Monday, March 3, 2008

Hot Track of The Day

This is a hot Track from the year nineteen hundred,ninety two. This was my favorite song during my 7th summer on the planet we know as earth, and it's still the shit!!!! It's Passin Me By, The Pharcyde...Listen to it..it makes sense.

Sunday, March 2, 2008

This Just In: Soulja Boy Done Lost His Damn Mind!!!!!


It has recently been brought to my attention that teen-party rap star Soulja Boy, whose government name is Deandre Way, has made the shocking claim that he believes that he is a better rapper than Jay-Z. An article recently published on B.E.T.com, reported that the 17 year old "Jr.Mcrapper w/cheese" thinks he should top this year's list of the years hottest rappers.
The sad part of this is not even his delusions of grandeur, but the sad truth that their are member's of the record buying public agreeing with this nonsense. The grim truth is that Souja Boy's "Crank That(Soulja Boy)" was everywhere this year and Jiggaz release "American Gangster" served no official hits and it's sales were lackluster. What happened hip-hop head's??? When did we get off our game so much that this kid could even let a sentence such as the above mentioned slip out his mouth without somebody slapping a little old school sense into him. We have to start by demanding that radio formats start supporting real "hip-hop," and as for Soulja Boy we need to make that dude go out back and get a switch!!!

Nobody do like Badu do!!!




E.Badu is back and better than ever on "New America:4th world War." The Album is laced with hot tracks provided mostly by Mad Lib and Little Brother Alumni 9th Wonder and as always Badu's flawless vocals.The Artiste has never been so honest about her take on the state of the world, or her own state of mind as she is on this set.The album cover revels the singer posing in a 70's Cleopatra Jones-esqe pose. She's rockin' her trade mark fro', heavy with images of fetuses,ankhs,syringes,bling,money,floods,etc mingled inside her crown of glory, while her fist is high before her triumphantly wielding the message "NEW AMERYKAH." The title is a play on words referring to her personal changes as well as her countries. On the autobiographical "Me" the singer coo's soulfully "This year I turn 36,damn the time went so quick. My ass and legs have gotten thick, but its all me." The album also tackles issues like hurricane Katrina, cycles of poverty and addiction and, perhaps most profoundly mortality. The albums closer "Telephone" is dedicated to noted legendary hip-hop producer J-dilla.It's set around a story the producers mother relayed to Badu the day after his funeral. As he was losing his battle to Lupus he would slip in and out of conciseness and he would have full conversations with late hip-hop artist ODB where the rapper would inform Dilla on which bus to take once he arrived in heaven.On the track the singer laments the death of her colleague and friend "fly away to heaven,brother,put in a word for me" she quietly recites over the lush flute laddened track. In this moment Badu is at her best mourning the death of a loved one and realizing and excepting her own mortality.The album will have a sequel which the title and the date of release will be announced later this year.

Grade:A

"Once" every blue moon.

I love this Movie. It's entitled Once, it's an import from the ole'potato way, or Ireland. The movie focuses around an almost love story between Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova. The two are both battling to stay afloat in life and love, they meet on the streets of Dublin; him singing for change,her selling flowers. The two form a bond that is strictly platonic. This movie is exceptional, full of fine acting and interesting storyline, but what really sets it apart from the pack is the incredible,now academy award winning, music in the film. Both the artist posses amazing voices, and every song is a true gem. It's a must see. Get it on DVD now!!!!

Juno Nation!!!!

Hey Kids!!!!Go See Juno, then buy the soundtrax. Go on now

"In Radiohead"


If I were to say that Radiohead was the only band that mattered, would I i be going to far?? I don'tthink so. The bands new album "In Rainbows" proves my claim, over the course of the albums minimalistic 10 tracks Radiohead manages to make both music that is both sonically intricate and stripped down. "15 Step" the album's opener is the bands heaviest straight up rock song since the 90's and then moves into the prog-rock jammer "Bodysnathers,"but the show truly begins with the quiet,ethereal "Nude." In the song Thom Yorke warms his devious lover "You'll go to hell for what your thinking" and even with his foreshadows of eternal damnation his voice is so damn beautiful that you can't help but feel baptized in it. The album's strongest point is the beatiful, aching ballad "House of cards". The songs is built more on echoes than actual instruments. The albums closer "Videotape" is a meditation about emerging from the wilderness of the analog into the digital, or perhaps vice-versa. Either way if you are a lover of fine music than you will fall in love with "In Rainbows."