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Bill Cosby putting out a rap album

April 21st 2008 11:21
Cosby bebop rap
Don't worry - don't worry!

"“I do not rap on any of these things,” Cosby said Monday. “I wouldn’t know how to fix my mouth to say some of the words.”"

Yes, Bill Cosby is releasing a rap album called "Cosby Narratives vol 1: State of Emergency", but he's getting a whole crew of guest rappers to do the real work.


Sure, it sounds ridiculous, even from me, a kid raised on The Cosby Show, but I can really get down with Cosby's motivation:

"Cosby said the hip-hop music he hears is profane and degrading. His album is “the opposite of what I think is the profanity for no particular reason, the misogyny for no particular reason,” he said. “It really looks at the frustration and the anger that a young man may have.”"

This all sounds quite exciting coming from a man that brought family-friendly comedy to black audiences, leaving the raw for Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy.

When I got a little older, I forgot about the wholesome rye of Cosby and went for the addictive pixie sticks that Murphy was selling. He swore! And made fun of white people! Oh, the funny!

Of course, since then, Murphy has learned how to sell out, just like his comedic classmates Steve Martin and Ice Cube. What happened?

No tracks have been released, but I found this popular music video: "Cosby Bebop"!





What's the difference between Dre and Cosby?

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Return of the Juice Crew

March 17th 2008 09:48
You've got to be kidding me - the Juice Crew is getting back together? Are they starting up the old beefs too?

Juice Crew reunion poster


That's right... Marley, Big Daddy, Biz and friends are going to rock it on March 21st, otherwise known as Good Friday.

That's the day that Jesus died, only to be resurrected and reform with his old Brooklyn crew, John the Baptist dropping beats while The Carpenter laid rhymes on that noise.

Man, it's almost enough to make me want to take the train to the airport, buy a $2500 ticket, fly for 12 hours to Hawaii, fly 7 hours to Chicago, fly 4 hours to Georgia, get fingerprinted by the TSA...

...aw, forget it. There's no point in getting fingerprinted just to check out the Crew. Besides, I've got a little beef of my own, with aging musicians still trying to pack arenas. Are Juice Crew the hiphop equivalent of The Rolling Stones?

A noticeable loss of Kool G., though... what's with that?

(found on Cocaine Blunts)
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Buzz Monkey National Breakdance & Hip Hop competition - Canberra (ACT)

November 6th 2007 04:28
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Saturday 24th November 2007 at 3:00pm - AIS Arena Canberra

The Buzz Monkey National Hip Hop and Breakdance Championships has been put together to celebrate the new urban dance culture hitting Australia by storm. Dance is one of the fastest growning sports with in Australia and the world.

Come and celebrate one of the biggest urban dance competitions on the Australian dance calender with some of the best hip hop and break dancers around Australia competing for the title of Australia's best and a total prize pool of $25,000!

Also guest DJ's appearances by DJ Samurai, DJ Mathmatics and DJ Rush.

With guest appearances and performances by Joel Turner and the Boyz and BStarz (A popular local ACT Hip Hop Group). Also America's top brekadancers Ronnie, Roland and Frankie Flave as international judges and local hip hop judges and many more celebrity appearances and performances through out the night along with the competition itself.

Ticket are avaliable at Ticketek as of Monday 3rd of September. Be in quick before you miss out

VENUE: AIS Arena Canberra, Leverrier Crescent, Bruce ACT
TIME: 3PM

HIP HOP JUDGES DARRIO - DARRIO STREET
FRANCIS - KULTURE BREAK ACT
TRINA - SHADY CREW | Hiphop.org.au | Dancing.net.au | D2MG Hip Hop Society - Chairperson.

BBOY JUDGES:
FRANKIE FLAVE - KILLAFORNIA - LA
ROLAND - KILLAFORNIA - VEGAS / LA
RONIE - FULL FORCE - VEGAS

FULL CREW COMPETITION.
10 VS 10
$6000 PRIZE MONEY

1 ON 1 HIP HOP AND BBOY COMPETITION
1ST $5000 PRIZE MONEY
2ND $2500 PRIZE MONEY
3RD $1000 PRIZE MONEY
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Monday Night Live Hip Hop

November 5th 2007 04:11
LIVE OPEN MIC MC's
MONDAY NIGHTS @ THE EVELYN

GHOST FIGHT and GIMMICKS......

Live Hip Hop at the Evelyn returns with one hell of a bang. Hosted by Urban Monk (Gunpowder Footsteps album out now on through Obese) and backed by the SS PEcker Rhythm section. All MC's welcome to come and strut it backed by one of the illest live hip hop outfits around. Also feat DJ Newell.
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Haunts and Mules - (LINK)

November 5th 2007 04:10
Choose mics
Free mp3
Formula Records presents –
CHOOSE MICS (Haunts and Mules)

After perfecting his beat making skills over the past few years Mules (Boltz) has teamed up with Birmingham UK rapper Haunts.
Having toured half the country on both Bliss n Eso “Day of the Dog” and “Get loose” tours last year, the lads have been hard on the grind putting together a mix tape and an album that they believe is "world Class"...

Now residing on the Gold Coast QLD, Haunts and Mules are planning on releasing an all original Mix tape in early Feb 08 followed by an independent album dropping May 08.
This is a little taste of what the lads first release will be all about you can download the song “Gritted teeth” off the forth coming “Choose Mics” mix tape
Here

goldcoasthiphop.com/Gritted Teeth.mp3

Just copy and paste this straight into your browser…


Check out their Myspace

www.myspace.com/choosemics








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Bliss n Eso - Bullet and a Target Ft. The Connections Zulu Choir

October 1st 2007 06:20
bliss n eso bullet and a target featuring the connections zulu choir


All I gotta say is... RESPECT!

Bliss n Eso

Return with their latest single:
“Bullet and a Target”
featuring: The Connections Zulu Choir

Bliss n Eso are back with something truly special this time – a collaboration with the Connections Zulu choir, a 21 piece African Choir from the Valley of a thousand hills in South Africa. And the result? Nothing short of extraordinary!

Affected so much by their life changing trip to South Africa earlier in the year with MTV and the Oaktree Foundation, Bliss n Eso where inspired to record a song for charity, donating 100% of the profits to the funding of projects in developing regions of South Africa in the hope of creating awareness and a brighter future for those in need.

The Story:
Hailing from KwaNyuswa, in the Valley of a Thousand Hills, South Africa comes the Connections Zulu Choir – an inspirational group of teenagers and young adults whose songs tell the story of growing up in South Africa. They live in the epicentre of the worlds HIV/AIDS epidemic (over half their population is infected with HIV) and every day they face the challenges posed by high rates of crime, unemployment, substance abuse and extreme poverty. However, in spite of living in such adverse conditions and without any formal training, the choir's musical talent is undeniably incredible.
It had always been a dream of the choir to be able to travel overseas and share their music with the world. Thanks to The Oaktree Foundation, that dream became a reality. In June 2007, the Connections Zulu Choir journeyed to Australia for an amazing three-week music tour. During the tour the choir managed to get together with BNE at Jimmy Barnes' home studio in Sydney and, after a hectic four hour recording session, the foundations for Bullet And A target were laid.

The Cause:
100% of all profits from the sale of this track will go to The Oaktree Foundation, Australia's only youth-run international aid and development organisation. The money will then be channelled through to the Connections Zulu Choir and the funding of other projects in developing regions of South Africa in the hope of creating awareness and a brighter future for those in need.
For more info on the Schools 4 Schools program please check out www.schools4schools.org

" When I saw the video of the Connections Zulu Choir singing I realised that this was really something special… As a singer, and as a human, this was something I really wanted to be a part of."
– Jimmy Barnes

" Going over to South Africa really gave us a sense of reality - It's one thing to read about Africa, or to see the ads on TV but actually being there is something totally different. It's incredibly rewarding to know that I've been a part of something that has the potential to not only create awareness but also to really make a difference."
- MC Bliss

Bullet And A Target Hits Stores October 27

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Bliss N Eso - Bullet And A Target - Feat: Connections Zulu Choir

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I thought 50 cent would quit

September 20th 2007 13:31
50 cent kanye west graduation curtis
Kanye vs. Fiddy


He doesn't get it. Jay Z claims that the difference between Kanye and 50 is that the victor focused on the art, on creating good music while the chump change was more commercial in his approach, focusing on numbers and sales.

"Graduation" sold 957,000, while "Curtis" only had 691,000 fans in the US. I couldn't give a comparative analysis or review because I wouldn't even bother downloading 50's stuff. Would he keep his word, claiming he would quit the game if Kanye sold more albums than him? Maybe. But only in terms of rapping (if that's what you can call it). He's a businessman, he's got other stuff he can focus on. Cancelling his European tour recently as well as some performances in London (one of which was an awards ceremony where Kanye won Best Hip Hop act), it seems like it may be going in that direction.

Fiddy told MTV.com: "I feel like Kanye West is successful because of me," he said. "After 50 Cent, [hip-hop fans] was looking for something non-confrontational, and they went after first thing that came along. That was Kanye West, and his record took off."

Right. Maybe they were just looking for something better?

Look, I'm not hating so much on 50 as a person because I don't know him. He seems like a smart guy, he's probably better off focusing on the business side of things rather than the art. I'm not a huge fan of Kanye either, I'd like to see him do more original stuff rather than doing the obvious copy and paste with the samples in virtually all his tracks.
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Snoop digs Amy Winehouse and goes solo

September 1st 2007 12:35
Snoop solo ego trippin
Snoop is going solo on his next album Ego Trippin' because he doesn't need "no guest rappers, no singer, nothing. Just Snoop Dogg." Inspired by the non-rehabilitating and eccentric Amy Winehouse, Snoop just wants his fans to get to know him intimately. Armed with hitmaker Pharrell, this should be an interesting LP, more so than if he were to collaborate with Gwen Stefani or Fergie.

"When you listen to James Brown, he did it by himself. Curtis Mayfield, by himself. Of course they did collaborations, but the [songs] that matter they did by themselves. I don’t think people have got all of me yet. Doggystyle was about 95 percent of me. But I wanted Tha Dogg Pound on my album. This record, even if this record don’t sell, that might be a blessing. It needs to get back to [letting people know] who you are. I don’t know whose record I’m buying right now because it’s so many people on it. Is it a compilation? What is it?”

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Earl Simmons is his REAL Name... DMX, what a joke!

August 27th 2007 23:13
This marks the 2nd time Earl Simmons has been linked to cruelty to animals. In 2002, X pleaded guilty to animal cruelty in New Jersey for reportedly neglecting 13 pit bulls.

I am sickened by the unspeakable, horrendous and cold-blooded behavior that took place in Earl Simmons home. Is not HIS responsibility to ensure his animals are properly cared for? I am shocked that the PHOENIX (Reuters)- Maricopa County Sheriff, Capt. Paul Chagolla has not issued a warrant for his arrest. Regardless if he was home or not the suffering animals were in his home dying and buried in his yard.
ANY EXCUSE is TOTAL Bullcrap! A sick and unfeeling person would leave his vulnerable animals and not attest to their well being?

How many people leave their pets for months and not know they are dead or dying?
HULLO? How could he NOT Know?

Trespasser
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50 cent - smarter than he looks? On Don Imus, Hip Hop, Ghostface and Oprah

July 17th 2007 04:15
50 cent bullets interview

One of the more interesting interviews I've read in a while was SPIN.com's chat with Curtis "50 cent" Jackson earlier this month. The reporter's smart comments were shielded and reflected so well that you begin to realise just how smart 50 really is. Politically savvy, an intelligent businessman with the balls to tell it like it is (when it comes to subjects other than him); however, interviewer

Fiddy denies he's a role model but strongly believes he's "inspiring to people". The interviewer challenges his claims of using guns and being shot, and asks how 50 can rap about being in the streets when he's living in a mansion. 50 credits all the bad things to happen in life to his mom's passing:

To me, after my mom passed, everything, literally, that went wrong, went wrong because she wasn't there. If I wanted to go to the park, and it would start drizzling, it was happening because my mom wasn't there -- because everything good came from her.

... to which the reporter replied, "But she was a drug dealer?"

Gold.

When the Don Imus incident came up, 50 was quick to divert the attention from himself and Hip Hop and label it as a racial issue. He made ridiculous statements dissing underground rapper Ghostface, and equated popularity (measured in albums sold) with talent -

You're actually hurting the art form, if your music isn't urgent enough to drive people to buy it, you're hurting the art form. You're just another shitty release on the schedule.

Fiddy also spoke out on Oprah's catering to the 'white women' crowds to which the interviewer remarked:

But isn't the majority of your audience white kids? Aren't you thinking about them when you're making a record?

I think I really like that SPIN guy...

Read the whole interview HERE.
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KRS-One's son commits suicide

July 11th 2007 03:58
The title sounds harsh to me but I can't think of any other way to put it. It's always tragic when you hear of events like these, and my condolences go out to the family and friends who are affected by this tragedy. I couldn't find any pictures of him, all articles had either none or one up of KRS-One (real name Lawrence Parker).

Randy Hubbard Parker, 23, son of KRS-One was found in his Atlanta apartment last Friday, 6th July from a gunshot wound to the head, authorities stated. Simone Parker, KRS-One's wife and Randy's mother, released in a public statement that her son's death was due to his long-time battle with "severe depression".

There will be a private memorial held in Florida on July 18, which would have been Parker's 24th birthday. Rest in peace.

Well I guess I'm out on my own
With this condition it won't be long
Before for sure my little sanity's gone
I'm livin off of nuttin, losin my home
Kids in the street, wife alone
I want to sell this very microphone
But then my friend the light was shown
It came through my inner cellular phone
Get up and get out my spirit will shout
Commitment is what love is really about
No down and no out, just up and about
I think I'm gonna take the spiritual route
Then I woke up....

KRS-One - Woke Up

krs-one
KRS-One
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Keith Murray - Nobody Do It Better Ft. Tyrese & Junior - Video

July 11th 2007 00:49
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Keith Murray's new track, Nobody Do It Better featuring Tyrese & Junior is his first single off Rap-Murr-Phobia (Fear Of Real Hip-Hop) through KOCH Records. The long-awaited album after over 4 years of drama in Murray's professional life since his last album (he had a punch up with two employees from his former label Def Jam) will also feature his Def Squad colleagues Erick Sermon and Redman, scheduled to be released on July 31st.

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Jean Grae spoof of Chicken Noodle Soup - Video

July 10th 2007 01:10
jean grae chicken noodle soup

The South African MC jean-ius makes fun of modern popular rappers by going 50 IQ points lower in this freestyle spoof over a Chicken Noodle Soup beat. Remember that crazy song and dance that got everyone including Chris Brown hooked? It was later replaced by the Aunt Jackie craze.

Catch her on Talib Kweli's new album Eardrum, dropping this July/August.

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Nas - Can't Forget About You - Video

July 6th 2007 05:24
Nas can't forget about you video
Nas
I've been digging this track for a while. From the rich lyrics dripping with hints of Hip Hop history to the catchy soulful chorus sung by Chrisette Michele that samples Nat King Cole's "Unforgettable" classic in this Will.I.Am produced track, Nas' "Can't Forget About You" is reminiscent of the good old days and has been promoted to one of my main ringtones.

Peep the vid:



Lyrics:

[Nas- Verse One]

There comes a day in your life
When you want to kick back
Straw hat on the porch
When you old perhaps
Want to gather your thoughts
Have a cold one, Brag
To your grand kids on how life is golden
So I’ma light a cigar in the corridor of the crib
Pictures on the wall of all the things that I did
All the money and fame, 8 by 10’s
Of the whole rap pack inside of a big frame
Colliding with big names that could’ve made you career stop
All that, and your man is still here, and I’m still hot
Wow, I need a moment ya’ll, See I almost felt a tear drop

When was the last time you heard real anthem?
Nas, the millionaire, the mansion
When was the last time you heard your boy Nas rhyme?
Never on schedule, but always on time.

[Chorus- Chrisette Michele]
These streets hold my deepest days
This hood taught me golden ways
Made me (truly this is what made me)
Break me (not a things gonna break me)
These streets hold my deepest days
This hood taught me golden ways
Made me (truly this is what made me)
Break me (not a things gonna break me)
Oh, I’m that history, I’m that block
I’m that lifestyle, I’m that that spot
I’m that kid by the number spot
That’s my past that made me hot
Here’s my lifelong anthem
Can’t forget about you (Can’t forget about you)

[Verse Two]

Can’t forget about the old school
Bam, Cas, Mel lie Mel flash,
Rocks steady spinning on they back
Can’t forget when the first rap Grammy when to Jazzy
Fresh Prince, Fat Boys broke up,
Rap hasnt been the same since
So irregular, how it mess you up when Mr. T became a wrestler
Can’t forget about Jordan’s retirement
The shot Robert Horry hit to win the game in the finals kid
Some things are forever, some things are not
It’s the things we remember that gave the world shock
They stay in a place in your mind so snug
Like who the person was with whom you first made love

When was the last time you heard real anthem?
Nas, the millionaire, the mansion
When was the last time you heard your boy Nas rhyme?
Never on schedule, but always on time.

[Chorus]

These streets hold my deepest days
This hood taught me golden ways
Made me (truly this is what made me)
Break me (not a things gonna break me)
These streets hold my deepest days
This hood taught me golden ways
Made me (truly this is what made me)
Break me (not a things gonna break me)
Oh, I’m that history, I’m that block
I’m that lifestyle, I’m that spot
I’m that kid by the number spot
That’s my past that made me hot
Here’s my lifelong anthem
Can’t forget about you (Can’t forget about you)

[Verse Three]

Unforgettable, UnSubmittable I go by N now, just one syllable
It’s the N cuz' the game tied is the same vibe
Good times had right after James died
That’s why the gangsta rhymers ain’t inspired
Heinous crimes help records sells more than creative lines
And I don’t want to keep bringing up the greater times
But I’m dreamer nostalgic with the state of mind
The past the past, enough of it aight then
Nothing gives me chills like Douglas and Tyson
Or Mike when his talk was live
Or when he first did the moon walk on Motown's 25

When was the last time you heard real anthem?
Nas, the millionaire, the mansion
When was the last time you heard your boy Nas rhyme?
Never on schedule, but always on time.

These streets hold my deepest days
This hood taught me golden ways
Made me (truly this is what made me)
Break me (not a things gonna break me)
These streets hold my deepest days
This hood taught me golden ways
Made me (truly this is what made me)
Break me (not a things gonna break me)

That's why darling it's incredible
That someone so unforgettable
Thinks that I'm unforgettable too
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Oddisee & Kev Brown tour Australia (Manning Bar - Sydney Uni)

July 6th 2007 04:12
This event is 9 months in the making by Alex Proimos. Two-thirds of Washington D.C.'s Low Budget Collective, Oddisee and Kev Brown are hitting Aussie shores this September. Chilled, jazzy Hip Hop is a refreshing break from all the crunk junk and crap hop out these days in the mainstream. I'm not completely dissing the commercial, I like it too sometimes and am always on the lookout for the freshest beat to dance to, but if you're at work and sneaking in headphones or cruising in your moms car, these guys should be on your playlist.

Now I know some other sites are against putting up press releases and would rather write up their version but hey, those writing the press releases worked hard and might like their work shown on a prominent website like Hiphop.org.au

You can download six tracks HERE made available exclusively as part of their Australian Tour. Interviews and giveaways to come later!