i heart this song

THE TIMES
keelay & Zaire fet. Blu, Fortilive,Nino Moschella

Medina passage

john forte is home kinda dope cut i likes this


"Homecoming" John Forte + Talib Kweli from The ICU on Vimeo.

go pic up that p[oly sci somewhere it was crazy

death note

I sure am doing hella movie post today huh!?
Well I'm excited for this too.

Chun li

is that a white girl? i can't tell but if yea we got a fuccing problem!!





woops it's cristine kruek.

I'm so excited about this movie you have no idea!!!

I like radiohead...

I also like Jay. I also really really like free stuff. So why wouldn't I download this?

I CAN'T BELIEVE I MISSED THIS!!!!!!!!

Georgio Brown presents Coolout TV featuring Khingz Live at Nectar. from Georgio Brown on Vimeo.

check out a review of the show from seattle weekly.

i hate living in a different country.

Tonight!!! Jan. 22 @ nectar, hosted by rajnii, featuring waves of the mind, step cousins, and KHINGZ will be performing "dirty girl" by bobby light

my prez is black

In all seriousness i cried. Look on the real even if dude sux We got a black prez. We built the white house now we live in it. And i know WE ain't all commander and chief but it feels like it. Now it's up to us to make America what it's supposed to be.

deathrow sold out!!!

The assets of Death Row Records, said to include master recordings of Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre, were auctioned yesterday (Jan. 15) for $18 million to Canadian development company WIDEawake Entertainment Group.

Because of the less-than-expected acquisition price, the only creditor likely to capture a return after lawyers and other Chapter 11 administrative fees are paid is the Internal Revenue Service.

That means other creditors, including unsecured ones like co-founder Lydia Harris, will be left out in the cold. Harris isn't content with the verdict.

"This was all a scam from the beginning," a disgruntled Harris tells Billboard. "Everyone wanted me to bring judgment down, and so I brought on the case. But now I'm not getting paid because I'm an unsecured creditor? Yet, administrators are getting paid and Suge [Knight]'s bills are still getting paid? If it wasn't for me no one would be getting money. They made sure it happened this way because I was the biggest creditor. There must be some internal thing going on and I'm obviously not in on it."

According to Harris, Conquest Media, an online marketing and branding company, made an undisclosed bid yesterday, but the judge overruled it because it wasn't filed on time.

As previously reported, Death Row initially filed for Chapter 11 protection in April 2006, and that July, the California judge overseeing the filing ordered a bankruptcy trustee to take over the label. Along the way, three companies put bids in on Death Row, all three valued at about $25 million. But the first two -- stalking horse Warner Music Group and its replacement Koch Entertainment -- both pulled out when due diligence showed that inadequate record-keeping made it difficult to ascertain the label's valuation, let alone whether it was worth the $25 million bid both had made.

An investment group called Global Music agreed to buy Death Row in June 2007, but that deal collapsed amid fighting between investors, who ultimately were unable to raise the necessary financing.

Harris battled Knight for years for a share of Death Row and won a $107 million judgment in 2005, which was one of the factors that tipped the label into Chapter 11.

WIDEawake Entertainment Group Inc., based in Toronto, has had nominal exposure to the U.S. market. Lara Lavi, the company's founder and CEO, is a lawyer, songwriter and entrepreneu, who founded the company in 2006 to work in a variety of media, including film and music. WIDEawake has distribution in Canada through Universal Music.

Lavi says WIDEawake does not have distribution in the U.S. and has not determined which company it will partner with to distribute the Death Row catalog.

"We have some ideas," she says, adding that the label has been in contact with companies in the U.S. about potential distribution. "We're very respectful of Death Row's legacy and when the time is right we'll announce that."

Lavi acknowledged there is significant unreleased material included in the deal, including tracks by Shakur, Dr. Dre and others. "There's probably more that hasn't seen the light of day than has," she says. Lavi says announcements on the unreleased material are forthcoming. In the case of the Shakur material, the company will work closely with his estate.

Lavi would not disclose who WIDEawake's investors are, other than to say the company has financing to secure the Death Row deal. She says the value of the acquisition makes sense considering "it is a clear deal. There's no debt to worry about." WIDEawake lists its investors as Mississauga, Ont.-based New Solutions Capital.

Lavi says she is unconcerned about any potential involvement of Knight, the label's co-founder. "He's moved on," she says, noting he has started a new label.

For her part, Harris also recently launched an independent label, Lady Boss Entertainment, which she had planned to continue funding with the money she hoped she'd be awarded in the settlement. Now, Harris says she's looking for investors to "make it what Death Row was supposed to be. I need people who believe in me."

"My head is spinning right now. I feel like a victim," says Harris. "They took all this time and tried to attack me, now there's no money for unsecured creditors. Now I wonder if it was all worth it. But I'm definitely not giving up. I never thought I would end up with anything. I'm going to keep pushing."

Reporting by Mariel Concepcion, Ed Christman and Robert Thompson.
from the stranger.com

i been thinking bout this lately

yes

starwars recap

i hope my kids pay enufg attention to starwars as her

another bambu

seven months


Bambu "Seven Months" Music Video from Martyrs Productions on Vimeo.

my thoughts

I saw this and got nostalgic. No not on some good ol' days type vibe or i wish i was just remembering my younger years. I know i am blessed to survive to the ripe old age of 30 (yep OOOOOG SUKKA!) but, how can i say this. I'm ... lonely. I miss my my old homies that i wont see till i die. I lost a lotta people in the 90's and i guess bacc then i really felt i would be with them sooo much sooner. Now I'm grateful for the eye opening expediences i have had. I'm grateful for the 180 degree turn my life took. that i am alive and have a chance to atone for my sins. that i learned love of self and have hopefully made a difference in some of the lives around me. but the fact that those i surround my self with now never lived THAT life. that they can't fathom it relate to it or understand is so alienating. I feel like i have a different set of emotions and needs. that i somehow live an personal dimensional vortex slightly separated from the people i love. eh whatever this shit will just get labeled emo anyway.

Cool out session 1

so me and georgio are doin a cunch of video stuff together interviews, freestyles and what not. This is the first one we did down at crimson in pioneer square( i had a couple shots in me i won't lie!). It was a lotta fun so go to the show!!


Georgio Brown presents Coolout TV featuring Khingz. from Georgio Brown on Vimeo.

oooh new poster!!!!!!!!!!!

I know I've said this hella times BUT go to this show

City of God's son

Yo why is JOE BATAAN the original ordinary guy in this. Saw this on the FM murakami and had to repost. I first ran across Joe on the free we got married mix tape from Geo and chera's wedding. (that was fun my arm still hurts and why aren't there no breaks on that disc ONE TRACC c'mon!!) And started really peepin his work outta harlem. wax poetics did a spread on him a while ago too. This tho looks dope

Obama as a baby

i don't know why but more than any speach or what ever else people do to get elected these pics made me kinda happy i voted for him. Now lets see what he does with gaza

the greatest film ever derailed

from the afropolitan blog


DROITS RÉSERVÉS - COPYRIGHT Michel CORBOZ]

So apparently Danny Glover (who is enjoying a post-Die Hard career as an international activist) was making a film on Toussaint Louverture, who was basically a liberator of Haiti and is viewed as one of the great black historical figures. However, the whole project was derailed after he was unable to secure financing from any Hollywood executives.

I'm pretty bummed about this, b/c I love his life story and think it would make an excellent biopic. Why is it hollywood can fund biopics about African American Gangasters, sports figures and musicians but not politicians, activists, leaders? I guess Malcolm X is as far as they went.

Given the success of films like The Pursuit of Happinyness which was a positive story of a black man *gasp* why not fund a film about someone who changed the course of history, i.e. the abolishment of slavery in the Americas?

from his wiki page:

"Toussaint Louverture played a key role in what was the first successful attempt by a slave population in the Americas to throw off the yoke of Western colonialism. He defeated armies of three imperial powers: Spain, France, and Great Britain. The success of the Haitian Revolution had enduring effects on shaking the institution of slavery throughout the New World. "

Go figure. If I was a millionaire Danny, I'd fund the film (the budget is $30 mil)

By the way, look at who was cast to play in the film! :

Wesley Snipes, Angela Bassett, Don Cheadle, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Roger Guenveur Smith, Mos Def, Isaach De Bankolé, and Richard Bohringer

For those of you who understand French, here's a mini doc on youtube on Louverture:

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the tipster dj scratch and PRINCE!!

mic terror is a foo!

ricc james biatch

this dude is crazy. why he out him on tv like that.

filthy

Loren Kulesus made this and makes some outragous claims about it being funner. What ev it looks great and i'ma grind that shit to saw dust one day!!!

killer show no killing

WE had a dope time last nite at the chop suey!! canary sings was filthy and the crowd went wild !!! Jus Moni rolled thru as a surprise guest and almost made me cry. I love that girl but not as much as jonathan does. haha. Mystic was Amazing. That woman is sooo beautifull i did cry during her set. I. I... Now thats not gangster but, fucc it she moves me. early in the morning the homie Amos brought the kids from his youth group thru and they got down!!!! Then Gabe hit the stage and blew the house down with a lil help from the homie Yirim secc a live band of Garfield Grads and lil ol' me!! it was a fun show . It was important too. All those who saw the unfortunate shooting a week earlier as endemic to hip hop I have a rebuttle to your racist and ignorant point of veiw. Same Venue, Same Culture, Some artist Frome the same neiborhoods where the previous artist reside. And no killing. Instead of blaming the voilence that has plauged our society since it's inseption on random scapegoats lets really get to the work of healing our peoples and finding the roots of voilence in theis country (here's a hint it's economic).



OOh the crowd was pacced


DJ WD 4D


CAnary Sings combining they're super powers


Gabe the band and a host of cool people


Weezy F. Crazy please say the Crazy!! Our host for the evening.
All foto's by Chris Zweezy

Here's a cell fone captured moment of mystics brilliance.

GMK

carry me home video


GMK - Carry Me Home from GMK on Vimeo.

man gmk really is brilliant. this is a nice lil one vereser, i enjoyed this exponentially

i love this

with all my heart

mystic at chop on friday!!

And Gabe is gone be there with international superstars canary sings !!!!!!!!
Plus yirim and myself !!

denise it's your homeboy!!

Deps Neumonic - IT HURTS TO KNOW

don't forget to go to this

haitian fight song

by charles mingus

obviously i like this song it's my theme music and it plays in my head when i walk down the street. couldn't find a video of black folk playin it tho. thanx alberto

another gem

Did this one  a while ago. this was my favorite song on my first album. i promise to do a "real" video at some point but these are more fun. 

Rave's for gran torino

White people  all over the world are raving about how wonderful gran torino is!!! Some saying they are so glad eastwoods character says all the things they feel inside but can't say Cuz it isn't PC. Well white people we know you feel that way. and fucc you. 

EGM closes

I loved this mag growin up. i went strait from nintendo power to these guys. DAMN YOU RECESSION!!

damn.

That fruitvale bart station was my stop. i'd hop out there and smash up e14 (international) or catch that AC transit to the M-dubs. mang.

i got one of these

i blog with this

oh man go to this link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruef7aYCEbc

go to this link. this song has martin luther king trippin in his grave. i mean jesus died for you and you make this song. damn!