About this and that!

[nZa]

Some Bitch?

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1. The Incredible (prod. by DJ Jazzy Jeff)
2. Once Upon A Mic (prod. by Oddisee)
3. Practice (Magnificent Mix) (prod. by DJ Jazzy Jeff)
4. Feel Like Spittin' (prod. by Mr. Walt)
5. Red Light Green Light (prod. by DJ Spinna)
6. Practice (Spaghetti Bender Mix) (prod. by Marco Polo, co-prod. by J-Live)

Its no secret that J has worked with his fair share of elite producers in the past. And although this fall’s mini project is just a precursor, it is no different. Reveal the Secret features production by DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ Spinna, Da Beatminerz, Marco Polo and Oddisee.

“My people have been dying for me and Spinna to get back in the lab. He’s been down since day one. We have a couple other joints on the album too” The album, titled “Then What Happened” is due out 2008. But in the meantime, the EP will serve as a best foot forward, on J’s path to share his music with the world, break out of obscurity and “Reveal the Secret”

sample: http://www.zshare.net/audio/43928287d6e2d9/

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPutHJ4qCss[/youtube]

precis ati mai vazut asta. dar nu conteaza. e nebunie si mult mai tare decat varianta lunga filmata din fata.

[nZa]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RiNKIkRSsc[/youtube]

Buckshot and 9th Wonder talking about their new album "The Formula"

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Although “Dr. Octagon” wasn’t released until 1996, KutMasta Kurt was busy producing music with Kool Keith as far back as 1993. A few of these tracks have been floating around on fuzzy dubbed cassette tapes over the years and even a few have wound up on bootlegs, but now we officially get a chance to hear these archived tracks as intended. The CD is a 2,500 copy limited-edition digipack release. Each CD has been individually numbered, and includes a 12 page lyric sheet. download rapidshare

1. Kool Keith - Prepare (3:50)
2. Kool Keith - You Know The Game (3:57)
3. Kool Keith - Rubba Love (4:42)
4. Kool Keith - From Tha Back (4:18 )
5. Kool Keith - Big Eyes (3:58 )
6. Kool Keith - Droppin' Seeds (3:32)
7. Kool Keith - Why You Frontin'? (feat. Slim) (3:39)
8. Kool Keith - Remember Me? (4:26)
9. Kool Keith - Freak It (4:07)
10. Kool Keith - Time For Business (4:20)
11. Kool Keith - You Get Yours (4:02)
12. Kool Keith - Spread 'Em (2:50)
13. Kool Keith - Time For Sex (4:38 )
14. Kool Keith - Anal Conquests (Skit) (1:09)
15. Kool Keith - Erotic Ride (4:21)
16. Kool Keith - Wet You Up (4:42)
17. Kool Keith - Big Eyes (Bonus Demo Version) (10:16)

PREPARE! WHEN I COME WITH NO UNDERWEAR!
sound old-school, flow-ul mai fluctuant decat deobicei ~ se asemana mult cu cenobites, pe acolo.

[Chill Will]

LOOOL , acuma mi-am dat seama despre ce e vorba.e vorba despre "sex style unreleased archives" care este de ceva vreme!sar'mana.

[sunrah]

avea si subject. da, e bananas, cum zicea eternia ieri. lol



01. Large Pro - Millenium
02. Large Pro - Xtra P For President
03. Large Pro - Slickmoney
04. Large Pro - We Have A Winner
05. Large Pro - Mathematics
06. Large Pro - Skyline Pool
07. Large Pro - Cool Out
08. Large Pro - Don't Change
09. Large Pro - Shotz Fired
10. Large Pro - The Highst
11. Large Pro - NY At Night
12. Large Pro - Good In The Hood
13. Large Pro - A Caint Stop
14. Large Pro - Oh Winz
15. Large Pro - Third Guitar
16. Large Pro - We Pro Gress
17. Large Pro - Disco Club (Bonus)
18. Large Pro - Hood In The USA (Bonus)

[nZa]

care e parola la kool keith?

later edit : mersi

[sunrah]

incearca gr1mma.

[iLL:WiLL]

The 3rd Annual Turkey Awards

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The Turkey Award For “Worst Album Title For A Fat Guy”...
Fat Joe’s upcoming Elephant In The Room

The Turkey Award For “I’m Mad Because I’m Not Relevant Anymore…Except To Women Who Buy My Records To Faux Fuck Me *Licks Lips*”...
LL Cool J for dissing Jay-Z

The Turkey Award For "I Love Knuckle Sandwiches” award...
Prodigy from Mobb Deep. How many times is this cat gonna get his ass kicked?

The Turkey Award For “You Have Been Tangled In My Web Of Ignorance & You’ll Dance To It”...
Soulja Boy. But who can be mad at him? He’s a kid. It’s you grown fools I’m ashamed of

The Turkey Award For "Looking Like A Female Rapper From The 90s...
Hurricane Chris (Da Brat) with honorable mention going to Lil Kim (Lil Kim)

The Turkey Award For “I’m even less gracious in defeat than I am in victory”...
50 Cent for getting "massacred" by Kanye West

The Turkey Award For “I Just Keep Making The Same Damn Album”...
Fabolous for whatever this new album is called that sounds like the last one

The Turkey Award for “I Disappeared Because My Album Didn’t Sell Like I Said It Would”...
The Game...who's not here to accept his award.

The Turkey Award For “You Thought I Was A Reformed Ho After My First Book But I’m Still A Ho”
Karrine “Superhead” Steffans who can't accept her award because she is probably sucking a dick right now

The Turkey Award For “Fuck Singing…I’ma Do Porn”...
Ray J who can't accept his award because he is probably letting Superhead suck his dick right now (while T-Pain admires his "meat")

The Turkey Award For “Just Fuck And Get It Over With”...
Lil Wayne and Baby for all the gossip about them being gay

The Turkey Award For “As Long As You Allow Me To Keep Doing This Bullshit, I Will”...
R. Kelly for Trapped In The Closet DVD

The Turkey Award For "Damn I fucked off my whole career" award...
(tie) T.I. & Michael Vick. Actually T.I. might sell more records now. Hip Hop I tell ya...

The Turkey Award For "Best Unwanted Walgreens Promotion"...
T.I. for putting Walgreens on the map when he got arrested

The Turkey Award For “Best Arsenal”...
T.I. - did you see all the shit this fool had? Who did he have beef with? The U.S. government?

The Turkey Award For "Dumbest Threat Ever"...
Cassidy for doing an interview where he told Jay-Z it would not be "a smart decision" to have the "American Gangster" album come out the same day as his album

The Turkey Award for “Worst Tribe Fan Club President”...
Lupe Fiasco for his flubbed lyric turned overexposed story

The Turkey Award for “The Gimmick Is Up, No One Cares Anymore”...
Yung Joc, Mike Jones, Paul Wall

The Turkey Award for “What Do I Actually Do?”
DJ Khaled for whatever the fuck it is he does so well

The Turkey Award For “Grinding A Hole In A Pastor’s Daughter”...
Akon for his sexual simulation with a teenager on stage

The Turkey Award For “Worst beef…Ever”...
Timbaland Vs Scott Storch - need we say more?

The Turkey Award For “I Didn’t Know It Would Make People THAT Mad”...
Nas for naming his album “Nigga”

The Turkey Award For "I Wasn't A Racist Until YouTube Caught Me" (aka the Michael Richards Award)...
Dog The Bounty Hunter

The Turkey Award For “I Love Myspace Blogs More Than Life Itself”...
Saigon for all the shit he's caused using myspace

The Turkey Award For "Best Unofficial Lil Wayne Hype Man"...
Gillie Da Kid for all the shit he talked about Wayne but nobody seemed to care

The Turkey Award For “Most Guest Appearances Ever Without A New Album”...
Lil Wayne for his millions of guest spots

The Turkey Award For “I Had One Song Now I’m Rich Bitch”...
Jim Jones for profiting and becoming a star off of “We Fly High” and nothing else

The Turkey Award For “He Had One Song And They Forgot About Me”...
Juelz Santana after watching Jim Jones get rich

The Turkey Award For "Thanks For Fuckin' Up The Game"...
T Pain...now everyone from Snoop Dogg to Lil' Wayne is on that talk box bullshit

The Turkey Award For "Best Use Of A Motel 6 Pool For A YouTube Clip"...
Cam'ron...as if posting up in your boxers wasn't bad enough? You Ethered yourself

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Shaolin Soul 1 & 2 (the Wu-Tang samples)
breakuri stiute, unele mai putin. e ok pentru cei care asteapta retail-ul la noul album.

Shaolin Soul vol. 1 (2001)

1. O.V. Wright - Let's Straighten It Out
2. Charmels - I'll Never Grow Old
3. David Porter - The Masquerade Is Over
4. Lyn Collins - Ain't No Sunshine
5. Ann Peebles - Trouble, Heartache & Sadness
6. Willie Mitchell - Groovin'
7. Al Green - You Ought To Be With Me
8. Marvin Gaye & Tammy Terrell - You're All I Need To Get By
9. Emotions - If You Think It
10. Bob James - Nautilus
11. Al Green - Gotta Find A New World
12. Syl Johnson - Don't Do It
13. Donny Hathaway - Little Ghetto Boy
14. Syl Johnson - Could I Be Falling In Love
15. Wendy Rene - After Laughter (Comes Tears)
16. Syl Johnson - Is It Because I'm Black
17. Dramatics - In The Rain
18. Gladys Knight & The Pips - The Way We Were
19. O.V. Wright - Motherless Child
20. Booker T & The MG's - Children Don't Get Weary
21. Barry White - Mellow Mood (Part I)

Shaolin Soul vol. 2 (2001)

1. Syl Johnson - I Hear The Love Chimes
2. Ann Peebles - I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down
3. Baby Huey - Hard Times
4. Emotions - I Like It
5. Black Ivory - I Keep Asking You Questions
6. The New Birth - Honey Bee
7. Jackson 5 - Maybe Tomorrow
8. Syl Johnson - I Hate I Walked Away
9. Al Green - Something
10. Eddie Holman - It's Over
11. Montana - Warp Factor II
12. Detroit Emeralds - You're Getting Too Smart
13. Labi Siffre - I Got The (Blues)
14. Southside Movement - Iv'e Been Watching You
15. Sweet Inspirations - Why Marry
16. Mad Lads - Gone The Promises Of Yesterday
17. George Jackson - Aretha, Sing One For Me
18. Teddy Pendergrass - Come Go With Me
19. Syl Johnson - That's Just My Luck
20. Al Green - Simply Beautiful[/code]

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01 Dilla Is The G.O.A.T.
02 When Planets Collide

dld: http://lix.in/457361

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Taylor's death a grim reminder for us all

There's a reason I call them the Black KKK. The pain, the fear and the destruction are all the same.
Someone who loved Sean Taylor is crying right now. The life they knew has been destroyed, an 18-month-old baby lost her father, and, if you're a black man living in America, you've been reminded once again that your life is in constant jeopardy of violent death.

The Black KKK claimed another victim, a high-profile professional football player with a checkered past this time.
No, we don't know for certain the circumstances surrounding Taylor's death. I could very well be proven wrong for engaging in this sort of aggressive speculation. But it's no different than if you saw a fat man fall to the ground clutching his chest. You'd assume a heart attack, and you'd know, no matter the cause, the man needed to lose weight.

Well, when shots are fired and a black man hits the pavement, there's every statistical reason to believe another black man pulled the trigger. That's not some negative, unfair stereotype. It's a reality we've been living with, tolerating and rationalizing for far too long.

When the traditional, white KKK lynched, terrorized and intimidated black folks at a slower rate than its modern-day dark-skinned replacement, at least we had the good sense to be outraged and in no mood to contemplate rationalizations or be fooled by distractions.
Our new millennium strategy is to pray the Black KKK goes away or ignores us. How's that working?

About as well as the attempt to shift attention away from this uniquely African-American crisis by focusing on an "injustice" the white media allegedly perpetrated against Sean Taylor.
Within hours of his death, there was a story circulating that members of the black press were complaining that news outlets were disrespecting Taylor's victimhood by reporting on his troubled past

No disrespect to Taylor, but he controlled the way he would be remembered by the way he lived. His immature, undisciplined behavior with his employer, his run-ins with law enforcement, which included allegedly threatening a man with a loaded gun, and the fact a vehicle he owned was once sprayed with bullets are all pertinent details when you've been murdered.

Marcellus Wiley, a former NFL player, made the radio circuit Wednesday, singing the tune that athletes are targets. That was his explanation for the murders of Taylor and Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams and the armed robberies of NBA players Antoine Walker and Eddy Curry.

Really?

Let's cut through the bull(manure) and deal with reality. Black men are targets of black men. Period. Go check the coroner's office and talk with a police detective. These bullets aren't checking W-2s.
Rather than whine about white folks' insensitivity or reserve a special place of sorrow for rich athletes, we'd be better served mustering the kind of outrage and courage it took in the 1950s and 1960s to stop the white KKK from hanging black men from trees.

But we don't want to deal with ourselves. We take great joy in prescribing medicine to cure the hate in other people's hearts. Meanwhile, our self-hatred, on full display for the world to see, remains untreated, undiagnosed and unrepentant.
Our self-hatred has been set to music and reinforced by a pervasive culture that promotes a crab-in-barrel mentality.

You're damn straight I blame hip hop for playing a role in the genocide of American black men. When your leading causes of death and dysfunction are murder, ignorance and incarceration, there's no reason to give a free pass to a culture that celebrates murder, ignorance and incarceration.
Of course there are other catalysts, but until we recapture the minds of black youth, convince them that it's not OK to "super man dat ho" and end any and every dispute by "cocking on your bitch," nothing will change.

Does a Soulja Boy want an education?

HBO did a fascinating documentary on Little Rock Central High School, the Arkansas school that required the National Guard so that nine black kids could attend in the 1950s. Fifty years later, the school is one of the nation's best in terms of funding and educational opportunities. It's 60 percent black and located in a poor black community.

Watch the documentary and ask yourself why nine poor kids in the '50s risked their lives to get a good education and a thousand poor black kids today ignore the opportunity that is served to them on a platter.
Blame drugs, blame Ronald Reagan, blame George Bush, blame it on the rain or whatever. There's only one group of people who can change the rotten, anti-education, pro-violence culture our kids have adopted. We have to do it.
According to reports, Sean Taylor had difficulty breaking free from the unsavory characters he associated with during his youth.
The "keepin' it real" mantra of hip hop is in direct defiance to evolution. There's always someone ready to tell you you're selling out if you move away from the immature and dangerous activities you used to do, you're selling out if you speak proper English, embrace education, dress like a grown man, do anything mainstream.
The Black KKK is enforcing the same crippling standards as its parent organization. It wants to keep black men in their place — uneducated, outside the mainstream and six feet deep.
In all likelihood, the Black Klan and its mentality buried Sean Taylor, and any black man or boy reading this could be next.

sursa: http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/7499 ... &GT1=10637

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The Dirty Heartbeat of the Golden Age
Reminiscing on the SP-1200, the machine that defined New York Hip-Hop



In the summer of 1987, E-mu Systems released the SP-1200, a drum machine and sampler designed for dance-music producers. An update of a previous model known as the SP-12, the souped-up edition allowed for the recording and manipulation of a 10.07-second sample with gritty 12-bit sound quality—now you could craft a complete instrumental on one portable machine.

Just as the Stradivarius or the Fender Stratocaster were standard-bearers by which other instruments were judged, the SP-1200 quickly became the tool of choice for East Coast beat-makers during rap's so-called "Golden Age," a period during the late '80s and early '90s, when sampling laws were still being meted out in courtrooms. Such artists as Public Enemy, the Beastie Boys, Gang Starr, Main Source, and the Notorious B.I.G. created classic joints over beats concocted on the SP-1200. The machine rose to such prominence that its strengths and weaknesses sculpted an entire era of music: The crunchy digitized drums, choppy segmented samples, and murky filtered basslines that characterize the vintage New York sound are all mechanisms of the machine.

Long ago toppled by more powerful equipment and computer-based production programs, the sampler continues to inspire enough cultish devotion that any prospective knob-twister still must shell out around $1,000 to go retro. We spoke with several of hip-hop's must celebrated veteran producers about their experiences with the SP-1200 over the last 20 years.

The Learning Curve

Pete Rock When I first got the SP-1200—I think that was back in '87—I was going to sessions with my cousin Heavy D, and he was working with Marley Marl. I would just be looking around and looking at the stuff they had and looking at what he was doing. Eddie F had the drum machine, and he showed me how to work it. I basically studied the manual—read it beginning to end and learned it like that. I used it all day, every day. I never came outside—just woke up happy to have a piece of machinery that made music. I didn't give a damn about anything else once I got that drum machine.

Ski The strength of the SP was definitely the way the 12-bit sounded when you threw the sample or the snare or the kick in there—it just sounded so dirty. It was a definite, definite fucking plus with the machine. The limited sampling time made you become more creative. That's how a lot of producers learned how to chop the samples: We didn't have no time, so we had to figure out ways to stretch the sounds and make it all mesh together. We basically made musical collages just by chopping little bits and notes.

Hank Shocklee There's little tricks that were developed on it. For example, you got 12 seconds [10.07, according to the manufacturer] of sample time to divide amongst eight pads. So depending on how much you use on each pad, you decrease the amount of sample time that you have. You take a 33 1/3 record and play it on 45, and you cheat the system. [Another] aspect that we created is out of a mistake—one day I was playing "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos" and it came out real muffled. I couldn't hear any of the high-end part of it. I found out that if you put the phono or quarter-inch jack halfway in, it filters the high frequency. Now I just got the bass part of the sample. I was like, "Oh, shit, this is the craziest thing on the planet!"

The Machine and the Masters

Lord Finesse They had me as a special guest on Stretch and Bobbito, one of the popular radio shows of the '90s. I thought it would be slick if I brought my 1200 down. A lot of producers did total beats with their 1200, and I think I did two or three, and one specifically was when I chopped up Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On." I chopped all around his voice using the 1200 and put an instrumental in the back. I played it over the air, and me and KRS-One freestyled over it. It was real slick.

Ski People said they never saw anyone work the SP as fast as me and Large Professor— not that it means anything. It's crazy. I can't explain it—it's like the shit is programmed in my brain. I worked with Jay-Z and did all of Reasonable Doubt on the SP-1200. For "Dead Presidents," everything was made on the SP, man: the whole sequence, the drum sounds, the Nas sample. The only thing that wasn't done on the SP was the sample, [but] I ran it through it to give it that sound.

Pete Rock Everything that you ever heard from me back in the day was the SP-1200. That machine made "Reminisce" ["They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)"], "Straighten It Out," "Shut 'Em Down," "Jump Around." When I made "Reminisce"—I had friend of mine that passed away, and it was a shock to the community. I was kind of depressed when I made it. And to this day, I can't believe I made it through, the way I was feeling. I guess it was for my boy. When I found the record by Tom Scott, basically I just heard something incredible that touched me and made me cry. It had such a beautiful bassline, and I started with that first. I found some other sounds and then heard some sax in there and used that. Next thing you know, I have a beautiful beat made. When I mixed the song down, I had Charlie Brown from Leaders of the New School in the session with me, and we all just started crying.

An End of an Era

Pete Rock I used the MPC [a technologically superior sampler line first introduced in 1988] on Soul Survivor II. That was kind of the beginning of using it. I thought it had a thinner sound than the SP, but it had way more sample time—like three minutes. So, can't beat that. I got hundreds of beats on the SP-1200, but I like the MPC. I'm really starting to get in the midst of it now.

Hank Shocklee They've mastered the computer to the point it does things the SP-1200 can't do. [But] we would have better records today if people said, "Look, you've got five hours to make a record." The problem is that people got all day. They got all week. They got all month. They got all year. So thus, you in there second-guessing yourself. With the 1200, you can't second-guess yourself, man. You got 2.5 seconds a pad, man. . . . Till this day, nobody has understood and created a machine that can best it.

sursa

[sunrah]

platinum era is coming soon

am urcat The essential Curtis Mayfield! pentru un amic si-am postat si pe blog. don't sleep on soul!



CD 1 Daptone Remixes
1. The Budos Band - Chicago Falcon (The Washington Sq. Lads Remix) feat. Mark Ronson & Wale
2. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Keep On Looking (Kenny Dope Remix)
3. The Daktaris - Eltsuhg Ibal Lasiti (Mad Professor Remix)
4. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Stranded In Your Love (Cool Calm Pete - Sweet Nothing Mix)
5. The Sugarman Three & Co. - Take It As It Come feat. Charles Bradley (Afrodisiac Soundsystem Remix)
6. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - How Long Do I Have To Wait For You? (Ticklah Remix)
7. The Budos Band - T.I.B.W.F. (Hank Shocklee Remix)
8. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - My Man Is A Mean Man (DJ Spinna Remix)
9. The Sugarman Three & Co. - Bosco’s Blues (Bull Jun Remix) feat. Large Professor

CD 2 Daptone Originals
1. The Budos Band - Chicago Falcon
2. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Keep On Looking
3. The Daktaris - Eltsuhg Ibal Lasiti
4. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Stranded In Your Love
5. The Sugarman Three & Co. - Take It As It Come (Featuring Charles Bradley)
6. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - How Long Do I Have To Wait For You?
7. The Budos Band - T.I.B.W.F.
8. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - My Man Is A Mean Man
9. The Sugarman Three & Co. - Bosco’s Blues