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سو (Yasiin) Bey – N.I.P. (video)

Dante Smith known for decades as Mos Def might’ve changed his name to Yasiin Bey, but the man’s ideology and the themes he uses in his music are indeed same as they ever were. Bey’s taking on Hit-Boy and Kanye West‘s absolutely wretchedly produced smash hit N*ggas in Paris but flipping the title to reflect the polar opposite of what Watch The Throne is all about- instead of that luxury, all hype wacked out designer rap shit that ‘Ye & Jay came with, Yasiin comes with that substantive, grounded, world-perspective that the Roc-a-Fellas of the world rarely choose to take. If you’re in denial about the state of America and the world at large today, you’ll not like this video. If you came up listening to Public Enemy, Paris, and The Coup and now like the work of cats like Mr. Lif, Immortal Technique and Dead Prez- you will identify with where Bey is coming from. Check the video & recognize the real. – Skylar Woodman

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Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 Freestyle, Hip Hop, Movie No Comments

Beats, Rhymes & Fights…

I can’t tell you how much i’ve been looking forward to this new A Tribe Called Quest documentary.  A Tribe Called Quest’s cd “The Low End Theory” was the first cd i ever bought.  I didn’t even own a cd player at that time but i knew i had to have that album. This documentary is supposed to shed some light on the life and times of the Tribe members as well as the problems they’ve had and are still having as a group.  It’s brought to us by another huge hip hop fan, Michael Rapaport.  The film is supposed to debut sometime in early 2011 which can’t get here any sooner. The following is taken from the official movie website as well as the trailer for the movie below: http://www.atribecalledquestmovie.com/

“Beats, Rhymes and Life: The Story of A Tribe Called Quest is a documentary film directed by Michael Rapaport about one of music’s most influential and groundbreaking pioneers in hip hop. The story is told by the members themselves as they reunite after two years during the 2008 Rock the Bells tour to deliver sold out performances . On the tour they re-discover that their own personal differences may overpower their love for the group, countless, hard-core fans, and its ability to survive the pressures of fame, the record industry, and simply pursuing other interests in life. Rapaport, himself a hard core Tribe fan from the first album, panics when Q-Tip tells him “ this could be the last show” after mounting tension erupted at the event in San Francisco. Thus, begins a journey to go back and appreciate the huge contributions made by Tribe to the “whole structure of hip hop” as stated by Amir from the Roots, one of the many artists in the film influenced by Tribe’s unique sampling and layering of obscure jazz loops mixed with hip hop beats, as well as their playful but clever lyrics. Chronicles told of songs like “Scenario” and “Check the Rhyme” paint a vivid picture of what it was like coming up in Queens as young folks living and breathing hip hop in the early nineties.”

Monday, December 6th, 2010 Event, Hip Hop, Hip Hop History 101, Movie No Comments

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