Kanye performed 4 new songs acapella at the Facebook and Twitter heafquarters, most likely to be featured on his new album. 'Ye performed 3 joints for Facebook employees in Palo Alto California. The first verse from "Lost In The World" then "Chain Heavy" and "Mama's Boyfriend".
Then at Twitter headquarters 'Ye performs another verse acapella of an untitled track.
My personal fav. so far: "Mama's Boyfriend". Btw Good Ass Job will no longer be the name of the new album according to Kanye's now official Twitter page.
So I turn on my computer a few minutes ago and my aim says if I don't upgrade to there new 7.3 version I won't be able to use there service, so since I do just that on a daily basis I relunctantly downloaded. It installed in less then 30 seconds but when I was greeted by the new layout all I could see was that aim-like every other site on the web now it seems-is offering me to connect with fb and not just here, every other website i'm linked to as well. I get it, fb is what's most popular now, but shit! I already have hundreds of ppl to talk, listen to and occasionaly ignore when the news feed becomes a plethora of myopic declorations. Why the fuck would I want to add nearly everyone from fb and a dozen more sites just to see what i'm posting on aim (which is nothing) or to give my fb post the tag "via aim"???
Another thing that I caught notice of is that aim now insists you to put your first and last name to use it as your display. If y'all ain't know many jobs do an online search for your social network sites by either your name or the e-mail you provide on your job application. If your first and last name are listed on whatever site your on, they'll easily see it and take notice. That's when posting those pics of you being hung over and blowing smoke in the camera don't seem so bright. Of course if aimless popularity is your contentment all this is great news for you! I only wish you growth and sucess because you will be in dire need of it when you come to realize how detrimental this massive social connection of 2010 is.
Use your head. Don't connect any further with this facebook mosnter lol. It's all in the grand scheme.
"Be careful how you tread, for every step will show" - author unknown
On June 2nd of last year Nature Sounds released the album Jay Stay Paid, a collection of unreleased beats by Mr. Yancey himself, it was EP'd by Ma Dukes and mixed by one of Dilla's favorite producer's Pete Rock. The album is based on a fictitious radio show KJay FM it features guest appearances by Blu, Phat Kat, Black Thought, MF DOOM, Dilla's first cousin Cue D. and more.
Though the album in my opinion was dope and well put together there's some things over the past year that i've discovered and feel I should share with my Dilla heads. The first thing is although the album is under Dilla's name it's not acknowledged in Dilla's "official" discography on the Stones Throw website or Dilla's official site J-Dilla.com. Why??? You tell me, but what I believe is that the album isn't approved by his estate because the majority of the album is compiled from beat tapes and material that's "floating around" the web. Those who know Dilla know that all this floating material has hurt his estate in the recent years and is hard to control. In my EXTENSIVE research and digging for Dilla's disscog, samples, influences I came to discover how and where the material from Jay Stay Paid was pulled from as well as many other posthumous production of the late great used (and jacked) by other artists.
My true Dilla fans know where i'm coming from with this; in '05 4 beat tapes surfaced simply called "Beat CD '05" there was "Beat CD '05 #01", 2, 3 and 4. It's not known who and how these tapes we're leaked but it's obvious that a great deal of the material from these 4 beat tapes have been used in Dilla's production and posthumous work over the last couple years. I won't sit here and list all of them because I find that unecessary but I will list the beats used for Jay Stay Paid as to remain relevant to this blog story. So...here it is!
Jay Stay Paid tracklist:
1. "KJay FM Dedication" - 0:56 2. "King" - 1:28 3. "I Told Yall" - 2:49 4. "Lazer Gunne Funke" - 1:21 5. "In The Night (Owl N Out)/While You Slept (I Crept)" - 2:00 6. "Smoke" (feat. Blu) - 2:09 7. "Blood Sport" (feat. Lil' Fame) - 2:58 8. "CaDILLAc" - 2:01 9. "Expensive Whip" - 1:25 10. "Kaklow (Jump On It)" - 0:56 11. "Digi Dirt" (feat. Phat Kat) - 0:54 12. "Dilla Bot Vs. The Hybrid" (feat. Danny Brown & Constantine) - 2:24 13. "Milk Money" - 1:27 14. "Spacecowboy Vs. Bobble Head" - 2:38 15. "Reality TV (feat. Black Thought) - 2:40 16. "On Stilts" - 1:26 17. "Fire Wood Drumstix" (feat. DOOM) - 1:31 18. "Glamour Sho75 (09)" - 3:02 19. "10,000 Watts" - 1:42 20. "9th Caller" - 1:53 21. "Make It Fast (Unadulterated Mix)" [feat. Diz Gibran] - 5:01 22. "24K Rap" (feat. Havoc & Raekwon) - 4:22 23. "Big City" - 1:02 24. "Pay Day" (feat. Frank Nitty of Frank n Dank) - 1:25 25. "See That Boy Fly" (feat. Illa J & Cue D) - 3:44 26. "Coming Back" - 1:13 27. "Mythsysizer" - 1:44 28. "KJay & We Out" - 1:58 29. Make It Fast (feat. Bun B & Termanology) (Vinyl Bonus Track) - 2:48
Beat CD '05 #1, 2, 3 and 4's tracklistings: (don't bother with the links)
1. "KJay FM Dedication" > "Dedication" from Beat CD '05 #1
2. "King" this track was actually one of the few beats i've never heard before.
3. "I Told Y'all" > "Y'all Ready For It?" off Beat CD '05 #1
4. "Lazer Gunne Funk" > "Back With The Claps" off Beat CD '05 #1
5. "In The Night/While You Crept (I Slept)" > "Smokey In The Pidegeon Coop" off beat CD '05 #1
6. "Smoke" (Feat. Blu) > "Track 26" off Beat CD '05 #1, was also used on the "JLJ Intro on Jay Love Japan
7. "Blood Sport" (Feat. Lil Fame) > "Zelda" off Beat CD '05 #1 and a previously unheard beat.
8. "CaDILLAc" > "Electronic Hum" off Beat CD '05 #1
9. "Expensive Whip" previoulsly unheard
10. "Kaklow (Jump On It)" previously unheard
11. "Digi Dirt" (Feat. Phat Kat) > "Put A Stamp On It" Akrobatik Feat. Talib Kweli off Akrobatik's Absolute value album relased in February 2008.
12. "Dilla Bot Vs. The Hybrid" previously unheard
13. "Milk Money" One of my favorite tracks On Jay Stay Paid. I'ver never heard this anywhere so to my knowledge it's unheard.
14. "Spacecowboy Vs. Bobble Head previously unheard, > "Humbum" first track of Beat CD '05 #1, previously unheard
15. "Reality TV" (Feat. Black Thought) > "Bup Ba Bup Bup Ba Ba Ba" off Beat CD '05 #1
16. "On Stilts" > "Watchin Smurfs On Shrooms" off Beat CD '05 #1
17. "Fire Wood Drumstix" (Feat. DOOM) > "Hey Hey Hey Heyyyy" off Beat CD '05 #1
18. "Glamour Sho 75 (09)" > (Untitled track) Track 17 off Beat CD '05 #2
19. "10,000 Watts" previously unheard
20. "9th Caller" > "The King Swirling" off Beat CD '05 #1
21. "Make It Fast (Unadultarated Mix)"/hidden track (Feat. Diz Digran) > (untitled) Track 17 off Beat CD '05 #2, "Rock N Roll" off Beat CD '05 #1. "Make It Fast" was also used by Guilty Simpson on B-Ball Zombie War in '07.
22. "24K Rap" (Feat. Havoc & Raekwon) > (Untitled track) Track 15 off Beat CD' 05 #3, (Untitled track) Track 23 off Beat CD '05 #2
23. "Big City" I swear i've heard this beat before '09 but i'ma have to call this one previously unheard.
24. "Pay Day" (Feat. Frank Nitty) previously unheard
25. "See That Boy Fly" (Feat. Illa J & Cue D) > "Flyyyyyy" off Instrumental Series Vol 1.: Unreleased
26. "Coming Back" I wish I knew where this came from or what Dilla sampled but to my knowledege this track is previousy unheard
27. "Mythsizer" > (untitled track) Track 5 off Beat CD '05 #2
28. "KJAY & We Out" > "Ma Dukes (Instrumental) off the Ma Duke's 12'' Single by Frank-N-Dank
29. "Make It Fast" (Feat. Termanology & Bun B) > Track 17 off Beat CD '05 #2
Soooo...that's 21 out of 31 tracks (2 hidden tracks). We runnin' out a Dilla material??? I hope not but the way Jay Stay Paid was put together makes me question the ammount of unreleased Dilla beats Ma Dukes and others are really sitting on. Perhaps when his estate is in better shape we'll be blessed with alot more material-I pray that number is in the thousand's. But regardless of the exact figure any "new" Dilla will always and forever be a pleasure to listen to.
DAMN...I just finished reading this post so I had 2 share this with y'all. Ma Dukes gives a DEEP interview with BB on her upbringing, raising Dilla, her personal favorite records, her own battle with Lupus and more.
?uestlove reveals in an interview with AOL's Spinner that he will be collaborating with Amy. "The group is definitely going to happen...it's just that we have to work overtime to get her visa situation together" says ?uest.
In my opinion The Roots are legendary and Amy will have her legendary status bestowed upon her someday so this supergroup will be INCREDIBLE. :)
Peace. So today I was starting up my computer when somehow I stumbled on a site that contained a link to the yearly VH1 Hip-Hop Honors awards. Out of simple curiousity I clicked on the link to scoff at the presumably dismall honorees when to my horror and utter disgust I see that this years tribute reads "The Dirty South". My first thoughts we're ok...well at least they'll have Outkast and Scarface...WRONG! (most) of the egregeious honorees and performers are JERMAINE DUPRI, LUTHER "LUKE" CAMPBELL, GUCCI MANE (seriously), LIL JON, DEM FRANCHIZE BOYZ, PAULL WALL, NELLY, MURPHY LEE, (it gets worse) T-PAIN, THE YING YANG TWINS, BONE CRUSHER and a few more.
Now my problem is this: I'm not mad that VH1 decided to honor the south-IT'S WHO THERE HORNORING AN' HAVIN' AS TRIBUTE PERFORMERS. Now those who are in touch with HIP-HOP have all heard talk of the south; sothhern rappers, aren't lyrical, they don't try to make anything thoght provoking and the overwhelming majority of there subject matter is about materialism an' violence. The East Coast has this perception solidified and still advancing. Why??? BECAUSE IT'S TRUE! I could make 100 blogs on the ignorant, materilistic and infantile sing-songy lyrics spewd by southern rappers.
"Verse 3] (Gucci) Don't be conceited girl I know you'll eat a girl I know ya secret girl But I'm gon keep it girl O you's a college girl Come be a Gucci girl O you's a Gucci fan Let's go to Gucciland you diggin Gucci man. Cause only Gucci can Drop a rack Pop your back With a rubberband. You diggin Gucci Gucci. Let's do the oochi koochi O that's yo girlfriend." Why didn't you introduce me -from "Freaky Girl" Gucci Mane
Verse 1:] "Look up in the sky it's a nigga selling birds on a plane He ain't never heard of t-pain I'm the new superhero of the brand new age Brand new rims brand new chevrolet And a bitch yellow, red, blue So nigga I ain't ever scared of you Somebody better tell these niggas how I do And if it ever come to it I'm a run right through it I'm a ready nigga if you really need help Everybody in the street saying he feeling himself But I'm saving they world And I can only save one person at a time So I'm saving they girl And I'm a make her fly Baby wave hi All up in the truck Now Baby wave bye Or we can go and get some of your friends in the band I can do that shit Cause I'm superman (superman)" -"Superman" T-Pain
(sorry) This type of artistry is exactly what gets the south hated on and constantly criticised. I mean, HONESTLY how much thought do lyrics like "you diggin Gucci Gucci/let's do the oochie coochie" take??? I believe that Hip-Hop is about-and still is about THE ART FORM and not just in the Hip-Hop culture, all music as well. What are mind dumbing lyrics from Gucci Mane, T-Pain and similar artits going to do for you and your children? Are you really benefitting anything more than bobbing your head to a hot beat and memorizing every other lyric and the hook??? NO! There are artits who pour there fuckin' heart, soul and mind on the paper for HER like Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Jay Electronica, Mr. J Mederios and Lupe Fiasco to name a few.
New York is known for artits being more lyrical and putting more thought into there rhymes. You can youtube any random NYC rapper or rap battle and hear that the cats rhyme polysyllabically and are touching subjects and ideas other rappers don't or haven't even thought of. This applies to many other rappers elsewhere in the world as well. Example: "Rewind" NaS, "Alphabetical Slaughter" Papoose, "Pop Quiz" Saigon, "Dance With The Devil" Immortal Technique and almost anythong by Lupe (Pap and Saigon do talk about some bullshit too though). The counsumers need to wake up and learn that rappers-anywhere not just the south-who bring the myopia that the 2010VH1 honors show contain are in fact detrimental to a persons intellectual being and overall mental growth. When Grand Master Flash & The Furious Five dropped the landmark Hip-Hop song "The Message" back in '82 alot of people who we're unaware learned about the social issues that the youth we're facing. When 2Pac dropped "Brenda's Got A Baby" and "Keep Ya Head Up" we took a second look at things and aprreciated what we have, When NaS released Illmatic we we're blown away by the lyricism and refreshing word play. It's artistry such as this that I believe is Hip-Hop in it's purest, untainted form. Hip-Hop needs balance and when the radio and BET only play garbage by garbage artits the youth don't learn or benefit anything real from the music.
Alot of artits use Hip-Hop as a survival tool rather then an expression of art. That's one of HER problems that she faces. BUT THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER BLOG! She needs a radical change if she truly wants to be a she was created. I understand change is inevitable (and that's fine) but dumbing down the culture and willingly putting out ignorance should be inadmissible.
Lastly...one of the things that really blew me about VH1'S 2010 Honors show is that the very few lyrical, thought provoking, creative, DIFFERENT south artits aren't even mentioned. NO SCARFACE, NO GETO BOYS, NO OUTKAST and NO CEE-LO (Little Brother, T.I and Devin The Dude are honorable mentions). I leave you with this, think about you and your kids/future kids. Do you really want them immulating shallow minded artists and in return receiving nothing beneficial??? Hip-Hop needs balance and we're the only one's who can help her. Speak up, Post blogs, let a friend or even a stanger know about a good record. It's on us.
"Our purpose is to educate as well as entertain"- Curtis Mayfield
