In response to the post...
Bun B Says:
April 4th, 2006 at 12:35 pm
Who the fuck are you to sit behind you safe little cubicle and criticize who we are and what we do? For more than 20 years. Southern Artists and fans have faithfully supported any and all hip hop that was offered. We accepetced everyone on their own merits, gave evryone a fair listen, and then spoke. In light of you comments and views, it occured to me that you haven’t given near as much open mindedness to our music as we have to yours. The reasons I say yours is that it doensn’t what type of music came out, we supported it, so we in no doubt supported whatever the fuck you listen to.
To think that all we know is what we do, or that we may know nothing at all is preposterous. If you’re a paying member of Soundscan, you can see that ALL MUSIC SELLS IN THE SOUTH! 5 percenter? Bought it. Backpackers? Bought it. Black power, Wu-Tang, horrorcore, need I say more? Meanwhile, after 25 years of unconditionally holdin down all forms of rap/hiphop music, as soon as we even try to join a club we bought and help build the clubhouse for, they wanna deny us access. Well guess what you Elks lodge habitatin, Masters in Augusta wanna-be, finger-pointin behind the bushes, throwin a rock and runnin ass nigga, I just thought I’d tell you to take whatever preconcieved notions you have built up in your air and watertight cranium AND STICK IT IN YO PUSSY! I guarentee you the TRUE FANS AND MAKERS OF HIP HOP JUST MIGHT DIFFER WITH YOU!
I know this because I am friends with Cool Herc, Grandmaster Caz, Melle Mel, Big Daddy Kane, Kool G Rap and other extremely well known originators and creators of this artform. The problem now is the act of causing division and dissention amongst the fans by people whom are not in the know. You see, YOU may not like Laffy Taffy or DFB or whoever, and you know what, that’s your GOD-given right. Hate all you want on the South, Southern rappers, or just Pimp C, since you brought him up. IT STILL WONT HELP WHOEVER YOU LIKE SELL SHIT! Talib Kweli: close friend of UGK. De La Soul: close friends of UGK. Kanye West, Common, Dead Prez, close firends of UGK. Jam Master Jay, 2 Pac, Biggie Smalls: ALL FUCKING FANS OF UGK, and I dont say this from second hand conversation. These people told me this from their own mouths, yet you would have people believe otherwise. They could learn to be openminded about the music the listened and the regions the music was popular in, so it should come at no surprise these people went further thatn the average artists. Whatever alterior motive you may have is trying to bring down the Southern rise, it won’t work. God kills hate with love.
Oh yeah, by the way, as far as your comments on my brother and his reason for incarceration, he pulled a gun on a group of people thrreatening him in a mall. Only the girl went back and told the police, that’s why it seems as if it was between only him and the girl. The problem is, misinformed people give misinformation and cause misfortune to the learing. I hate to call this the blind leading the blind, because by the look of your commment posts, they know what’s up. So instead of just going to New York, screaming and ranting in White Nigga’s office, I came to see you on your turf, because I’m no coward. I’m willing to come in your yard: care to come in mine? Right a rhyme, let;s see what you have the hip-hop community musically. Oh and make sure it’s Grammy-nominated when you do it, because mine was.
And while you’re at it ask Nas, Jay-Z, Papoose, Camron,, Russell Simmons, 50 Cent, Fat Joe, Chino XL, Self Scientific, Cyrpess ill, Snoop Dogg, Ludacris or anybody else in this industry you like if Pimp C is wack. I bet they bark on you louder than I want to. God forbid you’re in the wrong place and the wrong time like Pimp and have to spend 4 years of your life behind bars. You’re a black man, so fuck how educated and well read you are. You’ll ride just like Pimp, and you’ll be sorry about it, just like Pimp. The only difference: nobody’s gonna wear a fuckin t-shirt with yo face on it. Leave the South alone, becausse we’re just tryin to eat.
Quit bloggin and write a book if you got more goin on besides gossip and shootin slugs. Because after blogging has come and gone, and XXL is no longer on stands or online(which I would hate to see), UGK and our musical legacy will survive. Will your triflin rants sustain?
Fuck what you heard...I've been up on "Pocket Full Of Stones"....you see him on the side of my shit here, holding it down!
"T.I. - Front Back" video
"'I Ain't Heard of That'" video Bun B
"Front Back feat. Bun B" T.I. audio link
"'Get Throwed'" video-Bun B
Underground Kingz "Use Me Up" and "It's Supposed To Bubble" video links!!
Saturday, April 15, 2006
Bun B says...
Friday, April 14, 2006
Really Reall Good: Cooley High!
What you know about that? Another batch of goodness from your favorite uncle, El Q. The message for today post is trust. You can always trust in you Uncle Q to come through with nothing but the really realness. Got to make sure all my people everywhere are happy, stress free, safe and sound. That’s how I get down, and you already know the scope, don’t lose hope! Its crunch time party people, turn the volume up and let the bass drop!
~Webslingin'
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RIP Proof
"D12 Rapper 'Proof' Killed - video" from Roo.com
"Proof - Gurlz Wit Tha Boom" video from blastro.com
Details In Proof Shooting Emerge As Police, Second Victim's Family Speak Out
Bouncer Questioned in Rapper Proof's Death
Eminem pays tribute to his slain 'best friend' Proof
Eminem's tribute to dead friend
Op-Ed piece--In Proof's death, the medium was the sad message-
Proof joins a lengthening list of murdered rappers
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Cooley High!
~Plotting His Next Big Break-Eric Monte was a successful Hollywood writer before losing it all. Now, on a laptop in a shelter, he's got projects waiting to be pitched.
By John L. Mitchell, LA Times Staff Writer
taken from the story::
But almost from the start, Monte says, the "Good Times" plots were laced with stereotypical images and dialogue written by white writers who didn't understand black life.The show's stars, John Amos and the late Ester Rolle, fought with producers over the show's emphasis on their TV son, Jimmie Walker's character J.J., with his toothy grin, bug-eyed antics and trademark catchphrase: "DY-NO-MITE."
"The writers would prefer to put a chicken hat on J.J. and have him prance around saying 'DY-NO-MITE,' and that way they could waste a few minutes and not have to write meaningful dialogue," said Amos, who added that he was ultimately fired from the show for being too outspoken.Monte says he left the show when production began on 1975's "Cooley High," an autobiographical film he wrote in an attempt to dispel myths about growing up in the projects.
"I grew up in the Cabrini-Green housing project and I had one of the best times of my life, the most fun you can have while inhaling and exhaling," he says. In the final scene of his bittersweet tale about a group of high school friends coming of age, the lead character, Preach, stands at the edge of his best friend's open grave, twists the cap off a cheap bottle of wine and pours a few drops on the ground "for the dudes who ain't here." He takes a swig, bids farewell and heads to Hollywood to become a successful screenwriter.Todd Boyd, professor of critical studies at USC's School of Cinema and Television, calls "Cooley High" a "great movie."
"No one had seen anything like this imagination of black characters," he said. "It captured the black experience from a particular time in a way that very few other black films have done."A year later, "What's Happening!!," a sitcom loosely based on "Cooley High," aired on ABC. Monte was given credit as creator but says he received no money. He filed a lawsuit seeking $400 million from ABC, CBS and the producers of "Good Times," "The Jeffersons" and "What's Happening!!"
Eric Monte Uncut interview at jimi izreal.com
Great interview by Mark Skillz with Eric Monte (Good Times, Cooley High, The Cosby Show, etc)
"It's funny, fresh, and funky!!"- Whats Happening commercial-Real file
Play Video
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-Killah on the Road-Ghostface returns to the streets — and his own inner weirdo — on Fish Scale By HADLEY TOMICKI-LA Weekly.com
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"The frenzied discipline of his staccato cadence and plaintive pleas held the raised-fist crowd at the House of Blues teetering on ecstatic explosion. A lover as much as a killah, Ghost packed the stage with girls from the audience but strangely all but ignored material from his new album. Admittedly, his live energy held us rapt in a way the new CD attempts but falls ever so slightly short of matching. ...........
Pressing play on Fish Scale launches a breakneck journey across the Verrazano Bridge, over the Hudson, Ghostface driving with a lead foot. Killah hits the streets hard, churning up cocaine blues and gunblast-echoing cityscapes with furious lyrical style. The album’s first half bum-rushes the heavy expectations placed on Ghostface’s sophomore output for Def Jam, under the new Jay-Z presidency. Die-hard fans buy almost anything sporting a yellow W, but the family-affair dirty funk of “Dogs of War” and the flute-laced “Underwater” should be astonishing enough to woo young ears from the unimaginative flows of the latest Young Jeezy. (In “Underwater,” for example, Ghost finds spiritual communion with scriptural scholars, as well as “some mermaids with Halle Berry haircuts” and “Spongebob in the Bentley coup, bangin’ the Isleys . . .”) "
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Full time jack moves-(Gimme that beat fool!)
-Art of Rhyme.com has "F--- Touch It", the Dinco track dissing Busta Rhymes. The former Leaders of the New School spazzes out on Bus on this cut. Peep "F--- Touch It" it at the site! along with new cuts from MF Grimm, El Da Sensai, Ghostface and more!
-Check out "Ne-Yo - When You're Mad" Real Media Win Media over at Hip Hop Magazine.com! Not for nuthin', the mad face is sexy...sometimes....
-NEW LL COOL J "Control Myself" (featuring Jennifer Lopez) AUDIO::: Real file ///Windows
-Lupe-"Kick Push"
note to self: Gotta cop the longboard next time in Venice.....
This was originally a comment that I posted on Katharine Donelson's post at BC
"Whatcha looking at, nah shawty, u don't know me..."
That damn T.I. goes hard..gotta remember to
thank Noelle for the download!"
Song suggestions for The President's IPod
1. Bubba Sparxxx "Ms. New Booty" video view here
2. Three 6 Mafia & Bun B - Sippin on Sizzurp vs Grace Jones - Private Life (A-Trak remix) From The Rub - It's The Motherfucking Remix 2 CD-from The Rub.com
3. Legalize It- Peter Tosh --(I heard about that weed comment…don’t be a hypocrite, do like Peter says!) -Real audio
4. "The One" Shabazz the Disciple - from Art Of Rhyme.com
5. Styles P ft. Jadakiss"Shots Fired (50 Cent Diss)" Windows Media Real Player from Ballerstatus.com
6. Karma-Alicia Keys
7. U Don't Know Me,-T.I. (dedication from the American working class and SS Reformers)
8. Ordinary People-John Legend(dedication from the Iraqi people to Mr. Bush) WMP video
9. Drop It Like It's Hot,-Snoop Dogg Featuring Pharrell--(Iraq war suggestion)WMP video
10. Soldier-Destiny's Child Featuring T.I. & Lil Wayne --(technically he is/was one)QT video
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MySpace Makes Room For The Office Staff from Blogcritics.org
more soon.....
Sunday, April 09, 2006
A lil' taste..
What's up!
Here are a few mp3s for you from the crew! Check out the new tracks from singer/songwriter Jha Voice, sure to be a international star! With recent radio spins on KPFK and recent performances in Los Angeles venues, she is sure to be one of your favorite new artist this year!
I have also posted a few lo-fi underground hip-hop songs that I am working on! DJs, make sure you give a few of the mp3s a spin and holla back at me with comments and feedback! With styles from hip-hop, r&b/new soul and dance, you shouldn't have a hard time finding a set to add them too!
Groups, producers and artists, let's work! Promoters and venues, send me an email about your company! Holla back at your boy Q, pass the letter along, add the artist to your MySpace accounts, and enjoy!
Peace!
MP3S-- are stored on You File and Rapid Share!! If you have
any problems with the downloads, email me for an alternate link.
"Why Do We Kill" - Jha Voice produced by Kaiu
"Forever"- Jha Voice produced by Kaiu
"The Day"- Jha Voice produced by Kaiu
"Same Ole Song"
- Jha Voice feat. Q.Rock639 - produced by K-Beats"Embryonic Beginnings"-Jha Voice produced by Kaiu
"Voice To Sing" - Jha Voice produced by K-Beats
"MySpace Freestyle Promo"-Jha Voice, K-Beats and Q.Rock639
"Nocturnal Rhyme Emmissions"- Q.Rock639
All U Can Do Is Stare -Q.Rock639
"My Stereo" -Q.Rock639
"The Basics" -Q.Rock639
"Dreamz" - D.M.R.S. -dance track
