FIRST THINGS FIRST.

This song over everything. Goodnight.

WOULD YOU PEEP IT IF HE LEAKED IT?

I mean, it's Blu.. and it's produced by Madlib.. so like, how can you not?

THERE'S NOWHERE ELSE TO GO.

PHOTO FRIDAY

THE ROCK THE BELLS SAGA !


Hour line up for the ferry.


Beautiful couple! Wonderful friends!


It was so hot.


1 female for every 20 males.


MY BOY BLU!


















FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK.


!!!!!





Best days of my life, are right here at Rock the Bells.

STAY WITH ME.

TRACKLISTING FOR NOVEMBER 2010!
j. cole - best friend
j. cole - higher
atmosphere - scapegoat
blu - bng
poor righteous teachers - rock dis funky joint
nas - if heaven was a mile away
tribe - stressed out
aceyalone - mic check
kid cudi, vampire weekend - cudderisback

GOOD MUSIC LIVES ON..

with the passing of both guru and nujabes, i figured it was best to do todays throwback on them.

the illness behind samurai champloo.. if that doesn't say enough, i don't know what will. i found out about nujabes really late.. almost two weeks after he passed.. which is hard to believe, being that he is such an amazing hip hop producer... but his news didn't make it to english news quick.. i'm hearing he has a lot of things he hasn't released, and it will be coming out this year.. which is definitely something to look forward to! so keep a look out.



i literally wrote down a guru quote hours before he passed.. which was a trip. when i heard he was in a coma, i figured, he'd break out of it.. so it was still a surprise. what's gang starr without guru!! & today on the radio, when reading about gangstarr's death, the dj said "militia" as "mill-uh-tee-uh"... it should be "MILL-ISH-A!".. it hurts my soul to hear things like that!
recognize good music, gang starr's flow was an illness on another level! i happened to read the letter about premier, not sure whether i believe in it or not.. but it doesn't matter. all that matters is that the man made great music, and that music should be heard. so listen.



imagine a nujabes beat with guru's flow on it.. now that's heaven.

also.. since i've been getting asked about songs from my playlist.. i've decided to leave you with the songs that i've used each month.. i'll start at the beginning of the month.. but i'll post the three lists of songs now, cause i've used three playlists since the beginning of march or some shit.. so here you go!

THE 420 LIST
kid cudi - pursuit of happiness
snoop dogg, cudi - that tree
david guetta, cudi - memories
dan black, cudi - symphonies
cudi - alive
cudi - super boo
land of the loops - multi-family garage sale
cypress hill - dr. green thumb
the beatles - lucy in the sky with diamonds
people under the stairs - acid raindrops
kanye west - addiction
sublime - santeria
steelers wheel - stuck in the middle with you
bone thugs n harmony - weed song
bone thugs n harmony - smoking buddah
bob marley - jamming
bob marley - stir it up

LAST PLAYLIST
jedi mind tricks - razorblade salvation
canibus - channel zero
mos def - travellin man
epmd - da joint
jeru the damaja - ya playing yourself
jean grae - it's still a love song
epmd - crossover
cru - just another case
hobo junction - da real deal
jurassic 5 - freedom
binary star - masters of the universe
souls of mischief - never no more
gang starr - mass appeal
ATCQ - excursions
ras kass - won't catch me runnin

CURRENT PLAYLIST
guru tribute
quasimoto - boom music
blu & exile - my world is
trends of culture - off & on
digital underground - way we swing
gang starr - above the clouds
cudi - i do my thing
ayentee - breaking up with money
cudi - cleveland
torae & marco polo - hold up
ayomari - so called twenties
luciana - i like that
luciana - bigger than big
ayomari - day by day
slaughterhouse - the one

you're welcome.

QUICK LIFE LESSON!

TRY ANYTHING ONCE, EXCEPT FOR FUCKIN' UP THE BUTT

so since i didn't post a mixtape review yesterday.. AND i haven't been blogging consistently.. i'm going to make it up to you. sorry for the lack of entries. i decided to leave you with a mixtape review. better late than never right! oh and i also got a form spring! i just thought it would be nice to keep shit logged.. so ask me something!! http://www.formspring.me/syntifik

ASHER ROTH, DJ WRECKINEYEZ - SEARED FOIE GRAS WITH QUINCE AND CRANBERRY

longest title of all time. i downloaded this for three reasons. 1, the beat selection is absolutely wild. the first track has a madlib instrumental! the instrumental list alone is something to be fucking with. 2, i lurvessss asher. & 3, i thought "MM..food?! let's see how he does this".
he starts off by saying a quick fuck you to the haters by shitting on all the rumors being said about him. it was well said, but casual. like he wasn't rapping anymore, almost as if he was reading his book of rhymes in his head.
i can't remember how i first heard about asher roth, but as soon as i heard him, i was digging him.. this kid has flowwwww.. and okay okay, the eminem reference is expected. fuck even he expected it.. and he wrote about it.. so what's the big deal?! he just likes to rap, and he does it fucking well. you either really like asher, or you really hate him. i happen to love him.
the thing that i loved about this tape was how well it was mixed.. so if you burn it, make sure you fucking don't leave a pause between tracks.. that shit is too good. it gets kind of confusing when you're on a different song, but that's because i personally haven't heard a good blend in a while.
from what i've heard from asher, this is good.. but it isn't great.. and by great, i mean his best. i kind of felt like he was holding back a little.. which is a debate for me. i'm not sure if he's doing this to go hard on his next album and blow me away, or if he just fell off a little bit. i am of course hoping he's holding out a little bit. he says some lovely things, however it's a little bland. he even said, "i'm just lazy as fuck" and as soon as i heard that i thought, "real talk". lol.. he impressed me with this, and it was a lazy effort. so that's some shit.
with such a crazy beat selection, he didn't do any of the beats justice.. but he still tore them up. i admire him for loving hip hop enough to have an appreciation for such dope instrumentals and the tape is listenable. lyrics aren't top notch from beginning to end, but they're in there. he's growing, but this tape was just a centimetre, as opposed to an inch. he fell into hip hop almost too quickly, and i feel like he's not sure how to go about all of this. i think he reached high but didn't hit the top.. i feel he's thinking something along the lines of "what do i want?!".. he's clearly getting buzz for "i love college" and that's it. i'm sure that attracted a huge fan base that he forgot he was going to attract.. but i'm fucking excited for whatever he drops next. his flow is so nice. college humour meets politic esque rapping with lupe emphasizing, and a little laziness! but with those three factors, i don't have a lot to complain about. he threw on some filler lyrics but it was a good listen. get on him.
3/5

contradicting and shit.

1. Muddy Swim Trunks (served by Madlib) - putting a lupe flow on! accentuating the last part of bars and shit.. i like when rappers do that. hence why i love lupe so much.
2. Toni Braxton (served by RZA)
3. Pubic Garden (served by Pharrell)
4. Vagitables (served by 9th Wonder) - comparing vegetables to female body parts?! fucking comical.
5. F*ck The Money (served by Kanye West) - already on b.o.b.'s mixtape but SO DOPE
6. What Up Truck (served by Jake One)
7. Trash Minutes (served by J Dilla)
8. Ash & Dem (served by J Dilla)
9. Con-fid-ence (served by Kanye West)
10. I'm Eddy (served by Heatmakers)
11. Rik Smits (served by Just Blaze)
12. F*ck Your Ringtone Dog (served by J Dilla)
13. Hot Wangs (served by Will.I.Am)
14. Diamond Girl (served by Ryan Leslie)
15. Cumbaya (served by Timbaland) - this shit is fucking garbage. skip it.
16 Calling Me (served by Younglord)
17. Hellafaded (served by Chad Hamilton)
18. Sour Patch Kids Remix (served by Travis Barker) - travis barker!! +talib.. +blu?! awwwwzuuummmm/.

i am so head bust right noww. it is foggy. sorry scarborough. it took me three times to spell scarborough.

TRAINING TECHNIQUES..

"wanna hear my favorite song!?" today tj sang taylor swift. i think i hate her even more now. so you guys won. i am in drake mode. i'm embarrassed to say it, but he's not bad. NOW LEAVE ME ALONE! i really like blu&exile. i know i'm late. but BLU IS SO NASTY! like fuck. sex for my ears dude. so i still have no money and no phone. sick right. I KNOW. i still haven't posted my toronto pics, sorry for the delay. i was doing the pay roll today and i'm not a fan. being in charge of everyone's money.. ugh. there were some people i wanted to take hours off, but i didn't cuz i'm not that shiesty. LOL. i still have pics from last week i need to upload. forgive my lag but my camera is so fucked! i lost a pair of concords today. story of my life. i get my phone next week. the latest i'll get it is thursday. so yeah. i'll blog about it as soon as it's in my palms. "yo botch you got facebook?" NOPE! "yo botch what's your number?" NOPE! yeah it sucks. so just wait a little bit, for my phone, not facebook. fb heads can eat my nuts freal.

feelin: excited as fuck!
listen: scholarman - my passion