Mixtapebrothers Hip Hop: August 2009

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Rap pioneer KRS-One is the self proclaimed prophet of a new religion: Hip-Hop religion. KRS-One announced he will soon release The Gospel of Hip Hop: The First Instrument, a 600-page book that examines the spirituality of Hip-Hop culture. The Hip-hop artist and founder of the Stop the Violence Movement, KRS-One, aka Boogie Down Production’s “Teacha”, claims his soon to be released spiritual book is the announcement of a new Hip-Hop religion on earth.
"I'm suggesting that in 100 years, this book will be a new religion on the earth," KRS-One said of his new book, which claims hip-hop to be the world's dominant new religion.

KRS-One goes on:

Well, I think I have the authority to approach God directly, I don't have to go through any religion...
I can approach God directly myself and so I wrote a book called The Gospel of Hip Hop to free us from all this nonsense garbage right now. I respect the Christianity, the Islam, the Judaism but their time is up." To recap: KRS-One's book is the new Bible, it's going to be the best selling book on earth, and no matter what God thinks, hip-hop is the new religion of the world.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Ghostface - Baby feat. Raheem DeVaughn

Aloha to hip-hop from the Blue Scholars

Local hip-hop duo Blue Scholars are back with 12 tracks on an EP called "OOF!" It's a varied affair that may or may not sound like "hip-hop" to the average listener. There's cutesy reggae ("Cruz"), aerobics-paced synth pop ("New People"), and one minimalist experiment with tribal drums. No offense to the rhymes — which swing more than they used to — but "OOF!" is all about the beats. Six of the tracks are instrumental versions of the other six.

Geologic (words) and Sabzi (sounds) are known for pretty songs with positive social messages, but this time the Scholars deliver both with a twist: The lyrics are about Hawaii — where Geo used to live and the Scholars recently vacationed — and the backdrops are all over the place.

Physical copies of "OOF!" are available for purchase at Caffe Vita locations around Seattle, and also at Blue Scholars' "OOF!" EP release party at 10 tonight at 'Ohana Restaurant & Sushi Bar in Belltown, 2207 First Ave., Seattle; $5 (206-956-9329 or www.ohanabelltown.com). Coffee, sushi and hip-hop: What's weird about that?