The Internets Celebrities takeover the Combat Jack Show on the eve of the ‘I.C. NYC’ webseries launch.
From here on until the apocalypse June 1st shall be regarded as Internets Celebrities Day
The Combat Jack Show (Internets Celebrities, DX21) 6-1-11 by PNCRadio
The CityParks Foundation SummerStage season heats up earrrrrly…
This Tuesday, June 7th, Erick and Parrish will be Making Dollars in Brooklyn’s Betsy Head Park.
What other duo in rap has been as influential as EPMD? Mobb Deep? Look for them later on this summer.
What if Uncle L came thru to complete this feature? Banana bread!
Off all the youth movements that Hip-Hop has pushed out in the new millennium, OFWGKTA (Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All) is prA’li the one which will transcend the constraints of rap music. Mainly because they are comprised of visionary artists who are also distinct personalities. When was the last time a Hip-Hop group had more than a half dozen rappers who could ALL rhyme?
They remind me of the Wu-Tang Clan because they are led by a forcefully determined character. For the Wu it was the RZA, for Odd Future it is Tyler the Creator. Tyler’s debut album ‘Goblin’ is the cement for his generation’s disaffected listeners. It’s not a challenging album musically, but lyrically it represents like a Generation-X Redman meets KanYe West with some Eminem mixed in for shits and giggles.
The ‘X’ in Gen-X is for ecstasy, and Odd Future is their future.
Peep Tyler’s latest video from the ‘Goblin’ project – ‘SHE’
Here’s some footage I caught during OFWGKTA show at Highline Ballroom.
REST IN POETRY GIL SCOTT-HERON
THANK GOD 4 GIL SCOTT-HERON…
I caught this video series over at M-Spekt’s website. I was so blown away that I almost got some dust in my eyes. GIL SCOTT-HERON has been one of my heroes for such a long time and to learn that he was also inspired by JOHN COLTRANE and LANGSTON HUGHES was such a shot in my arm this weekend.
We sometimes don’t think to make the connections to the artists as activists because of how commercialization has watered down so many of the messages. Let it be known that GIL SCOTT-HERON chose to be a prophet over making a profit from his creative talent. He was so far ahead of everyone else because he was so human.
GIL SCOTT-HERON reminds me of my father because of the truth to power that he is unafraid to speak. He was right out in the front of dissension when the government sought to silence the people that protested the war in southeast Asia and the war on the poor here stateside. GIL SCOTT-HERON paid the price 10x over with his own battle with addiction.
I don’t find myself in a temple or church too much nowadays but I find different ways to thank GOD for gifting me these breaths. Before you go out today watch some of these video clips and become truly amazed for the man that GIL SCOTT-HERON is and maybe even find the challenge through his words to become the person that you want to be.
Lo-Life founder Thirstin Howl 3rd takes you on a flashback journey thru the racks and stacks of old New York City with the Polo Grounds mixtape. It’s like a musical autobiography recalling the genesis of the Lo-Life movement.
The Polo Grounds (Preview) by TheDiggersUnion
Don’t steal, copp the mixtape at The Diggers Union