1993

90's Hip Hop

Ok... 1992 is a hard one because there are so many to choose from. 'The Chronic' came out in '92, The Pharcyde's 'Passin Me By'.... Gang Starr's 'Daily Operation' came out (but I already posted Gang Starr).... Das EFX...EPMD.... so ultimately I choose this one... "YEAH!!!....and you don't stop, Cause its 187 on a undercover cop".
Enjoy!!!

QUOTE OF THE DAY!

Ok.... So I've been reading Russell Simmons book 'Do You'. And it's pretty interesting. Russell Simmons inpires me because he helped give hip hop it's stamp in music. This quote from his book describes exactly why I continue to never give up on my dreams.

"The very first time I heard hip-hop, I knew my life would never be the same. I knew that I had found a better avenue to express myself and pursue a better relationship with the world. In hip-hop's powerful beats and rhymes, I heard the truth. I heard it loudly. I could never really rap myself, so that love affair led me to promoting artist who could...." - Russell Simmons

90's Hip Hop - A Decade of Sharpness - Part 2

Say it with me.... ENGINE ENGINE # 9......

1991 - From the Album 'A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing' - Classic song! Enjoy!

90's Hip Hop - A Decade of Sharpness - Part 1

So I've decided to incorporate something regular on my blog... A tribute (if you will).. to the 90's Hip Hop era... when hip hop was truely great... an era I miss.. While there is still some good hip hop music today... it seems as though we have to dig deeper to find it... the 90's was an era when lyrics meant something, when rappers actually talked about something substantial... So lets start with 1990...

Don't You Hate That??

I'm always intrigued when I figure out that a hip-hop beat was sampled from an old song. Like when D-Dot sampled 'Let Your Hair Down' by Yvonne Fair for Jay'Z 'Where I'm From'... But I really hate when this happens....



Come On Diddy... Singin? ... Now if you had rhymes sharper than Jay (especially on this track) you'd get a pass... but you just made me sick to my stomach with this!!

RIP Saigon's Mom

The beat on this track is HOTTT!!!

Kanye is such a weirdo...

.... but I love him anyway.

5 Things:

1. Yes I've always thought the VMA thing was a publicity stunt...
2. Yes Kanye... I know that song... and is one of my favs from 808's.
3. Yes.. I'm just tryin to have a conversation also...
4. WTF?????
5. OMG... the little creature killed himself.

Inspirational Video of the Day:

Ok maybe Two cause they go together.

These are old but I love these videos of Stripped with Kanye West. I used to watch them once a day at work. They are so inspirational... in my opinion. I love seeing stuff like this.... music being made....

I HAD to critique this video

1. Too much singing.
2. Singing about colors... kinda Lame.
3. Whats with the hair??? Also Lame.
4. And lastly... this video is too colorful for more than 1 guy.

They should have done less singing and more rappin. The beat is not bad but not hot either.

This makes me excited about hip hop vids again.

Run This Town Preview:

Jay-Z, Rihanna, Kanye West - "Run This Town" Trailer

Quote of the Day

"Everything that's worthwhile in life is scary. Choosing a school, choosing a career, getting married, having kids -- all those things are scary. If it is not fearful, it is not worthwhile."
---- Paul Tournier

I know I'm Probably late but....

Saigon 'Change Gon Come'

What happened to hip hop?? I never get tired of Nas

I swear this is like one of my favorite songs of all time and I've searched the entire internet for the embed to this video for months and months so that I could post it on my blog.... well finally I've found it!!! Nothing feels better than listening to this track... the beat, the lyrics...

'The fiend of hip-hop has got me stuck like a crack pipe
The mind activation, react like I'm facin time like
'Pappy' Mason with pens I'm embracin'

'I can't call it, the beats make me fallin asleep
I keep fallin, but never fallin six feet deep'

'I'm the young city bandit, hold myself down singlehanded
For murder raps, I kick my thoughts alone, get remanded
Born alone, die alone, no crew to keep my crown or throne
I'm deep by sound alone, caved inside in a thousand miles from home
I need a new nigga, for this black cloud to follow
Cause while it's over me it's too dark to see tomorrow'

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Trying to figure out why I like this so much! Some subconscious message to myself I guess.

OMG... I USED TO LOVE THIS SONG!!!!

R.I.P. Michael Jackson

Best Performance EVER!!! I was 5 years old when I saw this!!!

My favorite Michael Jackson videos

Rock With You



Don't Stop Til You Get Enough



Billie Jean



Beat It



Smooth Criminal



Remember The Time

This N*gga got a box of Crayons around his neck!!!

Random Ridiculousness!!!

Really Sean Kingston??? Do you like to Color??? This chain showcases your IQ!


Winner of the dumbest thing I've ever saw! I guess this chain signifies that he passed the 'Huslenomics' class before he dropped out of school.


First of all.. Who the hell are you??? I thought when you get a chain that big... it means that you are somebody! Not a good look either!


I actually think this one is ok... for the fact that it means 'big chain' sarcasm. The only thing is that T-Pain has a bunch of hair and wears hats made by the cat in the hat.... How does ya neck feel dude??


Yet another idiotic move by Rick Ross... as if people finding out that he was a CO wasn't enough.... now he thinks he's Jesus! Sit the fuck down already Ricky!


And Lastly... I'd like to thank the website Global Grind for making this moment in history on Rosie's blog possible!!!

Cling Bling - This is kinda cool!

“Cling Bling” is a concept glass which stores your beats by holding and tapping it and then loops the beat by double-tapping it again. You can create music by combining several “Cling Bling” by filling them with different level of water and different beats. It also responds to music beats by giving off luminance.

Can Men and Women Be Friends?

You Decide! My favorite scenes from 'When Harry Met Sally'. Such a Timeless Movie!

LOL... I thought this was pretty funny!

Winners Never Quit!

I guess I somehow forgot that going after your dreams can be a hard and long road. Sometimes I wanna give up and just do what feels comfortable. The music business is full of 'Instability' and is about 99% networking.... but how do you network... without giving up a part of your soul?? Because when your networking.... you can't tell people... "Ummm yea... I really don't like you but Imma talk to you for awhile cause your important" or when people mix other artist music they don't like. I guess this is the nature of the beast. Isn't it?? I guess in the end... I am just trying to 'Win'.

Favorite Scenes from Harlem Nights:

For those of you who don't know, Harlem Nights is one of my favorite movies of all time!!!

Put The Razor Away!! .. LOL... she beat his ass!!! Vera ain't no punk!



And You Need Some Teeth!!

10 Random Confessions

1. Is it bad that I've never seen 'Transformers'???
2. I'm alittle vindictive sometimes.
3. I am really afraid of 'settling' and my set of standards in guys are really high. Does that make me a 'commitment-phobe'??
4. I wish I could watch the episodes of the new '90210' that I missed.
5. I thank God about every month or so that I am not still with my ex-boyfriend.
6. I like texting cause I don't have to be on the phone with people I don't wanna talk to.
7. I have 'asshole' thoughts about every 3 minutes.
8. I'm thinking about taking up boxing. Alot of heads will be kicked.
9. People think I'm weird that I like to watch scary movies.
10. The weird thing is that I like being a little bit weird.

Stay tuned for more Random Confessions......

Sterling Brown Art: I never learned how to properly use a grill. LOL!

I like this!

Steve Underwood Art: Blues

Classic Jay Z

I love this video because it means 'Don't Fuck With Me'.

Sterling Brown Art: I'm not really sure why I love this piece so much!

Kimora knows whats up!

It's All About Character!!!

We all speak about what we would or wouldn't do.... Or the kind of person we want to be. But do we actually speak those things through our actions??? Do our actions say more about our character than what we say??? If not... we must learn from our mistakes.

If I wrote a book....

A Few of My Favorite Videos... Continued.....

This song really takes me back to when I lived in Florida!!! I love Q-Tip!!



Alot of people don't like Cam'Ron but I happen to like Cam!



Alot of people don't remember this song but this take me back so much!!! Man... I miss Florida so much!



I love Nas so much!!! I actually think he is my favorite rapper of all time!!!

My Favorite Joke That I've Heard this Year....

*****Breaking News****

A Very Dangerous Dick Sucker Has Escaped... All Women Please Put Your Man's Dick in Your Mouth until This Bitch is Caught!!!




WELL GIRLS... IT'S TIME TO GO AHEAD AND SUCK IT UP!!! LOL!!!

Realizations

I realized that my other sister in L.A. is also an asshole like me and my other sister and brothers!!! It's good to be US!

I also realized that I don't love L.A. L.A. is bunk! It's like either you're a gangsta or you wanna be like someone else... there's no in-between. I like in-between people because they know how to be a just enough gangsta to not get in trouble.

So like Linkin Park said... "In the end" ... I'm not going west... I'm stayin east. Chicago.. New York... Or South... I'd go to the ATL or Florida.

A Few of My Favorite Videos of all Time!

Dr. Dre: 187... All I have to say is that when this video came out... I was like DAMN... HELL YES!!! Where are you Dre???



Gang Star: Mass Appeal.... DJ Premier is straight FIYAH!!!


Gangstarr-Mass Appeal - Celebrity bloopers here

Kanye West: Through The Wire..... I love this video so much because it is the purest Kanye West. Alot of people don't know the story behind this video. All I have to say is... Kanye... that was $40 G's of your well spent beat making money.



Common: Testify... All I know is that I don't remember this being anyone else's favorite video but mine. This track didn't get the respect that it deserves!!!! Pure Beat Making FIYAH!!


Common "Testify" 9 Minute Short Film Music Video - Click here for this week’s top video clips

Ok... That's it for now... Until I think of more... I've had a few Blue Moons and I can't remember nothin now.

Scratch Master

Hell Yes.... At first I was like... LAME... but then the beat started and I was happy!

So Like Kanye and Keri would make a pretty good couple.

Because I love Justin Timberlake so Much!! This video was really for the guys but I'm not hatin... I like Ciara!

Today:

Again.... When Art Reps Music! I love it!

Akai MPK49: I think this keyboard is the SH*T!!!!

Beat Production with the MPK 49

Cool Music Artwork: There is nothing I love more than seeing Art reppin Music and vice versa!!

Deep Thoughts By Jack Handy!

So I heard that Jay Z said that Chris Brown is a dead man for messin with the wrong crew. He's gonna be tuckin his shit in like that dude on Silence on the Lambs.

My Valentine this year is just a friend. Not sure if I'm feelin him yet!

I like hot guys! Only thing is that it makes it harder for me to use the 'Power of the P' on him.

I'm real picky when it comes to guys. They have to be comin with somethin 'Fierce' for me to even give him the time!

The Real love of my life lives in South Beach! I miss him alot! He's probably the only man I'd consider... other than that... I am a loner!

I realized that I am pretty much an asshole! And I like it!

BEAT BLOCKS

Someone can really learn drums this way!

I REALLY NEED THIS!

Too cool! It mixes your music on your MP3 Player!



From Urban Outfitters by way of Kanye West's Blog

Cool Music Artwork!

Look of the Day!

Christian Dior.

Quote of the Day! Bob Marley

CHANGE HAS COME TO AMERICA: Quote of the Day!

In Celebration of our New President: The Quote of the Day

THE FEMALE DJ'S: Art by David Garibaldi

When I was a DJ... My manager told me... you are in a business that is Male Dominated... You have to learn to have tough skin!

Free & Jewel:

Quote of the Day!

Gandhi:

Look of the Day!

From Christian Dior - Spring 2009 via Style.com

StoneAge Pimpin!

Pimpin has been around since the stone age! Ha Ha! Watch!

FUCK YOU!!!

I don't understand why people think I am obsessed with Kanye West. Is it a crime to love his music? Is it a crime to be inspired by him? What do people do when they like something and they think it's cool??? They tell their friends right??? So why am I lame for expressing myself with sharing the music that I love??? Do you people really know me? DO YOU??? I also love T.I., Justin Timberlake, The Game, Common, Nas, Jay Z, NeYo, Lupe Fiasco.... These are all artists that I follow!
All I have to say to everyone who has ever accused me of stalking Kanye, or being obsessed with Kanye... FUCK YOU!!!!! When theres noone to inspire you... you are uninspired with no ambition, no drive, no goals, no dreams... and you will stay stagnate in your life!

What's The Big Deal???

So I hear alot of people talking about 'Wale' and how great he is and that his music is fantastic... but I gotta say... there hasn't been anything that has prompted me to listen to any of his stuff. So I came across this vid today... and you ask...'What's the big deal'???? The big deal is that THIS IS THE SHIT!!!!!! D.C. is doin big things!

linstant-des-murmures - By Pierre Farel

So when I first saw this piece I was like.... this has got to be painted by a man! Men seem to think that us women like to sit around naked with eachother and that we go to the bathroom and feel each other up and shit! That we look at each other naked and be like 'Wow girl... your tits look REAL nice' or 'Damn, your ass is scrumptious'... Well Guys.... DREAM ON!!!!

FADER 58: Kanye West Cover Story and Interview

Story Peter Macia
Photography Jason Nocito


"Kanye West wants to make history.” That is how we began the Kanye West story in our December 2003 issue, his first cover. Exactly five years later, he has done so in a way that even we could not have imagined. His personal style—skinny jeans rising out of exclusive colorway sneakers matched with high fashion sunglasses—has influenced kids from Flatbush to Fukuoka, and now he is finishing work on his own menswear line, Pastelle, and designing a shoe for Nike named the Air Yeezy. At the same time, of course, his music has dominated the pop charts, with seven of his own songs reaching the Top 20 of Billboard’s Hot 100—twice reaching number one—while countless productions for other artists peppered the mainstream with his ever-changing sound. Kanye West has become a brand synonymous with not just success, but innovation, and its CEO is as mercurial and provocative as Steve Jobs.

But this year was different for West. As the world knows, he went through some difficult personal times, and he appears to have emerged a changed man, simultaneously more mature in his attitude and more childlike in his lack of inhibition. From his absurdly readable blog (he writes it) at KanyeUniverseCity.com to his Glow in the Dark one man show and now his new stripped-bare album, 808’s & Heartbreak, West has become the world’s first interactive pop star. He is breaking down the barrier between himself and the rest of us, and as a result, we feel like we’re a part of his life and art.

And we are. The first single from 808’s & Heartbreak, “Love Lockdown,” went up on West’s blog in September and was re-upped a week later with changes conspicuously in line with the criticisms made in the comments to the first post. In the studio and at his house in the Hollywood Hills, as he finished the album, he takes this same social networking approach to creation, bouncing between associates—Esthero, Consequence, A-Trak, Hype Williams, Fonzworth Bentley and Plain Pat, to name a few—absorbing their suggestions before making pivotal decisions on a vocal drop or lyric. The parallels between his process and our new internet-dependent way of life seem intentional. He is willing to put his inner thoughts, unedited, in public view and sees no point in waiting for old thinkers to tell him what or when to do what he wants. When I met Kanye at his house, an Aston Martin sat in the driveway, Andy Warhol pieces hung on the wall and I walked into the most enormous closet I’ve ever seen. But West might as well have been some dude I met at a party. He was mellow and eager to talk about whatever subject crossed his mind—which, most of the time, was Kanye West.




For this issue, we’re talking to the people who inspire us, who give us something to talk about every issue. You, of course, do that, but also, by pushing the things we love to the masses, you’ve become almost like an ambassador for us.
Yeah, I just think about when Jay-Z would be like, “I do this for my culture, I do this for the hood.” I’m doing it for that. I’m doing it for where I came from being the only dude in my class that dressed in a certain way, and then finding there’s other people who think like me too, they just weren’t in my school. And I think that’s what the FADER kids are made of, people who were different or wanted something better than what was the norm. But I had to come to the realization, it wasn’t just the search for something different, but something better, a better solution. I never forget that. I just don’t want people to think that because I’m big I’m not into the same things I was into that made me big. For y’all to put me on the cover, it’s kinda dope. It feels like I’m on the right path.

In FADER #20, that was in there. Everything that you’re doing now was budding in that story.
I was saying it from the gate: I’m into Louis Vuitton, I wanna be pop. I spent my whole check on those two bags I wore for those pictures. Those are some of my best pictures, other than having a really bad haircut. Now, the only thing is pop. I really like popular culture. I’m all about Walt Disney, Coca-Cola, Louis Vuitton, Nike. I want people to remember me the way they know Nike, that level of impact. Who was the last person who really had it like that? When I was a kid, it seems like there was a lot of great pop music. There was George Michael, Michael Jackson.

Murakami once said, “I don’t mind being hated if I’m popular.” There’s a chance of that happening with this album—that it’s pop, potentially hugely popular, but not with the same people who loved your other albums.
Let’s hope it’s pop. They asked me what genre to put it under. I was like, Put it under pop, because I’ll wear that. I love wearing a label that people think is uncool. Because it’s like, is it not good music now? Music is special to people, so they hold it really tight to themselves. A lot of times when it becomes popular they feel like it’s not theirs anymore, they feel like it’s not just a part of their little group. But I feel like music is for everyone. When you were a little kid, did you really think about how many kids sang “Frére Jacques”? I make music that is good, and it should be the biggest.

Do you think there are people who like your music despite themselves because it appeals to something more basic in them?
There was something about being a little kid…there was no reason why I would like something or wouldn’t like something. My mom never listened to songs that particularly appealed to me. Back then, the only songs they had for kids were made by the Muppets and shit. The songs I was listening to, I liked the melody but the information, it dealt with stuff someone went through, a real life situation. I think it takes experience to be a great poet and communicator, and as life goes on I have more and more experiences, so hopefully I’ll just get better and better. Because it’s like, how do you wanna communicate? You wanna communicate through rap? Through poetry? Through song? The thing is getting the point across, and I think in music, message and melody are the keys. It’s the reason why people teach you the ABCs with melody behind it. And [808’s & Heartbreak] is the ABCs of life and relationships.



Does this album feel like your purest vision then?
I always felt like that, every time. When I did The College Dropout, it was really a new idea that caught people off guard. This album is a complete new idea, some whole different shit that’s gonna change music again. I think it’s our responsibility to be fearless, to have the masses’ and radio’s ear and still push the envelope. That’s why I was always supposed to be the independent champion. And that’s why it was such a big, terrible thing when I ran on stage on Justice [at the MTV Europe Music Awards]. It was like, Aw, he’s one of them now. He’s no longer the kid who went to art school and stuff. It’s like, now he’s just…

He’s too big.
Yeah. And that was a great awakening to me, to not be so caught up in your own hype. There’s a reason why the universe plans for certain things to happen the way they are, and the only thing that you can be responsible for is your art. I used to feel this sense of entitlement that’s completely immature. I needed to really get past that. It’s been a great detriment to people liking me, me being a spoiled baby, and people still make jokes about it, but they don’t realize I’m not that same person.

Getting back to the idea of purity, you finished this album in three weeks. Are you creating without thinking about it as much now?
Yeah, but when you say don’t think about it... People say, “He’s a pop singer now,” and I’m like, Yes, correct! They’re like, “It sounds like he wrote this in five minutes,” and I’m like, You’re right, it took me five minutes! Is something better if it took five years than if it took five minutes? I feel like all the words are in you, you’re just blocking yourself, you’re blocking your creativity. Society has put up so many boundaries, so many limitations on what’s right and wrong that it’s almost impossible to get a pure thought out. It’s like a little boy, looking at colors, and no one told him what colors are good, before somebody tells you you shouldn’t like pink because that’s for girls. Why would anyone pick blue over pink? Pink is obviously a better color. Everyone’s born confident, and everything’s taken away from you. So many people try to put their personality on someone else. Especially me, they try to suggest what I should do. What I want people to realize at this point is, I don’t give a fuck. That’s why I made this album. I’m using Auto-Tune because I don’t give a fuck. I like the way it sounds. This is the way I’ma put my shit up, this what I like the most. You can’t deny me, you cannot deny Wayne, you cannot deny Pain. T-Pain taught me a lot. He just brought a whole vibe and energy when he came down to Hawaii, he was constantly expressing himself.

Did you have an epiphany about singing on the new album?
I never even thought about it like that, I just thought about what I wanted to hear when I was making music, just like hook after hook after hook after hook after hook. It’s the musical version of an Obama speech.

Do you feel like you’re getting to a point with music where you’ve done all you could? Like you could move on and focus on your fashion line or something else entirely?
I can’t foresee myself not wanting to make music. What was so great about this album was at any given time, I could just Superman in the booth and pull out arguably the best rapper in the world. Is this the final frontier of music? I would think its not quite conquered yet, there’s still a ways to go. There are levels. Did you see the Michael Jackson in Budapest concert? When I look up two, three years from now, and I’m doing my own concert for five hundred thousand people, it’s like, maybe this was a beginning point. There’s gonna be people that, as big as a celebrity as I am, really just discover me on this album. I learned so much from going to those fashion shows. I thought I was making some fashionable shit on the last album, and they weren’t playing my shit. I want my music to be played the same place you could play a Feist song, but I want it to still work in a strip club, still work in a car. One thing about traveling a lot, it gives me a lot more worries about places I’m not being played. I go to Starbucks everyday, listen, look at the CD rack, and I’m like, I’m not here. I could easily give up and be like, Well, I’m black and I’m a rapper, or I could be like, Man, what could I do to get here? you only got one life and shit. Who’s to say what you can and can’t do? “Love Lockdown” is just a great accomplishment in the idea of, like, Thom Yorke in the strip club.




The Kanye glasses were everywhere though, from Canal St. to malls in Oklahoma. Were you surprised at how ubiquitous those became? Because straight up, those are weird ass glasses.
I think there hasn’t been a Michael Jackson since Michael Jackson, but when stuff like that happens, it’s little pieces of what he had, his level of influence. And it’s like that’s either the one-off or it’s the beginning of a lot of it.

Do you think that’s your white glove moment? Yeah I do think it was very much like that, but you know, Michael Jackson is the god of all pop music of all time. And it’s blasphemous to compare yourself to god, but that was very Michael Jackson-esque.

You might have another cultural moment with “Robocop.” Do you understand that if this comes out as a single, every dude is gonna be calling his girlfriend a Robocop when she gets mad. People are gonna to start saying that constantly.
Yeah, I’m the only voice for the guys because rap dudes don’t rap about love, and R&B dudes rap about love, like, “I want to love you.” So Pink is making songs, Ciara, all these male-bashing songs, so I’m like the only dude to speak up for the guys from an intelligent, really been in a relationship type perspective.

We talked a little bit before about having rivals, people who are your creative opposite.
It doesn’t drive any creation for me—I’m gonna do what I do regardless—but I appreciate when bad things happen. Obviously, when you listen to this album it’s very personal. And I just think that if I hadn’t been through the terrible things that I’ve been through, that I was the victim or the cause of, that I couldn’t deliver art on this level, and that’s the good out of it.

What do you think about “Swagger Like Us,” along with MIA’s “Paper Planes,” and “Love Lockdown” all hitting people together?
Such a great time. It’s like, Why does that happen? I’m like a vessel, and God has chosen me to be the voice and the connector. I can’t be responsible. I’m good, but I’m not that good. So my job is just to be in the studio and do videos, and I just stand here and let God do the rest. I was super scared and shit, like the MTV joint [the debut performance of “Love Lockdown” at the Video Music Awards], but afterwards it was the best response I got on any performance. People were like, “It’s so good, you did so good,” and I was like, Word? Just being nervous, that’s the childlike shit again. Why put yourself in the situation to be nervous again? You gotta just be confident the rest of your life? I mean, be confident, but I think it’s just a level of adventure and craziness and delusion, delusions of grandeur, like Hey, maybe I can fucking sing! Maybe I can’t, it doesn’t fucking matter, but it’s exciting.

Be an astronaut.
Yeah, it’s fucking exciting. I’m really excited about this album. When I was sitting in the studio in Hawaii and I asked somebody for the number to the hotel and they were like, “808-duh duh duh” because Hawaii’s area code is 808. And we just randomly do the whole album in Hawaii. I’m not trying to be all weirdo, connect the constellations like that, but this shit is too meant to be. Therefore, let’s put it out, okay. It’s kinda good!

How Women Treat Men.. It's funny... this video is pretty old but always gets me!

Good Morning by Pierre Farel

Crazy!

I really Love these shoes!!

BABY PHAT - JADEN

THE DJ .....This is the sh*t!!!!!

For some reason this speaks to me...