Archive for September, 2009

“If ya bootleg, ya get ya leg broke….”

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

File this one under ingenious. With the impending release of Plastique, Sole has formally declared war on all bootleggers. This is from the front page of his recently redesigned site:

“on behalf of soleone.org & fakefour inc, and musicians everywhere
in the spirit of thomas jefferson and james madison
the forefathers of this here semi great nation
we have launched a forward offense against the pirates
those who roam the oceans of the internet
squandering our labor, stealing food from our children(and dogs) mouths
sucking the very wind from the mountain air

through sheer concient, arrogance, & butchery
they have plundered for too long

the first shot fired acrossed the bow was a megaupload zip
the second was to a far off land called sendspace
soon, isohunt, piratebay, will be overloaded with zip files
containing:
old albums, country music, animals being massacred
all in the name of sole & the skyrider band “plastique”

for those who think stealing isn’t stealing
tell that to my bank account
and the indigenous people of north america & australia
the IRS, Goldman Sachs, & AIG

we, are aware that the ground beneath our feet is shifting
that someday the world won’t need:

record stores
record labels
publicity companies
working artists
magazines
newspapers
video stores
locally produced goods, labor, & ideas

but i remember old voyages
while working at mcdonald’s
saving pennies
buying a turntable
driving 6 hours to fat beats with the pedestrian
roaming the cold polluted streets of new york
simply to buy records at fat beats, vinyl kings, and anything we could find
before mail order, itunes, & the internet
coming home with a swollen backpack
sore from the subway
and playing the music for my friends

i realize, that this is a losing war
the barbarians, as they say are at the gates
and we can’t hold them off forever
but we will die trying

for more information visit

http://www.soleone.org/board/viewtopic.php?t=15082

or, if you wish, upload a fake torrent called “plastique”
megaupload a copy of “gone with the wind” sound track
call it “plastique”
recite the NAFTA, CAFTA, & bill of rights on MP3
call it “plastique”

or not, its not your problem.
its up to the artists to work this out.

but when all thats left is major label artists
and the only place to buy records is at walmart
don’t say we didn’t warn you

just cuz we live in the society of the spectacle
doesn’t mean we have to submit to it.”

Blueprint for success or a freshly painted bulls eye for all bootleggers?

Peace,
Employee

Earmint – “Then Go Outside”

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

I can’t get this song out of my fucking head!!!! More likely than not I’m behind the curve here, but Earmint’s MySpace has tracks featuring Psalm One, Royce Da 5’9 and Diverse. Per his site (that hasn’t been update in a few years), he hails from Chicago. So if anyone from Chi Town knows the deal, do tell. Do tell.

Peace,
Employee

P.M. – Extra feat. Boy Rook

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Now you know I’m not about that champagne and bubble bath rap shit, but I know when a track is good. P.M.’s co-signed by Missy, Rick Ross, Kanye and DJ Khaled if that holds any weight. Well Khaled is slowing morphing into Big Pun so that’s a hell of a lot weight. The point is, P.M. is nice with his. Already being the labeled newest Fabolous, P.M. drops “Extra” to help make his own lane and to stir clear of any comparisons. Shouts to Kirk Campbell for the exclusive.

For more info about P.M. check him out on Myspace.

P.M. – Extra feat. Boy Rook


Download Track

Peep the Bottles In The Air video from a few years back

K-Rino “Old School Rippin”

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

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Speed of Thought is a product of K-Rino’s relationship with a UK label and serves as his introduction to exclusively British distribution. The content is pulled mainly from K-Rino’s most recent albums, but there are a few previously unreleased songs. “Old School Rippin” is one of the new jams that features the man doing the man does.

Tony Allen and Jimi Tenor – Selfish Gene

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

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This is the first taste of Inspiration Information 4 by Strut records, the next installment of the series combining  talents of veteran musicians with those of younger artists. This volume is a collaboration between legendary Afro-beat drummer Tony Allen and Finish composer Jimi Tenor. I wasn’t really sure what to expect here, but this first song has me optimistic. A little light soul, a little afro jazz, some reggae touches – if the whole album sounds like this than it’s a shame it wasn’t released in the summer. It would’ve done nicely for sitting in the shade.

Tony Allen and Jimi Tenor – Selfish Gene

Strut has a video preview of the album up on Youtube. There’s not that much information but everyone seems to be having a really good time.

Steady Hatin (Hate/Counter-Hate)

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Due to the wild success of last weeks installment of Steady Hatin Blockhead and I have decided to pool our bottomless wells of hate and combine our efforts in a weekly hate off to take down the ills of our society and bring the public shaming, which has been sorely lacking, back into the public discourse. Each week we will present one another with three topics worthy of scorn and ridicule and skewer them as we see fit.

The Fat Kardassian Sister

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Block
It’s real easy to shit on the fat kardassian. I mean, look at her. She’s the shrek like sister of two tiny hot pieces of ass. It’s only natural one might just look at her and hate without even realize they’re doing it. but, aside from her solomon grundy type frame, moon pie head and stupid face, there is more to hate about her. I have seen the show on E! (i know, i know) and while it it’s an infuriating task to watch it, it does give one a deeper look inside why the fat kardassian sucks. Not only is she big and fat, but she also is dumb ass bricks and annoying. I’ve got no issue with fat girls. They’re usually pretty merry and, in general, nice people. But if you’re both fat AND a dipshit, you’re pretty much worthless on all levels. So, while the hot kardassian sisters are undeniably terrible people, at least (for the time being) they have looks going for them. They can afford to be pieces of shit right now. Fattie though, not so much. maybe marrying Lamar Odom will make her a better person, but really, who fucking cares?

Soccer

soccer_head

Alaska
I dont care if it is the most popular sport in the world, the rest of the world is retarded.  Lets look at the places its huge.  Sure the UK is fun for a visit, but really?  do you know anyone from the UK other than Ricky Gervais that is even remotely likable after 15 minutes?  They love Robbie Williams, the rapper The Streets and boil meats.  Should we honestly give a fuck about what they like?  The rest of the people that like soccer are third world people.  Hey just like you I hope one day they get clean water and shoes, but they still dont have indoor bathrooms and we are supposed to follow their lead?  Think of it this way, we laugh at southerners and midwesterners for not believing in evolution, yet we would be cultured to follow a sport that is beloved by goat farmers and people that regularly lose limbs due to machette mishaps?  please.

Reggae/Rap Fusionmad lion
Block
I like old reggae. reggae with real instruments where the people singing have good singing voices. That shit is awesome. Where reggae went wrong was when it started taking elements of current music and blending it together. In the 90′s, most rappers had at least one song with a singing hook on the album and another that had “reggae” flavor. It’s as if it were in the contract to do so. Hearing rappers I loved and respected stumble through some half as reggae-esque chanting always drove me nuts. Around the same time, current reggae artists started doing songs over hip hop beats. This was also frustrating to me cause they usually picked dope beats and would ruin them with some half assed vocal meandering that pretty much sounded like every other hip/hop reggae song. I know it’s blasphemous but fuck all that shit. supacat, mad lion, your man shaggy ect…I know that every time that shit gets played in the club girls and cornballs go nuts, busting out  all sorts of butterfly and bogle variations. I know this..but, as music, it’s fucking terrible. I’d rather listen to the “judgement night” soundtrack and that’s saying  a lot cause I never ever wanna listen to that bullshit again.

 

Conspiracy Theorists

alex-jones
Alaska
Remember the guy in high school who was always telling lies about outlandish shit so people would think he was cool, only nobody ever though they were cool, they just thought he was kind of a dick, but since he had a car and drove a few of the slutty girls who smoked parliments around he was tolerated?  Remember how that kid eventually came home from college and stayed home, around Columbus day because he “missed being at home” but really had a nervous breakdown once he realized that the hot girls didnt like him anymore because EVERYONE had a care and then went on to work at Geek Squad or Staples?  Well this is basically the same person that believes in conspiracy theories.  Well them and rappers.  Would you give any credance to anything either of those two groups of attention seeking assholes has to say?  No.  One makes shit up and the other always “heard it” from someone they know or read it somewhere, just because its in a book doesnt make it true, look at the bible.

Movie Remakes

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Block
This is pretty obvious but why? Why do motherfuckers insist on remaking movies that were already great? It’s one thing to remake some movie from the 40′s no one knows about and revamp it for 2009 but to remake some shit made in the 80′s is just bad taste and NEVER works. I think the problem lies in them remaking the wrong movies. If you’re gonna do remakes, take a shitty movies that should have been good, and remake that. Like, I’d love to see “the garbage pail kids movie” remade, or any number of mediocre horror films that teetered on being good but, in the end, came up short. “nail gun massacre” comes to mind. Remaking classics like “halloween” or “friday the 13th” is pointless.  I remember when they remade “psycho” and it was a frame by frame replica of the original. that’s quite possible the dumbest idea ever. Like the world was gonna explode if we never got to see how ann heche would have acted in the shower stabbing scene. I’ll give credit where it’s due and say the “remakes” of batman were dope but , in reality, those movies were made as if micheal keaton never donned the batman tights.  That’s probably why they were so successful, but seriously how bout just making new fucking movies and let the old ones be. If it’s for the kids, so they can be exposed to classics in an appealing (and financially fruitful) way that caters to there 2009 facebook/twitter/sweet 16 sensibilities, then I guess that makes sense but then again, fuck these kids, they don’t know shit about anything and they’re getting dumber by the day.

Fat Girls Who Smoke

fat cigarette

Alaska
I am a fat guy who used to smoke.  I understand the allure of over eating and chasing that sandwich with a tasty cigarette.  It’s heavenly.  Yet when a fat girl does it, it’s just annoying. Most times they are loud mouths who hate on pretty girls, and try to mask it in some feminist bullshit that is just a mask for their insecurity or they are cock blocking because all the girls promised to go home together, and someone has to try to make out with her so their friend can get some stank on their hang low.  The problem is they have such shitty personalities because all tehy want to do is fuck up everyone elses good time so we all feel as miserable as they do.  Now just imagine that if she was smoking.  Dont get me wrong there are some really cool fat girls that are super nice, most times people just feel bad for them, but hey there is a brightside, there are plenty of black men who will date them.

Kam Moye (Supastition) – Let’s Be Honest

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Kam Moye (aka Supastition), a different breed of emcee, is gearing up to release his newest album, Splitting Image. Being the first album released after his name change from Supastition to his actual birth name, Kam shows that he has developed lyrically and isn’t afraid to touch on mature subject matter. The album is due October 27th on MYX Music Label. The lead single off the album is “Lets Be Honest” with production being handled by Veterano. The song is about having a humble attitude towards life, something rarely spoken about in today’s industry. Talking about the inspiration behind the song’s concept, Kam says, “The song was inspired by a quote that I read once which said ‘happiness isn’t having what you want, it’s wanting what you have.’ That’s my perspective in life on everything from family to my career. It’s not settling, but sometimes you gotta just accept that maybe it wasn’t meant for you to have what everyone else has… It’s cool to dream but not to the point where you don’t take notice of how good you have it already to just be alive.”

Kam relays the song’s message from the get-go, saying, “If you don’t appreciate what you have right now, you’ll never appreciate what’s coming to you in the future.” The song is conceptual in the way that each verse tackles different issues relating to materialism and superficial tendencies. Kam goes in on materialism for the first verse before touching on women and relationships in verse two and stardom in the third and final verse, rapping, “I don’t need people in the streets to know me / Man, I kind of like keeping it discreet and low-key.” With Veterano providing a soulful backdrop for Kam’s true-to-life delivery, this track is poised to turn some heads as the lead single off his new album. Be sure to get a taste of Kam Moye’s new sound, and look out for Splitting Image via MYX Music Label October 27, 2009.

“Let’s Be Honest” (Prod. by Veterano)

Bonus:
“3 Ladies”

VIDEO: KIlla Tay & Mahem “I Love My Life”

Monday, September 28th, 2009

This video gave me 3 seizures, but it was worth it. Schizo Hawaiian Mob Shit. Killa Tay and Mahem are putting out an album as The OG’s which should be worthwhile (or at least good enough to hold you over until we get another Bullys Wit Fullys album). How Killa Tay’s catalog so under appreciated is well beyond my comprehension (especially in today’s age of ad lib worship)…

New Cam’ron Ft/ Gucci Mane and Vado – Cuffin

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Killa Cam'ron

Off of DJ Drama Cam’ron Gangsta Grills Part 2. Fire you motherfuckers get ready for this shit.

Betty Davis – Is it love or desire

Monday, September 28th, 2009

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Light In The Attic is releasing Is It Love Or Desire, a previously lost Betty Davis album. The few songs I heard so far live up to Betty’s illustrious legacy of elevating funk from a merely lascivious genre to an explicit sexual act. 30-odd years later Betty Davis still makes her contemporaries and most today’s notable ass shakers seem prudish by comparison. While others try to make genitally charged music, she just turns her libido into sound and outright fucks you on record. Consider Betty’s sex as a conch shell – put your ear up to it and you’ll hear funk instead of the ocean.  Some choice examples below…

Whorey Angel

Crashin From Passion

For My Man

Here’s the official story (more info can be found on the label’s site here):

Betty Davis was a musical maverick with vision. Image, substance, sex, and grit combined with a badass band that could deliver the funk bed backbone to the sultry music between the sheets. After cutting two notorious discs for the Just Sunshine label (Betty Davis and They Say I’m Different), and Nasty Gal (LITA 046) for Island Records, Davis went to work on her most personal and expressive record yet. After capturing 10 hard-hitting tracks in 1976 at the remote Studio In The Country (Louisiana), a creative difference with her then label caused the platter to be unexpectedly shelved. Davis would cut one final album before retreating from the music business, eventually dropping out of the public eye completely.

Is This Love Or Desire is a little-known gem in the Davis catalogue. Mastered from the original tapes, and untouched for over 30 years, this release features detailed liner notes by Oliver Wang (Soul Sides, Betty Davis and They Say I’m Different re-issue contributor), the originally intended artwork housed in a lavishly packaged digipak, rare photos, archival material, and recent interviews with Davis and her skin-tight band Funk House.

Never bootlegged, never released, never heard until now, the secret story of this lost album will finally enter the history books and cement this bold soul sister’s contributions to music and popular culture. It’s time to get down…
Long live Betty Davis!