Monday, March 31, 2008
New Lil Boosie mixtape
Download the exclusive FADER mixtape from current Fader mag cover star, Lil Boosie here. [Sharebee D/L link]
Online:
FADER - website | FADER 53 Mp3 Podcast | F2, the first issue of the new digital-only publication from the FADER. [pdf file D/L]
Labels: Fader magazine, Lil Boosie, mixtapes
New Wale mixtape
And a super-short preview of his forthcoming "W.A.L.E.D.A.N.C.E." video above (and here).
Download the The Beast of the Beltway mixtape by DJ Maf (who.he?) here. [Rapidshare D/L link, requires win rar software]
(h/t: Derek of Grindin')
Some Republicans Emerge To Endorse Barack Obama
From The New York Sun:
" With an eye to the general election and the Pennsylvania primary, some Republicans who oppose President Bush's war policy are endorsing Senator Obama.
Call them the Obamacans: They are against continuing the Iraq war and reject what they see as Mr. Bush's unconstitutional buildup of executive power."
Click here for more.
Semi-related:
White Student Wears Blackface to Play Obama: North Dakota State officials investigate skit that took place during campus event. [Eurweb]
Labels: '08 Election, Barack Obama, US race relations
Saturday, March 29, 2008
New music: La The Darkman - "Glorious Notorious L.A.D."
One more for the morning then I gotta get into my day:
La The Darkman - "Glorious Notorious L.A.D." (zshare stream/download mp3 link off The Gangsta Grillz: The Notorious L.A.D. mixtape)
(mp3 courtesy Alex at Killer Beez Promotions)
Labels: Gangsta Grillz, La the Darkman, mixtapes
New Music: Dj King Assassin & Snoop Dogg - "Watching U"
Dj King Assassin & Snoop Dogg - "Watching U" [zshare stream/download mp3 link]
It's the 93-94 G-Funk era all over again! Peace to Slave & Steve Arrington too!
Labels: Dj King Assassin, Snoop Dogg
New music: Ladytron - "Black Cat"
Off the normal beaten path for The Kitchen, here's "Black Cat," the first single from the new Ladytron album, Velocifero whch will be in stores April 3rd:
Ladytron "Black Cat" [direct mp3, Right Click and Save As]
(Mp3 courtesy Redbird Management)
Labels: Ladytron
Video: Pete Rock performing at South By Southwest
Crooked I Hip Hop Weekly 51.5 - "Lollipop (freestyle)"
Crooked I - "Lollipop (freestyle)" [direct mp3 link courtesy HipHopWest.com, Right Click and Save As]
Labels: Crooked I
Janet Jackson - "Feedback (remix feat. Busta Rhymes, Ciara & Fabolous)"
Janet Jackson - "Feedback (remix feat. Busta Rhymes, Ciara & Fabolous)" [direct mp3 link courtesy www.mp3waxx.com, Right Click and Save As]
Labels: Busta Rhymes, Ciara, fabolous, Janet Jackson
Friday, March 28, 2008
Clinton Sparks interviews Three Six Mafia
For Karmaloop TV. Not sure why though - what have these dudes been up to besides that ridiculous MTV reality show they had a short while back anyway?
Part II here.
Labels: Clinton Sparks, Karmaloop TV, Three Six Mafia
Senator Bob Casey (D-Pa) endorses Barack Obama
Standard Operating Procedure (movie trailer)
Trailer for the upcoming documentary directed by Errol Morris about the Abu Ghraib prison scanadal. Opens April 25th.
Online:
Standard Operating Procedure - Website
Labels: GOP corruption, Iraq war
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Upcoming at the Brooklyn Museum: Takashi Murakami Exhibit
Opening April 5th. If you're wondering who the hell this is, he's the dude who designed the Kanye West Graduation album cover. Details on the exhibit from the Brooklyn Museum Website:
"The most comprehensive retrospective to date of the work of internationally acclaimed Japanese artist Takashi Murakami includes more than ninety works in various media that span the artist’s entire career, installed in more than 18,500 square feet of gallery space.
Born in Tokyo in 1962, Murakami is one of the most influential and acclaimed artists to have emerged from Asia in the late twentieth century, creating a wide-ranging body of work that consciously bridges fine art, design, animation, fashion, and popular culture. He received a Ph.D. from the prestigious Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, where he was trained in the school of traditional Japanese painting known as Nihonga, a nineteenth-century mixture of Western and Eastern styles."
Click here for more.
(h/t: Julia S.)
Labels: Kanye West, Takashi Murakami
Bush on Iraq: "Lives not lost in vain"
And also:
President Bush: Iraq violence is a 'positive moment.' [The Times of London]
Meanwhile though:
Green Zone Target for Shiite Militias. [AP]
Fresh clashes grip southern Iraq. [BBC News]
CNN World Analysis: Al-Sadr in trouble, Iraq headed for meltdown.
This dude is still deluded five years later!
Labels: George Bush, GOP incompetence, Iraq war
Does A New Poll Show That Hillary Clinton Is Unelectable?
Sway Dasafo - The Dotted Lines Mixtape
Download it here. [registration required]
Online: Sway Dasafo - MySpace
Labels: mixtapes, Sway Dasafo
Mad Money's Jim Cramer on March 11: "Bear Stearns is Fine!"
Spotted this one last night on a Daily Show re-run:
More:
Cramer trying to save face on CNBC six days later after Bear Stearns collapsed.
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Cramer trying to save face on CNBC six days later after Bear Stearns collapsed.
Labels: Jim Cramer, Jon Stewart, The Daily Show
Poll signals pastor controversy didn't hurt Obama
From the USA Today election blog, On Politics:
"The racially charged debate over Barack Obama's relationship with his longtime pastor hasn't much changed his close contest against Hillary Clinton, or hurt him against Republican nominee-in-waiting John McCain, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll."
Click here for the full post.
Labels: '08 Election, Barack Obama, US race relations
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
New video: Duffy - "Mercy"
This chick out of England has been buzzing for a minute. Is she the next Amy Winehouse? It's a bit too much of a pastiche for me but if you think what's been missing in music is a new Dusty Springfield (or as my friend suggested, possibly more accurately, a new Sandie Shaw), this might appeal to you.....
Labels: Duffy
The Leak #13: Mickey Factz - "K-1 Attack (feat. Nakim)"
And video of Mickey and the GFC crew at SXSW 2008:
Some of early footage is wild suspect but the second half features clips of Mickey doing "Rockin' and Rollin'" live with The Cool Kids.
Listen: Mickey Factz - "K-1 Attack (feat. Nakim)" [Sharebee D/L link]
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Some of early footage is wild suspect but the second half features clips of Mickey doing "Rockin' and Rollin'" live with The Cool Kids.
Listen: Mickey Factz - "K-1 Attack (feat. Nakim)" [Sharebee D/L link]
Labels: Mickey Factz, The Cool Kids
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Hillary Clinton 'Misspoke' on her Foreign Policy 'Experience'
Clinton ducking the 'sniper fire' at the Bosnia airport (or something...)
More bullsh-t as unearthed by the Washington Post.
Labels: '08 Election, Hillary Clinton
The Bun B XLR8R interview
Monday, March 24, 2008
New video: Portishead -"Machine Gun"
From the forthcoming new album Third in stores 4.28.08. How long has it been since their last one?! Third is more of that morose Portishead steez you either already love or hate. New converts to the cause are unlikely but hey, ya never know....
[via Discobelle]
Labels: Portishead
Def Jam's Secrets To Success?
So that's how Ricky Ross outsold the real boss
? Hilarious....Labels: Def Jam Records, Humor, Rick Ross, Snoop Dogg
Interview with producers Sean C & LV....
Roadside bomb takes American death toll in Iraq to 4,000
Clintons lose luster with black voters
Like d'uh. [Chicago Tribune link]
If Hillary somehow wins the nomination, she better pray the general election in November isn't close 'cos she's alienated a LOT of folks during this campaign who may choose to sit it out in November in retaliation even if it means McCain might win!
Labels: '08 Election, Bill Clinton, Hilary Clinton, US race relations
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Jeremiah Wright: the FULL videos!
Courtesy of his church's YouTube channel. First, the full version of the "God d-mn, America" video:
Part II: click here for the full "America's chickens have come home to roost" video.
BTW: if we're gonna be facile and ignorant, didn't Jerry Falwell in so many words say that America's chickens had come home to roost too in response to the 9/11 attack? Don't believe the hype!
More videos of Wright preaching, 'inflammatory' or otherwise at YouTube.
Online:
Trinity United Church of Christ - YouTube | Website | Blog
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Part II: click here for the full "America's chickens have come home to roost" video.
BTW: if we're gonna be facile and ignorant, didn't Jerry Falwell in so many words say that America's chickens had come home to roost too in response to the 9/11 attack? Don't believe the hype!
More videos of Wright preaching, 'inflammatory' or otherwise at YouTube.
Online:
Trinity United Church of Christ - YouTube | Website | Blog
Labels: Jeremiah Wight, US race relations
Polls suggest Obama rebounding from pastor flap
Click here for the details at The Swamp blog and click here for a full size version of poll numbers graphic there. [via The Baltimore Sun]
Labels: '08 Election, Barack Obama
New music: Foxy Brown - "Star Cry"
So I'm online right now and noticed an email with this track just got sent to me:
Foxy Brown "Star Cry" [zshare stream/download mp3 link]
Truthfully, the demise of Fox Boogie's career is one of the saddest things I've seen in hip hop. There was a time when she was no joke, hot-fiya but no more based on the tracks, including this one (the heartfelt lyrics notwithstanding), that have leaked from her forthcoming album Brooklyn's Don Diva in stores 5.13.08.
"The saddest thing in life is wasted talent...." -- DeNiro in A Bronx Tale.
Labels: Foxy Brown
Street Kings (movie trailer)
Just finished getting my hair cut. My barber happens to also cut Common's hair (he has hair still?!) so he told me he's just came back from being with Com' on a press junket for this film, Street Kings in LA. I'd never heard of it personally but on the way home I started noticing posters for it all over the subway. The power of word of mouth!
Online: Street Kings - website
Related:
50's in a film with Pacino & DeNiro call Righteous Kill. No wonder the real actors are mad. Some marketing company wanted me to post the trailer for it a while ago. I figure that's like free advertising for them and since I have no personal connection to the project and I'm not much of a 50 fan any more, they should feel free to break me off some guap if they want more love than this.....
New video: Pacific Division - "Paper"
For you hip hop traditionalists out there. Not bad though....
[h/t: Rizoh]
Bonus:
Pacific Division - "Paper" [zshare mp3 download/stream link via Eskay]
Labels: Pacific Division
3 New Florida Artists DJ Smallz Co-Signs....
If you don't f-ck with Rick Ross, Flo Rida, Khaled, B.O.B. etc. this next wave of South Coast MC's out of Florida is probably not gonna be your thing either, but this sh-t ain't stopping any time soon so get used to it:
DJ Smallz & Willie Hustle - The Ultimate Hustler
DJ Smallz & Young Wine - Florida Talk
DJ Smallz & 21 Reese - 2108
[all mixtapes links are to Sendspace D/L zip files]
Or if you don't wanna get used to it, I got something for you in the next post....
Online: www.FearFactorMusic.com
Labels: dj smallz, mixtapes, Willie Hustle
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Al Sharpton makes Fox News Look Stupid on the Jeremiah Wight issue!
This pretty much says it all as far as how ridiculous this 'controversy' is getting. People like Greta Van Susteren have no grasp of the real facts on the ground but are spoutin' off crazy on this issue! Respect to Real Talk NY again for the spot on this one.
Related:
Obama responds to new race comment flap - OK, we have officially entered the silly season if we're now construing that Barack is a racist for using the phrase "typical white person." [CNN Political Ticker blog link]
Labels: Al Sharpton, Fox News, Greta Van Sustern, Jeremiah Wight, US race relations
Dantrification: "White People, Get Over Yourselves...."
Real talk from the homie Dan Charnas. Watch this - seriously....
Related:
Jay Smooth on Being Over Race.
Labels: '08 Election, Barack Obama, Dan Charnas, Dantrification, US race relations
Friday, March 21, 2008
Joe Budden - "Touch & Go" (audio)
This hit most blogs a couple days ago but my man Matt Conway was kind enough to send an already-set-up Yousendit link so hopefully I'm the first to post it and can catch that Hype Machine love. This is the brand new lead-single, "Touch & Go" (produced by The Klassix) from Joe Budden's official sophomore LP, Padded Room, dropping June 24th on Amalgam Digital.
Joe Budden - "Touch & Go" [Yousendit mp3 link]
My take? I love Joe Budden but is this really gonna go in 2008?!! It sounds like a left-over from his first (and only) album on Def Jam from 4-5 years ago....
Labels: Joe Budden
New video: Yung Berg - “Do That There”
Actually a good record by a really WACK artist. (shout to my dude BR yet again who sent this to me with the subject line: "Young Berg the Trapper??")
Labels: Young Berg
Lil Boosie "Flossin'" with his kids....
A Bill Clinton, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. photo appears....
I love it! Only in America:
"In a photo provided by the campaign of Sen. Barack Obama, President Bill Clinton is seen with the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. at a breakfast in 1998 hours before the Kenneth Starr report on the Monica Lewinsky scandal was made public."
Click here for more from The Swamp blog at the Baltimore Sun.
Update: I've been thinking about this a little more. Why did the Obama campaign release this photo? The Wright controversy seems to be an issue with conservatives and on-the-fence independents who were looking for an excuse NOT to vote for him. Releasing this photo does not help swing these people back his way (or does it)?
Labels: '08 Election, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton
New music: Big Boi feat. Andre 3000 & Raekwon - “Royal Flush"
Big Boi feat. Andre 3000 & Raekwon - “Royal Flush" [CDQ link at the Rezidue blog spotted via Cocaine Blunts]
From the Big Boi solo album Hot Tub Tony, Son of Chico Dusty (not a joke) coming this Fall.
Labels: Andre 3000, Big Boi, Outkast, Raekwon
Barack Obama: the Swift-Boating begins....
McCain aide suspended for relaying video (above). [AP article via MSNBC.com]
Unfortunately for Barack, the Right is just getting started. I hope he's got a plan for combating Swift Boat-style attacks because conservatives are about to make Jeremiah Wright his Willie Horton using ridiculous videos like the one above.
Was it Too Little, Too Late? Why Obama's brilliant speech may not help him. [article by Michael C. Dawson on TheRoot.com, h/t: Nadine]
Labels: '08 Election, Barack Obama, John McCain, US race relations
Gov. Bill Richardson endorses Barack Obama!
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Obama: Post-Jeremiah Wright....
Obama's "Cheap" Words May Prove Costly to Him: Commentary by Margaret Carlson. [Bloomberg.com]
The Dems will choose Barack over Hillary - Bill Clinton's former advisor, Dick Morris, says it's practically a done deal and that Wright's rantings won't sink Obama. [EURWeb]
So who's right?
Labels: '08 Election, Barack Obama, US race relations
New video: Dizzee Rascal - "Where's Da G's" feat. Bun B
Bonus:
Dizzee Rascal feat. Bun B - "Where's Da G's" [Free mp3, Right Click & Save As via Spinner]
Labels: Bun B, Dizzee Rascal
This Saturday: Pressure Drop at The Embassy
For those of you in the T.dot, my friend Anousheh will be playing records with Chuck Boom and Guvnor General, two of the city's finest selectors, this Saturday at Embassy in Kensington Market. Check the flyer above for more details.
Labels: DJ Anousheh, Reggae
Free Download: Pugs Atomz presents CTA Radio Vol. 2 (mixtape)
Mixed by Violator Allstar Mustafa Rocks featuring new, exclusive and classic Chicago songs. Download it here. [Megaupload D/L link]
Listen to CTA Radio live every Wed. 9pm-12am (CDT) uncensored on www.whpk.org/stream.
Online: Pugs Atom - MySpace
Labels: mixtapes, Pugs Atomz
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
New video: Teyana Taylor - "Google Me"
Reminds me of The Pack's "In My Car" video in parts.
Labels: Jazze Pha, Pharrell, Star Trak, Teyana Taylor
New music: DG Yola - "I Know U Like Dat"
DG Yola - "I Know You Like Dat" [zshare mp3 audio stream/download links: Radio | Dirty]
Labels: DG Yola
Bush: Fighting on the Frontline in Afghanistan must be 'Romantic' for Young Soldiers
BTW: Happy Fifth Year Aniversary of the Iraq War. [Guardian Op-Ed by former UN WMD inpsector Hans Blix]
Labels: Afghanistan, George Bush, Iraq war, Republican f-ckery
Pauly Shore pulls a Geraldine Ferraro?
I think he's joking ('cos he is a 'Natural Born Comic' after all, right?) but I'm not really sure. Thoughts? [spotted via RealTalkNY]
Labels: Pauly Shore, US race relations
April 6: The Cool Kids x Mickey Factz Live in NYC!
Paintballin' with The Pack!
Mickey Factz The Leak #12: "Jimmy Choo's (feat J.A.M.E.S. Watts)"
Leak #12, the end of Mickey's 'collab month':
Mickey Factz feat. J.A.M.E.S. Watts - "Jimmy Choo's" [zshare mp3 stream/download link]
Clcik the 'Mickey Factz' tag below for links to previous Weekly Link posts.
Labels: J.A.M.E.S. Watts, Mickey Factz
Tracy Morgan: “Bitch may be the new Black but Black is the new President, B-tch!”
Tracy Morgan speaking on the recent Geraldine Ferraro/Jeremiah Wright controversies surrounding Barack Obama's campaign on Saturday Night Live.
Labels: '08 Election, Barack Obama, Saturday Night Live, Tracy Morgan, US race relations
Media Player: Lil Mama - "Shawty Get Loose"
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
New music: The Game - "Big Dreams"
Produced by Cool & Dre from his forthcoming third album, L.A.X.:
The Game - "Big Dreams" [mp3 audio links: original | radio | instrumental]
I think this is ok but Doctor's Advocate was my favorite album of 2006 so I'm really hoping the album has stronger material than this.
Bonus:
Download the Free Game - BWS Radio Pt. 3 mixtape here. [Sendspace D/L link via DJ Box Kev of KMEL's MySpace blog]
Online: MySpace | Website
Labels: Cool and Dre, DJ Box Kev, mixtapes, The Game
Barack Obama's Speech on Race & Jeremiah Wright
Related:
Clinton struggles with the loss of black support. [Reuters]
Labels: '08 Election, Barack Obama, US race relations
Freestyle 101: Del The Funky Homospapien
Freestyle 101 | Hieroglyphics.com | Del - MySpace
Labels: Del The Funky Homospapien, Freestyle 101, G4TV
Monday, March 17, 2008
Video of DJ Ramsey Scratching Using Tape Decks
Fallon resigns as Mideast military chief
From a USA Today article by Jim Michaels:
"The top commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East abruptly announced his resignation Tuesday a week after the publication of a magazine article that described him as being at odds with the Bush administration's stance toward Iran.In a profile in Esquire magazine, author Thomas P.M. Barnett described Adm. William Fallon as "brazenly" challenging the Bush administration and pushing back against a president "who trash-talks his way to World War III" with Iran.
Fallon denied a difference in policy, but called the news reports a distraction. "The simple perception that there is makes it difficult for me to effectively serve America's interests," Fallon said in a statement."
Click here for the full article.
Labels: GOP fearmongering, GOP incompetence, Iran, War on Terror
Old video: Mysterious - "Pop Off"
Featuring Kristen aka Ashley Alexandra Dupré of Eliot Spitzer infamy!
(h/t: Eskay)
Labels: Coon Picnic, Eliot Spitzer
UN: Drop in Iraq Violence May Not Last
From AP article by Ryan Lenz:
"The influx of thousands of U.S. forces has driven down insurgent attacks in Baghdad, but violence elsewhere in Iraq raises questions about whether killings will continue to drop as American forces begin to leave, the United Nations said Saturday.
As security improved in Baghdad, violent attacks spread last year to other parts of the country, including Diyala Province and Mosul, al-Qaida's last urban stronghold, according to the report from the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq."
Click here for the full article. [via ABC News]
(h/t: Nadreams)
Labels: Iraq war
Senate Committee Seeks Audit of Iraq Oil Money
From The New York Times last week:
"Two senior members of the Senate Armed Services Committee have requested a full accounting of how Iraq is spending its soaring oil revenue, amid starkly conflicting estimates of how much the country has invested in rebuilding its broken infrastructure and providing basic services to its citizens."
Click here for the full article.
Labels: GOP corruption, Iraq war
New video: La Coka Nostra - "That's Coke"
Directed by Danny Boy O'Connor, formerly of House of Pain. Good timing with it being St. Patrick's Day 'n all, no?
Labels: Everlast, Ill Bill, La Coka Nostra
DJ Eclipse x Premiere 'Like They Used to Say...' party at APT in NYC TONIGHT!
Details on their respective radio shows from side 2 of the flyer here.
Labels: Dj Eclipse, DJ Premier
Friday, March 14, 2008
DJ Smallz presents Southern Smoke Radio
All new artists! Download it here. Tracklisting here (probably)
Labels: dj smallz, mixtapes, Unsigned Hype
EPMD's DJ Scratch Live at 'Top Billin'" TONIGHT!!!
In NYC. No cover with RSVP to: topbillinfridays@gmail.com.
Labels: DJ Scratch, EPMD, Top Billin'
New Shwayze "Buzzin" video
Media Player: Simian Mobile Disco
I know this is little more Discobelle-y than standard Kitchen fare but I actually just saw Justice and Chromeo play the Theater at MSG this past Tuesday (it was a pretty good show) so what the hell? SMD is on tour and at SXSW - click the player for details.
Labels: Simian Mobile Disco, SXSW
Video: Stones Throw/Peanut Butter Wolf Q&A
He speaks on video mixing and DJ-ing an Usher party! Clips at the end of him DJ-ing on the CDJ's at a Stones Throw DVD Release Party. Presented by Anthem Magazine. Slow day, I know....
Labels: Anthem Magazine, Peanut Butter Wolf, Stones Throw
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Geraldine Ferraro: The Obama Campaign Should Apologize to Me!
Geraldine, GTFOH.
Related:
Clinton apologizes to black voters.
Labels: '08 Election, Geraldine Ferraro, Hillary Clinton, US race relations
Halliburton Subsidiary Gave Iraq Soldiers Dirty Water
From a Washington Post article:
"U.S. soldiers at a military base in Iraq were provided with treated but untested wastewater for nearly two years by KBR, the giant government contractor, and may have suffered health problems as a result, according to a report released yesterday by the Pentagon's inspector general."
Click here for the full article.
For those not knowing, KBR (Kellog-Brown & Root) is a subsidiary of Halliburton, a company best known for: 1. being run by Dick Cheney back in the day, 2. ripping off the American people for services provided in Iraq and 3. a gang rape scandal surrounding some of their Iraq-based workers.
FYI: the video above is a bonus scene from the documentary Iraq for Sale discussing the 'dirty water' scandal when it first broke in 2006. (I was on it back then too!)
Labels: GOP incompetence, Halliburton, Republican f-ckery
Carlyle Capital On Brink Of Collapse
From a Forbes.com article by Vidya Ram:
"Carlyle Capital stood on the brink of collapse on Thursday as lenders were expected to take possession of all the investment fund's remaining assets after failing to reach an agreement on $16.6 billion of debts. Hopes that its parent company, the Carlyle Group would come to the rescue have also failed to materialize. "
Click here for the full article. For those who don't know the Carlyle Group is a Private Equity firm whose principles and board members inlcude: George H.W. Bush, George Bush and former Birtish prime minister John Major.
Online: Website | Wikipedia
Labels: GOP incompetence, The Carlyle Group
Barack Obama: the first hip hop president?
Watch the video: he talks about his favorite rappers, the art of hip hop and its potential role in an Obama white house administration - he's 100% on point....
(h/t: RealTalkNY)
Labels: '08 Election, Barack Obama
New Video: Lil Wayne feat. Static Major - "Lollipop"
So is The Carter III finally coming for real?
Static Major R.I.P.
Labels: Lil Wayne, Static Major
The Cool Kids on the cover of Laced magazine issue #5
New video: Pete Rock - "Till I Retire / Best Believe"
And Pete's at SXSW this week:
Friday: The Austin Bats Present 'Frank151 Chapter 32 Jet Set Celebration'
Saturday: Auditorium Shores Stage (Lady Bird Lake) during the day and the SXSW Afterparty at At The Music Gym later that night.
I'm assuming his MySpace will have more details.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
New release: J. Dilla - Jay Love Japan OUT NOW
About the album:
"After nearly a year of this release in limbo, one of J-Dilla's last projects before he died is available. Originally a Japanese only release, Operation Unknown have done the right thing and released this internationally. Mostly instrumental (who's complaining?), a few of the songs feature guests such as Baatin (of Slum Village) and Ta'Raach."
Preview and buy it here.
Labels: J. Dilla, Slum Village
SXSW: Matrix Presents Afro-Punk TONIGHT!!!
March Madness: Lil Mama SEC Tournament Promo Trailer
Freestyle 101: Fat Joe
Geraldine Ferraro: Clinton's Latest Designated Attack Dog?
This is just pathetic:
"In a telephone interview last week with the Daily Breeze of Torrance in advance of a local appearance Sunday, Ferraro said: "If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman [of any color] he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is."
In a brief Associated Press interview Tuesday while in Harrisburg, Pa., Clinton said she did not agree with Ferraro. She added, "It's regrettable that any of our supporters -- on both sides, because we both have this experience -- say things that kind of veer off into the personal."
Obama, in an interview with the Morning Call of Allentown, Pa., said, "I don't think Geraldine Ferraro's comments have any place in our politics or in the Democratic Party. They are divisive. I think anybody who understands the history of this country knows they are patently absurd. And I would expect that the same way those comments don't have a place in my campaign they shouldn't have a place in Sen. Clinton's either.""
Ferraro was a loser back in the day and she's a loser now. Clinton needs to stop with these sad desperation attacks (now being done by proxy?!) before I lose what little respect I still have for her. Click here for the full article by Robin Abcarian from the LA Times.
Related:
Obama cruises to easy win in Mississippi primary. [LA Times]
Update:
Wes might wanna give Ferraro a pass but I don't - especially since she's done this before.
Labels: '08 Election, Barack Obama, Geraldine Ferraro, Hillary Clinton, US race relations
SCRATCH Magazine Presents: Amanda Diva LIVE in NYC TONIGHT w/ Talib Kweli & Q-Tip
Rick Ross on VBS.TV
Didn't I see this already??
More: Part II | Part III
And if you actually give a f-ck, Rick Ross' Trilla is IN STORES NOW!
Labels: Coon Picnic, Hipsters, Rick Ross, VBS, Vice magazine
The Reggae U DVD is out now!
Yup! Even more reggae:
Download the trailer above here.
More clips:
Aidonia freeverse - YouTube | Download
Collie Buddz in the studio - YouTube | Download
Online: MySpace
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More clips:
Aidonia freeverse - YouTube | Download
Collie Buddz in the studio - YouTube | Download
Online: MySpace
Labels: Reggae, Reggae U DVD
The Black Chiney Show Vol. 8.9 (mixtape)
New hip hop-dancehall pressure courtesy of my dude Mr. Morgan and The Black Chiney Soundsystem:
Download: Sendspace
Includes: Buju Banton, Bounty Killer & Kardinal Offishall over Shawty Lo's "Dey Know", Mavado & Jay-Z 'Top Of The Rock," Munga & Busy Signal over the "Flashing Lights" beat and Leftside on Snoop's "Sexual Seduction" plus over 80 more!
Online: www.myspace.com/supadups | www.blackchiney.com
Labels: Black Chiney, mixtapes, Reggae
The Leak #11: "I Ain't Like The Rest Of Em" (mp3 audio)
New heat from Mickey Factz (check out the shout to The Kitchen midway through this one too!):
Mickey Factz - "I Ain't Like The Rest Of Em" [MP3 download links: sharebee | Yousendit]
Online: MySpace | GFC official website
Labels: GFC, Mickey Factz
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
New mixtape: DJ Whoo Kid & 50 Cent - Elephant In The Sand
Download it here. [Sendspace D/L link via RealkTalk NY]
Labels: 50 cent, DJ Whoo Kid, Fat Joe, G-Unit, mixtapes
History to be made in NY State Politics!
From CNBC.com:
"If Eliot Spitzer resigns, he would be succeeded by Lt. Governor David A. Paterson, who would become New York's first African American governor and the first who is legally blind."
I think y'all know why. Click here for more.
Related:
David Letterman's Top 10 Eliot Spitzer Excuses. [Red Lasso Video]
Labels: David A. Paterson, Eliot Spitzer
Exhaustive review finds no link between Saddam and al Qaida
From an article by Warren P. Strobel:
"An exhaustive review of more than 600,000 Iraqi documents that were captured after the 2003 U.S. invasion has found no evidence that Saddam Hussein's regime had any operational links with Osama bin Laden's al Qaida terrorist network."
Not sure if anyone (other than Dick Cheney and a few other right-wing crackpots) is still disputing this point but it's always good to reinforce it. Click here for more.
Labels: GOP corruption, GOP fearmongering, GOP incompetence, Iraq war, War on Terror
The $3 Trillion War!
From a Vanity Fair article by Joseph E. Stiglitz and Linda J. Bilmes:
"On March 19, 2008, the U.S. will have been in Iraq for five years. The Bush administration was wrong about the need for the Iraq war and about the benefits the war would bring to Iraq, to the region, and to America. It has also been wrong about the full cost of the war, and it continues to take steps to conceal that cost.
After wildly lowballing the cost of the Iraq conflict at a mere $50 to $60 billion, the Bush administration has been concealing the full economic toll. The spending on military operations is merely the tip of a vast fiscal iceberg. In an excerpt from their new book, the authors calculate the grim bottom line."
Click here for more.
Related:
amNewYork looks at it another way: "Studies: Iraq Costs US $12B Per Month"
Online:
BUY Stiglitz and Bilmes' The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict book here
.Labels: GOP incompetence, Iraq war
