The official video from Public Enemy for the song ‘Get Up Stand Up’ Featuring Brother Ali.
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Get Up Stand Up
Produced by: Gary G-Wiz
Written by: Chuck D, Brother Ali & Gary G-Wiz
Tag: Music
Rakim – What’s Wrong (Prod. Marco Polo)
“What’s Wrong,” was initially produced and recorded for Rakim’s “Seventh Seal” (2009) LP, but due to clearance issues was nixed from the retail release of the project. It has since sat dormant until Rakim gave the track back to Marco and he decided to use it for his forthcoming free-LP “Newport Authority 2” as Marco states “I’ve recorded so much quality material over the last few years and I really want to share it all. It couldn’t all possibly fit on “Port Authority 2”; hence “Newport Authority 2” came to be.”
“Newport Authority 2” will feature appearances from Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, Artifacts, Das Efx, Lil Fame (M.O.P.), Torae & Ruste Juxx all rocking over Marco’s production.
Yet, the project everyone should really be excited for is Marco’s “Port Authority 2” LP which will be released this spring on Soulspazm Records. “Port Authority 2” features appearances from Organized Konfusion (yes, a new Oragnized Konfusion track!!), Gangrene, Talib Kweli, DJ Premier, Masta Ace, Posdnuos (De La Soul), Kardinal Offishal, Styles P, Nature, Rah Digga, Slaine, Celph Titled, Ill Bill, Large Professor, Inspectah Deck, O.C. & many many more.
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3DNa’Tee – Church (Prod by @XFYLEMUSIC)
“I woke up yesterday morning with this song on my mind so as I sat home alone, I decided to grab my camera and my tripod to give you a visual for it. Directed and edited by me but heavily inspired by Malcolm. He is one of my favorites. Church” … @3DNATEE
Dead Prez – “No Way As The Way”: SXSW 2013 Showcasing Artist
With hard-hitting beats, politically aware rhymes, deft lyricism and strong song concepts, dead prez emerged in 2000 as one of rap’s most politically strident outfits. Stic.man and M-1‘s music provided a voice for the voiceless, a sobering look at the global power structure that was crippling billions of people internationally and millions of Americans domestically. The duo’s first two studio albums, 2000’s Lets Get Free and 2004’s RBG: Revolutionary But Gangsta, were accompanied by four acclaimed Turn Off The Radio mixtapes and solo albums.
When the duo embarked upon recording its third studio project, they wanted to present a new outlook. “We had already built on the political struggle on the first record,” Stic says. “We had already built on the streets and how that relates on our second record, so we said, ‘What about the inner liberation? What about the consciousness in terms of our perspective and our paradigms and our inner awakening? How does that relate to freedom?'”
That self-examination led to Information Age, dead prez’s first studio album in eight years. Stic and M-1 wondered if, during an age where information is easier to access than ever thanks to the Internet, people were taking advantage of that access. Were people tapping into their inner Google, so to speak? They wanted to present an aural juxtaposition of the technical age while using the ancient know-thyself-discovery process and deliver an album with a new, different timbre than their first two albums.
Spit – Jasiri X Feat. Tahir Jahi (Prod. by REL!G!ON)
Jasiri X as released his FREE mixtape titled “Rappers On X” featuring Mac Miller, Rhymefest, Ras Kass, Planet Asia and others. This mixtape is a prelude to Jasiri X’s long awaited full length solo project “Ascension” available March 26th 2013 courtesy of Wandering Worx Music & GreenStreets.
NYOIL – Culture freedom
Produced by Boombaptist
This was a beat suggested to me by a brother I know on Facebook that goes by the divine name Culture Freedom. So I opted to name the song Culture Freedom.
Check out the OFFICIAL VIDEO HERE – http://hip-hop4blackunity.org/2013/02/nyoil-culture-freedom-official-video-produce-by-boombaptist/
This joint bangs.. a nice jeep song.. I love the beat.. these are the types of tracks I like.. basic boom bap with nice erie samples to lay over top of them..
Let me know what you think. Let me know if you can catch the lyrics.
Wise Intelligent Mark of the Beast Prod by D-REL
Another banger from the HIT album Wise Intelligent Iz…The UnConKable Djezuz Djonez BUY TODAY @ http://www.wiseintelligent.com Follow Wise Intelligent on twitter @ http://www.twitter.com/wiseintelligent
Listen to the lyrics…”Beware of the Mark of the Beast…see there in the palm of your hand…beware it’s the mark of a man…with Djezuz he makes war…give a rapper, riches, bitches, cars, anything you ask for, yours…Anti-Christ Superstars”
Jasiri X – Etta (prod Agent of Change)
A tribute to the great Etta James.
Cuts by Terry Hooligan.
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Awkword – Notorious f. Wordsmith, Jasiri X, Jus Daze & Capital X
[Via SoundCloud & 2DBZ]
On the latest single off AWKWORD’s forthcoming DJBooth-sponsored 100% for-charity global Hip Hop project World View, up-and-coming Australian producer @amin-payne re-flips the original Duran Duran “Notorious” sample for a song inspired by the stabbings and shootings that took place across the country at the premieres for the Biggie biopic of the same name.
The brand-new single — heralded by recent Rock & Roll HoF inductee Chuck D of Public Enemy — begins with a vitriolic a-capella intro from raptivist Capital X; follows with AWKWORD’s sneering response to those disturbing events at the premieres; delves deep into the politics of Hip Hop and violence with incredible guest appearances from @wordsmithmusic, @jasirix and @jusdaze; then closes out with classic quotes from B.I.G., chopped up respectively and with precision from Amin PaYnE.
“Notorious” world premiered — AS A STREAM ONLY — via AllHipHop.com:
allhiphop.com/2012/12/29/awkwordrap-ft-wordsmith-jasiri-x-jus-daze-and-capital-x-notorious/
THIS is the FREE DOWNLOAD.
Or, BUY at YOUR OWN PRICE — and DONATE 100% to CHARITY (for at-risk youth; more info: AWKWORDrap.com):
DJs, Soundtrackers, Educators… CLEAN Version (exclusively via Audio Mack):
audiomack.com/song/awkword/notorious-clean
COVER ART by Andreis Costa for SweatShop New York. Check the FLASHING “Notorious” MARQUEE .Gif here: www.awkwordrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/NOTORIOUS-marquee-art.gif
FULL Description:
“This song was originally inspired by the shootings and stabbings at the premieres across the United States for the Biggie biopic, Notorious — when we should have been celebrating one of our best and remembering the needless violence that caused his tragic death, we were busy perpetuating negative stereotypes. For me, and for Wordsmith, Jasiri X, Jus Daze and Capital X, these events became symbolic of a greater societal, cultural problem: one that impacts the Hip Hop community, specifically, and needs to be solved now. Chicago in 2012 says it all: a record number of murders; regular reports of police abuse; and a now-famous gang-affiliated 17-year-old rapper Chief Keef laughing on twitter at the shooting death of a local rival. And the massacre at Sandy Hook shows the problem extends beyond ‘the hood’. For BIG, for Hip Hop, for our communities, all our communities, let’s change what it means to be Notorious.” — AWKWORD
CREDITS:
Lyrics/Vocals: Capital X, AWKWORD, Wordsmith, Jasiri X, Jus Daze | Production/Cuts: Amin PaYnE (Australia) | Mix/Master: Trilian (Serbia) | Executive Production: AWKWORD, Amin PaYnE | Cover Art: Andreis Costa
Bonz Malone Interview Blackstonian Radio
Blackstonian Radio and HH4BU’s own UNO the Prophet talks to the legendary Bonz Malone about his career, how he got started as writer and his observations on hip-hop and the industry that grew up around it.
