SPILL THE ENEMY'S BLOOD, NEVER INK.


SPILL THE ENEMY'S BLOOD, NEVER INK.

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Friday, February 18, 2011

The Crossroads Episode 7: The "Oh Really Now?" Edition

Mishka Geronimop:
(Via.)

Not exactly hip-hop. . .

Johnny Cash - God's Gonna Cut You Down.  YouTube Description: "When I first heard this song.. all I could hear was like the beat.. the drums.. it reminded me of indian [drums]... and the words of the song.. wow. / So I made this video in honor of the native american people whom suffered at the hands of the church and the residential school. While the [...] official video has some big names.. like iggy pop, sheryl crow, kid rock, bono etc.. [Chris Rock, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Owen Wilson?  Click here for that version.] the stars of this video are all dead. / Johnny Cash was a great man and had a lot to say about the treatment of native americans. / I hope you like my interpretation."

(Via.)

Not exactly related to the topic at hand. . .

Nino Bless Feat. Johnny Cash - God'll Cut You Down.


J-Live - Home Or Away (2011).

"Stand for triple threat / what it mean? / let's see: the DJ, the producer, the emcee / more like knowledge, wisdom, and understandin' / it's hard work on three - so throw your hands in / now throw your hands up / man up, stand up / til the show and the cup runneth over / the flow so fluid that you can't stay sober / like 3/4ths water: we tearing the whole globe up /  / I'm chilling, keeping it simple, sipping a mimosa / sitting Indian style while eating a simosa / lounging with a lady friend fit for a poster / ass fatter than a left tackle from Samoa / [...]" - J-Live


The Last Emperor - Do You Remember?

Yes, I remember. / Do you remember? / Some say the price of life has a costly amount / when it comes to fights, I mighta lost me a bout / but I never lost my head / cause that would cost me a scalp / [...]" - Last Emperor

On "scalping," Wikipedia says that "Scalping is the act of removing another person's scalp or a portion of their scalp, either from a dead body or from a living person. / The purpose of scalping is to provide a trophy of battle or portable proof of a combatant's prowess in war. / Scalping is often associated with frontier warfare in North America, and was practiced by Native Americans, colonists, and frontiersmen across centuries of violent conflict. William Brandon and Keith Rosenberg, Native American specialists, state that some Mexican (e.g., Sonora and Chihuahua) and American territories (e.g., Arizona) paid bounties for enemy Native American scalps. Contrary to popular belief, scalping was far from universal amongst Native Americans."


Apani B - Assimilate off Picture This (2004).


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