Gun shots thrown, the phone dialing.

Shades of Blue

Madlib's remix of classic Blue Note Records. This is for all you jazz lovers and Hip Hop heads. Cop this shit man, you know how long it took me to find this shit? For real.

Listen

I got cha Opin

"Niggas talk shit but that ain't my steel
I am the type of nigga to put lead in your grill"

I am going to let you in on a little secret, I mutter that line in my head sometimes when I am feeling particularly bad ass at the moment. I say this one out loud, "If you want beef then bring the ruckus, Wu Tang Clan ain't nothing to fuck with."








http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IRTTXU12

Lazershot

Just to Get A Rep

"Just to get rep? You're not Gangstarr!"

Guru and DJ Premier are my favorite hip hop duo, and they might arguably be the best duo of all time.


"Moment of Truth"














http://www.megaupload.com/?d=H3HY71YT


"The Ownerz"









http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4NL8N6ZL

Windmills of My Soul

Normally I'd feel a little bad putting up some new shit like this by an underground artist trying to come up, but only like 5 people download shit from here I think, so...

Kero One- Windmills of My Soul
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5D1SNSM0


If you haven't already heard about this album, cop it. NOW.

The Prince

No not the singer bitches, the book. Here's an excerpt:

At the beginning of his rule, he attacked Granada, and that enterprise was the cornerstone of his reign. For some time he carried on the siege in a leisurely way, and without any outside distractions; he kept all the barons of Castille preoccupied with it, and while they were thinking of the war, they never considered the changes he was making in the state. Thus he acquired reputation and authority over them without their being aware of it. Money from the Church and the people enabled him to recruit big armies, and in the course of this long war to build a military establishment which as since won him much honor. Apart from this, he made use of the pretext of religion to prepare for still greater projects... On the same pretext, he attacked Africa, he carried out a campaign in Italy; and finally he assaulted France. Thus he has always been planning and carrying out some great design which has enthralled and preoccupied the minds of his subjects, and kept them fascinated with the outcome of his schemes. And his various projects have risen one out of the other, so that they never allowed men leisure to take concerted action against him.

Notice the words I highlighted? Replace them with some choice words of your own, and what you get is the striking similiarity of our current situation with Mr. Bush.

What's Golden?

Damn, I forgot I even had this album.

Nelly Furtado is featured on track "Respect the Thin Line", this album came out in '02? Did Nelly Furtado make her debut 5 years ago? Damn time goes by fast, I feel old. I ain't gonna write a review or nothing, does anyone actually read this blog who don't know me and don't know hip hop? Anyways...

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PCZYRG95

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A burger at 5:20am is out of this world, even better then when I get the munchies after a session. That's that simple pleasure shit.

Supreme Clientele

I've dled so many albums in a frenzy before I started this blog that I don't even know what I have anymore. So I am going to start posting up all the goodies I've acquired.

Pretty Toney doing what he does best.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=D09CEPZK





















If anyone noticed, I updated my playlist for the embedded player. Just scroll thru it to see what I've been vibing on.

School is a scam

and Prison is fun. All that shit about about getting butt raped, not true! All they do is party and bullshit... and dancing to Michael Jackson.

Pankun & James

The dynamic duo from Japan on one of their many adventures.

Life's a Bitch

"Keeping it real, packing steel, getting high

Cause life's a bitch and then you die"

Yup, that's real talk. But on another note, I've been keeping Justice- D.A.N.C.E in heavy rotation. That beat is fire... Paleface Killah AKA Han Glorious is definitely onto something here.

Justice- Cross (Very creative cover... Wish I thought of it....)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TDZZ3J0R


























If you didn't like the Daft Punk albums, you probably won't like this album, but the D.A.N.C.E track alone is definitely worth the download. Personally I don't like this album all that much either, not because it's not good but more because of my personal preference. It's a little too much for me to listen to a whole album with all beats and little lyrics sitting at home.

Robotic Futuristic George Jetson Crazy Joint...

is what Craig Mack said when he heard Daft Punk kicking mad flava in his ear. I've been meaning to post up their albums but I've been busy as a mother. Everyone keeps asking me what I am busy with since I used to have all the time in the world, just know that I am busy fergs.

"Da Funk" and "Harder Better Faster Stronger" are the most banging house/electronica shit I've ever heard, I can't believe I never heard of Daft Punk until a month ago.

















Debut Album: Homework- http://www.megaupload.com/?d=STVF4JU7
Sophmore Album: Discovery- http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IB4SN908

Kanye sampled "Harder Better Faster Stronger" for his new single, "Stronger".
Here is the music video: (The r&b singer Cassie is the sexy thang in the video )

Adult Swim presents:

Chimmy showed me this video, all star line up. MED, Mad Lib, MF Doom, Jay Dilla (RIP)... Check it.

Summertime

One of the best summer time jams of all time...

Fresh Prince and DJ Jazzy Jeff- Summertime

Dear Methodmon,

I have made you a mixtape so that you may catch them all.





Methodmon: The Nigga Type Pokemon

Special Move: Put your nuts on the dresser, just your nuts, and bang them shit with a spiked bat. ooooh, PLOW!

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2XEGYBJ7

Prose Combat

This upload is for you Willy, to the beginning of a long journey that is the joy of hip hop.
MC Solaar is a French emcee, I couldn't understand a word but the vibe and the beat are real mellow. Good music for a chill session.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A36GGVQD

If She was Mine

Damn, shorty looks so amazing. If I ain't got you... for real.

Mo Money, Mo Problems

Here's an interesting film about the concept of money and how it affects the generation today. The series of short interview offers insightful thoughts into how kids deal with the issue of money thru their own personal experience. It's fascinating because I never understood how some people could say "Money can't buy Happiness". To me, the people who say that are the ones who are in denial, and those who don't got no dough. There are too many people that got it twisted out there, and I realize that's the reason for Mo Money Mo Problems. It's these individuals who are making that money for all the wrong reasons, the ones who want that paper to show off, the ones who thinks money makes the man/woman, the ones who uses it for their own personal gratifications. Money ain't the root of all evil, it's the people who are evil.

I get real intellectual with a little help from Mary Jane, my main thing.

Here's a little mixtape I put together diggin thru the online crates, just tryin to bring some flava to your ears.














1. Kool and the Gang- Summer Madness
2. The Beginning of the End- When She Made Me a Promise (Sampled on intro of T.R.O.Y)
3. Club Nouveau- Why You Treat Me So Bad (Sampled on I Got 5 on It- Luniz)
4. Herb Alpert- Rise (Sampled on Hypnotize- Biggie Smalls)
5. Isley Brothers- Footsteps In the Dark (Sampled on Today was a Good Day- Ice Cube)
6. Oliver Sain- On the Hill (Sampled on Young g's Perspective- Biggie Smalls)
7. Charmels- As Long as I've Got You (Sampled on C.R.E.A.M- Wu Tang Clan)
8. Tom Scott- Today (Sampled on T.R.O.Y- Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1B3O7H07

One Day It Will Make Sense

I've been having some weird dreams lately, like some jedi mind tricks and vision of gandhi type of shit... Dreams of the past, of the present, of the future. Regrets for what could've been and should be. All I gotta say is "Goddamn homie, my mind is playing tricks on me".

Geto Boys- My Mind is Playing Tricks On Me

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Since we're talking bout some introspective shit, I am gonna post this up.


http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A96GRBFI

The thoughts and feelings of "Retrospect for Life" are on another level.

Brought Back The Soul

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RMW7YINN

Official mixtape from Kanye West. Ya the dude is egotistical but can you blame him? He makes good music. The mixtape got a bunch of old school soul that he used to sampled for his songs. I think too many people are too focused on the new shit that comes out they forget about where it all came from; the history, the roots. When I hear a new joint I always try to name the song or songs that was used to sample for the beat, it's like a game I play to keep my memory from decay. Cause reefer will do that to you... And if you don't know, now you know.

Free Toys

Yes that's right, free toys. Print it out on paper then put it together, it's pretty dope. Courtesy of Japanese designer Shin Tanaka, he also provides a template so you can design your own. Check it out here.

Celebration Bitches!

Not only did I find a Bill Withers album, I found four. I will post them all up... eventually. I am still trying to enjoy all the albums I "appropriated" staying up all night. No school till summer classes starts in two weeks, finished my job interview that couldn't go any better, sleep all day and stay up all night, going to Riverside this weekend to visit and maybe blaze one up. Damn it feels good to be a gangster. This upload is for you Petey.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SIJNJ99S







& a cover of "Just the Two of Us" from Austin Power

Ain't No Sunshine

Bill Withers is the man. I've been looking all over for his albums, if I find one I'll post it up.
(I just noticed this but pay really close attention to the drummer, he's really happy...)

I've been thinking about this music business, how we should support the artists that we love by buying their albums instead of downloading them... And I think that's obvious, but it's not practical. I am a hungry college student, if I had a large amount of disposable income I would go and buy like 15 albums every week. But I don't, and most of y'all don't, but I ain't going to let a lack of money stop me from enjoying music. So I download with reckless abandon, keep all the shit that I like, delete the ones that I don't. One thing that I would definite spend money on tho is going to concerts to support my favorite artist, maybe that's something the music industry to should pay more attention to... Organizing great concerts instead of putting garbage on the radio.

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Here's the mighty Mos Def: Black On Both Sides

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QR28Z732

WTF is going on...

I can't go to sleep! If it was up to me, I wouldn't sleep at night anyways. I function better at night, I guess I am nocturnal.


It's like 3am and shit, and I got mad thoughts in my head. Like... how many fucking collabos these dudes in the streetwear industry going to do? Everyday I read about 15 collabos these cats done did with these other dudes... Check out freshness and hypebeast right now and you'll see what I mean. I thought it was tight when it all started, but it's just getting out of hand now. Does anybody even find collabos exciting anymore?

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I was reading hypebeast when I came across this from Mishka NYC, it's interesting to see how they come up with the designs that they do. Design Discectomy.

How can Hip Hop Be Dead...

If Wu Tang is forever? I am one of the biggest Wu Tang fan. No I don't have every single one of their albums but I love their music, their style, their philosophies; and with the beats and the rhymes, they always on point. If you know Wu Tang then you know why they ain't nothing to fuck with. With Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II coming out, it's only proper to share with y'all two of my favorite albums.

The one that started it all: Enter the 36 Chambers


















http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FYOREO6Y


Ghost & Rae at their finest: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx


But now I'm all about G-notes,
no time for weed, mixed with coke
I wash my mouth out with soap
And I got my act together, 'Lo sweaters and better
and fat leather, so whatever, bring it on

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=854ZLI3O

The New Old School

I've been getting kind of lazy at this blog shit, maybe I really am fucking lazy. But anyways, here's the Al Green x Nas album by DJ Swindle and Frank Lyon, the Almatic. This one is for you DK.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=191GXDV7

This shit right here

One AM

This album is ill, Kim Jong Ill. Just download this shit right now, it's that good. Ya heard? I can't upload the album cover for some reason so I am just going to post the link.

Diverse- One AM.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1QZYY0I0

Some Random Thoughts:

Frank Miller is fucking delusional. He's the dude who did the comic 300 is based on, and there's a new movie coming out called Pathfinder or some shit. HIS SHIT IS WACK! I can't even comprehend how people find that shit entertaining. The movie was blatant propaganda and the action scenes weren't even that crazy. I get more suspense watching Pokemon. The first two people to die in the movie are black, the anti-war movement is portrayed as evil motherfuckers and traitors, the Persian king Xerxes is a homo and the Persians are depicted as savages and hedonistic, for some reason they started killing Mongolians and referred to the Persian army as a great force from Asia, and so on.... I ain't even going to go on about Pathfinder, but basically it's a White Viking who is the only hope for the Native Americans... who are getting invaded by the Vikings. Are you motherfuckers serious???

Represent!

Ping Pong is serious bidness in Hong Kong

Juicy Fruits

Don't really know too much about these guys, but it's a good album. Jazzy beats, chill music to kick back to. Just look at the album cover, how can you not want to kick it with anyone that funky fresh? Give it a try, don't sleep on this.











http://www.megaupload.com/?d=S12LXO05

Love and Happiness

Finally after about two weeks of searching I found an Al Green album, this one is titled "I'm Still in Love with You". In case you didn't know, Al Green is the shit! He's one of the most soulful cat there ever was and has been sampled by almost everybody. I'll kick y'all knowledge and list the tracks and song/s that sampled off it.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TCFTIRIM

1. I'm Still in Love With You/ Kanye West- Gone
   
2. I'm Glad You're Mine
3. Love and Happiness/ Go Out and Get it- De La Soul
   
4. What a Wonderful Thing Love is
5. Simply Beautiful/ Talib Kweli- Good to You
   
6. Oh, Pretty Woman
7. For the Good Times
8. Look What You Done for Me
9. One of These Good Old Days
   

Do for Love

I really like this girl... but her name is Uranus.

It was all a dream...

"Spread love, it's the Brooklyn way"
Yes yes y'all, Biggie Smalls is the realest. This upload is for you noob.







http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PQEXW1FX

The Corner

Ro Blvd did it sick with this one, I had this song on heavy rotation for awhile. The video is worth watching just to see Malcolm X standing up to the man. The Last Poets also make a guest appearance, I think they were the first group to use the n-word in their music and are considered the forerunners of hip hop.

You know how we do it

It's that nigga y'all love to hate. This album is full of all the classic joints, what better way to enjoy summer then some old school Ice Cube?










http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KVR7LMBK

Coffee and Cigarettes

That simple pleasure in life.
The moment when you escape from reality and all the bullshit.
Just you, a cup of coffee, and a cigarette. Five minutes of peace, bliss, and solitude.

Where rhythm is life...

and life is rhythm. Jeah, y'all know what's up this that G funk classic. Cop it Sammy D!























http://www.megaupload.com/?d=O8636VEA

True Lies

This a little something to get you thinking.