Machete

After years of playing smaller, insignificant roles, Danny Trejo (you may remember him as Johnny 23 in Con Air) finally gets his big payday in his first lead role in Robert Rodriguez’s Machete. The action-packed film also stars Cheech Marin, Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba, Steven Seagal( I enjoy how the likes of Rodriguez and Tarantino effortlessly resurrect the careers  of those who would be otherwise forgotten less they become fixtures on the news)  and Lindsay Lohan. 

Where's Starang?

Dru Ha, CEO of Duck Down Music pens a detailed update on the whereabouts of arguably the best member of the Originoo Gunn Clappaz, Gunn Clappa Numba One, Starang.

Where Is Starang?

 

Sha Stimuli - The Smelly Cat Song

The track The Smelly Cat Song,(Sha probably drew inspiration from Phoebe Buffay [Friends] Smelly Cat) and its video detail occurrences that all too familiar to the male specimen; Sha Stimuli offers a means to help you tell a pretty young lady that her coochie smells – cue this track… hilarity and frankness to the nth degree.

yU - On The Corner OG Remix Feat. EyeQ

Here is the latest remix produced by DJ Lord Jazz from Lords of The Underground (who employs the same Screamin’ Jay Hawkins I put a spell on you sample made famous by Preemo in Biggie’s Kick in the Door) for yU’s On the Corner featuring EyeQ.

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yU feat. EyeQ - On The Corner OG Remix
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You

M.I.A. - Born Free

M.I.A.’s new video for Born Free is clearly causing some uproar, as evidenced by YouTube removing the video from its Website. Directed by Romain Garvas, the video which draws inspiration from Children of Men and Apocalypto is not for the faint of heart, but given our present political climate it becomes even more significant. Music aside (I watch in mute till about the three-min mark because the music isn’t exactly my cup of tea) it does not take the brain of Stephen Hawking to discern that this video, art in motion, is clearly an analogy which cannot help but conjure up images of a police-state, the plight of many disenfranchised citizens of the world and what could be the end result of the recent Arizona immigration law. 

Curt@!n$ - Letter to the People Pt. 1

Here are the visuals for Curt@ins, Letter to the People Pt. 1, a track that finds Dope Boy C venting over 9^th Wonder’s instrumental for Memphis Bleek’s Alright. On another note did I detect a jab at Tyga (imjusayin)

Tanya Morgan - Bang & Boogie

Directed by Berman Fenelus, here is a video from the trio of Hardcore Gentleman, Tanya Morgan, for Bang N Boogie (For me the album[Brooklynati] picked up at this very track; I could have done without tracks 1 – 3) The video was shot in sections of Brooklyn (McDonough and Throop I think?, Whaddup Doe [J-Boogie]!) and Manhattan (Gray’s Papaya to be exact) while depicting younger versions (in spirit not in the physical) of Von Pea, Donwill and Illyas.  Von Pea explains, "We all decided to just tell the story this time and stay away from costumes and comedy." Be on the lookout for Von Pea's solo album, Pea's Gotta Have It, available this summer via Interdependent Media.

Lil Wayne - Single

Lil Wayne… I know, I know, I have not checked for him since just before The Carter II and shortly thereafter; but I am single so….

Dreams were those pipes

She swear I was never her type

Wore humility like a garment

Had a short-run like Fox's Human Target

Little Brother - Curtain Call (Uncesored Version)

Directed by Matt Koza  and featuring cameos from the likes of Chaundon, Big Dho, Jozeemo and Joe Scudda; here is  the uncensored version for LB’s aptly titled single Curtain Call (Khyrysis on the beat). Little Brother's fourth and final album, LeftBack, is out now via Hall Of Justus.

(Uncensored…Why?)

Declaime - Gangsta

Here is yet another leak from Declaime’s forthcoming album, FONK, entitled Gangsta.  Declaime’s message is clear through his lyricism and accordingly he explains, "It's a message to the gangsters to wake up. This is not how we're supposed to be, and this music should heal, uplift, and cause harmony - not disharmony." FONK drops on May 4^th. 


 
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Declaime - Gangsta