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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Comedian Patrice O'Neil 12.7.69-11.29.11



Rest In Power brotha.

The Kid Daytona ft. Action Bronson- Ivory Coast Crime Scene (prod. by 6th Sense)




The Kid Daytona links up with Action Bronson for this 6th Sense produced banger set to show up on Daytona's follow up to THE INTERLUDE, THE INTERLUDE 2 dropping December 19th. Props to 2Dopeboyz.

The Black Keys- Sister




The Black Keys' next album EL CAMINO will be out next week on December 6th. Props to Okayplayer.

Grand Theft Auto V Trailer (vid)



Yeah, coming soon.

Aleon Craft ft. George Clinton- Make It Out (prod. by SMKA)




The ATL spitter links up with the godfather of funk himself. This is coming off of the Aleon & George's MOTHERSHIP: THE DECATUR CONNECTION. Props to 2Dopeboyz.

Montreality x Ghostface Interview (vid)



More GFK, why not? Montreality got to chop it up with Mr. Starks on a few topics.

DOOMSTARKS (MF Doom & Ghostface Killah)- Victory Laps




No words. Just enjoy this shit. I know, I know late pass but i just don't give a f@#k!! Props to 2Dopeboyz.

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Elle Varner- Refill




Some More dopeness from the enchanting chanteuse. Props to okayplayer.

Grap Luva- Rocking With Elegance




After years of rocking alongside the likes of Pete Rock, Rob O, Kev Brown and many, many others Pete's little brother & former INI member is finally stepping out on his own with his Redefinition Records/SOS Records debut EP, NEVA DONE which is out now. This is a dope offering from the record titled ROCKING WITH ELEGANCE, enjoy. Props to okayplayer.

J-Live- The Authentic (prod. by Marco Polo) (vid)



Here's the video to the track THE AUTHENTIC hooked up by Marco Polo & directed by Will Feagins off of J-Live's criminally slept on S.P.T.A. album which is out now so go cop that now & enjoy the visuals.

Raekwon ft. M.O.P. & Kool G Rap- Ill Figures (Andrew Kelley remix)




You can check out Andrew Kelley's tumblr page for a back story on the track. For now just enjoy this shit. Props to 2Dopeboyz.

NASA's Monster Rover To Reach Mars By 2012


After a successful launch this passed Saturday at 10:02am (eastern) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, NASA's car-sized rover called Curiosity is headed for Mars. As we speak the $2.5 billion (day-umm) Mars Science Laboratory is blasting through space, quickly closing the 354 million mile (570 million kilometer, DAY-UMM, DAY-UMM) gap between Earth and Mars. It'll take this nosy bastard 8 and a half months to reach its destination which should put the rover on the Red Planet sometime in August 2012.

"We are in cruise mode," said MSL project manager Pete Theisinger of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. "Our spacecraft is in excellent health, and it's on its way to Mars."

So most of us have seen Mission to Mars, Red Planet, Ghosts Of Mars and let us not forget the cinematic master work that is Mars Attacks. So why the hell are we going over their to start shit with the big red rock and probably provoke an interplanetary incident anyway?! Well, MSL (Mars Science Laboratory, remember that there will be a test...at some point...probably...not)--Yeah so MSL wants to confirm or not confirm if Mars is, or ever was able to support microbial life. And if you saw any of those aforementioned documentary pieces then the answer would be a resounding YES, and laser guns. The space nerds over at NASA have been planning this Spielbergian mission since 2003 and was originally scheduled for a 2009 launch (slackers). Unfortunately they couldn't meet the 2009 deadline so they pushed it back to this passed Saturday which helped boost the overall cost by 56%. Theisinger while overall satisfied with the mission so far quickly pointed out that the launch was only phase one of a very complicated mission slated to last a minimum of about 2 Earth years (or until the lasers start firing). Theisinger went on to say, "We all recognize that this is the prologue to the mission — necessary, but not sufficient." "We all have our work cut out for us in the next eight and a half months."

Yeah, Curiosity isn't supposed to land on the Red Planet until sometime in August 2012. But the mission team members won't exactly be chillin' in Miami catching a Heat game (lock-out be damned) during the 1-ton rover's long cruise. No, them dudes will. be. workin'. For example, Curiosity's transport craft will make a series of trajectory changes during its journey, with the first happening in about 2 weeks. An engineering test is also scheduled to occur in the next few weeks, with a check of the rover's 10 science-y instrument-y doodads coming shortly thereafter (hey I didn't get Black Friday off either, suck it up nerds). Mission scientists will spend the 8 and a half month trip preparing for the rover's "peace keeping" spy work on Mars' surface. During this time they'll stage 10 separate operational readiness tests, gauging their ability to respond to any potential fuck ups that may occur. "You're basically just kicking the tires and trying to shake it all out," Caltech's John Grotzinger, MSL's project scientist, told Space.com.

When it does touch down on the Martian surface Curiosity will land at the 100-mile-wide (160-kilometer-wide) Gale Crater. A mound of sediment rises 3 miles (5 km) into the Martian air from Gale's center. The rover will spy on this mountain's many layers, scrutinizing the red dirt and rocks for any signs that Martian environments may once have been habitable. The rover's landing will likely be more nerve racking than its launch did. A rocket-powered sky crane will lower Curiosity down onto the red rock on cables, a ballsy maneuver that has never been tried before (in real life). The MSL team have spent innumerable hours not playing Skyrim but instead designing, testing and validating this unprecedented landing system, and they won't even think about picking up a controller over the next eight and a half months to make sure they have the best chance of successfully getting Curiosity onto Mars' surface. Good luck guys it'll be awesome if you can finally not make Richard Branson sound like a crazy person. Mars here we come!! Props to MSNBC.

Senators Want To Lock Up US Citizens Anywhere Deemed A Battlefield



This story is so ill I didn't bother paraphrasing it. Read and let the senate know this can't be allowed to happen. Props to aclu.org. While nearly all Americans head to family and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving, the Senate is gearing up for a vote on Monday or Tuesday that goes to the very heart of who we are as Americans. The Senate will be voting on a bill that will direct American military resources not at an enemy shooting at our military in a war zone, but at American citizens and other civilians far from any battlefield — even people in the United States itself.

Senators need to hear from you, on whether you think your front yard is part of a “battlefield” and if any president can send the military anywhere in the world to imprison civilians without charge or trial.

The Senate is going to vote on whether Congress will give this president—and every future president — the power to order the military to pick up and imprison without charge or trial civilians anywhere in the world. Even Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) raised his concerns about the NDAA detention provisions during last night’s Republican debate. The power is so broad that even U.S. citizens could be swept up by the military and the military could be used far from any battlefield, even within the United States itself.

The worldwide indefinite detention without charge or trial provision is in S. 1867, the National Defense Authorization Act bill, which will be on the Senate floor on Monday. The bill was drafted in secret by Sens. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) and passed in a closed-door committee meeting, without even a single hearing.

I know it sounds incredible. New powers to use the military worldwide, even within the United States? Hasn’t anyone told the Senate that Osama bin Laden is dead, that the president is pulling all of the combat troops out of Iraq and trying to figure out how to get combat troops out of Afghanistan too? And American citizens and people picked up on American or Canadian or British streets being sent to military prisons indefinitely without even being charged with a crime. Really? Does anyone think this is a good idea? And why now?

The answer on why now is nothing more than election season politics. The White House, the Secretary of Defense, and the Attorney General have all said that the indefinite detention provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act are harmful and counterproductive. The White House has even threatened a veto. But Senate politics has propelled this bad legislation to the Senate floor.

But there is a way to stop this dangerous legislation. Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) is offering the Udall Amendment that will delete the harmful provisions and replace them with a requirement for an orderly Congressional review of detention power. The Udall Amendment will make sure that the bill matches up with American values.

In support of this harmful bill, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) explained that the bill will “basically say in law for the first time that the homeland is part of the battlefield” and people can be imprisoned without charge or trial “American citizen or not.” Another supporter, Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) also declared that the bill is needed because “America is part of the battlefield.”

The solution is the Udall Amendment; a way for the Senate to say no to indefinite detention without charge or trial anywhere in the world where any president decides to use the military. Instead of simply going along with a bill that was drafted in secret and is being jammed through the Senate, the Udall Amendment deletes the provisions and sets up an orderly review of detention power. It tries to take the politics out and put American values back in.

In response to proponents of the indefinite detention legislation who contend that the bill “applies to American citizens and designates the world as the battlefield,” and that the “heart of the issue is whether or not the United States is part of the battlefield,” Sen. Udall disagrees, and says that we can win this fight without worldwide war and worldwide indefinite detention.

The senators pushing the indefinite detention proposal have made their goals very clear that they want an okay for a worldwide military battlefield, that even extends to your hometown. That is an extreme position that will forever change our country.

Now is the time to stop this bad idea. Please urge your senators to vote YES on the Udall Amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act.

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Sony To Release PS4 At The Same Time As XBOX 720


Good news gamers!! Sony's gaming division is making sure they don't get got by Microsoft again as rumors of the new XBOX console start to make the rounds around the interweb. By keeping close tabs on the Microsoft rumors Sony hopes to not get caught slippin' like they did when the XBOX 360 came out & the PS3 pretty much got left. They hope to release their PS4 console at the same time Microsoft puts out the XBOX 720.

PlayStation Europe president Jim Ryan spoke to Eurogamer and basically said it wouldn't be "a good look" for them to launch a new console on the heels of any updated Xbox, so as to not have to suck Bill Gates' dick again.

Sony is making it pretty clear that they'll announce the Playstation 4 as soon as Microsoft solidifies their plans for a new console. There's a rumor that Microsoft could announce their next Xbox as early as this January. Props to Gizmodo

Black Star- You Already Knew (prod. by Oh No)




...So why try to explain, Enjoy. Props to Okayplayer.

Gangrene(Alchemist & Oh No) ft. Prodigy- Dump Truck




Here goes the first single from Al & Oh's next outing as Gangrene titled VODKA & AYANUASKA. Enjoy. Props to 2Dopeboyz.

Safe House- Official Trailer (vid)



Yo i love watching movies with Denzel when his co-stars are white "it" guys because he always seems to have them stressed out all through the movie. I'm just sayin' its entertaining to me. So with that said there is no release date on this one yet but it should be coming out at some point next year.

Freddie Gibbs- Thuggin (prod. by Madlib)




So Madlib decided to hook up with Gangsta Gibbs and put together the THUGGIN EP which you can cop now. Apparently they're also working on an album to follow the EP. This gem is the single & title track from the EP. enjoy.

Notes To Self ft. Evidence- Nobody (vid)



Not familiar with Notes to Self but i will be checking for them from now on. This video is dope. Directed by JR of Motioneer & Matthew Bronson. Props to 2Dopeboyz.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Torae- For The Record (prod. by DJ Premier)






Tor & Primo link up for the title track off of Torae's latest, which is out now. And yes you should cop that if you haven't already. Props to 2Dopeboyz.

Onra- No Matter What


No Matter What by Onra

Parisian beat scientist Onra is dope!! His next project, CHINOISERIES PART 2 hits itunes on November 15th. This is a track from that project.

The Black Opera- Villains (vid)



This would've been a perfect post 3 days ago. Ah well it's still dope!! Check their new project ENTERMISSION coming soon.

Jelani- Ok, You're Up (prod. by Durkin)






It's been a minute since we heard anything from these two. Enjoy. Props to 2Dopeboyz.

Dirty Ninja Live- 11.1.11









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Once again y'all!! Mega shouts to That Kid Era for stopping by to kick it. As always you can catch the ninjas every Tuesday @ 7pm eastern 4pm pacific on zedalza.net.