Regardless of the fact that America came through and elected the most promising politician in the last 40 years that doesn't mean things are gonna change just yet or even in his first term.
Life is real.
A lot of shops regardless of their clout and notoriety are gonna go down in the next year or two. Sorry to put it in writing, but it is the truth.
So while everyone is doing their best to persevere through this recession my friends at Us Versus Them are just giving the world a nice big middle finger by building a mini ramp smack dab inside the shop. Not like the Supreme bowl in LA that's all fancy and shit and doubles as some art piece we are talking a f*ckin' back yard mini ramp right in the front door.
This group is criminally slept on. Unless you're from SD or big time hardcore head you probably have never heard of Battalion of Saints. When compared to their Southern Californian counterparts like Black Flag, T.S.O.L, Minutemen, The Descendants, and so on you'd think they would be equally as known. B.A.T.S played harder and faster than most and were pretty much the most nihilistic dudes in the city. Everyone save for the lead singer (George Anthony) is dead.
Random story:
I got fired from this pizzeria back in like 2006 and I got hired right next door at this restaurant as a dishwasher of all things. Not tight. One of the line chefs was this smart ass older guy that would always sort of f*ck with me while I was working the late shifts. We started talking one night and it turns out he was George Anthony the last living member of the band. He pretty much would keep me entertained with the craziest punk stories ever told for the rest time I worked that job. One of which involves him punching Henry Rollins in the snot box which they briefly mention in "American Hardore".
If you don't have this one in your hardcore collection you're missing out big time.
A little back story on the above clip. I used to watch a lot of dvds while I was failing out of college. A lot. I was on a serious Bud Ice and pizza kick at the time and pretty much had all the free time in the world. Gnome sayin?
So I decided one day to rent all of the Def Comedy Jam box sets and check that off my mandatory "Things To Do Before I Die" list. It was and is a long list mind you.
The point being that out of all the Def Comedy Jam alumni like Cedric the Entertainer, Hamburger, Bernie Mac (R.I.P), Chris Ticker, Dave Chappelle, Mike Epps, to name just a few, there was one dude that stuck out so randomly.
That dude was Craig Robinson a.k.a Darryl from "The Office."
Wait until the end for the best joke in the bit. Worth it.
I haven't even cracked this one open yet, but I like Prodigy's recent joints. He's sort of come full circle with his career and has made himself more transparent in the last few years with his incarcerated blogging and solid LP en devours like H.N.I.C 1 & 2.
Anyways, I know nada about this one, but it breaks the monotony of reggae, reggae, reggae as most if not all of my friends don't even listen to 1/10 of the roots and dancehall I enjoy.
Bim Sherman is not some esoteric artist that you would never hear of, but he's certainly not in everyone's cd case either.
I grabbed this compilation from Pressure Sounds a little while back and it is hands down one of the best roots collections I've come across in a long time.
Lots of deep "armageddon" style tunes (my personal fave) on this one plus dubs. I cut the dubs off to save bandwidth cause The Fader audience sapped me for the month. Oh, the burden of being popular. Sike.
Anyways, get some Bim Sherman in your life and get spleefed out in a van or something.
I don't know anything about this tune other than it RAMSSSSSS.
Unite feel free to give me the background.
I believe it is on Red Alert Riddim and it sounds like some Mavado diss f*ckery which I can't support seeing as people can get killed in JA over that idiot boy beef.
For those not into dancehall culture when artists beef in Jamaica like Vybz and Mavado or Bounty and Beenie Man you can get blasted just for taking sides. No joke business.