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I AM IN DEMAND.COM ™ - is the personal blog opinions of account executive & marketer Malik Melech Solomon whose based out of Toronto, Canada. This Blog filters out the noise and feeds on insatiable intellectual curiosity. Discussing the potentialities of the Human Mind, tastemakers/influencers in technology, marketing & advertising, arts & music, philanthropy and entrepreneurship. Malik works within the field of Brand Development and Perception Management (A 200 Billion Dollar Industry). His strength is translating urban culture to the corporate sector in a post-Obama world. He blogs about the world's modern day digital hustle. He strives to be a voice of conscience online, bringing an alternative perspective to your computer screen. This is why secretly - He is your favorite blogger's favorite blogger.
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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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I'm as eclectic as it gets with my hip hop preferences, MF Doom, Madlib, rappers like Blu, and anything jazz inspired with classical undertones is my kinda ish when I'm not listening to anything mainstream. This music is from a Japanese producer named Nujabes (whose no longer living, but his music lives on)
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.
It was loads of fun shooting this Video with one of my now favorite Director's to work with...Andre Rehal...because I'm a witness first hand of his directional and artistic vision, piecing together wonderfully, a video that you will all get to see very soon. It's currently being edited to a newer version of the song; that will be available for download along with the release of the new video itself. Stay tuned...because all of what your seeing was "Almost NeVr" if people of vision hadn't gotten together and made things happen.
"Sep" was featured in a showcase for Emerging URBAN Artists called: "Follow Your Instinct!" it takes place on the last Thursday of Every Month inside Harlem Restaurant - which is at 67 Richmond Street E. in Downtown Toronto; and it's hosted by Toronto's own, Flow 93.5's Real Frequency Show DJ Musiklee Inzane.
So make sure you come see our artist named Sep (and the many other performances) this Thursday, March 25, 2010 at Harlem Restaurant, 67 Richmond St. E. Toronto. Sep's performance will be backed by a 4-piece band called “The Movement Band”.
This has been a highly anticipated, long awaited for Mixtape (because everything this guy gets on I wanna listen to). He's an MC named Frank Ramz from the Bronx, whose previous work had floored me just when I had begun to turn my ears away from most Rap Music.
I wanted to listen to the tracks before posting as other blogs had already done; so that way I could give you all the run-down on what I actually liked. First off: this mixtape differs from his previous projects because naturally this mixtape is called Frankenstein (it's the inner monster, the beast within, meant to be the more aggressive and tenacious side of Frank Ramz).
Tracks that I liked right away were: The Terrorist, Quick Strike, Monster Bash, More Sober Thoughts, Dope $#!T’ (and especially ‘Give Me Room’ mainly because he shouts me out at the end of the song, and for the record Ramz (if your reading this) the support is always there brotha, just keep making dope music.
About this project he had this to say:
"This tape was basically done in one day, just me letting out a side of me that I usually keep hidden. Me talking a whole lot of sh*t!! But I definitely had fun making it and I hope you all enjoy this. BIG SHOUT OUT to my brother Vick from Reupspot.com for helping me put this one together!
*Frankly Speaking...* & *Quite Frankly...* are coming soon...don't worry, they won't be anything like this. This is like an appetizer and those 2 projects will be the main courses"
-Ramzy
1. Frankenstein Intro 2. Practice Run 3. Turbulence 4. Heaven Sent 5. What It’s Hitting Like 6. The Terrorist 7. Monster Bash 8. More Sober Thoughts 9. Juiced Up! 10. Dope $#!T 11. Give Me Room 12. Quick Strike (Extended Version) 13. 150% 14. Get Right To It
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.
Behind the Scenes of the 1st shoot, from a sky rise Balcony in downtown Toronto. An Artist in the making...
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He's a Prodigy of I AM IN DEMAND.Com and Whole Wheat Brothers Music. This is a view of me on deck as I observe the workings on set, one of the locations was near Dundas Square in Downtown Toronto. We got metric tons of brilliant footage to be edited and I'm hoping my blog readers love this authentic sounding Hip Hop Video (the beat produced by I AM IN DEMAND.COM).
Looking over the drawings (because every proper video has a storyline) and these were some of the depictions that were sketched by the Direction Crew. Working with Director Andre Rehal was a pleasure and a learning experience.
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This was on (Day 3) of 'Sep's Video "Dot City" in the broken down Toyota Corolla as stated in the actual song itself...so he's showing you his humble beginnings before you can see his eventual growth as it is right now! Watching Sep's humility while on set was a reminder to me of just how sincere I found him to be as a lyricist, this guy always keeps it 100% real!!!
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Director Andre Rehal and his crew took shots from the hood of the car & then they took shots from the side with another kind of Cam, always changing the lens for different kinds of wide views. If you look closely (the picture below) at the display screen attached to the camera you can see a shot captured of 'Sep' wearing his hat while in the back seat...lol.
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Needless to say...it was long hours...sometimes repetitive, but overall enjoyable, because nothing feels better then the feeling of accomplishment. And after each of the shoots on each of the 3 days we'd all go out like one big family and have a celebratory dinner (Mozel Tov), excited about creating another piece of what will be Toronto's legend.
Everyone whose plugged into the nostalgia of underground hip hop has heard of JAY ELECTRONICA and his tracks entitled "Exhibit A and Exhibit C" - songs that have been co-signed by some of the biggest heavyweights in Rap, proclaiming them among the other gems created with producer 'Just Blaze' as "straight classics". Instrumentals to these classic songs have been leaked and I must say that there are a lot of rappers making (EXHIBIT B.S) out of what are really dope songs by the original artist.
But every now and then there comes along a version that might catch your ear, and one such version heralds from Toronto, Canada, spawned by the lyrical mind bending genius of a rapper named SEP, who comes in on the second verse; after the feature of another talented up and coming rapper from Toronto named Ashton Martin. Needless to say I was thoroughly impressed, and I had to sign this brotha to my management company right away...and he's now I AM IN DEMAND.Com affiliated.
Every Tuesday - Free before 9:00pm @ Where Else Pub & Lounge - and that's at 3351 Ellesmere Road in Toronto; there's a premier weekly showcase called Roc Da Mic. Below there is a snippet of a performance by Sep at Roc Da Mic where 'Sep' won the competition and has been deemed Artist of the Week.
From Toronto: "Ken Masters" takes a stab at Jay Electronica's smash - "Exhibit A" and does a remake of the track and mirrors the overall tone and amber of the feel contained within the original. He does a spin-off of a few of Drake's rhymes as a footnote of Toronto's signiture style while adding many of his own signitures. Ken Masters has opened in arenas for platinum selling artists, such as Young Buck, Mario, Inspectah Deck of the Wu-Tang Clan, and also has wrapped up a west coast tour with Rapper The Game. I thought this track by him was pretty well done, compared to alot of what I've heard out there recently. Download and take a listen...
Jay predicts that it will be a Cowboys-Jets Super Bowl (I personally don't think the Jets will make it lol). More TM 103 talk. Trey’s future plans. Jay touches on "prestigous clubs" and how his being from the Marcy Projects doesn't enable him that kinda access (I think it's been a long time since then, your on Oprah for god sakes lol). He talks about Beanie Siegal beef. The New Blood: Drake, Lupe and also Jay likes the song entitled “Exhibit C” by Jay Electronica.
Glad to see that Diddy knows Fasting is a powerful mental and physical tool! lol
Anyway... Jay Electronica has yet to release a full-length album but his music so far has been made available through the internet, single by single, he has managed to garner for himself airplay on some of the most heavyweight radio stations across North America; and he is in my opinion (after Drake's commercial success) the next unreleased artist to cause a major paradigm shift in Hip Hop. I've compiled a bunch of songs I had on my PC, all downloads I had gotten over the last year or so of Jay Electronica content, I hope you enjoy, burn em and bang em out in your car.
Pay attention to real wizardry and the art of wordplay! Few can do it like Jay Electronica!!!
I never got shook up by talks of Illuminati I'm from where niggas talk that talk then walk around the streets all day carrying heat like the human body stress -- we mastered that death -- we laugh at that!
Rapper Fashawn is definitely killing it right now! He is already basking in the huge buzz he’s created and is touring with Ghostface. The young emcee has a superb flow and is definitely doing his hometown of Fresno, California proud. In anticipation of his official debut, Boy Meets World, Fashawn and The Alchemist collaborate for The Antidote. There’s some heat on here–get acquainted with him! The link below is the precursor to his much anticipated album, Boy Meets World, Due 10/20/2009
