Why? Because Busta (and Wayne) shitted on this muffukka, that’s why. Nod your head and ENJOY!

Upbeat rap & oldschool music you don’t normally hear mixed together. Unreleased (extended) version of my hip hop/electro mix from January 2009.

Applications used: ProTools and Serato

I’ll say! He even threw yours truly on there rockin over the Mr.Oizo Flat Beat (I seriously have no recollection of this what so ever) Anyways… it’s a dope mix that you should ALL have while you work out, since you ALL are in the gyms going IN since you ALL made your New Years Resolutions right? hahahaha I keed. I keed. Peep tho…

JonLorenzo-RenegadeSound by jonlorenzo

TL & DL after the after…

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20-motherfucking-11! Man this new year came so fast I looked up and it was the 3rd already. Blame it on the NYE champagne diet. Oh well. Better late than never to kick of this new year with a new slew of ill shit from Asher Roth & Nottz, D.A. of Chester French, Chip Tha Ripper, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, Method Man, Redman,  CurT@!N$, Mark Ronson, Saigon, Rhymefest, Blu, Tennille, Supreme Team, Chris Brown, Jazmine Sullivan, Gorillaz, David Banner & 9th Wonder, The Kickdrums, Kanye West & Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Fashawn, Common, John Legend, Self-Scientific, Freddie Gibbs, Krondon, and Nas! Whooo! If you didn’t see at least one artist on that list that you like then you’re on the wrong site buddy. Without further ado to those in the know, partake!

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It’s October 1st…so you know what that means! A brand new installment of your favorite compilation of the freshest + dopest new music there is to offer…Blind I Says GO! This month I’ve prepared a great selection of works from the day’s best and brightest to help you smash whatever tasks you’re facing this month with ease. Take a second and indulge in this!

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All tragic everything

Erykah shed her clothes to, as I understand it, make a statement about groupthink and how the culture of this country strikes down those who refuse to conform. In using her body to make this statement, the singer also presents some other very important commentary in the process. By striding through the streets of Dallas naked as the day she was born, without the aid of foundation garments or editing tricks to enhance her frame, Badu informs us that she is the owner of her body. She knew very well that her nudity would be interpreted very differently than say, Alanis Morrisette’s in “Thank You” or D’Angelo in “Untitled (How Does It Feel)”. Embodying Star Jones’ code of “free, Black and grown“, Badu allowed herself to be vulnerable in a very powerful way. And the conversations sparked thus far have certainly made her efforts seem worth it.

To be clear, I am not comparing Kat Stacks to Erykah in terms of levels of bravery or agency. I watched a video of her speaking and it’s obvious that this young woman has some serious challenges (she spoke like she was either on drugs or perhaps what is referred to in schools as “teachable mentally retarded”). There is something disgusting about this woman bragging about sleeping with an entire crew of men and then coming forward to air them out: not for cheating on their girlfriends or mistreating her, but for misrepresenting their wealth (“All them niggas is roommates”….I can’t). I want to go upside this girl’s head. Reprogram her, teach her some lessons about self-worth. She may be naked on camera, but she’s for DAMN sure no Badu.

I’m not giving Stacks a gold star or exalting her as some sort of heroine. But by coming forward, as so many groupies and “side chicks” are doing these day, Stacks and other descendants of Superhead are forcing the public (and their former paramours) to see them as human beings. Is this her intention? Doubt that. She’s trying to get paid, cash in on the noteriety. As we saw with Karrine Steffans, there’s an opportunity to host some parties, maybe get in King and have a book deal. Please know that this chick isn’t gonna be the last one coming forward either. This is a new day, indeed.

While most of us  have great disdain for women ‘like’ Kat Stacks and question their behavior and their reasons for coming forward, it is worth noting that there was a level to which these womens’ bodies were not their own. They were to be a recepticle, a vessle. To be used when and whence a man of means (real or implied) saw fit. They were the sum of their titties and a$s and their ability to suck and f*ck. Nothing more. Wheather a woman dances in videos to pay her tuition or simply sleeps with famous men for a sense of validation, wheather she was promised a relationship or it was made very clear that her only role was on her back and with her mouth shut…she’s a human being. And America’s misogyny, one of the ripest form being that of Hip-Hop culture, has allowed us to view a class of women as sub-human for far too long. The emergences of the Kat Stacks of the world make us uncomfortable and understandibly so. They force us to truly look them in the eye and examine how they got to this point.

It’s not fair for us to continue perpetuating this notion of pimps and whores. The world has changed. The men who bed these women should share the same ill repute or the women should have equal footing to own these relationships and say “and what?” As I said in my piece on side chicks for Clutch, there’s no second class of woman that exists to solely satisfy the needs and tastes of men. Rappers have gotten rich off the bodies of mostly Black and brown women: tales of their exploits with girls who seemed to exist on no other level than to be pleasurable places for “successful men”. They are treated with the value of a pair of sneakers. And though many women have willingly signed up for this treatment, there is an extent to where the “groupie” lifestyle looks appealing to a lot of girls. You get to be in some videos, which means you are pretty and desirable. You may get a few gifts, some trips or perhaps some fancy dinners.We live in a celebrity obsessed culture where people gladly measure their own worth by their proximity to the rich and powerful (real or perceived). So long as there are men looking for Karrines and Kats, there will be Karrines and Kats. And so long as men dog these women out, I don’t feel much sympathy for them when the “sluts” strike back.

The Hip-Hop community and many of those who are merely patrons, not participants, has gladly bought in to this very antiquated notion of expecting women to bear the burden of sexual morality. For years, these rappers have dogged women out and made a lot of money doing so. Now some of the girls want a piece of the pie. I judge Kat Stacks the same way I do the raggedy Young Money “roommates” that allegedly bedded her: a bunch of sick, misguided young people perpetuating notions of unhealthy sexuality for the eager ears of young listeners. It’s time that we start using the same lense to judge the men that we do the women. It’s not fair to give a man props for the same liason for which we’d shame a woman. And if these men don’t want their sexual business aired out, then I suggest they learn to be wiser about the women they spend their time with and, dare I say it, start treating women like thinking, feeling human beings instead of cum recepitcles.

It may seem like I’m going out of my way to defend women who’ve done some unseemly things, but our culture of ‘slut shaming’ is misogynistic and continues an unrealistic cycle of virgin/whore mandates. This isn’t just a rapper issue; listen to some of your buppie homeboys talk about how they can’t take a woman seriously if they can name one person she’s been with.  While our society has envolved in many ways and total purity is no longer demanded of women, there are still some huge hurdles to climb. I’m not advocating the notion that women should act like men have historically, but rather, that we all shoulder some responsibility for treating our partners with respect.  And that we don’t shame a woman for doing what a man gets props for.

As for Kat Stacks and the Young Money roommates…I say spray them all with some flea bath and get them to the “long peach couch” of  a therapist post haste. But this moment in time, from Erykah’s bearing of her body in the name of freedom to Kat’s exposure in the name of funds, is worth noting. Women must own their bodies and refuse to allow the powers that be or the men around us to define our sexuality or our worth. Hopefully, we will see more women looking to Badu than Kat Stacks for clues on what that looks like.

Wayne has had one of the more interesting careers in Hip-Hop, as far as the genre’s megastars go. Two years older than myself, he’s arguably the most significant rapper of our generation (before you choke on the letters ‘J’ and ‘Z’, please be reminded that being born in 1969 qualifies one for a different generation), a fact I personally find depressing. Wayne’s been on Hip-Hop’s radar since 1997 when he was a marginal member of the marginal Hot Boyz. Somehow, to the complete shock of many (well, me at least), Wayne released some mixtapes that forced people to view him as a credible rapper. In the past five years, we’ve watched dude take a drug addled ride to the top of the charts, bringing along motley crew of scallywags and awkwardly cast clique members (Wheelchair Jimmy, stand the fuck up). He’s done more guest appearances in the past two years than some rappers will in an entire career. He’s been both a hipster darling and a hood staple. He had enough sons in one year to start an R&B group.

And now he’s going to jail. And I can’t help but to be a little glad.

To be completely fair, it’s worth acknowledging that Black men in general and rappers ESPECIALLY are unfairly profiled by the police. Yes, certain cities have task forces that are charged specifically with keeping an eye on rappers (including New York, where Wayne got popped). Common sense would tell you that the additional scruitiny should be the impetus to be EXTRA careful. If you know the police are watching, why make it so easy for them?

Wayne could afford security and armed bodyguards. But like so many other rappers (or ball players- what up, Plax?) he felt the need to maintain this image and this fake thug lifestyle. And perhaps he needed to convince himself. So he rolled with a piece and he got popped. It’s hard for me to summon sympathy when someone who had every way OUT of the worst parts of street life chooses to stay in.

Which is why shit like this makes me sick. Do you know why people wore “Free Huey” shirts and carried “Free Angela” signs? Do you know why people have spent 30 years talking about “Free Mumia”? BECAUSE THEY WERE POLITICAL PRISONERS. Because they didn’t deserve to be in jail.  Yet, the Hip-Hop generation seems to feel that any nigglet they like should be let out because they like them. The Man didn’t set Wayne up. The “pigs” didn’t tell T.I. to go looking for guns with “no flash, no bang”.

I can’t lie, I’m looking forward to a year without people pretending like Wayne’s drug induced warbling is so damn profound. I’m hoping his crew of misfits will disband, Drake will find an authentic sound of his own and popular Hip-Hop can restore some dignity after 5 years of the goblin menace reining supreme. Confidence in this, however, is low. Wayne speaks to the faily fail fail that is much of Hip-Hop’s young audience- a group that was in the lower grades when BIG passed and has an astounding lack of both exposure to and intrest in what most of us on this site would call the best of Hip-Hop’s history. And then you have full grown ass men like DJ Khaled:

He's the worst. Who? He.

At the very least, I hope the loss of Wayne’s freedom for a year serves as a lesson to you young punks that the law is still the law. You wanna act like a thug, go’n head. *Edit* And I sincerely hope that the dude gets clean in prison, though I think his money will give him access to continue his habits. I think a sober Wayne actually might have some very thoughtful things to say.

PS- Because it entertains me so, here is the conversation I had with No about Wayne’s incarceration:

no: yo.o o i got this idea for a piece on the site
me: okkk
no:  i want it to be about lil wayne
and how him being locked up is a blessing to us all
how we wont have to deal with his crap ass music for a minute or crap ass self period
me: LMFAO!
no: and then question todays youth
me: Word
no: on following this dude like jesus
and question the idiots pressing up FREE WAYNE tshirts
when the dude aint on some mumia schitt. he’s  being locked up for thinking he was scarface or some schitt

me: Word f’n life
no: and cats runnin round with free wayne shirts like hes a valuable credible influence on todays generation
me: I like this
no: like if he was jay elec
me: Right. He makes Hov look like Chuck D.
no: !!!!!!!!!!!!!  im just dead tired of this fools campaign like fuckin tim teabow
me: LMAO!
no: and i seen his stupid lil road to rikers schitt…
talkin bout they can take my time, but they wont take my spirit or my love and rah rah rah rah
me: Like he’s a political prisoner
“Wayne, stay strong”
WTF
no: im like yeah yeah yeah… save it for oprah
me: Meanwhile, the NY crips are waiting for his ASS
no: right!? okay?
annnnnnd… im watching this schitt like… really nigga?
u put yourself there
YOU taking your time away from YOU
me: Right
no: fuckin morsel of shit
me: This is a great idea

Here’s a gem I’ll drop off to you guys before I head to the hospital for these young chest x-rays. A nigga dying and still dropping you heat! These are the visuals for Erykah Badu’s “Jump Up In The Air (Stay There) Feat. Lil. Wayne. Definitely the dopest video I’ve seen in a while.

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