Wednesday, May 25, 2005
"Chillin' in the Club in my B-Boy Stance...."
Stone knows... - keep voting here.
Why you don't love hip hop any more: "The camaraderie of getting together and making a record has totally been lost...." -- Prince Paul (via Grand Good)
And a few reasons why your faith should be restored:
- Kanye West and Common in the studio:
Real Player: Hi | LoCommon breaks down the meaning behind the songs on Be:
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Real Player Hi | Lo- Cassidy "B-Boy Stance" - don't front, after "I'ma Huster" and this you forgive him for that soft-ass "Hotel" record last time around.
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- KDAY 93.5FM Los Angeles - prolly not as good the original pioneering AM station back in the day but as close to the perfect all-hip hop format station as you're gonna get in today's corporate hip hop world.
- Seeing Supernat', Lord Finesse, O.C., AG and Grandmaster Roc Raida doing their thing at the Freestyle DVD party last night at BB King's. 10 years ago, that room would have been ram-packed. Instead it was half-empty. New York, what's wrong with y'all?!!
I was ready to put "proverbial" pen to paper today dissin' Roc Raida for doing virtually the same scratch routine cutting up Rob Base's "It takes Two" as Common's DJ Dummy did the night before at SOB's until Finessee jumped in midway and they tag-teamed back and forth cutting it up flawlessly. Finesse is crazy NICE on the cut, no joke.
Wack move of the night: OC rockin his own "Word Life" promo shirt. Like, what is it now: 10-11 years later?! Kinda sad. Flyest look for the night though: Nat and Craig G on stage together for the first time in 8 years showing love to each other (n/h) and saying how they had battled each other bitterly through the years but lived to talk about it and even become friends and how THAT was what hip hop should be all about. Can't argue with that, right?
Thanks, Trent.
Sneakmove.com
I'm. You're. Idle.
The Low End Theory on the legendary and mysterious breakbeat "Skull Snaps" (actually officially called "It's A New day")
More "scion-hop" mp3 action c/o Z-Trip - "Breakfast Club" (feat. Murs, right?)
Cool interview at Dork with Da Beatminerz. Their "Mafia Don" single with the Last Emperor from their new Full Loaded w/ Static album has been growing on me. Expect me to drop that when I open for them next week at The Good Foot.
For those who like to do their mp3 download thing all legit-like, Dancetracks Digital is doing the business.
A Bun B (of UGK) & Dizzee Rascal collabo -WTF?!
Where have I seen this image before? C'mon!
Gorillaz action figures (spotted via Young Rome)
The H3 - "the Hummer for the rest of us...." The sub-$30K starting price is right but aren't they like two years too late on this? I think even most hip hop cats have moved on and sky-high gas prices are gonna kill a lot of the demand there might have been for this anyway, no?
