New Year's Eve Playlist

Just for the heck of it.

New Years Eve

Go Chad Hugo!

Can't knock the man's hustle. Movies and soundtracks: that's where the money is. Don't hate.

Dedicated Servers - Get Fly

Aww yeah! Another Dedicated Servers/Mr. Double U collaboration! The new song is located to your right (at the top as this post gets older). Click play and enjoy! Unfortunately, this song will not be on the upcoming Warp Zone project, but you never know. Maybe it'll be released on an EP or a random free download or something...stay tuned, and don't forget about the Warp Zone. It's coming...slowly but surely, it's coming...

smh

This WILL be bad, but being the Street Fighter supporter I am, I'm gonna see it. WHY do people keep making awful movie adaptations? Seriously, let's leave video games and cartoons alone (that Dragonball movie looks horrible too). M. Bison's super bad, but he's being played by...Neal McDonough? C'mon, the dude's too slim to be the evil Lord Vega! But I guess Kristen Kreuk isn't the beefiest Chun-Li either. Can't wait to see Taboo's (from the Black Eyed Peas) performance as the clawed bullfighter Vega, that should be good...(NOT). The whole cast just looks bad. I don't even think Michael Clark Duncan will be even to save the role of Balrog. Whatever.

Ong Bak 2!

lol

Pack Yr Romantic Mind

*Sigh*

One day...one day I'll see them...but I'm hoping more that one day I'll perform alongside them...

Cutest Puppy of the Week! (12.22.08-12.28.08)

Say hello to Ming! This is another of Ron's pitbulls. She hangs out with Kato (puppy of the week from two weeks ago) and is always looking to be the center of attention! The funny thing about Ming is sometimes she'll crawl to you and/or walk to you with her head really low, like she knows she's inferior. Ming, too, underestimates her impeccable strength, especially when you're playing with her! She does become a little protective of her familiar friends, so she may growl at you but ultimately means no harm. Ming is one of the most lovable pitbulls ever! If you meet her, she won't leave you alone!

Yours Truly

This is Marsha Ambrosius' mixtape...that's right, Marsha Ambrosius the soul singer and 1/2 of Floetry. Singers are putting out mixtapes now! Needless to say, this is one mean mixtape. The beats are on point, Marsha has a fantastic voice, and the cameos are great (Little Brother, Busta Rhymes & The Game). Only downside of the project is Don Cannon. The mixtape could definitely use a lot less of him talking over these awesome songs, but I guess it is a mixtape. Anyway, click this picture to download it for FREE! Good music!

Pardon Me

but FUCK the snow.

F Minus

F Minus are cool comic strips by Tony Carillo. They're tremendously funny and can be found in the F Minus book (probably on sale at your local bookstore). Here's a good one, and it's a picture link so you can click on it if you'd like to read some more. Good stuff!

That Heat

Suddenly, I can't wait for the summer. This is some nice, grown and sexy music. Great song and cool video!

Outta My Head

Okay okay, say what you want but THIS is an incredible song.

Rock with U

Cool song...gets me in the mood to move (dance, that is).

Enceladus

(LATE, I know) In March, Cassini (a NASA spacecraft) had a close encounter with one of Saturn's moons, Enceladus. This picture was taken at 12 frames over about 45 minutes. The speed at which Cassini flew by Enceladus was at 14.4 km/sec (32, 211 mph)...INSANE!

The Big Picture - 2008 in Photographs

2008 contained many defining moments in history. A lot of it has already been documented in different magazines and websites, but I came across this one in particular at Boston.com. The website has divided some of the year's most memorable moments into three sections. Many of the photographs are impressive, some depressing, and a few graphic. All in all, this is an excellent collection of photos. The first picture here dropped my jaw. It's a picture of a storm brewing over an erupting volcano in Chile...pretty cool huh? Anyway, click on the picture to view part one of the collection, and click on the two pictures that follow it (respectively) for sections two and three.

Welcome to Christmas Wonderland

I.N.T. is an awesome producer, and he proves it with this holiday offering. Get rid of all your old, cheesy Christmas albums, this is the one you need to be listening to! "Welcome to Christmas Wonderland" finds I.N.T. flipping and remixing Christmas classics into fantastic, new treasures! Trust me...good stuff right here. Click the picture for the FREE download!



(Parental advisory, careful all you 18 & under people...)

Gnomes

Check out this awesome painting by my great friend Dani!



I never knew that gnomes took care of small animals, therefore my appreciation for them increased drastically. I like this painting a lot though, a lot of you probably won't see much of Dani's artwork but I'll guarantee you right now, they're incredible pieces. It's a privelage to be able to see them all!

lol

I just scrolled down and saw the cutest puppy of the week for this week. *sigh* I feel bad for laughing but cot damn! LOL

Hip Hop Album Covers x Lego

This is pretty fun stuff! 20 hip hop albums are redone in Lego format. Click on the picture to see the rest of them!



I like Dr. Dre's "The Chronic" & Tha Alkaholiks "Liquidation"

Beat Goes On

Awesome song. One question: what the hell happened to Madonna? ...seriously, something ain't right here.

Late Night Beatmaking

Cutest Puppy of the Week! (11.15.08-11.21.08)

Sometimes, dogs are so ugly they're cute. This guy's name is Rufio and he just wants some lovin'!



Hey Touy, check out his teeth! Looks likes Moaner's! LOL

09 Stan Smiths

Hey Dani, we can match now!



For real though, I'm liking these. Particularly in this color:

Warp Zone

Underrated

For real...don't sleep on Elzhi (even though you probably already have), he is a BEAST. Definitely one of my top MC's.

Electroma

I'm disappointed that I still haven't seen this yet but here's the trailer. I don't know what to expect!

Storytime!

I don't care about cars.

So I'm on my break at work, sitting at the bar, and this mod lookin' dude comes over and asks if he can sit down next to me. Of course I allow him to, I'm a nice guy, but then the guy talks about rough his day was.

That's cool, but then he goes on to tell me that he's a car auctioner and begins spewing that car talk to me. Like "goddamn, work sucked today; I sold an Integra WSXMS4999 but then this other guy was talking to me about this new Mazda 9090483059837589 with the jet engines so I had to get his number, and then blah blah blah" damn it was one of the worst!

I don't know why but people LOVE talking to me about cars. It seems like dudes are always coming up to me and randomly pulling up cars! It's crazy! I don't know shit about cars! Don't talk to me about cars! Talk to me about dogs! Or better yet just don't talk to me! Just kidding you can talk to me...just not about cars...take note everybody.

December Evening

I took this picture a couple nights ago. Cool huh?

Universal Mind Control

That's the name of Common's new CD which comes out today! "Universal Mind Control" was originally titled "Invincible Summer" and was obviously supposed to come out this past summer, but for reasons unknown the album was delayed time and time again (even before the summer!). On his eigth studio album, Common attempts to once again venture a path he normally wouldn't. When he did this on "Electric Circus", Common received a lot of criticism for "selling out" and is already beginning to get the same response for this album (much like Kanye West is with "808's and Heartbreak"). Whatever your opinion is, you have to give it up to Common for re-inventing his sound. He said in an interview that with this album, he simply just wanted to have fun on the records. What I wanna know is why artists can't break out of their box? It's not like Common's never rapped about girls and having fun before (look up albums from "One Day It'll All Make Sense" and anything before) I get tired of hearing the same stuff so this is refreshing for me. Lyrically, Common breaks out of his shell to rap a little more about girls, partying and having fun but still brings that signature lyricism on some tracks (like "Gladiator"). His current single is "U.M.C." and finds him re-discovering the old breakbeat sound made popular by Afrika Bambaata. This is an excellent album (in my honest opinion). It really is a summer album though; the songs are really catchy and are great to dance to. The bulk of production on this album is handled by the Neptunes and there are a couple tracks contributed by Mr. DJ (of Outkast fame). Guest appearances include Cee-Lo, Chester French, Pharrell, Kanye West and a couple others. The only downside of this album is that it's too short (only 10 tracks)! The U.K. version has an exclusive remix of "Punch Drunk Love" which is an incredible track (hit me up for that one). Below, I've attached some music videos from the album to give you a small glimpse of the album ("Universal Mind Control" and "Announcement"). You can also go to myspace.com/common to preview the entire album for free. Go support this album and support good music everyone!




Common - Universal Mind Control [DVDRIP] from Taz on Vimeo.


Common feat. Pharrell - Announcement from velasquez on Vimeo.

Soul Brother Pt. 2

J. Nolan's a super talented dude from Atlanta and he just recently released his first music video for "Soul Brother Pt. 2" off of his new mixtape "The Up-Bringing 2.0". Check it out. (Refer to my previous post entitled "The Up-Bringing 2.0" for a free download of the mixtape!)

Kanye West Samples

This is kinda cool for all you producers out there.

The Spokesmen

That's right! The Resident Genius Owen and yours truly have begun work on an instrumental album coming soon. We've created a Myspace page for it and have recently uploaded a few pieces. Go listen to it and let us know what you think! You can leave comments there or here and add us as friends (if we haven't added you). Thank you for the continued support (to those that do) and stay tuned for more from the Dedicated Servers and the Spokesmen! Woops I forgot the link huh? We're at http://myspace.com/spokesmenmusic and if you're too lazy to type that, just click on this picture! Owen just uploaded his new track entitled "Breathe Electric" and it's absolutely amazing, you need to check it out!



Straight from Owen:

Alrighty, Peanut and I are creating a musical explosion to be henceforth known as "The Spokesmen." We will be releasing tracks as they are finished for an upcoming album. The first is up now, it's called "Breathe Electric" go have a listen.

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Cutest Puppy of the Week! (12.8.08-12.14.08)

Hey everyone, meet Kato! He's one of the nicest pitbulls around. Kato is my friend Ron's doggy. Ron met Kato in Japan while away on an Air Force trip and had to have his companionship. They've been the best of pals since then! You would have no heart if you saw Kato as a young pup because he would just steal your heart! He's such a nice dog and he's really smart too, although sometimes Kato underestimates his strength when he plays! He knocked me off my feet a few times I've chased him around the yard! Nonetheless, Kato's a good boy.

Dam Funk x Outrun

Dam-Funk x Outrun from stonesthrow on Vimeo.

Jizz In My Pants

This is actually quite impressive!

Downtown Saturday Night

I'm so sore today, from a combination of the workout yesterday and heavy dancing at the clubs last night. It was fun though, shout out to everyone that came out last night and of course Sanchez. We got on that stage and started the party! Anyway...time to heal...with rest and good music. MCMD's got Skype so now we're making music through that...

Underdog!

This is pretty amazing. It's mildly painful but really touching.

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Brolic

Just got done doing a workout with Cody and Owen. It was 30 tire flips (with jumping in and out of the hole), 30 pull ups, 30 swings (30 lbs.), and 30 burpees. Man it sucked! I only did 10 tire flips because that shit killed me! Props to Owen and Cody, I can't believe they got through 30 of those tire flips! They're incredible. Just to give you an idea, the tire weighs roughly 250 lbs. (I think that's what Cody said). Good times...not!

Sloths

Remember this Dani? Sheesh! I never realized sloths were so creepy!

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Electrorock V. 4: Flash Focus Forms Force

It's finally here! Turbo, one of the most talented cats in hip hop returns with one of his best mixtapes ever. The project finds his usual writing that sometimes require you to do research to fully understand him, cleverness and fun that sets Turbo apart from the rest. This is indeed a very worthwhile download...I PROMISE. Support good music!

Line of the Year

"Don't get caught up in your feelings because...you just Original Fakes and I am the Kaws."

-Pusha T of the Clipse on "S.L.U." feat. Ab-Liva (Play Cloths Mixtape)

"If you follow fashion, you can follow my buzz. If not, get your Hypebeast on; follow the blogs."

S.T.O.R.Y.

To prepare you for the release of Common's "Universal Mind Control" next week, Beatnick & K-Salaam give us "Stories Told Over Remixed Years" which is a project where they take some of Common's most memorable rhymes and put them over some futuristic, funky beats of theirs! Click the picture for the free download...I'm loving their version of "Go"!

1.13.09

The Dil Cosby Suite and the Dil Withers Suite! They're coming! We finally have a date!

Play Cloths Mixtape

Pusha and Malice treat us to the Play Cloths Mixtape to hold us over until the release of their third album, "Till the Casket Drops". The album doesn't come out until April so I don't even know if this mixtape will really hold us over long enough! It's pretty nice though, Clipse definitely brought the heat on this mixtape. It's kinda short, but damn good. Click on the picture for the free download...

The Heat is On

Anyone remember this? This game is often overlooked but certainly helped pioneer the creation of dance and rhythm games. I can't get enough of this song either; good stuff. Believe it or not, I got some of my actual moves from this game! Who said video games were a bad influence...? Shout out to Phish for introducing this game to me years ago!

Da Da

Check out this new music video from Kay of the Foundation, it's called "Da Da" and is produced by The ARE. Such a good song! Can't wait for this album. Look out for his new album "The Talk Show" (date TBA). The album will have many guest appearances, including Oh No, Phife (he's back!), Illmind, Ali Shaheed, Nicolay, Sa-Ra, K-otix and so many more! Enjoy!


Kay "Da Da" produced by The ARE from FWMJ on Vimeo.

The Explosive Mixtape

If you still haven't...

download one of the coolest mixtapes ever!

Featuring MCMD and yours truly...(click the picture to download)



We got a new one coming too, so get ready...

Spokesmen is on the attack as well...

Shouts to Mr. Double U and Voytek for keeping us busy in between projects!

?uestlove vs. Jay Dee

This is a story about the creation of the "Little Brother" beat for Black Star. It's an inspiring story and shows not only how much of a genius J Dilla was but also how modest and humble the dude really was. It's a great story and you'll discover a little bit as to why Jay Dee is such an inspiration to me. Still the king of beats! (Click this picture of J Dilla to read the story)

Achievement Unlocked!

Props to all the musicians that contributed to this project, music's incredible! Can't stop repeating "Army Girl", "Dosu-Koi" and "Sexy Trunks"! Also, "Flying Heaven" is insaneley epic!

(...and because I'm such a nice guy, I've attached the free album download above, just for you! Click the picture and enjoy!)

Cutest Puppy of the Week! (12.1.08-12.7.08)

Kay is the coolest doggy I've ever met. He is Dani's dog and she introduced me to him last year. We've spent a lot of good times with him! Kay is one of the nicest dogs and he never means harm. He doesn't even care about other dogs but he's really cool with people. I haven't seen him for awhile and I went over to Dani's place a few times this past week and he never left me alone! He's a good little boy. That kitty in the box is Everest. He lives with Kay and does weird stuff sometimes...like jump in a box.

The Up-Bringing 2.0

J. Nolan returns after his clever I Am Not A Rapper mixtape with "The Up-Bringing 2.0". The album is a breath of fresh air; J. Nolan's signature "golden era" hip hop flow is backed by smooth beats by Young B. This is a great listen for fans of the old age of hip hop. Don't get it twisted though; J. Nolan is a highly creative cat and brings his own flare to it, my man's music is definitely worth listening to. Do it J!

Click the picture for the free download!