Sunday, July 04, 2010
Happy 4th of July from Me and Public Enemy....
I think I post this video practically nearly every July 4th but it never stops being relevant, especially with the recent f-ckery in Arizona.
In a complete dishonoring of PE's sentiment at the top of this song on my part, I'm heading out to CT for the 4th but will try to post a couple things from the DMV artists who are gonna be a part of the Connoisseurs of Culture project, Independent's Day I mentioned the other day.....
Labels: Chuck D, Happy Holidays, Public Enemy, Racism, US race relations
Thursday, July 01, 2010
Happy Canada Day!
Custom Canada Day Chucks by Sole Brother [via Customsnkr.com]
So I'm a bit conflicted today. Its a holiday here in Canada but this was also supposed to be the launch date for a project that I have been working on with my fellow Connoisseurs of Culture, Benhameen of Pleasedontstare.com and Stone of The Couch Sessions called Independent's Day. The concept was a mixtape of collabs between independent artists (mostly) from the T.dot (Toronto) with independent artists from the DMV (DC-Maryland-VA) all produced by new and up-and-coming Toronto and DMV-based beat-makers. The goal was to launch it in conjunction with July 1, Canada Day (aka Canada's Birthday or Canadian independence day) and the US Independence day, July 4.
We've been working on it for a few months but even our best planning and efforts underestimated how long and how much of an undertaking this was really gonna be that, now that the deadline is finally upon us, we found ourselves nowhere close to being ready to release it yet.
Plans for the mixtape are still going ahead though. We are gonna push it back to later this year so that we can not only finish it but do it right meaning: getting all the artists we wanted and getting them the best beats to spit over that we can. We want to do the concept proper justice because we are putting in far too much work to settle for anything but the best possible project we can create. Besides, there's too many bullsh-t blog-sponsored mixtapes flooding the
In the meantime though, I'm gonna post videos and music from some of the Canadian artists we are gonna be featuring on Independent's Day today and will do the same for the DMV artists on July 4. Enjoy and stay tuned for updates on Independent's Day in the upcoming months as the project starts to come together in a more concrete way. But before I get into that, let me post this....
Labels: Admin, Connoisseurs of Culture, Happy Holidays, Its a Canada Thing
Sunday, February 14, 2010
2010 Valentine's Day Wrap-Up
Stones Throw Podcast 56: All Star Valentine’s Day Jam
DJ D Sharp Presents Love Is Love Is Love The Mixtape
PleaseDontStare.Com Presents: DJ BenHaMeen – Anatomy Of A Broken Heart
And previously on The Kitchen on Valentine's Day:
The 2009 All Valentine's Day Edition Link Wrap-Up.
Happy Hip Hop Valentine's Day (2007).
Labels: Happy Holidays
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Video: Kobe & Lebron - Dunkin On A Reindeer feat. KRS-One & Lupe Fiasco
I got a grip more stuff I wanna post but I think I'ma wrap it up for now with this season-appropriate nugget that I ignored when I saw it on other sites a few days back, but which I happened to catch when I was watching BET's 106 & Park for the first time in aeons the other day. I had to laugh - KRS-One: you're a fool for this one. And to think, hip hop almost ground to halt the first time you did something like this, partially out of shock that you had done a comerical and partially because of who you did it with! Shout to Lupe too....
Anyway, for those that celebrate, enjoy the Christmas break and thanks for riding with me for yet another year. The site continues to evolve and will keep on doing so as my life and interests change, but there's some things I have started work on putting into place that should make keep it fresh and a plce you'll wanna keep checking out. 2010, y'all: LET'S GET IT!!!!
[via the.LIFE Files]
Labels: Happy Holidays, Humor, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Lupe Fiasco, Nike, TV Spots
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Happy Thanksgiving from PETA!
4 NBC affiliates ban PETA's Thanksgiving Day ad. [AP]
Related:
PETA asks University of Georgia to replace their Uga mascot with a bulldog robot - WTF?
No offense but those people at PETA are f-cking nutjobs! Remember when they went in on President Obama.
Labels: Happy Holidays, WTF
Saturday, February 14, 2009
2009 All Valentine's Day Edition Link Wrap-Up
From the 2009 All Valentine's Day Edition set of posts:
Oh Word's 31 Flavors of Love for Sensitive Thugs and their Shorties mixtape.
50 cent - 90's & My Heart's Broken mixtape.
Charles Hamilton - Well Isn't This Awkward mixtape.
Cosmo Baker - Valentine's Roll mixtape.
Mayday - The Thinnest Line EP
One Man Party (Soulwax) - Pre Party Jamz Vol. 30
Language Artz x DJ 321 - Happy Valentine's Day mixtape
Iconocastic.com's Hip Hop Valentine's Day Podcast
Loer Velocity - Uninfatuated EP
Trillogy - "L.O.V.E."
Labels: 50 cent, Charles Hamilton, Cosmo Baker, Happy Holidays, Soulwax
Thursday, January 01, 2009
Happy New Year!!!
Download: "Auld Lang Syne (Manny Faces Remix)" [yousendit mp3 download link]
I guess I better get working on my 2009 resolutions....
Labels: Happy Holidays, Manny Faces
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Iranian President Ahmadinejad's 2008 Christmas Message Speech
Saw this mentioned on CNN. WTF??!!
Off to get my Christmas dinner on (thanks, Mom!)....
BTW: Eartha Kitt, R.I.P.
Labels: Happy Holidays, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, WTF
Run DMC: "Christmas in Hollis" (video)
This is as much a perennial as It's A Wonderful Life or Miracle on 34th St. Merry Christmas, everybody. I hope Santa brought you everything you wished for!
Labels: Happy Holidays, Run DMC
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Diddy Hearts Bill O'Reilly??!!
"It's Merry Christmas, NOT Happy Holidays!!!!!!!"
Real Year-End lists coming soon. For now though, gotta eat and get ready for church & tomorrow....
Labels: Diddy, Happy Holidays
New music: Dujeous - "Slay Bells"
Thigh deep in snow at 117!
Part 6 in their No Clearance series especially for the holidays:
Dujeous x Charlie Brown & The Peanuts Gang - "Slay Bells" [sendspace mp3 download link]
Online:
Dujeous - website | MySpace | Twitter
Labels: Dujeous, Happy Holidays
Boombox Watch by Flüd
Fly last-minute Christmas gift?
Click here for more info. Get 15% off your order on Keepitclassic.com by entering coupon code VIP2008 at checkout (although truth be told, the watch is cheaper at Insound even with the discount, I think!).
Labels: Happy Holidays
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Holiday Mixtape: A Funkadelic Christmas
Download it here. [zshare D/L link via Funkadelic Freestyles]
George Clinton fanatics, be forewarned that this is NOT a mixtape of P-Funk seasonal music....
Bonus:
Download the last track on the A Funkadelic Christmas mixtape, a cover of Paul McCartney's "Wonderful Christmas Time" by Mark Ronson & Daniel Merriweather here. [zshare stream/donwload mp3 link via Miztape Maestro (2.0)]
[h/t: SmokeYYY]
Labels: Daniel Merriweather, Happy Holidays, Mark Ronson
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Happy Holidays from The Kitchen
Christmas in the Stuy!
I'm about to head out of town for a MUCH-NEEDED break. I will be posting but probably on a lighter schdule than usual. Expect lots of these kind of posts. Have a Happy Holidays, be it Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah or whatever else you may celebrate....
Labels: Happy Holidays
Friday, December 19, 2008
Raphael Saadiq - "Merry Christmas Baby" (Live at Christmas In Washington 2008)
Sunday, December 14, 2008
New music: Ghostface Killah - "Ghostface Christmas"
Ghostface Killah - "Ghostface Christmas" [zshare stream/download mp3 link via Joey]
From the Ghostdeini The Great
album in stores on Christmas day(!)Online:
Ghostface - MySpace
Labels: Ghostface, Happy Holidays, Wu-Tang Clan
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
New Years Eve: Mos Def live at the Sneakers Required Ball 09
In the Yay Area!
Online:
Pre-Sale Tickets | Sneakers Required website
Labels: Happy Holidays, Mos Def, Sneakers
Monday, December 08, 2008
Vice Gives You The Gift Of Good Music!
The Kitchen is about to go Stereogum on that ass for a hot minute...
Download VICE Music's Christmas compilation for FREE at Amazon.com here.
Bonus:
Free mp3 from The Raveonettes' digital Christmas EP, Wishing You A Rave Christmas: "Come on Santa" [Yousendit mp3 D/L link]
Note to rappers: there's an open break at the end of this track! Get creative: loop that sh-t up and do your own remix. I'm just sayin'....
Online:
VICE Music | Raveonettes at VICE music
Labels: Happy Holidays, The Raveonettes, Vice Records
Collipark feat. B.o.B., V.I.C. & Stan Williams - "Hot"
As threatened, more hip hop holiday flavor from the Collipark Xmas album:
B.o.B. feat. V.I.C. & Stan Williams - Hot" [Yousendit mp3 D/L link]
It's gonna be a hot Christmas!
Labels: B.O.B., Happy Holidays, Mr. Collipark, V.I.C.
Sunday, December 07, 2008
New Years Eve 2007: Common Freestyling at Jeremiah Wright's Church
Special for the Holiday Season. He references making sure to vote for 'Trinity resident' Barack Obama for president. I feel like I can post this without repurcussion now that my man is safely heading to the White House. LOL. Or is he....
Labels: Barack Obama, Common, Happy Holidays, Jeremiah Wight
