Ill Doctrine

The Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire State of Mind

jsmooth@hiphopmusic.com (Jay Smooth) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:08:24 -0500

No serious point to this one, just a celebration of good old Yankee gloating.

East Coast Cats and Christopher Street Boys

jsmooth@hiphopmusic.com (Jay Smooth) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:09:07 -0500

Working my way back to hip-hop topics, and LJ is down with the ROC so this gets me halfway there. The target of his tweet epithets (twepithets? ok maybe not) posted quite a thoughtful response on his blog, which I might come back to later.

Come See Me Tomorrow (10/21/09) at The Tank

jsmooth@hiphopmusic.com (Jay Smooth) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:49:24 -0500

Raw Footage: "New Forms of Storytelling" Panel

jsmooth@hiphopmusic.com (Jay Smooth) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:42:01 -0500

Some video excerpts of a panel I was on at the New School last month, about "New Forms of Storytelling." My segment starts at 23:00 but the other artists are probably more interesting than me, if anything!

Mini Doctrine: No Accounting for Taste

jsmooth@hiphopmusic.com (Jay Smooth) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:07:25 -0500

An actual *mini doctrine* this time, just a hello to all my new viewers and subscribers. Bonus beat contributed by Sabzi of the Blue Scholars. Related:

Beating the Little Hater

Ballad of the Little Hater

"Mini" Doctrine: A Case of Morals

jsmooth@hiphopmusic.com (Jay Smooth) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:15:23 -0500

This started out as a brief mini-video, and somehow turned into an endless obsessive rant about the minutiae of the Polanski case. This video has no entertainment value, unless you enjoy hearing "let's be clear" over and over. Related links:

Why Reading About Polanski Sucks, For Me - a must read.

Reminder: Roman Polanski Raped a Child

Roman Polanski Has a Lot of Friends

Getting Over It

The Grand Jury Testimony

Samantha Geimer's 2003 Op-Ed in the LA Times

Chris Rock - on Jay Leno

Critique of the "Wanted and Desired" documentary

Detailed Analysis of the Transcripts - This piece makes a strong case that the issue of the judge's alleged misconduct is vastly overrated.

The One Where Michael Steele Makes Me Yell At My TV

jsmooth@hiphopmusic.com (Jay Smooth) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:05:29 -0500

Part of a little rant I got into about Michael Steele last week, but didn't finish because of the hard drive. It was too long already though so just as well. :)

Mini-Doctrine: My Stupid Hard Drive

jsmooth@hiphopmusic.com (Jay Smooth) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:02:03 -0500

Just an update to let you know I can't go all in on new videos until I replace my external drive..I'll try and do some shorter vids in the meantime though. (I actually made this and posted it last week but then Ted Kennedy passed right after, and then DJ AM and MJ's birthday, so I took it back down until the weekend passed by..all this sad news lately sure puts things in perspective! Here's hoping we only lose hard drives for the rest of the year.)

Joe Budden, Raekwon and American Civility

jsmooth@hiphopmusic.com (Jay Smooth) — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:53:47 -0500

What this latest rap drama portends for the future of our nation.

Dance You Into The Sunlight

jsmooth@hiphopmusic.com (Jay Smooth) — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:25:47 -0500

A very long and rambling ramble that says less than 1/100 of what I wanted to say, and almost certainly doesn't say anything that hasn't been said. Thankfully many wise & loving words have already been written by others about MJ's passing...I'll list a few of the ones that touched me most:

Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself

jsmooth@hiphopmusic.com (Jay Smooth) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:54:37 -0500

Hello to all the new visitors from All Things Considered! I'm busy figuring out what in the world I can say about Michael that hasn't already been said, so in the meantime here are some golden oldies that might be a good introduction for newcomers.

How To Tell Someone They Sound Racist

Still the video I see cited and linked most often, a year later.

A Layman's Guide to "No Homo"

My attempt to explain one of hip-hop's most peculiar & unfortunate catchphrases.

If Bill O'Reilly Was A Rapper

Otherwise known as the video where I pretend I'm a rapper.

Beating the Little Hater

A video that felt kinda self indulgent when I filmed it, devoted to venting my frustration with creative blockage and self doubt. But I felt a little less guilty after all the great responses it brought, from viewers who each had their own insight into this struggle we all go through in one form or another.

Ballad of the Little Hater

The theme song for our global coalition against the Little Hater.

Audio Doctrine: Processing Michael

jsmooth@hiphopmusic.com (Jay Smooth) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:42:38 -0500

It's The Real Doctrine

jsmooth@hiphopmusic.com (Jay Smooth) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:06:03 -0500

Operation Ignore Charles Hamilton

jsmooth@hiphopmusic.com (Jay Smooth) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:45:00 -0500

(also see addendum video below)

A long episode that doesn't have a lot of jokes in it, cuz I really feel bad for the kid and am not trying to clown him. I know he keeps telling himself it's okay to have everyone hating him as long as they keep paying attention. But at this point it's clearly not okay. For some background on Charles Hamilton's issues:

Going In On Charles Hamilton (good overview tho a couple of details are off):

Charles Hamilton's Greatest Fails

J Dilla's Mother Speaks on Charles' claims about her family(How do you wind up starting beef with Dilla's mother?? I couldn't write that in a script. Where can you even go from here? Beef with Sasha and Malia's puppy?)

Death of Autotune (Robot's Revenge Remix)

jsmooth@hiphopmusic.com (Jay Smooth) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:44:02 -0500

Death of Autotune (Robot's Revenge Mix) MP3 download

Now that Jay-Z shook up the world with his new single Death of Autotune, I started wondering what will happen when the music industry's army of evil robots decide to fight back? This is my vision of that apocalyptic future. Footage taken from this cool homemade video and a few other places.. NOTE: this video is by no means meant as an endorsement of autotune usage (or of Jamie Foxx's creepy borderline date rape lyrics).