Drake seems to be the biggest thing out sooo..

I thought I'd post something by someone who covered something Drake did.. This is dope.. Stole it from 2dopeboyz.. Enjoy Miguel..

Miguel EXCLUSIVE Best I Ever Had (Cover) from Miguel on Vimeo.

In Retrospect...

Like any kid born in the mid 80's Kid 'n Play were my idols.. I had the high top fade and said def as much as possible.. When I went to dance parties I even did the dance (you know the house party dance.. kick kick drop spin)... And as much as a nerd as I was I let Kid go when he spelled Dik wrong.. But I will not forgive Mr. Reid for this.. Saw this on Vh1 and then had to post after I saw it on Crunk and Disorderly .. Enjoy this mess and then relive the good old days directly below..

New Budden For that Ass

You know I love Joe Budden.. One of my favorite emcees.. well I got this gem from 2dopeboyz and decided to share with you people.. enjoy..


Edit Here goes Pt 2 this dude is nasty..

My Stan Level has grown..

I'm Stanning so hard for Jay Electronica its sad.. I love this dude.. and really hope he ushers in that wave of emcees like nibiru

RADIOHEAD'S "HOUSE OF CARDS"

So I bought this shit back when it was on sale on the internet for like a dollar.. and just cataloged it as listen to soon.. Radiohead's In Rainbows.. is amazing.. This is currently my favorite song.. No back meanings, no cross posts just good music.. .. later homes

New Atmosphere... Tell me what you think?

I'm not sure how I feel about this.. I always like their music but sometimes I feel like that hater who never wants to see change.. As time goes on and I grow I change but most of the time I hope my favorites don't.. Its cool though.. This is just the precursor to the album thats on its way.. And not only that I will be seeing them at Webster Hall on the 20th.. So yea I guess this is considered Dope.. Atmosphere - Guarantees

later homes.. you know the rest

Myspace Cross Post.. Fuck a Holiday

Fuck a Valentine's Day.. Well not really I just thought that would get some attention.. I know its been a while but Ive been concentrating on the other site and doing life things.. By the way please check GOD LOVES UGLY I think its a pretty dope site and if you read this you may also.. Life has been pretty weird lately but good i feel like things have been working in my favor and turning around for me... Ive moved out of the roommate situation into my own situation and eventhough my landlord is shady my apartment is pretty dope.. My commute is less than my walk to the train station used to be and my neighborhood is dope.. It always smells like Portugese food... Ive stopped worrying about the past and have been concentrating on the future making plans to fulfill the dreams I had when I was younger while letting go of the childish fantasies and delusions that everything will work out the way I always thought it would.. See I think Ive entered my time of growth... That period in life where you start to shed the shit that held you back as a youth.. Ive stopped caring about the things I cant control or the people I cant touch bases with.. Its been rough trying to realize that some times you need to just let go but I guess you learn that.. Also my work situation is kind of crazy now.. I worked in the industry of music and realized quickly I dont belong there.. Not saying I couldnt make it there because I am currently doing quite well.. its just I realized aside from a few its the shadiest place Ive ever been.. With the shadiest people that ever existed.. Every one at some point is taking advantage of someone else and usually the ones with the talent end up getting the shortest end of the stick.. I remember thinking that the current downtrend in music is the artist fault for lack of creativity or lack of drive but I realized that the true artist have given up on this thing we call hip hop.. They have no chance of survival and to tell the truth I hope it crashes and burns.. That will be the only way they can revamp it.. Sometimes they say the cream rises to the top but in this case the cream is stomped and drained... Thats not even the major issue Ive encountered the major one is the fact that people cant leave the spotlight or leave their place when the light goes out.. You cant imagine the amount of "independents" hanging on based on the fact that they know someone famous or were down with some click... These people are usurping everything that is holy from music and continue to rob you of what we like to call artistry.. But at least there is an end in sight through the connections or whatever you want to call it I made at work I was offered an opportunity to learn from the best on Wall St. They are sponsoring me and putting me through the classes to help me along the way but its interesting how life works.. one day you are hoping for that change and the next day that change is there.. Ive never had the best of luck but it seems like time is changing.. Which brings me to my opening statement as much as things change a lot stays the same or worsens my mood for these holidays have become more reluctant to particapate and my need of someone to spend this ish with actually leads me to feel sick.. The person whos is my Valentine I was the last option.. (ehh yea i know) Im not offended but I realized that I didnt even know it was Valentines day until she called me complaining of not having one.. The ironic part is I asked her because she was the most logical choice.. Shes the only person I think I like enough to buy some bullshit for.. ( I probably sound horrible but realize its 514am and I have work at 12pm until tomorrow at this time so Im a little peeved Im awake..) Well anyway in closing I have some reccomendations for you.. Go see "There Will Be Blood" and "Persepolis".. saw the first one and was in awe of how awesome it was and how much it embodies American Greed and Capitalism and the second one Im looking for a theatre to see it this weekend being its one of my favorite books and something people who have any view on Iranians should see.. Dont believe what the media force feeds you... Do some research.. If at the end of this month in this leap year you are free on the 29th come to the showcase at Raprehersal in Philly... and check out some music.. I love Yesterdays String Quartet and Blu gotta run my boss is here... later homes... oh yea fuck a myspace.. fuck afacebook.. go outside..

Biggie and Mick Boogie!!!!!!!!!!!

To Me this was the best tribute album.. Boogie and Terry Urban's "Unbelievable"

One of my new Favorite songs...

This song is ill.. I imagine it playing when Im at work sometimes and then I play it...

I also like this song..

It reminds me of Poison

Are you fucking my lady?

Haha probably... I tend to do that sometimes...

I guess Im addicted

This video is cool but kind of corny though... but more so the song is just .. yea..

I love this mofoking song for real

No Greater Love

What Im searching for in 08.. Something that will make me think of this song...

As People Ask Why I no longer chase love.. Why I choose my life of solitude.. Its Because I wish for shit like this... And honestly i dont remember being up at 5 just to get something off my chest.. My new Love song.. My new hope for 08.. haha

Do You Love Hip Hop?

As I ventured into the world of "Rap" "Hip Hop" or whatever you want to call it.. I wasnt naive nor did I have some illusion of automatic grandeur.. Ive grown up around it.. I studied it.. I lived it.. I always knew the industry was shady.. Tribe told me that.. I always knew the money wasnt forever.. Hammer told me that so did almost every other rapper.. But something I learned for myself was that the art as pop culture was dying.. Like any trend.. People get tired of the same shit over and over and end up moving on.. I never thought that hip hop was dead.. as Nas proclaimed.. but I did believe that we were beginning to reap what we sow.. People stopped caring about buying albums because they were always disappointed.. And when you can get something for free you arent as disappointed or mad about the purchase.. You really dont care.. You accept what you get and most of the time cherish it more because it was like a gift.. I remember when I first started downloading music it was mainly obscure singles that I loved and wanted for mixtapes.. and secret pleasure songs that I could never buy the album but secretly loved the songs.. case in point "Whats Your Fantasy" by Ludacris.. See I figured that I wasnt hurting the industry because I continued to buy artists that I loved music and continued to support the cause of "Real Hip Hop".. As time progressed I realized that I wasnt making a difference nor did it matter What I did.. Certain shit was selling despite how good it was or not.. Some things were selling based on the artist name and other shit was selling just based on I dunno.. I still dont understand how Country Grammar sold so much or why the St Lunatics are famous.. nor do I get the bling era of hip hop.. Where you had people say "they dont write rhymes they write checks".. But then I began to notice even the shit I loved began to fall off Tical 2001 or whatever was trash.. Nas everything after It was Written until Stillmatic.. I actually pretend those years dont exist.. I realized that as time went on the music became stale.. and everything new was overly catchy and just extremely stupid.. It was like the artists forgot that people had brains and loved hip hop more for the lyrics and beats than anything else.. No one cared about a hook or the nostalgia of a video game sample.. We loved Ready to Die because it was sample driven but in a way where you couldnt believe Biggie was rapping over Juicy Fruit.. But more so about what he was saying is what made us love it and want more of it.. As time progressed we seemed to stop caring.. We'd rather there be a back story to the song rather than the song tell a story.. And now we wonder where hip hop went.. We wonder why sales have dropped 21% in two years.. Why our "Major Stars" are doing Project Pat numbers and everything new is doing non existent numbers.. Cause People aint saying shit.. and the perception was always the ones who are saying something wont sell.. but how is it Talib Kweli sold Fifty Numbers as did Common.. Or, As much as this hurts to say this, Kanye outsold them all.. We are searching for growth for something different.. Its like this whole 80s movement "We want that old thing back.." But as we continue to blame the internet and the labels and economics.. We watch soljah boy sell 800,000 and Lupe push 150,000.. and we wonder where our souls went.. The NY Times did a great article thats been passed around to different people and commented on at length.. but to me this only tells half the story our culture and the path its on is telling the rest.. Because one last question.. Why were and are mixtapes never blamed for the death of hip hop? even though they essentially do what most downloaders do.. Why are they accepted as part of the culture rather than the demise? In my opinion.. Because we are a culture of Word of Mouth.. We like what everyone else likes.. We are a culture of belief.. We believe in new things and new artists.. The mixtape has always been that place to find it.. as the internet has been for most of this new generation.. and like the mixtape most people usually download their favorite ish and put it on their own playlist because everything else is wack from said album.. Just an observation I made when going through the old tapes...