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Get Ready For Combat…

Friday, February 8th, 2013

It’s the Box That Rocks! Ralph McDaniels, founder of the seminal Video Music Box talks thirty years of history. Highlights include how Big Daddy Kane shot someone causing him to miss “The Symphony” video shoot, how we wasn’t fucking with Mr. Magic at first, gunplay at NaS’s “It Ain’t Hard To Tell” video shoot, running with a young and grimy Russell Simmons, allowing a young Jay-Z to play hype man for the Notorious B.I.G. and how really good he is in these streets.

This is #RapHistoryMonth

#Newmanati

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Donald Byrd’s Final Flight…

Friday, February 8th, 2013

We received the news yesterday that Jazz legend Donald Byrd has flown home to heaven.

Donald Byrd broke from the traditional constraints of jazz into the fusion of funk and rhythm and blues music. His collaborations with the Mizell brothers transformed the R & B sound of the late 1960s early 1970s.

You might recognize that song as the sample source from Black Moon’s ‘Buck ‘Em Down’.

Byrd was born in Detroit and his music served as inspiration for another legendary Michigan musician. Peep the song ‘Think Twice’…

We will celebrate Jay ‘Dilla’ Dee’s homegoing this weekend as well as Donald Byrd’s passing. All I know is that heaven is jamming hard this Sunday.

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Mad Libs…

Friday, February 8th, 2013

Victor Vazquez from Das Racist isn’t waiting for the D.R. rap reunion. He’s busy dropping his own mixtapes while getting back to his Bay rapping roots.

Oh shit! Vic even gave me some space to inject my own mad libs on his music. We are all Rap Geniuses!

<a href="http://koolad.bandcamp.com/track/rap-genius-feat-lakutis-dallas-penn-dvs-meyhem-lauren-prod-amaze-88">RAP GENIUS (FEAT. LAKUTIS, DALLAS PENN, DVS & MEYHEM LAUREN) (PROD. AMAZE 88) by KOOL A.D.</a>

Here’s Vic and Meyhem Lauren getting busy.

<a href="http://koolad.bandcamp.com/track/hydrants-feat-meyhem-lauren-prod-mike-finito">HYDRANTS (FEAT. MEYHEM LAUREN) (PROD. MIKE FINITO) by KOOL A.D.</a>

Stream the Kool A.D. mixtapes at these links…

19 – This is the weirdo rap chamber that Vic occupies. I shouldn’t say weirdo, but progressive. If you fux with Lil’ B and the Pharcyde you will def vibe off this tape.

63 – This tape is for the folks who still live for lyrical miracles. If you are a boom bap dinosaur this mixtape is your tarpit.

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MarQ Spekt: ‘Aquamarine’

Thursday, February 7th, 2013

The homey ‘Spekt is still working his MacheteVision project by posting visuals to the tracks crafted by Kno.

Copp Machete Vision

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After 30 Years This Box Still Rocks…

Tuesday, February 5th, 2013

Without Video Music Box, the creation of Ralph McDaniels, there would be no BluCheezTV. Video Music Box was my after school crack. I’d rush home after school to watch music videos from rappers to punk rockers and everything in between that had soul and funk within its sound.

Video Music Box was transmitting music thru imagery. Basically what YouTube does today, but this was way before the internets and even before my parents had access to cable television. Respect the architect that Ralph McDaniels is for showing the whole of Hip-Hop before MTV, VH-1 or even B.E.T. had the platform.