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Preach on brother man. It’s always a joy to hear Cee-Lo speak. After the jump the rest of the videos of Goodie Mob speaking at the panel. Many more at Davey D’s site. Continue reading Video: Cee-Lo Of Goodie Mob Speaks On Stopping The Violence
After the nonsense of the last few posts here’s something I should have had up all day. Incredible. Props to Davey D.
Gunshots!! Big respect to Nelson Mandela, today marks the 20th anniversary of his release from prison. From incarceration to President. That’s what you call determination. Thanks to Semtex and Sway for coming through with this beauty of a track.
I wouldn’t be right if my first post of the day wasn’t on the late great Dilla. I’m sure there will be plenty more today but I just wanted to say Happy Birthday sir and may your music and your spirit continue to bless us throughout eternity. I never had the honor of meeting Dilla myself but from good friends of mine who did they say that everything you read about him is true, that he was a kind good hearted dude who simply loved music above anything else. The song above is the first song that I realized how genius he truly is. When I first heard him with the Pharcyde I liked his beats, the cleanness of his production impressed me even then, but I was a huge J-Swift fan so it took me a second to warm up to his replacement. When he got with Tribe and The Ummah I liked the work they did together, but once again I felt like Dilla had followed a classic album so whatever they put out would be not up to snuff. I remember when Analyze brought me the white label of Raise It Up. Doubles to be in fact. I put them on the turntable and from the opening kick and snare I was hooked. Clean and loud like Dr. Dre drums with one of the illest keyboard riff or sample, I wasn’t sure then, that I had ever heard. Turns out it is a sample of Thomas Bangaleter’s Extra Dry. It reminded me of vintage Rza but cleaned up like Chronic 2001. He took what I loved about the Neptunes and made it grimey in a way that Nore spitting over their beats never could. I was an instant stan, going back to hear the Slum Village albums and pretty much anything he ever did. I listened to old Tribe and Pharcyde with a new appreciation. When he passed I knew that we had lost our generation’s Quincy Jones, or even more apt Shuggie Otis. Like Shuggie Dilla is a genius that is unrecognized amongst those outside of the circle we call Hip-Hop. You can’t bring his name up to people not versed in production or Hip-Hop and expect a reaction, which is really a crying shame. Hopefully this post and many others like it today and in the future will continue to bring more light to Dilla’s music, and with the continued release of new and old music I’m sure that his legacy will only continue to grow and prosper. Traveling Mercies Mr. Yancey. Bonus: After the break the original sample to Raise It Up. Listen to that and tell me Dilla isn’t genius. Top it off that’s nowhere near his most complicated flip. Probably one of the easiest, but also one of the funkiest. 
What more can I say? Blessings to greatest of all time. A prophet before his time. Jah Rastafari! Let the man’s music speak for itself. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — Ten Americans detained last week while trying to take 33 Haitian children out of the country were charged Thursday with kidnapping children and criminal association, a government official said. – CNN TOYOTA finally acknowledged the companies recall of an estimated 8.1 million vehicles worldwide by apologizinng. The blunder will cost the company an estimated $2 billion in repair costs and lost sales due to a sticking accelerator. – CNN January unemployment rate in U.S. drops unexpectedly to 9.7 percent; employers cut 20,000 jobs: The United States economy shed 20,000 jobs in January, the government said Friday, deepening concern that relief from the deepest economic downturn in a generation would be slow to come. But the unemployment rate fell to 9.7 percent from 10 percent in December. – The New York Times Dunleavy out as Clippers coach: The Los Angeles Clippers have made a coaching change with just 32 games left in the season, naming Kim Hughes as their interim coach on Thursday night after Mike Dunleavy relinquished his bench duties. – ESPN
Slow news morning so don’t be mad. Obama blasted the Republicans for obstructing his policies at every turn, or as I would say being a bunch of punk ass beotches. He says that he has to constantly remind himself why he got in the business in the first place. I fully understand you Mr. President. Phil Jackson overtook Pat Riley to become the coach with the most wins with the Lakers ever. Kobe most points, Phil most wins? As it should be. Thanks to Avatar being the number one movie of all time, *cue Kanye Rant*, pretty much every big studio movie will be in 3-D. Including Cats And Dogs. The group of Americans detained in Haiti for attempting to take allegedly orphaned children out of Haiti says they thought they had done everything right even though they admitted they didn’t have the proper paperwork. In sports today is National Signing Day, where hundreds of college players announce which school they are going to attend, while thousands of other college students who happen to not play football are forced to tell their parents and friends the old fashioned way. Michael Jackson’s doctor is going to be charged with involuntary manslaughter. As if this story needed to get any sicker. |
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