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Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Alife Renewal Program (Recycling)
Jada on 106 and Park with NaS
I was just talking with Brownie about this yesterday but your boy Jada won't stop getting coverage on this blog mainly because I think he makes good music and I love the new album and I support real rappers. Anyway, he was on 106 and Park with Nas, the Lox, and Diddy. The first video is of the interview Jada and The Lox, the second vid is of Jada and Nasty Nas.
Via NahRight
Soulja Boy gets Protested Against
Ok... I'm no Soulja Boy fan although I'll come out and say I respect what he does. We're the same age, he's rich... I'm not. So I respect what he does. Also, it's been a while since we've had TRUE characters in the rap game, regardless of the music they make. Soulja Boy buzzes...
Anyway, I was making my rounds and stumbled across this article on the famous All Hip Hop blog:
(Click Read More for the whole article)
"The Duluth News Tribune reports the concert, which was held last Friday (April 3) at the school’s Romano Gym, attracted a group of students who staged a protest in response to what they deemed as “degrading lyrics” towards women...
The track contains the lyrics: “Pimp slap dat hoe man, show her what you know man, Give her what she need man right side her face man.”
“This isn’t OK for this to happen,” the UMD student told the Tribune. “To bring in an artist that degrades half the student body as sex objects and the other half as sexual assault perpetrators; that form of degradation is not acceptable.” "
Now... I personally think these people are being a little too sensitive... It's music and if people want to listen to it, then that's their prerogative. If you think the lyrics are too much, don't attend the concert. Don't listen to it. Did they really believe they made a point by doing that stuff? Soulja Boy is still going to sell records (I mean... ringtones) and people are still going to invite him to their shows, concerts, etc... Music is so completely subjective that there was no chance they'd change the minds of the people who already had their minds set on attending that concert. That's like how PETA throws paint on people's furs and now the general public think's theyre all just crazy fanatics... I know GIRLS that listen to Soulja Boy and other "degrading" artists. If it's catchy, you can tap your foot to it, it's music and thats all some people need...
With that said, Death to the EMO stuff... Stop being bitchmade...
Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em may have many fans, but the rapper attracted a different crowd for a recent performance at the University of Minnesota Duluth.
The Duluth News Tribune reports the concert, which was held last Friday (April 3) at the school’s Romano Gym, attracted a group of students who staged a protest in response to what they deemed as “degrading lyrics” towards women.
For protest organizer Arielle Schnur, the decision to book Soulja Boy for the show demonstrated a lack of judgement by the UMD student entertainment committee, which selected the rapper for the concert based on budget, the university’s schedule versus an artists’ availability and the popularity of the artist among students.
Committee members capatilized on Soulja Boy's standing on the Billboard charts as well as his affordable performance fee to secure a guaranteed concert appearnance.
Schnur referenced the Soulja Boy’s song, “Pimp Slap Dat Hoe,” as an example of the type of content she found troubling.
The track contains the lyrics: “Pimp slap dat hoe man, show her what you know man, Give her what she need man right side her face man.”
“This isn’t OK for this to happen,” the UMD student told the Tribune. “To bring in an artist that degrades half the student body as sex objects and the other half as sexual assault perpetrators; that form of degradation is not acceptable.”
“The issue with the Soulja Boy concert is that it’s happening at UMD and UMD is an institution of higher learning,” she added. “His lyrics are not conducive to an atmosphere of enlightenment and education.”
Stationed outside the gym, protestors made their views known as they peacefully gathered without preventing concertgoers from attending the Soulja Boy or disrupting the show.
The group followed the demonstration with its own concert in Kirby Lounge that featured local groups and artists.
The protest came as a surprise to Soulja Boy who weighed in on the opposition before taking the stage in front of a sold out crowd.
“WTF I'm in Minnesota its a group of maf**kaz prtoesting my show this sh*t on all the news!!,” the rapper stated via his Twitter.com page. “Mann these people better get the f**k on! I could have been In New York new jointing 'Turn My Swag On'!!!! They say I'm breaking a record for the people attending the show tonight, umma act a fool!!!!”
Despite the presence of protestors, Soulja Boy admitted to the show coming off well.
“Just got off stage!!! I shut it downnn!!!!... That was like the best show I ever did umma put A Bonus DVD that show in my reloaded album release,” he Twittered. “I just wanna let every1 who came to my show tonight kno I had a REAL GOOD time here! Thanks for the love, best time I had on tour in a while”
The UMD protest is the latest in a string of criticism leveled at Soulja Boy, who has come under fire for his lyrics since coming on the scene with his hit single “Crank That (Soulja Boy).”
The rapper is currently enjoying in the popularity of his #1 single, “Kiss Me Thru the Phone,” the second single off his latest album, iSouljaBoyTellem.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Monday, April 6, 2009
Jadakiss: The Last Kiss
If you know anything about something (I'm going to be using that a lot from here on), you know that Jadakiss's album The Last Kiss is releasing tomorrow, April 7th, after being pushed back from an original March 10th release date.
Jadakiss, right now, is one of the foremost rappers still doing it... I'm not discrediting Soulja Boy but Jadakiss might have that number one spot in this moment. He murks any song as far as content and flow goes, he also murks any remix, and even sexes RnB songs. Damn.
If you haven't heard Kiss My Ass the mixtape, check it out here (from NahRight.com). This mixtape will give you a taste of what's to come.
Anyway, make sure you go to BestBuy or The Wiz (lol) to pick up that album. It's Oh Nine and rap is making a rally back to the forefront of music. Support good rap, even if you get down with the shitty rap. Learn to get down with both.
Kiss will be signing records at these locaitons:
Tuesday April 7th 7:00 PM
Best Buy
400 E. Fordham Rd
The Bronx, NY
718.329.8788
Thursday April 9th 4:00 PM
Basement Mix Records
439 Crescent St
Brooklyn, NY 11208
347.663.5124
Click "Read More" To see a full tracklisting...
1 Pain & Torture
2 Can’t Stop Me featuring Ayanna Irish
3 Who's Real featuring Swizz Beatz & OJ Da Juiceman
4 Grind Hard featuring Mary J. Blige
5 Something Else featuring Young Jeezy
6 One More Step featuring Styles P
7 Stress Ya
8 What If featuring Nas
9 Things I've Been Through
10 I Tried featuring Avery Storm
11 Rocking With The Best featuring Pharrell
12 Smoking Gun featuring Jazmine Sullivan
13 Cartel Gathering featuring Ghostface Killah & Raekwon
14 Come And Get Me featuring S.I. & Sheek Louch
15 By My Side featuring Ne-Yo
16 BONUS: Letter To B.I.G. featuring Faith Evans
17 BONUS: Something Else Remix featuring Young Jeezy, Snyp Life, Bully, AP, Boo Rossini & Blood Raw
18 BONUS: Death Wish featuring Lil' Wayne
Air Yeezy: Beyond the Hype
If you know something about anything, you know that the Nike x Kanye West collaboration "Air Yeezy" sneakers released in one colorway this past weekend at a premium price of $215 dollars. People lined up for these. People resold these for more money. People went crazy about these.
Check out this vid by Davy Greenberg about what transcended this weekend.
Also, click "Read More" to see my own commentary on what I think about these kicks.
Originally found on NahRight.com
The Air Yeezy is one of the most expensive Nike sneakers as far as retail goes. At a price of $215, these beat out Foamposites as well as Air Jordan XVII's which came with a small suitcase and the Spiz'Ikes (If i can remember correctly).
Of course I'm going to go ahead and say, these were sold on the name alone. Kanye West, being the presence he is in the music industry (as gay as he may seem), holds name recognition. These were super-hyped. Although I like them aesthetically, I hate the fact that they're selling the name of an artist I don't even like. But hey... Who am I do discredit their marketing...
Friday, April 3, 2009
Legal Drug Money
If you know me well, you know I'm a music head. I mainly listen to rap/hip-hop as well as reggae, rnb, and jazz. But I'm a rap music type of guy.
Now we all know Illmatic is the greatest rap album of all time, or at least I think it is. That's so easy to tell though. What's the number 2? I'm going to give you my take on it. There are tons of rappers: Jay-Z, Rakim, Kool G Rap, Scarface, etc... that could take that number 2 title. That's cool... When it boils down to replay value, character, and approach I'm going to say Legal Drug Money is the number 2. Legal Drug Money wasn't like your typical album, commercialized to make sales. It was music made by certain type of people, and for certain people. Outside of New York City a lot of people don't know Mr. Cheeks, Spig Nice, Pretty Lou, and Freaky Tah (R.I.P.). They don't even know about LB Fam (which still gets repped in Queens). Maybe I'm partial from Queens but when I hear that album, knowing they talk about the same Linden Blvd that I walk up and down, it hits close to home.
Download Legal Drug Money (off iTunes of course. Pay for it you cheap bastards!)
Thursday, April 2, 2009
I'm A Trend Setter
Most people don't do this. But I'm not a real "blogger". I'm going to give you my blog roll. Why? Because I don't care if you know my sources and I want you to be up on all the other good stuff they post on their sites. I frequent:
Music
All Hip Hop -> Shout out to illseed with the rumors. Make sure you hit up the Ill Community
Nah Right -> NahRight got mad videos
Rap Radar -> New site but they got the drop on the latest info
SOHH -> Pretty much the same as All Hip Hop
Real Talk NY -> More info
Smarten Up Nas -> Nas is the GOAT but this site got good info
Rosenberg Radio -> Pete Rosenberg stay around NYC so much props to him
Cars
Carscoop -> Car info for all brands
BMW Blog -> Strictly BMW
Sneakers / Clothing
Sneaker Files -> Sneakers
Sole Collector -> Sneakers
ISS Forums -> Sneaker Forum
Hypebeast -> Clothing and Sneakers
HighSnobiety -> Clothing and Sneakers
The Hundreds -> The Hundreds and other industry info
C To The JL -> Sneakers, Clothing, industry info
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Hiatus
Son. I don't even know why i haven't updated in so long but... I'm back. School is winding down and everything is getting less hectic.
Stuff is gonna get major soon...
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Gaaaat Dayum! Rihanna got Iked
I haven't posted in a while but this brought me out of my hibernation. And GAAAAAATTTT DAYUMMMM is it ugly!
Courtesy of All Hip Hop www.allhiphop.com
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