FreshNerd

Finally got a link for the I.W.G. mixtape (I guess I’m not that important *sigh*). If you’re not up on Shawn (representing Inglewood, Ca) yet, get used to him because he will be a familiar face in the coming years. This mixtape is pretty dope as he goes in on some of the most retarded tracks around the industry (even on Wayne’s “La La”). Below is the track that stood out to me the most due to creativity and beat hotnessicityism (new word??). You can find the link to the complete mixtape inside of the post.

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Bay Area percussionist, John King, gives us some insight on how he honed in on his skills playing on various objects (pots, pans, buckets, ladders…oh yea, drums too). Turns out he got his drum set and congas stolen one day which led him too finding alternate objects to play on. Blessing and a curse…

p.s. Why haven’t any producers snatched this guy up yet?

So as I was at the Apple store and I realized something while looking at the iPod touch that I can’t afford. There seems to be less hard drive space than the prior clunky version that I own. At first thought I said to myself “self, this isn’t much of an upgrade if you’re getting less hard drive space.” Until I realized that music is moving to the clouds. Yes, nerds…the cloud we call the internet. Will there really be much need to lug around a chunky iPod with a 60Gb hard drive when you have your library already uploaded to lala.com or last.fm? I’d be willing to bet a pretty penny that there will be plenty more streaming sites that will be popping up left and right as soon as 3g is standard on every phone.

So what does this mean for the business model of the music industry that the dinosaurs…(oops…I mean the record labels) have in place? Who knows but they need to figure it out soon. Hopefully they don’t try to fight it like they did Napster. Which is one of the main reasons they’re in the mess that is the current situation as we speak….low album sales, poor quality music, etc. If I was them, I’d get together with these new sites and cut a deal thats fair for the label and the artist. Heck, they may even need to hire the people behind Obama’s campaign to promote these albums that they have no clue on how to promote.

Just my 2 cents….anybody else have any other suggestions? Talk to me…

Ok, I usually don’t take breaks but I need this one and it is well deserved. I’m out until next week and will be eating, drinking, and being merry with fam and friends. Yall shouldn’t be on the internet during the holidays anyways. Until next week nerds…

One of my favorite rappers got snatched up for questioning about a double murder in Philly last week. I’m hoping he had nothing to do with it and this is all a mix up but who knows. A prayer will go out to Roscoe. Meanwhile, here is an old clip from Def Comedy Jam where he basically lets us in on his life.

Erik Foss is that dude…he creates interesting, controversial pieces thought evoke some kind of emotion whether you like it or not. Don’t believe me??? Check out his website for some art that I decided not to post here (I’m in enough trouble with my web host as it is).

Click inside of post for a piece he has created of signs from homeless people to form the American flag. Great work people, check it out.

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Former skater, Ron Flores does a great job at merging his graffiti background with fine art to create his unique style. Here he talks about his beginnings in San Francisco, his dislike for the word street art, and skating.

Wow!!!….I am willing to bet this dude will have a record deal by Spring ‘09. This cat is pretty sick and you can tell he is hungry…it’s a breath of fresh air to see hungry creative artists. Word on the net is that his name is Red and he’s homeless. Hell, I may go down to Hollywood and see if I can find him myself….think I’m playin?

Wale brings the nerds a new joint produced by Cool & Dre (check the interview if you haven’t). At first listen, I almost shut it off once I heard autotune. But Ilistened some more, and was bobbin’ my head(pause) after a quick 30 seconds. Wale plays off of Audio Two’s Top Billin, while Cool & Dre creatively flip a Steam sample (Na Na Hey Hey…study your samples nerds). Definitely a joint I’ll be bangin’ for the next couple of months, autotune and all.

Wale – Chillin’

Update: Sorry nerds, had to bring down the link for 2 reasons:

1) I was asked politely

2) I respect artists. Major labels, well….that’s a different story

Here is what Wale and his manager have to say about the track:

First of all, THIS SONG IS UNFINISHED. Second of all, this song was recorded 6 months ago, before “Arab Money” came out. THIS IS WHY LEAKING UNFINISHED SONGS IS NOT A GOOD LOOK. I’ve sent emails to every single person who has posted this song and most have obliged in taking it down. Thank you for having enough respect for the music to do that. I’m reading feedback, both good and bad, on the song and it’s just so frustrating. Imagine if a scene from like, STAR WARS, leaked with no special effects on them. Or a rehearsal scene from just a regular movie. People can complain all they want about piracy but that is not the issue here. The issue is spreading demo material and passing it off as finished. Once the song’s done…shit post it everywhere, I don’t care. So please, if you are a Wale fan, please, if you see the song, leave a comment telling them to take it down. I have seen that this internet thing is actually far more civilized than you would imagine. And saying, “well everyone else is doing it” does not make it right. Come on, your parents taught you better! Only YOUUUUUUUUUUUU can save hip hop.

**update: here it is again, it’s safe now…

Chillin f. Lady Gaga – Wale

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