rock the dub: August 2006

It's hard goddamn work staying sane these days. Baby boy is due any day now, so I'm on my toes..

. at work, whenever the phone rings, a nigga thinks it's "the call". I hope he gets here soon, I'm ready for his lil fat self to be here.

Been a busy week, but today was nutty. I was going to cut down some hedges/bushes with an axe but my nice neighbors lent a nigga a chainsaw, so those shits dropped QUICK! Gotta love nice neighbors.

I am also jazzed about The Wire, Season 4. HBO aired a few specials this week, and it got me super souped for the show! Remember, if you have HBO On Demand, you can catch the 1st episode on September 4th, about 1 full week before the premiere.

I do like how the season that is set partly in a school debutes during the week that most schools start their new sessions. Gotta love it!

Odd week, news wise, so let's just get down to brass tax, kids.

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01/The boy noz let it be known that Andre3000 of Outkast is Miles Davis' Kind of Blue in the not-too-distant future.

He already raped Coltrane's "My Favorite Things" on that God-awful Love Below album, turning a classic jazz standard into a shitty fake-jungle nightmare. Why murder another classic? Is he looking for that much acceptance outside of the Rap world that he must try and truly be prince?

And the next time my Mom stops by to tell me how great a rapper's new movie is, I am going to crack myself in the head with a bottle of Mo. I mean, I could give 2 flying frigs about Idlewild the album..

. I don't need to care about a movie where one of the leads is named Rooster, and the fucking cuckoo clocks sing. I'll pass.

02/You gotta love the NYPD: Busta Rhymes has avoided speaking on his bodyguard's death for months now...

as his attacker said, Busta apparently this kid for spitting on or NEAR his whip. The cops wait a WEEK, and pick Busta up . Thing is, I bet you they spent that whole night trying to figure out the specifics surrounding his boy's murder, which is foul in my book.

I mean, if he isn't going to speak, let the man be. Only God (or Israel's family) can judge him. He is doing right by them, apparently breaking his wife off with paper, but does that really justify his not snitching?

Only time will tell...

03/Speaking of Busta, one of his pet projects, Papoose, has finally inked a deal with a major. Jive has signed him for $1.5 million.

Why, I am not too sure. I mean aside from being a sick mixtape rapper, he has not really proved that he can move units on a commercial level. I don't doubt that the hype will do him well if/when his album drops, but there is still one question I am asking: Busta and Kay Slay are working with him, trying to get him a deal, right?

How much paper did they ask for out of that $1.5? And with Kay already letting it be known that, whether he likes it or not, Pap does what he says on the song tip, we'll see how hot his shit will turn out.

I don't remember Kay putting up QUALITY numbers on the commercial tip.

04/On the album tip, there's a ton of stuff going on. This coming week sees not only the new albums from Method Man and The Roots, but there has also been noise about albums from other cats out there.

John Legend let it be known that is set to be dropped this coming October. His album is probably the one CD where I can vibe to a will.i.

am track and not be upset about it lol. Sounds like he isn't breaking the mold, however, which is a plus. Kelis also with how her latest LP, Kelis Was Here, came out.

Word is there's shit on there that wasn't supposed to make the cut...

which is just unacceptable IMO, but the labels do whatever they think needs to be done. Something tells me that, next go round, Kelis will be on another label. And dropping the Neptunes might not have been such a good idea.

.. Billboard reports this week that both C.

Aggy and Lyfe Jennings are on the charts. That Now 22 nonsense is still in the top10, but so be it, you know? Kids gotta rock, too.

They also reported that Snoop is his Blue Carpet Treatment album for a November release for no real reason. I suspect that he's making wack material and none of it is sticking, but who knows. I guess when you are Snoop, you got it like that.

05/OK, so let me get this straight: a girl gets murdered 10 years ago. A weird pedophile confesses to the murder. And on his plane ride from Thailand, ?

WITH POLICE SITTING RIGHT BESIDE HIM?!!

? I don't know if this is some new tactic or just a lapse in judgement, but something is hella fishy (rimshot)..

. either they thing neph did it or shit is just different for sick white males who fawn over young girls.

06/Hollywood is on some ill shit: Snakes on a Plane , but they did some shady shit: they pulled in $15.

3 mill, but it was based on a 4 day total, not the normal Friday-Sunday money. How can you even do that shit and expect to keep cred? I mean I know the block is hot and movies are in and out of the top 10 in a matter of weeks, but don't pour syrup on shit and call it pancakes.

07/You gotta love how record labels try to understand blogging but get the shit WAY wrong. Eskay, leader of the popular site , was from Atlantic Records for posting a YouTube link to a Lupe Fiasco video. I mean, forget the fact that if Atlantic has any REAL beef with the video being online, they should holler at YouTube.

My thing is...

ESKAY WAS PROMOTING YOU! It's not like he dissed Lupe or the viddy..

. he's a HUGE fan. Why shit on him?

Read the fucking blog before you wyle out. Sheesh. Speaking of videos up on YouTube, Rizoh broke down what the deal is with .

The track is hot, but peep that post...

Game switched up a few of those verses as to not offend people who have more juice than he. I'm waiting to see how that shit plays out..

.

08/It wasn't played up a lot, but there were retarded rumors that Osama bin Laden Whitney Houston, to the point where he planned on murking Bobby! I mean first off, who gives a shit, but 2nd, do you honestly think Osama wants to crawl out of whatever anthole he must be hiding in to fuck with a crackhead?

His ass has mad wives, what will she do for him?

09/There was a big stink this week made about Survivor's decision to make the competition for the new season a bit complex: they are adding in a race element. Four teams are to be (White, Black, Asian and Hispanic).

Rush Limbaugh thinks that the of kicking ass because they have "shown the most survival characteristics", apparently. I am going to make a poll about this, but I still say the White tribe will win. I have a hunch.

.. but we shall see.

I'll keep you guys informed.

10/This mp3 player game is getting intense..

. SanDisk revealed that they have an coming out. 8GB?

!?!

? That's like 8 iPod shuffles! Plus it will be able to be 10GB with the added assistance of a 2GB memory card.

That's kind of sick for a player with no internal hard drive. For some reason, Microsoft is planning on onto it's Zune unit, courtesy of . No disrespect, but any player I've copped that came preloaded with shit, it got deleted PRONTO for space reasons.

The last thing I need is Dem Franchise Boyz on my mp3 player. On a sad note, Dell is of the mp3 player game. It's Ditty is getting shat on by the iPod shuffle, with good reason.

Dell can't even get quality PCs out without drama and Bangladeshian reps, what makes them think they can corner the mp3 player market?

11/Bob Dylan, you old fool. You make me proud, but confuse me too.

He has been going on a rampage, . He is pissed about the sounds coming out of studios (too much clutter), and says that modern shit is devoid of substance, which I cannot fully agree with. I mean, there is a lot of bullshit out there, especially in the mainstream, but if you cannot find ANYTHING worth a damn, you aren't looking hard enough.

I do like his comments on illegal downloads, though:

Well, why not? It ain't worth nothing anyway. You listen to these modern records, they're atrocious, they have sound all over them.

like Tom Jerry, which is understandable and repulsive to me. It would be one thing if these 'toons were made last week.

They came out damn near 50-60 years ago, though! Times changed! I mean this is a situation where, yes, maybe those cartoons are not suited for society today, but don't dilute them and give our kids a fucked up outlook on things.

Just make better 'toons! And in any case, you'd think that a channel called " " would be about preserving those classic cartoons AS IS, not reworking them to suit today's standards.

13/It hasn't been shown yet, but the winner of the World Series of Poker, Jamie Gold, is already .

Sources say , the website that helped get him there, says he owes them HALF of his $12 million pot. What a poor bastard. I heard he wasn't even a good player!

Damn shame, he got there by luck and ends up getting shit on when he wins.

14/I'm not sure if Sony and Nintendo are trying a different strategy, but both have pink models of the and the set to drop soon. I don't know if it matters, but I don't get it.

.. I mean does this mean that there will be OTHER colors coming?

How hot would a dark blue PS2 be? Make it happen!

15/What's really good with Michael Jackson's ?

Was this nigga trying to get the insurance money? Come on, you know neph has crazy money he owes! That insurance payment must have been chunky!

16/On the eve of the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Mayor Ray Nagin is on his nigga shit again. This bastard, when asked about the slow rebuilding effort, ! That's the mark of a shitty mayor -- not owning up to his responsibility.

He wins NO points in changing the subject on a tragedy so horrific, niggas are still being pulled out of the rubble. Fix up, bro.

17/So the bullshit surrounding Tom Cruise has finally come home to roost: Paramount with the Scientologist fruit cake over his appeal and character leading to declines in attendance and sales of his flicks.

Good riddance. He still plans on funding his own flicks, though, which makes him sound more like Mel Gibson everytime I think about that possibility. Scary, no?

18/Now with all of this craziness going on this week, you're probably telling yourself, "Self, who had the worst week ever?" Well, it sure as shit ain't Tom Cruise, I mean that fucker's RICH! Folks, the worst week has been had by Pluto, who got told that .

Now, , everything was gravy for Pluto. How you gonna play a planet like that? Especially one that's so far off in our solar system.

That shit's racial!

EZ now. Anyways, I'm gonna go grab some grub and lounge for a bit.

Be easy, greasies!
Today J Dilla's was released. If you want that real, do yourself a favor and cop the disc (or 2 copies of the vinyl if you are a TRUE DJ).

Also, Wise Intelligent and Scienz of Life have a show in NJ coming up September 7th, 2006. Peep the flier:


Gotta love that; get more info at Wise's . Not much else you really should cop on this New Music Tuesday, .

.. that's on you.

01/Nappy "Untitled Mashup" [my boy is on his grizz. that's all you need to know.]
02/Spec Boogie ft.

Che Grand "Keep It Playa" [loosie] [2 brilliant MCs murking an ill Pharrell beat.]
03/Method Man ft. Raekwon LA The Darkman " " [def jam] [RZA on that electric-clap.

Rae steals the show.]
04/J Dilla "In The Streets" [bbe] [from his forthcoming LP . instrumental seduction.

]
05/Masta Killa "Brooklyn King" [i still sleep on his album. I'll have to check it soon. he's waving that Wu flag though!

]
06/M.O.P.

ft. Busta Rhymes "Monkey Shit" [??

] [when is their lp dropping?!?

!]
*Tim Exile , full of his cut-up bidness. Not Coldcut.

.. more like Coldcut downing a sheet of acid with a room full of drums and effects.

Audio collage doesn't even begin to explain it. Hopefully I will get his interview completed..

. I'll keep you posted.
*DOA's double J shed some light on a new JuJu .

It's not the usual woofer busting shit, his style is a bit more focused, more intune to the roots side of original Dub. He also drops a few of his own dubstep noodlings. Best mix ever?

*Speaking of Dubstep, beatloaf drops a sick mix of . Hearing Hazard Breakage in the same mix is kind of strange..

. Loefah and Breakage!?

Gotta love it!
*courtesy of Spine Magazine, here's the from DJ Jon Doe.
* 's Mikey Payload that travels from Auckland to Belfast.

Loads of liquid DnB for the masses. Peep the mix and peep the site, crazy resource for dubs.
That's all I have for you geeks this week.

Check back ASAP.
Well, I do have one thing..

. my boy Gianni hooked me up with this link.