Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Messenger Menace: Hip Hop Reacts To Gil Scott Heron's Passing






Obviously, this is far from cutting edge news but just for once, let’s allow ourselves to dwell on a story for more than 48 hours before moving on to the next wannabe coffee-shop poet and cookie-cutter musician. Often credited with being one of the progenitors of hip-hop, Gil Scott Heron was a "bluesologist" and one of the first to set the stage and touch the heart and soul of hip hop. Left behind; his legacy will continue to permeate, influence and affect us.

To celebrate his life and legacy, I contacted a few artists and luminaries to reflect and remember the man and the legend. Rest in power Gil Scott Heron.


Check out more here.

Monday, June 6, 2011

I Am Many - Born Again Sinner Mixtape



Brooklyn MC, I Am Many is here! "Born Again Sinner" is the first of many projects by the charismatic emcee, as he connects with his label Creative Juices Music and the UK's Dub MD, bringing a true breath of fresh air to Hip-Hop in 2011, with his unique and distinctive style, this mixtape can only be described as thought-provoking anarchy!

"Born Again Sinner" features minimal appearances with only one collaboration with Label-S, but boasts a production list of 2 Hungry Bros, Luminary, Ide (Creative Juices), DJ Caique, Logik Proof, Adm (of The Lordz) just to list a few...


TRACKLIST:
01.) I Look Like Them
02.) No Feature (Produced By Luminary)
03.) Clique (Produced By DJ Caique)
04.) Coo Coo Crazy (Produced By Ide)
05.) How You Feel About That (Produced By Logik Proof)
06.) Happy (Produced By Ide)
07.) Savage (Slow Burn) (Produced By Logik Proof)
08.) Fuck It Up (I’m Gutta) (Produced By Frank Sasoon)
09.) Gaga (Produced By Logik Proof)
10.) Bloody Murda (feat. Labal-S) (Produced By Logik Proof)
11.) Friday Night Bay Ridge (Doche Bag Shit) (Produced By Frank Sasoon)
12.) Pig Napper (Produced By Luminary)
13.) Animal In Me (Produced By Adm) (of The Lordz)
14.) Kill To Kill (Produced By 2 Hungry Bros)
15.) Gimmie Mine (Produced By 2 Hungry Bros)
16.) I’m Back U Fuckers (Produced By Frank Sasoon)
17.) I Am Many Was Born (Produced By Adm) (of The Lordz)