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(Corinne Bailey Rae)
If only I could wake up tomorrow morning with h.e.r., roll up, and eat Thanksgiving leftovers…
Iverson’s infamous press conference about why he skipped practice.
“We’re talkin’ about practice?”
“Remember kid, there’s heroes and there’s legends. Heroes get remembered but legends never die. Follow your heart kid, and you’ll never go wrong.”
-The Babe, “The Sandlot” (1993)
If you talk music with Jae Atchlei, one of the first things you’ll notice is his compulsive facination with Jazzy Sport - and I’m forever grateful. Jazzy Sport is an experimental hip hop & jazz label grown out of a record shop in Tokyo. The label includes artists DJ Mitsu the Beats, Gagle, Twigy, grooveman Spot, DJ Mu-R, Cro-Magnon, Coma-chi, and more. They have their own retail record shops in Shibuya and Morioka, Japan. Their style orbits dusty jazz sounds and an athletic asthetic. The fusion makes room for some of the freshest sounds in modern music, and some crazy cool art direction, too. Their style pays homage to Japanese culture and praises their heavy African influence. It’s music branded for a healthy mind & body.
As promised… Wasalu’s “Enemy of the State: A Love Story”
Click the image to download the tape. He will be back on Christmas day with another one titled “Friend of the People”. Happy Thanksgiving Doomsday.
MF Doom & Mr. Fantastik, “Rapp Snitch Knishes”
It’s rules to this shit… with Shyne finally released from prison [and subsequently deported!?], you would think rappers would revel in the moment, and stay out of trouble for some time. Sike. That’s just not in the handbook.
Lil Wayne, Gucci Mane, and Lil Boosie will have plenty of time for reading/writing and push-ups/sit-ups over the next year. None of them are putting up Max B numbers (75 muther-funkin years), even still I shed a tattooed tear for these dudes. Prison is no picnic, I imagine - but it’s hard to feel bad for them when you can hear tales of their criminal exploits via most major music broadcasts. Off the top of my head I can think of more than 10 rappers currently in jail.
1. T.I.
2. Remy Martin
3. Prodigy
4. Mystikal
5. Z-ro
6. Black Rob
7. Turk
8. Slick Pulla
9. Max B
10… uhh, brain fart.
C Murder is convicted for, guess what?, murder. (Thanks michealwho). They’re going to jail for committing the same type of crimes they rap about. Poetic liscense aside, all of these rappers have what might as well be confessions on wax. Obviously, I’m exaggerating… but you get my drift.
Leave it alone. Stop spitting duck tales, I mean, rhymes about your lawless adventures, and make music. Isn’t that what it’s about?
