tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83548222285427687142024-02-18T17:34:03.587-08:00UrbalisticThe Urbalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07950918314766693908noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8354822228542768714.post-61794707924109499062010-06-12T10:01:00.000-07:002010-06-12T10:55:04.243-07:007th Art : True Legend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.loadmovieseries.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/True-Legend.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.loadmovieseries.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/True-Legend.jpg" width="218" /></a></div><br />
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We love Hip Hop, but our love for entertainment is much bigger then just music.In this section we will delve into movies , from classics to current showings to upcoming features.So let's start this with one of my favorite genre of films, the martial arts movies.<br />
I am a kung fu freak , to me it's an endearing term and for the last years I've been stuck with watching the classics to satisfy my cravings and then i stumbled upon Su Qi-Er or the legend of beggar su or true legend from famed choreographer turned director Woo-ping Yuen know to most for his work on the Matrix trilogy and Iron Monkey<br />
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Su Qi-Er, a wealthy man living during the Qing Dynasty who loses his fortune and reputation as a result of a conspiracy against him. After being forced out onto the streets, Su dedicates his life to martial arts and reemerges as a patriotic hero known as the "King of Beggars." Also said to have been the one who invented drunken fist.<br />
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Of course we've seen this story before but i find they put an interesting twist to a ``known`` legend, the fighting choreography is intense of course and it's somewhat brigs back the old styles of fighting we grew up watching also we get an appearence from our favorite shaolin monk Gordon liu. My only major problem with this movie which is separated in three parts in the life of beggar su is the last part where he needs to defend China's honor against the evil foreigners which is the same ending in fearless with Jet Li and the same ending from Ip Man 2 with Donnie Yen (which will get a review from us very soon).<br />
with this being said i still recommend this movie , ill give it a 3.5 out of 5<br />
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Antwan & Andre making beautiful music together again. Sleepy Brown rides with them. Boi-1da provides the beat. You <a href="http://usershare.net/19g50y70pc9l">download and listen</a>.The Urbalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07950918314766693908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8354822228542768714.post-26535973218931978102010-06-08T16:45:00.000-07:002010-06-10T12:02:29.685-07:00Chaplin feat. 1Man - "Love Me No More"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV7Jv8mNpBzATVAJWeT8CACVXvTXS6mQ7Jq7Q7Bcg49w36ckOrTUDDH9H6U_aL7preqMWgnhTdz37U5OHtJvxttKVpat5GgzSY811ANrFkRwTWu6mzcU-wPws-rYx1hkrkSNsyK2-_mkrb/s1600/Chaplin+-+Love+Me+No+More.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV7Jv8mNpBzATVAJWeT8CACVXvTXS6mQ7Jq7Q7Bcg49w36ckOrTUDDH9H6U_aL7preqMWgnhTdz37U5OHtJvxttKVpat5GgzSY811ANrFkRwTWu6mzcU-wPws-rYx1hkrkSNsyK2-_mkrb/s320/Chaplin+-+Love+Me+No+More.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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Canadian underground vet Chaplin enlists local MC/producer 1Man to drop some bars on the Jim Jones banger, to appear on the forthcoming "BS Intolerance" mixtape, dropping in the next few weeks. Stay tuned... for Hip-Hop!<br />
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Lots of news in the music world since we last checked in, but we had to reboot quickly to be able to bring you more quality product, features, reviews, etc...<br />
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Updates may not come as often as we would like but in the end, the info will be posted... Enjoy!The Urbalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07950918314766693908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8354822228542768714.post-68504874850065629452010-04-05T05:20:00.000-07:002010-04-05T06:21:12.576-07:00Album review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp1pl9yvai0zo_FZbBZjeTG9ywNpzUbj-m62DaQBxr7V96ViCvuJ9_tRN3x72iAavc2aU7CZUhVx18ceUY5UcztptmqjKmnaPNksxmVp-tfRF6ETBJ5dxEaI2QC8lbvKInht5NSE1dDav2/s1600/100325081514214209.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp1pl9yvai0zo_FZbBZjeTG9ywNpzUbj-m62DaQBxr7V96ViCvuJ9_tRN3x72iAavc2aU7CZUhVx18ceUY5UcztptmqjKmnaPNksxmVp-tfRF6ETBJ5dxEaI2QC8lbvKInht5NSE1dDav2/s200/100325081514214209.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Erykah Badu </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>New Amerykah Part Two Return Of The Ank</b><br />
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<li>Window seat (single) : <span style="font-size: large;">5/5</span></li>
<li>Agitation : <span style="font-size: large;">3,5/5</span></li>
<li>Turn me away (get muNNy) :<span style="font-size: large;"> 5/5</span></li>
<li>Gone baby, don't be long : <span style="font-size: large;">5/5</span></li>
<li>Umm hmm : <span style="font-size: large;">4,5/5</span></li>
<li>Love : <span style="font-size: large;">4/5</span></li>
<li>You loving me (session) : <span style="font-size: large;">3/5</span></li>
<li>Fall in love ( your funeral) : <span style="font-size: large;">5/5</span></li>
<li> Incense (<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">feat. Kirsten Agnesta</span>) <span style="font-size: small;">: <span style="font-size: large;">4/5</span></span></span></li>
<li>Out my mind, just in time : <span style="font-size: large;">5/5</span></li>
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Erykah Badu 6th album is a joy to listen to! More soul music than R&B<br />
I will post a more extensive review by the end of this week The Urbalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07950918314766693908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8354822228542768714.post-25761955254828123232010-03-29T18:03:00.000-07:002010-03-30T04:04:23.423-07:00The Generational Gap: An OpinionAs we proceed to give you what you need ...<br />
Well hip hop as failed me on that part , because what i needed was quality not quantity , it was hard work and work ethic and all i was given was a bland, process cheese like product ,where anybody with a computer and 5000 dollars to make a video could become a hit.I know you will tell me the game has changed and all that but it changed to what exactly. When the biggest seller is Lil Wayne, when you can't differentiate between mainstream and underground anymore but as much as i can blame the industry for giving me crap, i have to blame myself and you for accepting mediocrity in all form,the fact that we keep on buying what they put out , i buy because they sell and they sell because i buy: simple economics 101.<br />
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So lets see what failed in the system,<br />
The conscious rapper who at one point was at the forefront of the scene has been relegated to the great void of the underground, it's like they have the plague, those whose name cannot be uttered. We understand it was never cool to read a book, never been cool to have gone to school, never been cool to be smarter then the average but conscious rap wasn't all about those things , it was always more, you didn't have to be book smart ,you could've been street smart .the greatest rappers to me are the best story tellers. for example: slick rick ; biggie smalls these rappers in the simplest but structurally tight verses brought you into the world they imagine for the duration of a song or for a complete album.there was no need to use big words and obscure references .you just had to tell a story.<br />
Recently a study came out saying that the biggest sellers in hip hop were those who had lyrical content , like Jay-Z,<br />
Eminem,and this one i find hilarious Lil Wayne (explanation on that one was that with age, he got more lyrical)<br />
true in some sense he did and i praise him for the evolution but conscious rapper he's not.<br />
A few lone soldiers are still clinging to the mainstream but it seems really for those in the know.<br />
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"Apprentissage" - 04:09</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"Itinéraire d'un Bledhar devenu Banlieusard" - 04:59</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"A force de le dire" - 5.53</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"Le Ghetto n'est Pas Un Abri" - 3:54</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"Calmement" - 4:08</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"Escale(interlude)" - 1:15</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"La Même adresse" - 4:25</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"Le Message" - 5:12</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"L'effet Papillon" - 5:50</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"Check de l'épaule" - 4:13</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"Dans la légende" - 4:19</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"Quinze Ans en Arrière" - 7:00</li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: tahoma, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;"><div style="text-align: right;">Si d’la punchline tu rates la chute hésite pas, remet</div><div style="text-align: right;">C’est freestyle mais j’te parle pas de shit et de sky mais bien de la street et ces racailles même</div><div style="text-align: right;">J’rap toujours frais, on dirait qu’j’suis tout nouveau</div><div style="text-align: right;">Vous rappez tous pareil on dirait une choré’ de kuduro</div><div style="text-align: right;">J’fais tout le boulot le coeur en saison hivernale</div><div style="text-align: right;">Mon frère la tête sous l’eau attend d’être enfin libérable</div><div style="text-align: right;">En fait, un enfermé qui s’évade, c’est rare comme Jean Pierre Pernaut qui donnerait la parole à Kemi Seba</div><div style="text-align: right;">Nos ennemis nous séparent, la guerre à base de coup d’pute</div><div style="text-align: right;">Qui parle de Rap Game ? Ca fait longtemps que je ne joue plus</div><div style="text-align: right;">J’ai plus le temps des pour-parler</div><div style="text-align: right;">Nos vies sont tellement brèves, si on en fait un film on l’appellerait court trage-mé</div><div style="text-align: right;">Le courage est de mise, un seul homme visionnaire</div><div style="text-align: right;">J’viens des bidonvilles de Kin’ appelle-moi Slumdog Millionaire</div><div style="text-align: right;">Comme tous ceux qui viennent d’Afrique pour rouler en gamos</div><div style="text-align: right;">Qui grandissent sur une terre battue mais pas celle de Roland Garros</div><div style="text-align: right;">J’arrose la poisse qui m’escorte, comment me projeter?</div><div style="text-align: right;">Le bonheur à ma porte mais faut que j’passe le seuil de pauvreté</div><div style="text-align: right;">J’pense à mes oncles sans papier c’est dramatique</div><div style="text-align: right;">Mais pour des fafs ils pourraient reconnaitre la gosse de Rachida Dati</div><div style="text-align: right;">Han, on nous baratine malgré l’effort</div><div style="text-align: right;">Pas attendu la crise pour voir que la misère est forte</div><div style="text-align: right;">La Guadeloupe se révolte, la France est éclatée</div><div style="text-align: right;">Et tu croyais voir la compagnie créole t’as eu le NKP</div><div style="text-align: right;">Rescapé, grâce au succès j’suis pas un délinquant</div><div style="text-align: right;">Mais j’reprend le métro pour retrouver l’inspi d’il y a 5 ans</div><div style="text-align: right;">Eh ouais j’ai changé et je le montre</div><div style="text-align: right;">Désormais j’écris mes textes engagés dans le journal Le Monde</div><div style="text-align: right;">Retiens mon nom d’analphabète, tu veux que je faiblisse</div><div style="text-align: right;">Si j’t'ai traité de con bah considère que c’est un euphémisme</div><div style="text-align: right;">Trop d’ennemis dans le complot sans crier gare</div><div style="text-align: right;">Remarque que ceux qui parlent dans mon dos seul mon boul les regarde</div><div style="text-align: right;">J’reste à l’écart mais dans la machine j’suis le gravillon</div><div style="text-align: right;">Pour enrayer Paris avec ma rime et l’effet papillon</div><div style="text-align: right;">Ok, j’te l’avais dis qu’t'avais jamais entendu de rap Français</div><div style="text-align: right;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: right;">J’avance les yeux fermés les poings serrés l’estomac noué</div><div style="text-align: right;">J’ai tous mes membres pour le moment que Dieu soit loué</div><div style="text-align: right;">J’ai pris des coups oui je dois vous l’avouer</div><div style="text-align: right;">Mais que Dieu soit loué, que Dieu soit loué</div><div style="text-align: right;">X2</div><div style="text-align: right;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: right;">Depuis que j’excelle dans la musique certains amis sont devenus adversaire</div><div style="text-align: right;">C’est ironique comme de mourir le jour de son anniversaire</div><div style="text-align: right;">Fais ton plein frère, touche pas à ma roue</div><div style="text-align: right;">J’suis une black panthère comme la mère à Tupac Amaru</div><div style="text-align: right;">Je vois rouge dans ce rap français et son contexte</div><div style="text-align: right;">J’refuse de partager ces doutes et porter ces complexes</div><div style="text-align: right;">Tu fais du rap mais tu fuck les states, pathétique</div><div style="text-align: right;">Où t’as vu un reggae man d’ici qui nique la Jamaïque ?</div><div style="text-align: right;">Soyez pas naïf, j’veux soigner ma ive</div><div style="text-align: right;">A la force du poignet même éloigné de ma rive</div><div style="text-align: right;">C’est loin l’Afrique, j’suis condamné sans jouer les stars</div><div style="text-align: right;">Mais si je tombe mettez moi dans la même cellule que Joey Starr</div><div style="text-align: right;">Ca m’permettra de ne pas me couper du hip hop</div><div style="text-align: right;">Entre Snoop et Lollipop j’ai mes couplets dans l’ipod</div><div style="text-align: right;">Mon pote, les rappeurs sont des pales copies</div><div style="text-align: right;">Pour sortir ma musique de la crise j’ai plus besoin d’inspi’ que d’Hadopi</div><div style="text-align: right;">Fils adoptif de Marianne la mégère devenue ma marâtre défavorable à mes gênes</div><div style="text-align: right;">Et j’aime quand sur le net tu ouvres ta bouche mais attention</div><div style="text-align: right;">Le wall de ton facebook sera le mur de tes lamentations</div><div style="text-align: right;">La tentation de bambaataa est révolue</div><div style="text-align: right;">J’ai la sensation d’un rap où le discours n’est même plus reconnu</div><div style="text-align: right;">Où les MC lancent des clash pour s’égayer</div><div style="text-align: right;">Mais dans le freestyle hostile 2006 c’est pas Médine qui bégayait</div><div style="text-align: right;">Effrayé par la mort dans le missive</div><div style="text-align: right;">Car on fond la vie n’est qu’une maladie sexuellement transmissible</div><div style="text-align: right;">J’reste invisible mais dans la machine j’suis le gravillon</div></span><br />
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Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence is not what you would call a household name among regular hip-hop fans, but his pedigree has been vastly underrated over time. With his oftentimes partner and good friend Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie (which most of you know as The Mad Rapper), he has crafted a few classics in the second half of the 90's, and definitely helped create and cement Sean "Puffy" Combs' and Bad Boy Records' legacy as <i>the</i> powerhouse of mainstream hip-hop as part of The Hitmen collective.<br />
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His wide-ranging list of customers include LL Cool J, Puff Daddy, The Lox, Mary J. Blige, R. Kelly, Boyz II Men, and of course the Notorious One, Biggie Smalls. Simply put: you may not know of him, or may not really see him as an active player these days, but rest assured he's definitely getting a steady stream of royalty checks from the RIAA from all his previous work. One of his now-famous clients got to benefit from his talent, as the one and only Jay-Z received one particular instrumental that some hardcore Hov fans still refer to as "his hardest song". From <i>In My Lifetime Vol. I</i> (1997), "Where I'm From" is one gritty concoction of street life mixed with hood pride, coated over a looped-up Yvonne Fair (a James Brown protegé) sample, hard drums and bass.<br />
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Mr. Lawrence will now see you in his office, and show you how he doctored one of the greatest Jay-Z tracks ever (and yes, kids, it <i>is</i> the "Angels" beat).<br />
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Yvonne Fair - "Let Your Hair Down" (<i>forward to :54 for the actual loop</i>)<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: right;">Tracey Lee - "The Theme"</div><div style="text-align: right;">MC Lyte - "Cold Rock A Party" (Bad Boy Remix)</div><div style="text-align: right;">The Notorious B.I.G. - "Hypnotize"</div><div style="text-align: right;">Puff Daddy - "Been Around The World"</div><div style="text-align: right;">Puff Daddy - "Don't Stop What You're Doing"</div><div style="text-align: right;">Black Rob - "I Love You Baby"</div><div style="text-align: right;">LL Cool J - "Phenomenon"</div><div style="text-align: right;">The Lox - "Money, Power, Respect"</div><div style="text-align: right;">Faith Evans - "Love Like This"</div><div style="text-align: right;">Faith Evans - "All Night Long"</div><div style="text-align: right;">Jay-Z - "Where I'm From"</div><div style="text-align: right;"><br />
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<i><b>The Future</b> will be our segment dedicated to the up-and-comers, the new burgeoning acts what we think will have an impact in hip-hop. For our very first piece, we take a look at a pioneer's lineage in Run's young son, Diggy Simmons<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">.</span></i><br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/10083901">Diggy - Made you look Freestyle (Flow Stoopid)</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user3354324">Diggy Simmons</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.The Urbalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07950918314766693908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8354822228542768714.post-25721686807837156942010-03-24T18:30:00.000-07:002010-03-25T13:12:27.150-07:00The Reel: Serius Jones - Can't Stand Her<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrfUXwH58t4lRtIEmajpWCjck17bmm2lRDEMWTpznx_GdrlK0n2r3hS2W7dWzCQGyVF9K3A2D-K3Hcl78OUdiPZrk4yXjhJfjM-Akggo6jcojW1QZQgs5OxUJ6Amnj8gnvVOm9y_fFUIlt/s1600/seriussmoke1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrfUXwH58t4lRtIEmajpWCjck17bmm2lRDEMWTpznx_GdrlK0n2r3hS2W7dWzCQGyVF9K3A2D-K3Hcl78OUdiPZrk4yXjhJfjM-Akggo6jcojW1QZQgs5OxUJ6Amnj8gnvVOm9y_fFUIlt/s400/seriussmoke1.jpg" width="313" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Jersey-born freestyle champion turned DTP protege... A somewhat oldie but a goodie. Enjoy, after the jump.<br />
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In collaboration with Absolut Vodka, Jay-Z gives us a rare glimpse into his concert rehearsal process while professing his love for his craft, his business ventures and the city of New York in this 15-minute short documentary directed by Danny Clinch. Appearance by John Mayer. Vid after the jump.<br />
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</span></span></span></div></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Like many of my generation , I grew up with a wide range of musical sounds, going from Motown</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">to </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Metallica, from Otis Redding</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> to the Rolling Stones, from Run DMC</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> to Slick Rick. In short, I love and live music so it's a little disconcerting to see </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">what Hip-Hop </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">or Rap music (which I</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> feel is close to its last breath) has come to.</span></span></span><br />
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<div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Music, like people, should and must evolve and in a perfect world; improve from the previous generation, but for some unseen reason Hip-Hop</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> has vowed to reach the lowest common denominator possible. It</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> used to be fun, inspired; it seemed to have a sense of purpose, from the party tracks of Kid 'N Play, the consciousness of Queen Latifah,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> to the street bravado of NWA.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Sure, we can spend hours discussing the ins and outs</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> of gangsta rap, but at first it came out as a outcry from the streets of Compton</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, as poverty and violence was almost exclusive to the East Coast rap scene (still a very minor sub-genre at the time) and they came out swinging, ready for a fight. Hip-Hop </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">started going on a downhill slide to hell when money and hoes became standard, when gratuitous sex, violence and persona became more important than content, when swag became prevalent, and lyrics was left to the non-selling backpackers. When is the last time you heard a concept album, one with a back story?</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Anybody can come out with a hot single, but it has become an oddity to come out with a complete album. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">To each his own, I guess, but in the coming weeks we will delve deeper in the mind of the current Hip-Hop </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">head.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<div>Former Aftermath protege, current Slaughterhouser Joell Ortiz just released his first video for his upcoming album, <i>Free Agent</i>. Although the beat itself isn't the 2010 standard (true diggers with recognize the Al Green sample which Premo also flipped for Rakim's "It Been A Long Time"), it still keeps it moving as Ortiz proves he's indeed very capable of, you know, writing <i>songs</i> which can appeal to a general audience. The video perfectly illustrates the lyrics. A winner in our book.<br />
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</div><div>But how things have evolved for him since dropping the already-classic "Exhibit C" is almost unheard of for an underground so-called "lyrical" act. Going from "barely known" to being called the second coming of Nas is quite the leap indeed after just one song. "Exhibit C" even managed to crack iTunes' Top 10 Most Downloaded list when it was first released back in December. Since then, we've seen a multitude of rappers, from the obscure to the famous, trying to recreate their magic over that Just Blaze beat, most of them to no avail. Some even got clever and tried to spit on the previously released but just as stellar "Exhibit A", which had dropped in late 2008. But how nice is Jay Elec, really? We'll let you be the judge of that with our very first Notebook column. Below you'll find the song and also the lyrics for those you like to follow.</div><div><br />
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</i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Fightin', shootin dice, smokin weed on the corners</i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Tryna find the meaning of life in a Corona </i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Till the Five Percenters rolled up on a nigga and informed him </i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>"You either build or destroy. Where you come from?" </i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>"The Magnolia projects in the 3rd ward slum" </i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>"Hmmm... its quite amazing that you rhyme how you do </i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>And how you shine like you grew up in a shrine in Peru." </i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Question 14 - Muslim Lesson 2: Dip diver, Civilize a 85er </i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>I make the devil hit his knees and say the Our Father </i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Abracadabra! You rockin with the True and Living </i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Shout out to Lights Out, Joseph I, Chewy Bivens </i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Shout out to Baltimore, Baton Rouge, my crew in Richmond </i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>While y'all debated who the truth was like Jews and Christians</i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>I was on Cecil B, Broad Street, Master, North Philly, South Philly, 23rd, Tasker </i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>6 Mile, 7 Mile, Hartwell, Gratiot</i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Where niggas really would pack a U-haul truck up </i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Put the high beams on</i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Drive up on the curb at a barbecue and hop out the back like "what's up!" </i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Kill a nigga, rob a nigga, take a nigga, bust up </i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>That's why when you talk the tough talk I never feel ya </i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>You sound real good and you play the part well </i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>But the energy you givin off is so unfamiliar... I don't feel ya </i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>
</i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Nas hit me up on the phone, said "What you waitin on?"</i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Tip hit me up with a Twitt, said "What you waitin on?"</i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Diddy send a text every hour on the dot sayin</i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>"When you gon drop that verse, nigga, you taking long"</i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>So now I'm back spittin that He Could Pass A Polygraph
</i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>That Reverend Run rockin Adidas out on Hollis Ave</i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>That FOI, Marcus Garvey, Nikki Tesla </i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>I shock like a eel, electric feel, Jay Electra</i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>
</i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>They call me Jay Electronica... Fuck that.</i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Call me Jay ElecHannukah </i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Jay ElecYarmulke</i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Jay ElecRamadaan </i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Muhammad Asalaamica</i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>RasoulAllah Supana Watallah through your monitor</i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>My Uzi still Weighs A Ton check the barometer</i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>I'm hotter than the muthafuckin' sun check the thermometer </i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>I'm bringing ancient mathematics back to modern man</i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>My momma told me never throw a stone and hide your hand</i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>I got a lot of family, you got a lot of fans</i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>That's why the people got my back like the Verizon man</i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>I play the back and fade to black and then devise a plan</i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Out in London, smoking, vibin' while I ride the tram</i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Givin’ out that raw food to lions disguised as lambs</i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>And, by the time they get they seats hot</i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>And deploy all they henchmen to come at me from the treetops</i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>I’m chillin out at Tweetstock</i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Building by the millions</i></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i>My light is brilliant</i></span> </span></span></pre><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"></span></span></pre></span></pre></span></div></div></div>The Urbalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07950918314766693908noreply@blogger.com1