Really starting to rock Eric G production. Rapsody kills the beat too.
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Dope song and video.
Thad Reid takes a break from the studio to talk about his upcoming DJBooth.net and KevinNottingham.com sponsored project Tyme Flys EP available online January 17, 2012,
Avengers Annual #1
Simon Williams and his Revengers believe the Avengers’ time is up and they’ve taken the fight right to the Avengers’ front door.
Uncanny X-Force 19.1
Return to the Age of Apocalypse as the AOA X-Men make their final stand against Weapon X! Introducing new Age of Apocalypse super hero team The X-Terminated! The stage is set for Age of Apocalypse #1, the new ongoing series set in the Age of Apocalypse!
Avengers: Children’s Crusade 8
The Young Avengers find themselves on the wrong side of the Scarlet Witch’s reality-altering powers in their final battle against the combined forces of THE AVENGERS and THE X-MEN. In this penultimate issue of the epic maxi-series, the Young Avengers have no one to turn to except each other as they are forced to fight their lifelong heroes, to the death. Find out who lives and who dies.
Dectective Comics 5
There’s been a series of assassinations in the criminal underworld – and The Penguin is among Batman’s first suspects! But when seemingly ordinary women become part of the killings, Batman discovers a common denominator that leads him on the trail of a vicious killer who is spiraling down a path of destruction. Bruce Wayne’s girlfriend, investigative reporter Charlotte Rivers, ends up on the killer’s hit list. And with her missing, can Batman uncover the layers of lies and deception within the underworld in time to save her?
The Shadow Line (BBC)
The Shadow Line is a sophisticated conspiracy thriller in seven parts that brings to life a cinematic world of blurred morality and the conflicted characters who inhabit it, it features a star-studded cast, including: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Christopher Eccleston, Sir Antony Sher and Stephen Rea. [VIDEO]
The Walking Dead (AMC)
Based on one of the most successful and popular comic books of all time, written by Robert Kirkman, AMC’sThe Walking Dead captures the ongoing human drama following a zombie apocalypse. The series follows a group of survivors, led by police officer Rick Grimes, played by Andrew Lincoln (Love Actually, Teachers,Strike Back), who are traveling in search of a safe and secure home. However, instead of the zombies, it is the living who remain that truly become the walking dead. Jon Bernthal (The Pacific, The Ghost Writer) plays Shane Walsh, Rick’s sheriff’s department partner before the apocalypse, and Sarah Wayne Callies (Prison Break), is Rick’s wife, Lori Grimes. Additional cast include: Laurie Holden, Steven Yeun, Norman Reedus, Jeffrey DeMunn, Chandler Riggs, Iron E. Singleton and Melissa McBride. Guest stars include: Lauren Cohan, Scott Wilson and Pruitt Taylor Vince. [VIDEO]
Game Of Thrones (HBO)
It will stretch from the south, where heat breeds plots, lusts and intrigues; to the vast and savage eastern lands; all the way to the frozen north, where an 800-foot wall of ice protects the kingdom from the dark forces that lie beyond. Kings and queens, knights and renegades, liars, lords and honest men…all will play the ‘Game of Thrones.’ [VIDEO]
Breaking Bad (AMC)
Breaking Bad follows protagonist Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a chemistry teacher who lives in New Mexico with his wife (Anna Gunn) and teenage son (RJ Mitte) who has cerebral palsy. White is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of two years left to live. With a new sense of fearlessness based on his medical prognosis, and a desire to secure his family’s financial security, White chooses to enter a dangerous world of drugs and crime and ascends to power in this world. The series explores how a fatal diagnosis such as White’s releases a typical man from the daily concerns and constraints of normal society and follows his transformation from mild family man to a kingpin of the drug trade. [VIDEO]
Strike Back: Project Dawn (Sky1)
Strike Back Project Dawn bursts back onto our screens as agent John Porter is kidnapped by Pakistani terrorist Latif. The rest of his team from Section 20, the Military Intelligence Unit, have to race against the clock to find him. Col. Eleanor Grant enlists the help of former US Delta Force operative and serial lothario Damien Scott, to help identify Latif. Back in London, the team is watching footage of Porter when he is executed live on TV. Scott decodes a message from one of Porter’s hostage transmissions that warns of a terrorist plot known as Project Dawn, which the unit has been tracking for some time. The intelligence is proved correct when terrorists seize a hotel with hostages, including Scott and Stonebridge, trapped inside… [VIDEO]
Honorable Mentions
The Shadow Line
The Killing
Scott & Bailey
Nurse Jackie
New Girl
Luther
The League
Justified
Homeland
Hell On Wheels
The the past few years, I’ve had the privilege to collaborate musically with a lot of artists. I got to work with Artists like TJ Brown and Ramel, and also be a part of groups like The Rhythmteachers and C3. So when this past summer rolled around, I wanted to go back to basics and put together an all instrumental beat project. I’d done compilations of previous tracks, but I hadn’t put any real thought into doing a dedicated project.
Beats from Oakland feels from like ‘Soul Music’ than straight up ‘Hip-Hop’. I guess that comes from a shift in my tastes as i’ve gotten older. The one thing i can say is that this music is ‘me’ at this point in my life.
This is a free download. Please feel free to take it and use it however you see fit. Pass it around, drop lyrics on it, use it as background music on podcasts or videos.. it’s all good. I didn’t make this to be an artists. I made this because i ‘had to’. It’s all been about the creative process, so I hope you enjoy it. One love.
I don’t know how i missed this one this year. Luckily, BamaLoveSoul puts out an excellent newsletter so I don’t miss critical releases. In the latest email, this Planet Asia/Madlib jewel was buried toward the bottom. A nice 6-track EP has Planet Asia spitting over some nice (rehashed) Madlib treats. Definitely worth taking a listen to.
This was on band camp, but was removed. Google it to find it
Last week was a good week for comics. I enjoyed a bunch of releases, bur Uncanny X-Force stole the show. The final chapter in the long running “Dark Angel Saga”, we see ApocAngel’s plans coming to fruition, and the decimate X-Force trying to stop him. Great Rick Remender story and Jerome Opeña art. Now i’m curious on where the series goes.
Boog Brown: “The Brown Study: Remixes”. I loved the original Brown Study so much, I really didn’t care to get this. I thought Apollo Brown produced the project perfectly. There was a real symbiotic feel to Boog and Apollo’s collabo. But when somebody #trended it on twitter, I decided to take a quick listen. After hearing Apollo Brown’s “Detroit”, I immediately downloaded it. It’s worth the money. I’m not on-point with all the songs. Seems like a few were trying to veer into the popular lane. But remixes like “Friends Like These”, “Masterplan” and “Marinate” sealed the deal.
Common: “The Dreamer/The Believer”. I was a bit weary of this coming out. There’s a correlation between musicians who turn actor and lackluster music releases. After hearing ‘Ghetto Dreams’, I thought Common was trying to ‘rough up’ his image and drop more ‘street’ jams. But this is a DOPE album!. “The Dreamer” does a good job of setting things off. “Gold”, “Cloth” and “Windows” are worth the money alone.
Amy Winehouse: “Lioness: Hidden Treasures”. After a year of ‘unreleased’ and ‘remix’ albums from the late, great Ms. Winehouse, “Lioness” feels more like a proper release from her. Although there are remixed/rehashed trax like “Valerie” and “Wake Up Alone”, they are off-set by the incredible Neo-souled “Half Time” and a solid version of “The Girl From Ipanema”. A final release worth of Amy Winehouse.
HaLo: “The Blind Poet”. With so many projects being released from the Jamla camp on a frequent basis, It’s hard to keep any single release in your sights for a proper amount of time. This is the 2nd compilation that HaLo dropped this year, so I was expecting more 2nd tier trax that didn’t make it on Head Writer II. But “Lines” featuring Rapsody and “Bussin’” featuring 9th Wonder quelled those thoughts.
Will Session: “The Elmatic Instrumentals”.These instrumental versions from Elzhi’s “Elmatic” project are more powerful on their own. the shear detail he put into each song is amazing. Even things like skips and oddities in DJ Premier’s original “Illmatic” songs were recreated in acoustic form. This is the background flow of the year.
