” Hear The Call ” is one of the first warning shots from Bumpy Knuckles & Statik Selektah’s upcoming album on Gracie Records….

Turn the volume up a few notches…..

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Before I even get started I want all of you to know that I have been following Doom’s career from back in the KMD days, but this new album just didn’t do it for me…

Maybe it’s the production, or the poorly thrown together segues, or the overall energy of the album… I’m not really sure…..

One thing is for certain – I can barely listen to this project without hitting the fast forward button…..

One cut did catch my attention though….

HIP HOP BATTLEFIELD TOP PICK- “Retarded Fren”

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If you are still sleeping on KA’s “Grief Pedigree” album, I highly suggest that you track it down with a quickness….

HIP HOP BATTLEFIELD TOP PICKS – “Every”, “Vessel”, and “Cold Facts”…

KA recently caught up with “Quality Out The Box” for a in-depth 21 minute long question and answer session….

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If you picked up the C.D. of Milk Dee's Never Dated album, it didn't include the stellar remix of "Get Off My Log" by bay area pioneer, Joe Quixx (It was a vinyl only release)……

I can remember the first time I heard this on KCSB and I flipped out when Milk kicked rhymes like, " Get off that smoke, get off my joint, get off my jewels, get off my back / get off my jim, get off my bozack "…….HAHAHA….

There were talks of First Priority Music re-launching with plans to release the shelved Audio 2, "The Last Dead Indian" album a couple years back……Hopefully that will eventually happen……

Until then, this "Get Off My Log" Jazzy Fat Woody remix will hold me down…….Def American Records 1995…

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For all you cats that think that B-Boying SHOULDN’T be in the olympics, I double dare you to watch this IBE 2011 trailer….Just when you think you have seen it all – the next generation take it to other heights that we could have never imagined back in the 80’s…

I’m dead serious….Footwork, combos, bone shattering freezes, power moves, air moves, and all that other fly shit…It’s a crying shame that this element of Hip Hop still does not get the true respect that it deserves…I have even heard so – called heads try to clown and downplay B-Boying like it’s some type of joke…….Nah, jokes on you bozo…

If this doesn’t inspire you to get your stanking ass off the couch and get your physical game together – NOTHING will….

*Please hit the mute button before watching…HAHA

Every once in awhile I will shoot you in the direction of other blogs / sites that are holding the goods..DEFY NEW YORK is a spot you should peep while your floating around in cyber space….

Vintage pieces, heavy sneaker obsession, excellent write ups, etc….When I scoped out this pic of a very fresh Sergio Tacchini track suit – I felt it was my duty to spread the word….

PEEP….

A couple weeks ago I posted up a fresh new cut by AKBAR, “Tommy Sheppard”…So it’s only right that I splash ya’ll with a few more 2012 AKBAR shots….

Dude hasn’t lost a step if you ask me….Listen up.

“Seven” produced by Parker Lee..

“Teacha Will Appear” produced by Parker Lee..

“Good Food”

B-Boy Machine (KILLAFORNIA / ZULU KINGZ) is far from a slouch when it comes to getting busy on the floor…Matter of fact, his aggressive style intimidates sensitive B Boy’s all across the globe…

If you think I’m bullshitting, peep the trailer for his DVD and get your motherfucking mind right !!!

* Hit the mute button before watching….HAHA.

I’m going to take you all the way to Italy this time around…

Heroin In Tahiti (yeah, that’s a bugged out name) assembled a collection of Italian cinematic drama on “Musica Per Sonorizzazioni” from 1969-1976….

If your in the mood to hear some excellent sample source material, or if you just want to hear some grooves to trance out to – you just found it trooper…

TRACKLIST-

Track 1 – Amedeo Tommasi / Radiazioni
Track 2 – Bruno Nicolai / Diffidenza
Track 3 – Daniele Patucchi / La Dimostrazione
Track 4 – Giuliano Sorgini / Fabbrica Spaziale
Track 5 – Piero Umiliani / Danza Magica
Track 6 – Silvano Chimenti [Awake] / Colori
Track 7 – Mario Nascimbene / Rito Pagano
Track 8 – Gerardo Iacoucci / Alchemie & Alambics
Track 9 – Amedeo Tommasi [Di Jarrell] / Mondo Industriale
Track 10 – Amedeo Tommasi / Bollicine
Track 11 – Alessandro Alessandroni & Romolo Grano / Per Un Eroe Caduto
Track 12 – Ennio Morricone / Alternance
Track 13 – Armando Sciascia / Calm Sea
Track 14 – Floriana Bozzalla / Vento Cosmico
Track 15 – Giorgio Carnini [Zanagoria] / Diorama e Recitativo
Track 16 – Piero Umiliani / Arabian Synthesizer
Track 17 – Nico Fidenco [Donimak] / Industrial Feeling
Track 18 – Bruno Nicolai / Giano
Track 19 – Fabio Fabor / Caronte
Track 20 – Amedeo Tommasi & Stefano Torossi [Farlocco] / Superpotenza
Track 21 – Romano Rizzati / Azimut
Track 22 – Piero Umiliani / Pellegrinaggio al Totem
Track 23 – Alessandro Alessandroni / SOS Spaziale
Track 24 – Egisto Macchi / Chanson de la Nuit
Track 25 – Guglielmo Papararo & Vittorio Montis / Jonosfera

Just got done listening to the snippets from DJ Crucial’s “Retro Active” EP…..A couple joints made my Hip Hop antennae go off instantly, especially that Large Pro & MF Grimm cut…

HIP HOP BATTLEFIELD TOP PICKS – “United”, “No Question”, “Essence”, “Struggle”, and “Sweetest Revenge”…

LISTEN TO SNIPPETS & COP THE VINYL HERE…

” I’m not anti-social / I just don’t fuck with you “……

SAY WORD…….The great dot X keeps it popping for 2012 with the release of “The Fan” off of Bazooka Joe’s SLANG PARADE project……

Peep the visuals…

One of the Flavor Unit’s most well rounded MC’s was CHILL ROB G….

His vocabulary was massive, he was also a fully capable battle MC, but instead he mostly rocked well thought out social commentary type of bars….Not only that, when it comes to the art of storytelling he was truly in a class by himself (take a listen to “Court Is In Session” again for further analysis)….

My man 50 grand “KID DYNO” from Daily Diggers recently caught up with the New Jersey legend for a interview that will hold your attention….

” KID DYNO: Please could you fill us in with details of your new track with DIAMOND D, and tell me how you guys first hooked up on this project?

CHILL ROB G: I met Diamond through The 45 King, he always had some of the illest tracks so it was definitely something I wanted to do… I was just hyped he said yeah to be honest. Let me come right out and say this particular track (Excitement) might be new to the world but I’ve been sitting on it for some time now. I have a couple more unreleased joints that I’ve been baby sitting and their all going to finally see the light of day”.

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In the last couple years I have noticed that the bar for DJing has gotten extremely low….I hear cats trainwrecking, picking the wrong selections, and my favorite : dudes standing behind the decks with a self righteous attitude without actually blending one song for an entire evening…

HAHAHA…

No doubles, no mixing, no composition, no scratches, no motherfucking respect for the artform….You don’t have to be on Q-Bert’s level, but in 2012 I expect DJ’s to bring some motherfucking skills to the tables..

And what’s up with these cornball selections…..I don’t want to hear “UNITY” by Queen Latifah at the jam….Nah, I don’t want to hear “Funky Cold Medina” in the discotech duke !!!!!

Hip Hop has been around for 30 plus years so it shouldn’t be to difficult to put together a creative set…..

Anyway, the FUNKY PRESIDENT ” J Rocc ” comes equipped with another round of goodness on Tasters Choice # 6….

Don’t sleep…

Tracklist:

1. That Reggae Funk
2. 2 In 1
3. Version 1
4. Version 2
5. That Congos Edit
6. A Fela Joint
7. A Fela Break
8. Afro Break
9. Universal Music
10. More Of That Afro Funk
11. Reggae Funk Break 1
12. Funky Reggae
13. Reggae Funk Break 2
14. James Brown Cover
15. I Bought This For $3
16. Afro Break 2
17. Let’s Slow It Down
18. Track 18
19. King Floyd
20. I Already Had This
21. Art Lebeau Classic
22. Lou Rawls
23. Alton Ellis
24. Bill Withers
25. Motown

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The weekend is almost over homeboy….

Don’t worry though people, I got some certified BODY ROCKERS that will help you start your workweek on the right footing….DJ Dimitri keeps the vibes up on the explosive compilation “My Favorite Funk Gems 2″…

Booming open drum breaks, ill compositions, soul power, and all that other fly shit…

TRACKLIST-

01 Alphonse Mouzon – Funky Snakefoot
02 Kashmere Stage Band – Kashmere
03 Brother To Brother – In The Bottle **
04 Jimmy Norman – Gangster Of Love Pt. 1 and 2
05 Lyn Collins – Rock Me Again & Again & Again & Again & Again & Again
06 Don Byron – Fencewalk ***
07 Chicago Gangsters – Gangster Boogie
08 O’Donel Levy – Bad Bad Simba
09 All the People Featuring Robert Moore – Cramp your style
10 Idris Muhammad – Power Of Soul ****
11 David Batiste & The Gladiators – Funky Soul Pt. 1 & 2
12 Carleen & The Groovers – Can We Rap
13 Fred Wesley & The Horny Horns – Four Play
14 Rabbits & Carrots – Los Pelos Tiesos *****
15 Johnny Pate – Shaft In Africa (Addis)
16 Wade Marcus – Spinning Wheel
17 The Mystery Kindalchi Band – A1
18 Leon Mitchison – Street Scene
19 The Mohawks – The Champ
20 Bernard Wright – Spinnin’
21 Leroy & The Drivers – The Sad Chicken
22 The Nite-Liters – K-Jee
23 Alvin Cash – Keep On Dancing
24 Billy Cobham – Crosswind
25 Archie Bell And The Drells – Tighten Up
26 Seatrain – Flute Thing
27 St. Maartens The Rolling Tones – Its A Feeling
28 The Solicitors – Music For The Brothers
29 United 8 – Getting Uptown (To Get Down)
30 Michael Longo – Like A Thief In The Night
31 Wilbert Longmire – Black Is The Colour
32 Fuzzy Haskins – The Fuzz And Da Boog
33 Buster Williams – Fortune Dance
34 Komiko – Feel Alright
35 Houseguests – What So Never The Dance (pt 1 & 2)
36 Natural Bridge Bunch – Pig Snoots Pt. 1
37 Young-Holt Unlimited – Wah Wah Man
38 Bad Bascomb – Black Grass
39 Detroit Sex Machines – The Stretch (Edit)
40 Charles Earland – Leaving This Planet

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This new cut by Evitan (Keep Keeping On) is the best offering that I have heard from this Native Tongue duo as of yet….

Glad to see veterans putting out new material….Who knew Jarobi had a little wordplay in him ?

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