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KICKS ASS!

Sunday, April 18th, 2010

I know you can accuse me of excessive fanboy hyperbole for a number of things that appear on this page from sneakers to Raekwon, but when I tell you that ‘Kick Ass’ is the movie that the medium was created for I really mean it. I’m already making my plans for going back to see the film several times. It is a moviehouse delight to have an ‘OH SHIT!’ moment with several hundred other people.

Aaron Johnson is the young actor in the lead role who goes from a nerdy high school nobody into a crime fighting vigilante that gets beat up himself even more than he beats up criminals. Nicolas Cage(who I enjoyed in this role as much as his part in ‘Raising Arizona’) plays a revenge minded ex-cop. The movie’s biggest star is ultimately the smallest performer. Chloe Moretz is Cage’s potty mouthed pint sized partner and she is an assassin on the level of Elektra, for those of you familiar with the Frank Miller reference.

‘Kick Ass’ was developed from a comicbook title of the same name. It was written with all the self-referential comic nerd snark that made The Dark Knight Returns one of my favorite comic series of all time. ‘Kick Ass’ knows it’s insane and yet it still feels real because everyone is giving their acting performance in real time.

Fux any review that tells you this film is too violent. It isn’t. No one gets beheaded, impaled, dismembered or microwaved who doesn’t somehow deserve that treatment. And I promise that you will cheer as loudly as I did when some badguy gets offed. You may even laugh louder than I did. I’m gonna be checking this flick again on Tuesday in the proper mindset (shouts to 4/20).

The film that I closely relate ‘Kick Ass’ to is Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Kill Bill’ which I watched for the first time last week, true story. The idea of honorable revenge at any cost has been a theme of all my favorite kung-fu flicks. ‘Kick Ass’ takes those films and mixes in the action and dialogue of the Adam West Batman series to deliver some totally unlikely and completely lovable heroes.

But see ‘Kick Ass’ for the utter enjoyment of Hit Girl’s sailor mouth and broad sword mayhem.

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Acknowledge Greatness…

Saturday, April 17th, 2010

Robbie from UnKut is my brother from another mother. His collection of classic Queens rap is second to no one else, including people that come from Queens. From Killa Sha to Hydra to anyone that has made great music coming from the Q-boro Robbie has been the person to document this sound for the internets.

A year ago I was conducting a Sneaker Fiends Unite! NYC tour and I happened to meet up with this young dude in the Jamaica Terminal strip who saluted the Polo bear scarf I was rocking. Son said that he had some lifestyle that he wanted to bump so I took his math and gave him my e-mail. Little did I know that very afternoon Robbie dropped a post about this very dude.

Meyhem Lauren is a G in my book because he walks the streets unafraid to politic with anyone who might be down for the lifestyle like he is. I realized later on that he was down with Timeless Truth and was one of the cats that called in to the radio show when I had been in the studio. As the dots further connected I found out that he was the protege of DJ J-Love who was one of the ‘Lo heads that opened up the eBay system for Polo collectors and hustlers alike.

I’ve been connected to these brothers before we ever even met in the physical. Credit goes to UnKut, Timeless Truth and Meyhem Lauren for connecting the dots. Their trajectory is pointed directly towards greatness. I acknowledge this. J-Love gave me a copy of a double CD project that he launced with Meyhem titled ‘Acknowledge Greatness’. This was put out on J-Love’s label and it is quite an achievement for an independent project. J-Love produced the entire project which has some features from some of Queens classic emcees like those I mentioned earlier plus others like Cormega and Large Professor.

J-Love/Meyhem Lauren featuring Large Pro – ‘Queens Representatives’

I had to include this next track in this drop because it was both smooth and undeniably raw.

J-Love/Meyhem Lauren – ‘Fallen’

J-Love and Meyhem put themselves on the line for this project and the mislaunch by the distribution company is why many folks didn’t get to enjoy this album in it’s entirety. J-Love is reloading the ‘Acknowledge Greatness’ album for a re-release in the 2010 summer so keep an ear open for more music and the movement. You should already know that J-Love and Meyhem Lauren are some of the cornerstones for the ‘Lo-End Theory event.

Don’t say I didn’t tell you…

Acknowledge greatness.

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DP x Donwill = Hi-Fi Hip-Hop…

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

don cusack

Peep the exclusive interview I have with Tanya Morgan’s DonWill as we talk about rap and bullshit. #iHipHop

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The Movement Keeps It Moving…

Monday, April 12th, 2010

pinky

Australia is going in hardbody for comeups and the culture. Join the homey Pinky as he drafts a motley bunch of down under dunns and hits up the outlets.

Makes me wanna host another tour on this side but the sales have been wack as of late. Plus all the SFU-NYC crew has been O.T. JaiSlayer, Nattiez, Diesel, GrandMaster, Encyclopedia Black are all from outside of NYC.

I need to take the SFU tour to a new town. Yo G-Roc what up?!?

In the meantime and in between time take a look at Pinky go in on the Sean Price approved Nike SB ‘Big Gulps’. Sneaker Fiends Unite is worldwide bitches.