Rock Steady Crew Celebrating 31st Anniversary July 24-27th!!!

Saturday, July 05, 2008 9:20:00 PM  


Taken from Allhiphop.com:

Legendary collective Rock Steady Crew (RSC) will celebrate 31 years of preserving Hip-Hop culture during its annual anniversary celebration. The four-day event will kick off with the celebrity benefit basketball challenge and Against The Grain Concrete B-boy/B-girl battle on July 24 at The Cage in New York City and conclude it’s celebration with a free all-day outdoor concert and food drive on July 27. The event will be held in conjunction with the third annual Lincoln Park Music Festival. "For some reason, Hip-Hop has that natural ability to bring people together and bridge the gaps that divide us, because of our common interest,” RSC Founder Crazy Legs told AllHipHop.com in a statement. “When people come to the RSC anniversary, it becomes more than the anniversary. It’s a pilgrimage to the Mecca of Hip-Hop.” Artists scheduled to perform include the Beatnuts, Buckshot, Craig G and Marley Marl, Sadat X, Soul Sonic Force, Positive K, Grand Master Caz, DJ Premier featuring NYG’z and others.

Anotha "Blendz" creation...

Sunday, June 15, 2008 9:04:00 PM  


check out some new and older joints i put up..
http://www.imeem.com/people/xfb-j-/music/sCtQA7fU/dj_blendz_global_warning/

1.Global Intro- A.G.
2.Killah Priest Interlude
3.Stolen Van Gogh- Killah Priest
4.Uncle Raheim- Consequence
5.Bad Girl- Bishop Lamont & Black Milk
6.Bring Ya'll Back- Pete Rock/Little Brother
7.Hood Is Crazy- Blaq Poet
8.Thief's Theme(Face Valyou Remix)- Nas
9.Motown 25- Elzhi feat. Royce 5'9
10.The Brownout- Sputnik Brown
11.3rd World- Immortal Technique
12.Say It Now- EMC
13.Pretty Baby- Buff 1
14.Return Of The Bad Guy- Beanie Sigel
15.Hit 'Em- Royce 5'9
16.Letter To Obama- Joell Ortiz feat. Dante Hawkins
17.Stay Cool- The Roots
18.Woman Tonite- Felt(Murs & Atmos)
19.The Coolest- Lupe Fiasco
20.Walk Around- Ghostface Killah
21.The Show- Talib Kweli
22.We Remember- Freeway
23.Hip Hop Died- Skillz
24.The Formula- Buckshot/9th Wonder
25.Cool As A Fan- Little Brother
26.Young Vets- Prodigy
27.New York- AZ/Raekwon/Ghost
28.El Da Sensei Instrumental
29.Pray 4 Me- Reks

Tribute to Weezy...

Wednesday, June 04, 2008 11:47:00 AM  


Being that Mr. "F*** THE DJ'S" Weezy is feelin' himself so much this one's for u.

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.7054/title.doo-w**-airs-new-video-against-lil-waynes-remarks

"HOLD THAT"..

R.I.P. Camu Tao(1977-2008)

Sunday, June 01, 2008 8:54:00 PM  


I know im a bit late on this news but condolences to the family of Def Jux artist Camu Tao who died of lung cancer May 24th. Here are some of his peers thoughts on Tao taken away too early

El-P: " We, his friends and family, have truly had our collective hearts broken by his passing. Not only because of the loss of our friend, but because of the loss of his contribution to those who never knew what we knew about his talent and his potential. He was the secret that no one wanted to keep, and we always knew that one day his vision and his heart could change music forever the way he changed all of our lives. His departure from us all one month away from his 31st birthday is nothing less than a tragedy...nothing less than a crime. He was a gift to us all, and he is irreplaceable. Rest in peace, Mu. We will love you forever. May god bless you and your family."

Aesop Rock: "He was a brother to me. This is all beyond devastating. Please keep him in your thoughts."

Tame One: "A Good Friend.. A Great Person.. A Great Producer. Cancer Claimed Him. Tameoner Misses him. ..S*** Iz Ill.. Taken Away Too Fukn Soon."

Akrobatik: "I had the honor of being on the road with Camu in '05 during the Def Jux Presents Vol. 2 tour, and immediately got along with dude. He was just such a genuinely good guy. Always had everyone crackin' up and in good spirits. He was a strong brother, both physically and spiritually, and his talents were far too underrated. As a producer, emcee, and songwriter, Camu Tao held it down officially. On tour, he also became my arch nemesis on the video game s***, which lends to hours of bonding. Camu was a special person, and his family, the Jux Crew, and hip-hop have lost someone that is truly irreplaceable. He told me he looked up to me; now I hope he will be looking down on me. I intend to make him proud, and I'm sure that the rest of his friends and colleagues in this rap s*** feel the same."

Cage: "Tero had been fighting lung cancer for the past 2 years of his life on chemo. He didn't want to go public until recently. His time was cut way too f***** short. Music was his life. His pain and suffering is over. His music will live forever."


My personal favorite Camu joint

http://www.undergroundhiphop.com/audio/detail.asp?ID=6499

Monkey-see,Monkey do syndrome...

Sunday, June 01, 2008 8:40:00 PM  


Akrobatik speaks on the latest trend in hip hop. Thanx AK,a breath of fresh air in the era of the wack-ness...

Oh my God. Most of you guys know that I work for a commercial radio station. So, like it or not I am exposed to all of the "hip-hop" that is currently dominating the airwaves. Now, normally I just sit back and watch wackness take place; complaining about it gets old (especially since for some reason people who are not rich immediately accuse you of "hating" if you are critical of someone who is rich. After all, they are getting their money, how can you "hate"?). But not this time. I gotta speak.

Roger Troutman is the earliest memory I have of someone using the Vocoder voice modulator in order to get that effect that T-Pain always has on his voice. In the last couple of weeks, I have heard Lil Wayne, Snoop, Yung Berg, Beyonce, 50 Cent and G-Unit, and more all jumping on the voice modulation bandwagon. I'm calling it out - WORST. GIMMICK. EVER. It was wack when Cher brought it back, even wacker when Janet brought it back. What's happening now is ri-god-damn-diculous.


The fact that people have to reach so deep into the gimmick bag to try to make hits is pathetic. What's even more pathetic is this monkey-see monkey-do s*** that causes everyone to jump on the same b******* gimmick at the same moment in history. If the vocoder in rap and R&B was so hot, why is it just now, 30 years after Zapp and Roger, that people are deciding at the same time that it's the s***? It's simple, muthafuckas are having such a hard time staying relevant that once one artist finds a gimmick that works, all the other guys who don't wanna be left behind jump on the s*** too.


It reminds me of when everyone was doing the Das Efx "miggity-diggity" style. Everyone bit that s***, myself included. My excuse is that I was a just-getting-started high school student trying to rap.

What is these people's excuse?

I read an article in this week's Improper Bostonian proclaiming that the biggest problem in today's hip-hop music and music in general is the blatant lack of creativity. They couldn't be more right. Just as I've written this blog, I've heard four consecutive songs at the station where I work that all used the Vocoder gimmick. It's so corny that it's laughable. It's so crazy to me that in this day and age the music consumer still falls for the same hook and ladder every time. Or maybe it's because every year there is a new batch of 16 year old girls that think juvenile 30 year olds are hot. I dunno. Either way, we are in a dark, dark, dark, dark, dark, dark era in music.


I'm about to tour Brazil, where people are really anxious to see me perform, and have been bumpin my music for a while. There's no vocoder, no flashy jewelry, no thug posing, no half-naked hoes letting me pour champagne on them, yet somehow what I do is appreciated there and in many other parts of the world simply for what I like to think it is - good music. Many of the artists I respect and work with can say the same thing, and will probably also tell you that people in the States are more sheltered than we are willing to admit about the music we listen to, food we eat, information we absorb, etc.


Gimmicks come and go in music, especially rap. There was that moment when everyone was doing double-time raps, and now there is the post-industry collapse loverboy thug (which I ain't totally mad at - at least they put the guns down). This voice modulation gimmick is so dominant in commercial music though, that it is making the entire current batch of pop professionals look like some serious hacks. I just wanna hear one of these guys say "hey I just did it because everyone else was, I don't really give a f*** whether it's good or not".


C'mon Fiddy, step up!

Anyway, I gave up on a massive hip-hop fan revolt against wackness a long time ago. It's not happening. People take what's handed to them because that's what's easiest. So we know who is gonna be in control of the ears of young America for the foreseeable future...

I mean, if there is anyone who thinks this vocoder s*** is anything short of pitiful, please, by all means step in and speak your mind. I never think that my opinion is the only one that matters, and I will eat my hat if you can convince me that this is not the WORST. GIMMICK. EVER!!

Peace and Guidance

A to the MF K

R.I.P.
Camu Tao - An artist with actual talent and creativity!

PS - I am not discrediting anyone's talents or abilities, just naming some people who used this tired gimmick recently. Just facts

AK--Remind my soul

http://www.last.fm/music/Akrobatik/_/Remind+My+Soul