R.A. The Rugged Man was almost a client of Reggie Osse, but he opted otherwise and this motivated Combat Jack to leave the music business and become a weblogger.
Get ready for Combat…
Archive for the ‘Beardgang’ Category
JoJo’s Chillin’…
Wednesday, March 20th, 2013
Killer Mike and Jamie dropped reality nuggets tonite on the Combat Jack TV Show. They are the 2013 Stroker and Hoop, Starsky and Hutch, 10Speed and Brownshoe and EPMD 3000.
I forgot hot much I enjoyed El-P’s ‘Cure 4 Cancer’ and Killer Mike’s R.A.P. Music albums last year. Production and lyrical content for these two joints is unmatched. In the meantime and in between time you can watch Killer Mike’s spot on Letterman last nite.
Killer Mike in Brooklyn at Public Assembly TONITE!
I OWE El-P the dP treatment for ‘Drones Over Brooklyn’.
Get Ready For N.O.R.E.
Monday, March 18th, 2013
This week, we welcome Papi aka N.O.R.E. and get to the bottom of the long standing “beef” between the Super Thug and “super attorney” Reggie Ossé. Noreaga speaks on his history with Mobb Deep, Notorious B.I.G., Tragedy, Capone, Chris Lighty and other rap luminaries. Plus, Nore tells us a true story about his trip to the fat farm to visit the late, great Big Pun.
Get ready for Combat!!!
YELE >>> Y.O.L.O.
Monday, March 11th, 2013
This might be my favorite Combat Jack Show of all time. Okay, the Redman ep is still my favorite since I smoked kush with the god, but this work here with Wyclef rivals that since a few nights later I sat in the studio with ‘Clef and listened to parts of his next project.
Wyclef inspires me because he has never abandoned his roots no matter where his journey has taken him. He remained a conduit for people from the ghetto to have their voices heard, and not in a pandering, victimized POV, but a resilient, triumphant yell. Don’t say shit to me about Yele unless you know what it takes to quell the violence in Haiti long enough to let people come inside of that country to administer relief.
Wyclef will eventually get his due from the people he wants it from the most. Us. I’m already saluting this general, as should you. YELE >>> Y.O.L.O.
REEL TALK w/ GENERAL STEELE…
Tuesday, March 5th, 2013
When I initially plotted this interview with Steele from Smif-N-Wessun it was to kick shit about Timberland boots and for how long he had been a collector of the brand. Our conversations quickly found all kinds of other places of relativity, and relevance, like the culture of consumption, the pain and joy of making music and society at large.
Steele is one of the people the great spirits have entrusted with carrying culture from one generation to the next. That requires a perspective to contemplate your role in the chain of life. You have to be humble even when you understand how great your mission is. You have to be ready to sacrifice yourself for your destiny.
These reels are a total of a half an hour. The same amount of time you might use up watching a sitcom. I’d respectfully request you give that same part of your attention to an artist who has twenty years of work behind him and even more than that in front of him. All because of one thing… His reverence for the WORD. First came the word which put everything in being.
SNW D4L HM!
