The Audacity of Dope

I tried to put y’all up on Fortilive damn near 2 years ago when I put “Stereotypes” on my last mixtape, but now Mush, Slo-Mo, and Illmind are really starting to make their push.  In case you still aren’t familiar, peep the video above for a nice introduction to the crew.  Be on the lookout for their upcoming mixtape and album, both of which will be fire.  Stay up to date on their MySpace page here.

You should already know by now, but here’s another clip explaining why you need to cop Jake One’s White Van Music on Tuesday.  And for my Seattle people, remember that Jake will be sitting in on Sound Session this week to play the entire album and talk about every joint.  Plus, on Monday, we’ll all be at the War Room for the official release party.  Ali will also be in the building for a performance.  Don’t miss it.

Haven’t done one of these Sample Vault posts in a minute, so here’s a classic flipped by a certain Bad Man.  The other half of this song is coming to town next week for all my Seattle people…

Mighty Diamonds – “Illiteracy”

As I mentioned during Wayne’s month of shame, ‘Ye has a horrible line in this joint:

“How it feel to wake up and be the sh*t and the urine?”
–Kanye West, “Swagga Like Us”

Not good ‘Ye, not good at all.  He’s one of my favorite rappers but WLotD has to be [Fixed News] fair and balanced. [/Faux News]

In case you had any trouble following along with her rambling run-on sentences last night, here’s her basic formula.  Don’t make me post the transcripts.

Shout to my dude Tom for sending this through.

Anyone who knows me in person knows that I’ve been talking about this for a while.  As a media studies major, it’s hilarious to watch how predictable the media has become, on both sides.  Every time you think it can’t get any worse, an agency like Fox News stoops to new mindblowingly low levels of journalistic integrity.  They literally write the headlines they want to see and then just report them, regardless of what actually happened.  It’s often said that “history is written by the victor,” and while that will always be true, we now have another form of manipulation blending the lines between fact and fiction.

If I can dictate what happens tomorrow, I don’t have to do anything today.  I just make it so.  Scary.

By the way, the hour of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report is by far the best thing on television.  If you’re not watching these programs on a nightly basis, you’re missing out on the smartest humor out there.  I pity the fool.

It’s 3AM.  I’m chillin’ at home, smashing Otter Pops, and loving this video.  Kind of a strange life I lead, but I’ll take it.  Cop Jack & Brook‘s The Beauty in Distortion/The Land of the Lost ASAP.

Swiped from 2DopeBoyz.

And if that wasn’t enough, the Crew passed along a dope new joint as well:

Crew54 ft. Alpha 2020 – “Feel Me”

Chyea @ the unintentional Beats, Rhymes, and Life shoutout hahah.  Thanks fellas!

If you haven’t downloaded G-Christ’s new EP, Damage Is Done, do it now right here.

(Jonah Hill killed this hahaha)

Even though it’s sarcastic, I just didn’t feel right typing “don’t vote” in the title.  Get out there and help make a difference.  Washington State people: like they mentioned in this video, some states, including ours, end voter registration on the 4th.  THAT’S SATURDAY.

What are you waiting for?

Hahaha, I’m not even mad at this.  Rock City redid John Legend’s song of the year contender, “Green Light,” with a nice little twist.  Reminds me of Chappelle’s real life Pretty Woman: “…youuuu need to get the f*ck out.”

Swiped from TunjBob Squarepants.