We're Little Brother fans. So, we decided to take the opportunity during this week's podcast to share with you 56 minutes or so of our favorite Little Brother joints and threw in a few of the new joints off of "Left Back". In an effort to be both humble and hyped, I'd like to say this is a damn good mix and we're sure you'll enjoy it as much as we have. Seriously, enjoy and share.
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01. Dreams 02. Good Clothes 03. So Cold 04. Can't Win For Losing 05. Star 06. Tigallo For Dolo 07. Watch Me 08. Can't Let Her 09. Not Enough 10. Delusional 11. Slow It Down 12. Life of the Party 13. Speed 14. 24 15. What You Do 16. Beautiful Morning 17. Hiding Place 18. Shake It 19. The Yo-Yo 20. The Getup 21. Nobody But You 22. Extrahard
Just when I lost my faith in Hip-Hop, Spring sprung and it has been restored. Thursday night I found myself at the Diamond District/Cypress Hill show at the legendary SOB’s. Now I remember seeing Cypress Hill at SOB’s when they first came to NYC … Damn … I just dated myself. But I had to sneak in. It was easier to sneak into venues back then.
Anyway...
Diamond District blessed the stage first. The DC trio has been all over our site from early on. They are bringing the music back to where it needs to be and I hope they keep bringin’ it. Real Hip-Hop seems to be making a comeback and we need to support it 110%. No more of this bullshit Hip Slop people call Hip-Hop. We have to stay true to the game.
Cypress Hill murdered the stage. They went from their first album to their upcoming album, titled “Rise Up” due out on April, 20. They ran through “How I Could Just Kill A Man”, “Hits From the Bong”, “Armada Latina”, “Latin Lingo”, and “I Wanna Get High” amongst other hits. Their stage show had live drums and congos played by Eric Bo-Bo, who is the son of Willie BoBo which added an extra flair to the show. I am beginning to have a real appreciation for shows with live music, Roots inspired of course. The show was crazzzyyyy!!! Let’s not even talk about the smoke filled venue. You know when Cypress Hill is in the house, so is the cannibus.
There is a Cypress Hill mixtape set to be floating around in a few days. The link will be posted here as it is a MUST HAVE on your iPOD (or music playing device). Hosted by Hot 97’s Peter Rosenberg (interview coming sooner than soon), it promises to be a banger. With original songs and covers by Asher Roth, Yelawolf, Jim Jones and a host of other artists.
Check the Cypress Hill live footage from SOB’s below.
Guess this is good a place to start with our Connecticut journey with a track by Workforce, Hawl Digg as the MC and producer Dirt E. Dutch out of Danbury, CT, titled "Right Here". Met these dudes at an event in Danbury, CT called Enter The Cipher, which I blogged about also, and enjoyed what I heard. Hawl definitely had lots of energy on stage. Seemed like he zoned out during his set feeling his music as much as the crowd was. Anyways.....check out the track and check out their sites to cop that album.
Got to check out Brother Ali with special guest Fashawn and BK-One on the turntables at Toad's Place Wednesday the 16th. As hard as it is to drag my ass to a show 45 minutes away on a weekday, it's even much more difficult knowing if I didn't go, I would miss a dope Hip-Hop show (party, according to Brother Ali) like they gave. I was hyped. So was the crowd. I'll apologize now for the lack of pictures I took. Had technical difficulties in the form of some dead, bitch ass batteries. Haha. Anyways, check out the videos.
On April 17th, come witness a night of everything Hip-Hop from B Boying, Beat Boxing, Graffiti, and DJing as we celebrate the release of two AFA projects. We also test the skills of a few MCs to see if they can handle all obstacles thrown at them.
CT BBoys United Outcast Crew will be in attendance.
If you think you got skills or know somebody who is an all around MC, then hit me up at Risingsunquest@gmail.com to get a spot in the MC skills competition.
The skills competition will consist of freestyling, back and fourth with a partner, acapella, roll playing and beat juggling, which is where you spit over a beat with the DJ switching up the tempo. We also have some surprise challenges too.
This event is all about the music. There is no bar but feel free to bring your own drinks if you're +21.
April 17, 2010 at 8:30pm - Freight Street Gallery - 170 Freight St., Waterbury, CT.
"Eternia & MoSS' collaborative effort "At Last" will be in stores on 6-15-10 on Fat Beats Records
Eternia and MoSS will also be releasing an "At Last" vinyl EP on 5-15-10, which will feature Joell Ortiz, Ras Kass, Jean Grae, Rage (formerly Lady Of Rage) and Rah Digga."
Joint I produced off the Buff1 "Small City, Big Name" Mixtape in 2006. I originally made this beat April 25, 2004. Felt it was only right to reintroduce ya'll to this cause of how Buff wrote the song. He wrote this joint in maybe 05-06. Its crazy cause he writes from the perspective of him already living in 2010!! Most of it came true too..excpet for the "no more sleeping on floors" part..good job Buff!.haha..enjoy!!
"While there is one particular female garnishing all of the headlines, there are still a few multi-talented upstart female emcees that are beginning to make a mark in the industry and doing it the old-fashioned way—making dope music.
One such female emcee, Likwuid, has made a commitment to use her gift of song and supreme lyricism, to change the negative portrayal of women in the entertainment industry. Now residing in Harlem but born and raised in the suburbs of Columbia, South Carolina, Likwuid has always been a member of positive change in her community.
Likwuid’s debut LP, Gummie Bears and Champagne, will be released on June 26th, 2010."
