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Random Shots

2008-08-20T08:39:00.000-07:00

Black keys Pick this up if you get a chance, it is a good ass record.

I'm riding with the redeem team They are playing on a higher plane than everybody else. While on that note the Olympics have been interesting. Something I noticed when the USA athletic team was prancing, showboating and all that other nonsense people rightfully called them on it, now all i hear is silence when bolt prances and showboats...its all funny and hypocritical to me. Nigeria vs Argentina should be fun.

I'm carrying a more Nagging cynical feeling this week, my patriot shield missiles are on alert.

Football is right around the corner, Can't wait for the league to start granted I don't see my squad winning more than five games, I mean looking at the schedule I see us being 1-6 by week 8, and still the one winnable game is a toss up. and can we give the One star(Steven Jackson) we have whatever he wants?

Ravens <<, the only consolation is that they will prolly lag in their division and suck like us... i don't think they are better than us we are more stable in the Qb position, our WR's are better,Running backs as well, the Offensive lines are tie i think. The only skill position they beat us is TE.

On that note Eff the other squads, Patriots,Redskins...hate hate hate

Cynically yours

Peace!

Third word riding ...

2008-07-19T09:44:00.000-07:00

So I picked this up the other day, truth be told i was not a huge tech fan, but i recognized him as an artist who believed he could convey his message through his music. I mean music to me, especially if i have never heard of you has to be aesthetically pleasing first, and the first few tracks i heard from him i could not go past his flow and voice i thought it was too forced, but I eventually came around to it, and dude is aiight. With the latest offering i must say i dig it, the beat are hard, the flow is vicious, the message is wide and varied, i bet you rappers out here none of them are talking about gentrification, third world, republicans, aiming guns at politicians and with DJ green lantern executive producing I like the direction this album took. The collabo's mesh really well, whether its ChinoXL with his rapid fire flow, or crooked I who had the hugely successful hip hop weekly.

Fav tracks, 'Harlem renaissance', 'The 3rd world', 'Hollywood drive by', 'open your eyes', 'mistakes'

Pick it up.. Immortal technique - The 3rd World.

Nas latest offering is one word ...DOPE, excellent record except the mid beginning part with 'hero' and make the world go around. I did not like hero at all...people were hyping it on the N.I.G.G.E.R Tape...when i got to hear it i was disappointed, speaking of which how ill was that "N.I.G.G.E.R Tape" ?? That really set the template for this album 'Ghetto alert' was a banger, the track with stic man (dead prez) was nice as well. Back to this album though. The intro itself set the table, strictly keys, no drums, no nothing just Nas... " hip hop was aborted/ so Nas breaths life to the embryo"... 'Sly fox' a shot to faux news is another favorite track..'fried chicken' surprised me, it is nice cut, project roach a simultaneous shot at NAACP, while at the same time speaking on the conditions of ghetto. I also like 'louis Farrakhan', Nas does well in third person speak. On 'testify'....this quote from a review my boy did breaks it down well "'Testify' is a genuine lamentation straight from Nas' heart. He raps about the paradigm of being a successful hip hop artists knowing that over 70% of all hip hop record & concert sales are to "little rap fans that live out in safe suburbia" who don't really identify with his 'struggle'. "....dope!. A Cop worthy album in the midst of the ringtone era.

'The Blue God', by my personal fav Martina Topley-bird (she has a delicate, soothing voice) is an incredible record, a follow-up to 'Quixotic' from 2003. (Stephen Marley sampled 'sandpaper kisses' for 'you are gonna leave'). Danger mouse of the gnarls Barkley fame did most of the production work and I can only say i was impressed. Carnies the first single is a nice cut..., baby blue is another fav, 'Poison' is my joint now...its they type of album that you would have to listen more than once to get into it, i brushed it of but sat down later on and enjoyed it immensely. Now it stays on heavy rotation. samples in the myspace link...

"the (K)night is Darkest before the light..."

2008-07-18T13:27:00.000-07:00

Dark night is out this weekend a must see, I'm jealous S/O went to see without I, but its understandable. But people are buying 3am and 6 am tickets? wow....there are people who love movies i tell you.

This is going be one of the previews , Watchmen, the trailer is nice as hell I caught it last night..peep ... Trailer

Random

2008-06-10T07:25:00.000-07:00

My blogging is become more erratic by the minute, nah thats not the word i think less and less..hmmm. Either way, some few things I wish to ramble about, I happened to watch 10000 BC, ....Garbage rolled into crapola, sprinkled with an overall lameness. The movie is made by the same guy that did Independence day so you already know the dialogue is shit... If i say the plot leaves a lot to be desired I would be very generous. How in the hell this cat gonna have Maasai looking dude knowing the language of 4 different peoples, not including his, the "heros tribe( of which you are like what tribe are they eskimos? cavemen?) and the attackers whom by the way the only contact they had was during the raids?? ? not including his, throw in the blind guy language in too and english?? . Why is the lead actors tribe, speaking English with an accent? a cross between trying to sound like african hollywood accent and some other nonsense. were in existence gazelles around the time period mammoths were? and the ten feet hens? really? movie making has never been this worse and this from a person who has seen a few uwe boll movies.

How are they in one area a dense forestland with 10 feet grass, a few more times its winter, then the savanna and then the desert cot damn, how far did they walk??? smh at killing two elephants with toothpicks twice....this hands down Thee worst movie I have ever seen...no redeeming qualities, fun? NO, epic? NO, fantasy? NO, unintentional comedy? no...not even one memorable scene.. Just an episode of horrible CGI...crap, do you self a favor only get this if you want to watch how bad it is...trust this is not one of those subjective type movies...it isn't

and ...have I mentioned how a person rises from the dead thru osmosis that has traveled the same distance this cats traveled, only with fraction of the time taken? I can only imagine my ire if I had paid for this shit..

I also watched Ironman= excellent, nuff said. Forbidden kingdom, thumbs down underwhelming considering jet li and Jackie chan were in it. Redbelt was nice till the final few minutes, the ending was disappointing it left with too many questions. War inc, another disappointment the trailer made it better than it was.

The finals have been aiight the squad i'm rooting for LA Lakers hasn't played well but had chances to win both games...the second game showed just how bad officiating is, and you boston fans can expect the same treatment tonight, yup they ain't calling those two fouls on Kobe in LA guarantee it. It is a ridiculous thing that teams get away with getting those close calls their way, by virtue of being home. So game 3 tonight let go LA.

Oh and heads need to listen this here track( Motown 25)- elzhi featuring Royce 5'9, talk about rhyming your ass off...Dope. Royce just goes off!!!

Kalamashaka - Jamhuri Day, Playoffs

2008-05-16T12:22:00.000-07:00

So, the crew that set it off, is about to drop an album -Jamhuri Day, I got myself a promo track in addition to the track I heard( from minute 25) on this African hiphop radio show in Holland....and it is dope, dope.... dope, I feel I should temper it, because on one hand its not like they doing anything out of this world, new or revolutionizing their sound but nah if I'm bumping to this and I'm furiously nodding my head, and enjoying this..then thats dope to me...so about the tracks..

The first one Featuring Yvonne with chiz'n brain on the boards...Kama kills it, he sets it of lovely that was ill...since 'constantly kwenye kona' ...his flow is a bit faster these days, but i mess with that, they do better job sandwiching roba, he has been lack luster for the last few tracks i have heard, but the star? Vigeti aka Representative wa mangandula ....obliterates it " hardcore kutoka vidole za mguu mpaka utosi" ...Filthy. roll na wakamba unaelewa vile navyosema?/ yaani ndumba haarifu...

'Wanabonga tu' is another excellent produced track..crap I went overboard describing the first track...but this is an excellent track look out for it on bnts namba 11.

I think personally Vigeti is a sick emcee, the sickest emcee in KE period (I mean this all said knowing i have never heard how he would hold down an album by himself which that in itself is disappointing ..but ehhh), but ninja kills each and every track he is in i can't say i have heard a weak verse...

The playoffs started with bang, but it seems like they are fizzling out, off the jump I don't care for Boston... but I can say objectively they are incredibly overrated team, none of the leaders of that squad went anywhere further than Conference championship, that says a lot about them..., they had the best record in the L, but they were pushed to 7 games by an 8th seed that did not even post a .500 record, and cannot even win on the road??? disgusting... perhaps they close out the series today....perhaps, but bron is not about to let that happen, so will see about that tonight. The spurs are a whiney, hacking ass squad...cot damn Duncan has never committed a foul ever, and horry is goon, disgust....am surprised bruce lui kang bowen has been quiet, the head gooon himself, even role players act like they haven't fouled anyone...The hornets are doing a good job, but if they don't have David west then its wrap come Monday...Oh and CP3 is an excellent point guard. I hope the MVP and LA close out tonight, fuck a u tah(except dwill lol)...boozer has been abused all series by odom, his defense is horrible...

Sons of Lwala

2008-05-09T19:27:00.000-07:00

Great project by two brothers Milton and Fred Ochieng, who are both currently studying Med, in Vanderbilt. Visit the website for more info on the project and how you can support them as they embark on building a hospital in their village.

SONS OF LWALA

to donate

LCA

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Not that this matters, but the first few years of highschool I was out there, I think the highschool was the biggest school closest to the town, Rongo you hear Milton speaking about.

Much props to the Milton,Fred and everyone involved in the Sons of Lwala project, Salute.

Recomended listening

2008-04-13T21:09:00.000-07:00

Dope dope track one of my favorites in the album, just right for the lovely weather around my way.

Rising Down track list (From mtv newsroom)

· The Pow Wow (Intro) (The 1994 meeting between Black Thought, Questlove and former Roots manager, AJ Shine, after they got threatened with being dropped from their record label)
· Rising Down (with Mos Def and Styles P... and Dice Raw on the hook)
· Get Busy (with Dice Raw & Peddi Crack & Jazzy Jeff)
· @ 15 (Tariq freestyle at 15 years old)
· 75 Bars (Reconstruction) (with Tuba Gooding Jr.)
· (Up Theme) Becoming Unwritten (instrumental)
· Criminal (with Truck North (a Philly MC bubbling under) & Saigon)
· I Will Not Apologize (with Porn (another Philly MC bubbling under) & Dice Raw & Talib Kweli (on the hook)
· I Can’t Help It (with Malik B & Porn) (This is Malik B’s response to The Roots’ song “Water”)
· Singing Man (with Porn (as Virginia Tech-like Shooter) & Black Thought (as Sierra Leone youngin’ soldier) & Truck North (as suicide bomber))
· (Up Theme) Unwritten (with Mercedes Martinez)
· Lost Desire (with Malik B & Talib Kweli)
· The Show (with Common)
· Rising Up (with Wale & Chrissette Michelle) (p.s. Wale says “this is not a go-go song”)
· Birthday Girl (with Patrick Stump)
· HIDDEN TRACK: Live at WPFW (Howard University), 1994
· HIDDEN TRACK: The Pow Wow 2 (end of the phone conversation)

Rising down new roots album coming April 29th can;t wait to pick this up, form the few tracks I have seen/heard (Get busy is crazy,PD cracks verse is nice, the drums and synth dopeness) and the track in bold I can't wait to hear, its Malik b's response to Water(Phrenolgy album), should be interesting. I'm also tryna see if I could go see em when they(as Erykah's guests) come around my way next month.

I'm still waiting for my copy of Mc Kah's -Subira, Did Wakamba Wawili drop? I also picked up a mixtape from Rags to records called beats za hype, some good shit on there , the production impressed me most, nice to hear producers improving on their craft(the dude nik punk is definitely doing his thing), played this the whole weekend. On one of the tracks "...Mtaani tunachomwa na jua kali/ ka Pili pili/ Mpaka tunaishiwa Morale", dark track, Definitely not for radio I enjoyed it nonetheless.

Peace!

Bleh...Random

2008-03-20T08:21:00.001-07:00

So ..i'm chillin, Bumping to Tabu Ley Rochereau...cot damn this record is fresh, I can't believe, well, wait i used to sneer, when my dad would play this in his hifi system * quick aside..this lovely friend of mine calls it he fee ..instead of high fie...it was hilarious the first time i heard it*, but its all love..back to tabu ley , Franco and em'...Dad used to have tons of these records and we would always sneer/groan when he tried to bless us young'ns with the freshness, now i can't believe how good it sounds... the guitars, the drums and the occasional trumpets on likala ya moto.... of course some of that world class vodka (Tito's..i'm sipping on makes it all a lovely experience ...not to mention the weather is just about right, the perfect amount of chill...ahh a good Saturday....

Its march madness al around, i can't believe the many breaks UCLA has gotten...the blatant foul against Texas A&M, and prior to that absolutely ridiculous call against Stanford a couple of weeks ago...then the call against Cal..disgusting. Not to mention the unwarranted fellatio for kevin love i mean dude is not bum, but he ain't that nice, got lead feat, and the amount of fouls he gets away with..which are then constituted as blocks..thumbs way down...Watch out UT though, DJ augustine is about to be next CP3...

Speaking of NBA, how has CP3 been killing it out there? and Celts, their Defense is amazingly frenetic and good i had been sleeping..still no love for them, but i see them wearing out, come playoffs...The Shaq trade was not as bad. And the Western conference...wow, just wow NBA has never been this exciting whether its the warriors, the nuggets, The rockets, Lakers or Hornets ...this playoffs will be THE best in long ass while, matter fact the best I have ever seen...

Well love is in the air for me at least...Digging my S/O(significant other) and her stingos..(i'm a 90''s baby so the sheng is a bit outdated...pardon moi), its sometimes hard but I don't mind putting in work though, its all good, part of the experience...in it for the long haul mon cherie.

So I am about to be Godfather....April seventh my closest friends are about to have their first..ahh damn excited as hell...

Please take time to peep this website its for raising awareness of AIDS in africa Virus free generation artists doing their rounds from countries in Europe and others from Africa(Zubz and Fid q have been featured in the BNTS podcasts)..so peep the website and sign the petition por favor..its for a good cause and you get the album free ...(tryna appeal to the pirate in you)...

Erykah new amerykah..is dope dope record i havent stopped listening to it..and the master druggie aka Aco(j/k) reminded me its very 70's psychedelic in other words music to spark to...i'm sorry but when i hear 'my people'...washa tu...

Peace!

BNTS Episode 10

2008-03-12T06:48:00.000-07:00

Finally we got to Bnts 10 and at the same time got to my hundredth post.....the star were/are aligned..I tell ya ha ha. Well its not that big of a deal to get to ten, but at the same time i had to keep at it, there was time i almost gave up, at the same time I figured ya know what the two or three people I can put on, will not hurt so I just decided to keep going.

My dude Sensei t8 form Zimbabwe was kind enough to give me hand with the show, after i asked him. so he came through and put it down, appreciate that playboy!...Great show, dope tracks, nice soundscapes...to get your head nodding...

Feedback/Critic/Opinion/Suggestion....vera much welcome

Intro-MxL/Seff
Brother Watching- Shad, The Old Prince (Rw/CA)
Streets run red- Dezyne feat splifsta (KE/US)
Classik-Bakar,(FR)
Musica Certa- Bob da rage sense, sir scratch and tamin, Skunk Mixtape (Por)

Sensei T8 session
Imagery Gemini remix-Zubz, Producers Digest (SA)
Emgungundlovu- Zuluboy, Masambisane da first hip hop lesson (SA)
You never know- Negash ali, Sickess (Eriteria/Den)
Let me know-Apani B fly, Atmosphere airlines (US)
Jealous/Tuliza homie- Shida mingi, Decolonizing the mind (KE/US)
Mindscape Nyambz remix-Invisible man,(SA)

So tall- Zion I, Tru and livin (US)
Ukweli- Goreala, Metaphor za mtaa (KE)
Street Symphony- Manifest, Manifestations (Ghana/US)
Foreigner/Ulaya - Bamboo, African american dream (KE/US)
Out there - Magestik Legend, Free Magestik Legend (US)
Seekers- Major Cone (Ghana)

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Wire-The demise, Dope music

2008-03-07T07:53:00.000-08:00

Sadly one of my favorite shows came to end, scratch that ends on Monday (but a damn leak was making round on the intanets...gave in saw the leak, i mean i have been catching it on demand immediately they had it on there,

* Spoilers Alert skip this part*

At first i was mad the way they took out Omar, then i came around to him getting killed by irritating ass Kenard, i mean a big shootout scene and either Chris, snoop or Omar dying woulda been too Hollywood, and that is not the wire, so i was cool with the way he went, harsh realty you live the way of the gun, you get got and disappear with absolutely not fuss ironic huh? considering ninja used to cause a ruckus every time. I got some measure of satisfaction when it was mike that got snoop, felt sad Dukie became the younger Bubbs, enjoyed that Gus got to the bottom of Templeton's worthless lying ass. How can i hate on Detective Kima's snitching ass, but respect Daniels integrity? Ain't it ironic that Marlo case woulda have crumbled because of lester yet he is reason why Marlo is no longer in the street? ..and fucking cheese what a back stabber. end of spoiler...

Salute to a great show, no qualms about the ending whatsoever.

I picked this up the other day, Shad (born Shadrach Kabango) - 'The Old Prince'. Rwandese cat born in KE but currently residing in Canada, dope ass album, dude can rhyme his ass off, the type that you have listen carefully not to miss the metaphors favorite track is "i don't like to", the second verse in this song is just nasty..., "the old prince still lives at home" is another dope song. Sample tracks from his website Shad. overall a dope album, i like it. peep the video of 'i don't like to'..nice.

Great article on the young'ns and hip hop as it relates to the Violence back home, Kenya Hip Hop for Peace

Peace!!

New Amerykah

2008-02-25T07:57:00.000-08:00

Dope album, have been listening to this all weekend, dope dope, Erykah has consistently been ill to me, always something fresh....The track 'soldier' has been on repeat this whole morning...A definite cop for me tomorrow. Pick this up...you need it in your life!!

The honey video is dope as well, with use of covers from old school groups and singers very creative.

Erykah Badu - Honey from Paul on Vimeo.

Here is backstory for the track 'Telephone', story from Okayplayer. If so..its powerful.

""Telephone" - last track of the album inspired by a story Dilla's mother told Badu. Evidently during his final days, Dilla would float in and out of coherence, having very real conversations with people no one else could see. One of these people, as Dilla told his mother, was ODB. Dirty was telling Dilla that when he gets to the other side not to get on the red bus, though it was inviting. The white bus would be the one to pick him up. Great, beautiful song. Lyric: "Telephone! It's Old Dirty. He wants to give you directions home." Only Badu could make ODB sound like a visionary guide through the afterlife. When people say funerals are celebrations of an individual's life (as they fight back tears and look anything but celebratory), this song makes you believe it. The track closes with the uplifting words "Celebrate tonight" repeated."

How desperate is the HRC campaign? good lord from indifference to loathing, thats how i feel about the clintons. From her shrill accusations over the weekend, they crying and the prior attacks to draw Obama into race politics , failed miserably and today they are circulating a picture of Obama dressed as Somali elder, Pathetic and disgusting...anyone with a brain can see what they are trying, the tried to insinuate he is muslim before.

Dumb jocking it with best of em, Movies, and Music?

2008-02-14T12:14:00.000-08:00

Man this ninja is something else, for real. He said "...blowed out", "rice of passage" among many gems , how could i forget "sharp as whistle" ..what?? .....this shit is beyond hilarity. ahh damn.

Clemens yesterday, good grief was he on some other shit, veering of tangent, not answering questions. "misremember", "misheard", all at the same time being up there on soapbox talking about he worked hard, meh you should have worked harder on your grammar. The guy chairing the hearing though was cracking me up when he was shutting people down out there looking like ratatouille ...he was using Gavel freely like the body count on the new Rambo.

Speaking of which anybody watched the latest abomination to that franchise? after you grow older thats when you realize all them shits, they were showing us with mobile cinema(....desa aka desert was where i remember mine), were just propaganda tools. While still talking about movies how ill is new batman gonna be?? and you know its gotta win some awards (..sorry to say because of Ledger), but thats beside the point the new updated joker is gonna be nice, and plus they got rid of Cruise's chic, she sucked in the first one. This is the movie i can't wait to see peep trailer Why so serious. Two movies you should watch in case you haven't "No country for old men", easily has the best villain since Hannibal, just ruthless and cold hearted, not to mention its a well , acted and written story...don't hope for fluff ending neither, ha ha. The other one is "There will be blood", DDL absolutely kills it, very very nice flick. If you wanna cry (I didn't) or get depressed, watch "The Mist", the palpability of the hopelessness was...whats the word depressing.I'm hoping to catch Jumper this weekend, should be fun... Oh, how could i forget "The wire" is just killing it...

I wish I could explain why I like this song, I really wish "....take break in the awwwdience".

and this is another one...

This what we have been listening to Ethiopian Gangster, totally remade with all Ethiopian samples, dope...dope, check out the website to sample, here . If you wish D/L , go there. 'American gangster' is fiyahh...so is 'blue magic'...'Hello Brooklyn' is dope as well, i also like 'I know'. Oh and Ghetto radio is on and popping now...listen to them here Ghetto Radio online ...

Peace

ILL Sunday...

2008-02-04T06:29:00.000-08:00

"..Then I bid you Freddy Adieu...." Hov..

Just how ill was that Giants defense? cot damn they had heat for days...seeing brady on his back that much of the game was priceless. Perfect season my ass....I have never , ever for the life of me enjoyed such a win, Stakes were high and the most clutch plays came from a dude no one had faith in (...including me...take that Tiki..) and the MOST amazing clutch catch I have ever seen...EVER!!..... matter of fact the genesis of the play , the whole sequence to the end...Ill

Mercury morris and the 72 Dolphins are somewhere popping bottles and toasting.... ha ha ha. I wonder when they shot this commercial..... Town perfectiville.

There is not a perfect way for the loathsome lot from NE to loose...."choked" when it mattered MOST.... Other than that this was a good ass game. Deserves Classic status immediately....

This is as happy as I'm gonna be on a Monday.

SALUTE to the big blue, Superbowl XLII CHAMPIONS!!!

p.s

The hilarity that Emmit smith brings during countdowns ...Hilarious. this ninja said with straight face "The patriots got debacled...." I was looking at him like what?

BNTS 9....Cop a neck brace edition

2007-12-19T07:50:00.000-08:00

Yais!

Apparently we are trying to be consistent again, episode 9 is here for your listening pleasure, lend us an ear, because the mix is head nodding as ever. Great line up, 'Si hisaa', one of the better tracks in the 'Anga banga' album, Prolly the illest hov AG remix, those drums on Beirut roc boys remix are crazy. I have habit of ooding on tracks Beirut's 'sweet' remix is amazing, and truthfully I never gave 'Hello Brooklyn' a proper listen till this Grinehouse remix ..dooope nmh, their mix of blue magic is fiyah as well.

I had to up that instru that was on 'ustaarabu joint...Had to give love to the Zimbabwe legit dudes were doing it in the early nineties , nice to hear from them. The nako2nako track is dope as well, pleasant surprise to hear pfunk still making tracks. 'On da mic' by Landmynz is dope...straight boom bap.

Feedback/Critic/Opinion/Suggestion....vera much welcome.

Intro-MxL
Dreaming-Dezyne(US/KE)
Wilderness- DKR, Kudakwashe (Zim/UK)
Roc boys/Hello Brooklyn 2.0- Jay-Z, Beirut /Grinehouse AG remixes (US)
Tikakunyaku- Kalamashaka, Dandora Burning(KE)
Instru-Damu moto/nick punk?? (KE)
Mfowethu-Zimbabwe Legit, House of Stone (Zim/US)
Yolandas House- Ghostface ft Meth and Rae, BDR (US)
Wax Ma li- BMG 44(Senegal)
Qeda Indlala- Imbube,Hip Hop Theatre(SA)
Si Hisaa(Siasa)- Abbas ft Kitu Sewer, Anga Banga (KE)
Hunger- Iron african, Hunger Mixtape (UG/Sweden)
Gotta Go- Zimbabwe Legit, House of Stone (Zim/US)
Hawatuwezi- Nako 2 Nako (TZ)
Swear- Johnson & Jonson, Powders&Oils (US)
On da Mic - Landmynz, Perigo Minas Vol. 2(SA)
Suicide note- Scarface, Made (US)

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Happy holidays to you and yours!!

Peace!

....The Cool

2007-12-13T11:12:00.000-08:00

"....I had a ghetto boy boppa/JayZ boycott/'Cause he said that he never prayed to God, he prayed to Gotti/I'm thinking golly, God, guard me from the ungodly/But by my 30th watchin' of Streets Is Watching, I was back to givin' props again/...." Lupe on "hurt me soul"

How amped am about this album, lupe is one the few new emcees(other i rank up there is Jay electronica) who are mic monsters , his lyrical skills are top notch..I might even go ahead and say his heir to Nas and them if you sleep on Food and Liquor then you missed out on a whole lot. For the most part this a conceptual album, I lost the link about the explanation of the characters but Lupe is creative ass ninja....not too many exist in this era. The album is centered on the character on "the cool" character in the F&L album. So far I like 'streets on fire'...this track great, and the combo of him and this Santos cat is perfect, 'Gotta eat'..the rhyming from a cheeseburger perspective..lol, 'Paris, tokyo'...( I wish YOU would hear this song)..., 'The coolest', Superstar is nice as well had to grow on me....'little weapon' is another fav. I await to digest the album, a sure cop for me

I watched "no country for old men" a couple of weeks back, i have never enjoyed the villain like that since, hannibal, good movie, dialogue was excellent the ending though was ehh..., I also watched "the mist"......depressing ass movie, the sense of hopelessness after the first quarter of movie was arrgh...the ending was even worse (in terms of the hopelessness), i left the theater thinking damn, that was cruel on some heart rending shit....about to go see 'I AM', excited about it..should be fun, I love vampire movies....

How funny is it to analysts in the four letter channel, falling over themselves tryna exonerate clemens? apparently bond was not a nice to them thats why the media, treated him harshly buncha a clowns walking around like scorned little girls....so because he is not buddy buddy... your outrage is magnified? FOH...

So how despicable are the ravens?? I was disgusted .....you let that horrible squad win a game?? pfft...and to think two weeks they were couple of seconds to giving the patsy's their first L. I was more excited in seeing a team go 0-16 than the patsy's going undefeated....On another note how depressing will it be when smug hoody and brady go undefeated? how am I supposed to deal with insufferable fanhood of patsy's? smh at browns being tied for first in their division, I tend to think Pittsburgh were a tad bit overrated.....

How I wish I woulda closed the year with YOU!

Peace!!

*edit* Explaining The Cool

Random...

2007-11-27T11:00:00.000-08:00

Some random shit ...

Zubz released a video of his last album, 'Headphone music in parallel world'...one of the better albums that came out last year, I had it in my top ten releases....and this my most fav cut in the whole album those drums are fiyahh peep video.

Ghetto Radio is about a week away to start live streaming on the internet, daps on that on finally making and for heads in Nairobi the station 89.5. Major daps on ma dude Mwaf on being PD, you will not be disappointed, about time a real head got some clout on radio....and Dj Zaq, for getting in, props. and props as well to Muki handling the duties on the website..props.Visit the website for more articles and material.

Lastly on sad note, RIP Sean Taylor, woke to news of this after hearing last night he was improving, the news soured my morning and media heads with their tactlessness especially on that four letter channel....disgusting and shameful. RIP Sean Taylor #21...

Peace.

....This is hip hop

2007-11-21T10:19:00.000-08:00

Scarface -On my block
....this cat has been nice forever, always brings it

Gangstarr -Mass appeal
....I'm sorry but no producer messes with preme, or rather should i say, Preme gives me that , i should nod my head, till i rock neckbrace type feeling, see other video below

Nas- Nas is like

Ghostface -Apollo kids
....how nice is ghostface's swag(...smh), when he takes of the mask??, there are still somethings on the song that i listen to and i go like...ohh thats what he meant....

Wu-tang -Triumph
....I was bugging, when I first saw this video...still get flashbacks...and how ILL was decks intro??? to a song? and then each and every emcee absolutely ripping their own 16's?? GOAT posse cut.

Cool breeze and dungeon family - Watch for the hook
.....Andre 3 stacks, is criminally slept on...yes he is

The Firm
....AZ...dopest unappreciated Mc

Blackstar- Redefinition
.....ahh damn....the chemistry...Dope, the mathree concept nice, the cameos and Cop :"what are you deaf?, Mos: "No he is Hi-tek" ....LOL, When i first saw the vid i was like whats that track at the end? only to realize later on its the remix.

Pharcyde-Droooop
....Illness, gotta love this.

Happy thanksgiving!!

Peace!

p.s.
don't drink and drive...if you must drink that is...drink at home...or get a sober driver...

Win Uno...among other ramblings

2007-11-14T10:58:00.000-08:00

....So finally my Rams won. Oh yeah we did... nmh and i won in both my fantasy leagues and the lead the pick em league for once...woo hah!!, On the real though its good to see us get off that snide, next week meet that atrocious 49ers team, cot damn this squad stinks its not funny. I mean we are not world beaters but without a line it doesn't work in the NFL, just doesn't.

The Ravens, Mcnair is declining fast, back to back stinkers? they might as well make him a back up. Egos man, are killing the ravens, billick can't just admit he is wrong on this one and mcnair thinking he still got it....

So everybody and their mama is thinking celtics are that good? how about they take that road trip to Texas (Spurs, Mavs and Rockets) before people start hailing them, and that anemic bench of theirs, mayne I'm rooting hard for KG but boston fans are such an obnoxious lot ...so fuck the celts, too soon anyway we'll see as the season progresses. The Nuggets looking good so far A.I. is my dude...., Rockets as well. NY is train wreck, several games in and all sorts of stories are coming out from their and to think i had the squad going at worst .500 ball. The heat?? this squad is not that good, Shaq is looking mortal and the rest of squad is.....Lakers need to give bynum more playing time, let kwame aka horrible hands come of the bench, and whats with Phil giving people the business, first it was d'antoni and then espn...LOL. Deron and Chris Paul are balling, someone in ATL is kicking themselves imagine dwill/cp3 running pg, Joe johnson sg and josh smith sf, Marvin Williams as the pf and al horford as the center....that is an ill squad.

Grey hova's new offering American gangster is nice, I give a strong 3.75 out of five, the beats are fresh for the most part, some tracks though like hello Brooklyn we could do without, that beat is horrid, and On party life....the beat is dope, the flow is nice as well, hell i like the track but some of the things hov is saying are hurl worthy..... c'mon hov "i sport fly shit i should win an espy" really hov? really?...and she is my little quarterback ...ya diiig, coz i'm all that in the sack... ya diiig....smh @ hov. How about in the next track he absolutely spits that fiyahhh? all around a strong album, The samples are dope as well...and soulful. Goes in my top ten this year. Fav tracks 'success' with nas, no hook, ignorant shit, falling, sweet, American dreaming(that marvin sample is dope), pray. Good thing to see No I.D., having his music out there (he co produced success and fallin').

Smh...at me playing like bum in one league then balling in another....man in one L, my handles are atrocious, can't handle the rock, missing chip shots but in the other I'm playing well, running the pg effectively arrgh, gotta get mind around , at least the D is pretty even, nobody lighting my old ass up...

I know which church I'm not going to, this ones.....There is something wrong with a preacher living in the type of excess reserved for celebs and CEO's ....smh are they even taxed? peep one of em even made a video....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFyMEnXDG4g

and that is all....enjoy the weekend.

Peace!

Witty title here....and random ramblings

2007-10-29T09:48:00.000-07:00

So apparently my squad has yet to win a game... Then our star running back is gonna get the nerve to be injured? what type of ass backwardry shit is that? arrgh. As bad as my season is, redskins vs pats game was...well kinda of pathetic. As if i need another reason to hate on NE, running up a score on team that is already down 45-0, on 4 and 2 and on 4 and 8, the former with your starters and the other with your back ups? disgusting. The skins though have no one to blame but themselves how are you gonna let that man have all day to throw the ball? they did not even blitz once....

Next week its the SB champs...should be great facing The best QB in the L.

Hello NBA season..goodbye craptastic baseball.

What we are listening to

So Hov's American Gangster has leaked but missing two tracks, not bad at all and most definitely an upgrade over that trash he released last year, the joint with Nas, success is dopeness, much better than black republicans of which the beat was wack. Concept album by the way, if you are not a hov fan go thata way, he is not tryna get new fans at least not with album. Ignorant shit which is missing from the bootleg is another favorite one of the better hov tracks in the past few years, should be on the retail album.

Little Brother- Get back, i don't know man something is missing with this album, i just don't see it. The tracks range from ehh to aiight, and Pooh, he is not that nice there were some verses which I was like c'mon man.

What we watched/watching

30 days of night
great movie, I for one enjoy vampire flicks and the whole "costume" the vampires had in this movie was one of the best....the villians were top notch, story was pretty good as well but the ending was pile of doo doo.

Greatest show you are not watching, Curb Your Enthusiasm , with my man Larry aka long ball cocky..show is uproarious. And Leon has been quite the character this season..goat show.

Bootleg American Gangster has been making rounds, good as movie.

Resident evil turned out to be such a crappy franchise, it started of with spark then it just fizzled out, why did I even watch it?

Peace!

BNTS..Project Ocho

2007-10-11T12:32:00.000-07:00

I finally got the motivation to finish up on the podcast, and its here. A thousand Apologies for slacking major.... It has been....... since the last one with the alternative jump off sandwiched in between this and the previous one. Nevertheless we got on the J.O and finished it.

Not a whole lot to add...

Feedback/Critic/Opinion welcome and much appreciated.

Tracklist
Intro - Msaniixl/G-ni
Boxing my shadow- Knaan Dusty foot philosopher (Somalia/CA)
Siyosusa Simele - Zuluboy, Masambisane da 1st hip hop lesson (SA)
What it is- Pharaoh Monch, Desire (US)
Big bang Theory - Gagle, Big Bang Theory (JP)
One step - Strong arm steady, Deep Hearted (US)
Kichwa Maji- Mashifta, Mashifta Classics vol.2 (KE)
Third world wide - Gabriel teodros, Lovework (Ethiopia)
B-boy Massacre - Blitz, Suicide Stereotype (Ghana)
Damascus - Cilvaringz, I (Mr/Netherlands)
I'm a rapper- J-live interlude(US)
Struggle- G-ni Elimisha Jamii (KE)
Uncrowned Kings -Eraze (Namibia)
Jipange - Kimya feat Jaymo, Headbangaz 07 (KE/TZ)
How we Rrrrollll - Konfab Feat Jaak, Planetary Assault (SA)
Go_and_Ask_(Hambubuza) - Driemanskap, Planetary Assault (SA)
Hopolang Leeto - Konfab , Swat Gevaar, (SA)
She smiles easy - Goreala feat project, Metaphor za mtaa (KE)
Back Again -Third Eye (Malawi)
The World is.....- Blu and Exile, Below the heavens (US)
Red, Black and Green - M-I, Umi featuring Kalamashaka

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Peace!

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....Goreala...ill Street Metaphor

2007-09-27T11:03:00.000-07:00

I wanted to wait till I got the album, which dropped like a week ago or so , the snippets I heard impressed and caught a show where he and project were featured on dutch radio, this ninja is nice hell, he mixes the English and Swahili effortlessly . This is quick plug I'ma do review as soon as I get the album.

Anyway go preview some cuts from the album and listen to some tracks Uptoyoutoo and cop the album, also catch an interview here, peep his and projeckt's freestyle as well at the end of the show...dope....from 2:05.

Peace!

....Crown Royal & And other ramblings

2007-09-26T11:44:00.000-07:00

So ol girl, Jilly aka Jill Scott dropped her latest album...btw that cover is type tacky as hell, but that's where the wackness ends album is .....This album is?? I don't know how to describe it. You ever notice there are albums where you and S/O(significant other) have THAT album .....where you can vibe to, freak to, tear into each other to, make love to....wake in the middle of night and go at it ?? This is that album...Jilly always had this freaky "undercover" side to her but listening to track like 'Crown royal' made ninja a bit flushed....or 'All I'(ohh weee).

When I started listening to the album, I didn't like the way it started I was hoping it would not be one of those rock influenced albums..thank God it is not. It flows really well and it is somewhat darker album than what you would expect from Jilly, but its only right figuring the hurt that divorce brings. Basically cop this album. Jilly is perfect 3/3 for me, with her albums...which is quite rare these days.

Jilly, got me stuck off that realness. With the 'Real Thing'.

Seems like as a vested fan, my football season is over real quick too, see injury has decimated four of our best linemen hence all the protection problems, One of the best Running backs is down for the count ...OK at least for two weeks and we 0-3 ironically that the same exact figure for both my fantasy teams vera depressing, our schedule is not friendly either got the cowboys and ravens coming up....you see where this is headed don't you? Now the smack talkers I feel nada, I'm at peace with the current suckyness of team....does not stop me from bashing yours either.....

I can't wait for Cincy Vs Pats....and of course I'm riding with Ocho on this, Lets go Cincy!

Kshaka..off the D burning album..."Brave enough ku-snatch bling kwa neck ya president(prezzo)"....Ante up anyone? Track name is 'constantly kwenye kona'

Quick Recap ...catch a peep.

2007-09-17T10:05:00.001-07:00

For pats fans a gem...with love from yours truly Terrell Owens...bwehehehehe you gotta admit that is hilarious. Pats owned the chargers period and Moss is looking good.

Lions, Niners,Packers, Texans does anybody believe in these teams.....I'm joking of course their fans do.

Saints...smh last season is looking more as fluke than ever, that defense was bound to be exposed for the frauds they are.

Rams...our season is over, after pace went down week one i didn't see how that line was gonna hold up. Our skill positions are alright, but six sacks in one game is pretty bad. Even though we lost the game on muffed punt and a missed 56 yarder.

The ravens won a close one.....

Skins and Philly tonite....sounds like snoozer . Dallas is gonna own NFC east anyway, I don't see them beating Chicago next Sunday though.

Smh at Cincy.....a little thing called defense goes a long way to help a team win. The queen is still on the bench nice.

Normally I don't watch College religiously but Notre dame being atrocious is joy I cannot suppress, figuring the way they hurriedly dismissed Ty and gave that fat fraud 40 mill just as quick... who for a supposed offensive guru has not scored one touchdown on offense.

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Prison break coming back for another season is some unnecessary prolonging programming bullshiet ....oh and while we are speaking on TV 'Curb your enthusiasm' is back goat show on TV really. That cavemen show coming up will bomb, weak ass concept to sustain for 30 minutes. Nobody trynna watch that for thirty minutes ....make it extinct already pun intended.

Week 1...

2007-09-13T07:40:00.000-07:00

I was hoping kips ass would review week one, but he hasn't so here goes. I slept early on Saturday a first, by midnight i was already in bed and woke up early as well on Sunday by 9 , had breakfast(which i rarely do these days..) made changes to my fantasy squad of which they did not even help, seeing that Brees had already stunk it up for me. Got my things together and spent the Sunday, quite possibly the best way I should. the NFL is intoxicating.

Now to pressing matters

New England's new logo......peep the camera

bwehehehehe that is funny......

My rams looked like sh1t couldn't run for nada and could not stop the run for nada, hope they play better this Sunday.

The ravens, Mcnair was absolutely horrendous, made Boller look like manning out there, even though that pass interference was bad call. Ocho styled on them again...

The zona vs 49ers game was entertaining, the defenses was superb.

Steelers looked good granted it was the browns..and the browns do they suck or what? Brady queen will prolly get start by week three or four.

Dallas were impressive...

San diego vs Chicago....da bears are pretty good especially on D, the O stinks up something fierce though, when will Grossman learn to check down?

KC Chiefs..smh, smh.

quick drops..

Quite possibly the nicest album you have never heard ....Quixotic by Martina topley- bird, the sound can't be defined you just gotta listen, I kept forgetting to plug it but, picked it up again over the weekend. This is nice album would probably make my top 25 albums all time....brilliant music. If you can pick this please do, if you want a copy holla at me on email.

I'm saying, this is the BEST album this year, The ....simplicity and the regular nature of his rhymes and lack of pretense in his lyrics(blu collar worker....) make this dude appealing to me. His flow though is rarefied, dopeness and I can't say enough of the chemistry between the producer DJ Exile and blu, its a beautiful thing. Like in So(ul) amazin' , the way exile cuts it he brings up reminders of the old school joint....peep the video

Cop the album up, and to hear his songs visit his myspace

NFL...and kadhalika

2007-09-06T07:12:00.000-07:00

Its that time of the year, where there is much merriment ....NFL SEASON. Today is simply gonna be a lovely day.....I got the colts winning today, but that besides the point just knowing weak ass ESPN is going show football (without mentioning vick) now is a plus.

*aside* anyone notice how sports center is atrocious? with their forced tryna be hip moments from Stuart Scott's "i got big things ....", who is now segment?? and their human segment stories? good lord just give us the highlights, news and scores . No wonder I only watch the espn news channel only.....enough of trying to merge pop culture with sports.

So my Rams draft was quite good, we filled the most needs run defense drafted solid DT, to go along with one of the best defensive ends in the game.. Little and our linebackers have gotten a year of experience together so thats a good thing. Our offense should be solid even though it seems like holt might miss the first game of the season. Hugest problem area is special teams coverage. It is atrocious...

Now the smack talk can begin...

Izziatic....the skins suck no lie...just like the burgundy uni's they rock, tell the owner to stop trying to buy championships, draft a player for once. with that said I'm rooting for Jason Campbell.

Kels....there is really nothing I can say about the pats, they are stacked I hope the jets beat you that first week...oh and kick rocks.

B....how about you make ray lewis play on offense too? make ed reed a WR? smh at your offense rivaling the trent dilfer days..... the Ravens man. oh and we play you on Oct 14th mark it down...

Udi....the ineptness of the raiders, how do you cut someone by mistake? a third rounder at that? one week before the season and your first round pick is not even signed....at least the defense is quite solid....

Afro..still a KC fan?....

S....the Bills man, I know Losman improved but do you think Lynch is an ample replacement for Willis? not to mention you are in the AFC things are not looking too good.

Other things

So i managed to d/l that Kanye aka Ye' .....its aiight type to grow on you closer to last registration than college dropout, I like "the champion, flashlights, can't tell me nothing, goodlife(yes i know t pain is in it). I was left scratching my head after listening to drunk and hot girls. Everything I am..is my joint though....ye is still quite average lyrically.

Curtis the shitty cent album..i dled it.....*cricket chirps*

smh at guy calling himself Plies, this here ninja is horrible and unintelligible who gave this dude a record deal?? and why? his government name is Algernod...i mean really? really?

whats your fav Sade song? I have two 'love is stronger than pride' and 'king of sorrow'...

Peace..