I just came across an old mp3 disc I made in 2007 that I burned some Amy Winehouse tracks from Back To Black onto so I could listen at work and while commuting. Who would have guessed only 4 years later not only would young Amy be gone but there would already be plans to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yeah, Nas and Damiam Marley put out the album Distant Relatives was released last year and before that had been a long time coming but the duo has dropped a new video for “Patience”. I guess it took that long for this diamond of a video to get pressed into existence. Be Sociable, Share! Tweet
Tequila shots, lemon drops, dancing on the table tops/ You know when you’re really drunk? When you say you’re not.” It’s been fascinating to watch the spectacle of the music industry struggling to survive its own inevitable extinction, at least in this incarnation. In the meantime the creative types have sought to change the ways […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I admit when I first heard about the Nas and Damian Marley project I thought it made sense. With songs like “Welcome to Jamrock” and “The Mission” Damian “Junior Gong” Marley has surely made his father, Bob “Tuff Gong” Marley proud. He’s been making the powerful statements in his music lately and that’s what the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Main Entry: sim·u·la·crum Pronunciation: sim-yuh-la-kruhm Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, from simulare 1 : image, representation 2 : an insubstantial form or semblance of something : trace Recently I was on Twitter when I saw this tweet from prolific twitterer and DJ for the legendary Hip Hop group EPMD @drscratch. sofreshsogreen’s reply: I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Amazing! News of 2 rappers going back to school in the same week. First up, Queensbridge emcee Nas had this to say at the Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s annual National Keystone Conference. The reality of it is, you need to keep educating yourself, and I wish I had stayed in school.” ~Nas He […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Joss Stone teamed up with Nas for this angry rant against the powers that be that send our boys and girls to war. I give her credit for taking a stand on political issues in her music because sadly many of her contemporaries aren’t willing to take a stand on anything and maybe I’ll give […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
