I just feel like everyone should be listening to some Kendrick today. I am!
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Monthly Archives: July 2011
RIP Amy Winehouse
I’m sure everyone has heard by now, that Amy Winehouse was found dead in her apartment. Regardless of her drug and alcohol use, it is tragic to see such a talented, YOUNG woman pass away. She was 27 years old, the same age as me. I can’t imagine life ending so early because life truly gets better, the older we get. Everyone has their own feelings and opinions about her career, her life, her death, etc but it is sad to see another artist die so young. RIP Amy Winehouse.
Add-2 “Iron Mike”
It’s already been a big year for Add-2 with the MTV Suckafree Freestyle and now, his new joint, Iron Mike, has been retweeted by Common and 9th Wonder. Add has been getting a lot of love for Iron Mike and rightfully so. His new album, Save.Our.Souls is coming out soon so, stay tuned! In the meantime listen and download, Iron Mike below.
Pusha-T featuring Tyler The Creator “Trouble On My Mind” Music Video
I watched the behind the scenes for Pusha and Tyler’s video, Trouble On My Mind and the shit looked like it would be pretty cool. Well today the video hit the net and it is really dope. The song itself is the shit and both Pusha and Tyler bring it on this joint. I love this beat too. Tyler definitely stepped up to the plate with the production and the rhymes. Shout out to both Pusha-T and Tyler The Creator for this one. Pusha is dropping Fear of God 2 soon! Be on the lookout for that.
DJ Burn One “The Ashtray”
Thanks my dude Pete Sayke and an instrumental tape he found on LiveMixtapes.com, DJ Burn One’s The Ashtray is getting some play around these parts. BurnOne really brought the country rap tunes on this project. It has that UGK, Outkast feel to it. Very dope project. Expect one or two of these joints to get the Grumpy Old Men treatment. Check the project out at The Smoking Section for some real dope production. Shout out to DJ Burn One!
Blackstar
It’s Friday and it’s been a while since I went back a visited a classic. This morning I woke up and felt like Blackstar was the only thing I wanted to hear so I loaded it in my iPod and tuned out the world on my way to work. I remember the first time I heard this album and it is still one of my favorites to this day. CLASSIC SHIT!!!
Tona “Hennessy Thoughts” Music Video
I just got some more heat from my up north brethren, Tona. This time in the form of a video called Hennessy Thoughts. The track produced by Rich Kidd and is HEAT. Stay tuned for more updates from Big Tone. Silverspring Crescent coming soon! Look out!
Add-2 on Sucka Free Countdown on MTV2
The homie Add-2 continues his march to the top with incredible opportunities at every turn. This time, Add-2 kicks is Sucka Free Freestyle on MTV2. Oh yea, he destroys it too! Shout out to Lil B. Ha. In case you missed it yesterday, watch it below.
Update! Grumpy Old Men, Sunday Skool, Have You Seen My Stapler? and Paid Time Off
It’s been almost two months since the release of my mixtape, Spring Cleaning and I have been relatively quiet as far as releases, updates, etc so, I wanted to bring everyone up to speed and get people prepared for the next few projects that are coming out. First off, Spring Cleaning has been receiving incredible feedback and has over 250K downloads from Frostwire and Frostclick. That is INSANE. I want to give a big shout out and a special thanks to everyone at Frostwire and Frostclick for making Spring Cleaning such a success. First off, if you don’t know, last year, me and fellow emcee, Pete Sayke formed a group called Grumpy Old Men. Basically, last October, we got together to work on some music, ended up making it a weekly thing and decided to do a whole album. After the music started coming out CRAZY, we decided to form a group called Grumpy Old Men. We finished our first album, Sunday Skool and it is currently being mixed by Ill Brown. I have heard several mixed down tracks and they sound incredible. Both me and Pete are really excited to get the music out there. I featured a couple of our songs, Twin Bed Romping, Pulpit and Fly Away on the Spring Cleaning mixtape to give everyone a taste of how the music is coming along. Sunday Skool should be coming out in late summer around when school comes back in session. We have been performing around Chicago and been receiving great feedback. We should be releasing more music very soon.
For my two solo albums which I have mentioned several times, Have You Seen My Stapler? with SLOT-A and Paid Time Off with Phys Edison, they are both pretty much done. PTO is in the process of getting mixed and putting finishing touches on some things. Stapler is about 2 or 3 songs away from being completed and then we will be getting it mixed ASAP too. I’m hoping to release Stapler by the end of the year or early next year and Paid Time Off for spring/summer next year. In the meantime, stay tuned for more updates and check out both of my mixtapes The Prize Package Volume 1 and Spring Cleaning. Grumpy Old Men will be performing more shows around Chicago and hopefully a couple festivals around the US this fall. Check out a Grumpy Old Men exclusive, Fly Away from the Spring Cleaning mixtape below.
Pusha T “Trouble on My Mind” featuring Tyler The Creator
Fire!!!! Shout out to Pusha and Tyler The Creator
