Tagged: consumerism

I ran into Nabo Rawk last night downtown. He asks me how I'm doing. I tell him I quit smoking. He says, "That's great!" I respond, "No doubt, but now I'm addicted to prostitutes." Our conversation was cut short because I had an appointment with Nikki at the Park Plaza Hotel in 10 minutes. I have an addictive personality. If it's not brown liquor, then it's cigs, weed, or a damaged woman to fall in love with. I need to consume anything that releases a shred of an endorphine into my liquor soaked brain. In the [...]

I admit I didn't pay really close attention, but my general impression of this year's Super Bowl commercials was that they were horrible. I had the pleasure of attending one of the best Super Bowl parties I've ever been to, a true monument to American values if there ever was one. I was distracted by food and drink and gambling and drink. I recall a car ad with Jerry Seinfeld still mugging for the camera like it was 97 in which Jay Leno swooped in wearing a cape (pause) and some Budweiser ads where they showed people drinking Bud at [...]

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. No big deal.. Swizz Beatz was the CEO of MegaUpload.. Yep. Dude was the CEO of MegaUpload. Feds shut them down yesterday. MegaUpload is no more. "Super producer Swizz Beatz is in hot water with Universal Music Group over the promotion of his website Megaupload.com, according to reports that resurfaced today. As CEO of the online storage and file-sharing site, Beatz asked buddies Diddy, Kanye and Will.i.am to spread the buzz in a promotional video, the "Megaupload [...]

Nothing major.. oh wait, actually it's fucking major as hell. There's so many motherfuckers that make Get On Down what it is .. that I feel guilty about the way this article was written. When the time is right, the rest of the players will be revealed and they will get their much deserved shine. For now, I will gladly hog the spotlight. Also - this will probably be the first and last time I toot my own horn about Get On Down on JTTS. My peoples know what's up. This site allows me to excise [...]

First, I should admit: I'm a total sucker for this kind of shit. Did I pay $400 for some headphones because Dr. Dre was willing to throw his name on them? Sure did. And would I buy these RZA headphones if I had the nerve to drop another few hundred on headphones? Probably, and by that I mean definitely. So RZA joins the likes of 50 Cent, Diddy and Dre to have his own branded line of high-end headphones, this one being a collaboration with WESC called [...]

Let me begin by stating that I understand the entire concept of corporate influenced self branding around this guy. He was a creative genius, his company exploited that fact on a certain level of mystery that put him on an almost godlike tier in the corporate and tech world. Is he the greatest inventor of our generation? Debatable in many regards, but I firmly believe that this dude was our generation's Thomas Edison. He will be remembered 100 years from now as such. Now, did he invent the computer, cell phone, tablet? Nope. He improved on all of [...]

The term "Sneaker Head" makes me want to slice my arm vertically from elbow to wrist, exposing my vein and allowing my precious life blood to pool at my feet. When I was growing up in East Hartford there were three places to get Sneakers - Foot Locker, Champs, and occasionally the rare find at Athlete's Foot. I fondly remember skipping school to cop the $200 Pippens - those hideous Nikes with all around bubble amd the word "Air" written down the side. The trick was - after you skipped school to cop, you had to sneak back [...]

The blogging pendulum continues to swing from one extreme ( jaded, couldn't-give-a-fuck, everyone-can-die-slow ) to the other (inexplicably excited about music in 2011), and today you're lucky to catch me in a good mood. I'm sure plenty of regular readers (the few we have) will react with either apathy or disgust, but the fact is Jay-Z and Kanye West 's Watch the Throne album is coming whether you like it or not. Jay hosted a listening party last week that revealed a few notable details- [...]

Like every other music writer out there, my drawers are stuffed with hella unfortunate XXL-sized t-shirts of every shitty rap group and street wear brand on earth. But for every dozen wack tees that collect dust (or worse) under my futon, I've got one or two go-to staples, more than a few of which come from the crew at PUZL. Their shit is dope, and they don't take themselves too seriously on that "we're a lifestyle" bullshit. As I mentioned last year , PUZL signed on to design the campaign for Say Yes [...]

Big Boi is challenging dudes on twitter to play Words with Friends against him. his name is BitchKilla2 i can't get through one fucking game of this shit before I lose interest or have to do something meaningful (i.e. jack off) I mean, I'm constantly pwning JKFGT on there.. but then he takes like 45 minutes to make his next move and I forget I was even playing him.. then the next day I come back to it and find out he beat me somehow. I hate that shit. [...]

Martin Caballero had a similar reaction..

All that talk from Tyler about wanting to sell millions and win a Grammy looks to be somewhat closer to reality now with the announcement today that Odd Future has signed a deal with RED Distribution/Sony for their own imprint, Odd Future Records. I'm not completely sure, but I believe this means all members are signed both as part of the group and as individuals, should they release solo albums. Either way, this is either [...]

In honor of delicious malt liquor beverages, naturally fruit flavored or not, check out this classic comp from DJ Drank, featuring 30 classic St. Ides spots from the likes of EPMD, Snoop Dogg, Scarface, Ice Cube and many more. That's over an hour of commercial jingles you can drink on your front porch to, all in one place. This one has been stuck in my head for the past 2-3 years [See post to listen to audio] LISTEN : Snoop Dogg x Nate Dogg - St. Ides in the LBC [...]

Props to RAW (Ready Amongst Willing) for this, the kind of underground nostalgia that jaded, grumpy hip-hop bloggers such as ourselves can truly appreciate. The Somerville-based skate company recently announced their collaboration with QB legend Cormega for the Realness 10th anniversary collection line, set for May release. There's nothing exactly groundbreaking about the t-shirts, but the showpiece item-a beautiful looking skate deck featuring the album's original artwork-is worthy of Mega's debut classic (see the rest of the products here [...]

A key player in the biggest music story of last week was from Greater Boston, and the news had nothing to do with Stephen Tyler falling off a stage. At the Digital Music Forum in New York, representatives from Somerville's The Echo Nest announced a watershed partnership with Island Def Jam (IDJ), the behemoth imprint that's home to such mega acts as Ludacris and Justin Bieber. This marks the first official marriage of a major label and a leading music tech company like Echo Nest — an "intelligence platform" through which [...]

It's 2011; you barely need to get your fingers dusty to go "record digging." Add that to the list of hip-hop related things that have become the obnoxious Sunday hobby for pretentious yuppies. Nah son.

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hollar @blastbycolt .. ya'll know.. we used to sip St. Ides back in the day.. but this is that new shit.

Between never having any loot and getting most albums for free, I don't actually buy much shit these days. But I do cop every discs and LPs from Duck Down drops - in fact I think I have every full-length project they've ever put out (including a copy of OGC's M-Pire Strikez Back that I borrowed from Trees like two years ago and don't plan on returning). This Buckshot spread is impressive - all sorts of new tracks and a book to boot. At first glance, it especially looks like a must-buy for those [...]