Thursday, October 30, 2008
20 and counting
The Simpsons, TV's longest-running American sitcom, is on tap for at least three more seasons, The New York Post reports.
"The cast is signed for three more years, so I would now say it's about a 90 percent chance we'll come back for at least one of those three," Al Jean, the show's executive producer, said. "I actually think it's better than a 50 percent chance we'll do three more years of this at least."
At the moment, The Simpsons is tied with 20-season-long Gunsmoke, which also ran 20 years, as the longest-running scripted series, drama or comedy, ever.
-- from enewsi.com
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Green Hip-Hop
If you slept on the posting of the Green album, maybe these tracks will persuade you to join the dark side.
Sampled
Clean it up...if you wanna crush all night lemme hear you say I wanna crush all night, let's go!Dilla's music is truly timeless. I remember hitting up a couple jams the nights after he passed, and the whole spot was on some "one nation under a groove" ish. RIP to Dilla. Shouts to Eno Tide for the knowledge.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Your Lazy Sunday Listen
This is a back in the day Sunday...oh those University Backpackin' Underground Hiphop Head Days.
Here's the line up on this one:
01. Truth Enola featuring De La Soul - Voicetress
02. Mos Def and Talib Kweli - Another World
03. Big Kwam - Verbalise (DJ Spinna Remix)
04. L Swift featuring A Butta - Ride This
05. Grap Luva - Touch The Sky
06. Invisible Mics - Way Past Go
07. Brother Alphonso Greer featuring Khaliq - Situations Realistic
08. Pharoahe Monch - Tooley Crew Personified
09. Alice Russell - Someday
10. Mr. Complex - Do It Up
11. Subterranean - My Style Is Phreaky
12. J-Live - Shyste
13. Big Twan - One For The Lyricist
14. Structure Rize - Put Your Hands Up
15. Big Kwam - Kwamaniz
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Saturday, October 25, 2008
Follow the white rabbit
Tim Burton is set to direct a live-action remake of the Disney Classic "Alice In Wonderland". The film will feature Mia Wasikowska as Alice, Johnny Depp as The Mad Matter, Anne Hathaway as The White Queen, Helena Bonham Carter as The Red Queen and Crispin Glover as The Knave of Hearts.
Burton is using a combination of live action and performance-capture technology to tell the Lewis Carroll story.
-- from killermovies.com
Tim Burton + Wonderland = can't wait for this one!
Wazzup...
Y'all remember the Budweiser ads from a few years ago (more than few actually)... Well, the boys are back. Not in another commercial though. Here's a little short they did commenting on the current political, economic and social status of our neighbours to the south.
Friday, October 24, 2008
It's official...
... my repeat button no longer works from constant usage. All windows are broken and subsequently, all chairs are out on the street. My computer would be out there too, but I needed it to type this.
No point listing notable tracks. It's ALL fiyah!!
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Thursday, October 23, 2008
Drizzy
Nothing like some T-Dot flavour to make you feel like you're at home, even while on the other side of the world. These two freestyles have been on constant repeat for the last week or so in the mountains of Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Caution: Must be played in the red... the volume that is. The other red is up to your discretion.
Swagger Like Us
Still Fly
Caution: Must be played in the red... the volume that is. The other red is up to your discretion.
Swagger Like Us
Still Fly
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Run!
Ghost and Jada would be proud. Use the left and right keys to move and the space bar to jump. The goal is to stay on track and not end up in the infinite abyss of space. So, run! Hop fences, jump over benches! When you see me comin' get the fruck out the entrance! Click the pic, trick.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Your Lazy Sunday Listen
This is chill, sweet and an excellent melange of hiphop vibes intertwined with jazzy notes. Essentially you have a world class DJ paired with a world class Jazz artist and some notable MCs that be emceein' on these delicious tracks. I would suggest this LP to be paired with a nice bottle of wine, some good food and a chilled lady friend.
Then again...I always believe that booze and women go well together, in any situation.
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Monday, October 20, 2008
Sunday, October 19, 2008
.............
Do you think that the upcoming American presidential election will be any different than the last two? These people may convince or change your mind, depending on where it was in the first place.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
When now?
This little blurb (slightly edited by me) is posted pretty much everywhere you can find this album (which is a lot of places cause it's madd dope) so I figured why not continue the tradition:
Now On is a progressive rap trio of MC’s: IX Live, Jackson Perry and Haircut (of The Athletic Mics League). It has a genre-defying feel about it, with a hat off to rap, neo-soul and plenty more in between. Production comes from The Lab Techs and Jake One.As always, click on the pic for the full album art.
I couldn't find the full production credits but seeing those two names above should be enough for you to...
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80s!!!
If you cop this ish solely for the Jake One produced track 3 then you're doing yourself a favour. Seriously. That ish will make you wish you had not one... but TWO windows to throw your chair through.
And after throwing your chair through said two windows, you'll try to throw it through said two windows again... forgetting that you had thrown your chair through said two windows in the first place.
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Friday, October 17, 2008
I Love The World
Its a beautiful place - wherever you are...this is a shout out to the worldwide collective. From Thailand to Tdot, sing along:
Dreamo's Certified Heater of the Week
David Axelrod. David. Axelrod. Dude is a monster and is responsible for so many of the sweet sounds you have heard in your life. This week's certified heater brings forth a feeling of the "circle of life". Its extremely powerful stuff and will make you ponder "what it all means"? Hopefully that's a good thing for you. Turn the lights down, the speakers up and click the pic, trick.Veeks
The pursuit of a vehicle to match one's essence is a lifelong journey. A journey that will change, mature and eventually culminate in self-actualization through the manifestation of steel, leather and passion. Or, you can view your car as something that takes you from point A to point B. Here at Represent Noyo, we take great pride in our vehicle selection, and fancy ourselves as patrons of the vehicular world. As such, we offer up the first in a series of vehicles for your consideration: presenting the Maserati Quattroporte S Executive GT. Four door sports whippage with understated elegance and lines that scream "this dude is as smooth as a muggafugga". Dreamo has customized his above, you can too by clicking the pic.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Sittin on Tops, Fool!
As a youngin' I had my big wheels tricycle and a road hockey stick and I was in heaven. The children of today are afforded a luxury that I was not. Witness the enigma that is Kota the Triceratop. A 3 foot tall plush rideable dinosaur robot for children under 60 pounds. Kota wags his tail, opens and closes his mouth, wiggles his horns, makes dinosaur sounds and plays songs and sound effects for your child. Kota will set you back $300, but will make your child the envy of the playground. The video below is a brief overview of robotic dinosaur toys followed by a "sneak peek" showcase of kids interacting with Kota.Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Stick to it
This album is to White Van Music as Iron Man is to The Dark Knight. Allow me to explain. Iron Man was a dope-ass flick buuut.... Caaahmon. Do I need to finish that?
Tony Stark... Bruce Wayne. Both billionaire industrialist playboys. They have the gadgets, the cars & the women. Both try to use their wealth to make a difference in the world after traumatic experiences.
Iron Man was hugely over-shadowed by The Dark Knight.
Okay, enough with the comic analogy.
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Choice Cut
"This record is sooo mutha-fuckin gangsta man."
Here's the track that was featured during the end credits of the most recent Entourage episode, "Redomption". Guaranteed to break your repeat button.
Dre & Mark Batson on the boards.
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U.B.B.M. (Unathorized Biography of Bob Marley)
Saw this video by Shaun Boothe (aka Rikoshay... or whatever he's calling himself now-a-days) over at 2dopeboyz and it's sick! He basically rhymes the artists bio over a beat sprinkled with their samples. I'm looking forward to next month: The Greatest, The Champ.
This is the second vid in a "year-long monthly tribute to 12 musical icons". Can you guess who he decided to start this series off with? If you guessed the most sampled man in rap, then score one for you! Watch it here.
That's PS
This is the band's third studio release (just dropped yesterday); the follow-up to Under The Iron Sea (2006). For those who don't know Keane, their first two albums can be described as emotionally-driven power ballads very comparable to Coldplay (ARGUABLY the best band on the planet so they're not in bad company).
For this outing, they've moved towards a more upbeat, dare-I-say-it, poppy sound with a little hint of electro in there that brings them somewhere in between Coldplay and The Killers. Established fans of the band: don't fear. You'll still hear them in there. This is a welcomed change. You can't always be listening to sad music. It's depressing.
I could go on and attempt to describe the songs for you, but I'm not going to do that. Just listen to it already. I've had this on repeat for about a week now and I'm loving it!
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Monday, October 13, 2008
Your Lazy Sunday Listen
Being a long weekend...it was only appropriate that this week's Lazy Sunday Listen be a Lazy Monday Listen.
This record is a unique listen...tremendously unique, but worth every ounce and intense in each note.
Damon Albarn (of Gorillaz and Blur fame) has went ahead and helped compose a Chinese opera based upon an ancient Chinese Legend of a Monkey...the whole story can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey:_Journey_to_the_West
Brilliant music of varying flavours.
" The Living Sea" is currently my son's lullabye to get him to sleep.
Eclectically done and definitively a true display of Damon Albarn's diversity and skill.
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Talk about riding in style
Click on the pic for more
The Leaper bike is the brainchild of Barend Hemmes and came about when interior designed-by-trade was doodling in his office and combining corporate logos with motorcycles. He happened to notice how well Jaguar's leaping cat fit the frame of a motorcycle, and so enlisted the help of Polar Cycles in South Yorkshire to build it.
The bike is six feet long and cobbled together with parts from a 1,200cc Buell 97 S3 Thunderbolt that was bought off eBay. It can only reach speeds of 50 mph, but that makes it easier for bystanders to check out the meticulously sculpted fiberglass body that pay's tribute to Jaguar's official mascot.
The finished product is a pretty spectacular piece of rolling art, so we think its dynamic shortcomings can be forgiven.
-- from www.autoblog.com
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