Nas – “Be A N*gger Too”

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Killers of Sean Bell Acquitted

[The truth emerged when the smoke cleared: There was no weapon inside Bell's blood-splattered car.

After an ambulance was summoned, the shaken detectives gathered in the middle of the street — a scene the supervisor described as "surreal."

"We were all in shock," he said. "We thanked God that none of us were hit and we were going home." ]

The cops thanked God that they weren’t hit by any bullets.
Underneath a paragraph that said Sean Bell didn’t even have a gun.

Keep reading for the full article.

Angie Martinez Interviews Fat Joe

Interview from a couple days ago on the radio.
He says some pretty interesting stuff.
I’ll let you keep reading for the video and a link to stuff about Fat Joe’s new album
“The Elephant In The Room” in stores now, pick it up.

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Super Tuesday 2 (Triple Album Release)

Rick Ross’ –  “Trilla”
Fat Joe      -  “Elephant In The Room”
Snoop Dogg- “Ego Trippin”

Go out in the stores and buy them.
They are out today March 11th 2008
Click the links if you want to order them online.
I know I have been behind on my posting but I am pretty sure this post will make up for it.

 At the very end of the post will be links to previous stuff so check those out too.

Ice Cube ft. Scarface and Nas – “Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It Remix”

 

Check it out for yourself, I’ll post the original video too.
 

Snoop Dogg – “Neva Hafta Worry”

New video from Snoop’s Ego Trippin’. In stores March 11th.
It is basically the story of his career.
Check it out, keep reading…

Ace Gutta ft. Rick Ross & T-Pain-”Cash Flow”

This isn’t a Rick Ross single but Trilla is in stores March 11th, which is in exactly a week, so pick it up. Ace Gutta is the first person on Khaled’s new label on Def Jam.
Go buy Rick Ross’ album next Tuesday, continue reading the post to see the video and links to the other Rick Ross posts on here.

Nas:Taking The Bullet (An Op-ed)

Is Nas a leader of a rebellion or is he the soothsayer, helping the rest of the world see what he has seen since he started rapping? The media may try to make him look like the gangster rapper who will rob your house and have his way with your wife and daughter despite what his music catalogue suggests of his character. Like Tupac over ten years ago when rap was under fire, Nas is stepping up to take whatever will come out of this and like Tupac he is now deemed as a dangerous gangster rapper even though the music points at consequences, hope, and inspiration.

Nas: Taking The Bullet:

Hip-Hop vs. America

 

Alright, so I was browsing through youtube and I came across one of their features that has to do with my topic for analytical research. It is the video collection of a debate style show that BET put on discussing the state of hip-hop music and how it affects society which was a major topic in America this year. I contacted the people who had the videos that were being featured and they said it would be great so I will also link to them at the end of the post. I thought the debate was pretty interesting when I caught parts of it on TV and I hope everyone else finds it interesting too, feel free to leave some response to them. I haven’t watched it in awhile so hopefully you hundreds of people passing through will leave some comments to discuss and bring up some points.

Juelz Santana ft. Lil’ Wayne – “Do My Thing”

 

I don’t really like this song, but I do know how many people hate love lil wayne.
So for the people out there who swear he is the best rapper alive here is a new song for you enjoy while I post something else because I was not impressed with this song.

Fat Joe – “Thank God For That White”

Ok so new song, you know where to go for it.
From Elephant In The Room
I’m trying to decide whether or not to put the tagless version of that Jay-Z and Mary J. and the full version of Rick Ross- Maybach Music
so tell me if you would like me to do so.

Max B- “Umma Do Me” Jim Jones Diss

I don’t really know the whole backstory to this but it doesn’t really interest me so for those of you who care the video is below. All I have to say about Jim Jones is that “Love Me No More” was better with Game on it.

 

Jay-Z ft. Mary J. Blige – “You’re Welcome”

Check out the song below, produced by Swizz Beats.
Keep the feedback and hits coming in.
Links to more Jay-Z music and videos below.

Rick Ross Ft. Jay-Z – “Maybach Music”

Trilla in stores March 11th
Hear first
check it out below
it is tagged up but oh well

Rick Ross ft. Lil’ Wayne,Trick Daddy,and Young Jeezy-”Luxury Tax”

 

New song from Trilla album in stores March 11,pick it up in stores.
Hearing it first right here. Check it out below and comment.

Spike Jonze – Lakai’s Fully Flared Intro

Not a lakai fan(I use a better product, sounds like:……)
ssssssssSpike Jonze directed this intro to a skateboarding movie and it is pretty cool so I figured I would post it in relation to my other skateboarding posts. You really can’t hate on Spike, check out his dvd of all the music videos he has done.

See also: Officer Rivieri, Calm Down Dude
Skateboarding in the news again…probably not good

Comments are welcome and feedback will help this site to continue bringing new and interesting things. Thanks.

5000 Hits and Runnin’

Lupe Fiasco- “Superstar”

I’ve officially gotten over 5000 hits on my site so I would like to thank my lurkers who come through browse and leave. Maybe since I have reached this mark one of you will actually start commenting. It doesn’t matter though just keep stopping by and giving me hits and I’ll keep posting as much stuff as I can. Anyways I have a couple bonus videos for this post, you guys should be happy I have loaded up with a ton of videos in the last few posts I don’t know if you can keep up.
Check it out
and maybe leave a comment for me with some input.

3 Legends In One Post,Videos Included

Three music videos in one post today and a bonus video for those who look at the post. The three videos are : Jay-Z – “I Know”, Hussein Fatal – “Pop Like Me”, and Pete Rock-”Til I Retire/Best Believe” ft. Redman. I can’t tell you what the bonus is cause that would ruin the mystery of it. I’m not really a fan of the song ” I Know”, I guess it just wasn’t my favorite from AG. “Pop Like Me” was alright but it wasn’t on par with what I would expect from an Outlaw. The Pete Rock song is a good one, this is the dude that has produced classics, check out Illmatic.
Anyways, continue reading for the vids.

Mickey Factz-”I’m Sean (50 Shots More)”

This is a song about the Sean Bell tragedy where Sean Bell was killed by the police on his wedding day after the police let off 50 shots thinking that Sean Bell had a weapon when he didn’t. Mickey Factz takes on the persona of Sean Bell in this song with an eerie instrumental and a lyrical narrative of the events of what happened and the aftermath and contains audio from newscasts. I am also gonna post a video that tells you more about Mickey Factz so you can decide if he is someone you would want to add to your list or not.

See also: Sean’s wife and kids appear in Rocawear Ad.
Edit:
I forgot to link this earlier: Trial Begins
The videos are still in the post just continue reading to see them and comment.

Estelle ft. Kanye West – “American Boy”

This is a little bit of musical filler until I get my next post ready. I haven’t gotten to listen to this song because the player has been giving me trouble so it is going to be up to you to decide whether it is a good song or not and you will probably have to comment and tell me so I can find out. Continue reading for Estelle featuring Kanye West “American Boy”. Sometime this week I will try to get around to my next post, it is gonna be a good one. I hope the embed thing worked out cause the instructions for this are completely different than what it really looked like.

 

And you think rap is bad

 To talk more on my analytical research I am doing a post about other types of music that most has been deemed fit for radio play and socially acceptable. Rap uses the same words and phrases and the culture is frowned upon. I compiled a quick set of videos that are more offensive or just as offensive as people view commercial rap. If you don’t think these are more offensive you probably have a backwards perspective on life. I included the famous song “Bitch” by Meredith Brooks because it is the perfect example of how it is wrong for rappers to say bitch but a woman can run around talking about how she is a bitch just because she is singing about it when it is counter-productive to do so. Women have been having fits all year about the Imus situation and rappers saying bitch but when that song came out it was empowering to women and many claimed to be bitches themselves and said it was a term of empowerment against mysogyny in society. There is also songs that portray women negatively but according to the news women are forced into making themselves look bad in rap videos and they don’t ask to be in them and ask to wear next to nothing. This post isn’t just fixed on the topic of women but that is one of the main issues that was facing rap this year along with the use of the n-word and that the music was too vulgar which there are also songs that cover that. That was my brief description
I’ll let you get to viewing the videos,click the link below to see them.
Comment if you want.

Wiz Khalifa- “Say Yeah”

I was kinda reluctant to watch this video the first time I saw it. I actually like it, it must be the beat or something. I’ll post the official video for that song and another song of his and you all can decide on it.
 

Video of the Dead Prez Concert Riot

Two videos of what happened as the true story in the story that was in the Honorable Mention links.
Continue reading to see the two videos where the cops just run in and start pushing people who are just yelling. The availability of cameras these days is great.
The commentary by the people filming is pretty funny too.
Check it out click the link below to keep reading.
 

Rick Ross ft. T-Pain – “Boss”

 

So I did miss something on the release date. Rick Ross got pushed back to March 11th which is also Fat Joe’s release date so I guess I will just link back to the Rick Ross songs on that day and make Fat Joe’s video’s the main focus.
But anyways, the official video for “Boss” is out so continue reading to get the video.

KRS-One ft.The Game,Chamillionaire,Busta Rhymes,Fat Joe,Nelly and more

 

KRS-One is reviving the stop the violence movement he had going back in the day.In The next part of this post is the video of them in the studio.It shows KRS,The Game,Chamillionaire,Nelly and I think somebody else do parts of their verses. The verses are good from what it plays.
“and the shooters get Xed like malcolm/
one dead in the grave/
one behind bars is the outcome”
-The Game
 I’ve had this post waiting for awhile but here it is.

Music From Street Kings

I’ve been getting a good number of searches in the site about the music from “Street Kings”.
So I’m gonna post a couple of songs from the trailer.
Feel free to comment and continue reading the post to see the songs.

Hostile Gospel Pt.1(Deliver Us)

Talib Kweli
I’ve been saving this post for awhile
but here it is
sit back,listen to it once for the sake of listening and then a second time to hear what he talks about,then comment about it.
Bonus video if you read the rest of the post

Officer Rivieri, Calm Down Dude…

Once again the skateboarder beating,jumpsuit wearing ‘roid rager has made it back into the news.This time he is after an Art Student.
If I ever had the displeasure of running into him
I think his face would end up running into my hand.
Click the link below to see the rest of the post and video.

Super Tuesday Part 1

If I didn’t miss something today is Rick Ross’ release date for his sophomore album “Trilla“. I’ll post some singles that I have listened to in the past month or two via XM.
Go buy the album,rush the stores.

“Street Money” ft. Flo-Rida

Analytical Research: Rap v. Society

I am writing a paper about the recent events from the beginning of the Jena 6 up to the hanging of a noose around the neck of the statue of Tupac Shakur. This not only includes the incidents of racism but also the media’s sudden want to clean up rap music after Don Imus said “nappy-headed ho”, which led to a congressional hearing over the state of rap music. I talk about how when something bad happens in society it gets reflected upon the rap community as if the source of all problems comes from there. I am using Tupac as a recurring figure in my paper.