Fort Lauderdale’s Butta Verses is an honorary member of our hip-hop community here in Seattle and he recently leaked some unreleased videos to the net. Above is “Round and Round” featuring Choklate (what up Chok!) and after the jump, you can catch the visuals for “Work.” Both joints are produced by the big homey BeanOne. Neither of these songs will be on Butta’s new album, Reality BV, dropping September 16th, but look out for a video for the single, “If I Die,” coming real soon!
The Blacksmith fam just released another video clip from Talib’s last album, Eardrum, this one featuring the legendary KRS-One. Shout to Tunj and the homies for helping put together the footage of Talib and KRS at the Shrine Auditorium down in L.A.. Good stuff.
400m run
30 kettlebell swings
15 dive bomber pushups
I got 5 rounds even. That was my first time doing dive bomber pushups, they’re no joke. If you don’t have kettlebells handy at your gym, you can use dumbbells. This is a good workout, it’ll drop you. Shout to Dru and the Foundation Crossfit fam!
Seattle people remember, you can join us for these free workouts every Saturday at noon. The details are on their site and it’s a great way to break into crossfit.
All Hip-Hop caught up with Murs at the Democratic National Convention for a quick interview. Aside from talking a little politics and imploring y’all to vote, he answers one of the weirdest questions I’ve ever heard by bigging up Seattle’s own Jake One. Murs over “Rock KoKaine Flow”? I’d love to hear it. Better yet, I’d love to see Murs and Jake link up for a track or two…
New unofficial video for Tip’s “Gettin’ Up” single swiped from OKP. Speaking of Q-Tip and Rock The Bells, despite a bit of a scare, it’s now confirmed: A Tribe Called Quest WILL be performing at RTB in Washington! Whew, that was a close one. September 6th at the Gorge, be there!
Posted in Politics, Videos on August 26th, 2008 by Hyphen
(Memo to the Repubs: She loves this country.)
If you missed our next first lady speak at the Democratic National Convention last night, here’s the video of her speech. It’s late, so I won’t go into much detail, but the basic idea behind this week is to make sure everyone in America gets to know Barack and Michelle as much as possible. Too many people are still using the excuse of “I don’t know much about him” when explaining why they’re hesitant to vote for Obama. If you disagree with his positions, that’s fine. Vote for the candidate who believes what you believe. But if you just don’t know enough about the Obamas, that’s your fault. Educate yourself. I strongly recommend that everyone read The Audacity of Hope as soon as possible. Read up on the issues. This election is too important for people to be lazy. For real.
Some people are also falling for the despicable, false, and at their core, racist, attacks that Barack and Michelle are somehow “others,” not like the rest of us. The Republican attack machine smartly depends on the naivete and downright ignorance of American voters, so this is the year where all that needs to change. They’re trying to tell you that the Obamas are different. They’re too radical. They don’t love America. They’re doing this for selfish, personal reasons. They’re not like us.
False. They are us. They are the symbol of progression and the embodiment of all that is possible in our country when you work hard and do things the right way. Yes, they are from outside the system. With a broken, prejudiced system in place since our founding, that’s exactly what we need. It’s time to move into the future and catch up to the rest of the world. It’s time for change.
Use this week to watch as much of the Convention as possible and educate yourselves on the issues and the candidates. Make sure you and your friends are registered to vote. It’s time we take responsibility.
Posted in Art, Sports on August 26th, 2008 by Hyphen
Fireworks over the Bird’s Nest during the Closing Ceremonies
The Big Picture followed up their excellent shots of the Opening Ceremonies with a set of wrap up pictures from the Olympics. Here are a few of my favorites:
The star of the Games, Usain Bolt, dusting the field in the 200m.
Lolo Jones after her heartbreaking loss in the 100m hurdles.
Australia’s Matthew Mitcham still can’t believe he won gold with a flawless final dive in the 10m platform.
Inside the Bird’s Nest during the Closing Ceremonies.
You can see the rest of the pictures in high quality here.
“I’m hot, but the car cool/
She wet, that’s a carpool/
Been in that water since a youngin’, you just shark food/
Quick Draw McGraw, I went to art school”
–Lil’ Wayne, “Fireman”
I bet Cam’s mad he didn’t spit that. Wayne saw Jeezy take yesterday’s WLotD and said he’s not giving up the top spot without a fight.
Ok, it’s official, this is my new favorite video. You may remember part of this being used in a commercial for Graduation when it first dropped, and apparently it was also bootlegged from a Takashi Murakami exhibit a while back as well. Luckily, we finally get it in good quality, and, as expected, it’s dope as hell. The only thing wrong with this song is that ‘Ye set up the opening of the 3rd verse so perfectly to rhyme my real name and then never did. Boo.
John’s been slowly starting to unleash music from Evolver, first “Good Morning” at the end of the “Green Light” video, and now a live performance of “If You’re Out There” at the Democratic National Convention that kicked off today in Denver. When I spoke to John last month for Sound Session, he talked extensively about this song and the reasons why he wrote it. If you missed that interview, you can peep it here.
Between John’s performance, Edward Kennedy’s inspirational appearance, and Michelle Obama’s excellent speech, the Convention is off to a great start. Kanye, N.E.R.D., and Wyclef are supposed to be doing something out there this week, so hopefully video of those performances will hit the net too.
