Ill Doctrine

How To Tell People They Sound Racist

jsmooth@hiphopmusic.com (Jay Smooth) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:50:46 -0500

You gotta use some strategery. [download]

Ill Doctrine on TSOYA

jsmooth@hiphopmusic.com (Jay Smooth) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:11:35 -0500

My appearance (as the opening act for zefrank!) on Jesse Thorn's excellent radio show The Sound of Young America. Man I hate looking at myself. If I had it to do over again I would like to be more funnier and less pseudo-intellectual. Jesse's show is really dope though, I highly recommend going through the archives. Some of my favorite interviews are the ones with Bubs and Bunk from The Wire, Ira Glass, Betty Davis(!), and the founders or Reno 911.

Sneaking Into The New Nas Video

jsmooth@hiphopmusic.com (Jay Smooth) — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:37:23 -0500

Time to get my mixtape DJ voice on: EXCLUSIVE! EXCLUSIVE!! EXCLUSIVE!!! A peek behind the scenes as the legendary Rik Cordero shoots a new video for Nas (which, rumor has it, will feature an appearance by certain bloggers). [download (better quality)]

The Wall-E Theory

jsmooth@hiphopmusic.com (Jay Smooth) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:10:45 -0500

***MINOR SPOILER ALERT*** Uncovering the secret code hidden inside the year's best movie. For real though Wall-E was a great film, and I don't expect this type of movie (or any movie) to comprehensively cover every sociopolitical issue.. but I did find it interesting how it approached environmental issues, in a way that basically left class -and race- off the table.. especially since race and class are so often left off the table when the environment is discussed..

"Yes We Can" - The George Carlin Remix

jsmooth@hiphopmusic.com (Jay Smooth) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:49:47 -0500

For the great one. One of the biggest influences on my understanding of everything, and his legendary "7 dirty words" court case happened at the radio station where I've spent half my life. One of the people I most most most wanted to meet/interview. You could always count on him to be on top of the now for however long he was here, and I know that he was a devoted blog reader, so I always fantasized about him visiting my site or seeing one of my vids. this video contains adult language (like, duh!)

How Not To Look Like A Sucker

jsmooth@hiphopmusic.com (Jay Smooth) — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:52:18 -0500

references: young buck wiretap jim jones interview bun b interview

Vlog Remix (and Rare Public Appearance!!!)

jsmooth@hiphopmusic.com (Jay Smooth) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:01:45 -0500

Here's a new version of an old video, for the good people at current.tv. And for those who are in NY, you are welcome to observe my nerdiness in person, on Saturday at the UCB theater. Details are below.

Obama: He Really Deed It.

jsmooth@hiphopmusic.com (Jay Smooth) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:29:06 -0500

An all-star tribute to Barack Obama, courtesy of Jay Smooth, Dipset, Just Blaze, Eli Porter, Rebecca Sealfon, Cyrus, Morpheus, Nas, and Gabby Johnson (RIP Hedley Lamarr). I may be cynical about the politics but no matter what happens from here on in, our kids will never again have to wonder if they can really do it. That's something.

The Other Suge Knight Knockout

jsmooth@hiphopmusic.com (Jay Smooth) — Tue, 20 May 2008 10:16:47 -0500

Here's the story I'm commenting on, in case you missed it. When I talk about that corporate world I also mean the hip-hop cops, the prison industrial complex and every other institution that benefits from us f**king up.. download

Who is the Gay Rapper?

jsmooth@hiphopmusic.com (Jay Smooth) — Mon, 19 May 2008 07:36:30 -0500

Gonna devote this week to catching up on hip-hop stuff. Any suggestions on what else to tackle? Yes I will be talking about Suge Knight. (BTW everything I said about hip-hop in this video is pretty much equally applicable to America in general. ) [download]

Now That It's Ending

jsmooth@hiphopmusic.com (Jay Smooth) — Wed, 14 May 2008 07:20:29 -0500

On the end of this campaign, and the start of the real one. Partly inspired by this post. May return to that thought later.

ILL DOCTRINE CAMPAIGN EXCLUSIVE!!!

jsmooth@hiphopmusic.com (Jay Smooth) — Wed, 07 May 2008 04:30:56 -0500

A secret source got us this footage of Hillary Clinton's meeting with Democratic party leaders, after the results of last night's primaries in NC and Indiana. [WARNING: this clip contains adult language, which is not surprising if you saw how last night went for Hillary.]

Less Talking, More Plumbing

jsmooth@hiphopmusic.com (Jay Smooth) — Mon, 05 May 2008 06:23:46 -0500

Why I haven't been posting. (Expanding on my comments in the last NPR roundtable) [download]

On The Radio: Sean Bell and Other Things

jsmooth@hiphopmusic.com (Jay Smooth) — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:02:28 -0500

Will get back on the video grind in a minute, but in the meantime here are some clips from the radio show, me and my co-host G Man yapping at length about the Sean Bell verdict and other issues.. plus (the good part) a bunch of music from our resident DJs.

Underground Railroad 9/8/07 Nice break-oriented set from our all-star 6th man DJ C Reality. Underground Railroad 4/27/08 Long winded talk about Sean Bell, then a bunch of music from 3D, then a little more talk. Underground Railroad 4/19/08 Blaxploitation-themed set from 3D.

Fox News, Soulja Boy and the Mailroom

jsmooth@hiphopmusic.com (Jay Smooth) — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:38:51 -0500

Fox News giving love to Ill Doctrine. Sort of. (thanks to eskay for the hookup)