once again ra grace us earthlings another dope track...
9 years ago
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Friday, September 12, 2008
This was a G.O.O.D Show!
Actually it was GREAT!. Very refreshing. Mickey Factz, Kid Cudi, Consequence, Mr. West, and the one and only Q-Tip...i gotta find some more clips...this goes down in MY books as one of the greastest shows I've witness.
KANYE STEALS THE SHOW!
KANYE STEALS THE SHOW!
" Ima Funk you up!"
I woke this morning feelin a lil funky...her is some clips
Ohio Players - Ecastacy
Sly and the Family Stone- If you want me to stay
Funkadelics - I'll Stay
Bootsy Collins - I Rather Be With You ( Live)
Ohio Players - Ecastacy
Sly and the Family Stone- If you want me to stay
Funkadelics - I'll Stay
Bootsy Collins - I Rather Be With You ( Live)
Ms. Erykah Badu
Ms. Badu is beauty. She's a motivational force in this industry, and a true artist, activist, and master teacher. Here is an interview where she speaks about the next cd ( may have Andre3K as a guest!), and touring. check it our and enjoy folks.
Erykah Badu interview on okayplayerTV from gregthedude on Vimeo.
Erykah Badu interview on okayplayerTV from gregthedude on Vimeo.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Marky...Drive Thru
DMV is about to set the game on fire. This dude Marky is one of my favorite MC's coming from the DMV. To be honest, I think im diggin this more than Wale's mixtape about nothing. check it out.
DOWNLOAD HERE
Strange Music = "Anything you like"
My sis RATHEMC is grinding hard right now. I dont wanna sound bias or anything so I wont rant about how talented and fly she is...Ra your spaceship is coming soon!!!
Love Lockdown
Before i start, let me say that the song is dope but....
is auto-tune the new thing to do nowadays?
the beat is crazy. lyrics is fire. I guess in order for Kanye to pull of the singing part he had to use the T-pain voice. I love the drums, ye always knew how to sequence a dope ass drum pattern.
Friday, September 5, 2008
Oh Girl....
mmmmm let me think and i will get back. Not sure how i feel about this track yet. listen and dissect. (btw got this track from youmeandeveryone.com)
Oh Girl - Raphael feat JayZ
At Last...Ms. Knowles
I was just thinking....what the hell happened to Beyonce? I mean i know all the gossip blogs post her biz, but I wondering what she's been up to musically. Im not really a beyonce fan but i must admit that she has one hell of a voice on her. Now when i first heard that she was playin Etta James in a movie, I was kinda nervous for her. Yea she can sing and all, but she is NOTHING like Ms. James. But on friday night ( i guess) she rocked the house with her reedition of "At Last". check it out
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
A MIXTAPE ABOUT SOMETHING...I THINK!
WHAT WE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR.......
A MIXTAPE ABOUT SOMETHING....I THINK!
Ra stop playin! A mixtape about something...i think!? U know damn well that this mixtape is what it is. Instead you should have named it A MIXTAPE ABOUT SOMETHING....MAJOR!. This is what hip hop needs right now. DMV really kicking off and it make me proud of my fellow washingtonians/marylanders/virginians(?....lol). keep up the good work homes!
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
"dats dat shit, if u goin do it, do it just like dis..."
this dude does his thing wit the videos...perfect timing with the olympics theme. pretty dope video, check it out!
Kanye West-Champion
Friday, August 8, 2008
Positive Vibrations YEAH!
READ SOME LYRICS:
Positive Vibrations
Live if you want to live
Rastaman vibration yeah!
Positive
I and I vibration yeah!
Positive
I a man Iration yeah! Irie Ites
Positive vibration yeah!
Positive
If you get down and quarrel everyday
You're saying prayers to the devil, I say
Why not help another on the way
Make it much easier
Say you just can't live that negative way
You know what I mean
Make way for the positive day
Cause its a new day
New time, new feeling yeah!
Say it's a new sign
Oh what a new day
Picking up.
Are you picking up now
Jah love, Jah love, protect us (Repeat)
Rastaman Vibration yeah!
Positive
I and I vibration yeah! Irie Ites
Vibes, got to have a good vibe
Picking up.
Are you picking up now
Live if you want to live
Rastaman vibration yeah!
Positive
I and I vibration yeah!
Positive
I a man Iration yeah! Irie Ites
Positive vibration yeah!
Positive
If you get down and quarrel everyday
You're saying prayers to the devil, I say
Why not help another on the way
Make it much easier
Say you just can't live that negative way
You know what I mean
Make way for the positive day
Cause its a new day
New time, new feeling yeah!
Say it's a new sign
Oh what a new day
Picking up.
Are you picking up now
Jah love, Jah love, protect us (Repeat)
Rastaman Vibration yeah!
Positive
I and I vibration yeah! Irie Ites
Vibes, got to have a good vibe
Picking up.
Are you picking up now
BOB MARLEY LIVE!!!
Bob Marley Live from alliance on Vimeo.
M.I.L.F.....Mother I Like 2 F@%K!
I've been waiting patiently for LOVE 4 SALE to hit the shelves. For the time being i guess i will continue to hit up the live shows ( i advise you to check Bilal out in a town near you!)
This clip here is a live performance of one of my favorite tunes of 08. Talented 88 keys produce it...I heard that this track was on 88 keys albumn but i cant find it no where!
This clip here is a live performance of one of my favorite tunes of 08. Talented 88 keys produce it...I heard that this track was on 88 keys albumn but i cant find it no where!
BILAL- M.I.L.F @ Summer Jazz Fest
" BIG EASY" - Raphael Saadiq
Man this cat is dangerously underated. I was grooving to Instant Vintage the other day and then came across this track posted over there at SOULBOUNCE.COM (which is an amazing blog to visit!) Please your ears with some dopeness from Mr. Saadiq. Instant Classic!
" back down memory lane...."
Woke this morning, feeling kinda high, Damn time flies when you listening to some good music! I remember 10 wopping years ago ( damn i sound old...lol) when one of my favorite albums hit the shelves, " The Misdeducation of Lauryn Hill". I couldnt stop listening to it. it was in DEADLY rotation ( i guess thats why it wont play no more...lol). Damn i hope she cooking up another classic. COME ON wit it MS. HILL!
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is a timeless trendsetter. We can listen today and still be inspired. That album was like therapy for the innercity, yet it became a permanent fixture in pop culture. We were all willing to go wherever lauryn took us musically. Lauryn Hill is a musical prophet. – Ezekiel "Zeke" Lewis of the Clutch (what yall young kids say? STAMP!?)One of the best albums in the last ten years...and one of the dopest songwriter/producer/artists in the last 20 years...it is my pleasure to say congratulations to an artist who transcended the realm of the classic Hip-Hop artistry to become a staple in the world of music itself... – Adonis Shropshire STAMP!
Check out this dope review i exploited off of ALLHIPHOP.COM
******RATHEMC******
MY, MY, MY.....i haven't even heard the original beat but from what i hear that this " Incredible" track is an underground version of A-MILLI. However, my homie RATHEMC assasinated this track. " It aint shit without me!" she says dammit so listen...
P.S.
THE MIXTAPE ABOUT SOMETHING COMING TO EARTH ON AUG 19th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! COP DAT ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TI + Ludacris = WISH YOU WOULD
Its been a while since i posted on this joint...havent really been musically inspired until i heard this new track from two respected homies in the game, TI and Ludacris...i glad to see that they put the beef aside and brought us this banging ass track.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
"Who's gonna save my soul..."
pure dopeness. straight up, no chaser just raw. Heres one of my favorite groups of all time GNARLS BARKLEY. make sure u get the LP. (via. bossip/livesteeve)
GNARLS BARKLEY
Friday, July 11, 2008
Im goin back to AFRICA!
its been a while since i posted, but heres a hot track from this kat Mickey Factz. Im really starting to like this dude style. take a listen
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Tru Shit....
big ups to one of favorite music blogs The Smoking Section for this article....check it out.
One of the b
est ways for a lyricist to get across a message is through subtlety. When writing to get a point across, it’s tempting to be as blunt and straightforward about it as possible. Sometimes, this is necessary if you are trying to provoke a rise or simply piss people off. (2pac starting off “Hit em Up,” by saying “I fucked your bitch you fat motherfucker” is an example where subtlety probably couldn’t have improved the message.) But great writers know how to vary and disguise a message through word choice, or irony. And great writing can make the listener work for the message all the while making the experience more rewarding and meaningful.
One of my favorite songs ever is a prime example of subtlety in songwriting and the powerful effect that lyrical discovery can have on a listener. The track is Sly and The Family Stone’s “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf).” It takes a solid ten listens for the lyrics to stand out on the track due to the strength of the music itself. The complexity and brilliance of the music, which helped lay the ground and define funk, make it difficult to focus fully on what Sly is saying as you find yourself lulled into distraction by the horns and guitar riffs. The message initially seems positive, as the chorus sounds like a typically uplifting Sly and the Family Stone song.
But dig deeper and, you realize how much more is being said. Sly, given the context of the times, delivers a poisonous dagger to the ideals of the 60’s. Rather than a true moment of change, of coming together, the same racial and social divisions that existed before are there to stay. The “devil grinning with a gun” has effectively killed off the opportunity, as events like Dr. King’s death and the 1968 Chicago convention have shown.
Sly’s lyrical response to said devil is devastating show of strength. He implies an acceptance of the fundamental truth that two groups of people will never integrate culturally or socially. The line “Thank you for the party, but I could never stay,” epitomizes this philosophy. It may seem like a kind gesture, but it’s a full fuck you to those who believed they were taking part in a cultural transformation, dismissing it at misogynistic drugged out dreaming. And to hear this song coming from the band Family Stone, a model of gender and racial integration that hasn’t been matched since, must have really made fans feel like they had officially reached the end of the dream.
We don’t see subtlety used in Hip-Hop as often; because it’s the antithesis of one of the culture’s fundamental tenets: “Do everything you can to get yourself noticed.” You do sometimes see great lyricists - The B.I.G’s, Andre’s and more recently Lupe - willing to disguise their message and make the audience work. But too often, Hip-Hop artists go for the roundhouse when a jab would do the trick.
When you think about, Hip-Hop should be ripe with opportunities to utilize literary and oratorical techniques to improve the depth and power of the lyrics. I wish more artists had faith in the listeners’ ability to discern; as Sly would tell you (in between hits from the crack pipe) it’s not always about what you say, but sometimes how you say it.
Sly & The Family Stone - Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf)
One of the b
est ways for a lyricist to get across a message is through subtlety. When writing to get a point across, it’s tempting to be as blunt and straightforward about it as possible. Sometimes, this is necessary if you are trying to provoke a rise or simply piss people off. (2pac starting off “Hit em Up,” by saying “I fucked your bitch you fat motherfucker” is an example where subtlety probably couldn’t have improved the message.) But great writers know how to vary and disguise a message through word choice, or irony. And great writing can make the listener work for the message all the while making the experience more rewarding and meaningful.One of my favorite songs ever is a prime example of subtlety in songwriting and the powerful effect that lyrical discovery can have on a listener. The track is Sly and The Family Stone’s “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf).” It takes a solid ten listens for the lyrics to stand out on the track due to the strength of the music itself. The complexity and brilliance of the music, which helped lay the ground and define funk, make it difficult to focus fully on what Sly is saying as you find yourself lulled into distraction by the horns and guitar riffs. The message initially seems positive, as the chorus sounds like a typically uplifting Sly and the Family Stone song.
But dig deeper and, you realize how much more is being said. Sly, given the context of the times, delivers a poisonous dagger to the ideals of the 60’s. Rather than a true moment of change, of coming together, the same racial and social divisions that existed before are there to stay. The “devil grinning with a gun” has effectively killed off the opportunity, as events like Dr. King’s death and the 1968 Chicago convention have shown.
Sly’s lyrical response to said devil is devastating show of strength. He implies an acceptance of the fundamental truth that two groups of people will never integrate culturally or socially. The line “Thank you for the party, but I could never stay,” epitomizes this philosophy. It may seem like a kind gesture, but it’s a full fuck you to those who believed they were taking part in a cultural transformation, dismissing it at misogynistic drugged out dreaming. And to hear this song coming from the band Family Stone, a model of gender and racial integration that hasn’t been matched since, must have really made fans feel like they had officially reached the end of the dream.
We don’t see subtlety used in Hip-Hop as often; because it’s the antithesis of one of the culture’s fundamental tenets: “Do everything you can to get yourself noticed.” You do sometimes see great lyricists - The B.I.G’s, Andre’s and more recently Lupe - willing to disguise their message and make the audience work. But too often, Hip-Hop artists go for the roundhouse when a jab would do the trick.
When you think about, Hip-Hop should be ripe with opportunities to utilize literary and oratorical techniques to improve the depth and power of the lyrics. I wish more artists had faith in the listeners’ ability to discern; as Sly would tell you (in between hits from the crack pipe) it’s not always about what you say, but sometimes how you say it.
Sly & The Family Stone - Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf)
better CHECK urself B4 u WRECK urself!
Ms. Intellectual (pka L-boogie ) grace the stage in 05 on Def Poetry Jam....this is a well put together video of one of the most profound peoms I've read during my 23 years on earth. I strongly advise EVERYBODY to check their motives and thoughts. peace
Ms. Hill- Motives and Thoughts
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Monday, June 16, 2008
I PUT ON!
This is my official summer athemn track...and even better heres a live clip of the song of these two mcees performing it live @ the ATL Birthday Bash. FIYAH!
Young Jeezy & Kanye West Perform, “Put On”
Ms. Badu on Hip Hop
The lovely Godess Erykah Badu speaks her mind on HipHop...I luv her to death ( next to Ms. Hill...lol) peep out the clip.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Mickey Factz
This cat Micket Factz sampled a track off of Ms. Hill's unplugged album and its pretty dope. Check out his interpretation of Just Like Water.
Mickey Factz - Live Water (Feat. Lauryn Hill).
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
NIGGA! NIGGA! NIGGA!
New video from Nas Escobar...You can be a nigga too!
video is dope! check it out....big ups to bossip/livesteez!
Nas- You be a nigga too
video is dope! check it out....big ups to bossip/livesteez!
Nas- You be a nigga too
Sunday, June 1, 2008
We push dem heathens...
This is a clip of Lauryn Hill...i mean Ms. Hill performing in Torino last year. Peep how she said " funny how they play Ms Hill like she dumb"...say what you want, she aint crazy she just doin her. What yall young kids say nowadays? You just do you (and what), umma do me, umma do me, umma do me...lol. check it out
Strange but wonderful....
So many memories, good and bad, but thru it all " We're still friends"....this is from Mr. Hathaway CLASSIC 1971 Live album, check it out. peace and enjoy!
Donny Hathaway- We're Still Friends
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Flashing Lights.....III
yup...heres another video from Yezzy. This one kinda remind me a a MJ video or something. i dig. But i wonder....Dwele didnt wanna be in none of the videos?
Flashing Light # III
Another lyrical genius
I may be late but i just picked up Eric Roberson cd entitled .... Left. This is my new favorite song for the week...lol
ERIC ROBERSON- Pen Just Cries Away
" Feels good to be home...."
My favorite group is coming back home! If you havent heard these two innovators that make up the duo Hyll Factor make sure you check them out June 11th @ 1201 First Street, NW DC....the show starts a 9pm so be there!
"Still we choose to ignore the obvious..."
A new track from the controversial album formally known as Nigger. This song is raw and honest.... i mean that just my opinion, just check it out. Kick knowledge homie!
N.I.G.G.E.R. (The Slave & The Master) - Nas
N.I.G.G.E.R. (The Slave & The Master) - Nas
Damn! I wish i was there....
peep out this surprise performance from two of my favorite legends, Kanye and Common. Need to say no more, just check out the clip!
Mrs.Sebastian
Coming from the Bay-area, I present to you Renee Sebastian !
Renee Sebastian - These Are The Signs
Worldwide....Get Busy!
This is new video from the legendary hip hop band The Roots. This track is crazy dope and the video is sick too....check it out and go cop the new album Rising Down, it fiyah!
The Roots - Get Busy ft. Dice Raw & Peedi Peedi
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Flashing Lights....again
I like both versions, but at least this one you dont have to think too much.
A beautiful world im trying to find....
This is a live performance of Master Teacher off of Ms. Badu latest classic "New Amerykah". The quality of the video isnt that great, but the words are still potent. This is a tune that we all should be singing.
What if there was no niggas only Master Teachers?.....
.... I stay woke!
Monday, May 26, 2008
Going On
This video is dope! You can always count on " The odd couple" to bring something funky and freash. One of my favorite tracks from Gnarls Barkley. I just copped thier lastest tunes this past weekend and i think you should too!
"The touch and feeling of free,
is intangible, technically
Something you've got to believe in (believe in)
Connect the cause and effect,
One foot in front of the next
This is the start of a journey (journey)
And my mind is already gone,
And left their other alone,
Somehow this doesn't concern me (concern me)
You can stand right there if you want..."
D.A.N.C.E
This video is from Wale, a young mc from the DMV area. check out the mixtape out this week called The Mixtape About Nothing.
Saturday, May 24, 2008
"Politics As Usual"
I was looking for the original version but stumbled across this alternate version as well.This song was released in 1972 and its now 2008. I wasnt even born when this song was released and i still can relate to this soulful track. Thats music for ya, so check out both tunes.
You're the Man(alternate version)- Marvin Gaye
"politics and hypocrites/is turning us all into lunatics".
Friday, May 23, 2008
I heard dem say....
" When creating music you have to live life - be inspired by life - to create experiences that are worth sharing with the world."
-Mr. Wonder
Partner-N-Rhyme
LA LA LA LA wait 'til I get my money right!
G Shock Event - Can't Tell Me Nothing from kwest on Vimeo.
"Let up the suicide doors
This is my life, homie, you decide yours
I know that Jesus died for us
But I couldn't tell you who decide wars
So I parallel double-parked that mother fucker sideways
Old folks talkin' 'bout "back in my day"
But homie this is my day
Class started two hours ago, "Oh, am I late?"
No, I already graduated
and you can live through anything
if Magic made it
They say I talk with so much emphasis
Ooh, they so sensitive
Don't ever fix your lips like collagen
To say somethin' where you gon' end up apolo-g-in'
Let me know if it's a problem then
Aiite man, holla then ...."
-k.west
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