Aug 282012
 

Persian Wine? Listen, man, the God-fearing denizens of the middle east don’t drink no crushed grapes…

On the other hand, we got Danny Brown, Fat Trel, Gunplay (on the same track!), Raekwon, and a song called Banging On Waxx, produced by Ty Beats, on here. Tomorrow is the day when the fate of ASAP will be decided…

Aug 282012
 

Från Pimp C:s facebook-sida, ett exempel på hur polisen använder antiterroristlagar mot folk de ogillar:

“SHARE PLEASE & TAKE ACTION! Contact your local ACLU to get involved. To help Eric, reach out to the Tulane Law School’s criminal litigation clinic at http://law.tulane.edu/.

UGK Records recording artist: Eric “Vicious” Johnson has been wrongly implicated in a neighborhood shooting that ended in a bystander’s death. Under this terrorism statute, Eric is additionally charged with “the intention to intimidate or coerce the civilian population.” Because this terrorism law treats this situation as an act of public intimidation beyond typical murder, Eric is now facing the possibility of life imprisonment.

This is a tragic case that has taken the freedom of Mr. Eric Johnson, an innocent American citizen, a celebrated recording artist, father, and public servant. Through his music, Eric has spread a message of positivity that encourages youth to avoid the pitfalls of the violence and crime that he witnessed growing up.

Eric is an instrument of positive change on the community. He is not a murderer. This charge coupled with the terrorism statute has the potential to close the book on Eric’s honorable life. In this great nation, such an injustice cannot stand.

They are charging him with TERRORISM. The same thing Usama Bin Laden and the 9/11 hijackers were charged with. It’s a new law and it is not right to be used to target and incriminate innocent American citizens. Under this new law of classifying Eric as a terrorist, he can get shipped to Guantanamo Bay and be waterboarded with the people being arrested for terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan. That’s not right to be able to move him to a foreign prison and torture him. He is being held indefinitely without being charged for a crime. He didn’t shoot anyone. It’ all circumstantial evidence and nothing but lies from random people on the street! Eric is innocent and people need to realize how wrong it is to pin a bogus TERRORISM case on him. Eric is a good person and would never condone any terrorism. Help spread the word and help free Eric!”

Aug 272012
 

Shit, why did I skipped past this one before? Posse rapping at its finest…

Them hi-hats are laid out exquisitely over that fat, nasty bassline, Trae and Ro goes back and forth with the chorus, Paul Wall, Slim Thug, Kirko Bangz and Bun B all bring their a-game, and K-Rino makes a cameo in the video…

Aug 252012
 

1. Tek To A Mack [Produced by Roc Marciano]
2. Flash Gordon [Produced by Alchemist]
3. Not Told feat. Knowledge Pirate and Ka [Produced by Roc Marciano]
4. Pistolier [Produced by Alchemist]
5. Thugs Prayer Pt. 2 [Produced by Roc Marciano]
6. 76 [Produced by Roc Marciano]
7. We Ill [Produced by Roc Marciano]
8. Deeper [Produced by The Alchemist]
9. Death Parade [Produced by Roc Marciano]
10. 20 Guns [Produced by Roc Marciano]
11. Peru [Produced by Roc Marciano]
12. Thread Count [Produced Q-Tip]
13. Nine Spray feat. Ka [Produced by Ray West]
14. Emeralds [Produced The Arch Druids]
15. The Man [Produced by Roc Marciano]

More than half of the songs produced by Roc himself? CHECK!
Q-Tip just did one beat? CHECK!
Just a few guest verses, supplied strictly by the very inner circle? CHECK!
He’s putting Emeralds on that bitch? CHECK!
That other song that leaked was banging? CHECK!
Non-generic song titles with many references to hand weapons? CHECK! CHECK!

Alright, 80 days left ’til Reloaded

Aug 242012
 

Medan jag var uppe i Göteborg för att intervjua Gubb och Black Ghost passade jag även på att sätta mig ner med Chato för ett timmeslångt samtal. Det jag minns tydligast är hans insisterande på att hiphop måste återvända till att bli en solidaritetsrörelse.

Senare meddelade han att de hade börjat spela in en video till den över sjutton minuter långa Gothenburg Anthem. Jaha, ännu en vettig människa som förlorat förståndet. Bara en kliniskt knäpp individ sätter igång ett sådant självmordsprojekt.

Men nu är resultatet här. Det är så mäktigt. Hälften av rapparna i den här videon är inte jättebra, men det är fantastiskt att se den här nyfödda göteborgska enigheten manifesteras visuellt på detta sätt.

Det kanske låg en tanke bakom videon ändå.

Rappare har inte någon plikt att stå på torget och skramla ihop pengar till Afrika, men historiskt har hiphop varit som starkast, i alla fall i vår del av världen, när den fungerat som självförsvar mot samhället och som ett sätt att lyfta oss själva ur fördärvet. Industrin vill bara ha enstaka stjärnor som de kan styra. De avskyr mobs, movements och smutsiga folksamlingar.

Lägg egon och ideologier åt sidan. Som Pimp C sade så många gånger – det finns inget som industrin (eller kapitalet i allmänhet) fruktar så mycket som artister (eller arbetare i allmänhet) som lägger ner sin beef och börjar jämföra sina situationer och börjar samarbeta.

Så kan också en solidaritetsrörelse se ut.

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