When nobody gave a shit about XXL’s Freshmen 10 concert here in NYC they recruited rap’s Van Wilder to get the people hype. #iHipHop
Archive for March, 2010
Rap Music’s Van Wilder…
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010Wu-Massacre: I’m Copping The Vinyl…
Monday, March 29th, 2010I’m not copping the vinyl issue of the Wu-Massacre for the same reason I bought Gil Scott-Heron’s album. The cover art for Wu-Massacre was done by Marvel Comics’ artist Chris Bachalo and is a long time coming for the Wu-Tang Clan. I take that back. Bill Sienkewicz merc’ked that Bobby Digital cover, but the Wu-Tang comes from the era of Frank Miller and Klaus Janson’s Daredevil and Ronin artwork. These artists should have been expressed graphically in this manner a loooong time ago. Still and all, Sean Price ‘Monkey Barz‘ cover is the G.O.A.T. comic art album cover.
I’ve been reading so many reviews that have put this collaborative project in the gutter. Not the good rap gutter tho’ which is sometimes referred to as gully. The critics have put this album in the same gutter where you put your basura. Wu-Massacre is not bad at all, but people’s Wu-Tang expectations are constantly in a place that means if the album is not a part 10 of the 36 Chambers then the album is a fail. That shouldn’t be the case. The Wu is till making great music. The fans, if you could call them that, are in another place right now. It doesn’t help the Wu either that they seem to be at odds with their fans as well as their founder.
‘Wu-Massacre‘ feels like it is only a bit longer in runtime than Gil Scott Heron’s new album. What is the deal with these new EP albums? I guess if people aren’t going to pay for their music anymore it doesn’t make sense to give them a full length LP. It does figure that my favorite track was RZA produced. Wu-Tang is forever bitches and this concludes my #Musix Monday drops.
Meth, Ghost, and Raekwon – ‘Our Dreams’
Meth, Ghost, and Rae feat. Inspectah Deck, Sun God – ‘Gunshowers’
Sorry Erykah, But It’s The Same Ol’ America…
Monday, March 29th, 2010Erykah Badu’s latest music video is an NSFW statement against GROUPTHINK.
Too bad that Mz.Badu’s ‘New Amerykah‘ is being broadcast thru the same old America filled with sheeple and those that would threaten politicians over a health care proposal. Meanwhile, when phones were being illegally tapped and people were being detained unlawfully no one gave a damn.
Now I know why John F. Kennedy was killed…