the mixtape show

Just something to tide you over until Mixtape Show TV Episode 2 drops: I'll limit my comments to the following: 1. Rich Boy got-damn 2. Video got-damn 3. Still hating on the South? Stop. 4. Finally somebody touches on the subject of the money.

So I'm trying to get this ball rolling. Call this the beta episode. Hella unprofessional, but that's what I do. Intro filmed at the Korean Festival in K-Town in Los Angeles. The featured music video here is Blu and Exile with Soul Amazing. (And yes, you have heard Blu here before). Some of you may have caught this one - well, here it is in a tiny bit better quality (and you can download it). The original file (download it here) ...

So yeah, like I mentioned on the last show, I was interviewed on the CBC's Radio One, on a show called Search Engine. The link to the interview is up on the CBC front page (for now), and you can see the blog post for this week's show here, and direct download the show mp3 from their site here. They did a little mash-up of the Jena 6 podcast, which means that some of you are also on there. If nothing else, you can laugh at how I sound on the radio. Also note ...

Think about this: We've got six high-school age Black kids either in jail, or on the verge of going in. And I know that not all Black kids listen to a whole lot of rap music - but for the sake of argument, check this: A lot of the same artists that these kids spend their lunch money on, that these kids (for better or worse) idolize, that these kids think speak for them; are now, in their hour of need, nowhere to be found. I'm not necessarily talking about Kanye footing the bill for the defense fund, but about somebody saying ...