WANNA MAKE BEATS ? NO EQUIPMENT? MAKE IT ONLINE...

SOMETIMES DURING MY MUSIC PROCESS THERE CAN BE BREAKS BETWEEN WRITING , EDITING AND CREATING I GET BORED EASILY SO I USUALLY HOP ONLINE AND SEE WHATS NEW THE OTHER DAY I WAS SURFING AND SAW THIS VIRTUAL BEAT MAKING SITE . ITS CRAZY CAUSE IT ACTUALLY RECREATES SOME VINTAGE GEAR (EQUIPMENT) IN REAL TIME . GIVE IT A SPIN AND YOU TOO CAN BE THE NEXT BIG PRODUCER (SMILE) AND ADD ON TO YOUR SAVING CASH FOR GAS FUND LOL

COPY THE LINK BELOW

http://www.hobnox.com/index.1056.en.html

VIDEO OF THE WEEK- OPIO "TALK DIRTY"

I HAVE NOT BEEN TOO MUCH IN JOURNALIST MODE LATELY JUST WAY TOO MUCH GOING ON WITH THE MIXTAPE COMPLETION SO SIT BACK AND WATCH THIS JOINT .. NICE SUMMER SPOT FOR SURE..



OPIO - Talk Dirty

Hip HoP - remember when it was Okay to dance ?

I REMEMBER WHEN EVERY HIP HOP GROUP HAD A DJ SOMETIMES TWO AND DANCERS .. DANCERS ALWAYS PLAYED A VERY INTERGRAL PART IN THE STAGE SHOW . EVEN IN THAT ERA CIRCA 80'S EARLY 90'S PEOPLE DID MORE DANCING THAN STANDING AND POSTURING AT HIP HOP PARTIES OR SHOWS ... I USED TO WORK OUT TO BIG DADDY KANE EXACTLY LIKE THE VIDEO BELOW
ZHIGGIE 'RAKIN IN THE DOUGH ( YEAH I HAD TO REP MY OLD HOOD HARLEM )


AND WHEN I CAME FROM GETTING MY HI-TOP FADE I FELT EVEN MORE EMPOWERED TO BREAK OUT IN A WINDMILL .. I AM A B-BOY AT HEART SO I ALWAYS HAVE NOT REALLY HAD A PROBLEM WITH ANYONE DANCING ..THE PROBLEM NOW IS NOT THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING DANCES IS JUST THAT THE MUSIC I HAS BECOME SO LAME ( I KNOW ITS OBEJECTIVE RIGHT ) HEY EVEN I AM ENTITLED TO MY OPINION. WHERE DID ALL THIS COME FROM ... I WAS ONLINE TODAY AND SAW THIS FONSWORTH BENTLEY VIDEO AND MY MIND JUST WENT BACK SEEING THEM DANCE SO CHECK THIS PIECE OUT ....


AND F.Y.I. I WONT BE DOING TO MUCH OUTSIDE OF SWAYING AT MY NEXT SHOW lOL

NY - HIP HOP HEADS GO GREEN ( SOLAR POWERED FESTIVAL)

HIP HOP HEADS PERFORM GREEN ???
Finally an answer to the age-old question: how does one run a solar-powered festival on an overcast, stormy day? With a lot of interruptions - as The Citysol Festival, New York City’s best and only solar energy music festival proved over the weekend at Stuyvesant Cove Park. Actually, the breaks in the music had less to do with the sun playing hide-and-seek as it did with the intermittent buckets of water pouring from the sky. The concept was to promote solar energy and advocacy by running four days worth of activities on the sun. A solar-paneled house sat behind the small stage, hosting the festival’s batteries, which collected solar energy whenever it could and remained charged enough to keep Saturday’s lineup of bands running throughout the day and night. Facing the stage were a series of plywood pavilions lined with triangular panels that looked more like an Indian shantytown than an environmental display. Whatever their true purpose, they were used as temporary shelters from the sun and rain.

In conjunction with the festival . ANTHONY MARSHALL ( 0NE OF THE FOUNDERS OF LYRICIST LOUNGE ) AND DJ get Live released a Green Orientated hip hop mix cd ..This year's CitySol Festival also came along with a FREE MIXTAPE! Produced to coincide with the festival, this digital download mixtape features new music from Estelle, John Legend and Andre 3000, Santogold, Tanya Morgan, Talib Kweli and CRAC.

It's mixed by rising New York DJ sensation Getlive and hosted by Lyricist Lounge co-founder and Current TV producer Ant Marshall. It also features original cover art by Fresh Daily of AOK.

It's not only a classic summer mixtape but a means to bring awareness to CITYSOL and the efforts of the SOLAR 1 organization. With the energy crisis in full swing and global warming facing us everyday we all must work to get information about solar power as an alternative resource. This mix is our effort to continue to learn more and then pass along the message. Plus how many mixtapes you hear sampling RALPH NADER breaking down why solar power is the answer?!









click here to DOWNLOAD - www.digiwaxx.com/green



SO PLEASE CONSERVE ENERGY (g0 green!! ), RECYCLE AND AS YOUR NANA ALWAYS SAID EAT ALL YOUR VEGETABLES LOL - SAFARI-BLACK !!