This is Mos Def doing a tribute to the King of Pop. He definitely did his thing! Big Ups!!!
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Real MC!!!
Yall know Wale is one of my favorites in the new pack. This video/song that he did for the Rick Cordero movie is incredible!!! Check it out!!!
This is the movie trailer. Its already won awards! Thats wassup....
This is the movie trailer. Its already won awards! Thats wassup....
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
East St. Louis Moment!!!
Miles (Dewey) Davis Biography
in full Miles Dewey Davis III
(1926–1991)
(born May 26, 1926, Alton, Ill., U.S.—died Sept. 28, 1991, Santa Monica, Calif.) American jazz musician, a great trumpeter who as a bandleader and composer was one of the major influences on the art from the late 1940s.
Starting out
Davis grew up in East St. Louis, Ill., where his father was a prosperous dental surgeon. (In later years he often spoke of his comfortable upbringing, sometimes to rebuke critics who assumed that a background of poverty and suffering was common to all great jazz artists.) He began studying trumpet in his early teens; fortuitously, in light of his later stylistic development, his first teacher advised him to play without vibrato. Davis played with jazz bands in the St. Louis area before moving to New York City in 1944 to study at the Institute of Musical Art (now the Juilliard School)—although he skipped many classes and instead was schooled through jam sessions with masters such as Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. Davis and Parker recorded together often during the years 1945–48.
Davis's early playing was sometimes tentative and not always fully in tune, but his unique, intimate tone and his fertile musical imagination outweighed his technical shortcomings. By the early 1950s Davis had turned his limitations into considerable assets. Rather than emulate the busy, wailing style of such bebop pioneers as Gillespie, Davis explored the trumpet's middle register, experimenting with harmonies and rhythms and varying the phrasing of his improvisations. With the occasional exception of multinote flurries, his melodic style was direct and unornamented, based on quarter notes and rich with inflections. The deliberation, pacing, and lyricism in his improvisations are striking.
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Miles (Dewey) Davis Biography - Biography.com
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in full Miles Dewey Davis III
(1926–1991)
(born May 26, 1926, Alton, Ill., U.S.—died Sept. 28, 1991, Santa Monica, Calif.) American jazz musician, a great trumpeter who as a bandleader and composer was one of the major influences on the art from the late 1940s.
Starting out
Davis grew up in East St. Louis, Ill., where his father was a prosperous dental surgeon. (In later years he often spoke of his comfortable upbringing, sometimes to rebuke critics who assumed that a background of poverty and suffering was common to all great jazz artists.) He began studying trumpet in his early teens; fortuitously, in light of his later stylistic development, his first teacher advised him to play without vibrato. Davis played with jazz bands in the St. Louis area before moving to New York City in 1944 to study at the Institute of Musical Art (now the Juilliard School)—although he skipped many classes and instead was schooled through jam sessions with masters such as Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. Davis and Parker recorded together often during the years 1945–48.
Davis's early playing was sometimes tentative and not always fully in tune, but his unique, intimate tone and his fertile musical imagination outweighed his technical shortcomings. By the early 1950s Davis had turned his limitations into considerable assets. Rather than emulate the busy, wailing style of such bebop pioneers as Gillespie, Davis explored the trumpet's middle register, experimenting with harmonies and rhythms and varying the phrasing of his improvisations. With the occasional exception of multinote flurries, his melodic style was direct and unornamented, based on quarter notes and rich with inflections. The deliberation, pacing, and lyricism in his improvisations are striking.
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Miles (Dewey) Davis Biography - Biography.com
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The Foreign Exchange
So I am big fan of Nicolay and Phonte's (from Little Brother)group Foreign exchange. Found out that one of the homegirls from college was in the video for one of my favorite joints. Check it out...
Also throwing a LB joint in the mix just to keep it funky.......
Also throwing a LB joint in the mix just to keep it funky.......
Craig & Lewis
So last year I ran across some you tube videos of these dudes that I found very impressive. While I am more found of Craig's voice and vocal approach, I do think that they make a pretty good team. Check them out!!!
Craig goes especially stuuuuuuupid at like 3:42. Someone kick him off something.
Oh and this joint is classic!
Craig goes especially stuuuuuuupid at like 3:42. Someone kick him off something.
Oh and this joint is classic!
Don't Doubt The Dude...He Is God
So I was semi-stressing about finding a place to make music, due to my new living situation. So what does God do....what he always does...he sets me up for a testimony. Needless to say that he set me up with a new place to get work done. The joint has everything I could ever wish for...period. I am just going to continue to pray that he blesses. I pray that he blesses the owners of my new spot exponentially, and that he blesses every piece of work that I get done there. God is Good Bidness!!!
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
THE DOPEST SON!!!!!!!!!
My 3 year old son was in a spelling bee Friday, and he was flickn on these mofos. I am soooooo proud of him. He can spell like 20 words. Did I mention that he is 3. He's gonna make me pawn my 3rd grade spelling bee championship trophy when he gets his Scripps joint.
So wherever you are today, stand and give my son a round of applause for all of his greatness.
You better fall in line, cause he might end up giving you or your seed a job!!!!
(Ok Ok...i will fall back on the world domination aspirations I have put on my sons shoulders...I just want him to be a great man and a friend of God)
So wherever you are today, stand and give my son a round of applause for all of his greatness.
You better fall in line, cause he might end up giving you or your seed a job!!!!
(Ok Ok...i will fall back on the world domination aspirations I have put on my sons shoulders...I just want him to be a great man and a friend of God)
Growing Pains & Human Resources
Its safe to say that we have all been through some pretty hard times (some of us more than others. This past week was definitely a hard one for me. My wife and I were faced with some really hard decisions. We were put in a position that really could of left us questioning whether God is really for us. We know that God has our back, but every once in a while you are put in a position where you really have to trust in the Lord. The past week(....damn that the last two years of my life )has been just that. I admit that i was really low at first. Whether people could see it on my face or not. But the beauty of how this thing works is that God puts people in your life that have a special calling to minister to you in those times of trouble.
The All-Stars:
Her ministry started on Friday. She taught me that sometimes God's blessings don't always look like blessings initially. Some times there are a blessings that look like downgrades. Sometimes we are so focused on getting what we want in the here and now that we lose sight of the big picture. Thank you Jennifer!
My mom is dope! She always finds ways to minister to me. Check this out:
When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
when the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit
Rest, if you must, but do not quit.
The more difficulties one has to encounter, within and without, the more significant and the higher in inspiration his life will be. - Horace Bushnell
I truly believe that Chezare Warren has been assigned to my life by God. Real Talk. God always gives him the perfect thing to say to me at the perfect time. He hooked me up with Psalms 37. It truly hit the spot. Thanks bro!
Lately, these moments in life always make me want to here these two songs....enjoy!!
Get Free!!!
The All-Stars:
Her ministry started on Friday. She taught me that sometimes God's blessings don't always look like blessings initially. Some times there are a blessings that look like downgrades. Sometimes we are so focused on getting what we want in the here and now that we lose sight of the big picture. Thank you Jennifer!
My mom is dope! She always finds ways to minister to me. Check this out:
When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
when the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit
Rest, if you must, but do not quit.
The more difficulties one has to encounter, within and without, the more significant and the higher in inspiration his life will be. - Horace Bushnell
I truly believe that Chezare Warren has been assigned to my life by God. Real Talk. God always gives him the perfect thing to say to me at the perfect time. He hooked me up with Psalms 37. It truly hit the spot. Thanks bro!
Lately, these moments in life always make me want to here these two songs....enjoy!!
Get Free!!!
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