cRap music moguls stand up! Unless of course you don’t feel like it. The action for CMFL Q3 is starting to heat up. We’re still only at the halfway mark for this quarter and everyone is part of the scoring action. Even iFuxxx who elected to chose a true cRap Music darkhorse in West coast cRapper Mitchy Slick.
I am printing all the scores for every single label owner in this update. Some of you cRap Music Moguls would be smart to follow the example of El gringo who owns America Done Fell Off Records. One of his artists who is lesser known is releasing an album this month. He made sure that he sent me the URL with that info and I credited him with those points. If you ain’t in it, you ain’t gonna win it.
Pretty Dollar Entertainment 2450 DubbleUP Entertainment 2125 America Done Fell Off Records 1975 Gain Green Records 1900 Smart-Dumb Rappers Records 1875 Grand Theft Audio Records 1750 Rainmen Records 1725 Harleyworld Music 1575 Ambulance Entertainment 1500 Krack Ko Kaine Entertainment 1450 Diamond Ballers Records 1425 Bamboozled Records 1400 20/20 Proof Records 1400 Blue & Creme Entertainment 1400 Game One Records 1375 BlackStar Records 1375 Quarter Water Juice Records 1275 Sheem-Deem Entertainment 1250 Renegade Records 1250 Rook Records 1175 Brick Productions 1125 626 WreckChords 1075 Yes Baby Yes Entertainment 1025 Windbreaker Records 975 Bodega Records 950 Incilin Productions 950 Roscoes Records & Waffles 950 Dead Presidents Records 950 NYC Records 950 GnomesayinTambout 925 Bulletproof Records 925 Cool Cash Collective 900 Deaf Jam Records 900 11206 Records 850 Derailed Records 825 Cloud Nine Records 825 R.adabing I.ntontanton P.roductions 825 Paperclip Records 775 Flatline Records 775 Combat Jack Entertainment 775 Fingered Records 750 Avant-Garde Records 450 Mental Calisthenics Records 350 Da Wig Snatcherz 325 Chaos Records 300 Likwid Tangs Music 200 I Fux Entertainment 200 Buffoonery Recordings 150
Pretty Dollar Entertainment still holds the overall top slot but everyone is tight on their heels, plus P.D.E. doesn’t have ‘YE TUDDA on their roster. Nobody has BeYonce or JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE either and those fools are about to cake up hard at the VMA’s on September 9th. I’m sure Fisty will have something to say before this quarter is over and done with. As we currently stand T.I. and Remy Ma are the leading point scoring artists.
True story is that I need Mondays to catch up on my sleep because my weekends are so banana bread crazy. As soon as my 9-2-5 shut down on Friday afternoon it was on like Cheech and Chong in a Sean John thong.
My peeps at The Brooklyn Circus invited me to the launch of their summer sale called the Black Out. Brooklyn Circus is my man fifty grand from forever, AL D Square along with a consortium of his homies. Together they are taking Brooklyn’s fashion forward sense and going worldwide with their movement.
Whenever they are in town from overseas, mostly Japan, I know they have some sick shit for me to copp. They had a mean run of limited SBTG x Nike Dunks up in that piece and they were priced right as well. At the end of that day that’s all that really matters to me. Vitamin Water… Not so much.
After I left the Brooklyn Circus I slid over to the Prospect Park bandshell to eff with the Teacher a/k/a Blastmaster KRS-1. Actually, Ladybug Mecca was opening for KRS and I imagine that Digable Planets would have done a track or two in honor of ‘Blowout Comb’, but even with their initials as D.P. I couldn’t get to the park on time. KRS was on time however and he reigned supreme this night in Brooklyn.
The teacher, KRS-1
What a lot of people don’t know is that KRS-1 actually hails from the county of Kings. His classic song ‘South Bronx’ was an homage to the beginnings of Hip-Hop as he experienced them. KRS moved us to shout out loud, nod our heads, wave our hands and stomp our feet with his definition of Hip-Hop and his catalog of hit songs. Being hip to something is having knowledge and intelligence, while the hop is about getting your body up and down instead of standing still. Hip-Hop to KRS-1 is the intelligent movement of a generation. KRS-1 may be batshit crazy sometimes, but like E.F. Hutton, when he talks, everybody listens. Peep this interview with him over at UnKut dot com.
The following day started like most weekends with me giving praise to the most high for getting me through another week. I had a call on my cellphone from SoundWave who came into New York City overnight from Virginia Beach. It’s been a minute that I have seen my dude ever since he came home. I haven’t made a trip to VA Beach in forever and he usually comes to NYC in true ninja style, getting in and out in the same day.
My homie E.R. a/k/a The Black Marty Markowitz had just texted me a day earlier with an offer to go to the Zune ‘Live At The BBQ’ concert. The lineup was dope too, but I almost didn’t consider effing with it because the people at Zune shitbagged me. Back in June I asked the Zune people to sponsor the cRap Music Fantasy League. No big commitment either. Just a free Zune player to the winner of this round and in return I would take my joint out of the box and preview it instead of selling it on eBay. These dudes didn’t even return my e-mail. So I felt a little ways about supporting their brand. Good thing I called E.R. and took him up his offer. This Zune ‘Live At The BBQ’ concert has trumped every event I have been to this summer. Including the Rock The Bells concert last week.
First of all, E.R. is like the ‘hoods mayor and he had us laced with VIP status. This was the kind of VIP status that the game needs more of. Free food and unlimited free drinks. I wish RAFI could have been here because this was the event that he deserved to chill at. We’ve had to work at the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival and the Rock The Bells show, albeit iNternets Celebrity work isn’t actual work either, but today I got to be strictly a fan of Hip-Hop again and just chill my will. I saw some great stage shows while listening to some great Hip-Hop music.
JOELL ORTIZ opened the show up. You already know that I’m riding for this dude to win, hardbody. JOELL is the young truth in rap music today. He’s not inventing silly dance anthems or nursery rhyme songs. Nothing but straight up Hip-Hop from this dude.
JOELL ORTIZ featuring Jadakiss and Saigon – ‘Hip-Hop(remix)’
Boot Camp Clik represented with Smif-n-Wessun and Buckshot Shorty. Masta Ace came through and spit some of his joints. The Clipse, along with the Re-Up Gang did a set of their joints. Large Professor was in the building as well. While J Period held down the decks for the entire afternoon, he brought out the Lox, and even brought back together the Brand Nubians. Yes. Grand Puba, Sadat X and Lord Jamar. How the hell can you say you aren’t fucking with Brand Nubians? Do us all a favor. Stick your favorite rapper’s high heeled shoes in your eyesocket and then put your head in an oven and just kill yourself.
BRAND NUBIAN – ‘Love Me, Or Leave Me Alone’
I hadn’t seen the Lox perform for a minute either since I caught this B.I.G. tribute at the old Palladium in Manhattan. Individually they all have had a gang of hits since then. Jadakiss is still one of the most underrated rappers for someone with his lyrical skill. Inside the VIP section, which was nearly as crowded as the general admit area it was the place to debate who the G.O.A.T. rapper was. Everyone’s favorite punching bag music blogger TOM BRIEHAN was in that piece and still repping the Baltimore Orioles.
BRIEHAN asked me what the deal was and why the beef wasn’t squashed yet. I told dude everything was everything, but he was like, “Nahh man, why you had to shit on me when you was going at Noz?” I couldn’t recall what was said because just like Jay-Z, I never write any of this shit down, but BRIEHAN remembered exactly. My bad TOM. There’s a place at the Hip-Hop table for you and Noz, well actually, maybe just you.
I chopped it up for a few minutes with IAN from Notes. IAN’s site was one of the places that I framed DP Dot Com after. I wanted a site that described the Hip-Hop generation for our comprehensive worldviews and our knowledge of the political arena. If you aren’t familiar with Notes From A Different Kitchen leave this site now and acquaint yourself. It’s serious like that. And the Zune concert was so serious that even Eskay took a break from his laboratory, Nah’Right dot com, to come through. Eskay prah’lee came to see the Brand Nubian reunion and the Lox performance was an added bonus.
The Zune people definitely surprised me because the shit was thorough like a muv all day long. The free food was dope, the free booze was very necessary and the headliner was the G.O.A.T. of solo rap artists. LL Cool J got on stage and did a forty five minute set that was high fucking energy. This dude gets down like it was 1987 all over again. I remember seeing LL like twenty years ago in Madison Square Garden for this concert called Fresh Fest. Run-DMC were the headliners and EPMD. Public Enemy. KRS-1, Whodini and Rakim all performed. LL did this shit were he busted out of a boom box radio. The set wasn’t even that elaborate on Saturday, but LL still killed shit without a hypeman. I hate to go on and on about this concert, but damn, I won.
LL COOL J – ‘Mama Said Knock You Out’
LL COOL J – ‘Rock The Bells’
When I got back around the way there was still over an hour of music left at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Every August their First Saturday program is centered around Caribbean culture and art. The expansive parking lot hosts a reggae dancehall party that is the precursor to the Labor day parade on Eastern Parkway. I always enjoy peeping the local snowflakes cruising for some Carib action. I tell the ladies to back up because I already have my own snowflake, and she’s a Chocolate Snowflake. It’s called the best of both worlds. C.S. and I are going to Wingate Field tonight to see LAURYN HILL in concert. I hope ol’ girl comes with her classic shit instead of that weepy crap she’s been passing off lately. We’ll see how it all goes down. Holler at a blogger when you see one on the streets.
Shouts to RAY – the founder, president, cameraman and sometimes janitor @ Mighty Healthy clothing company
LIL’ WANG took a minute away from kissing BIRDBRAIN to perform a concert here in New York City. Afterwards, he along with his new duet partner JA RULE were summarily arrested for firearms possession. Even though the arrests happened in seperate incidents I connect the two because they both involved the exact same model pistol and both guns were unloaded.
WTF?!?
LIL’ WANG, you are not a shooter if your gun has no bullets. At least the arrest netted a cool 100 pts each to the label owners that have WANG and JA RULE. Combined with the points from the new Ozone magazine cover and the New York Times concert review, LIL’ WANG gets on the scoreboard with 150 pts. The two biggest winners for week 4 are T.I. and KELLZ. Both of these artists garnered 500 pts for their RIAA gold album certifications. Moving right along we still have Pretty Dollar Entertainment in the lead, but there are two big months left in the Q3 cRap Music Fantasy League. Let’s check out the leader board…
Pretty Dollar Entertainmen 2400 DubbleUP Entertainment 2025 Gain Green Records 1800 Grand Theft Audio Records 1650 America Done Fell Off Records 1650 Rainmen Records 1550 Ambulance Entertainment 1500 Diamond Ballers Records 1425 Krack Ko Kaine Entertainment 1350 Harleyworld Music 1300 Blue & Creme Entertainment 1300 Bamboozled Records 1275 Quarter Water Juice Records 1225 20/20 Proof Records 1175 Sheem-Deem Entertainment 1150 Game One Records 1150 Renegade Records 1150 Smart-Dumb Rappers Records 1150 BlackStar Records 1150 Brick Productions 1125 Rook Records 1125
Blue & Crème Entertainment
When asked what this record label brought to the game and why any artist would want to sign with them this is what the homey Twerkolater said…” “.
‘Nuff said.
Buffoonery Records
Buffoonery Records went against the grain by choosing a roster of artists that aren’t likely to score too many points. Big Boi, Cam’ron, Jadakiss, Jim Jones, Rah Digga, T-Pain, Young Buck.
They do have Lil’ Wang though.
Dubble Up Entertainment
Dubble Up Entertainment might be the only label willing to sign TONI BRAXTON to a multi album deal. The roster consists of solid blue chip cRap stars like 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Lil’ Wayne, R Kelly and Remy Ma. The dark horses are Cam’Ron and Uncle Murda. If either of those dark horses gets active Dubble Up could go all the way.
Krack Ko Kaine Entertainment
KKK Entertainment is killing muh’fuhs in cRap Music Fantasy League.
Shouts to my music editors over at PARDON ME DUKE Dot Com. They’ve been trying to get me to listen to the KANYE WEST mixtape for months, but I didn’t budge until COMBAT JACK said it bumped ‘Red Gone Wild’ from the prime slot in the whip rotation. And if C.J. told me that Jay-Z grew a pair of wings and flew to Hollywood, I would drop that story without question. So now I’m wearing the late pass around my neck like a Jesus piece. Shouts to PLAIN PAT.
Turns out that the mixtape game isn’t dead, it just came back to New York City to get it’s mind right. KANGHEY continues to improve his rhyme flow like he really means that shit. He’s still out of control as the Louis Vuitton don, but he’s spitting like a young O’SHEA JACKSON. It looks like hanging around COM SENSE has definitely helped dude find that next level. One of the best parts of the mixtape are the interludes where KANYEEZY talks incessant hilarious shit. True story is that after listening to this mixtape I shined up my DRIES VAN NOTEN wingtips with the kilty over the laces. I might even pull out my leather Gucci sandals. It’s like 1996 all over again and I am going to Cancun, Mexico for Memorial Day.
Go out to the Africans on Fulton Street or on 125th and copp the ‘Cant Tell Me Nothin’ mixtape. It’s G.O.O.D. like that.
**NOT RADIO READY – If you’re playing these joints at the office put the headphones on**
These drops will be done periodically to introduce all of the labels owners to one another. To give us an idea of who is playing and what their strategies might be. I expect to have the complete roto system integrated into the game for the next quarter so this will mean that we can alter our rosters in mid season whenever we choose. Then this game will get bananas.
In the meantime and in between time check out some of the label owners that are part of the movement…
iFUX Entertainment
iFux Entertainment is ready for prime time although they haven’t joined the scoring board yet. They selected a longshot from the west coast named Mitchy Slick. Too bad for iFux that Mitchy released his album last quarter. This label still holds blue chippers like Kanye West and Lil’ Wayne so he won’t go scoreless for too long.
iFux Is Hip-Hop was borne from his desire to bring his ideas and lifestyle into the blogosphere. Fux is a well known Nah’Right acolyte and he is quickly establishing a lane on the internets with his iCandy drops. Definitely check dude’s shit out.
Flatline Records We’re like killin’em in the streets
This is the homey P-Matik‘s record label. P shored up his roster with a bunch of the usual blue chip artists – Jigga, Fif, Wayne and ‘Ye. You can’t be mad either with T-Pain, Fab, Foxy and Young Buck backing him up. On paper this is a pretty complete roster. The only question is will all the artists perform up to their potential?
When I asked P why would an artist want to be signed to his label he responded, “I’m the Ariel Sharon of this rap sh*t!”
F.Y.I. on the scale of hardbody tall Israelis…
ARIEL SHARON >>> LYOR COHEN
Mental Calisthenics Records
DP Dot Commenter LION XL put together this label of artists and he even selected Pharoe Monch, as well as NaS and Ghostface, so I know that as a label owner he values art over commerce. Sure he has Wayne, Neyo and Juelz Santana, but he isn’t in this pool to win this shit if he has to compromise his core values. On second thought, dude has Jim Jones and Foxy.
The chances of Jimmy scoring another hit equal to ‘We Fly High’ are slim to none, but who knows, he may get arrested for looking like a MICHAEL VICK pit bull.
Bamboozled Records
Bamboozled Records is also helmed by a fellow blogger, LL (not the rappa), and their roster is comprised of blue chippers Jay-Z, TI and Lil’ Wayne, but it will be up to longshots like Keisha Cole, Casssidy and Papoose to help her win this round.
Ramblings Of An Island Girl discusses everything from entertainment to the design aesthetic of classic post-modern architecture. LL is smart like that.
Awwww ish! The iNternets Celebrities are back at it with a brand new mixtape from the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival. This joint is all about the Do’ and the Don’ts when you are at an outdoor concert.
