ADK: Assassination of the Dreak Killers
“Redenbach… perfectly verbose.”
It’s hot in Indianapolis. This song comes from Rusty Redenbacher and the Mudkids crew, hurtin’ feelings with the organ! Rusty manages to make every verse fit perfectly on this beat - an instant classic from the ‘Kids. There’s also some URL namedrops from Okayplayer to Nah Right to… Assassination of the Dream Killer.
Peace to Dream Killer Assassins
We bout to have some servers crashin’
Download: Mudkids - Push
I wish there was a portal to Jay Smooth’s mind, like in Being John Malcovich.
So, this beat is just addicting. Indianapolis-based Dash (of the Boondoc Saints) produced the track, and like Weezy says, “that’s how you let the beat build… Beeeetch!”
Hum-V and Dizzy Yung of the Cleptoz jump on the mic with Dash, and all three Nap-town MC’s match the emotion of the track. If you don’t feel hungry after listening to this, “something is wrong with YOU!”
Download: Hum-V ft. Dizzy Yung & Dash - How Much Further? (from Hum-V’s upcoming album, One Verse At A Time)
Mike Green…. with the lob to Lebron! I can hear it now. The Indy Star writes:
A Former Butler guard Mike Green will play for the Cleveland Cavaliers during summer league, his agent, Buddy Baker, confirmed.
Green had summer team offers from five teams, Baker said.
Green worked out for a number of NBA teams prior to the draft but wasn’t picked Thursday night.
The Horizon League Player of the Year led his team in scoring, rebounding and assists as the Bulldogs put together the most successful team in Butler history.
Green averaged 14.6 points for a team that won a school-record 30 games and reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
Green also set Butler single-season records for assists (197) and free throws made (196) as a senior.
Kinetik posted about this 88 Keys mixtape a few days ago, and I’ve been seeing a lot about Kid Cudi lately, but honestly hadn’t listened. 88 Keys is a talented producer/MC, and this is a nice preamble to his forthcoming album in October. (Click the above picture to download the full mixtape.)
Or, if you just want to hear a hilarious track featuring Kid Cudi, download “Wasting My Minutes“. Preach Cudi… PREACH.
New Cool Kids track fromThat’s Stupid, the mixtape that disappeared, now resurfaced. Spotted over at FSD.
Download: Cool Kids - Dinner Time
Oh, and to get on my soapbox for a minute…. people’s comments on Nah Right crack me up. “I’m from the Chi and I’ll never listen to a Cool Kids song…”.
Sigh…
“Do you fools listen to music, or do you just skim through it?” © Hov
Mr. Blog Commenter… maybe you should sit down and listen to a track or two prior to casting stones. But you know what, nevermind… stick with your un-warranted/educated opinion.
But this guy (meaningless? GTFOHWTBS), and other people that try to use the term “hipster rap” as a limiting box to categorize something, remind me of the pissed off guy at a party going home alone. Out of all the things wrong in the hip hop industry, people are focusing on some kids with funky beats, fresh styles & party music… who know their history!? I don’t get it. At least Ice-T is focusing his hateful energies on more pressing issues.
The only readable criticism I’ve read is from Rusty, and he’s merely focusing on the history aspect.
Marc and I were talking about these classic collector items today. I think I had 6 out of the 10… which made me 60% cool in 1992.
As I was looking for a picture of these gems, I found a Dream Team drinking game from 1992… hahaha, I love the Interweb. Full game description after the jump Continue reading ‘1992 - Dream Team cups from McDonalds’
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Drew the Barber at Fake Shore Drive has had a LOT of unreleased exclusives lately, too much for me to re-purpose here. So make sure you go over to FSD and “Get familiar!” © Clinton Sparks
I just downloaded the above Kanye mixtape, from Hevehitta and Dub Floyd. It’s a nice collection of Kanye raririties and remixes. Some are familiar (Livin a Movie), some I’ve never heard (Plastic ft. Really Doe), and some came from the Go-Getters album (World Record Holders). And a little bonus track of Colin Monroe’s version of Flashing Lights with Little Brother’s verses from “The Way You Do It”?? Ok…. OK Dub Floyd. I see you.
I digress… My favorite mix on the tape is the Dub Floyd remix of Barry Bonds.
Download it and spaz out: Kanye West - Barry Bonds (Dub Floyd Screamixx) Feat. Lil Wayne
This is Mike Skinner’s (from The Streets) internet TV show, that can now also be seen on Channel 4 at 1am in the UK.
For all you fellas out there, just in time for the weekend, this episode is about the “pick-up artistry” featuring Ted Mayhem. Welcome to Beat Stevie….
Rusty put me on to this new track from Indianapolis-based MC alpha., from Class of ‘93 (w/ DJ Metrognome). I saw a video of alpha. on the mic for the got SOLE? Grand Opening, and he really caught my attention. Then I saw Class of 93 open up for the Cool Kids at the Vogue in April, which”fuuuuuuuurther let me know” (© Steve Harvey) that alpha. spit hot fiya like Dylan on Chappelle’s skit.
He entered in, to Harvard Law, at 88
And while I’m here on the subject, let me set it straight
What he did wasn’t easy to do,
(bein) the first black prez of the Law Review”
This song is a well spit history lesson about our future President of the United States. Download the zip, which includes artwork, lyrics and the mp3:
alpha. - Obama ‘08 (Do The Knowledge) (prod. by J. Brookinz)
… and a bonus sneaker head anthem
And Download the Rhymefest Man in the Mirror mixtape, featuring alpha.
(Click the picture to download “Kinetik’s Workout Plan”)
Mr. Soul Sincere writes:
Plenty to hear all the way from Mr. West to Roy Ayers to Danity Kane to Uncle Luke to Kinetik to…well just go get it.
60 minutes of sweat-creating jams. Download the mix, cut the fat out, keep your caloric intake low, watch ya sugars, ya cholesterols, ya proteins and thangs and be nice to ya body…you only get one and when its done ITS DONE.”
Shaq is definitely the most entertaining athlete-turned-rapper, closely followed by Deion Sanders.
Read: Culture or Consequence? from Pamoja, chronicling a Yale student’s time in Malawi and Kenya.
“….I was literally seeing a single disease kill an entire generation, and leave the next uneducated and jobless. However, were it not for all the grandmothers, aunts, and neighbors, millions and millions of children would be homeless. Literally, millions. What if this was America, I thought? Would orphanages be as common as Starbucks? Who would take care of all these kids? I actually had the thought that if this horrible tragedy was to happen anywhere in the world, Africa at least had a culture of sharing, of providing for and helping relatives no matter what, of sharing with your neighbors whatever is needed… and ultimately, of taking in and raising children whose parents have died.”
McCain and Obama: terrorist fist jabs all summer long…. (thanks to JZ for the link)
If you somehow missed it….
Listening to Mike & Mike this morning and heard that George Carlin passed away last night. I’m speechless.
This was one of the first comedians (along with Richard Pryor) that my dad introduced me to at a young age. We got to see him at Butler University in Indianapolis in 2004, which was everything I thought it would be. Never lost his timing, even in his late 60’s. If you haven’t seen the 7 Words You Can’t Say On Television, go watch it now.
RIP George Carlin, one of the greatest of all time.
“Sometimes I dream…. that he is me….”
Granted, Jud was the lowest paid player on the Bulls, and he didn’t have Gatorade commercials. But he still set some solid screens, and was arguably the most fundamental jump-stopper on the team. Very few travel violations. I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be like Jud. I’ll take $500k a year to play with Jordan and Pippen any day.
1996-97 Chicago Bull’s Payroll:
1. Michael Jordan $30,140,000
2. Dennis Rodman $9,000,000
3. Toni Kukoc $3,960,000
4. Ron Harper $3,840,000
5. Luc Longley $2,790,000
6. Scottie Pippen $2,250,000
7. Randy Brown $1,300,000
8. Dickey Simpkins $1,040,000
9. Robert Parish $1,000,000
10. Bill Wennington $1,000,000
11. Steve Kerr $750,000
12. Jason Caffey $700,000
13. Jud Buechler $500,000Total $58,270,000
I have a taped conversation with Steve that’s going to expose him as a closet Mailey Cyrus fan….
Big thanks to my good friend Kristin for supplying me with a link to Illegal Art, which houses Girl Talk albums among other things.
I saw Girl Talk last year in Indianapolis, and it was one of the most energetic, sweatiest shows I’d ever been to. A mix of hipsters and hip-hop heads, everyone was going nuts to his mash-ups. If you’ve never heard a Girl Talk mix… download these:
Wale is here. “You can’t stop the inevitable”
Sometimes I wish it was ‘03
OG Rocafella, throwin up isosceles
And I aint ridin, I’m just payin homage
If ain’t strive to be Shawn, I’d end up like Ki-Jana”
He had to throw a jab at Ki-Jana Carter on the Mr. Carter beat… awww man. Wonder how many people will be Googling “isosceles” and “ki-jana”…
Download: Wale - Mr. Carter
