Iran here we come...

In a hurry.







Diggin' In The Links:

Step by step breakdancing DVD
Ed* For all you suckas

Richie Spice climbing the charts

Bush attacks Iran

World Beard Championships

Above: Taken from the World Beard Championships 2007

So Yahoo loads up and you'd think that the news bullets would have something new to report on perhaps the never ending "war" on terror or even today's count of dead U.S soliders, but instead they had pictures from the World Beard Championships from Germany.

God Bless America and only America?

I give up.


Diggin In The Links:

Free J Dilla Mix

Carl's Real Myspace Page

Vice Burn
Ed* Grumpy Gus...

Ikari Weekend Warriors

Above: Anyone else remember this game? Two shirtless Rambo esq. bad assess go running into the jungle with head bands and machine guns.

Back for another Monday post. This weekend was long and boring. I did go to the Sonics game on Friday with my cousin and the Sups beat the T'Wolves suprisingly. Other then that all energies are being spent on a big project almost 8 months in the making. You'll see it soon hopefully.

Keep it real.


Diggin In The Links:

Anna Nicole died from drug over dose
Ed* Really? Really America? We didn't see this one coming?

Beenie Man's reign over?
Ed* The longest dancehall feud just gets more boring each year

Another rapper shot in face
Ed* $hit you don't even have to be popular to get shot anymore

Neckface billboard gets dissed
Ed* Well sort of...

King Tee IV Life

Ed* Not the album cover I needed but you trying finding King Tee flicks on Google

King Tee is constantly heralded on blogs as the biggest "unsung" pioneer of West Coast rap and hip-hop.

It's no mystery why most people have never heard of him.

Dude had zero marketing and he was easily over shined and pushed to the side by the larger then life powerhouse West Coast groups and artists like N.W.A , Cube, Dre, Eazy, Snoop, Ice-T, among others. He would even be outshined by the very groups and artists he put on like The Alkaholiks and Xzibit.

Oddly enough I grabbed this album for $7 in the used section way back in 1995. I was all of 14 years old at the time and I used to put this track on almost everyday my freshman year of high school. It has that nostalgia feel built into the melody.

Enjoy!


King Tee "Freestyle Ghetto" feat J-Ro. Tash, Breeze, and Xzibit mp3

Bad Blog

My page has been acting a fool lately and I've lost damn near 4 posts since Monday to the "program failed" window.

Not cool.

So I'm going to do my best to hit you with some back 2 back posts to make up for it.

Enjoy.



Carlton Livingston "Itch It Up Operator" mp3

* click link and then click download file

Manic Mondays

Above: The one and only Icepick AFFK/Upset

Nothing too interesting going on today so I'm just going to leave you with some You Tube clips I skimmed through today.

Enjoy!


Above: Augustus Pablo getting down with the melodica


Above: David Ram Jam Rodigan is my idol


Above: Classic

Seattle Sonics

Above: A bird's eye view from Key Arena

Having lived in San Diego my whole life my biggest gripe was that we didn't have an NBA team. We did however have Master P playing for the San Diego Stingrays. The marriage would not last.

Now that I live in Seattle and I live no less then 10 blocks away from where the Sonics play and tickets happen to cost $10 a piece I have been able to catch up on basketball games that once eluded me.


Above: The Rain Man!!! Shawn Kemp's fall from glory is sad and not sad in your typical "fallen superstar" scenario, but more like when a good friend gets pu$$y whipped by some ugly chick kind of sad. Not sure if that makes sense.

Now it's important to bring a good squad to a sporting event mainly because if some dip sh*t starts flappin' his gums
(Note: the ratio between people who watch sports regularly and are also dip sh*ts is quite high) you're going to need some back up. I have seen fights in tons of stadiums. I may not be Mr. Joe Sports but I've seen it go down at the Big 12 Championship, numerous Chargers vs. Raiders games, Dallas Maverick games, Padre games, USC games, you name it.


Above: F'ckn Rick and Jeremy

I prefer to attend functions like these with my brothers (in-law). They’re good chaps and they're not afraid to upgrade their $10 seats to court level after the 1st quarter.

Holler...

Diggin' In The Links:

U.S needs to stop snitching'
Ed* How many more f*&k ups can Bush pull out of his hat?

Saint Patrick's Day

Above: Pre-ripped jeans? Who's your stylist? Donnie Walhberg

Keep it real this Friday and have a safe Saint Patty's Day.


Diggin' In The Links:

Bolivians want "Coca" dropped from Coca Cola

Women told she legally can not puff tough

Street Wear
Ed* Snap!

Cocaine Cowboys

Just finished watching this documentary today.

CCCCCCCCCrrrazzyyyyy!

The film follows the entire Miami/Columbian cocaine trade with vivid story telling and shocking footage. I had no idea that Miami was that rough in the early 80's. Miami/Dade County was averaging 3 murders a day in 1981 with almost all of them being directly linked back to the cocaine trade.

The film skips over "coke rap" entirely and thus Jeezy, Weezy, Juelz, and T.I were noticeably absent.

You can buy it right here.

Or you can save yourself the dough and watch it HERE.

Running...

Not much going on but the rent.

Enjoy the link debauchery there is some goodies below for sure.

One hundred.



Diggin' In The Links:

Charlie Baltimore planning come back
Ed* Why God, why do we have to suffer another round of this?

Stephen Marley feat. Jr. Gong "Traffic Jam" video
Ed* I like the soccer scenes and the fact that Jr. Gong is wearing some sort of Dr. Seus hat

Free Def Jux album with El-P's new video
Ed* I still bump "Fantastic Damage" cause it's the closest thing there is to "apocalypse rap"

China expands "Great Firewall"
Ed* Where's Neo when you need him?

Youtube getting sued for 1 billion dollars by Viacom
Ed* I'm sure in some weird corporate way they probably own each other

The Long Haul

I got projects galore going on right now.

Do you ever notice how people love to write on blogs about how busy they are?

I'm no different.

The irony of course is that they aren't too busy to WRITE about their apparently over demanding work load.

Diggin' In The Links:

He's mad cause Ja Rule's stylin on em'
Ed* This clip is like an internet nerd inside joke, it's pitiful because I get it

Tracy Morgan is going to get someone pregnant
Ed* Now everyone likes Tracy Morgan, like I wasn't speaking of his genius eons ago....

Just to be an a$$hole
Ed* I knew it!!!

Catchdubs/A-Trak's new label = Fool's Gold"
Ed* Add dem'

M.I.A

Sorry for the lack of posts I am swamped with projects.

I should be back on schedule come Monday.

So for now just sample...


24 and Aqua Teen Re-Edit...Amazing

Chuck Fenda "Gash Dem"

Burning Spear Documentary

Above: 35 years and still going.

Case of The Mondays

Above: Videocast from my boy Nic Hill

These video shorts are a behind the scenes look from his up coming documentary called "Truth In Numbers" a documentary on the website Wikipedia.

Ed* It's not like that's a big project or anything.

If you've never traveled outside of the U.S it is a pretty good example of what it is like traveling through Third World countries.

Nic and his posse are the people who did the amazing "Piece By Piece" graff doc.




Diggin' In The Links:

LL Cool J and 50 Cent to endorse Chapstick
Ed* and in other no brainer endorsement deal news it is reported Brittney Spears is in heavy talks to be the official spokes person for "crazy" pills

Mavado and Vybz squash it
Ed* We'll see how long this lasts

N.O.R.E talks about what went wrong at Def Jam and why he has left
Ed* I'll save you time, N.O.R.E's rapping was the demise with Def Jam (what whhhha what wwhhhha what!)

Carlton Livingston

Above: "100 Lb. of Collie Weed"


Above: "Trodding Thru The Jungle" w/ live Tribe of Kings Dubplate


Above: "I Have No Regrets"

All of these clips are from last years Militree x Street Machine x Tribe of Kings "Screwface" trade show concert at The Honey Bee Hive in San Diego.

Big Ups to Carlton Livingston for packing the entire house and Dasheye from Tribe of Kings.

Big Ups to everyone that came through to the party.

Also a big thanks to Carly, Matt, and Linda @ Love Machine Films for their time and footage.

WTF?

Ed* Did I hear "15 years" of training to get down the perfect rhythm? And look how taco'ed his kicks are. Only in Europe.

Street Gymnastics

Ed* Remember freestyle walking? It's like that, but a little more crazy.

Gyptian

I heard a lot fuss about Gyptian from some heads at dancehalls, but never really thought much of him until I heard this track and now I see what all the fuss was about.

This tune was never released on 7'' so don't bother trying to grab it. It does appear on GreenSleeves' Biggest Reggae One-Drop Anthems 2006 which as far as comps go is pretty amazing.

Gyptian "Sensi" mp3
*Click the link and click download linked file...