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Common Live At Fort Greene Festival

I have this pretty elaborate posting I wanted to do about Common and the changes of his music and how quite frankly I’ve pretty much stopped checking for’em but regardless of the fact I will never miss an opportunity to see him perform. He has never failed to impress me with a live performance.

Don’t have the time to write it. But I wanted to share a photo with you that I took during Fort Green Festival Saturday.

I also have something I’d like to talk about with regards to the being an emcee that sings, as I got a brilliant answer to a question concerning it from K-Os recently during an interview at AfroPunk. I have some great photos of him as well during his set.

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Jay Electronica f. Diddy, Mos Def & Talib Kweli – Exhibit C (Live) [Explicit Content]

Jay Electronica Calls On Diddy to perform “Exhibit C” from Mikey Fresh on Vimeo.

Not long ago did I post a Youtube about Jay Electronica and me not knowing what his deal was in the midst of all the talk about him. If you have a split of people hating the dude and loving him, it’s obvious there’s something going on that should be checked out. I listened to a mixtape and was immediately in respect of the emcees abilities. That something that’s missing from so many emcee’s music was all in his.

Now I look at this video and think to myself, I bet a large portion of the people that talked sideways about him are in love with the dude now. His growth as a performer on stage in the last couple of years is tremendous. If you can not recognize the power that he has on that stage just from this video alone I surely do not know what to tell you.

If you’ve been looking for some Hiphop that’s full of serious sustenance, then look no further. Meet Jay Electronica.

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Scratch prod.by Silent

I really felt like recording something that has nothing to do with the album, “Trap” that I’m working on. I have random beats in places that producers have given to me. Most I’ll never record anything over. I generally don’t like writing to or rhyming over what most would consider conventional underground hiphop tracks or boombap. My mind has been set on the future of what one can create rhyme and song over and deliver in a more sophisticated fashion. I’ve been cultivating my ‘style’. Anyway, I was looking through a folder of rhymes and a folder of beats. I found a beat. I found two rhymes. I pieced together a chorus from one and a partial verse from another and came up with what you’re about to hear. Some ol’ rough tune just to get a lil bit of exercise.

Tell me what you think. How does it make you feel?

Leave a comment. How else am I supposed to know whether or not you listened?

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ice berg slimmin it
knee sore from stage dives
walk primitive
then we rise

ice berg slimmin it
knee sore from stage dives
walk primitive
then we rise

i got some fam that can’t stay outtah jail
low cash no shoe box stash, can’t pay bail
can’t catch a break, thinkin mask and escape
seems peace is a dream, trynah beat a court case
and world is so small. so many toss stones
don’t even look where they’re thrown
take a tour of the blocks where there’s chalk on the ground
where ems don’t come around, now scream…[listen] no sound
livin life on hype life on height
don’t look down, don’t look over, the streets are intoxicated, they won’t get sober
so what’s the course of action when dark clouds are loomin
and death is passin… take a breath fullah life.. disarmin the knight
exhale… in mind take flight

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Candace Parker: Exhibit E+ – Eglamore C & Maybe

NOKIA Theatre L.A. Live

I downloaded, ‘Exhibits A-Z’ an instrumental album by The Architect a few days back. When I arrived at track five, Exhibit D – Find A Way, I immediately started writing. I came up with a song, ‘Maybe’ which I intend on singing at some point in the near future. Still working out some things with it. Anyway, I’d spent enough time with it Sunday and decided to continue listening to the rest of the album. I haven’t heard all the instrumentals yet because I stopped to write again on the next track, Exhibit E – Eglamore. This one is interesting. The reason being, I decided I’d try my best to write something in my head. I rarely ever do this. If i do, it’s because I have no choice and I don’t want to lose anything I think may lead to a great verse or song.

So, I get a few lines in my head and I tell my folks Coole High and Ciph Diggy about the whole making up something in my head. I let Coole listen to the track and what rhyme I’d come up to that point. His response was simply, ‘finish that and send it to me’. I got up this morning and knocked out the following scratch vocal, in one take, which is surprising. Yeah, I’m being honest. For a while I’ve been having general issues with recording. I’m working on it.

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She was a champion, an all star,
a master of the triple threat position
on all fours. A tall broad, with nice claws
teen wolf, she wolf, with no flaws
if it came down to it, she could spit bars
or strip cars, a pit boss
quickly tell a Ace, king, queen, on a jack to get lost,
joker you poke her face, nah… she poke yours
give you more dimples
a discount, a buck fifty when the fare is 2.25
no free rides
she hardbody
ask Coole High

Download Exhibits A-Z

More to come!

Thanks for listening… Tell me what you’re thinking…

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MC Lyte feat. DJ Premier – Wonder Years

Shamefully, for the first time I’m seeing this video today. It’s interesting how you come across things. I posted an article on another blog yesterday and today I check my email and see there’s a comment. The comment was a correction to some of the information in the article posted. I checked it out, made the correction and looked for the email of the person that left the comment. I find the persons email. Email him back and thank him for pointing out the mistake then proceed to check out his blog (Humble Little Hip-Hop Blog). Looks good. I add his link to my site and while browsing the blog I find this MC Lyte video. I’m thinking, ‘wow how did I miss this?’. It doesn’t surprise me at all though. You know exactly how music is these days. Of course I wouldn’t have seen this unless I was actually looking for it. Anyway, the video is pretty nice. MC Lyte looks dope of course and well the rhymes ain’t too bad either. Enjoy…

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#Hotmessshowcase Part. 1 Introducing Elus

Sooner or later I’m going to get around to discussing these hot mess showcases and competitions going on in this fair city of New York. You are most welcome to contribute your thoughts about the subject. Right now I want to share with you a video of an emcee named Elus. A Bronx native I’ve known for some time. My feelings were a bit hurt when I saw that he was performing at a #hotmessshowcase. I don’t dig ‘pay for play’ situations and anything that’s at the end of the day about paying some promoter’s rent.  Anyway, Elus is tight when it comes to lyricism+content+universality (I know that’s not a word, sue me…) he’s very intelligent.

We spoke about the whole performing at showcases thing. I expressed with him my feelings about it. Of course an audience is an audience, and I respect reaching out in whatever shape form or fashion you must. But I still wasn’t too thrilled about seeing someone who I feel deserves to rock for a captive audience rockin at a motley crew of a show to an inattentive crowd. Regardless, it is what it is.  I support Elus. I know what he’s capable of and I know what his dedication towards this craft is. So I’m going to do what I always do. Create awareness. If you dig what you hear or see. Even before you share this info. Let Elus know. Email. Tweet. That’s what artists really need. They need to know that what they’re doing is actually reaching folks and affecting them.

Check out Elus on Twitter.com/kindgenius

P.S. Elus is an engineer. Get at him if you need any recording work done.

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I still love Detroit Vol 1

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Sunday afternoon. I check one of my many email accounts and I see this link to I still love Detroit Vol 1. I’m listening now. Thus far its got some nice beats. Cool enough for this cool low Sunday. Check it out… Download Link

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