Boot Camp Click - Here We Come.
Da Beatminerz Feat. Last Emperor - Mafia Don.
Showing posts with label The Last Emperor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Last Emperor. Show all posts
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
The Crossroads Episode 7: The "Oh Really Now?" Edition
Mishka Geronimop:
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."
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).
(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).
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Revolution - #Jan25th
UPDATE 2011.02.08 2:24 PM EST: Click here for an article on freed Google executive stirring up Egyptians.
Click here to take action.
YouTube Description: "Credits to Tamer Shaaban who made this video Important message to youtube and people who flag this video : If it gets flagged or removed , it will be uploaded 10 more times[.]"
Freeway Feat. Amir Sulaiman, Ayah, The Narcicyst, & Omar Offendum - #Jan25th.
"As I’m sure you know, it’s been going down in Egypt for the past couple of weeks. On #Jan25th (named for the date the protests began), MC’s Freeway, The Narcicyst and Omar Offendum, as well as Def Poet Amir Sulaiman and singer Ayah, offer their own thoughts and reflections on a situation that is touching people of many different faiths and nationalities on many different levels."(Via.)
Inspired by the resilience of Egyptian people during their recent uprising, several notable musicians from North America have teamed up to release a song of solidarity and empowerment. The track is fittingly titled “#Jan25″ as a reference to both the date the protests officially began in Egypt, and its prominence as a trending topic on Twitter. Produced by Sami Matar, a Palestinian-American composer from Southern California, and featuring the likes of Freeway, The Narcicyst, Omar Offendum, HBO Def Poet Amir Sulaiman, and Canadian R&B vocalist Ayah – this track serves as a testament to the revolution’s effect on the hearts and minds of today’s youth, and the spirit of resistance it has come to symbolize for oppressed people worldwide.
For more on the contributors: Omar Offendum (MC #1) – http://twitter.com/Offendum, The Narcicyst (MC #2) – http://twitter.com/TheNarcicyst, Freeway (MC #3) – http://twitter.com/PhillyFreezer, Amir Sulaiman (MC #4) http://twitter.com/AmirSulaiman, Ayah (R&B Vocalist) – http://twitter.com/AyahMusic, Sami Matar (Producer) – http://twitter.com/SamiMatar, and the artwork design by Ridwan Adhami http://www.ridzdesign.com
Zack de La Rocha Feat. KRS-1 & The Last Emperor - C.I.A.
Click here for NPR reporting on U.S. dilemma.
Click here for DJ Kool Herc on health care.
Thomas Barnett on Egypt:(Via.)
Our military's relationship with the Egyptian military is long and deep and broad — as in, tens of billions of dollars of support since the mid-'70s. There's just no way Washington will stand by and watch all that gear fall into the Brotherhood's hands (like in '79), so rest assured that a vast network of personal relationships — as in, general to general — is being aggressively massaged right now. And remember: The Egyptian military has the ultimate veto, and the Pentagon holds the purse strings.
Click here for Egyptian protest footage on YouTube.
Fuck Rumsfield (click here).
Click here or here or here for more on Egypt.
Click here for Jon Stewart on Anderson Cooper getting attacked in Egypt.
Click here for an update on the Mexican Drug War; click here for Obama on legalization; click here for conservatives getting on board with sentencing reform.
Zack de La Rocha & DJ Shadow - March Of Death. (Click here for a different video mix.)
Click here to see capitalism on Cairo.
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