Guide to a Hip-Hop Blog

Its good to see that the hip-hop/black blogs are out there, but people are not really giving opinions, no fresh ideas, or insightful wisdom is coming out – just regurgitated content coming from a few sources.

Acoustic Hip-Hop

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Dot City – 187

Dot City is the group, 187 is the freestyle track, and Just Feelings is the movement – more on the movement later. But my part in this particular video is the Directing and editing – thanks to Rhoda of www.Soul360tv.com for the help with the camera. Using a bit of Premiere Pro and After Effects, I was able to capture the raw & grittiness of this potent freestyle track.

Kardinal Offishal – Clear

Kardinal Offishal – Clear

I would say that this is an official club banger for the T Dot native. Holding onto that ‘Mr. International’ title, Kardinal films is first music video in an international country, several countries, such as…

Marge Simpson Playboy Cover

Beyond 2D Imagination

Playboy’s smartest move

Marge Simpson will be on the cover for the November 2009 issue for the iconic magazine Playboy. One way to generate interest into a dying medium & publication is to blur the lines…

The DJ

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Defining an Era or Error: Nintendo

An interesting fact is that the actual company Nintendo has been around since 1889, dabling in various ‘playing game products’, such as the Nintendo Playing Card Company before launching into the video game industry in the mid 70′s with the release of Donkey Kong, and the first generation Nintendo system in the early 80′s.

Unconfirmed Sources Confirmed

an ‘unconfirmed report’ is little more than ‘hearsay’ or ‘gossip’; originating from someone that is not an ‘official’ or ‘professional’, or has not been validated by secondary and/or external sources. As like many, I was flipping news sources to see any variations and/or similarities in the coverage, then something happened that cemented why CNN can really stand by the moniker ‘The Most Trusted Name in News’

Great CD Artwork

I am sure we all can recall a time when one of the best part of buying a CD was ripping the plastic, and opening the album artwork to see the credit, the pictures, lyrics, etc. That was a personal feeling and connection between the purchaser and the artist; which gave the CD far more relevance than the audio on the optical disk could ever have.

Mixtape Show: Change of Direction

Any neo soul/abstract hip-hop lover will enjoy this podcast by DJ Dex Digital of MixTapeshow.net. All the tracks are certified fresh and dope, and will definitely score you some points with the ladies for being that ‘soulful brother’; nothing here is street-surface, all underground/grass roots artists.

Just like music

Erick Sermon feat. Marvin Gaye, this song is smooth ass classic hip-hop funk – something to do a lil’ two step to. If you don’t know who either of these two guys are, leave this site now and go to wikipedia/youtube, lames.
Erick Sermon is still doing production work I believe, and the great late Marvin Gaye’s works live on in sampling.