Nas & Damian Marley Distant Relatives REVISITED

We previously posted (12/15)the live stream of Nas and Damian Marley on a panel hosted by Sway explaining the definition of the Distant Relatives Project.If you missed it here is a brief vid with a few sound bytes of what to expect.This album is going to be crazy!

Northface meets Ipod

The Hustle Audio Jacket by The North Face is wired for sound, letting you tuck away your iPod and control it using a joystick on the left sleeve.It retails for around $600.Hope it come with the Ipod for that price.

The Racist PC

Everyday the PC becomes more and more evolved,except this new PC on the market from Hewlett Packard with face tracking software.It is designed to follow your face once detected,the only thing is...it may not have come in contact with a lot of Negroes,lol.Don't believe me...
Peep


Thank You HP for setting the Black Race back a couple of Notches!

Mos Def Jay Electronica Holiday (prod Just Blaze)

Highly Anticipated...@Skillzva '09 Rap Up

As always @skillzva didn't disappoint this year with the '09 rap up.The most anticipated song of this years end.
Peep

Young Forever Jay-z Ft. Mr Hudson

NOW SOME IMPORTANT WORDS FROM KARNIEGE......

KARNIEGE
CAN I KICK IT VOL.2 P.S.A

NEW YORK STAND UP!!!!

IT'S 50.....Do you think about me,Ok, You're Right

Happy F'N Holidays....

Cory Gunz again... This kid needs major endorsement.

Cory Gunz Goes in.....as always!!!

Russian President Vlamir Putin Praises HIP-HOP

Russia President Putin goes on record at the Russian Hip Hop Battle for Respect as saying hip hop is the voice of the streets,Graffiti and Breakdance is elegant artwork and even attempts to Rock on stage...WOW

Holiday GRILCH from the Homie MarQ Spekt...FREE DOWNLOAD

Those who have followed the "Broady Champ" since the late 90's and kept your eyes to the ground during Spekt's J.D. Salinger-esque hiatus from the game, finally have what they have been waiting for. Bloodlust 2 is a labor of love and the first album to hand anyone who wants to know what he MarQ Spekt is about. Barbwire rhymes, scrunch your face up verses, the "grilchiness" that you've been missing.

A lot of variety and styles on this mixtape, yet it serves as only an appetizer to 2 upcoming Spekt solo projects The Scalpel and Persona Non Grata as well as follow up Broady Champs, Invizzibl Men and random verses scattered throughout 2010. The Future of HipHop comes from someone with a deep grasp of that grimy 90's era. This is Hoody music, anti tight jeans, bringing back some testosterone to the game. follow the kid @marcusrespekt for twitter rants or www.thegrittycommittee.com
DOWNLOAD Bloodlust Vol. 2 NOW for FREE

1. Prelude
2. Introductory fees
3. Guttersnipin'2 -ft.LexBoogiefromtheBX,Akil Nuru
4. Broken Halo-ft.HiCoup,Karniege,Vordul Mega
5. the Corner-freestyle
6. Murder Illastrated-ft Dynas
7. the LightShow1
8. This is HipHop-ft Messiah,LexBoogiefromtheBX
9. Lexilla-ft.Stahhr the Empress,J-Live,Ozy Reigns,Huey P Capone
10. 151 Banger Illastrate remix-ft. Broady Champs
11. The Ogeez-ft.LexBoogiefromtheBX,Akil Nuru
12. Kill that efffa@#@# freestyle
13. Metal Face Rucker Park shit
14. Conflict at the Embassy-ft LexBoogiefromtheBX
15. T.O.P ft-Huey P Capone aka Nyce
16. LightShow2-ft.Messiah
17. Dream_Rough
18. Thin Air-ft Karniege
19. the Hoook snippet-ft CrayzWalz,ThirstinHowlII,SeanPrice
20. Summer of 99'-ft ID4Windz,SkitSlam,John Robinson aka Lil' Sci
21. True HipHop Stories


ENJOY!

Raekwon breaks down the classics

I agree 100% with every jawn he picked too. Y'all don't know but I'm thankful every day to actually be blessed enough to know what HipHop really is and to have been around long enough to remember it. Not saying that the shit today is all wack, but the records he picked are authentic, and gave us a feeling that can't b described if u weren't there.

Japan is Holding Out,New Fujitsu Phone Splits in Two!

The Fujitsu F-04B Cell phone is touch screen,has a detachable keyboard,12 mp camera,waterproof,has a projector function,you can spray perfume on a piece of it to make it smell good and it has a golf swing analyzer?!?!Now we know half of the functions on this phone are irrelevant but you gotta love the innovateness of this phone concept...oh and it is not scheduled for release in other countries.
Boooooo Japan!!! Scheduled for release in April 2010

Merry X-mas from the Gritty Committe

Santa Claus is a Black Man?...Word!Found this joint buried in the cut.Produced by Teddy Vann feat. his daughter Akim.Very Popular in New Orleans but not really heard anywhere else.This album maybe a collector's item soon so if you are digging and find it...Christmas may come Early!

Gritty Flyness:The New DJ Clark Kent Barbeque AF1's

These joint is extra Saucey

Barbeque Brown / Barbeque Brown-Golden Bg-Black

Reflection Eternal feat Kweli,Jay Electronica,J.Cole and Mos Def

This shyt is STUUUUPID!Hightech on the Beat

Niggerette Gum

I been following these cats from SPOCTV for a while. They really got that Dave Chapelle Sketch Comedy Appeal,that was lost after Chapelle Show was canceled.They did a show here in Atlanta a few months back called "Def Poetry Scam",Hilarious!

Peep SPOC.TV

The Karate Kid 2010 Movie Trailer

Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan are the perfect cast for this part .This movie is going to be an Ill re-make of the Original.Everything must come back around!
Looks Dope!
Peep


Coming Summer 2010

MarQ Spekt – Bloodlust Vol 2

This project according to Spekt is the definitive project from him. A step above everything released thus far and boasts strong collabo’s and features. Rhyming along side some of the Undergrounds finest MC’s including Karniege, Messiah, Vordul Mega, Sean Price, J-Live, Stahhr the Empress, Thirstin Howl 3rd, Broady Champs, C-Rayz Walz, John Robinson, Skit Slam, Dynas and others.

This project according to Spekt is the definitive project from him. A step above everything released thus far and boasts strong collabo’s and features. Rhyming along side some of the Undergrounds finest MC’s including Karniege, Messiah, Vordul Mega, Sean Price, J-Live, Stahhr the Empress, Thirstin Howl 3rd, Broady Champs, C-Rayz Walz, John Robinson, Skit Slam, Dynas and others.
MarQ Spekt – Bloodlust Vol 2

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CERTIFIED GRILCHY

Black Hair...The Gritty Truth

We did a post for the movie trailer for the Chris Rock Movie"Black Hair a few months ago,at that time we received a comment on the post from one of our followers Aron Ranen a.k.a RealitySurfer,on how he had made a movie about this very same thing back in 2006.
Now "Good Hair was very eye opening and much needed,but It was also very commercialized.
In his documentary Aron went to the heart of the problem...the streets. He was able to get Asians to open up to him because for one,I can't recall a time when I have seen Koreans being questioned about this so they were open to talk,even though the film was done in the early 2000's?!!
This is not just a film that women can relate to,Men also shop at beauty supply stores.
Just ask yourself how many Black Owned Beauty Supply Stores do you know of...Don't worry,we'll wait...
part1

part2

part3

part4

Part1 London

Part2


This Documentary is CERTIFIED GRITTY!

Dollarmentary x Redman in Amsterdam

Canibus Flips Out On Invasion Radio, Refuses to Freestyle

Cory Gunz Freestyle

What What

The Gritty Flyness continues

Columbo Black Ft. Perfecto - Year Born God

MVPuppets: Dunking On Reindeer

You probably get tired of seeing this one, but while its still fresh and in season here we go...

Pyrex Vision

Raekwon

DC - Cop Waves Gun at Snowball Fight

Joel Ortiz ft. Corey Gunz- Line Em up

Homeless Emcee

French Montana Ft. Ma$e NY Min Remix

Killer Mike says"Find Dope Shit"

Killer Mike breaks down the #1 responsibility of Hip Hoppas today...and that is to "find dope shit".#realtalk

Feel free to comment on who you feel the Dope Emcees are that don't get the shine they deserve.
spotted @ cocaineblunts

The story of Fela Kuti and 9 of his 27 Wives on Broadway

Broadway is currently showing the story of 9 of the 27 real life wives of Nigerian Afrobeat musician Fela Kuti.
Fela was a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician,composer,pioneer of afrobeat music,human rights activist, and also considered a political agitator.
Fela married(his 27 wives)them collectively in what he considered a personal and political gesture as he fought against Nigeria’s corrupt authoritarian regime and defended traditional African culture.The women have no individual lines. In any other show they would be considered part of the chorus. Yet they dance and sing at Fela’s nightclub, the Shrine, in the Lagos of the late ’70s.
Fela endured prison and later suffered from AIDS.He was 58 when he died in 1997.
full story


Look out for the "ODE to Fela" joint from Mikeflo Produced by Lexboogie from the Bronx "SCATTAH"

Take 'em to School Free

New Freeway & Jake One "Know What I Mean". Free is mos def on his shyt!

Mos Def, Black Thought and Eminem

2009 BET Awards Cypher #3: Mos Def, Black Thought and Eminem. from Douglas Rogers on Vimeo.

Dude got skillz

He gets crazy with the drums at the end.

In the studio with The Gladiators

Innocence Project Helps Free Man after 35 years

James Bain was convicted of raping a 9 year old boy in 1974 and has been serving time in FL. state prisons every since.He has spent a total of 35 years behind bars.He was freed after DNA testing concluded that he could not have commited the crime.
Florida last year passed a law that automatically grants former inmates found innocent $50,000 for each year they spent in prison. No legislative approval is needed. That means Bain is entitled to $1.75 million.

here

Who needs a Dr.when you have a Blackberry?!?!

When Leroy Smith's pregnant wife started going into labor, the desperate dad didn't turn to the doctors, but to Google.
"I wasn't sure what I was going to do so I just looked up the instructions using my BlackBerry.
"I was very, very nervous. I never thought I'd actually have to do it.
"The BlackBerry told me that when I saw the head, I had to support it.
By following the step-by-step instructions he found on wikiHow,he delivered his baby girl, Mahalia Merita Angela Smith.
And Dr.'s make how much for delivering babies???
here

Thugs Get Chilli Too...Get a Thuggie!

You know u want a Thuggie?!?!LoLz,50 is a fool for this...

The Real Young $$$... in the Making

Damon Williams is a 14 year old investor worth over 50,000 already.He is well on his way to being a millionaire,has stock in NIKE and he is even teaching kids younger than himself to analyze stocks...everything he knows he learned from his mama!
Peep

On the Road w.CNN &Raekwon (ATL)(NC)

CNN,9th Wonder&Raekwon Discuss “The War Report 2″

Swine Flu Vaccine Recall ???

 The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention announcing a swine flu vaccine recall, "but there is no reason to worry". It does not involve a safety issue. It's a potency issue.
 The CDC is recalling 800-thousand of these doses because they apparently have an insufficient amount of an active ingredient, but officials say the effectiveness of the vaccine is only a little below the optimal level and is still expected to help the body fight off the swine flu.
  But to be sure, they are encouraging parents to get their young child a booster shot, that they recommended anyway, to get more protection from the swine flu.

GRITTY FLAVORS (BUN B Air Force 1)

Only a true sneaker head can properly pull off a sneaker “re-creation”. The kicks seen here are designed by rapper Bun B who stopped by 21 Mecer to create a very cool Air Force 1 inspired by the Air Jordan XI space Jams, Nike this is how you SHOULD do a Air Jordan X Air Force Hybrid. The shoes feature a black mesh upper with a patent leather toe and heel tab along with a white midsole that sits on a clear, icey sole.

Canibus&Prof Griff on Illuminati Rappers "Dead by Design"

Canibus and Prof. Griff go in on rappers and their roles in the "Illuminati".Canibus is stil one of the nicest emcess and it shows it on this track.

Distant Relatives

Nas and Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley explore the African origin of reggae and hip-hop music as they debate and celebrate the culture's global impact with a panel of pioneers - Live From National Geographic HQ in Washington, D.C.

SOS DJ Specialty in the Bronx

Is your Default Pic a Lie?!?!

lolz

Sprint&T-mobile Merger Highly Possible in 2010

Analyst sees Sprint, T-Mobile merging in 2010
Sprint T-Mo merger would rival size of ATT

Citi Investment Research sparked a reaction in the market today by predicting that Sprint and T-Mobile will merge before the end of 2010. Company analyst Michael Rollins in a note increased the odds of a deal to 55 percent as Sprint may not consider its job cuts and cellphone business improvements enough to offset widening losses. It could change its mind in the first half of the year if any service changes in the winter don't bear fruit, Rollins explained.

A merger with T-Mobile would instantly put the combined entity back into competition with the two larger carriers, AT&T and Verizon. Sprint and T-Mobile have 48.3 million and 33.4 million cellphone customers respectively, but with 81.7 million combined as of this fall, a new entity would edge out AT&T's current base by 100,000 subscribers.

The two carriers have typically denied rumors of a merger, and T-Mobile is unofficially thought to be uninterested in Sprint for now.

Both providers have lost customers defecting to a larger network for either halo devices like the iPhone or Sprint's once poor customer support, but a merger would face multiple obstacles. Antitrust scrutiny is likely as the company would fuel government concerns about industry re-consolidation. Also, the two would have to resolve the split between their CDMA and GSM networks and eventually scrap one carrier's network and phone choices, most likely the North America-only Sprint network.
Article by Electronista

Skillz going in ...gotta feel his perspective...lol

Peep the Fly ish...

AG X JANETTE BECKMAN COLLECTION
2009 Acapulco Gold

OG DMC NEW ERA
Photographer Janette Beckman: The best shoots I think are unplanned. One of my favorite shots is Run DMC and posse in Hollis Queens. Run had picked me up at the train station and we walked to his street to meet the band and their friends. They were just hanging out on a spring day under the trees. I had my camera around my neck and started shooting. To me that is almost a perfect shot. Luckily, I was at the beginning of both the Hip-Hop and Punk Rock movements and they both came out of poor economies with people from the street doing their own thing and making do with what they had. You know, making their own clothes, making their own sounds, and doing things that no one had ever done before. People were being super creative and I think a lot of that comes out of poor situations and poverty because you have to invent things and I think it's very different now. Say you're a band and you're the next big thing; you know you have to have a stylist, and hair and makeup and you have to wear this designer and it's this whole different thing. But these sounds definitely came out of not being sponsored by people and it was anti-capitalism in a way because it wasn't about the money. It was about the music and about having fun and saying what you thought. There was Johnny Rotten singing No Future now and then there was Grandmaster Flash doing The Message talking about junkies in the alley and they were just reporting on what was going on. It was very exciting because it was very real, and they were writing their own songs and making their own sounds. It wasn't like you had to be particularly good to play the guitar or know how to rap, you just learned it. No rules.

The Evolution of the mark...

Scientists of the University of Pennsylvania are creating electronics that almost completely dissolve inside the body, through the use of thin, flexible silicon electronics on silk substrates.

While implanted electronics must usually be encased to protect them from the body, these electronics don’t need protection. The whole process is pretty much seamless: The electronics on the flexible silk substrates conform to biological tissue. The silk melts away over time and the thin silicon circuits left behind don’t cause irritation because they are just nanometers thick.

OC & AG interview Freestyle

Bx stand up!

old Cass Freestyle lets go!!!!

Remembers when Cassidy was biting ninjas heads off on his Philly jawn...

Styles P vs. The Notorious B.I.G. - "N***** Bleed".

2DopeBoyz & Director Court Dunn present the premiere installment of "VERSES", an acapella music video series where your favorite MCs drop a verse from their favorite MCs.

Maestro Knows - Episode 1 feat.9th Wonder

Maestro Knows - Episode 1 (9th Wonder) from Maestro Knows on Vimeo.

"Who is Jax" Artshow @City of Ink 12/11/09

If you are in the Atl,This friday @the cityofink "Who's Jax?" artshow. Dope music, Dope artwork, dope people for a dope artist!

Az talks Paid in Full and Rocafella Films

Azie,Rich Porter and Alberto Martinez(Alpo)ran the streets of Harlem in the late 70's as documented in the film Paid In Full produced by RocaFella Films/Miramax, but Azie implies that the film, which was his story was less reality and more(Dame Dash) Roca-Fella.

Sorry Cesar,I'm Taking my Dog to Aaron Hall...Dog Rehab!

If Cesar Millan can do it,why not Aaron Hall?Okay I was a bit skepitcal when he said a speech impediment lead him to training and Dog whispering but that aside it looks like he is on point.
As a bonus you get to hear all the classic "GUY" background music FTW!


He can train your dog in almost 10 different languages

URL Cypher: Iron Solomon x Murda Mook x Arsonal

Gorillaz video is ill...

El Mañana

Slum Village: Da Villa Chronicles Pt. 2

Thristin Howl- Same Damn Lo Sweater

Same Damn Lo Sweater from Gasface on Vimeo.

Bumping Maluca

grilch.........................