Disclaimer: I like Koopa, but this might be an all Chamillionaire WLotD week. He’s had a lot of questionable lines recently, which is probably a product of releasing so many punchline heavy verses. If you do that, you’re bound to have some that don’t quite come off. Herrrrrrrrre we go:
“When it come to fans, I got hella like copters”
–Chamillionaire, “What’s Up”
BTW, “What’s Up” is a new joint from Rhymefest featuring Cham and Jadakiss that just leaked last week. If you missed it, here you go:
Posted in Politics, Videos on August 4th, 2008 by Hyphen
Jay Smooth drops another one of his excellent vlogs, this time commenting on the faux news story regarding Luda’s Obama freestyle a few weeks back. As always, he’s on point. It’s annoying to see people with no understanding of our hip-hop culture talking about it on the news, but Jay makes a great point that Luda really should know better. There have been a bunch of less tactful Obama songs/references too, but none with as high a profile as this one. I knew it was going to be trouble when the story broke and some agencies were calling him an actor instead of rapper. That’s when you know you’ve made it to the next tier and your words are going to be given a lot more legitimacy, right or wrong.
As further proof that Obama is the perfect presidential candidate for the hip-hop generation, here’s a clip from earlier this year:
I agree completely, and it’s shocking to see that kind of intelligence and understanding from a politician. If you’re involved with hip-hop culture and NOT planning on voting for Obama, I’d love to know why. Not to say it’s not possible, but you better have some substantive policy disagreements…
I remember hearing Kardinal Offishall for the first time after stumbling upon his “U R Ghetto” joint (a classic, btw) during the Napster glory days in 2000. A couple years later, he dropped Quest For Fire: Firestarter, Vol. 1 and from then on, I was a huge fan. Nobody combines raw, lyrical, boom-bap hip-hop with dancehall/reggae as well as Kardi. We brought him through the Sound Session studio a few weeks back while he was here in Seattle to open up for Wyclef Jean. It was fun to meet him just cause I was a fan, but it was even doper to find out how cool and intelligent dude is. Definitely one of my favorite artists out there.
We talked all about his upcoming Not 4 Sale album, breaking into the mainstream with Akon, his background growing up in Toronto, the differences between the Canadian and American music industries, his dream collaboration, and much more. Like I said, he was mad cool, so we ended up having a real long discussion. If you want a front row seat, you can watch the entire interview above, or you can download the broadcast audio feed below:
How is it already August? How the hell did that happen? Anyway, here’s another fun episode of Sunday Night Sound Session for y’all to check out. We debuted a few brand new joints from Heltah Skeltah, Murs, and Skillz, along with bangers from Killer Mike, Elzhi, and more. I haven’t even seen that Murs cut (from his upcoming album) make its way around the blogs yet, so definitely check for that.
Also, we aired clips from our extensive interview with Kardinal Offishall (peep the whole thing here) and were joined in studio by the lovely Amanda Diva. Pr1me, an up and coming MC from Los Angeles, even called in to debut his new joint, “Enter-Lude.” You know what it is.
Show #166 (8-3-08)
Killer Mike ft. Ice Cube – “Pressure”
Nas – “Y’all My N****s”
Big Boi ft. Mary J. Blige – “Sumthin’ Gotta Give”
Animal Farm ft. KRS-One – “Peace” (Local Artist)
**INTERVIEW WITH PR1ME**
Pr1me – “Enter-Lude”
Kam Moye (aka Supastition) – “Where & Why”
Elzhi ft. Ayah – “The Leak”
**INTERVIEW WITH AMANDA DIVA, PT. 1**
DJ Semaj & Charles Herron ft. Joe Baker – “Less Steps” (Local Artist)
**INTERVIEW WITH KARDINAL OFFISHALL, PT. 1**
Kardinal Offishall ft. the Clipse – “Set It Off”
**INTERVIEW WITH KARDINAL OFFISHALL, PT. 2**
A.R.M. (Krukid & M.anifest) – “Delilah”
**INTERVIEW WITH AMANDA DIVA, PT. 2**
Amanda Diva – “Windows Over Harlem”
**INTERVIEW WITH AMANDA DIVA, PT. 3**
J-Steelz – “Maria” (Local Artist)
Murs – “Can It Be”
Heltah Skeltah – “Everything Is Heltah Skeltah”
Skillz ft. Black Thought (of the Roots) – “Hold Tight”
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Posted in Sports, Videos on August 4th, 2008 by Hyphen
Yessss. I was worried we wouldn’t see any more of these since some oversensitive people complained about Nike’s Hyperdunk Recovery Center ads. Perhaps the print versions will stay pulled, but the videos will continue to leak. Fine by me. Following in the tradition of Devante and Terry, Todd tells his story about how he ended up in rehab.
I decided last time to post one of my favorite dunks everytime a new ad drops, and the description of this posterization reminded me of when Hakim Warrick demonstrated what happens when you transfer away from my Arizona Wildcats. Actually, after watching Dennis Latimore play at Notre Dame, we probably didn’t want him anyway:
(I feel your pain man. The $100 Bentley fill ups are killing me too.)
CNN featured a fluff nice piece on Antwan recently, highlighting his politically charged video for “Sumthin’ Gotta Give.” I’m pleasantly surprised to see a network actually run a positive story about his beliefs, especially after Fixed News did their best xenophobic reporting on Luda last week. Sidenote: the massive Obama attack and smear campaign that we all expected is just kicking off. We have a long way to go, and the attacks will only get uglier and more illogical. This is when we have to work extra hard to dispell rumors and innuendo, so let’s all stay focused. gObama.
A little snippet of Kardinal, Solitair, and Lindo P performing “Dangerous” at a Pepsi DJ Division event in NYC a few days back. Seeing these dudes rock live is a sight to behold. In the interview with Kardi that I’ll post up tonight, he discusses the importance of his live show, how being raised by Jamaican parents in Toronto helped spark that energy, and a million other topics. Get ready, this interview is a long one. A couple more of these and I’m changing the show to Inside The Rappers Studio.
Here’s a dope little video of the homies Y-O, Thurz, and Swivll performing “Castlevania” from their Hip-Hop Official interview a little while back. I love that Y-O always breaks out that NES during this song. If you missed him doing just that at the Seattle DunkXchange a while back, the footage is up right here.
For time. Complete all reps of each exercise before moving to the next.
100 pull ups
100 push ups
100 sit ups
100 air squats
Last time was 21:33, so my goal for tonight was sub 20. Made it by 6 seconds, 19:54. Next time, I’ll aim for 19. Shout to my Foundation Crossfit people!
(LOL @ the Michael Eric Dyson shout…love that dude, pause)
The homies Tunji and Greg The Dude put together this video to introduce y’all to Krondon, Phil The Agony, and Mitchy Slick, collectively known as Strong Arm Steady. You really should already be up on ’em, but if you aren’t, this will get you the basic info. Be on the lookout for Arms & Hammers dropping later this year on Talib’s Blacksmith Music label. If you checked the last episode of Sound Session, you heard the lead single “Can’t Let It Go,” which is a perfect summertime West Best Coast joint. If you missed it, it’s your lucky day:
