Details to the story HERE
I'm still in shock after reading and watching this...Check out Nas' reaction
"Dear Young Warriors fighting the wrong wars! Killing each other is definitely played out. Being hurt from the loss of a love one was never cool.
Dear Young Warriors fighting the wrong war! I know that feeling, that frustration with life and needing to take it out on someone, anyone. But….
We chose the dumbest things to go the hardest for. I remember seeing deaths over 8 ball jackets, fila’s, and name plate chains. Deaths over “he say she say”!!!!! “I’m from This block or I’m from that block,” or “my moms n pops is f*cked up now the whole world gotta pay!!!”
I remember feeling like I was the hardest “n*gga” breathin. And I couldn’t wait to prove it. But let’s think. What r we really proving?? And proving what to who?? Everybody knows Chicago breeds the strongest of the strong but I just feel, me, being ya brother from another state, feel your pain as if I grew up with you in ya very own household.
You have the ability and mindpower to change the way we are looked at. Look who’s watching us young warriors, look who’s throwin us in jail constantly, look at the ignorance in the world. Look at the racist dogs who love to see us down. Lovin to bury us in the ground or in jail where we continue this worthless war on one another. Young warriors…. We are WASTING more and more time. We gotta get on our jobs and take over the world. Cuz this movie left the theaters years ago, Juice, Menace, Boys n the Hood, Blood n Blood Out, Belly!
When we see each other why do we see hatred? Why were we born in a storm, born soldiers, WARRIORS….and instead of building each other up we are at war with each other.. May the soul of this young person find peace with the Almighty. I’m with you young warriors. You’re me and I’m you. But trust me! You are fighting the wrong war.
This sh*t sucks !!
-Nas"
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Stephen Philms Presents-Freedom of Speech: ONE WORD *SNEAK PEEK*
MAJOR shout outs to pro-art's very own Stephen Philms on this sneak peak into his upcoming documentary on the phrase 'Freedom of Speech'
Kanye Apologizes...
Kanye deserves his own Gatorade...dude is a G, straight up. I'm serious. NOBODY else could have gotten away with what he did at the VMAs last night. You can't stir up controversy any better than this. Whether or not this is just a publicity stunt will be a question, at least for now. Nonetheless, kudos to him for apologizing.
10 Producers who could've saved The Blueprint 3
Now THIS article I agree with whole-heartedly. The beats weren't that bad...but beats is only one phase/concept of production. Jigga decided to feature some new cats on the hooks/verses...might as well apply the same theory for the production.
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"10 Producers who could've saved 'The Blueprint 3'"
by Jerry Barrow
“N*ggas want my old shit, buy my old album/N*ggas stuck on stupid, I gotta keep it movin,…” Jay-Z “On To The Next One”
The Blueprint is dead, long live The Blueprint. Sometimes you just can’t go back. It’s a little counterproductive as fans and critics to wish Jay-Z would do “the original” Blueprint over. It was clear after the BP 2 that was never going to happen. Besides, it wasn’t simply the “soulful” samples of the original that made it pop, it’s that Hova had the testicular fortitude (ie balls) to hand the keys over to up-and-coming producers like Kanye West and Just Blaze. In fact, it’s been Jay-Z’s willingness to go outside the box and get producers like The Buchanans (“What More Can I Say”) and 9th Wonder (“Threats”) that helped make his recent work even more memorable.
In the past I have been among the flag wavers demanding more DJ Premier and Ski Beatz on Jay-Z songs and I’ve been told “Oh, he’s been there and done that.” He backs this up on “On To The Next.” However, how does he justify continuing to use all of his old buddies on The Blueprint 3? With the exception of Al Shux and The Incredibles every track is produced by either Kanye West, Swizz Beatz, Timbaland or The Neptunes. The fundamental problem with that strategy is that all of them are artists who are not going to give him their best material anymore. Timbaland even admitted that “I didn’t give Jay my best material” because he’s saving it for his own Shock Value 2 project.
However, After listening to The Blueprint 3 I must concede that it’s not as horrible as many of my colleagues are saying. Jay-Z can still rhyme rings around the average rapper and there are many rewind worthy couplets sandwiched between the really bad hooks (ie the extended 9/11 metaphor on “Thank You” is ridic). I don’t think anyone let down by the BP3 is hating, we just expect more. It’s like watching Kobe Bryant play and he only drops 20. That’s a great game for the average player but after watching him drop 81 it’s like “meh.”
Anyway, since Hova insists that critics “never did it” I’m going to put on my A&R hat and say that these following producers could have made an average Jay-Z album something to really remember.
10) DJ Khalil, I don’t think Jay got his best work on Kingdom Comes’ “I Made it” as evidenced by the Clipse “ Kinda Like a Big Deal”
9) Nicolay
If Jay is thinking “global” this producer from The Netherlands has all of the melody and futuristic soul he can handle.
8 ) Black Milk
This Detroit MC/ Producer has the perfect balance of that hard, Detroit Rock with electronic synth sounds that got the kiddies going ringtone crazy.
7) K-Salaam and Beatnick With three albums under their belt this duo is quickly becoming one of the illest remixers in the game.
6) The Runners If Rick Ross’s “Hustlin” wasn’t enough “Lay Back” should have sealed the deal.
5) Tha Bizness Seeing has Jay was riding Jeezy’s “My President’s Black” so hard he should have gotten the producers who made it.
4) Play N Skillz From Chamilionaire (”Ridin Dirty”) to Hurricane Chris these siblings from Texas get it in. They even jack Hova for “Checkin My Fresh”
3) Bangladesh Lil Wayne’s “A Milli” was the most jacked beat of last year (including by Jay-Z) and Luda’s secret weapon would have laced Jigga.
2)The Dream and Tricky Stuart
If Jay wanted a “2009” sound he could have gone to these proven hitmakers to bring some oomph to some of those lackluster hooks.
1) Justice League
After lacing Rick Ross’ “Maybach Music” it should have been a no-brainer for Jay to tap this trio to give him some heat.
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"10 Producers who could've saved 'The Blueprint 3'"
by Jerry Barrow
“N*ggas want my old shit, buy my old album/N*ggas stuck on stupid, I gotta keep it movin,…” Jay-Z “On To The Next One”
The Blueprint is dead, long live The Blueprint. Sometimes you just can’t go back. It’s a little counterproductive as fans and critics to wish Jay-Z would do “the original” Blueprint over. It was clear after the BP 2 that was never going to happen. Besides, it wasn’t simply the “soulful” samples of the original that made it pop, it’s that Hova had the testicular fortitude (ie balls) to hand the keys over to up-and-coming producers like Kanye West and Just Blaze. In fact, it’s been Jay-Z’s willingness to go outside the box and get producers like The Buchanans (“What More Can I Say”) and 9th Wonder (“Threats”) that helped make his recent work even more memorable.
In the past I have been among the flag wavers demanding more DJ Premier and Ski Beatz on Jay-Z songs and I’ve been told “Oh, he’s been there and done that.” He backs this up on “On To The Next.” However, how does he justify continuing to use all of his old buddies on The Blueprint 3? With the exception of Al Shux and The Incredibles every track is produced by either Kanye West, Swizz Beatz, Timbaland or The Neptunes. The fundamental problem with that strategy is that all of them are artists who are not going to give him their best material anymore. Timbaland even admitted that “I didn’t give Jay my best material” because he’s saving it for his own Shock Value 2 project.
However, After listening to The Blueprint 3 I must concede that it’s not as horrible as many of my colleagues are saying. Jay-Z can still rhyme rings around the average rapper and there are many rewind worthy couplets sandwiched between the really bad hooks (ie the extended 9/11 metaphor on “Thank You” is ridic). I don’t think anyone let down by the BP3 is hating, we just expect more. It’s like watching Kobe Bryant play and he only drops 20. That’s a great game for the average player but after watching him drop 81 it’s like “meh.”
Anyway, since Hova insists that critics “never did it” I’m going to put on my A&R hat and say that these following producers could have made an average Jay-Z album something to really remember.
10) DJ Khalil, I don’t think Jay got his best work on Kingdom Comes’ “I Made it” as evidenced by the Clipse “ Kinda Like a Big Deal”
9) Nicolay
If Jay is thinking “global” this producer from The Netherlands has all of the melody and futuristic soul he can handle.
8 ) Black Milk
This Detroit MC/ Producer has the perfect balance of that hard, Detroit Rock with electronic synth sounds that got the kiddies going ringtone crazy.
7) K-Salaam and Beatnick With three albums under their belt this duo is quickly becoming one of the illest remixers in the game.
6) The Runners If Rick Ross’s “Hustlin” wasn’t enough “Lay Back” should have sealed the deal.
5) Tha Bizness Seeing has Jay was riding Jeezy’s “My President’s Black” so hard he should have gotten the producers who made it.
4) Play N Skillz From Chamilionaire (”Ridin Dirty”) to Hurricane Chris these siblings from Texas get it in. They even jack Hova for “Checkin My Fresh”
3) Bangladesh Lil Wayne’s “A Milli” was the most jacked beat of last year (including by Jay-Z) and Luda’s secret weapon would have laced Jigga.
2)The Dream and Tricky Stuart
If Jay wanted a “2009” sound he could have gone to these proven hitmakers to bring some oomph to some of those lackluster hooks.
1) Justice League
After lacing Rick Ross’ “Maybach Music” it should have been a no-brainer for Jay to tap this trio to give him some heat.
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Was "The Blueprint 3" really that bad?
These guys make alota valid points, esp with the casio pop sound and the much ado about nothing features. I'm not as harsh in my judgement, but my main point stems from this track in comparison to every, single track on The Blueprint 3.
And honestly...arrogance without current works bothers me, especially in music. If Jay-Z wants to be off his 'old shit' and get on every other artist who hasn't 'grown', fine. But his new stuff isn't really new...he's been talkin about moving from the "corner to the corner office" for 3-4 albums now, and this album portrayed it in the most average fasion, by far. My rant would take forever...so I digress because of time restrictions. Its not a bad album...just not a great one, at all.
Note: Here's Casey Gene-Macalla's analysis of BP3....ouch
http://theurbandaily.com/music/leak-review-jay-zs-blueprint-for-failure/
Monday, September 14, 2009
This Is The PheneMix Vol 2 (w/ Dub Floyd)
Sup ya'll?...it's been a minute.
Not too long ago, I got put on to a promising upcomming artist out of Philly named Phene. His latest mixtape dropped back in May and I gave it a listen over the past few days. Not too much of an in-depth review, for now, but I will highlight the tracks I felt were dopest...Overall though, dude is solid and I really dig the production and mixing (No surprise here though, Dub Floyd is a persoanl favorite.) Ispy a Mellodramatic feature!
Here's the mixtape art/tracks/download:
Tracklisting
01. The Intro (Prod. by Djay Cas) w/ Dub Floyd
02. Heroic (Exclusive Screamixx) w/ Marvin Gaye
03. Dreamer (PheneMix) w/ Akon
04. Feel Free (PheneMix) w/ Ricky Blaze
05. Onslaught (Freeverse)
06. Today (PheneMix) w/ Dre (Cool -N- Dre)
07. Hustlaz Musik (Prod. by Risingson) w/ City Haze
08. Mellodramatic (Prod. by Mellodramatic)
09. All My Life (Freeverse)
10. Gone (Prod. by Marcus Davis)
11. Saviors w/ Big Skeem
12. Runaway With Me (PheneMix)
13. Love Hangover (PheneMix) w/ Estelle
14. Chase (Produced by Grand Larceny) w/ Tenille
15. Ask Anybody (Prod. by Infamous Crate Diggers) w/ Dub Floyd
16. Much More (PheneMix) w/ Phil Nash & Yummy Bingham
17. Like A Champion (Prod. by Mazik)
18. Money, Power, Respect (Freeverse)
19. Everybody Knows (PheneMix) w/ John Legend
20. Rescue You (PheneMix) w/ Ryan Leslie
21. Holding Back (Prod. by Pezey Krack)
Download Link
Not too long ago, I got put on to a promising upcomming artist out of Philly named Phene. His latest mixtape dropped back in May and I gave it a listen over the past few days. Not too much of an in-depth review, for now, but I will highlight the tracks I felt were dopest...Overall though, dude is solid and I really dig the production and mixing (No surprise here though, Dub Floyd is a persoanl favorite.) Ispy a Mellodramatic feature!
Here's the mixtape art/tracks/download:
Tracklisting
01. The Intro (Prod. by Djay Cas) w/ Dub Floyd
02. Heroic (Exclusive Screamixx) w/ Marvin Gaye
03. Dreamer (PheneMix) w/ Akon
04. Feel Free (PheneMix) w/ Ricky Blaze
05. Onslaught (Freeverse)
06. Today (PheneMix) w/ Dre (Cool -N- Dre)
07. Hustlaz Musik (Prod. by Risingson) w/ City Haze
08. Mellodramatic (Prod. by Mellodramatic)
09. All My Life (Freeverse)
10. Gone (Prod. by Marcus Davis)
11. Saviors w/ Big Skeem
12. Runaway With Me (PheneMix)
13. Love Hangover (PheneMix) w/ Estelle
14. Chase (Produced by Grand Larceny) w/ Tenille
15. Ask Anybody (Prod. by Infamous Crate Diggers) w/ Dub Floyd
16. Much More (PheneMix) w/ Phil Nash & Yummy Bingham
17. Like A Champion (Prod. by Mazik)
18. Money, Power, Respect (Freeverse)
19. Everybody Knows (PheneMix) w/ John Legend
20. Rescue You (PheneMix) w/ Ryan Leslie
21. Holding Back (Prod. by Pezey Krack)
Download Link
Friday, September 4, 2009
2009 Summer Playlist!!! (Reggae Pt.1)
Currently, there are about 100+ tracks...This mixtape tackles alot of them, but not all. Part 2 coming soon...
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DJ Kenny Lover Rock 13
NOTE: Listening to the playlist on this webpage enables imeem's 30 sec preview feature. To listen to the full tracks click >>>>HERE<<<<
I wanted to use the flash player I used last time for the R&B playlist but 43 tracks is tedious to say the least. And for some odd reason, the tracks I uploaded wouldnt play...:-/ (FF ftl...again?)
DJ Kenny Lover Rock 13
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