“As rap fans we think we know the words to our favorite songs. When we sing along we are usually for the most part, glorified ‘hypemen’ (and women) filling in key phrases and the ends of each bar. We give ourselves far too much credit for really knowing these songs.” -Masta Ace on performing Gang […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today is Record Store Day. It’s celebrated worldwide and this year the Beastie Boys have made their 7” single for “Make Some Noise/Make Some Noise (Passion Pit remix)” available in the US with all proceeds going to the American Red Cross Japan Relief fund. Be Sociable, Share! Tweet
Here’s the Nice N Smooth tribute to Gang Starr at Fresh Fest 2010 aka the Old School Hip Hop Tour. This was filmed at the May 15th show in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Acts included MC Lyte, Big Daddy Kane, EPMD, Slick Rick and others. Nice to know Guru’s contribution to Hip Hop was not forgotten and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The goal is to fly day and night with no fuel. The goal is to demonstrate the importance of renewable energies, to show that with renewable energies we can achieve impossible things.” Bertrand Piccard, solar plane project leader Based on recent events regarding the late Guru, voice of the legendary Hip Hop group Gang Starr, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We are all deeply saddened by the loss of Hip Hop legend Guru, born Keith Elam. DJ C-Reality and DJ3D of WBAI’s Underground Railroad with Jay Smooth put together this heartfelt, soulful tribute with 2 DJs and 4 turntables at once to say Rest In Power to the legend. RIP Guru Tribute Mix from DJ […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A Negro woman has the same kind of problems as other women, but she can’t take the same things for granted.†~Dorothy Height I just wanted to draw some attention to the passing of Dorothy Height, women’s, African American rights leader and chairwoman of the National Council of Negro Women. She died on Tuesday at […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
UPDATE: DJPremierBlog posted this on Twitter: Everybody who loves Guru,sign online register and spread it,i don’t care how famous you are,thank you http://bit.ly/ct1BW3 43 year old rapper Guru died Monday of cancer related complications. The rap legend recently suffered a cardiac arrest in February then slipped into a coma. Gang Starr was formed in 1985 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska who didn’t even finish her term as governor, is going to have a reality show on Discovery Communications TLC cable channel. They prefer to call it a “documentary series about the remarkable Governor Palin and her home state of Alaska” not a reality show. I prefer to call […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Photo Credit: “Green Equipment Still Life” by Gigi Bio “We’re doing a tribute so we can send some of this warm energy towards his well being” ~DJ3D “It would be good to finally do a tribute to someone who is doing well hopefully instead of someone that’s passed.” ~DJ C-Reality Recently Guru, half of the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
