Monday, June 27, 2005
Classic East Coast Hip Hop: R.I.P.?
David Banner: time to play?
"Let's be men for a minute. N-ggas are putting on this front so they can sell records and sh-t 'cause now MC means Modeling Clothes, Making Cash, sh-t like that."
"MC [used to] stand for Master of Communication, meaning you can communicate to all worlds. But popoular culture has broken it down to Movie Career...." -- Hell Razah & Timbo King of Black Market Militia quoted from Elemental magazine.
Heard while in Boston on their Hot 97 this weekend:
- David Banner's "Play" - the next "Wait"? I better duck before J. Shep and J-Hop go off and put Banner on blast. (link via Catchdubs)
And shout to the crew at Massive Records at 1105 Mass Ave. near Harvard Square in Cambridge, MA with the live MC cipher poppin' off on Saturday afternoon.
Kanye West "About an Angel" - K-weezy recycling/biting beats again? Isn't this an old State Prop soundtrack beat? (mp3 via hiphophavoc.com)
Check out a Dipset More Than Music Vol. 1 advance preview.
Webbie - who the fcck is this cat coming out of nowhere with this "Girl Give me That" joint that's BLOWING the fcck up? Classic NYC/East Coast hip hop is dead.
So you may as well read the history of how ATL hip hop took over the game.
The Swift Chancellor on the problem with [hip hop] blogging.
White Kids Who Love Rap But Hate Race (related: How Black-conscious hip-hop deals with its overwhelmingly white live audiences via hip hop blogs.)
But Mos Def is the anatomy of a "hip-hop sell out"? Seriously, WTF is going on when Mos's credibility is being questioned like this?!
the crossfader
Minor Threat vs Nike (via Anousheh | update: Nike apologizes to Minor Threat, Dischord and pissed off punks everywhere.)
And kind of related, some Chocolate Nike
The Urban Video Game Academy
Fly rudeboy wristbands by Stussy.
Finally, are you "Wu-worthy"? Tonight starting 10pm at Crash Mansion: Party Rebel Promotions and Rolling Out present Wu-Tang Karaoke. $100 cash and a CD Prize Pack for the "best or coolest rendition" of a Wu-Tang original song!
