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Hip-Hop As A Stimulus to Engage Students Who are Bored in School?

2012-02-12T21:30:00.005-05:00

Bought Long Live the Kane sat down and learned every word of it
Sneakin my walkman in the homeroom playin it - Phonte

Often the narrative we get in interesting Hip-Hop songs is that the often opted for their interest in music instead of focusing on school. We get these narratives and lines from underground artist and mainstream alike.

Obviously it's not that artists ignore studies but Hip-Hop is just more intriguing sometimes. Phonte obviously met Big Pooh and 9th Wonder at North Carolina University. 9th Wonder now participates at Duke University looking at the history of sampling etc. Hip-Hop has been used in many different tertiary organizations to be inspected and discussed. The University of Madison even has history with organizations like Urban Word in NYC to promote those who find their strength in spoken word, a brother of Hip-Hop and try to provide them with scholarships.

However the thing pointed out in the video is whether or not Hip-Hop can be used in high schools to build interest in issues of economics and politics etc and motivate disengaged students to re-engage with not just school but society as a whole. I think that it is plausible, I still hold College Dropout to a certain level personally because it opened my ideas to what music can talk about and is one of the first blocks that challenged me to think about the world in which I participate in today. I wonder if that can be used responsibly in classrooms today? What do you think? What would you use to stimulate thoughtful discussion?

Video was orignally saw here NewBlackMan: Harnessing Hip Hop To Teach Students: Gloria Ladson-Billings on CNN

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Curbside Jones - Enter Hikikomori

2012-01-28T15:49:00.000-05:00

I missed out on this project. This from Curbside Jones' camp. Incredible. Short sweet and to the point, sampling Welcome to the NHK. What is sampled here will make you burst out in laughter and the beats are head bump inducing. The sampling of anime dialogue here reminds me of the old records that came out in the 80's that sampled old cartoons. Really amazing material.

&lt;p&gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://cbtvondemand.bandcamp.com/album/enter-the-hikikomori"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Enter The Hikikomori by Curbside Jones&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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Nicholas J - One of a Kind

2012-01-27T10:00:00.000-05:00

Milwaukee's own Nicholas J

Nicholas J is 19-year-old Arts & Tech student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Influenced by jazz, nature and cartoons, aims to be true to himself in his music rather than get caught up the lies and misogyny laced in modern hip-hop. His second project One of a Kind shows his desire to maintain his identity. Even our friend Milo who was talking about Nicholas J in our interview last year. He described Nicholas J's role on For the Unheard Pro-Board Warriors:

So Nicholas J, my good pal who fills out the triumvirate of Wisconsin rap people that is Safari Al, Nicholas J and I, is also heavy on a few forums. I wrote the first 2 verses, showed him and he cooked up his absolutely mind-bogglingly perfect verse AND the chorus. He, too, has a tape coming out around Christmas time that is probably going to be the best release of 2011. Hover around his space online at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nicholas-J/189834594383991

Although we are a month past Christmas, Nicholas J still dropped his project. If you were impressed by his amusing verse on Unheard Pro-Board Warriors this project is clearly for you. It isn't as side splitting, it is subtler, but you are bound to catch yourself silently chuckling yourself throughout the first half of the project. The second half Nicholas J impresses with his concept , emulating popular sounds and flows but injecting serene honesty and humor. Definitely worth a listen

We do poetry like it's our industry- Nicholas J

&lt;p&gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://rawbiz.bandcamp.com/album/one-of-a-kind"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;One of a Kind by Nicholas J&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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Track Review - U & Me & Everyone We Know [Jean Grae]

2012-01-27T09:33:00.000-05:00

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Music in 2011

2011-12-31T23:03:00.004-05:00

I review my year in music. I didn't get to touch on everything but I went through my hard copies. My soft copy stuff I didn't mention include

Amen to That - Angel M
Field Study - Rightz
I Wish My Brother Rob Was Here - Milo
XV - Zero Heroes
Yahzilla The Movie - Yaya
Return of Forever - Big Krit
Elmatic - Elzhi
Together Apart - Grieves
Section 80 - Kendrick Lamar
Friday - Ryson Jones
Flowers for Pamela - Hannibal King
Save My Soul - Jansport J
Truth Finder - Negrosaki
Professional Hobbyist- Praverb Tha Wyse
So It Begins - S.O

What was your year like?

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PiBR: Interview with Dumi Lewis

2011-12-25T23:18:00.000-05:00

Dumi Lewis and TheWolvesDen

I was thoroughly blessed to sit and talk with Professor Dumi Lewis from City College of New York. Incase you aren't familiar with him , he currently partakes in research on educational inequality and race oriented public policy. He has been featured in the Detroit Free Press Fox News,Keep Hope Alive Radio with Jesse Jackson and Newsweek.com he came in and talk about his thoughts on education as well as the class he is teaching in Spring 2012, Social Inequality in Hip-Hop. I am confident that I want to be like him as I grow older as he has very thoughtful insights into both.

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Blu and Exile - Give Me the Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them

2011-12-17T10:11:00.000-05:00

Probably the best album cover in a long time

Seriously with exams going on I haven't been bumping music much. I been hearing about projects coming out of no where, this is the perfect example. This is Blu & Exiles unmastered, unmixed and unreleased album 2009. Still trying to figure out whether to spend 15 on this, but definitely something to bump while you decide. My fav lass gave More Out Of Life a thumbs up, a good sign.

&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;a href="http://bisforcookieandapplebaums.bandcamp.com/album/give-me-my-flowers-while-i-can-smell-them"&amp;gt;give me my flowers while i can smell them by exile &amp;amp;amp; blu&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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Angel - Amen to That

2011-12-17T10:00:00.001-05:00

Amen to this

I wake up Saturday morning to the good news, Amen to That is out by Knick fan slash producer Angel. Good way to prepare for the end of a semester. Enjoy

&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;a href="http://angelmbeats.bandcamp.com/album/amen-to-that"&amp;gt;Amen To That by Angel M.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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Magnificent AMVs - I'm To Much For Them

2011-12-15T11:44:00.000-05:00

I used to be heavy into making AMVs . The passion to make them has died , but watching them definitely has not. This is the beginning of a new part of my blog, a series called Magnificent AMVs. Below is what reminded me how awesome and creative anime music videos can get. Enjoy.

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Shout outs: MonkeyGhost

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RightzforAll - The Field Study

2011-12-13T23:29:00.001-05:00

As I work on projects, one of the late night burning midnight oil albums comes from non other than Rightz for All. Bump this while you do your own field study. Deidcated to Amir Said the author of BeatTips Manual. Important potent book results in important potent album. Stream then go cop.

&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;a href="http://ritezforall.bandcamp.com/album/the-field-study"&amp;gt;The Field Study by Rightz of N.A. + M.E.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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Interview: Milo

2011-12-12T20:14:00.000-05:00

The beginning of good things to come

Recently the internet has raised eyebrows and appreciating the quirkiness of Milo's solo debut Mixtape : I Wish My Brother Rob Was Here. After letting the project settle and drive many other bloggers crazy, Milo gave me benefit of hearing his thoughts behind this project.

TheWolvesDen : Your project has been released for a few months, what are your thoughts, in hindsight?

The man himself

Milo: In hindsight, I'm very lucky anyone liked it at all. I recorded the tape in my bedroom with some gear I got over summer and had no idea how to use. The quality is rubbish, but so many sites and folks supported it and took it serious regardless of that fact. I'm eternally indebted to those folks who looked passed that aspect of the aesthetic, and saw the little nuggets of weirdness passing as lyricism and latched onto those instead. I'm working on a new project, "Milo takes Baths." This one I've been putting infinitely more care and time into to create a more cohesive, structured, quality piece.

TWD: The title is clearly from Del Funk the Homosapien, could you talk about that album as it relates to yours?

Milo: Del the Funkee Homosapien has a massive influence on my development as a human being. When I was in 8th grade I wrote him a letter to the address on the back of the "Both Sides of the Brain" CD. He never responded, but yeah, I owe a lot of my unabashedness to Del. He was writing songs about guys who smell bad, and friends who won't ever get off your couch-- all of that had a serious impact on me. His album title is talking about George Clinton, mine is talking about my dear friend Rob Espinosa. When Rob drowned, I wrote a piece about how much he meant to me and named it that... then I began working on the tape and it seemed natural to also co-op the name for that, too. It was my way of paying homage to both dudes and their influence on me as a human being primarily, and secondarily as a rap-guy or whatever we're called.

TWD: Listening to your mixtape, I thought you were a much more milder Das Racist, what do you think of that type of comparison?

Milo: I love Das Racist. My first mixtape ever I emailed to Himanshu Suri, and much like Del he never wrote back. I emailed them this one, too. Heh. I wouldn't say we rhyme in a similar vein though. Those cats have an agenda, it seems, and while it is thoroughly guised-- it's there. I admire them for that, and I think what they are doing is relevant. What I am doing is less so. I'm struggling to find Good, and Truth and whatnot through boom baps because I'm a lonely brown weirdo. There's a quality of pseudo-philosophy to my jams, or maybe not pseudo-philosophy but music with a philosophical tint. That's why I made the song DAVID FOSTER WALLACE. He was a philosopher who wrote books. Gene Roddenberry is a philosopher who makes TV shows. I want to be a philosopher who writes songs.

&lt;p&gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://miloraps.bandcamp.com/track/super-happy-sunshine-fun-club-ft-safari-al"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Super Happy Sunshine Fun Club ft. Safari Al by Milo&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

TWD: On Super Happy Sunshine Fun Club ft. Safari Al, you talk parody the hip-hop duos and highlight the homo-erotic undertones of these types of relationships in hip-hop, could you talk little about the concept of the song?

Milo: It hurts my feelings that hip hop is a genre so oriented to hurting other people's feelings. So I asked my very close friend, Alexander (Safari Al) to help me on a song where we basically make fun of that whole thing. Making fun of those make funners. Oh boy. By the way, Safari Al is dropping a tape around Christmas time called 'Hermitage Academy.' It's going to be tremendous and if you don't download it then I know you're the type of person who would snitch Frodo out at the Prancing Pony. You may stalk him here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Safari-Al-Journeyman-Hip-hopper/255000707855415

TWD: Would you agree with a statement that you have a humble braddocio, on one side of the album we hear vulnerability " I'm trying hard not to add to your suffering" and then we get a boast like “ that’s why these other rappers can’t fuck with me”?. How do you balance between the two on wax?

Milo: I'm not so sure it's a braggadocio. I am trying to be honest. With that comes a lot of self-scrutiny and analyzing but because of it I know myself a little bit better than most 19 year olds, my faults as well as triumphs. That materializes in songs a bit, especially when I'm a bit more moody and I see that some young man is touring living the dream and I'm condemned to a night of Cicero translations. You know?

TWD: With lines like “I dropped out to be a Kid Cudi imposter” you point out the peoples idolization of rappers, you are the awkward hero on your tape, would you like to elaborate on this view?

Milo: Why do we make heroes out of people who clearly have no right being our heroes? Not to say musicians or athletes are not good people, but it bums me out that the mail-person who brings you Christmas packages and Amazon orders never gets a high-5, or that the bus driver who has to be terrified of a group of adolescents who storm her bus is never applauded in public. There are really glorious, amazing people all around us and we take the easy route out when we give away our hopes and dreams to people who don't *really* care about us. I'm not so much the awkward hero as I am a dude who is sad that my baby sister idolizes Hannah Montana and not the waitress who brought us our delicious pancakes. Some of that is natural though. I don't know. I'm an asshole when it comes to thinking about things that probably don't matter.

TWD: I really want to give you accolades for the perfect description of forum life, could you talk a bit on how that affected your music? And which forums you still view?

Milo: Yes! I grew up an only child until I was 13 or 14. I lived with only my Pop and he worked a lot, so I had to sort of create friends. In the 1980s I certainly would have become a deranged axe murderer, but with the advent of the internet I became heavy on a litany of forums. That culture is one I miss so much today. Meeting other weirdos, uploading your room / outfit or whatever, flirting with all 5 of the cutie girls who are on the forum, planning meet-ups that never actually happen... all of that made loneliness seem more human and natural. It gave me a place to fit in, even when I had no place to fit in. So Nicholas J, my good pal who fills out the triumvirate of Wisconsin rap people that is Safari Al, Nicholas J and I, is also heavy on a few forums. I wrote the first 2 verses, showed him and he cooked up his absolutely mind-bogglingly perfect verse AND the chorus. He, too, has a tape coming out around Christmas time that is probably going to be the best release of 2011. Hover around his space online at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nicholas-J/189834594383991

TWD: How do you feel to have accolades by reviewers like Anthony Fantano?

Milo: Anthony Fantano is Radagast the Brown to me. Especially because I've been a fan of his for a very long time. To have a video review by the man, and an amazingly great one at that, is an honor. To get write ups on Forbes and interview requests is just bizarre. I'm basically unknown at my college campus, and I go to my classes and I talk to no one and I come back to my house with my roommates and every day a new, glorious blog has a nice thing to say about my mixtape and it feels surreal. It's humbling and terrifying at the same time. I feel obligated to try to make sure people recognize the role nerdier folks play in hip hop, and when I get message from cats all over the world telling me the role "I wish my brother Rob was here." plays for them in their day-to-day life I literally just cry. Like a big vagina, I sit at my desk and cry and think of what a blessing this is. Hopefully I don't ruin it.

TWD: Is there anything you would like to say to your fans?

Milo: Thank you very much for this interview. It's been beyond dope. Uhm, shout outs to Abel for taking the time to decode my weird raps on RapGenius, that's a genuinely good dude right there. Rodrigo, a young lad from Califas who heard the tunes and volunteered to draft up cool owl pictures for stickers, Thatcher for sending me heaps of beats, Ron from Baltimore for being a ganxta. These are all people I met online due to this tape who let me feel less odd and more normal. There are a lot more however who send me messages, and I try my hardest to respond to all of them. It's a blessing to have such an interactive base of folks. Thank you hell of.

Thanks a bunch Marcus! You're the bestets.

Follow him here:

www.miloraps.com
www.facebook.com/modestmilo
www.twitter.com/yomilo

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Shout outs: Milo & Friends

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PiBR: SciFi Gaming and Anime Club @ CCNY

2011-11-26T16:22:00.001-05:00

SGA at PiBR

Had the great opportunity to sit down with the SGA for them to talk about NYAF this year, and whether or not it has learned from the slump encountered in 2010 from the merger with comic-con.

More Here

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Shout outs: Gino, Leon

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Black Star Friday

2011-11-25T21:04:00.001-05:00

Black Star Friday

While most are making exorbitant purchases, artists are making music worth a splurge. Black Star Friday.
The group let go a CDQ single of Fix Up while dropping a lead off their new Mixtape "Black Star , Aretha" called You Already Know. Madlib and Oh No! on the boards respectively. Feast your ears on these.

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Common The Dreamer,The Believer Hype

2011-11-22T10:32:00.001-05:00

Is it fair for an artist to have this sequence of videos leading towards their own album? December 20th will be a rather great day to lose money on.

Not a video but watch how NO I.D flips classic Kenny Loggins into the track that has me most craving for the album.

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Shout outs: Common, Kenny Loggings, No I.D

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Lecture Madrid Featuring: DOOM

2011-11-14T23:51:00.001-05:00

DOOM is as interesting as my Math 345 professor. Thats a good thing.

Lecture: DOOM (Madrid 2011) from Red Bull Music Academy on Vimeo.

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Angel- M Reason 25

2011-11-14T23:31:00.001-05:00

The master chief, (you know the producer with a halo, pun intender) is back with more beats that help you breath. The synths remind me of classic David Wise Donkey Kong Country 2 production, seriously sounds like vintage Rare prodcution and modern sounds, which equates to good.

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PiBR: Interview with Esther Figueroa

2011-11-13T16:34:00.001-05:00

Recently I had the opportunity to watch a hard hitting documentary about the false image about tourism in Jamaica. I was even more blessed to have Esther Figueroa creator of Jamaica for Sale sit down with me. Here is what she said.

Esther Figueroa & TheWolvesDen

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Rightzforall - Late Night in the 80's

2011-11-10T22:05:00.001-05:00

Right before I start contemplating about grad school applications, Rightz drops a beat that reminds you of the colors of the 80's. Sometimes its not cool being a product of the 90's.

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Nicolay with The Hot At Nights- Shibuya EP

2011-11-08T21:46:00.001-05:00

FE+ Music's Nicolay releases the Shibuya Session EP, can't wait to slap this in the i-pod tonight. Here is the press release:

+FE Music proudly presents the "Shibuya Session EP", a collaboration between Nicolay and the Raleigh-based exploratory jazz trio The Hot At Nights, led by 8-string guitar virtuoso (and The Foreign Exchange guitarist) Chris Boerner with Matt Douglas on sax/woodwinds and Nick Baglio on drums.

The EP was recorded at Sound Pure Studios in Durham NC and features new interpretations and arrangements of eight instrumental compositions from Nicolay's 2009 album "City Lights Vol. 2: Shibuya".

Download: Link

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Rightzforall - Darling I Love the Boom Bap

2011-11-06T18:50:00.005-05:00

Certain beats are an experience for which I don't have the words for. This is a maven at work.

A producer soon to change the world.

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Shout outs: Rightzforall

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Praverb The Wyse: Professional Hobbyist

2011-11-06T00:26:00.003-04:00

Check out his amazing site

Finally had time to sit down with the project The Hobbyist. I couldn't have listened to this at a better time , hitting me as I look into grad school where Praverb talks about being at that point in life where you juggle responsibilities looking towards the future while trying to develop even further. If that even remotely sounds like your life, listen to this project. Here is what he has to say about the project:

Professional Hobbyist is a ten track journey that examines a man who is a blue collar man by day and an emcee by night. The project highlights the struggles associated with vocation, educational goals, personal life and a time consuming hobby. I make it perfectly clear that I would rather make a living as an emcee as opposed to completing a Masters in Business Administration. The album features production from This Is Tomorrow, Manu Beats, LX-Beats, Skipless, Muneshine and more. BrainStormers crew mate, Dj Grazzhoppa, adds scratch hooks on three of the ten tracks including the title track. The project also boasts a feature from long time collaborator Don Streat.

&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;a href="http://praverbthewyse.bandcamp.com/album/professional-hobbyist"&amp;gt;Professional Hobbyist by Praverb the Wyse&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt; ***

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Inner Voices Returns : Occupy Space

2011-11-05T22:09:00.001-04:00

Those who have stalked my blog, you know in my About Me I mention an interest in poetry. Good news, one of my favorite poetry events is coming up, real soon.*cough*NOVEMBER 19th*cough* Inner Voices will be a blast again. The goal? Occupy Space. Ms. Goodwin knows how to pull in those of different talent pools to share their words, and leaves people going home inspired. If you have a slight inkling of interest of good words, come and enjoy yourself.

FB Event Page Here

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Shout outs: Nicole Goodwin

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Interview with Promise

2011-11-05T17:18:00.000-04:00

Promise

Promise a Canadian emcee recently signed to Duck Down Records has been building a very good stream of music for the last few years. He recently released Awakening his second LP and continues to make a dent in Hip-Hop music with his catalog of work. Collaborating with artists from Royce Da 5'9, Elzhi and Shad K, he has been building a strong reputation among his peers that his fans are already aware of. Recently Promise had the time to answer a few of my questions about Awakening and other things.

TheWolvesDen: Awakening is nearly 6 months old, what are your thoughts on it in hindsight?

Purchase Here

Promise: An amazing piece of art, very happy with how it came together. But I can't wait to complete my next masterpiece, the gift and the curse of an artist. Awakening is still brand new to 96% of the world including people in Canada.

TWD: Clearly displaying the gospel, how do you think your relationship with God changed in the making of this album?

Promise:I purpose to get closer to God everyday of my life. And I've matured quite a bit over the last few years.

TWD: Everyone Knows seems like the spiritual successor to the song Could Have Been on the album More than Music , stories about those suffering elsewhere seems to hit your heart, would you like to talk about the content a bit more?

Promise: I just like to shed light on situations I believe we as a people/nation can help change.

TWD: A song like Clark Kent seems to embody you, care to explain why you prefer the authentic Clark Kent lifestyle instead of trying to be Superman like many other rappers?

Promise: I never really understood the bravado factor of Hip-Hop much. Its a waste of time. If I can write better songs, be a bigger change in the world, I don't gotta say how much better than a lot of these guys I am...you'll know it [laughs]. I always feel like if you have to tell us you're something, you're probably not.

TWD: For your projects it seems you found a sound that may not neccesarily popular, but sounds classic, do you ever want to switch your sound? When it comes to your music do you ever want to switch the style so more people hear more of the gospel?

Promise: Never. I could care less what's "hot" right now. [laughs] Phonte said it best "good music will always be in fashion" (no pun intended).

TWD: Back in 08 you worked with Shad K for Shy Guys, can fans expect another great collaboration between you two? How is it to see how much ground he has covered since that collaboration?

Promise: I have about 7 songs with Shad, waiting on his greenlight! He's a beast, I'm always inspired by him.

TWD: I remember discovering your music with Kanye West presents Promise mixtapes, can we expect more in that series? Or even an a proper collab...?

Classic Mixtape Series

Promise: You can definitely expect more good music from me, I try to stay fresh as possible so ressurecting an old thing might not happen. A collaboration from me and 'Ye in 2012? You gotta ask him about that.

TWD: What is your goal with music now?

Promise: To change lives.

TWD: What is next for you?

Promise: Constructing a masterpiece to be unveilled in the coming year if its finished , plus a bunch of side projects, its gonna be real fun.

TWD: Is there anything you would like to share anything with your fans?

Promise: follow me on twitter @ipromisemusic and never compromise for what's "hot" classic will always be in fashion.

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Shout outs: Promise

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Angel-M : Reason 24

2011-11-03T23:36:00.002-04:00

I heard this beat, and I wish I could rap when I did.

Seriously makes you feel a bit beyond the world and disconnected a bit. Sounds like what you would hear if you could float and witness people's dreams.

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Shout outs: Mr. Mendez

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StereoVision+Air - Windmill 001

2011-11-03T23:25:00.002-04:00

Well its nice what you see others cook up. Class mix that will make you zone. Here is what he has to say about the project:

First ever mix from DJ/Remixer/Producer StereoVision+Air's "Windmills" Deep House Series!
Free to download and enjoy.

Listen:

Follow up on the series yourself here: StereoVisionAir

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