Album History –Wu Tang Clan : Enter the 36 Chambers is an album that was made in 1993, and is about 60 mins long. Its an East Coast Hardcore Hip Hop album, whose title was inspired by a cult classic Kung Fu movie called The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (which I believe was made in 1978 or 77). The album was the debut album of Wu Tang clan (another name inspired by Kung Fu movie genre) and re-invigorated East Coast Hip Hop (especially New York). Personal: This album changed Absolute Zero‘s perspective on Hip Hop music and made him appreciate and admire the genre. Leading him to develop into the artist he is today. – Artist on the this album are –
– 7# Performance Artist Review Velvet Jones– An artist that is rarely appreciated was the DJ. At many events related to Catalyst Hip Hop, Velvet Jones seems to br the DJ (the ones I’ve seen). There are other really skilled Dj‘s in the Catalyst residence that probably shut it down before I started writing these reviews. When it comes to a DJ with prodigious talent, I put Velvet in that category, easily. I don’t have much to say about his performance on a technical level because I’m not a sound guy. I can say on a sonic aesthetic level, Velvet was on point. No discernible problems, that is the high praise for those who operate professionally in sound. They are the people in the background. Without them, there can be no show(well, not a very a good show).
– 6# Performance Artist Review Spaz– The last act to grace the stage of Props and Bonds Saturday Mic Live was an artist by the name of Spaz. To be very honest, it might seem like I’m bias when I say the things I am about to say about Spaz. Why, because I happen to know him on some level prior to this event. That being said, this is not that at all, if its one thing I am, its very even handed. Spaz is one of the best emcees I know of period. When I coined the term “Bless The Mic With Bars“, Spaz is one of the emcees I had in mind when I developed that term. He is honestly amazing and the group Zolomon Grunji is like a super team of emcees.
– 5# Performance Artist Review Protege QOQ– Another great performer came to the stage, his name is Protege QOQ. I didn’t know about him before but I do now. Protege is a great artist, great performer and a really cool guy overall. From what I saw that night, Protege is definitely going to get better. Which is scary in a way, if your a competitor. Its talent and drive with this guy, he has a focus that I don’t see often. What made Protege even more spectacular is that he marked the room. What I mean by this, is that the performer prior to him, Tamika J was amazing. She had given a spectacular performance, which vibed differently to anything we had hear prior that night. It was a tough act to follow, if I hosted this event, I would’ve held an intermission so that the stage could cool off. However Protege showed me he doesn’t need intermissions, or any handicaps. He breaks through walls, that’s the type of guy he is, as time goes on raises the value of his performance that night to me.
– 4# Performance Artist Review Tamika J– I am going to have to sincerely thank Props and Bonds Saturday Mic Live for blowing me away with this literally surprising performance. This is the first time I have ever seen Tamika J perform to my memory. I was beyond impressed with I heard and saw that night. I really value the sincere expression of the personhood of the artist. Well, Tamika J has soul, its just that simple, even If I wanted to, I could not reduce it any further.
– 3# Performance Artist Review Young Blesson– Props and Bonds booked Young Blesson, a performer that I really like alot. The most important thing to me when I listen to, or see an artist ,is to sincerely feel I am getting that artist. Young Blesson always seems to bring himself, I’ve never seen him short change anyone on that. That is an really important and underrated quality that alot of people do not look for enough. So, that is one of the first reasons why I like Young Blesson, and as expected that night he delivered with maximal effort. Its hard not to respond to sincerity and Young Blesson‘s performance helped to bring me out of a hard mental time. His intro was very interesting and funny as he talked about his hustle. He states that he can be very …. ruthless is not the word… beyond serious maybe about express when it comes to getting his money. From what he expressed about his side dealings in the intro he has a very good business ethic. It honestly wasn’t surprising to me because it comes through in his music. He’s a really nice guy, but he is Read More…
–2# Performance Artist Review Southern Slaves– The next act of the night was a group called Southern Slaves. They are a pretty good local Hip Hop group in Miami, Florida. (Personally believe that they need to release music videos). Honestly, I did not catch much of their performance mentally because I was in a bit of a place when they performed. However I have seen perform before and the crowd always loves them, it seems.
– 1# Performance Artist Review Dermo– The first official act of the night was by Dermo. He’s tall and big man, with a good character. He came dressed in black and sported a sharp and cleanly handled beard. As imposing as his statue and figure is in a crowd, his abilities as a performer are even bigger. Dermo’s a crowd raiser, he gets people moving and acting. That’s one of the biggest performance points I took away form him. This is actually not an easy thing to do, but Dermo does it so organically. I noticed people moving their feet and responding energetically to key moments in his street witty bars. He definitely had the attention of a few ladies who were just entertained by his character (should bring out to spots to perform some homies can rebound off the shots he doesn’t chases down lol).
*Beanie Sigel “I’m Coming” (Meek Mill Diss) (WSHH Exclusive – Official Audio Rj Knight’s Music Thoughts on Beanie Sigel’s “I’m Coming” (Track Review) This is my quick thoughts on Beanie Sigel‘s diss song I’m coming. I think this song is very good, can’t rate it out of 10. The reason is because I have to re-listen to Beanie Sigel older material and rate this by his previous battle or beef songs. Then I have to rate it to battle or beef songs of the year it was released for the minimum requirements to give a rating. –Yes, I put alot of thought into rating I make. The song I’m coming, really is alerting if you listen to the lyrics. This is something that listeners in today’s climate can easily miss. They listen more to the sonics, vocals or sound aesthetics of a song rather than the lyrics and or bars. Beanie goes in hard, I don’t like to say that lot but he really does. His flow is great, his schemes are good, his lyrics are mentally stimulating from a lyrical standpoint. Most importantly for me is that his content feels solid as the nuances of violence and battles Read More…
Classic Hip-Hop Review – Kanye West – Graduation Classic Hip-Hop Review with myself and Black Tarzan of Loser Lab. Here we discuss Kanye West‘s debut album Graduation and its music legacy. –Editor’s note: This entire review needs to be updated and structured by Absolute Zero. It has been idle for a literally ridiculous time length. Finish now -Please Also Consider-
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Classic Hip-Hop Review – Lupe Fiasco – Food and Liquor Here is a Classic Hip-Hop Review with myself and YT . Me and YT dive into “Food and Liquor” The debut album of Lupe Fiasco. This is my favorite album, so this was a load of fun to talk about the album’s music legacy. – New Classic Hip-Hop Reviews are on the way. So to get that rolling we are re-introducing the previous work from the series. This is will back up to new releases on the Classic Hip-Hop Reviews, so enjoy. Please enjoy this related content
The Spotlight: Music Talks Acey Ace I first heard Ace Acey at Props and Bonds (check out my experience at Props & Bonds). I was surprised by how good he was that night. He had a great performance and I actually liked his content, so did the crowd. – Please Play this song “Lemonade”- When he got on stage I was not expecting much, honestly. I was just waiting until I could hear the guys I came to support such as Don Julio(see other for info). I once again will re-iterate, I was surprised, I mean pleasantly surprised with the talent that he demonstrated. It raised the bar for the rest of the performances for me. It has also elevated my view of future performances from Props and Bonds(what I saw that night was pretty amazing, more about it here). He performed three songs, which from his album(later found out and link to it can be found at bottom support) Blue & Red. I can’t remember the third, so many stuff has happened to me since(good and bad, plus the struggle to get these articles, while getting people to do their work). So forgive me forgetting one of Read More…
The Spotlight: Flip The Script Week 101 There is a vote to pick the best beat of the event. The beat makers all had the same time to make the beat and are showcasing there skills, you can listen here or follow either of the links to the event pages to listen. You must follow the link to vote for the beat that you think is the best of this weeks event. Really simple, right… well not so much because man it can get hard some weeks with the high level of talent from some of the top beat producers who compete in the event. Check it out and be marveled by the skill, talent, passion and bravery of all the competitors. – A demonstration sample from the list of beats, read below for more. Chaos In My Mind by ChaosDesigned This is the sample song that all the beat producers must use to make a new beat. They don’t have very long to make the beat so it really is a purer showcase of skill. It puts the beat producers on a more even playing field. So listen to the sample and the listen to work Read More…
Raury isn’t a large mainstream voice in hip-hop at the moment. So I’m going to make a few introductory posts for his music. I’m going to showcase the 5 most essential songs in Raury’s catalog, in my humble opinion. # 5
Catalyst Saturday Mic Live 12.19.15 Event Summary Saturday, December 19th I went to Saturday Mic Live at Catalyst Hip-Hop. I had gone to an amazing Bboy Jam earlier in the day. Every Saturday the good people at Catalyst open up the church building to the public. This place is so hip-hop and so positive it’s amazing.