This is what happens when nobody else is in the studio on SNSS and I’m bored as hell. Plus, I needed a short video to practice editing with iMovie on the new MacBook Pro I recently added to the arsenal. I’ll post up last night’s Sound Session later today, but as you can see, I was busy completely wasting my time.
And yeah, I need to get a little lower on the handstand push ups. Freestanding would be nice too, but I’m not at that Jackie Chan Andrew Bueno level yet. What up Dru!
Anyone know how to maintain the highest level of quality for Flip Cam movies edited through iMovie? I converted the .avi to .mov through Quicktime so it would open in iMovie, then exported in what I thought was decent quality, but it looks pretty fuzzy. Or should I man up and just edit the .avi’s directly in Final Cut Pro? I need to get this U-N-I interview put together and posted up asap…
It’s time to put the smack down on these Republicans and their sickening behavior in the House and Senate. Not only are they being contrarian just for the sake of arguing, they have absolutely no legs to stand on. When you’ve run the country into its lowest point since the Great Depression and have made wrong decision after wrong decision, your opinions and theories are null and void. You had your chance and you failed…epically.
I’m glad Barack is playing nice with these fools, but they’ll soon find out that all their whining and complaining is going to be moot as he gets to work. I just wish they’d spare us the show. STFU and sit your ass down in the backseat. You drove the country off the pavement at every fork in the road, and now you’re trying to tell us how to drive. Why on earth should anyone listen to you?
Do your thing Barack and let’s get this headed in the right direction.
Tunji just shot over this footage of Talib joining Mos for a little impromptu Blackstar performance at the House of Blues from last night down in Los Angeles. Is it strange that hearing “Respiration” drop still gives me goosebumps a decade after it first came out?
(if it doesn’t play, you can watch on the Amoeba site here)
This is a little old but it’s actually one of the better interviews that I’ve seen with Pete Rock, who normally stays pretty guarded and low key during press interaction. Pete’s a legend to anyone in the know, but I still don’t think he gets the props he deserves. He’ll always be underrated to me when compared to the other great producers.
Shout to Paul and the Amoeba family for sending this through.
Supa came through the world famous Wake Up Show with Keelay & Zaire and blessed the mic with some verses. Great stuff, but did Tech really not know who he was? Yeesh. Bad form from a legendary hip-hop dude, but at least Supa made sure he’ll remember him from now on.
Shout to the Myx Music fam who was in the building as well.
Bale’s rant is so classic and even though that Kermit video of Johnny Cash’s version of “Hurt” is hella old, I just saw it for the first time a few days ago. Saddest song ever + Kermit = awkwardness.
GregTheDude gave me a sneak peak of this last night…pause…but now it’s officially ready for the world to see. Greg + Tunji + Cook = Claremont Colleges talent at its finest, but y’all don’t know about that.
What you do know, however, is that it’s becoming quite evident that Tunj is a beast. Here he runs down the artists appearing on the upcoming VIMBY mixtape in freestyle form. If you’re up on your 5-C’s trivia, this will remind you of his classic Pomona-Pitzer bball intro. Ah, the good ol’ days.
If you want to see more of Tunji freestyling, check his appearance on Sound Session a few weeks back. Plus, there may be some more studio footage coming from Greg in a bit…
The homey Pack is linking up with Domingo to drop the most truthfully titled EP ever, I F*cking Hate Rappers, and he spit one of the verses acapella at a recent show in Boston. Seriously, every line in this verse is on some real ish and there’s a good chance he’s talking to many of you reading this very blog. I’m not trying to diss anyone who enjoys TAOD, but if you listen to this and the shoe fits, sorry dude.
Like the folks over at 206proof like to talk about, don’t be a hobby rapper. If you do this for real, have some talent and some respect for yourself, your listeners, and the culture in general. Pack’s been doing this for like 15+ years and he’s the definition of a real MC. Don’t wait until the EP drops to realize he’s calling you out.
For more, hit up the homies on the official QN5 blog.
Posted in Artists, Videos on February 4th, 2009 by Hyphen
Not only is he one of the best lyricists in the game, but Lu’s a great role model. I’d much rather post simple ish like this on TAOD than all that Rick Ross vs. 50 nonsense. Not to go off on a tangent, but since blogs are rapidly becoming the new media distribution tool, don’t we all need to self-regulate and ensure some level of gatekeeping with the content? In other words, posting all the effery between Ross and 50 just encourages more of it. Shrug.
Sidenote, if you can’t rap better than Andy Samberg on SNL, please don’t send me your music.
This is pretty self-explanatory, but I’ll try to sum it up for you. One of the dopest MC’s around, the big homey Braille, has linked up with one of the dopest producers, S1 (of Strange Fruit Project fame), to create a project called CloudNineteen. Along with making an incredible record, there’s a larger purpose with the album. I’ll let Braille explain:
In my last Newsletter, I shared details about my vision for this record. It was really hard for me to share the vision at first because I feared that people wouldn’t understand. At this point, I feel very comfortable with the vision and I am confident that this is what I’m supposed to do. Starting February 25th, me and S1 will begin traveling around the U.S. with the intent of giving out as many CD’s as we can press. My hope is to press 30,000 copies and in order to meet that goal I am accepting donations and financial contributions to help with the manufacturing cost. None of the donated money is going in my pockets, and with a total goal of raising $20,000 – every 70 cents we raise represents a CD being given away to someone. Rather then continuing to type out the vision, I filmed myself on DJ Idull’s computer so that I could verbalize the vision in a video.
If your interested in contributing to the cause then my PayPal is braillehiphop@hotmail.com. If you’d rather send a check in the mail then just email me and I will hit you with my address.
It’s crucial to mention that these 30K CD’s that will be given away will almost all go to at-risk and incarcerated youths across America. The same kids who see all the negative images that are most visable in hip-hop will be directly touched by positive, genuine, and dope music from their culture.
If you’ve read my blog over the past year, you already know that with all the problems in the world, America, and hip-hop, I think the solutions lie in education. We have to teach the next generation how to act and right now, hip-hop just isn’t pulling its weight. Huge shout to everyone who is doing something positive with their music and careers right now, Braille and S1 especially.
I just wrote Braille a check for $100 to help support the project and I hope you’ll join me in getting CloudNineteen out to as many kids as possible. Like he mentioned, every 70 cents he raises represents giving one CD to a kid locked in juvenile detention or in a tough neighborhood. Instead of going out to dinner and a movie one night, shoot Braille some $$ and help out.