Thursday, April 22, 2004
Nas & Mobb Deep audio links | Cam & Jahiem together (no homo) | Blue Note Revisited | The lowdown on the Tribeca Film Festival
New sh!t:
- Nas "A Thief's Theme": this is the hottest jawn out right now, hands down. (wma mp3 via Mo Ca$h | another mp3 link via hiphopgame.com)
- Alchemist feat. Nas & Mobb Deep "Tic Toc" (wma mp3 via Mo Ca$h yet again, peep this site it's hot like that. NB: Cut and paste the URL into your wma player if clicking this link does not open the file.)
- Tony Sunshine feat. P Diddy "Tonight": sounding club-ready and very Justin Timberlake-esque. I'm diggin' it, but this might be a year too late sound-wise and 2 or 3 years too late for Mr. Sunshine. Let's see how this one develops. Sorry no linkage yet.
Heavy D is signed to Bad Boy now? So said Diddy to DJ Absolute last night on Hot 97.
Should I be reading anything into the fact that "Harlem Thug in Pink" Cam'ron is dueting with Jahiem on a hip hop remake of Sam Cooke's "A Change is Gonna Come"?
Blog alert: Hardly Art, Hardly Garbage, worth peeping.
Hot bucket hat action by Timberland on a Norman Jay B-Boy meets Rude Boy steez that I saw the other day but that, damn, didn't quite fit me right. A closer look.
From Lucy at Elemental Consulting & Marketing:
Join us in celebrating
the birthday of KEVIN POWELL
FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 2004
10PM-4AM
at
ROMI
89 Washington, at the corner of Rector
lower Manhattan (right off the Westside Highway)
NEW YORK CITY
Trains...1, 9, N, R, 4, or 5 to Rector
Admission is FREE but you MUST RSVP at nychappenings@aol.com OR at
212-560-2624, as we'll be checking the list at the door. We HIGHLY
recommend you get there early....
Cash Bar ALL NIGHT (you MUST be 21 and over, WITH I.D. please)
Light Fare will be available throughout the evening
The Bandleader...DJ BLESSED PRODUCTIVE on the wheels of steel
PLEASE come dressed to impress....
Films of possible interest playing at the Tribeca Film Festival running from May 1-9:
- Coffee & Cigarettes: directed by Jim Jarmusch with a cast including Tom Waits, Steve Buscemi, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, Iggy Pop, The White Stripes, Wu-Tang Clan, and others.
- In Search of Ted Demme: A hilarious sendup of the tribute-film genre (or so says the program guide), this documentary trails Demme's urn as his ashes spend time with a rich cast of buddies (Don Cheadle, Gina Gershon, and many more among them), painting a vivid portrait of the director and the man. (NB: Ted Demme was one of the founding creative forces behind the seminal Yo! MTV Raps TV show and then went on to become an acclaimaed director behind such films as Blow)
- Men Without Jobs: A comedy about best friends and roommates, Ish and Oz, whose main goal in life is to avoid work at all costs. Determined to start their own hip-hop band, the two eccentric slackers make a pact to swear off the dreaded nine-to-five, but ultimately realize that sooner or later everyone has to get a job.
- Saddam's Mass Graves: Kurdish/American filmmaker Rosebiani returned to Iraq with the specific goal of documenting the legacy of Saddam Hussein's regime. Interviews with survivors and with relatives of victims drive home the point that, as one official notes, while bloody dictators usually attempt to hide their crimes, Saddam enjoyed showing off his brutality.
- Sneakerheads: no link or info about this film on the site for some reason but this is a documentary by a dude named Israel examining "the global sneaker collecting phenomenom [and] the link between sneakers, basketball and hip hop."
- Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song: A blaxploitation and indie film classic. Raw, jagged, and real, Van Peebles' tale of a black sex show performer who becomes the target of a police manhunt is a landmark in American independent cinema. Shot guerrilla-style on the streets of Los Angeles, Sweetback kickstarted blaxploitation and provided a blueprint for maverick moviemakers everywhere. "Rated X by an all-white jury" upon its release, it's lost none of its ability to shock, incite, and entertain. (See also Baadasssss)
And finally, speaking of films still, what's really good with Kill Bill Vol. 2, what do people think of it? I'ma try and post my thoughts about it tomorrow.
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- Nas "A Thief's Theme": this is the hottest jawn out right now, hands down. (wma mp3 via Mo Ca$h | another mp3 link via hiphopgame.com)
- Alchemist feat. Nas & Mobb Deep "Tic Toc" (wma mp3 via Mo Ca$h yet again, peep this site it's hot like that. NB: Cut and paste the URL into your wma player if clicking this link does not open the file.)
- Tony Sunshine feat. P Diddy "Tonight": sounding club-ready and very Justin Timberlake-esque. I'm diggin' it, but this might be a year too late sound-wise and 2 or 3 years too late for Mr. Sunshine. Let's see how this one develops. Sorry no linkage yet.
Heavy D is signed to Bad Boy now? So said Diddy to DJ Absolute last night on Hot 97.
Should I be reading anything into the fact that "Harlem Thug in Pink" Cam'ron is dueting with Jahiem on a hip hop remake of Sam Cooke's "A Change is Gonna Come"?
Blog alert: Hardly Art, Hardly Garbage, worth peeping.
Hot bucket hat action by Timberland on a Norman Jay B-Boy meets Rude Boy steez that I saw the other day but that, damn, didn't quite fit me right. A closer look.
From Lucy at Elemental Consulting & Marketing:
Classic jazz imprint Blue Note Records allowed 13 unique remixers access to their archives with stunning results as heard on Blue Note Revisited which hits stores this week. Remixers include DJ Spinna, Jazzanova, DJ Cam, 4Hero, Kyoto Jazz Massive, Madlib, J Dilla and more. For more info and sound samples, check out the Ecard (requires Flash)Something to do Friday:
Join us in celebrating
the birthday of KEVIN POWELL
FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 2004
10PM-4AM
at
ROMI
89 Washington, at the corner of Rector
lower Manhattan (right off the Westside Highway)
NEW YORK CITY
Trains...1, 9, N, R, 4, or 5 to Rector
Admission is FREE but you MUST RSVP at nychappenings@aol.com OR at
212-560-2624, as we'll be checking the list at the door. We HIGHLY
recommend you get there early....
Cash Bar ALL NIGHT (you MUST be 21 and over, WITH I.D. please)
Light Fare will be available throughout the evening
The Bandleader...DJ BLESSED PRODUCTIVE on the wheels of steel
PLEASE come dressed to impress....
Films of possible interest playing at the Tribeca Film Festival running from May 1-9:
- Coffee & Cigarettes: directed by Jim Jarmusch with a cast including Tom Waits, Steve Buscemi, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, Iggy Pop, The White Stripes, Wu-Tang Clan, and others.
- In Search of Ted Demme: A hilarious sendup of the tribute-film genre (or so says the program guide), this documentary trails Demme's urn as his ashes spend time with a rich cast of buddies (Don Cheadle, Gina Gershon, and many more among them), painting a vivid portrait of the director and the man. (NB: Ted Demme was one of the founding creative forces behind the seminal Yo! MTV Raps TV show and then went on to become an acclaimaed director behind such films as Blow)
- Men Without Jobs: A comedy about best friends and roommates, Ish and Oz, whose main goal in life is to avoid work at all costs. Determined to start their own hip-hop band, the two eccentric slackers make a pact to swear off the dreaded nine-to-five, but ultimately realize that sooner or later everyone has to get a job.
- Saddam's Mass Graves: Kurdish/American filmmaker Rosebiani returned to Iraq with the specific goal of documenting the legacy of Saddam Hussein's regime. Interviews with survivors and with relatives of victims drive home the point that, as one official notes, while bloody dictators usually attempt to hide their crimes, Saddam enjoyed showing off his brutality.
- Sneakerheads: no link or info about this film on the site for some reason but this is a documentary by a dude named Israel examining "the global sneaker collecting phenomenom [and] the link between sneakers, basketball and hip hop."
- Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song: A blaxploitation and indie film classic. Raw, jagged, and real, Van Peebles' tale of a black sex show performer who becomes the target of a police manhunt is a landmark in American independent cinema. Shot guerrilla-style on the streets of Los Angeles, Sweetback kickstarted blaxploitation and provided a blueprint for maverick moviemakers everywhere. "Rated X by an all-white jury" upon its release, it's lost none of its ability to shock, incite, and entertain. (See also Baadasssss)
And finally, speaking of films still, what's really good with Kill Bill Vol. 2, what do people think of it? I'ma try and post my thoughts about it tomorrow.
