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Finally got around to going to the MoMa and seeing the esteemed Tim Burton exhibit. Good thing I bought tickets last week as this thing has got to be the most popular exhibit the museum has ever seen and was sold out by the time I walked out a little after 1:00 pm. Even before I knew who Tim Burton was I knew his movies. They are dark, twisted, but comedic and humorous films who’s images seem to stick with you long after they are over. To name a few; Peewee’s Big Adventure and Beetlejuice among others. Both are classics of course and two of my favorite childhood movies. My father and I used to regurgitate Beetlejuice lines to each other from that very impressionable time in my childhood. “Hey there goes Elvis, YO KING!” is one that still resonates to this day.

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it’s the 11 year anniversary of Big L’s death. Put It On was an anthem for Hip-Hop heads in the 90’s especially in New York. One of my favorite lines of all time came from this song; “you can’t kill me I was born dead.” I still say it sometimes as a quick response when it’s relevant to the convo and wonder if people know the reference. I feel like everyone jumped on his dick when he dropped Ebonics and although it’s a classic, it not what I remember him by. I remember Children Of The Corn demos on the Stretch and Bobbito show, his first album Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous, DITC gems, and of course his classic freestyles on the show. If you’ve been around and in the know since then, you know that same radio show gave birth my career years later. It’s something I’m extremely proud of because I know theres a bunch of rappers from NY who never got the chance. Big-L was one of many giants from that era who solidified themselves as NY Hip Hop legend status, even before he died.

listen to this if you’ve never heard it before…. I remember hearing this live when it was on the air, in fact I might even have it recorded on a tape under my bed. This is when Big-L and Jay-Z used to run together and peep how L as so ill compared to Jay. They were peers of course and excellent rappers, and Jay still killed it, but he had no work for L.

listening to it as I type this and God damn I miss this time in rap so much, fuckkkk. truly one of the greats.

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BLIND FAITH (ADEPT REMIX)



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HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!!!!!

more from the night in the FLICKR set HERE

Yesterday, Dark Void came out for XBOX & PS3. From what I understand, it is one of the most anticipated games of 2010. RACER did a remix of the original music from the game and samples a clip of my voice. It’s pretty rad. I uploaded it to Fairtilizer and you can download it for FREE…HERE

ALSO, PEEP THE NEW AND IMPROVED PRO FAIRTILIZER PLAYER!

stay tuned for pictures from my west coast excursion coming tomorrow*

we’ve transitioned into the new age, where the state of the art Fairtilizer player and website will forge past social networking sites with sub par music players, and bring you the latest and greatest from myself and others. Still waiting on my customized pro-player from them and when that happens, YOU WILL C THE HUSTLE. In the meantime enjoy the ride and FREE song downloads via the little arrow pointing down on the player below or in the sidebar…

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Last night I finally succumbed to all the hype by everyone I’ve come across who has seen Avatar, and bucked up the $13 for a ticket and a pair of 3D glasses to see it for myself and extremely glad I did. This one actually lived up to it. Avatar basically about the US trying to expand on another planet called Pandora which is inhabited by another race of humanoids.   A paraplegic man named Jake Sully played by Sam Worthington, a marine, is chosen to control his deceased scientist brother’s Avatar and go to Pandora to carry out the expansion. An Avatar is a genetic representation of a human being in the physical form of a Navi; a humanoid indigenous to the planet Pandora. Basically scientists came up with Avatars to walk amongst the Navi, learn about the Navi people, their way of life, and ultimately control them with brute force.  It is very similar to what the British did to the American Indians and money other countries colonizing foreign lands and native people, except dominating with technology in order to tap the natural resources of another moon/planet as a result of a terrible economy and exhausted resources back on earth.  Jake Sully is ordered to go in and survey the area as an avatar and convince the Navi to relocate when he finds himself accepted into the Omaticaya tribe after learning the ways of the warrior and Pandora’s ecosystem.  However, he  faces the conflict of which side to choose when human’s decide to move in on the Navi’s and bulldoze their area of the jungle. There are so many references to terrorism, biblical ideologies, colonization, war, peace, genocide, and much more throughout, that there is no way to pick everything up in one sitting. I feel like this could have been some sort of hidden episode of LOST or something but with slightly cheesy CGI.  The 3D was awesome. I wish there was more stuff that looked like it was shooting out of the screen though.  Avatar took movie making and epic cinema to a new level.  It is the most expensive movie ever to be made and I believe James Cameron really is a genius for this script, story, and execution.  I believe this will be a trilogy and for good reason.  Don’t wait until this comes out on DVD or Blue Ray. (5/5)

Here is the making of the movie. pretty cool shit. embedding is disabled.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c4kNLz_4E8

Last night I went to see Glassjaw play at the Starland Ballroom in Sayerville, NJ. Easily sold out. It was my first time seeing them and they fucking killed, murdered, pillaged, smashed, destroyed…repeat. Hung with CC’s and friends one last time before we are whisked into 2010 by the hands of time. was a hell of a time.

we talked and laughed about these

TOUCH U on 12seconds.tv

‘TIL IT HURTS on 12seconds.tv

and this

Making Love on 12seconds.tv

and as I walked out, this happened. Peace taTHAT guy.

HAVE A FUCKING HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR FUCKERS. SEE YOU ON THE INTERNET IN 2010!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!