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Showing posts with label Golden Age Hip Hop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Golden Age Hip Hop. Show all posts
Had to cop 2 tickets to there show in Toronto 2moro!!!
Dem days when you just stared the camera down and spit awesome lyrics...realness!!!
"Fight the power" It makes them understand...but too much power and you might get banned, so if you want Air Play...you can't be too black, and watch what you say" - EPMD (fuck I miss real rap music)
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Elmatic by Elzhi, comes out May 10th, and the project will conduct a track-by-track interpretation of NaS' classic debut, Illmatic. The most striking difference between the two LPs is the production; a six-piece band will provide organic instrumental takes on Illmatic's original beats. I've been listening to Elzhi's version of "Halftime" and already you can hear the subtle differences in the sound, from the bass line to the heavier drums.
Elzhi's flow, recalls that of NaS' classic verses while giving it its own Elzhi approach. For some time I've regarded Elzhi as Slum Village's greatest lyricist (though they were all good) Elzhi was to me "the Gza" of the group, the most prolific and eloquent. The accompanying video for this cut will drop this Wednesday (May 4th).
Donations for Kool Herc can be sent to: Kool Herc Production P.O. Box 20472, Huntington Station, NY 11746.
According to a statement made by DJ Premier on his Sirius XM satellite radio show, 'Live From HeadQCourterz,' hip-hop legend DJ Kool Herc has been hospitalized and is in need of financial support. While there's no specific details on Herc's illness, Premier claims that the hip-hop veteran's condition is deteriorating, and that he's without medical insurance.
"Kool Herc is very sick," Premier revealed. "For those that know about Hip-Hop, who we call the father of Hip-Hop, Kool Herc, is not doing well. It's funny how we have a father of a culture that still lives, where as in some cultures they are dead and gone even though they may still be worshipped or reflected on in some kind of way.
(Get Better Kool Herc)
The father of perhaps one of the wealthiest musical genre's is in distress, and this should be a wake up call to all and any who've profited from the genius of this musical inventor. If just on principle alone, the richest rappers should all pawn a diamond chain and contribute to the wellness of DJ Kool Herc.
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Disko Dave: I wanted to pay tribute to my filipino roots so I sample from filipino records here & there. This one's more grimey with an underground feel so it's jansport ready LOL. An emcee I used to work with used to say I was like a filipino premo so he used to always call me filipremo. Salute to my Better Beat bredren Antagonist for lacing me with the sample! i've been diggin' for filipino records for a hot minute, so to all my pinoys, if your mom or pops got any, tell auntie or uncle to get at me! haha!
KRS ONE: What we knew was hip-hop. We knew if we came out with what our people wanted to hear, that’s just what it is. It wasn’t on the radio, there’s no videos for it. We just said what we knew the block wanted to hear at the time. We knew we were changing the game.
Hip Hop was so rebellious but it had a message...if you really listened...nowadays rappers are just whores for that gucci and that Louie shit...materialism is cool...I want things to and I work hard for it...but where's the message? it kinda got lost along the way. They tell; get with it Malik...Hip Hop grew up...but I think it grew retarded...I think it's just a spoiled brat with more money, save but a few who still got the lyrical skill.
Anyway...I love this beat...and it's probably my favorite Onyx song!
I came by way of this news through DJ PREMIER'S BLOG, and I just wanna say for the record (R.I.P. to Guru and L.I.P. (Live in Peace) to DJ Premier, because if it weren't for those two men the Hip Hop/Jazz Genre may never have rose to the heights that it did in the mid 80's and that birthed the jazz influences in hip hop throughout the 90's.
Many of the legendary groups that dominated 90's Hip Hop had fall outs and differences of opinion, it was the trend of a changing music industry where some would say it went from great music to worse; and the politics that strangled rap music evidently did the same to the group that so many loved called Gang Starr. I look at these occurrences in music not with sadness but with an awakened optimism; for they are the lessons left for me to learn, and Guru was and is the right kind of example to learn from.
Th scandal that's ensued between the various parties all vying for control of who get's to handle Guru's affairs is the right of no one else but Guru (who made a choice by choosing that person to be his 7 year friend and producer Solar, probably his right of attorney in all legal matters). I respect Guru's decision, but I don't respect all of Solar's decisions to date. I applaud DJ Premier for posting up the information that has informed fans even if the official letter written by Guru's hand doesn't speak that favorably of DJ Premier (it shows class and respect on his part).
There has been a lot of confusion as to how Guru would have been able to write a letter given his condition at the time of Guru's final statement (some even suspect malicious tampering and manipulation by his current producer Solar). Regardless of whatever version of the story you want to ascribe to, one thing is for certain, Guru is now freed from the suffering that came as a result of the Cancer that he contracted; and for that at least his fans are grateful. May his music live in the hearts and minds of those who truly honored his style of Hip Hop, and maybe because of him in some small way Hip Hop is still not dead. I will endeavor to do my part to keep it alive also through the works of my movement I AM IN DEMAND.COM.
Legendary Rapper Keith "Guru" Elam, from the legendary rap duo "Gangstarr" is reported to have had a cardiac arrest and then shortly afterwards fell into a coma; and now he's in surgery according to Twitter. I AM IN DEMAND.COM is praying for him and his family...and we pray he come out of this ordeal in full standing order. I personally loved a lot of his albums, I even frequented shows where Gangstarr would perform and I can say with absolute certainty that Guru is one of my all time favorite lyricists, I'd hate to see an early unfortunate occurrence of any negative nature befall him.
Below: is a video featuring Brandford Marsalis & Terence Blanchard; theme from the Spike Lee directed motion picture Mo' Better Blues called "Jazz Thing" which contained the very sound that Gangstarr was famous for and the sound that it pioneered in Hip Hop.
De La Soul has teamed up with Kid Robot to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their album “3 Feet High and Rising”. The limited 3-pack of toys features all the group members (Maseo, Posdnuos and Trugoy) and will be available at Kid Robot stores on March 18th at a cost of $50
Every time the topic of old school Hip Hop comes up; Diamond D's name keeps coming up right beside all of the other obvious legendary choices. His first album was a classic and he is slept on for sure as a producer. Do yourself a favor just in case you might not know him and check him out!
Not the greatest Rap-Salesman in terms of Units sold, but a Real MC nonetheless with real potent delivery in his rhymes. From the way he states his words to the content within them, and especially the way he paints vivid pictures and illustrates raw imagery; he's been considered the battle-rapper type but I think he's more the battle-tested type. Styles P is probably one of the best lyricists out there, point blank PERIOD. Throughout the Hip Hop 90's and still within the new millennium: Styles P has always kept me listening to him, and that's because his lyricism has always remained top notch and he reminds me of an era in rap that I still prefer and like best. Peep his flow below...
Counter-cultures are always spawned from the segment of the society that doesn't fit into the mainstream. Hip Hop has always been about the risk taker...the true rebels, the in your face non-compliant exuberance of inner city youth. It translated in fashion, dance and in every other facet of art that it touched. I was born in the golden era of Hip Hop, 1979, all throughout the 80's and 90's I watched while a culture grew up...sometimes you didn't like what you saw, sometimes you understood, it was just brazen attitude in tune with the times of youthful rebellion. History shows eventually those counter-cultures get bastardized by Corporate America in one way or another, good or bad, and lose their truth and innocence. Before that happened to Hip Hop...there were guys like Afrika Islam.
