Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Brooklyn's Still The Planet!
From top to bottom:
- Rhymefest
- Leela James
- Little Brother
- Buckshot of Black Moon reps for his North Cackalack peoples
- All I Do prexy and DJ Mark Ronson & Duane Harriott of Negroclash
- Random Party People shots
(Sorry, didn't have my camera at beginning and battery died when
Brand Nubian came on and ripped hits from their and Puba's solo albums)
The Brooklyn Hip Hop festival was crazy. Others already did pretty thorough reviews of the event so I'm not gonna get too in-depth here.
Everyone pretty much did their thing but Little Brother and particularly Leela James deserve special props for really tearing it up while the good folks at All I Do ain't lying when they say A Star is Born. Rhymesfest is really bringing back a couple things to mainstream hip hop that have been in short supply for the longest - a sense of humor and an ability to laugh at oneself. I mean you can't be fake mean-mugging all the the time, can you? Also shouts to my peoples Medina Green, Amir and Geology for reppin' it out solidly on stage.
Overall, good vibes, great music and positivity were in full effect the entire day. Is it any surprise that Brooklyn is now offically being recognized as the next ish in NYC by everyone even as the madness, ign'ance and hip hop still remained intertwined elsewhere in the borough that same day.
Meanwhile though:
- Finally! Pickin' Boogers is back.
- As is Jamel Shabazz with his new book, A Time Before Crack. (via Grand Good)
- And Fine Print is still poppin' since the last time I linked to them.
- "[It's] killing everything out there."
- Blue Eyes meets Bed-Stuy - from the folks who brought you the Bobb Deep mash-ups.
- A plug-in to search and play any podcast on itunes. (via Boing Boing)
- The world's gayest logos (n/h)
- And I'm not the only one who sees the connection - DJ Semtex's Crunk & Grime.
- Carl Jr.'s Paris Hilton Burger ad remixed. (via Poplicks)
- Finally, if your summer plans stil aren't in place, intern at the Uptown School of Diplomacy? (via the Dispet Fan Blog)
