J Period's Tribute To Michael Jackson

Shout out to J. Period and the folks over at Okayplayer.com for this Tribute To Michael Jackson. The world lost an incredibly amazing legend but his music will forever live on.

Download J Period's "Man Or The Music" A Tribute To Michael Jackson.

Tracklisting:
Workin Day & Night (Demo Version)
Workin Day & Night
P.Y.T. (Re-Edit)
Wanna be Startin Somethin
Mama Say/Don't Stop Til You Get Enough (Interlude)
Don't Stop Til You Get Enough (Demo Version)
Let's Dance (Shake Your Body Down to the Ground)
Dancing Machine
Billy Jean (Demo Version)
Can You Feel It?
Off the Wall
Rock With You
Say Say Say
Smooth Criminal
In the Closet
Remember the Time
I Wanna Be Where You Are
It's Great to be Here (Remix)
Can't Help It
Ah One Two
Heartbreak Hotel
I'll Be There
Right Here Interlude
Human Nature
It's Your Thing
Rockin Robin
I Want You Back
ABC
Bonus: Man in the Mirror
Bonus: Stranger in Moscow
Bonus: Lady in My Life

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Real Talk: Remembering The King of Pop

Real talk for just a moment. Let's celebrate life.

Let the allegations and the Jacko talk fall back and let us appreciate the artist. Just for a real moment don't focus on the mostly gossip and rumor based nonsense of Michael Jackson's life and let's talk about and remember an INCREDIBLE artist with an extraordinary gift.

His music entertained us. His rise moved us. He was the King of Pop. This one man, his dance moves, his videos and his musical catalogue have impacted many different generations. There are those that grew up with Motown's Jackson 5 and then those that knew the amazing solo career of Michael Jackson.

The Internet and television - basically every media source have been on fire and have almost come to a halt over Michael Jackson. I grew up during a time that a Michael Jackson video world premier was a huge event. They covered his video like an Obama news conference on every major network. It was huge. You sat in your living room around a television and waited for the King of Pop's newest offering to the world to premier during prime time.

He was huge. He was the King of mini-series type music videos. I think most people can remember where they were when they saw Thriller for the first time. I'll bet that those same people are still a little afraid of the video to this day. How many of us have pulled a line from Billy Jean? You remembered how crazy the Remember The Time video was with Eddie Murphy and Magic Johnson. Who has world renowned movie directors directing their music videos? Yeah, Michael Jackson.



His collaborations go on and on and on. His career stretches decades. What were you doing when you were 10 years old?

He provided REAL dance moves. Remember the moonwalk? Remember that move he pulled in the Smooth Criminal video? I bet there are folks digging in their closet for their thriller jacket and searching for their single glove right now! Folks might be buying out stores for high-water pants, white socks and dress shoes right now. Be real.

Michael Jackson was and is an icon. Regardless of what has happened to the man in recent years in his personal life, his music is legendary and every rapper and singer deep down (and some on the surface) want to be him in some regards.

Let us appreciate the music that he gave to the world. Let us remember the King of Pop and his ability to make grown people cry and men and women alike faint while he performed.

The man was legendary and should be respected and appreciated. If you have MJ jokes or nonsense, save it. He dealt with enough of it in life, do we need to disrespect him in death? Let's celebrate and be positive. This goes for major networks and individuals.



Like my man O said, every radio station everywhere should be playing nothing but Michael Jackson for the whole weekend. He deserves that much.

It's just real talk.


A few words from "O":
It was an incredibly sad day in this world the day they announced Michael Jackson's passing. I can't believe how affected I get when I hear his music now. Having to fight the lump in my throat knowing he is forever gone from us and this world. I feel at least blessed to have grown up during the great part of his career. So many classics that will forever be remembered. I may have been younger but I still knew and felt his music to be greater than anyone can or will ever create. It's hard for me to talk about it now considering how powerful his music is and knowing he's no longer here to create more of that magic. Through out his ups and downs, he has given the world more than anyone I can even imagine. Michael did so much through his music. I hope God has open his gates in heaven for him and is waiting with open arms. He can suffer no longer. May his legend live on eternally through us and through his music.

Man in The Mirror


I Want You Back

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Alpha Sessions~Prophetic from Darren Cole on Vimeo.

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www.myspace.com/blitztheambassador



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Music Monday (After the Fact) - Wale

I was initially going to post Wale up yesterday as our Music Monday feature but got a little caught up in some other things. So, I'm posting it today and calling it the Music Monday joint (just pretend it's Monday again in your mind). Really, it doesn't matter because every day on the blog is like Music Monday in some regard, because we're always pushing music.

While traveling most of Sunday I found myself finally listening to Wale's Back to the Feature. It's dope. Dude doesn't have to give out free music and he did and it's quality. I picked Hot Shyt to share and threw Sweatin Out Weaves in as kind of a bonus. There are a lot of joints on this mixtape, but I just wanted to throw these two out. Enjoy and happy Monday (or Tuesday)

Download Back to the Feature (pulled this link from www.hiphopiscoolagain.com)

Hot Shyt featuring Peedi Peedi, Black Thought, Tu Phace & Young Chris (produced Ritz)


Sweatin Out Weaves featuring UCB



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What I Downloaded For Free... Technology by ¡MAYDAY!

I gotta thank MySpace for the music I find on there. I've seen this group perform at Toad's Place once before and that's all it took. I became a fan. This group puts out good music and this time it's no different. Except the sound. Less hip hop, still great. They're giving away this album for free. Check it out!



Click the here to download the album:



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This video contains footage of Eternia rocking at the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival After Party at Southpaw. It also includes video footage of Pharoahe Monch, Milk Dee, Steele & Boogie Blind showing support to Eternia & MoSS.

Shout to DJ SAV*ONE and www.theundergroundcomeup.com for the link and email!



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"Brooklyn we go hard..." Black Thought at Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival

I've seen The Roots perform almost a dozen times! The band is crazy and Black Thought really goes in! On Saturday, it was just Black Thought who hit the stage with a surprise visit at the main event for the Fifth Annual Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival. Thought ripped it for almost 8 minutes! Both O and I are big fans of Black Thought and definitely enjoyed his performance! We'll be posting more from the Hip Hop Festival over the next day or so. So many great emcees performed! While it rained on and off on Saturday, it was great to be at the show enjoying some GREAT hip hop!

Peace to ReachNYC.com for posting the video on YouTube.



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For more info, visit her on her MySpace: Diane Birch


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What I'm Listening to Right Now ... "Crashing Down"

I was on the road most of the day doing the voyage from downstate NY to upstate. I had to listen to this song more than 30 times. During a stop over in Albany, I pulled out the laptop and jumped on the Internet to post it. It had to be shared. We often talk about being in pursuit of realness on the blog ... this Crashing Down track is an example of pure REALNESS! Check out the joint from Marco Polo and Torae! I want you to listen very closely to the lyrics on this track. As a matter of fact, after you're done checking out this joint purchase Double Barrel immediately. Support real hip-hop!

www.myspace.com/doublebarrel08

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