Here’s the dealy. I am so busy with other things now in my life– like other business endeavors, family life, kids, etc.– that I just don’t have the time that is necessary to become a full time artist. BUT– I still have a passion for making dope, positive hip hop music. So here’s what I’m considering: instead of waiting a few years between each album from me and making you pay for those albums, I am considering offering a song each month for free download. This will probably replace any albums I will likely do in the future. I will just offer a free song for downloading each month. So what say ye? Good idea? Bad idea? Let me know what you think of this idea in the comments section!
So I recently saw a new documentary film out B-Boys called Planet B-Boy. It is about Battle of the Year- a worldwide B-Boy battle held each year in Germany. It is utterly INSANE. The film extemely really dope and it chronicled the journeys of several crews that made it to the finals in 2006 (I believe). It had in depth interviews and footage of the journey to the finals of France’s crew Phase-T, USA crew’s Knucklehead Zoo (they didn’t make it to the finals), Japan’s crew Ichigeki, South Korea’s crew Last for One, and the defending champions- South Korea’s crew Gamblerz. Personally, I thought Japan’s crew Ichigeki was the illest– their creativity, style, individuality and unison was just unbelievable and unmatchable. The pic above is a pic of the Ichigeki crew in the movie. So go see the movie! Support B-Boys! Support the B-Boy culture! You can check out more about the film here: www.planetbboy.com
I decided to let y’all know what tracks I’ve been digging lately. Some may be old and outdated, some may be new and fresh. Either way, the tracks represent something that I love about music or hip hop culture. I’m probably breaking tons of copyright laws by doing this– but wutevers. I am giving props to dope musicians and not offering any unauthorized downloads of other people’s music. Of course the tracks will all be clean, positive hip hop. So it is with pleasure I present to you the first ever DIG DOWN:
This month’s song comes to you from One Be Lo. A dope MC out of Pontiac, Michigan. This track is off his last album S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M. He has a new album out called “Rebirth” but I haven’t really been digging it that much. Either way, this track is called “Rocketship” and is just the pure essence of dope hip hop– from the beat, to the rhyming, to the lyrics– it’s just good ol’ fashioned dope hip hop. A classic track all around.



