Rampage: The New UFC Light Heavyweight Champ

Shouts to Quinton"Rampage" Jackson and congrats on the big win against the superstar, Chuck Liddell! Rampage is now the UFC light heavyweight champion! The Tennessee born fighter is making a name for himself in the UFC and winning fans along the way. Make sure you check for more from Rampage here at Kayaro!

Chuck Liddell vs Quinton Rampage Jackson 2 ! UFC 71
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New Website/hosting! Check out www.Kayaroinc.com

Well we finally got the new hosting service and are working on the new homesite for Kayaro Inc. Give us a visit at the new site and stay tuned, we are working on the site design and will announce the finally launch asap. For now you can take a look at our temporary site and get info on us.

WWW.KAYAROINC.COM

Los Angeles May Day Immigration Protest

Los Angeles May Day Immigration Protest
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The Gun Bazaar of Pakistan

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Vote for Q @ OurStage.com Hip Hop Contest

I need your vote! Vote for my song "Penmanship In War" as Hip-Hop Song of The Month at OurStage.com. I am up against some serious competition and need all the votes I can get! Show some support for the home team and go VOTE!
Simply visit OurStage.com, register for free, and start voting. They have several catagories available, I am in the Music/Hip-Hop section. Search Q.Rock639 at their site and vote for "Penmanship In War" and "Wobbly Weeble" feat. JhaVoice!

Tell your friends to vote to! Contest ends June 1st so go cast your vote, add the song to your favorites, and leave me a message.

SAUL WILLIAMS: Open Letter To Oprah

Dear Ms. Winfrey,

It is with the greatest respect and adoration of your loving spirit that I write you. As a young child, I would sit beside my mother everyday and watch your program. As a young adult, with children of my own, I spend much less time in front of the television, but I am ever thankful for the positive effect that you continue to have on our nation, history and culture. The example that you have set as someone unafraid to answer their calling, even when the reality of that calling insists that one self-actualize beyond the point of any given example, is humbling, and serves as the cornerstone of the greatest faith. You, love, are a pioneer.

I am a poet.

Growing up in Newburgh, NY, with a father as a minister and a mother as a school teacher, at a time when we fought for our heroes to be nationally recognized, I certainly was exposed to the great names and voices of our past. I took great pride in competing in my churches Black History Quiz Bowl and the countless events my mother organized in hopes of fostering a generation of youth well versed in the greatness as well as the horrors of our history. Yet, even in a household where I had the privilege of personally interacting with some of the most outspoken and courageous luminaries of our times, I must admit that the voices that resonated the most within me and made me want to speak up were those of my peers, and these peers were emcees. Rappers.
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Yes, Ms. Winfrey, I am what my generation would call "a Hip Hop head." Hip Hop has served as one of the greatest aspects of my self-definition. Lucky for me, I grew up in the 80's when groups like Public Enemy, Rakim, The jungle Brothers, Queen Latifah, and many more realized the power of their voices within the artform and chose to create music aimed at the upliftment of our generation.

As a student at Morehouse College where I studied Philosophy and Drama I was forced to venture across the street to Spelman College for all of my Drama classes, since Morehouse had no theater department of its own. I had few complaints. The performing arts scholarship awarded me by Michael Jackson had promised me a practically free ride to my dream school, which now had opened the doors to another campus that could make even the most focused of young boys dreamy, Spelman. One of my first theater professors, Pearle Cleage, shook me from my adolescent dream state. It was the year that Dr. Dre's "The Chronic" was released and our introduction to Snoop Dogg as he sang catchy hooks like "Bitches ain't shit but hoes and tricks..." Although, it was a playwriting class, what seemed to take precedence was Ms. Cleages political ideology, which had recently been pressed and bound in her 1st book, Mad at Miles. As, you know, in this book she spoke of how she could not listen to the music of Miles Davis and his muted trumpet without hearing the muted screams of the women that he was outspoken about "man-handling". It was my first exposure to the idea of an artist being held accountable for their actions outside of their art. It was the first time I had ever heard the word, "misogyny". And as Ms. Cleage would walk into the classroom fuming over the women she would pass on campus, blasting those Snoop lyrics from their cars and jeeps, we, her students, would be privy to many freestyle rants and raves on the dangers of nodding our heads to a music that could serve as our own demise.

Her words, coupled with the words of the young women I found myself interacting with forever changed how I listened to Hip Hop and quite frankly ruined what would have been a number of good songs for me. I had now been burdened with a level of awareness that made it impossible for me to enjoy what the growing masses were ushering into the mainstream. I was now becoming what many Hip Hop heads would call "a Backpacker", a person who chooses to associate themselves with the more "conscious" or politically astute artists of the Hip Hop community. What we termed as "conscious" Hip Hop became our preference for dance and booming systems. Groups like X-Clan, A Tribe Called Quest, Brand Nubian, Arrested Development, Gangstarr and others became the prevailing music of our circle. We also enjoyed the more playful Hip Hop of De La Soul, Heiroglyphics, Das FX, Organized Konfusion. Digable Planets, The Fugees, and more. We had more than enough positivity to fixate on. Hip Hop was diverse.

I had not yet begun writing poetry. Most of my friends hardly knew that I had been an emcee in high school. I no longer cared to identify myself as an emcee and my love of oratory seemed misplaced at Morehouse where most orators were actually preachers in training, speaking with the Southern drawl of Dr. King although they were 19 and from the North. I spent my time doing countless plays and school performances. I was in line to become what I thought would be the next Robeson, Sidney, Ossie, Denzel, Snipes... It wasn't until I was in graduate school for acting at NYU that I was invited to a poetry reading in Manhattan where I heard Asha Bandele, Sapphire, Carl Hancock Rux, Reggie Gaines, Jessica Care Moore, and many others read poems that sometimes felt like monologues that my newly acquired journal started taking the form of a young poets'. Yet, I still noticed that I was a bit different from these poets who listed names like: Audrey Lourde, June Jordan, Sekou Sundiata etc, when asked why they began to write poetry. I knew that I had been inspired to write because of emcees like Rakim, Chuck D, LL, Run DMC... Hip Hop had informed my love of poetry as much or even more than my theater background which had exposed me to Shakespeare, Baraka, Fugard, Genet, Hansberry and countless others. In those days, just a mere decade ago, I started writing to fill the void between what I was hearing and what I wished I was hearing. It was not enough for me to critique the voices I heard blasting through the walls of my Brooklyn brownstone. I needed to create examples of where Hip Hop, particularly its lyricism, could go. I ventured to poetry readings with my friends and neighbors, Dante Smith (now Mos Def), Talib Kwele, Erycka Badu, Jessica Care Moore, Mums the Schemer, Beau Sia, Suheir Hammad...all poets that frequented the open mics and poetry slams that we commonly saw as "the other direction" when Hip hop reached that fork in the road as you discussed on your show this past week. On your show you asked the question, "Are all rappers poets?" Nice. I wanted to take the opportunity to answer this question for you.

The genius, as far as the marketability, of Hip Hop is in its competitiveness. Its roots are as much in the dignified aspects of our oral tradition as it is in the tradition of "the dozens" or "signifying". In Hip Hop, every emcee is automatically pitted against every other emcee, sort of like characters with super powers in comic books. No one wants to listen to a rapper unless they claim to be the best or the greatest. This sort of braggadocio leads to all sorts of tirades, showdowns, battles, and sometimes even deaths. In all cases, confidence is the ruling card. Because of the competitive stance that all emcees are prone to take, they, like soldiers begin to believe that they can show no sign of vulnerability. Thus, the most popular emcees of our age are often those that claim to be heartless or show no feelings or signs of emotion. The poet, on the other hand, is the one who realizes that their vulnerability is their power. Like you, unafraid to shed tears on countless shows, the poet finds strength in exposing their humanity, their vulnerability, thus making it possible for us to find connection and strength through their work. Many emcees have been poets. But, no, Ms. Winfrey, not all emcees are poets. Many choose gangsterism and business over the emotional terrain through which true artistry will lead. But they are not to blame. I would now like to address your question of leadership.

You may recall that in immediate response to the attacks of September 11th, our president took the national stage to say to the American public and the world that we would "...show no sign of vulnerability". Here is the same word that distinguishes poets from rappers, but in its history, more accurately, women from men. To make such a statement is to align oneself with the ideology that instills in us a sense of vulnerability meaning "weakness". And these meanings all take their place under the heading of what we consciously or subconsciously characterize as traits of the feminine. The weapon of mass destruction is the one that asserts that a holy trinity would be a father, a male child, and a ghost when common sense tells us that the holiest of trinities would be a mother, a father, and a child: Family. The vulnerability that we see as weakness is the saving grace of the drunken driver who because of their drunken/vulnerable state survives the fatal accident that kills the passengers in the approaching vehicle who tighten their grip and show no physical vulnerability in the face of their fear. Vulnerability is also the saving grace of the skate boarder who attempts a trick and remembers to stay loose and not tense during their fall. Likewise, vulnerability has been the saving grace of the African American struggle as we have been whipped, jailed, spat upon, called names, and killed, yet continue to strive forward mostly non-violently towards our highest goals. But today we are at a crossroads, because the institutions that have sold us the crosses we wear around our necks are the most overt in the denigration of women and thus humanity. That is why I write you today, Ms. Winfrey. We cannot address the root of what plagues Hip Hop without addressing the root of what plagues today's society and the world.

You see, Ms. Winfrey, at it's worse; Hip Hop is simply a reflection of the society that birthed it. Our love affair with gangsterism and the denigration of women is not rooted in Hip Hop; rather it is rooted in the very core of our personal faith and religions. The gangsters that rule Hip Hop are the same gangsters that rule our nation. 50 Cent and George Bush have the same birthday (July 6th). For a Hip Hop artist to say "I do what I wanna do/Don't care if I get caught/The DA could play this mothaf@kin tape in court/I'll kill you/ I ain't playin'" epitomizes the confidence and braggadocio we expect an admire from a rapper who claims to represent the lowest denominator. When a world leader with the spirit of a cowboy (the true original gangster of the West: raping, stealing land, and pillaging, as we clapped and cheered.) takes the position of doing what he wants to do, regardless of whether the UN or American public would take him to court, then we have witnessed true gangsterism and violent negligence. Yet, there is nothing more negligent than attempting to address a problem one finds on a branch by censoring the leaves.

Name calling, racist generalizations, sexist perceptions, are all rooted in something much deeper than an uncensored music. Like the rest of the world, I watched footage on AOL of you dancing mindlessly to 50 Cent on your fiftieth birthday as he proclaimed, "I got the ex/if you're into taking drugs/ I'm into having sex/ I ain't into making love" and you looked like you were having a great time. No judgment. I like that song too. Just as I do, James Brown's Sex Machine or Grand Master Flashes "White Lines". Sex, drugs, and rock and roll is how the story goes. Censorship will never solve our problems. It will only foster the sub-cultures of the underground, which inevitably inhabit the mainstream. There is nothing more mainstream than the denigration of women as projected through religious doctrine. Please understand, I am by no means opposing the teachings of Jesus, by example (he wasn't Christian), but rather the men that have used his teachings to control and manipulate the masses. Hip Hop, like Rock and Roll, like the media, and the government, all reflect an idea of power that labels vulnerability as weakness. I can only imagine the non-emotive hardness that you have had to show in order to secure your empire from the grips of those that once stood in your way: the old guard. You reflect our changing times. As time progresses we sometimes outgrow what may have served us along the way. This time, what we have outgrown, is not hip hop, rather it is the festering remnants of a God depicted as an angry and jealous male, by men who were angry and jealous over the minute role that they played in the everyday story of creation. I am sure that you have covered ideas such as these on your show, but we must make a connection before our disconnect proves fatal.

We are a nation at war. What we fail to see is that we are fighting ourselves. There is no true hatred of women in Hip Hop. At the root of our nature we inherently worship the feminine. Our overall attention to the nurturing guidance of our mothers and grandmothers as well as our ideas of what is sexy and beautiful all support this. But when the idea of the feminine is taken out of the idea of what is divine or sacred then that worship becomes objectification. When our governed morality asserts that a woman is either a virgin or a whore, then our understanding of sexuality becomes warped. Note the dangling platinum crosses over the bare asses being smacked in the videos. The emcees of my generation are the ministers of my father's generation. They too had a warped perspective of the feminine. Censoring songs, sermons, or the tirades of radio personalities will change nothing except the format of our discussion. If we are to sincerely address the change we are praying for then we must first address to whom we are praying.

Thank you, Ms. Winfrey, for your forum, your heart, and your vision. May you find the strength and support to bring about the changes you wish to see in ways that do more than perpetuate the myth of enmity.

In loving kindness,

Saul Williams

MVD Audio Releases-Fat Jack & Mascaria Time Span -Julius Papp Abstract Latin Lounge

MVD Entertainment Group is one of the hottest distributors of music right now, with an impressive line up of CDs and DVDS. They have been extra nice to yours truly by hooking me up with tons of material to review. Make sure you check them out at their websites and look for their products at your favorite music shop.

If you can't find them there, you can alway order from their site or browse Amazon.com. Here's a couple of goodies they have on deck!

FAT JACK & MASCARIA - TIMESPAN

While I have mentioned this AV Bombshelter released CD before, it is definitely worth mentioning again. Fat Jack The Elephant is one of the Project Blowed alumni of producers, with an impressive resume of banging beats. Not the typical Casio synthesizer sounding beat makers, Fat Jack & Mascaria keep it true to the hip-hop ethos of sampling rare grooves, giving their productions a Golden Age of Hip-Hop feel. Fitting for X-Clan DJ and producer of Abstract Rude. he teams up with long time 2MEX/The Chemikillz/Myka Nine producer Mascaria and together they craft some of the illest beats never rhymed on.

This CD is like a sketch pad for emcees to get their flows on with. This is actually the type of hip-hop CD that you could play at work and possible get props from your boss. Click here to read my previous post on Timespan, complete with full audio clips from the album and a video epk!

JULIUS PAPP - ABSTRACT LATIN JOURNEY Julius Papp has a mix CD that is strictly for the beaches and the dance floors! The globe trotting DJ's new collection of club hits is titled "Abstract Latin Journey". It's filled with seriously chill house tracks, guaranteed to get you moving. The title is a slight lift of the series of mix cds under a similarly named theme, but this one is headed for the sunny side cabanas and white sand beaches.

Papp has served up the perfect soundtrack to your next vacation to Cancun or Ibiza, mixing some of the hottest Latin remixed tracks around. Standout songs include the amazing but way to short accapella version of the King Street classic"A Thousand Years","Mongobonix", "Destination" and the clever re-working of "808", entitled "Pacific State". Make sure you pack this CD in your luggage before your next exotic getaway trip!

You Tube Favorite's Folder

Here they are party people, in no particular order, just some of the YouTube vids I'm feeling right now.
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The Fixxers-Can U Werk Wit Dat

Visionaries-In The Good-(peace to Mark 7 aka Big Smoq)

Ozomatli-Can't Stop

Lloyd-Get It Shawty

Rich Boy - Boy Looka Here

Macy Gray - Finally Made Me Happy

Akon-Mr. Lonely

Akon-Don't Matter

DJ Khaled- We Takin' Over

The Way I Live-Baby Boy Da Prince

Rehab-Amy Winehouse

Lumidee feat. Tony Sunshine - She's Like The wind

P. Diddy ft. Keyshia Cole-Last Night

Mista Valentino gets ready for Special Occasion

Bobby Valentino is back at it, with a new single blazing the radio airwaves. The new song is called "Anonymous", produced by and featuring the beat-boxing Timbaland. The rumors of the album not coming out or being delay are false, as Valentino has been quoted as saying he wanted to wait and make sure the new album will meet his fans expectations. The follow up album "Special Occasion" will hit the racks on May 8th, as the former Mista crooner looks to avoid the dreaded sophomore slump. With impressive sales of his first CD under his belt, Bobby V. continues to hone his craft and give his fans more of the smooth vocals that they fell in love with. His rise to the top doesnt look like it will "Slow Down" anytime soon!

Speaking on the new album, Valentino says "Special Occasion" consists of brand new songs produced by Tim &Bob, Timbaland, Dre &Vidal, Brian Cox and Rodney Jerkins. Fabolous is also on the album. So to all my fans make sure you check it out May 8."
don't forget to add his MySpace page as well and take a lookthe Disturbing The Peace website for more. Here's a little blast from the past for you to tide you over until the new CD drops.

"Anonymous" Song Links
Real
WMP

Mista - Blackberry Molasses

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Really Really Good-Turn Off The Radio-aka the W(ho)le Story

What's good party people? If you have been living under a rock or cut off from what America considers "news", then you may not have heard about the recent developments surrounding radio (has very little) personality, Don Imus.

If you have cable and DSL access, you already know the story and probably have an opinion about. Good thing your opinion really really doesnt mean anything,I'm not sure if I can handle another slack jawed, nimwit try to get his pea brain around this Imus deal, while proving his ignorance in blogs, bulletings, radio call in lines and other mass media crap shoots.

I mean really folks, it's not that hard to understand why Imus's remarks have caused so much of any uproar. What is surprising is how many people are willing to out" themselves as closet bigots and try to make a stand on this issue. Is this realy what we in America have come to, that we are more concerned with "free speech" than we are of being held accountable for that speech?
That goes for everybody too, not just my foavorite shock jocks or gangsta rappers. I didn't even want to comment on this at all, but after reading all the BS postings and hearing every radio show host try to excuse Imus' behavior, I couldn't bite my tounge anymore.

First of all, Don Imus is a joke. Always has been, ask him and he'll tell you the same. His show is not a reliable source of news, like FOXNews or CNN (sarcasim intended). It's a comedy show, a very bad one mind you but a comedy show nonetheless. So why there are so many people who seem outraged at MSNBC, CBS, Al Sharpton and Jessie Jackson is becoming the real question, at least to me.

Nevermind the fact that a entire group of young women felt the slash of Imus' rapier wit, many people on the sidelines have voiced opinions that show their support and unwillingness to understand how or why so many were very offended by Imus' remarks.

The first thing that came out of many radio jocks mouths wasn't, "Wow he really went overboard, that is a terrible thing to say." Many morning show jocks
didn't even really talk much about what was said and why it was wrong. No, the focus immedialy became "Why can black people get away with saying it and we can't" or "Rappers talk like that all the time, so you should be mad at them! Nobody fired 50 Cent or Lil Jon for saying the same type of things, why can they say it and we can't".

I'll tell you why. Because it's wrong to say such things. Period. No matter who says it, it's still wrong. Have we really not learned that yet? It's like you momma used to tell you, if you see your friends jumping off the bride that doesn't mean you should jump off the bridge too!" I mean that's just basic reasoning, stuff we are supposed to know when we leave elementary school. Obviously most of us never picked up on that. So for those of you in the back of the class, let me break it down for you this way.

For the record,if one black person does or says something, that does not mean that ALL black people do it, say it or condone it. That type of thinking is the cornerstone of racism. I know for a fact that not all white men like NASCAR, or have problems on the dancefloor. Many white guys not only can play basketball, but they are ten times better at the game than I will ever be. I know there are some white guys that will tell you to your face what racial denominations they
hate and why. I also know that those thoughts are not shared by every white man in America. The same principal applies to the black community. But you still seem confused, so let me break it down a little bit more.

There is one major difference between Imus and these rapper that people are comparing him to. The rappers are CENSORED on radio and have been since the begining. You can thank Mrs. Gore and the world reknowed music fan group The PMRC for that one. Trust me, many of us hated that move but we deal with it, watching our references to guns and drugs get bleeped, reversed and flat out cut out of songs, while listening to other "mainstream" artists and DJ get away with verbal murder time and time again.

Think I'm kidding? Listen to you favorite country station and tell me how many times you hear that song about Mama before she was mama, smoking marijuana and all that. Not one censor. Now go listen to ANY hip-hop song on the radio and tell me if you hear the word marijuana at all. You might hear all the nicknames and slang references to it, coded so it will pass the heavy handed censor-button pusher, but the actual words marijuana and gun are forbidden on any Hot or Jamz station across the country, at least until after-hours.

So even THAT excuse doesn't really fly. If you hear rappers cursing, that means someone went and bought a CD or mixtape. Sure the guy next to you in traffic might have a car stero system that you can hear from a mile away and you might get a dose of profanity thrown in your face at the stoplight. Sorry. You will not hear it on the radio. Imus was heard on the radio, nationwide.

But that's just one issue people have raised with this Imus situation.

While many choose to attack Rev. Sharpton and Rev. Jackson for "race baiting", their rush to turn the table and shift blame shows a deeper lack of true concern regarding this issue. While numerous people reminded us about Sharpton and Jackson's own past faux pas, NONE of them did the slightest research to show that these two men have spoken continuously to the Hip-Hop Community in regards to their choice of lyrics and misogynistic attitudes in music. Sharpton was demonstrating at Hot97, the Home of Hip-Hop & R&B in NYC, less that a year ago.

He is leading a petition as we speak againts Tony Yayo (G-Unit) and threating a boycott of the hip-hop crew. This is nothing new, as many leaders in the Black Community as well as literally hundreds of hip-hop artists have spoken out against some of the problems that hip-hop music is facing for years. Ask Suge Knight how Maxine Waters thought of his company and some of the material they put out. Ask Afrika Bambatta what he thinks of hip-hop artist that use negative words and imagery and why he started his vision of hip-hop in the FIRST PLACE. Ask KRS-One what he thinks of the state of hip-hop music today.
Or you can do like Fox News and ask M-1 of dead prez what he thinks of it all. You'll get the same story, it's not cool to call women ho's.

By the number of Anti-Al comments online at several websites, none of that matters. The real issue of what Imus said on his show continues to get pushed to the rear and excused.

While Sharpton and Jackson have their mucked up past and their own personal crosses to bear, the only thing that anyone should be concentrating on is the words of Don Imus. instead his supporters only response is concerning rap music and the past missteps of those who call Imus on his actions. funny, he doesn't seem to be trying to offer excuses to what he said. He actually did a very brave thing by sitting with Sharpton on his radio show and addressing the issue.
meanwhile his supporters show what many of us we afraid of from the beginning. They like to hear this man and his racially charged BS and are willing to defend him and his words, even when he isnt so quick to do so. If that is what passes for entertainment on the radio these days, I say shut them all down. Hell, I have alway been with Ice Cube and dead prez on that one anyway..."TURN OFF THE RADIO! TURN OFF THAT BULLSHIT!"

This whole situation has once again shown how far we are when it comes to race relations in America. Many people are sitting on the sidelines, openly saying that they just "don't get it". We have become so numb to insensitive and racist remarks that we as a people are surprised, not when they are said, but rather we are amazed when people are offended. We offer everything but concern and true regret for hurting our neighbors, citizens, and fellow Americans. And to make ourselves feel better about our ignorance, instead of trying to work
with those who continually point these character flaws out to us, we make more jokes and take sides. One thing is for sure, with this type of reaction and response, we can only expect to see and hear more of these type of comments in the near future.

Links

Sharpton boycott G Unit


Al Sharpton Needs To Sit His Ass DOWN!

Blogcritcs story

Is Hip Hop To Blame For Don Imus?

Fox News Picked on the Wrong Negroe to Mess With...

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Check out Media Matters, an great site that monitors misinformation in the media. They have several articles on the Imus situation as well as other articles regarding radio and race. Read "It's Not Just Imus" for a running log of the most frequent offenders in radio, which included notable blowhards like O'Reilly, Limbaugh and Tom Savage, among others.

pps.
While watching Michelle Malkin talk over her O'Rielly show guest Opio Sokoni, she went out on a limb a few times, asking questions that she wasn't willing to be quiet long enough to hear an answer too. One statement in particular got my attention.

MALKIN: When was the last time Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson looked at the top of the Billboard hot rap tracks charts? Just look at it this week. Every single one of the top six songs has the N-word, the H-word, the B-word. When was the last time that Al Sharpton said anything about it? Was it two or three or four years ago? Yes.

Oh really? I find that a little hard to believe, but since she is on FoxNews, she has to be fair and accurate in her reporting, right? Hmmm...let's take a look at Billboard for starters. For the week of April 21st, they have the following songs in the Top 6 position of their R&B/Hip Hop charts.

1. Lost Without You Robin Thicke (H and N word free)
2. Buddy- Musique Soulchild (pretty clean so far)
3. I'm A Flirt-T. Pain & Bow Wow (questionable associates aside, the song is pretty clean..)
4 T-Pain feat. Yung Joc- Buy You A Drink (While it might be a tad racy, NO H or N Bombs)
5.Akon-Don't Matter (again...NO N or H words anywhere at all)
6. Mims-This is Why I'm Hot (I know why underground NY heads are mad at this song, but I'm not so sure why Malkin is, she actually mentioned it in her latest piece. It does drop the N & H bomb so she is right about this ONE)


on the rap side of the charts it gets a bit hectic quick. Is she on the money for 6 outta 6?

1. This Is Why I'm Hot-Mims-(This is why she has a point. Not entirely correct but a point)
2.I'm A Flirt-Bow Wow-(Clean-See above)
3.Rich Boy-Throw Some D's-(Oh lord..might as well give her the point for this one, even tho the B in question is a car, it's still the B word.)
4.Outta My System-Bow Wow-(ummmm.....clean)
5.Go Getta-Young Jeezy w R. Kelly-(One of the surprisingly clean cuts from Jeezy. It's actually Kelly who drops the B word. Jeezy gets his curses on but no B, N or H words.)
6. 2 Step- DJ Unk- (damn Unk, you almost made it, but you had to use the N and B word, once each)


So if it wasnt for Unk and Kelly , Malkin would be at 3 outta 6, but his dance steps moved her count up to four. Close but no cigar when you factor the CENSOR versions are all you hear on the radio, bringing the number back down to zero. And to answer the question of when Al said something about it, just re-read this post.

The Cyber Mix Tape Show-April '07// music from 4hero, X-Clan, La Dee Dred, JhaVoice, Angelique Kidjo, Tantra, Nikkie Skies, Fat Jack and more!

PEACE TO YOU ALL, HOPE YOUR ENJOYING YOUR HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
HERES A LITTLE MUSIC FOR YOU TO GET YOUR MYSPACE ON WITH.

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The Cyber Mix Tape Show- April 2007

another mix of really really goodness from your favorite B-Boy blogger, El Q Tha Gr8!

1.Intro-
2.Space People/X-Clan
3.What A Job/Devin The Dude w/ Snoop & Andre 3000
4.Throw It Up/Begetz f. Star Mafia
5.In The Now/Fat Jack & Mascaria
6.Lazy Monday/Tantra
7.The Awakening/4hero f. Ursula Rucker
8.Shining Star/Nikki Skies
9.Q.Rock639 break--DVDs In The Headrest
10.Jah In You/La Dee Dred
11.New Year/JhaVoice
12.Pearls/Angelique Kidjo w/ Josh Groban
13.Bang/Brother Nyft
14.Go Around/Marco Polo w/ Buckshot
15.Mess I Made/Sean Price

stay tuned to canhead.wordpress.com and kayaro.blogspot.com for more from Q.Rock639

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JhaVoice rocks the stage April 1st!

Kayaro Records artist JhaVoice performing at The Circle Of Light: Independent Women In Music Showcase. The 4 hour music event featured female artist that are independently making their careers happen. Make sure you visit canhead.wordpress.com for links to all the artist MySpace pages to hear more. Stay tuned for the next showcase soon!

Jha Voice on Celebrity Centre stage

Jha Voice on CC stage
Originally uploaded by QRock639.

Jha Voice welcomes the crowd to "Circle Of Light: Independent Women In Music" showcase, held at The Hollywood Celebrity Centre.

Visit www.canhead.wordpress.com for more info on JhaVoice and Kayaro Inc.

Chek out this new track by JhaVoice!

"Where You Been?" is one of the many hidden gems from JhaVoice. This one is scheduled to be released on the upcoming compilation CD from Kayaro Records. Produced by Q.Rock639, "Where You Been?" is a hip-hip/r&b slow jam, asking a serious question to the entire music community.

Stay tuned for more from JhaVoice and Kayaro Records in 2007! Don't forget to search for her music on iTunes!

Visit www.myspace.com/jhavoice to hear more.



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Seize the day with Angelique Kidjo’s newest CD , Djin Djin

Angelique Kidjo - Djin Djin
Razor &Tie Records
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Angelique Kidjo is a world renowned, Benin born, Grammy award winning singer. Her diverse music has won fans across the globe, as she effortlessly blends traditional African pop music with contemporary, modern grooves. She has been appointed as Good Will Ambassador by UNICEF, and performed her music in front of world leaders and dignitaries as well as millions of fans. Her new CD, Djin Djin is a welcome return from this musical queen.

Ms. Kidjo is an accomplished singer/songwriter in her own right, one who could easily sell millions of records at any given time. Any collaboration with the “hot” artist of the day, to help boost record sales is totally unnecessary. If any such artist were presented on a full length disc of hers, it would certainly help further establish and solidify Angelique’s reputation. That is exactly what happens with this CD, as Angelique shares the stage with several celebrity musicians including Brandford Marsalis & Alicia Keys(Djin Djin), Carlos Santana & Josh Groban (Pearls), Joss Stone(Gimme Shelter) , Peter Gabriel (Salala), Ziggy Marley (Sedjedo), and African music legends Amadou and Mariam (Senamou –(C'est L'amour)). The result is a hybrid of musical styles and influences, all beautifully coming together. If you didn’t have enough reasons to buy this CD before, you most certainly do now.

While the collaboration efforts are noteworthy and excellent, the real gems are found in the songs where Angelique is free to do her thing, unencumbered by making nice and sharing her vocal space with her guest. True, her work with Groban on the Sade reworking of Pearls is almost better than the original and it is one of the highlight songs of the album. But she also shines brightly on Ae Ae, and she makes us feel so at home on the shuffling Papa. To top it all of, Angelique hands in a amazing rendition of the classical piece Bolero entitled Lonlon (Ravel's Bolero), bridging European classical music with African folk.

The album sounds incredible thanks to super producer Tony Visconti’s guiding hand on the boards. With a clean and dry mix being applied, there is very little outboard effects and studio tricks on the songs. Every hand drum is heard with crystal-like clarity and every musician is heard clearly, making this one of the smoothest mixed albums that I’ve heard in a long while. With this CD, Angelique’s musical career looks ready for an invigorating boost! Get your nows and give yourself a boost as well, at your local Starbucks Coffee Shop, as the CD is distributed by their new Starbucks Entertainment/Hear Music Division.

Radio Ad for Circle Of Light: Independent Women In Music Show

Radio ad spot for The Circle Of Light show.

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Circle Of Light:Independent Women In Music feat. JhaVoice, La Dee Dred, Jackie Rae, Ms. LaRelle and more!

Kayaro Records Inc. & Collier Images Studio Along with Pulsar Music Inc. presents:





To Purchase Tickets please E mail kayaroinc at yahoo.com or click the Pay Pal Button below!

Weekend Rap Up-Links from UGK, El-P, Goo Goo Dolls, Black Snake Moan and more

Webslinging-Notes from around the net
Graphic Novel Review: 300 by Frank Miller-from Blogcritics.org
The graphic novel review gives film fans a glimpse of the upcoming movie release.

Offical site for Frank Miller's 300



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Audio/Video Room

The Goo Goo Dolls will re-relase an expanded version of their Let Love In CD. The new version features a DVD with live footage, music videos and acoustic songs. The DVD, entitled, Live And Intimate, will be comprised of an exclusive live-in-studio performance of fourteen songs filmed and recorded March 27, 2006 at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, California.

Let Love In hits stores February 27th and will also be available as a digital music download at all participating digital retailers as well as the deluxe CD + DVD package.
You can check some of the videos below!

Cant Let Go-Live
Without You Here - Live
Stay With You - Music Video
Let Love In - Music Video
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UGK - “The Game Belongs To Me”-Video links from BC Goodie Bag.com
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the Colour
"Save Yourself"
Between Earth And Sky CD-Out Now
Real
Windows
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Boost Mobile RockCorps Concert takes place March 30th at LA's Kodak Theatre. The show features Korn, The Game, +44, Rise Against & Young Jeezy. You can visit the BMRC website to see a video preveiw of the event and the people behind it here!
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MusicBox.SonyBMG.com
Check out Sony/BMG's super slick looking Music Box to see some of their latest video releases. Artist from John Legend, Ben Kweller, Kanye West, Outkast,Barry Manilow, Britney Spears and tons more. This site is a sure way to melt away a few hours of the workday.
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Black Snake Moan
To celebrate the release of Black Snake Moan, a limited 7-inch vinyl has been pressed. The record features two songs performed by Samuel L. Jackson: the oral tradition toast, "Stackolee" and Blind Lemon Jefferson's "Black Snake Moan."

Check out the audio and video streams for "Stakolee," which is also available on Side A of the limited vinyl pressing.

Stackolee Video: YouTube - Quicktime
Stackolee --WMV QT
Stackolee clean version --WMV QT
Black Snake Moan --WMV-QT
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FABOLOUS
"From Nothin' To Somethin'"
Def Jam Recordings
March 27, 2007

The new album is on the way! This time around Fab gets a little help on the microphone from Young Jeezy and Ne-Yo, and some help with production by Jazzy Pha, Steve Moralaes and Timberland. The last time Fabolus was up to bat, he hit one out the park with the Top 10 hit "Breathe" running through hip-hop and R&B charts before settling in on the Top 10. Check out the new single, "Diamonds" by clicking the links below!

Diamonds featuring Young Jeezy
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El-P of Company Flow/Def Jux fame is on his way back to torture you wack hip-hop lovers with some more of his illmento style. The new album is called "I'll Sleep When Your Dead' and so far looks to be a step in NY Hip hop re-claiming it's crown. I'll Sleep When You're Dead will be released on March 20th and features guest appearances from The Mars Volta, Aesop Rock, Cage, Cat Power, and other high profile artists. Peep the new track below and stay tuned.


"Smithereens"

El-P's MySpace page
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The Exies will be playing a series of shows in the CA area. You can try to catch one of their shows in LA, or check the video link for more about them.


2/26 Modesto, CA - Fat Cat's - CONF
2/27 Los Angeles, CA - Whiskey - CONF
3/4 San Diego, CA - Brick By Brick - CONF
3/6 San Marcos, CA - The Jumping Turtle - CONF

"Different Than You" music video
WMP
QT
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Webslinging-News on NAACP Theater Awards, joinred.com,Joe Rogan Vs Carlos Mencia and new music from MIMS

Going hard in the paint, it’s your favorite b-boy blogger, El Q the Gr8! One of the biggest weekends in NBA is going down in Vegas. If your not one of the ballers, shot callers, party people and the rest of them in Sin City, throw your own all star party and start the revolution!

Peace to everyone in LA this weekend. I might see you at the Mor Bar, The Standard, Saddle Ranch, Avalon on Sunday with DJ Chris Cox spinning the house jams, LAX the same night with DJ AM & DJ Z-Trip doing it real big, or maybe just online later in the night, doing the iPod DJ thing. It’s all good, so kick back and enjoy the 3 day weekend!

Don't forget about the Circle of Light Independent Women In Music showcase at The Celebrity Centre! Tickets go on sale next week and new artist have been added to the bill. For more info on that, check our sister site, Canhead.Wordpress.com. In the meantime, check these various links and goodies that are floating around the net.
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The 17th Annual Beverly Hills-Hollywood NAACP Theater Awards

Actress Minnie Foxx has been selected as host and presenter at The 17th Annual Beverly Hills-Hollywood NAACP Theater Awards. The highly celebrated event will take place on February19th at The Director’s Guild of America on Sunset Blvd.

Ralph Harris, Tachina Harris, Chandra Wilson, Brian McKnight, Michael Duncan, Larenz Tate, and Minne Foxx are just a few of the night's many presenters and performers, all out in support of the achievements of African Americans in theater.

Click on the picture above to visit the Beverly Hills NAACP website for more info. Click to the link below to view a video clip on the history of the event.

Windows media movie clip

USHER RAYMOND AMONG NAACP THEATRE AWARDS HONOREES: He'll be Recognized for His Work on Broadway in 'Chicago.' From Eurweb.com
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Join Red.com

Spoken word artist Tantra is a longtime friend of Canhead/Kayaro, and she is one of the featured artists on the Join Red Video Wall. The video wall webpage has clips from artist and celebrities from Nelson Mandela, Alicia Keys, Beyonce, 50 Cent and many more, as they raise awareness and funds for The Global Fund, to help fight AIDS in Africa. Tantra is a very accomplished poet, as she is a published author, and was the first featured poet at Def Poetry Jam.com.


Tantra has a new CD titled “Sacred”, and it's filled with some her original poetry pieces, set to music. Check out her video spot "Scarlet Waters" at the (Red) site by clicking on the links below and tell her Q sent you!


Tantra on (RED) Video wall

Booking and media inquiries by Debra Williams, Diamond and Company.
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Andrew Victim Gets Power After 15 Years

What makes her story amazing is that the hurricane which put her in the dark was Andrew, almost 15 years ago, and she's been living without power to her house since August 24, 1992.
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Joe Rogan Vs Carlos Mencia

I had a set at the comedy store Saturday night, and after I closed, I was bringing on the next comedian, a guy named Kirk Fox that works for Carlos Mencia.
I introduce him saying that he's a funny guy, and that he opens on the road for Carlos "Menstealia." That’s the name we call him at the comedy store, and of course Carlos doesn't like it one bit.

Carlos was apparently in the room when I said this, and the perfect combination of ego and timing made him decide that this was the night to put his foot down. As I got off stage and headed towards the back of the room, he grabbed the mike away from Kirk, and said that I was too much of a pussy to say that shit to his face. Which to me, is something akin to the hottest girl in the world daring you to fuck her while you're standing there in her bedroom naked with a boner.

Of course I had to disagree with him, and I decided to get onstage with him and have this "meeting of the minds" as it were. On video, and for the whole world to see via the internet.
Shazam!”



You can check Joe’s website for more words from the man himself. Stay tuned for more news soon. The last time I checked, Carlos Mencia’s name was on the front sign at The Comedy Store. I’m still waiting for the double billing between Joe and ‘Los, it should make for a hell of a night, sort of like hip-hop meets wrestling with stand up thrown in for good measure.

So, now I'm banned from The Comedy Store.

My agent dropped me because of the Carlos™

Carlos Mencia Claims Copyright Infringement On Comedian Who Accuses Mencia Of Stealing Jokes-from Tech Dirt.com

Carlos response to the incident on Mix 94.1 “Mark & Mercedes in the Morning” radio show
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Alabama assistant basketball coach Tom Asbury picks his nose AND DEVOURS it on national television.


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Escalation: 1968 war protest short by Disney animator-from Boing Boing. heck this video
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3 Year-old Boy Found Dead in Septic Tank
Within the next 48 hours, it was becoming a national story, Meehan said. Suddenly, the foot search was pulled at the end of that time period. It shifted from a missing child search to a criminal search because nothing turned up in surrounding neighborhoods. The boy's body was found within hours of the criminal search.

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The Real Hustle: Credit Card Cloning
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Audio/Video Hookups

MIMS- "This Is Why I'm Hot"

Quote from MIMS: "If you listen to the record, I've got a bit of everything in there," says the Washington Heights, New York-based MIMS. "I'm showing love to all the different regions."
"As an artist I want people to expect the unexpected," he says. "Don't think for one minute that I am going to come this way all the time. You'll hear one record and go wild - 'Wow. He did that ?' I want people to listen to the album and expect the unexpected because this is only the beginning. It is going to get better than this."

Audio
REAL
WMP

Video
WMP
QT

MIMS
Music Is My Savior
Capital
Release Date: April 3, 2007
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Stephen Marley-“Traffic Jam” video

PR Quote from Stephen Marley
'Traffic Jam' come off of an incident that happened with me and Julian, an incident with some police. After it, I went straight to the studio and we were doing some dub plates. And dub plates, you just kind of freestyle and that was how that came about, just talking about what happened. So 'Traffic Jam' wasn't really a song on the album, it was an interlude with just me, short."


From the new Mind Control album-release Date: March 20th
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