I'm mad late on blogging this, but a fire actually took down some businesses in Flushing, Queens a few days ago. Coincidentally, I was around that section of Flushing before the fire happened. The next day I noticed this....
Yeah, they decided to demolish the place. Probably due to safety concerns. Check out NY1 for the full scoop.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Fire in Flushing....
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Ludacris, Nas & Jay-Z on a track together.....
SO I was checking out SOHH and came across this little tidbit of news that got me even more excited about the upcoming Ludacris album. Peep the news from Gyant:
Chris teamed up with T-Pain, Lil' Wayne, Chris Brown, Rick Ross, Spike Lee, Chris Rock, Ving Rhames, T.I., Plies, Jaime Foxx, the Trackmasters, 9th Wonder, Don Cannon and DJ Premier on his musical project. But, the record that's going to have all the hip-hop heads gagging is the record that teams Ludacris up with Jay-Z and Nas.
That's right, SOHH Atlanta can exclusively reveal that the other "King Of The South" has just upped the ante by securing the creme de la creme of rap music. The song is called "I Do It For Hip-Hop" and its F-I-Y-A-H! [Goose, drop a bomb on that!] Now you already know that if my hatin' ass co-signs a tune, then it's got to be ill.
It's easily the song of the year. OMG!
But it gets better because for anyone who thinks that Ludacirs isn't a real MC anymore, or that he's fallen off - needs to get this album. No matter what your hip-hop level is, Ludacris' got you.
Sounds crazy! I know when they previewed the album in Tribeca last month they didn't mention this song whatsoever. Perhaps, they knew hyping something like this up might cause it to leak. Something tells me that in the next month or so it'll probably leak, especially if the critical reception is as good as Gyant's.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Ahhh...Wish I had Gone...
Here's a vid of that DJ Whoo Kid Bday Bash that I missed out on a few weeks back....
Monday, October 27, 2008
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Cool Mos Def Widget....
Someone sent me this widget. It features a song off of Dante's next project. Song is tough. Production sounds dope--definitely check this out...
Visually Bloggable: Keri Hilson ft. Timbaland "Return The Favor"
I'm a few days late with this, but got this in my inbox...
All this CMJ event friven stuff had me slippin...
Saturday, October 25, 2008
More CMJ Week Hijinx....
Last night Hackman, Loj, Kingpin Kel and I hit up The Fort--an indie musician event put together by the good folks at Fader Magazine & Levi's...
The event was dope! I wanted to go back again tonight, but the weather's been wild crazy. Shout-outs to Shanae, T, Flip, Charles Hamilton, Melo-X, Jeff & Eric of ItsTheReal.com (2nd time this week!) & the folks at Best Western that let me use the restroom.
Friday, October 24, 2008
Pics from Oct 22nd @ SOB's
Sorry I didn't get these up sooner. I just signed up for Photobucket and have been trying to figure out the many functions available.
Shout-outs to the following: Hackman, Donny Goines, ESSO, Steve-O, Precize, Tanya Morgan, Che Grand, Skyzoo, DJ K-Salaam, Sucio Smash, P.Casso, Nola Darling, Homeboy Sandman (the ENTIRE AOK COLLECTIVE), Mickey Factz, Amanda Diva, the Cool Kids, Blu, Mainframe, New Jack Hustle, Okayplayer, Akilah, Yvette, Mikey Fresh, DJ Du Rag (and the ENTIRE WRONG CROWD), Pac Div, Lowkey (of YouHeardThatNew), It's The Real (Jeff & Eric whatup!)...anyone else I missed, just remind me and I got you. Man that was a long ight. Good music, good people--what more can I ask.
Also: Shout-outs to Duck Down, Freelance, Shucky Duck, & The Liberator Magazine
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Monday, October 20, 2008
Visually Bloggable: Sarah Palin on SNL (Weekend Update)
Between this and Andy Samberg's "Chronicle of Narnia" rap from a few years ago, I'm almost convinced SNL has kept Hip-Hop alive. Props to the Bodega for the find.
CMJ Showcase @ DROM Tomorrow Night!
Hey folks,
Tomorrow night DROM NY will be having a CMJ showcase featuring some of hip-hop/soul's (can I call it soul-hop?), best and brightest stars. Feel free to come through--admission is only $10!
Any journalists, writers, bloggers, etc. if you would like to cover this event, let me know!
Hope to see everyone there!
For any more info click here.
Any journalists, writers, bloggers, etc. if you would like to cover this event, let me know!
Hope to see everyone there!
For any more info click here.
Random News...
Haven't done this in a minute...
Drug-related killings in Mexico traumatizing the youth....(via NY Times)
UN worker killed in Somalia...(via BBC)
Developing video games the new hot college topic... (LA Times)...I can definitely see this major becoming a great field to get into. The music industry is dead, but video games aren't.
Colin Powell endorses Obama...(via Reuters)...I watched his interview yesterday morning. Powell brought up a lot of good points...
Bruce Springsteen & Billy Joel endorse Obama...(via Billboard)
Google CEO endorses Obama...(via Wall Street Journal)...it's like a last minute endorsement fest. Now if Obama gets an endorsement from Steve Jobs, I will buy one of those Obama t-shirts that I constantly vent about.
Bill of Rights for Veterans...(via MTV)...a very important issue that seemingly never gets discussed...
Long Island Music Hall of Fame inducting LL Cool J & Public Enemy...(via HipHopDX)
Sarah Palin on SNL gives show a boost...(via NY Times)...yeah I watched some of the episode. Lol, the beginning was good, but that Weekend Update was "Visually Bloggable"-worthy.
Apple not worried about recession?...(via Silicon Alley Insider)
Visually Bloggable: "Special" Trailer
I know I been gone for a minute. My bad...
Michael Rapaport plays a guy who takes drugs that give him the illusion that he has super powers. Sounds like my life story. Definitely want to check this out.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Wow That's Pretty Messed Up...
Via Brave New Films
As weird as it may sound, I think I may have had a harder time watching this than Cannibal Holocaust. Not that blatant racism is anything new, nor is it anything that I haven't experienced myself, but it's almost cringe-worthy watching it play out during a presidential campaign.
Much like when I watched Cannibal Holocaust, my immediate thoughts are of the "civil" society we live in. I mean this is how McCain's audience really views an Ivy-league educated, bi-racial lawyer from Hawaii?
I know it's not a laughing matter, but for some reason I also think of the Borat movie from a few years back. Despite it's humor, the underlying idea behind the movie was that it was about a man pretending to be a perpetual foreigner who goes about his daily routine in America, only to expose it's ignorance (while, perhaps, exposing his own). I guess this election has exposed even more of it.
Come Through...
Hey folks,
For those that don't know (and do know), I've been on board to help promote this event. If you're situated in th NYC area, please come through to Gallery Bar on Thursday night and come celebrate with Emperial Nation as they celebrate the release of their fall line. For more info check out the Emperial Nation site.
Big shout-outs to the co-sponsors:
The Tastemakers Society
Red Bull
Atlantic Records
Premium Laces
Acclaim Mag
Frank 151
SoNu
Come by and enjoy the funky, fresh soulful tunes of 2 Hungry Brothers while checking out the latest that Emperial Nation has to offer!
See you all there!
Monday, October 13, 2008
Wow, People Are Taking This Sarah Palin Thing Kind of Far
Nude painting of Sarah Palin via Beneath The Brand by way of Babble
Here's a quote from Babble :
Old Town Ale House has some new wall art. The portrait was done by Bruce Elliot, bar owner, and he said of the piece, "I don't see how [Palin] could be offended by this. I made her into a sex figure."
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Social Interventionism...
I'm like a good 4-5 days late with this, but better late than never. So I was looking at the NY Times the other day and came across this article. Here’s an excerpt:
WASHINGTON — Having tried without success to unlock frozen credit markets, the Treasury Department is considering taking ownership stakes in many United States banks to try to restore confidence in the financial system, according to government officials.
Treasury officials say the just-passed $700 billion bailout bill gives them the authority to inject cash directly into banks that request it. Such a move would quickly strengthen banks’ balance sheets and, officials hope, persuade them to resume lending. In return, the law gives the Treasury the right to take ownership positions in banks, including healthy ones.
Hey isn’t this what I was talking about a few weeks ago?
I mean f’ing A, I didn’t think this would actually happen….
I did a bit of poking around and found the form of socialism I was talking about, according to Wikipedia, is called social interventionism:
...an ideology which involves the intervention of a government or an organization in social affairs.[1] Such policies can include provision of charity or social welfare as a means to alleviate social and economic problems of people facing financial difficulties; provision of health care; provision of education; provision of safety regulations for employment and products; delivery of food aid or recovery missions to regions or countries negatively affected by an event; adoption programs; etc.
To be fair, this may not necessarily be a bad thing--especially since it seems that the world economy is suffering now too.
I guess the real question is, if the government does nationalize the banking system, how much of a free market do we truly live in?
Another Movie Night...
So Neurotic Neuron, Professor P and I had nothing better to do on a Saturday evening but watch this movie....
Yes, we really had nothing better to do on a Saturday night but to watch one of the most controversial films of the 20th Century. So outrageous was this film that the director was arrested on the grounds that he had produced a snuff film, and was not released until all of the actors proved that they were still alive.
This was by far the most disturbing film I think any of us had ever seen (although Oldboy is in the running). All of the animal executions in the movie were real and the make-up and effects are so well, done you could see how the Italian court might have believed that this was real.
I don't want to go into much detail, since a majority is too graphic for most people to stomach on a Sunday afternoon. There are some positives to the movie. At it's essence, the movie is a criticism of "civilized" society. The way the West views itself in comparison to indigenous people, has often been looked at as debatable and controversial topic. The quote-unquote "civilized" society has often deemed indigenous tribes as crude, less-advanced, backwards and dangerous due to their practices. However, the discovery and treatment of these indigenous people by members of this "civilized" society has often been even more cruel and unusual than the culture that they wish to domesticate. This theme runs concurrent in the last half of the Cannibal Holocaust.
So despite the grotesqueness, there was a message made that was muddled by the over-the-top gore and extreme use of animal cruelty. Then again, it's not as if the "civilized" society has to worry about this...
This was by far the most disturbing film I think any of us had ever seen (although Oldboy is in the running). All of the animal executions in the movie were real and the make-up and effects are so well, done you could see how the Italian court might have believed that this was real.
I don't want to go into much detail, since a majority is too graphic for most people to stomach on a Sunday afternoon. There are some positives to the movie. At it's essence, the movie is a criticism of "civilized" society. The way the West views itself in comparison to indigenous people, has often been looked at as debatable and controversial topic. The quote-unquote "civilized" society has often deemed indigenous tribes as crude, less-advanced, backwards and dangerous due to their practices. However, the discovery and treatment of these indigenous people by members of this "civilized" society has often been even more cruel and unusual than the culture that they wish to domesticate. This theme runs concurrent in the last half of the Cannibal Holocaust.
So despite the grotesqueness, there was a message made that was muddled by the over-the-top gore and extreme use of animal cruelty. Then again, it's not as if the "civilized" society has to worry about this...
Friday, October 10, 2008
Visually Bloggable: Common "Universal Mind Control" Video!
I'm a few days late with this but heck, I'll go for it...
I know I wasn't feeling this song too much before, but the it gets cool points now because of the video. You get cool points for good art direction.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Audibly Bloggable: Sophia Fresh ft. Kanye West "What It Is"
So I received this song in my inbox...
Naturally, T-Pain produced this. This vocoder thing is getting a bit excessive.
Naturally, T-Pain produced this. This vocoder thing is getting a bit excessive.
Visually Bloggable: The Cool Kids "Delivery Man" Video
A few weeks back I attended an event celebrating Green Label Sounds and the Cool Kids came out performing this. I like the beat on this.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Visually Bloggable: Kanye's "Love Lockdown" Premier on Ellen
It's not usual for me to do 2 Visually Bloggables in a row, but heck, why not...
By way of Nah Right
Over-the-top. Non-sensical. Artistic. Exploitive.
Brilliant.
Why is it brilliant? I'm not really sure. But everything about it (including the actual song) taps into the general Kanye fanbase and once again delivers the non-conventional music tapestry that made over a million people buy his last joint and even twice as many to buy a pair of blindfold sunglasses.
Maybe that's why I'm a fan. It's the mere thought me not quite sure why I like the song, but knowing that I like it. For whatever reason, every time Kanye has dropped an album he's either mirrored the same feelings I was feeling at the moment, or foreshadowed how I would be feeling. And I know I'm not the only one. Anyone bumping him is more than likely feeling the same way.
Maybe that's why I'm a fan. It's the mere thought me not quite sure why I like the song, but knowing that I like it. For whatever reason, every time Kanye has dropped an album he's either mirrored the same feelings I was feeling at the moment, or foreshadowed how I would be feeling. And I know I'm not the only one. Anyone bumping him is more than likely feeling the same way.
Visually Bloggable: Keating Economics: John McCain & The Makings of a Financial Crisis
Very interesting video. I'm wondering if the Reps are going to fire back. I can already hear the murmurs of "that darn liberal media bias".
Monday, October 6, 2008
Yellow Rebel x Nike Vandal High Vintage
Pic courtesy of Nice Kicks.
My Vandals finally came this past weekend. Didn't take any vanity shots of them, but snapped a few pics while I wa waiting for the bus...
I liked the vintage-ness of them. For whatever reason I always buy new black sneakers come Fall. I've also had my eyes on the Air Jordan 19/4 pack that came out the other month, and I been anticipating the 20/3 pack that's supposed to come out.
I liked the vintage-ness of them. For whatever reason I always buy new black sneakers come Fall. I've also had my eyes on the Air Jordan 19/4 pack that came out the other month, and I been anticipating the 20/3 pack that's supposed to come out.
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Audibly Bloggable: B.o.B
I been meaning to listen to this cat for a minute and Bodega Steve passed some music of his along to me. I'm not going to lie, his music is unique and the Andre 3000 comparisons have probably lit up the internet already. For more of his music check out his Myspace.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
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