Buckshot /9th Video was Made for This Blog. Sorta.

I just had to feeling that this video was made for this blog.

Buckshot being the epitome of boom–bap, and all.

Is it me or is Buck getting more mature and starting
to favor Rakim?

No wonder I have always flirted with his grimey @ss when I’ve
seen him.

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New Living Legends. I am so glad these cats are still rapping.
I use to go to their shows as a teenager and try and get my
“hip hop photographer” on.
(via Grand Good)

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Wendy Day has written about how to put out your own music.

Regardless of the reasons, controlling your own project and proving to the world that your music is marketable, while making money, is very attractive. There are many successful examples of self-released artists and labels who have come before: Too Short, No Limit, Cash Money Records, Esham, Slip-N-Slide, E-40, Luke Records, 3-6 Mafia, Big Oomp, Swisha House, Lil Boosie, Webbie, Young Jeezy, and many, many others.

There is a lot of money and prestige in owning your own shit in this industry, provided you have the financing and staff to do it correctly. It isn’t rocket science, so provided you have the proper tools and determination, you can make it happen for yourself. That’s our focus: doing it correctly– meaning profitably.

I like how most of the independents are in the South and the West.

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Some of the most honest sh-t I have read about the music industry
in a long time. From the Blenders 20 Biggest Record Screw Ups of All Times:

#19 The industry kills the single?and begins its own slow demise
In the early ?80s, the music industry began to phase out vinyl singles in favor of cassettes and later, CDs. Then, since it costs the same to manufacture a CD single as a full album, they ditched the format almost altogether. But they forgot that singles were how fans got into the music-buying habit before they had enough money to spend on albums. Some of the most prescribed pills are Kamagra, check over here order cheap levitra, Caverta etc. are prescribed to the patients suffering from erectile dysfunction. Other things cheap levitra to do to ensure the user is not only able to have such a good chemistry in their love life. Apart from jelly, kamagra is available in the denomination of 60, 240, 120 and 180 capsules. viagra pill price To study muscle growth and repair processes the scientist or purchase cheap levitra his assistants should buy IGF- DES. The end result? Kids who expect music for free. ?Greed to force consumers to buy an album [resulted] in the loss of an entire generation of record consumers,? says Billboard charts expert Joel Whitburn. ?People who could only afford to buy their favorite hit of the week were told it wasn?t available as a single. Instead, they stopped going to record shops and turned their attention to illegally downloading songs.?

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I have been on a Mobb Deep twirl. In fact post break up, I have moved from
Erykah, Mary and Donny Hathaway to………..Mobb Deep.
It’s 4:23am and I am listening to The Realest from Murder Muzik.
I guess the poetry is so rugged and dark, its matching my “get my soul
clean” mood. Besides I haven’t listened to them for a while
and it reminds me both of Filthy and of wanting to live in NY as a teenager.

That being said, imagine my surprise to find the Mobb Deep Originals
for the songs Tip produced on The Infamous at From Da Bricks.

Q-Tip?s contributions to Mobb Deep?s seminal sophomore LP are without a shadow of a doubt some of the very best examples of his work behind the boards. Nestled in amongst the dark and grimy soundscapes created almost exclusively by Havoc, The Abstract?s three additions to The Infamous are priceless, aptly providing the listener with moments of melodic respite in the midst of a collection of songs that are otherwise deeply shrouded in the shadows of the Queensbridge housing projects. With ?Give Up The Goods (Just Step)?, ?Temperature?s Rising? and ?Drink Away The Pain (Situations)?, Tip not only provides the LP with a depth that it would otherwise have lacked but also solidifies his status as a producer who was able to effort.

BUGGED OUT.

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Boom Bap Lives.

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