Here's to a better decade, 2010: Involuntary Stage Diving 101

Let's hope for a bullet in the head to some of the bullshit we've had to endure (mentally, audibly, visually, socially, emotionally, etc.)...not just in '09...but for the last handful of years, at least.

Generally speaking, I have nothing against a guy/gal making his/her money...but c'mon b...some of the shit I get passed over to me is just way too suspect (since when was it cool for a rapper of any sex to adopt and utilize the same Internet vernacular bi-product as a 13 year-old girl would in a "text" to her fellow mall venturing, equally xenophobic "BFF"..."OMG"..."LOL"...damn anyone who says that shit in a rhyme...I don't care how elitist and embittered this sounds...DAMN all of that)!

Anyone remember PM Dawn? Remember what happened to them for being on some cornball shit and disrespecting some noteworthy Hip Hop cats (namely KRS-One, Public Enemy, and Ice Cube) in an interview that was then slathered across the pages of a larger scale publication? Dres of Black Sheep revisits and explains...


Let's also hear what Public Enemy had to say in '92...Milli Vanilli caught some verbal beats as well...but take note on how Chuck and the gang then flip it by shouting out the names of their fellow rap compatriots to elevate it to a stance of unity (a strong focus of theirs throughout the years...about the only group/band I could stomach and actually believe when on that topic)...


Trust me, listen to the whole thing...the speech is followed by an incredible medley of joints at the laser-guided hands of Terminator-X. Even for just audio, the energy is bonkers in this...I lost it when "She Watch Channel Zero" dropped. Please someone find me an original recording of the show so that I can throw it on a mix and front like I was there with a video camera in hand.

To finish...can someone tough or, better yet (maybe), someone in an undeniable position of power, get off of the couch/yacht and start PM Dawning some of these happy-go-lucky trash acts out there?!

To be continued...

The New Rock & Roll

Bill Adler and Chuck D droppin' gems (from 1:30 and beyond).

"It seems to me that anyone with a sense of history would jump over 10 Bon Jovi's to get next to LL Cool J..." - B.A.

Attitude?

Word to bird.

(Photo by Glen E. Friedman)

"I'm clever because I wear my leather in the winter..."

Shit is too live on Riverside right now...

Suit the fuck up people...it is brick-ass out there!

2010

Happy New Year.



Little to nothing out there will ever rival the bold, unadulterated intensity of the stalwart megaforce that was Public Enemy.

"high potent white kit-kats"

"Surgical Gloves"

Someone has been listening to me...

I said...the only thing that could have made OB4CL2 better, aside from replacing "Kiss The Ring" with "Walk Wit Me" as the official closer and including more RZA production (or at least the joints like "State of Grace" and "Baggage Handlers")...was a cameo from the real "God MC"...KGR.

I AM HEAVILY ANTICIPATING THIS COLLABORATION (even better, in EXTENDED-PLAY or FULL LENGTH form). True stillz.

"That's my mind reactin' telepathically..."

Just when you thought you knew about everything...you find out ...ah, you know the rest.

What the hell was up in 1991?! Let's continue with this tough joint...

Classic N.O. Hip Hop...shit is severely fresh. I can't name a soul on the East Coast who was bumpin' this when it came out...I wasn't...simply because I had no clue about MC Thick's (way too short) existence (R.I.P.).

Check it...