Shad is one of those artists that have been posted on the blog countless times. I posted the teaser to this video and track a few weeks back. The cat is out of the bag and earlier today I got the link to the official vid for "Yaa I Get It" off Shad's upcoming album "TSOL". The video was directed by HotDogGarbage. Shad goes in on this track. Enjoy!
Turn this way up! This joint is filled with quotability. Check out Celph Titled & Buckwild featuring Chino XL and Apathy. The track doesn't disappoint.
Celph Titled and Buckwild’s upcoming collaborative "Nineteen Ninety Now", will feature Celph ripping over vintage unreleased Buckwild beats from the mid 90’s. Guest spots will include Treach (of Naughty By Nature), Vinnie Paz (of Jedi Mind Tricks), Ryu (of SOBs), A.G., Diamond D, Sadat X, Grand Puba, R.A. the Rugged Man, O.C., Lord Digga, Majik Most and more.
I'd rather be wrong than believe that Guru wrote this death bed letter. Seriously. And I'm not alone.
As soon as I saw it this morning, I called bullshit. I couldn't understand why blogs were running with it as fact. Nah homie. If you post that letter, you better throw in some sort of a "this is probably bullshit" disclaimer but it is probably bullshit. In order for me to believe that letter, it would need to be notarized by Jesus (yes, God's son), while being filmed by F. Gary Gray, with three Supreme Court Justices, the Pope and my mother present. Even then I'd still be skeptical if Solar was in the room.
As if the intro isn't odd enough with the "I, Guru", the letter reads as a love letter to Solar. I just find it hard to believe that no matter how much drama he had with DJ Premier that these would have been his last words. I can't believe that.
Are we really suppose to believe this statement, "The work I have done with Solar represents a legacy far beyond its time and is my most creative and experimental to date." Really? So, we're suppose to accept Solar now? Man, fuck that dude.
None of us really know what went down with him and DJ Premier but I can't believe Guru penned these words and tossed him under the bus like that.
If this letter was written by Guru (this is probably bullshit) and I was Solar (who is definitely bullshit), I would have tucked it away and NEVER shared it because based on the last few months (full of bullshit), anything coming from his camp is shady (and smells like bullshit).
After re-reading the letter, I decided to replace DJ Premier with Solar and vice versa. It reads a little better.
I do not wish my ex-DJ Solar to have anything to do with my name likeness, events tributes etc. connected in anyway to my situation including any use of my name or circumstance for any reason and I have instructed my lawyers to enforce this ... The work I have done with Solar DJ Premier represents a legacy far beyond its time. And we as a team were not afraid to push the envelope. To me this is what true artists do!
It just bothers me that someone would muddy another person's name in death and it's most likely for money (hellooooooooo rights to masters and such).
Anyway, to end on a positive note, rest in peace GURU!
This joint kind of fell in my lap. I had gone back and forth with Essince regarding how to submit music to the blog. I'm happy he asked because some people just send a bunch of nonsense. Anyway, that's another story in itself. He hit me up, I hit him back and then I decided to check out the two joints he sent. One from his last project and this joint "Believers" from his next project, "the Mind of a Hip Hop Journalist". Dude is pretty dope with an incredible story. Enjoy "Believers", the track of the week!
Connecticut is homebase for me. I'm originally from NJ and lived in DC for a minute and now I'm upstate NY but I still refer to CT as home. I'm happy that following the success of our Milwaukee installment of The Journey to Hip-Hop, we're throwing out some good Hip-Hop from Connecticut.
Anyway ...
I caught this joint from Criss Lyric in the email. He just completed his new mixtape "The Fame" after dropping his EP in March, "The Birthday EP". Connecticut has some dope Hip-Hop. Check out the video for "Below The Surface". www.facebook.com/hesocriss www.twitter.com/hesocriss www.crisslyric.com (under construction)
Follow The Journey To Hip-Hop in Connecticut ... Here
I don't smoke but I am supporting this 4/20 release. It's the new project from Bitches is Crazy (B.I.C.), "Comin' From The Bottom". Five out of the seven joints were produced by MP (yep, our podcast DJ)! This project was released ahead of their eleven track EP, "Taking it from the Top", which will be dropping in the next few weeks.
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.
Oh, and don't forget to subscribe, so you can get greatness delivered directly to your music playing devices each week. Thanks for the support!
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.
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. 
