RECAP: Brooklyn Bodega's Show & Prove

It was a good time at Public Assembly last night.

Here are some of the pictures from the event: PHOTOS

TBW: KRS-One "BEEF"

This week's THROWBACK OF THE WEEK (TBW): KRS-ONE "BEEF"

I always joke around how this is my drug of choice - but it's the truth.  All the growth hormones they pump into the creatures and the GMOs and pesticides in the feed they eat all go into your body and collect up.  Not to mention that they're not even making beef the normal way through sex or husbandry tactics - they're playing God and creating them through test tubes.  I guess all that jive talk about KFC creating test tube chicken back in the days was based on truth!  Enjoy those veggies, kiddies.

1990 - "Edutainment" Album

EVENT 4/16: Brooklyn Bodega's Show & Prove for BHF

Brooklyn Bodega's got their April Installment of Show and Prove.  This event was created to shine light on local indie acts and give them a chance to open for the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival.

The BHF is the largest Hip Hop festival every summer in NYC.  It'll be their 5th year so it's a big milestone for them.  It's a multigenerational event so the whole clan can come and enjoy.

Let's make sure we pick the right MC to start the show off proper.  Come through to Public Assembly and get it crackin!  See you there.

Digiwaxx Cypher Series: Go Hard or Go Home with go-d

Go Hard or Go Home: ft. Hedonis Da Amazon, Malik 16, go-d from Digiwaxx TV on Vimeo

go-d was featured on Digiwaxx Media's Cypher Series: Go Hard or Go Home.

EVENT 4/16: Gotham Connect Presents Najee, Lilian Borunda, Van Attah High

Every 3rd Thursday of the month, the fellas at Gotham Connect throw an Industry Networking Party as well as showcase some of the talent NYC has to offer.

The venue is dope:

Angels & Kings - 500 E.11th St. @ Ave. A NYC

This time, the performers are:

• NAJEE
• LILIAN BORUNDA
• VAN ATTAH HIGH

It's not Hip Hop music, but it's good music =)

HIP HOP: State of Emergency

Is it just me or the caliber of Hip Hop music is slowly declining from the stagnant plateau Jay-z and his generation created? Do y'all feel bad for the children just as much as I do when you listen to the radio? S. M. H.

The market's saturated with the same sound, copycat artists, same message. The times we are in are electric! We have a black President of the United States, banks are crashing globally, and the poverty level in the world is rising (heck, even the rich are getting poor). Not to mention that there is a dynamic power shift going on. Have we forgotten Hip Hop is a social outlet and not just made for mind-numbing entertainment?

We need to be in the forefront of all this change. The Hip Hop community cannot rely on major corporations like labels and media outlets to lead its growth. They are just supposed to reflect the growth. WE make Hip Hop grow.

The caliber of Hip Hop music and its content reflects the state of Hip Hop culture.

Simpleton lyrics and non-relatable topics command the forefront of the game.

(Really, you're gonna tell me a majority of people know what it's like to sell crack? And please, don't tell me you're going to steal me from my man. Real women will take offense. In this recession, do I really want to hear how much money you have? Sounds like a mark for a jook to me.)

Let me pose a few questions. Maybe together, with all our brain power, we can spark some positive change.

• Are you tired of songs that make you feel like your IQ is receding?
• Doesn't it make you feel weird when a violent/sexually explicit song comes on and a 5 year old knows ALL THE WORDS to it?
• When was the last time you heard a Hip Hop song (not playing on our old school Pandora station) that you learned something from?
• Or a song that was multigenerationally appropriate (a song that doesn't offend your granny, your daddy, and your little baby)?

I know that Hip Hop is supposed to reflect the streets and it is an art form to help express people's environments.

But really, **enter rapper here** is no Langston Hughes.
Our modern poets no longer paint vivid imagery that captivate our imagination.
Another S.M.H.

Hip Hop lovers have grown up. I know I have.
Are we subjected to mainstream redundancy?
Can people *ahem - major labels* that only see Hip Hop as a capitalistic venture tell us what's quality and what isn't?
Idealistically, I'd like to say NO to those questions.
Does reality say otherwise?

PREMIER EVENT: Lifestyle @ Fresthetic BK - 4/14 TONIGHT

Those Fresthetic boys are at it again. This time they are showcasing Bay Area photographer Leo Docuyanan. Come check them out. I'll definitely be around to show love. See you then!

go-d "Slave Owners (A Letter To Nas & Jay)

Hip Hop Artist go-d has done it again.

Nas made it a hot line.
Jay made it a hot song.
go-d made it a hot concept.

We'd love to hear your take on it.
What do you think? Is it thought provoking, passe, revolutionary, old news, crazy, hot, etc?
Did you know those things about those former Presidents who founded the American institution?

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