Fat Girl by U-N-I

U-N-I "Fat Girl"


U-N-I with an installment from their debut street album, "Fried Chicken and Watermelon." No disrespect to the big girls...they need love to. Check out their album when you get a chance, and add them as a friend on Myspace! Watch out for "Love Supreme;" that album is fire! If you like Pacific Division, Dom Kennedy, Blu...you'll love these cats!

http://www.myspace.com/unimuzik

Commercials

I don't even skate, but this new DC Shoes Commercial is tight as hell.





Damn...I think this was like '91...I was in first grade when this came out...
Bo knows everything!





The Jordan XII commercial from '98..."Frozen Moment"...timeless...





Spike Lee and Mike...Jordan V....

Nov Ganon on iLLRoots.com!

Check out my boy, Nov Ganon on iLLRoots.com!
http://illroots.com/2008/08/24/get-to-know-nov-ganon/

Segue

Segue is an independently-owned promotional company out based in San Francisco, California that is breaking heavy ground in the Bay Area region. From hosting "Mixtape Wednesdays" at the Skylark Bar on Valencia every Wednesday in San Francisco to even promoting an extremely eventful evening at Club Six on 6th St with hip-hop's best producer (period!), DJ Premier of Gangstarr, Segue has proven that their worth is much more than promoting typical club events at your local dive bar. When preparing come to a Segue-promoted event, only expect an euphoric atmosphere leaving your mind, body, and senses in complete and utter awe at some of the coolest and chic clubs, lounges, bars, and venues in the city where Frank Sinatra "left his heart in," San Francisco.

Black Hair: Perm Vs. Natural

I ran into this video on YouTube about the pros of black women wearing their hair natural versus perming it straight to the conformist look. It's a truly interesting topic to have this conversation with black women about natural hair because the truth of the matter is that most black women have been brainwashed into believing that wearing a perm is a great thing aka "the norm." And when something is the norm, rather than be natural and be completely abstract, people tend to stay in the sheep mode that they live in and follow the rest. This was some real shit; thanks for the lesson.

Green Light by John Legend/ Andre 3000

"Green Light" by John Legend Featuring Andre 3000

I just found this video a few minutes ago; this song is just in time to end the summer of right. Add this to your iPod for that weekend playlist. Andre 3 stacks and John L....SMOOOOTHHHHH!

Download "Green Light":
http://www.zshare.net/audio/174695629e6c7864/

LA Resurrection

Los Angeles has become a hotbed of talent as of late with new hip-hop acts such as U-N-I, Pacific Division, J*Davey, Dom Kennedy, TiRon, Inverse, Ayomari, etc. I have recently in the past year realized that the music that is coming out of LA (as far as hip-hop) are all being made by cats that are in my age range of 20-24 years of age. Here's a video from Dom Kennedy, "Watermelon Sundae." This is the complete summer soundtrack all in one song. The nirvana sets in as soon as the beat drops; what better way to portray the feel-good So Cal vibes of this song than having a video at a pool party.


"Watermelon Sundae" by Dom Kennedy"

TiRon on Vimby

VIMBY - Tiron

TiRon hailing from Lost Angeles showing how he lives; peace to Like and Mibbs of Pac Div in this vid. What's up Ayomari?

7 Daize

Hailing from the Bay Area comes a female/male duo with the talent and charisma to take them beyond the heights of many Bay Area artists that have come before them. Gyrl Ab'strakt and DJ Cleve have come together bringing the fresh new sound of hip-hop that this generation has been lacking; substance. With their release EP, "Mr. and Ms. Pakman," they take the listener on a auditory vacation that lasts far beyond the seven songs it displays. This group is gearing to drop their debut full-length album soon and will be dropping a weekly exclusive song to add to your iPod to keep you bang your head. With 7 Daize, you can expect to hear something that the game has been missing for a long time, a true essence of clarity. The hip-hop without the preservatives and fillers is what 7 Daize brings to the forefront. When listening to their music, expect only the true sheer elements of hip-hop music. Be expecting to hear a lot more from this group in the near future.

Check out their Myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/7daizemusic

Artists With Few Plays (15-20 Plays)

I was looking at my boy's blog and was interested in mimicking a blog post that he had did recently. He had looked at the bottom half of his least played artists on his Last.fm charts and listed them in a posting.

15 Plays
Athlete-
I was a little surprised that this band was so low on the charts. They had a hella good LP.








Shiny Toy Guns-
This LA band was a big hit for me back in '05, but seemed to never get many plays.

Lyrics Born-
I'm not surprised by this cat being low on the charts; I don't really like his shit much. Quannum Records has good artists (such as Blackalicious, Pigeon John, and Honeycut), but LB hailing from Berkeley, California just doesn't do it for me.













16 Plays
Shad K.-
A friend of mine from "I left My iPod in El Segundo" gave me this cat's LP back in January, and I really liked what I had heard. I gotta dust off this guy's LP and give it hella more rotation than this! Crazy!
























P.O.D.-
San Diego big-time band, P.O.D. was a big hit for me in my earlier days of getting into rock back in high school; I guess they didn't have the influence to make it higher in the charts.











17 Plays
Souls of Mischief-
DAMN! I must really be slippin! I work for Hiero and the group that brought the Hieroglyphics to the forefront isn't gettin' any serious rotation from me!

Dionne Farris-
"They say I'm hopeless...like a penny with a hole in it." I guess the "Hopeless" smash hit from the "Love Jones" soundtrack didn't give Dionne enough strength to be higher in my plays.

MSTRKRFT-
The electronic group from Toronto that is sort of a big deal to the rest of my friends really must not be sort of a big deal to me with 17 measly plays. They definitely need some heavier rotation than what I have given them.












18 Plays
Modest Mouse-
Even with hits like "Float On", Modest Mouse didn't have the balls to make it higher on the charts. Nah...(jokin)....I need to give their music more of a chance. I got so much music on this damn computer, it's hard to sort through everyone.

mewithoutYou-
"January 1979" was a song that got me into this band while I was in college in Maryland. I remember playing their LP at the time (2005) a lot, so I am truly surprised that these cats are so low on the play charts.

19 Plays

D-Block-
Now, this is a shocker...all through my time of hip-hop, D-Block has been one of my favorite groups. Styles P. is atop of the list of my favorite emcees and it is a trip that these Yonkers natives didn't make it past 20 plays?!

Thursday-
Another band from college that I was really into at
the time, and that guess didn't have the spark to
make it higher in the plays.












20 Plays

Janis Joplin-
With the smoky voice, this woman that passed away at the young age of only 27 years old had the talent to soar beyond. She will definitely get a lot more playtime!

Michael Andrews-
"Mad World" by this cat and Gary Jules is my favorite song of all-time. It defines me as a person completely more than any other song I have ever heard.

Rain "I'm Me"

Rain "I'm Me"

This North Carolina emcee...I spotted him on 2DopeBoyz.com....Good song...

Gnarls Barkley "Who's Gonna Save My Soul"

Gnarls Barkley "Who's Gonna Save My Soul"


The realest shit I ever seen...

Nov Ganon

Brooklyn, New York has been the home of some truly pioneering talents in the realms of hip-hop. The concrete cracked and destroyed but yet still as strong as the culture that deprives throughout Brooklyn to scanning the cityscape of broken windows and brownstone buildings in the distance gleams like the true essence of hip-hop. These are the stomping and birthing grounds of some serious new emcee's. Fresh Daily and Mickey Factz are some of the names stirring quite a buzz not only in NYC, but throughout the hip-hop world. But, amongst this bunch rises a young cat, Nov Ganon, (also from Brooklyn) with the rapid-fire spittery and complex word play of a 21 year-old renaissance. I recently was referred to his Myspace to check out this cat's music, and was impressed by far. The electronic-infused production followed and complimented with the witty lyricism of Nov Ganon proved that this kid will definitely have the originality to stand alone in the music world beyond hip-hop. In the age where music fans are drowned and consumed with PlaySkool keyboard Nintendo-esque beats and kindergarten lyrics speaking of misogyny, jewelry, and drugs, Nov Ganon stands alone as an iconoclast going against the grain of conformity.

http://www.myspace.com/novganon

Download "Get Loose!"
http://www.zshare.net/audio/16626352e9c05eb8/

Termanology

Termanology "So Amazing"

This shit is hot!