I love getting new, dope music in my email. Here is the long-awaited album by Harlem emcee ESSO titled The Anti-Socialite. This is a great project–definitely worth the download. Interviews with the young-and-ignorant emcee coming very soon.
Not only is Eternia an incredible emcee ("female" is not required before "emcee" because she's better than all of you regardless of gender), but she's an equally great person, so of course she's going to get love from this blog. Here's some BTS footage from Halftime Radio with some words from (the most underrated emcee ever?) Ras Kass (*looks for "Nature Of The Threat" on YouTube). Get ready, Eternia & Moss At Last will be in stores soon, tell a friend to tell a friend.
Matt Botting and Bryan Miller produced five RBIs on 3-for-4 hitting each for Wilmington, as Adelphi lost their final regular season home game at William J. Bonomo Memorial Field to their non-conference opponent Thursday, 7-5. Seven Wildcat starters had at least one hit in the game...
I've been a Bobby Creekwater fan for a little while now; dude has a dope flow, raw lyrics and a quiet charisma that can dominate any instrumental he raps to. If you're unfamiliar, get familiar; if you need a little history check the former Shady Records artist on "There He Is" from the Eminem Presents The Re Up album and "All I Do" from Alchemist's Chemistry Files Vol. 1. Here's the single "I Hear Em Talkin" off his upcoming album, Not Now But Right Now, which will be released May 11.
Hip hop has lost an iconic figure today with legendary Gang Starr front-man Guru's passing. His flow, the monotone voice, his delivery all were unique, all were all vital elements of what made Gang Starr so special. What is so hard about losing a man you idolized and looked up to as a hip hop icon is hard, but what's harder is having met that person and getting to see who they are as a man, even if it was only a small glimpse.
The photo above was taken at the now defunct Cop Shop, Long Island's historic music store that brought hip hop to the fans like no other store could. The photo was taken at the Gang Starr in-store autograph signing for the album, The Ownerz. It was the first in-store I ever attended at the Cop Shop, and trust me, it was the most memorable. DJ Premier was stuck in traffic so I snuck to the back of the store to see if I could chop-it-up with Guru for a little bit. He was so cool, so down-to-earth. I told him about how I told my now ex-girlfriend she had to memorize Hard To Earn before I could date her and thought I was so cool when he laughed and thanked me as he signed the Hard To Earn album cover for her. All I could think was, 'I'm just a fan and this dude sees thousands of fans everyday, he could treat me like a nobody if he wanted to'-but he didn't.
He never treated me like a nobody. From that event on I had a few opportunities to talk with Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal, and he didn't change; he was as cool, if not cooler, than the first time I met him. From hanging out outside after the Gang Starr and M.O.P. show at BB Kings (where we called that same girl I dated at 3 a.m. so he could ask her if she still listened to the Hard To Earn album) to conversation after an in-store at the Cop Shop for the Guru Version 7.0: Street Scriptures album and more, he was always humble, respectful and treated me (and everyone else) like family, not fans.
Guru was the creator of some of my fondest hip hop memories, shaped how I listen to the music, and help guide and craft the respect I have for the artform that I have today. You will always be missed and cherished by the hip hop community, especially by me. Rest In Peace.
Watch live video from streetfm on Justin.tv Tonight, Harlem's finest emcee ESSO will be in the studio chopping it up with Ike Infamous, DJ Mickey Knox, DJ Six3One and "The First Lady" Felicia on WUSB StreetFM 90.1. For a life broadcast, stay locked in here, from midnight-3 a.m.
And the new music emails continue...this time from Brooklyn's own Kil Ripkin. If you're not familiar, Kil Ripkin was featured on one of my favorite records of the past few years, "Thankful" from Supastition a.k.a. Kam Moye. The emcee is also a member of The Coalescence, of which Duck Down Records emcee and Coney Island native, Torae is also a member. Here is "Aftermath Part 1" and "Mind Free" off of Kil Ripkin's upcoming release, The Balancing Act.
It's always good to get an email with some good music. The homie Widmark Dimagiba sent over a new track, a freestyle over Jay-Z's "Friend Or Foe." Check it out.
QUEENS– An error on an overthrow by Hofstra third baseman Mike Walraven in the bottom of the eighth inning allowed the go-ahead run to score, as the Red Storm defeated the Hofstra Pride in a non-conference game Wednesday afternoon at Jack Kaiser Stadium, 7-6. The Pride (10-17) finished up a road trip in which they went 0-4...
