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THEPIER.ORG is a fantastic website. I have discovered so many bands through that website.
Passafire
Blue Scholars
880 South
Iration
RAC
Tribal Seeds
Giraffe Aftermath
Orange Grove
Dirty Heads
The B Foundation
Stone Senses
Dirty Heads
Can't Hang
Stick Figure
Portable Payback
seedless
Puget Sound System
Rootdown

I've had many crushes in my young life; I've even been in love a few times; however, I've reached a point where I've lost that tingle in my trousers.

When I was in high school I had a lot of false alarms. I was quick to say "I love you", but did so without even really knowing what true love was. I flung that love out to whatever was hot and on the radio willing to put out.

I graduated to college, where I found my first TRUE love: Underground Hip-Hop. A bit of Blue Scholars, a dabble of Sweatshop Union, some Jedi Mind Tricks. I started doing things like making mixed CDs for them--that's when you know you're caught up.

This was a long-standing relationship, one that I still haven't put behind me. We continued to age and grow together. I added Atmosphere, MF DOOM, Common, Living Legends, and so on and so forth. At some point, I needed something new.

Like any good Bro Namath in college, I let Jack Johnson dote on me. How else could me and my fellow Bro-do Baggins's get down, while playing Halo and trying to get girls naked? Like all relationships rooted in sex, this one saw its fair share of problems... It became more of a niche- a hit it and quit it, if you will- good for rainy days, studying, and impressing girls. I needed more inspiration.

Enter: The Black Keys. This was the party girl, dancing on a table top, grabbing everyone's attention with her boisterous personality. How could you not like her? Yeah, she's loud; maybe slightly obnoxious to some; but, she pulled me in like no other. It was something different than I'd ever felt before. She opened my eyes to entirely new genres.

Lately, The Black Keys- along with other garage, blues, honey-drip vocals, alt rock groups- have been constantly on my mind. White Stripes, Heartless Bastards, Raconteurs. Somewhere, though, in a small crevice in the curls of my brain, is a thought. A thought that it's possible I could stray; I could find something on the side that will give me butterflies in my stomach like when I was a kid; something that will give me that wet-my-pants joy.

I need help though. That is why I've made this want ad. I need an artist or group that I can fall in love with. I'm not looking for one or two tracks; I'm not even looking for one or two albums; I'm looking for a band with an ENTIRE CATALOG that is worth cop[ping/ulating]. I want something lip-biting, cum-in-my-pants good.

Look, I'll always love you, baby, but it's time to find something new to reinvigorate my life.

Can you be that group? [Please, let me know!!!]

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01. Go Around - Marco Polo ft. Buckshot
02. Start The Revolution - DJ Revolution ft. Boot Camp Clik
03. RuckDown - Sean Price
04. Interlude - Buckshot
05. Survival Skills - KRS-One & Buckshot ft. DJ Revolution
06. D.I.R.T. - Heltah Skeltah
07. Monster Babies - Random Axe
08. 6 Minutes - B Real of Cypress Hill
09. FreshFest - Skyzoo ft. Wale
10. Mixed Emotions - Team Facelift
11. Interlude - Kidz In The Hall
12. Back On The Map - Skyzoo ft. Maino
13. HI-808 - Blue Scholars
14. StarStruck - Naledge
15. Coo - Blue Scholars
16. Beautiful Decay - Skyzoo
17. New Love - TEK of Smif N Wessun
18. Smoke - Marco Polo & Torae ft. Rock & lil fame of M.O.P.
19. Get Mines - Oh No ft. Buckshot
20. Interlude - Buckshot
21. Robot - KRS-One & Buckshot
22. Duck Down - Ruste Juxx
23. Critically Acclaimed - Statik Selecktah ft. Lil Fame, Saigon & Sean Price
24. Get It Done - Skyzoo & Torae ft. DJ Premier
25. The Matrix - Black Milk ft. Pharoahe Monch & Sean Price
26. Hold Up - Marco Polo & Torae ft. Masta Ace & Sean Price
27. Interlude - Naledge of Kidz In The Hall
28. No Love - Team Facelift
29. Toast To Bucktown - General Steele ft. Buckshot
30. Flickin - Kidz In The Hall
31. Duck Down (Bonus Track) - Sean Price ft. Torae & Skyzoo

This is all i could think of at the moment...
Rage Against the Machine
Wu-Tang Clan
Rakim
The Roots
Nas
Cypress Hill
Public Enemy
Mos Def
Talib Kweli
Black Star
Ben Harper & The Relentless 7
Foo Fighters
Godsmack
Buck 65
Toots & The Maytals
Burning Spear
EPMD
R.A. the Rugged Man
Blue Scholars
Mr. Lif
Sweatshop Union
Cadence Weapon
Scratch Bastid
Klashnekoff
Supernatural
Rahzel
Bubbz
Cantaloop
Prince Po
Jedi Mind Tricks
Reef the Lost Cauze
OuterSpace
MC Esoteric
Abstract Rude
Busdriver
K'naan
The Narcicyst
Dam
Old Man Luedecke
Elliott Brood
Valdy
The Arrogant Worms
Danny Michel
Kobo Town
Bob Snider
Catch-It Kebabs

Początkowo może się wydawać, że płyty, które recenzuję w ramach cyklu "Musisz to znać" to same rewelacje, ew. bardzo dobre pozycje. Nic z tych rzeczy! Są albumy, które powinniśmy znać nie ze względu na efekt finalny, a jedynie biorąc pod uwagę jeden czynnik wyróżniający. Właśnie takim materiałem jest "Dobra Częstotliwość", czyli producencki krążek Praktika. Czym się wyróżnia i dlaczego nie jest to żadna rewelacja?

"Dobra Częstotliwość" to przede wszystkim - jak na producencki album przystało - znakomite bity Praktika. Warszawiak jawnie inspiruje się jazzem - nie jest to jednak ani Jazzmatazz, ani kojący jazz-hop w stylu Blue Scholars bądź Common Market. Ot, po prostu rap z dużą domieszką jazzu, ogromną ilością jazzowych sampli. Troszkę szkoda, że Praktik korzysta z aż tak wyraźnych bębnów - moim zdaniem przy mniej charakterystycznych łatwiej byłoby wuluzować się, odpłynąć. Inna sprawa, iż to raczej kwestia gustu - tak czy siak bity kolegi Dizkreta niemal zawsze miażdą. Ba, oszołomić słuchacza udaje mu się nawet wtedy, kiedy porzuca jazz i hip-hop zaczyna mieszać z funkiem ("A Portret") bądź soulem ("Jestem Tu", "Mamy tu co robić").

Co takiego więc nie do końca zagrało? To, co zwykle na płytach producenckich, czyli zaproszeni goście. Swoją drogą, jest to pewne przekleństwo tego typu albumów. Krążków, na których wszyscy goście prezentują wysoki, równy poziom można szukać ze świecą. w dłoni Na "Dobrej Częstotliwości" ponad wszystkich wybija się Pezet, pojawiający się w aż dwóch kawałkach. Jego "Biznes" i "Kilka Lat Później" to moim zdaniem jedne z najlepszych utworów, które wydał na świat polski rap. Cechują je przede wszystkim świetne linijki, krytycznie opisujące sytuacje na rodzimej scenie hip-hopowej. Dobrze spisali się też Mes oraz Lilu, natomiast Dizkret już tylko nieźle, jakoś bez większej ikry. Po JWP nie spodziewałem się za wiele i ani trochę się nie pomyliłem. Ero i Foster wypadają blado, ich numer można spokojnie pominąć.

"Dobra Częstotliwość" to porządny album producencki, który jednak byłby znacznie lepszy, gdyby nie niektórzy goście - Pezet zjadł tu wszystkich, nawet Mesa. Płytę trzeba jednak docenić za naprawdę pierwszorzędne bity. Szkoda, że Praktik od dawna nie wyprodukował niczego znaczącego. Myślę, że gdyby w końcu coś wypuścił, to byłaby to prawdziwa bomba. Póki co, przed nosem mamy "Dobrą Częstotliwość", która niestety nie może otrzymać oceny wyższej od siódemki z plusem. Siedem za bity, plusik za Pezeta. Sprawdźcie to, w końcu musicie to znać!

Hip-hop just hurt me so good. It left me with an overwhelming sense of inspiration, encouragement, and affirmation. It reminded me that music and musicians can really change minds, lives, and worlds. I am a big believer in being involved with social justice and community activism, and nothing makes me happier than when these two things are combined with hip-hop to form the ultimate trifecta. It’s rare, but if a musician pulls this combination off with genuine sincerity and commitment, I’m a goner.

It happened with Macklemore, a Seattle-based rapper who just finished a tour with Black Clover’s Grieves and his partner-in-crime and producer Budo.

...to read more, check out http://hiphoplovefest.blogspot.com

Step Cousins, Evan Roman, Xperience, Don-P, Ryan Lewis, Abyssinian Creole, Blue Scholars, Type

Sun 24 May – Soundset

Timmy Althaus gives a set-by-set recap of his excursion to Soundset 09.

Available here: http://mindinversion.wordpress.com/2009/05/26/concert-recap-my-journey-to-mecca-soundset-2009/







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8 Hours of hip-hop from the following artists: Atmosphere, The Pharcyde, MF DOOM, Brother Ali, Freeway & Jake One, Sage Francis with B. Dolan, Immortal Technique, P.O.S, EL P with Mr. Dibbs & TMQ, Eyedea & Abilities, Abstract Rude + Aceyalone & Myka 9 = Haiku D'Etat with DJ Drez, Prince Paul, Buck 65, Blueprint with DJ Rare Groove, Dj Numark, Heiruspecs, CunninLynguists, Blue Scholars, Sims of Doomtree, One Be Lo, I Self Devine, Awol One, Mike Mictlan & Lazerbeak = hand over fist of Doomtree, Toki Wright, Grieves, Unknown Prophets, Lil Buddy McLain, Just.Live, Kristoff Krane, El Guante, Plain Ole Bill, Bk one, King Otto, and DJ Nikoless

It's already 3/4 through '09, and here are my favorites so far, sorted by play count, with my # of plays in parenthesis:

Albums:


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Chris Cornell - Scream (261)


B.O.B & Bobby Ray - B.o.B vs. Bobby Ray (247)


J. Cole - The Warm Up (221)


Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon: The End Of Day (203)


Curren$y - This Ain't No Mixtape (178)


Drake - So Far Gone (176)


k-os - YES! (168)


Fabolous - Loso's Way (166)


Saigon & Statik Selektah - All In A Day's Work (165)


The-Dream - Love vs. Money (164)



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Nipsey Hussle - Bullets Ain't Got No Name Vol. 3 (157)


Rick Ross - DEEPER THAN RAP (154)


Rock City - PTFAO The Album (153)


Wale - Attention Deficit (153)


XV - Everybody's Nobody (152)


UGK - 4 Life (151)


JR and PH7 - the standard (148)


Wale - Back to the Feature (139)


Slim Thug - Boss Of All Bosses (137)


Ghostface - Ghostdini: The Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City (133)



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Mr Hudson - Straight No Chaser (131)


Reks - MORE GREY HAIRS (127)


Tanya Morgan - brooklynati (127)


Paul Wall - Fast Life (124)


Ryan Leslie - Ryan Leslie (123)


Chamillionaire - Mixtape Messiah 7 (122)


Asher Roth - Asleep In The Bread Aisle (118)


Mike Jones - The Voice (118)


Pleasure P - The Introduction of Marcus Cooper (117)


J. Holiday - Round 2 (116)



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Flo-Rida - R.O.O.T.S (114)


Joe Budden - Padded Room (114)


Chester French - Love the Future (112)


Colin Munroe - Colin Munroe is the Unsung Hero (111)


Curren$y - The Jet Files (111)


DJ Drama - Gangsta Grillz: The Album (Vol. 2) (110)


Keelay and Zaire - Ridin High (110)


The Grouch & Eligh - Say G&E! (108)


Rhymefest - The Manual (107)


Emilio Rojas - Recession Proof (106)



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Lacuna Coil - Shallow Life (106)


Platinum Pied Pipers - Abundance (105)


Warren G - The G Files (105)


Ryan Leslie - Transition (104)


Shawn Chrystopher - A City With No Seasons (103)


Termanology - Time Machine: Hood Politics VI (103)


Kevin Cossom - Hook Vs Bridge (101)


Oddisee - Mental Liberation (98)


Z-Ro - Cocaine (98)


K'naan - Troubadour (97)



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Jet - Shaka Rock (97)


Zion I - The Take Over (94)


Donnis - Diary of an ATL Brave (93)


Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (93)


Slaughterhouse - Slaughterhouse (93)


Creed - Full Circle (90)


Three Days Grace - Life Starts Now (89)


CunninLynguists - Strange Journey Volume Two (87)


Skyzoo - The Salvation (86)


Kam Moye - Splitting Image (85)



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Maino - If Tomorrow Comes (85)


Silversun Pickups - Swoon (84)


Brother Ali - Us (83)


Wiz Khalifa - Burn After Rolling (82)


Big Sean - UKNOWBIGSEAN (80)


Charles Hamilton - My Brain Is Alive (80)


Donny Goines - The Breakfast Club (79)


DJ Quik & Kurupt - Blaqkout (78)


Marco Polo & Torae - Double Barrel (75)


R.O.M.E. - My Demo (75)



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Tech N9ne - Sickology 101 (75)


Novel - Suspended Animation (73)


Alice in Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue (71)


Saigon - Warning Shots 2 (71)


Royce da 5'9" - Street Hop (70)


La Coka Nostra - A Brand You Can Trust (67)


Fashawn - Boy Meets World (64)


DJ Mitsu The Beats - A word to the wise (63)


Mike Posner & The Brain Trust - A Matter of Time (63)


Muse - The Resistance (62)



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Blue Scholars - OOF! EP (61)


Esso - Off The Wall (61)


serani - No Games (61)


Smile Empty Soul - Consciousness (61)


Jadakiss - The Last Kiss (58)


Kid Cudi - Dat Kid From Cleveland (57)


Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II (55)


Stat Quo - Great Depression (55)


Tech N9ne - K.O.D. (55)


Ace Hood - Ruthless (52)



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Breaking Benjamin - Dear Agony (52)


Cam'ron - Crime Pays (52)


Joe Budden - Escape Route (52)


Charles Hamilton - This Perfect Life (49)


Rakim - The Seventh Seal (49)


Trey Songz - Anticipation (47)


BK-One - Rádio Do Canibal (47)


Mike Posner - One Foot Out the Door (44)


J.J. Brown - Connect The Dots (42)


32 Leaves - Panoramic (39)


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Bun B - Southern Royality (32)

Triple C's - Custom Cars & Cycles (32)

DJ K.O. - Living Out A State of Mind Vol. 1 (28)

Emilio Rojas - The Natural (24)


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Please feel free to comment, and let me know if you have any suggestions or recommendations.

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(last updated: 11/21/209)