Reee-wind!

"...Lord knows he's tryin'"

I have been running this short clip into the ground {"rinsing de chune", as the say here in London} all day long. This is where my head is right now. Big up Jay Smooth @ illdoctrine.com. The video is really interesting too, juxtaposing the lavish life style of 50 against the working-class mentality of John Lee Hooker and Howlin' Wolf. Music has always recorded exactly where the writers were at the time of the song. But this combination plays the best of both worlds nicely
{if that makes any sense. ;P}


And this is another one for the heads. KRS-One attacks! I'm feelin' what he's saying. "I'm in my dreams right now!" Creative visualization, f'real.

That #@$%! brother's wise!

Great RZA interview.

From the rumors on the new Wu-Tang album, to acting, the effect of the Death of ODB, to chess and nymphomaniac chicks, this interview has it all!

Great to hear an elder statesman whose known for explicit records show the true depth and measure of a man. No "white voice", he just tones it down a bit so that he can be understood by this audience. Props!

Oh and PLEASE take a listen to the Propmaster on golden age Hip Hop New York radio.
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Return of the Reconstruction

And Scene: Riqonstruction

“The Roots are from Philly which is the murder capital of America yet neither Questlove nor Black Thought have ever killed anybody. If they want to rep Philly they have to catch a body.”
~ The Source {taken from the sig of an okayplayer post}

This quote was going through my mind as I was watching the new online Roots video for “75 Bars”

It took me two listens to get into the song, where the best parts are the drumming and the subtle backing music. I’m at an age where I’m not excited by the N-word being every line’s exclamation point. But even worse, the video is just lackluster. It made me {and some of the okayplayers on the boards ask, “What’s the point?!”

And so I started to think about how I would have done the video. This is what I came up with: “75 Bars: Riqonstruction”

On a completely different note, this made me smile. "You crazy for this one Barack!"

Leave me a comment and let me know what you think.
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