is ogling some ones stripped down corpse out on display.
That is a bit much.
**** What Im Rockin...........
The K'Naan joint is hot to death!!
I hate buying albums because a lot of these artist are straight up thieves.
If it's not a CD with two or three singles and the rest of fillers, it's a an album made up of singles with no cohesion, basically a compilation album.
I wont be robbed of my money least of all by a lazy ass musician who thinks he is "spitting hot fire".
I will rob you muth%#&%#, I'll bootleg the hell out of your trife butt and give it away for free.
So when ever I come across an artist that makes an effort I give him or her his respect, and if they do exceptional work I big them up.
K'Naan gets the big up treatment.
The beats are crisp and simple and a bit nostalgic inducing with track like "ABCs", (ft Chubb Rock), lamenting the lack of book education for the young forcing them to be street educated instead.
There's T.I.A (This Is Africa), a track where he lets "studio gangstas" know what hardcore life in Africa is really like.
Than there is the "If Rap Gets Jealous” (featuring Kirk Hammett of Metallica) were he defends his right to think outside the box of Hip-Hop.
And to top the whole thing off the man can spit hot fire, lyrically smooth and clever a breath of fresh air to what is just basically conversational raps we here now on the radios.
This album is not as earthy as his first album The Dusty Foot Philosopher, but it's easier to digest for the casual rap fan.
**** Why is it that when you don't want to be bothered that's when women decide they want to give you some play?
Any other time your chasing them all over the planet.
Four different women in my complex are all smiley in my face with the hellos and conversation mean while I'm walking around with a beware of mad dog, look on my face.
These same ones would give me the cold shoulder every time I say hello now you want to talk?
%^&%*$%^*&%#$@
**** This movie was damn good.
It's not as bad as you think it is, and it's not Boogie nights.
A pretty cool romantic comedy.
****Good......
No Good......
Leave the erotic athletic stuff to the experts.
****Man I am glad he is on the outs......
If there is anyone that can save the GOP's collective butt it's Colin.
Moderate, thoughtful, honest, decisive, has the ability to see past the tip of his nose and take into account the consequences of the decision you make.
He can be there Obama and turn the party around.
But like a crackhead who enjoys his high you cant save them if they don't want to be saved, you got to let them hit rock bottom.
Besides I question his desire to fight a war of ideals, he kept his mouth shut during the Bush and Cheney fiasco as dumb and evil led us down a path of ruin.
The good soldier doesn't make changes he instead keeps the status quo.
Friday, February 6, 2009
OSF: New Edition/New Edition members
The best boy band ever!!
You may keep your knock offs and bootleg groups N.E. was the one that had it all on lock.
And the solo talent that came out of their.......whew!!
Bobby Brown, Ralph Tresvant, Johnny Gill, Bell Biv Devoe, everyone had a hit song if not record.
It's hard to choose just one, and more importantly one that has hardly been heard.
Than I have to take into consideration of everyone else choices.
So I went for the triple play of my favorite non N.E. joints.
Happy OSF and weekend.
You may keep your knock offs and bootleg groups N.E. was the one that had it all on lock.
And the solo talent that came out of their.......whew!!
Bobby Brown, Ralph Tresvant, Johnny Gill, Bell Biv Devoe, everyone had a hit song if not record.
It's hard to choose just one, and more importantly one that has hardly been heard.
Than I have to take into consideration of everyone else choices.
So I went for the triple play of my favorite non N.E. joints.
Happy OSF and weekend.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
What I am Rockin: BelO
BelO-Jasmine
Giving yall some new new, or rather some new new to you so you can free you mind, cause the radio stations got it on lock.
Giving yall some new new, or rather some new new to you so you can free you mind, cause the radio stations got it on lock.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
What I am Rockin- B.o.B
B.o.B - Lonely People
The beat is just sick and the lyrical content is good.
Only flaw is that they know the sample is tight but they over use it, a little more bars would could have been used here.
Looking forward to hearing more from this dude.
The beat is just sick and the lyrical content is good.
Only flaw is that they know the sample is tight but they over use it, a little more bars would could have been used here.
Looking forward to hearing more from this dude.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
What I am Rockin K'Naan (Feat. Chubb Rock)
K'Naan (Feat. Chubb Rock) - ABC's
Told you this dude was hot, and to bring back Chubb to show out on your track?
Hell it would be nice if some of the mainstream artist would show that kind of love.
Major respect for that.
I am hearing more quality music, now if we could get it on the radio.......
Told you this dude was hot, and to bring back Chubb to show out on your track?
Hell it would be nice if some of the mainstream artist would show that kind of love.
Major respect for that.
I am hearing more quality music, now if we could get it on the radio.......
Sunday, January 18, 2009
What I Am Rockin: Jesse Boykins III
Jesse Boykins III - Pantyhose
You heard the story of the old and young bull right?
If not here it goes.
An old and a young bull were sitting on a hill watching a herd of cows grazing below.
The young bull says to the old bull "lets run down there and fuck one of those cows".
The old bull says " No, lets walk down there and fuck them all."
This what I like to call old Bull music, thats the smooth music were you walk down from the hill get all the ladies.
Not threatening, respectful, attention is still the same but at her pace.
As opposed to the young bull music were everything is a borderline rape.
I like the beat and subject matter, very smooth reminds me of D'Angelo.
You heard the story of the old and young bull right?
If not here it goes.
An old and a young bull were sitting on a hill watching a herd of cows grazing below.
The young bull says to the old bull "lets run down there and fuck one of those cows".
The old bull says " No, lets walk down there and fuck them all."
This what I like to call old Bull music, thats the smooth music were you walk down from the hill get all the ladies.
Not threatening, respectful, attention is still the same but at her pace.
As opposed to the young bull music were everything is a borderline rape.
I like the beat and subject matter, very smooth reminds me of D'Angelo.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
What I am Rockin: Black Kids
I have no idea why they are called the Black Kids, but I know there music is tight.
Update: "We like that 'Black Kids' seems subversive," says Reggie Youngblood, the Jacksonville, Florida, group's lead singer and one of its two black members. (His younger sister, Ali, is the other.) But Youngblood admits the name is trickier for the quintet's white kids. "For a while, when a stranger asked about the band, they'd just say, 'Oh, you haven't heard of us.'"
Subversive...really?
Friday, January 9, 2009
OSF: Music The Year You Graduated High School
I ain't going to lie my year was serious for music.
I made this easy for y'all, what year did I graduate with out cheating.
You believe how tame this video is compared to what is out today?
And can we say that this video marked a turn in body images for black women that is still going on today?
You know I wasn't a fan of hers till she came out with this song, up until this point I thought she was just getting off on voice.
I made this easy for y'all, what year did I graduate with out cheating.
You believe how tame this video is compared to what is out today?
And can we say that this video marked a turn in body images for black women that is still going on today?
You know I wasn't a fan of hers till she came out with this song, up until this point I thought she was just getting off on voice.
Monday, December 29, 2008
What I am Rockin: The Knux
The Knux Bang! Bang!
This is one of the many reason why I haven't left Hip Hop's slutty butt yet.
The Knux are hot to death, reminds me of an aggressive version of Pharcyde (the greatest west coast rap group ever).
This is one of the many reason why I haven't left Hip Hop's slutty butt yet.
The Knux are hot to death, reminds me of an aggressive version of Pharcyde (the greatest west coast rap group ever).
Friday, December 26, 2008
OSF: Drinking Songs!?
You should of never asked me about this topic, I will try to control myself.
I went with the Pete Rock Remix for this one to change it up.
This one is a pure working class drinking song if there ever was one.
Beastie boys - Brass Monkey a classic, it is supposed to be a mix of rhum and vodka and some type of juice. I'll have to take their word for it, I follow the rule of never mixing brown and white liquor.
And of course who can forget this diddly, I don't even like gin but damn if I didn't try it when I heard this joint.
Hope you had a happy holiday and have a good weekend.
I went with the Pete Rock Remix for this one to change it up.
This one is a pure working class drinking song if there ever was one.
Beastie boys - Brass Monkey a classic, it is supposed to be a mix of rhum and vodka and some type of juice. I'll have to take their word for it, I follow the rule of never mixing brown and white liquor.
And of course who can forget this diddly, I don't even like gin but damn if I didn't try it when I heard this joint.
Hope you had a happy holiday and have a good weekend.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
What I Rockin: K'NAAN - Somalia
I talked about K'NAAN first joint here, a hot album here is the latest joint off the upcoming album Troubadour.
This is what happens when you put a conscience rapper on a tight beat.
You get good Hip-Hop instead of the corporate poison that is forced down the throats of the masses.
You see the biggest problem with rap music is it is not viewed as an art form because the belief is that anybody can do it.
And if you listen to the radio there right anybody can get up there and slap together some music words together and sell it.
Like the Def Poetry Jam, every now and than they would throw up a Saul Williams but more often than not some idiot was up there talking about how horny, lonely, confused, insecure, pathetic or out right stupid they were in a manner that was unchallenged.
These people were allowed to share the stage with Saul Williams!
Same thing with Hip-Hop you have any old person allowed to pick up a mic and become a "star".
Why is that?
Because you can make a dollar off of it.
It has become a commodity of no value.
How can it be art if anyone can do it and when you challenge that you are considered a hater.
The same reasons the big three auto makers are going under, quantity over quality, money into the pocket instead of the product, it's the same reasons Hip-Hop is failing.
Except we ain't getting no bail out.
This is what happens when you put a conscience rapper on a tight beat.
You get good Hip-Hop instead of the corporate poison that is forced down the throats of the masses.
You see the biggest problem with rap music is it is not viewed as an art form because the belief is that anybody can do it.
And if you listen to the radio there right anybody can get up there and slap together some music words together and sell it.
Like the Def Poetry Jam, every now and than they would throw up a Saul Williams but more often than not some idiot was up there talking about how horny, lonely, confused, insecure, pathetic or out right stupid they were in a manner that was unchallenged.
These people were allowed to share the stage with Saul Williams!
Same thing with Hip-Hop you have any old person allowed to pick up a mic and become a "star".
Why is that?
Because you can make a dollar off of it.
It has become a commodity of no value.
How can it be art if anyone can do it and when you challenge that you are considered a hater.
The same reasons the big three auto makers are going under, quantity over quality, money into the pocket instead of the product, it's the same reasons Hip-Hop is failing.
Except we ain't getting no bail out.
Friday, December 12, 2008
Old School Friday: Favorite Bands.
When I saw this week's theme was bands I took it literally.
They need to be playing instruments, no groups of men and women singing.
The first band that came to mine was The Roots.
I caught them at Lakewood Amphitheater
some years back and they shut the show down.
Earth, Wind & Fire was one of those bands that was so good live that they are still in demand today, there number in the band grew and shrunk during the years but the music is the same.
Boogie wonderland - Earth Wind and Fire
They need to be playing instruments, no groups of men and women singing.
The first band that came to mine was The Roots.
I caught them at Lakewood Amphitheater
some years back and they shut the show down.
Earth, Wind & Fire was one of those bands that was so good live that they are still in demand today, there number in the band grew and shrunk during the years but the music is the same.
Boogie wonderland - Earth Wind and Fire
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Quote for the Day
My mind wont allow me to not be curious,
My folk dont understand so they dont take it serious,
But every now and then I wonder,
If the gate was put up to keep crime out or to keep our ass in
Cee-Lo Green of Goodie Mob -Cell Therapy-
My folk dont understand so they dont take it serious,
But every now and then I wonder,
If the gate was put up to keep crime out or to keep our ass in
Cee-Lo Green of Goodie Mob -Cell Therapy-
What Im Rockin.
I am so sick of what I hear on the radio especially down here in Atlanta.
It the say ish said with a different voice by a different looking cat over the same simple beat.
I sit and wonder how the hell do people make money off that?
How does the radio station gets away with playing the same mess over and over again?
How does the labels execs feed there kids off of this mess?
We see the numbers very few artists are moving weight retail wise anyway.
Hell the underground used to be a place of refuge from what was forced on the listeners by the unholy union of corporations, radio, simple minded artists and and the unsupervised little brats who always managed to find away to get ish like Bow wow and Soulja Boy Tell Em played.
They know damn well those living da Brats dolls don't have money!
What the hell are they catering to them for?
I used to be able to dig my way to the underground for salvation, the first time i heard B.I.G. was when he Biggie Smalls off a Ron G mixtape if I remember correctly.
I heard Eminem on a college radio station, he was even talking about killing his girl back than.
But now the underground is full of weak ass rappers and singers no talent.
Used to be a source of pride to call your self a back packer, not anymore.
That's why when I hear something different it is like a cool breeze in the middle of the desert that has become of urban music.
But when that "different" also happens to have talent and style about it?
It's like the breeze picking you up out of the desert and dropping you in the middle of a pool with some fresh drinks waiting for you at the edge.
That is why I am so on Gnarls Barkley's jock.
Now I cant say that I would have looked for Gnarls if I wasn't already a fan of Cee-Lo Green already.
Cee-Lo I'll Be Around
Goodie mob - Cell therapy
And Danger Mouse had me on lock when he did the Grey album, which was hotter than Jay Z's original Black album.
Jay Z Encore
Jay Z vs. Dangermouse "99 Problems"
Put them together and you get peanut butter and jelly.
Gnarls Barkley - Mystery Man
And than you aint got to wait every three years for them to drop an album.
This is why I don't get upset at artists when they want to branch out and experiment.
Cause you will get a body of work like Outkast.....
....(a damn shame that Atlanta is there home yet very few artists follow in there foot steps down here instead I got to listen to Shawty Lo's bull all day), one of the greatest rap groups of all time.
You will also go get duds like Kanye West's 808 and Heartbreaks.
Way to much of a drag for me I thought the beats were all going to be like this.....
or this...
Not.
But that's OK Kanye gets a pass from for great previous work, besides I wont hate on some one for trying something new.
Hopefully other artists are paying attention.
It the say ish said with a different voice by a different looking cat over the same simple beat.
I sit and wonder how the hell do people make money off that?
How does the radio station gets away with playing the same mess over and over again?
How does the labels execs feed there kids off of this mess?
We see the numbers very few artists are moving weight retail wise anyway.
Hell the underground used to be a place of refuge from what was forced on the listeners by the unholy union of corporations, radio, simple minded artists and and the unsupervised little brats who always managed to find away to get ish like Bow wow and Soulja Boy Tell Em played.
They know damn well those living da Brats dolls don't have money!
What the hell are they catering to them for?
I used to be able to dig my way to the underground for salvation, the first time i heard B.I.G. was when he Biggie Smalls off a Ron G mixtape if I remember correctly.
I heard Eminem on a college radio station, he was even talking about killing his girl back than.
But now the underground is full of weak ass rappers and singers no talent.
Used to be a source of pride to call your self a back packer, not anymore.
That's why when I hear something different it is like a cool breeze in the middle of the desert that has become of urban music.
But when that "different" also happens to have talent and style about it?
It's like the breeze picking you up out of the desert and dropping you in the middle of a pool with some fresh drinks waiting for you at the edge.
That is why I am so on Gnarls Barkley's jock.
Now I cant say that I would have looked for Gnarls if I wasn't already a fan of Cee-Lo Green already.
Cee-Lo I'll Be Around
Goodie mob - Cell therapy
And Danger Mouse had me on lock when he did the Grey album, which was hotter than Jay Z's original Black album.
Jay Z Encore
Jay Z vs. Dangermouse "99 Problems"
Put them together and you get peanut butter and jelly.
Gnarls Barkley - Mystery Man
And than you aint got to wait every three years for them to drop an album.
This is why I don't get upset at artists when they want to branch out and experiment.
Cause you will get a body of work like Outkast.....
....(a damn shame that Atlanta is there home yet very few artists follow in there foot steps down here instead I got to listen to Shawty Lo's bull all day), one of the greatest rap groups of all time.
You will also go get duds like Kanye West's 808 and Heartbreaks.
Way to much of a drag for me I thought the beats were all going to be like this.....
or this...
Not.
But that's OK Kanye gets a pass from for great previous work, besides I wont hate on some one for trying something new.
Hopefully other artists are paying attention.
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