Just another quick thing I wanted to let people know about while I was on the topic of hip-hop. A recent battle was posted on youtube off the new SMACK DVD between Iron Soloman and Math. Iron Solomon's rhymestyle is kinda different but there's no denying that he's funny and talented. In his first verse he comes when he comes with the line ending with "Math is History", that is just impressive so here ya go.
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Monday, October 8, 2007
Another Quick One
The Cool Is Coming
I'm currently sitting here watching the VH1 Hip Hop Honors and writing a lab report that probably should have been done atleast a couple days ago. But oh well, what can you expect? I'm still unsure how I feel about these VH1 hip hop awards, since when does VH1 and hip hop go together? Since Flava Flav got his own show? Since Salt N' Peppa got there own show? Or way back in the day when VH1 had MC Serch discover the next great white rapper? What happened to Shamrock anyway? Or even moreso John Brown. Hallelujah Hollaback. Anyways I guess none of that is important. I mean where else would I get to watch Ice T and Pharrel cover Snoop Dogg songs and then watch Snoop get on stage and rap with rap phenom (Lil'?) Bow Wow. But Lupe Fiasco is due to perform and hopefully he will put on something impressive. I stumbled across this video a while ago and never figured to post it but I will, Lupe Fiasco's new cd "The Cool" is due to be released fairly soon, not sure on an exact date though. Anyways, if it manages to be anywhere near as good as Food & Liquor I'm sure it will be an amazing album. Lupe still manages to be one of the few current rappers that I think of that can be seen as talented and important to hip hop. Well here's a video for his song "Dumb It Down" off The Cool where Lupe raps about how his lyrics can sometimes be seen as too complex or intelligent I suppose and that a lot of his wordplay and metaphors go unnoticed. Song sounds pretty good, video's alright.
Here's another video I've been watching a lot lately, its actually a great combination of two things I love. Rediculous rap songs and wild, impressive drumming. I know it's not too new of a video either but here you can see Travis Barker of +44 drumming to Souja Boy's Crank Dat. If you haven't seen this yet, your welcome.
Congratulations to Jake and Nick to having an awesome party this weekend too. I'm glad you guys' birthdays ended up being such a good time. Pictures can be seen all over facebook, they're currently dominating my mini feed. But yea, goodtimes. Now it's time to do work.
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Home Is Where The Art Is
Icelandic band Sigur Ros are preparing to release their first film entitled, Heima. The film will be a documentary about the bands tour through their native country of Iceland. The film will feature two new tracks as well as songs from all four of their previously released albums. I can't wait to get my hands on this. Check out the trailer below.
Monday, October 1, 2007
Hey! Let's Cross The Sea and Get Some Culture.
Well, our friends My American Heart recently went on tour with Madina Lake and Halifax throughout Europe. The guys have posted this video showing some highlights of the tour. I've also posted a video from Warped Tour of the guys as they seek revenge on Paramore. After you check these two videos out you'll know just why they get love from the Legends.
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Also, my good friend Nick "Presto" Pregler has recently started a blog of his own. So if you want to check out what's going on his unusual mind head over to http://npregler.blogspot.com or check out the link to the right.
Saturday, September 29, 2007
The Man Speaks Truth
Kat Williams -
The HT Stony Awards this year will be in LA at the Knitting Factory. Tickets are available for $75 and will take place on October 13th, 2007.
Sunday, September 23, 2007
You Must Be An Illusion
The school year has come to the point where most have began to settle in. I find myself stuck here, still awaiting to move out, seemingly unemployed with too much free time on my hands. School has been easy to say the least, and takes up a fairly minimal part of the day. I've been trying to find something more fulfilling to spend my time on, but nothing has come up. It's actually started to become pretty frustrating. Luckily, I've been able to find places to go at night, so a lot of partying has taken place already this semester, but I find myself just waiting for the day to end before I start doing much and it seems unnecessary. The unnerving part about all of this, is that when I do find something to occupy myself with, I'm confident it will turn into taking up too much of my time and I'll have the exact opposite problem that I do now. Well, I still don't have much to really talk about seeing as how little has happened to me recently. Knights, enjoy.
