Although, I don’t condone the number of n-bombs dropped in this piece, I gotta say that the voiceovers had me crackin’ up. P.S. don’t take yourself too seriously today.
First, let me give credit where credit is due. DJ01 of ML fame posted this thread earlier and I happened to stumble upon earlier this afternoon when I took a sick day. A great find! How great? That I’ve been reading it for 3 hours now. Basically, earlier this month Questo invites the Okayplayer heads to post any celebrity’s name and he’ll explain his brush of fame with them. Imagine the Fat Joe on Juan Epstein episode times a hundred thousand trillion. After the jump are my faves. Here is the link for the whole thread. I warn you now, it will take up your evening or afternoon like the time you popped in Malcolm X and realized how late it was when it ended.
Uhm yeah, you can go somewhere else for that song. It is terrible, it should have went to madonna’s latest album. I guess that song was a reject from her album and common snapped it up right quick. Anywhoo’s, check out these fresh kicks from alife. I usually hate all of there shoes, but these colabs look very nice. Go somewhere else for the new updated common 2.0.
Courtesy of freshness magazine and the world of the internets.
Smirnoff just dropped the Common and Just Blaze remake of the Light. Sounds dope. Def a different feel. Is that Marsha from Floetry on the hook? Btw, I updated the Just Blaze Interview with HipHopGame. He finally explains what happened to megatrondon.com.
Common - The Light 2008 (produced by Just Blaze)
Smirnoff and Cornerstone Promotions are promoting their new Smirnoff Signature Mix drinks. For this campaign Common and Just Blaze will remake “The Light,” Q-tip and Cool n Dre will redo Tribe’s “Midnight,” and KRS-One and DJ Premier will make a new version of “Criminal Minded.” The latter is the one I am most excited about. Nike and Hip-Hop (via Just Blaze and Primo) were a good team, let’s see if Smirnoff can reach that standard.
All of the artists will be perform their classics live at the Smirnoff/Cornerstone launch party on Feb, 26th. The actual remakes will be available as a free download on Smirnoff.com later. Stay tuned for more info. Speaking of info, this was all due to Miss Info. One day we will make her blogroll. (hint, hint)
Scouring the forums, I found this dope spot by speakonitgod. Demo tapes and early recordings galore. This man did some work, so I will let him speak on it. Read the rest, you will be thank me (and him) later…
Props again to Ohword.com for this classic post. Latest to be struck with the illness but recovering I heard was the D.O.C.