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Don't Sweat The Technique...

Here we go yo! Here we go yo!

 

ATCQ's "Scenario" was one of my fav song from the 90s..and lo and behold...look at what hit the net recently? the ORIGINAL unreleased demo version of the classic track...includiing a verse from De La Soul's Pos, Black Sheep, and L.O.N.S

 

enjoy.

 

 

 

and for nostalgia's sake..the video of the album version....

 

 

 

 

 

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one of my favorite youtube clips ever

 

 

Much like my borderline unhealthy obsession with 80's Prince....

i LOOOOVE mid-seventies Bootsy Collins!!!!!!!!!!! Dude is so funky I bet he paid someone to walk behind him with an air-freshener (as Ive witnessed Prince have someone do to him in concert a few years back lol)...plus the 70s were a dope time in general..i really wish I could have experienced some of that. Bootsy is SERIOUSLY slept on whenever I hear people talking about the best guitarits of all time...do i think he is #1? nope. but hes definitely on the top 10 list....peep this:

 

 

 

not to mention how Hilarious I find it that he forever was talkin about cum..." spread your lil wings and let me cum all inside of u....can i drip baby?" hows that for swag? lol.

 

Ive never seen Bootsy live...and part of me wants to but i highly doubt it would be the same..especially seeing as how although bootsy looked impossibly cool in that video...he now just looks like someone's old ,pervy, delusional uncle they keep locked in the attic untill special occasions like christmas and funerals

 

*shrugs* oh well.

 

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Beat Treats Inside!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi everyone......

My name is Aliya...and I'm a music snob.

**everyone says in unison** "HI ALIYA."

 

I can't help it. I love being the first to have the new shit by the legendary artist MONTHS in advance...or the best shit from the most obscure "who the fuck is this?!?" guy....or being the ONLY one to hear the original (and way better) version of track 16 that never made MC Such n Such's album..a certain secret rush of pleasure and excitement always goes through me when i hear my DJ/Producer/MC/Insider friends say "keep this close to you" as they slip me an unmarked CD-R...not to mention i love the fact that those who know me all know im trustworthy enough to keep shit close when im told to.

then, of course, there are other times *like right now* that I'm given new music that doesn't really need to be kept under wraps...free to share with the world like love in the early 70s...and who could pass up free lovin in the 70s?...not me...even if i WAS born in '84 lol...

And with that said....my FAVORITE producer right now (flying lotus) x everyones FAVORITE rapper right now besides mine lol (Lil Wayne) = really fantastic eargams

http://www.zshare.net/audio/1482218231d7de77/

enjoy my loves

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A few of my fav-or-ite thangs (pt 2)

what up fam?

so...I've always been a fan of supporting local Hip Hop...whether it was back home in Boston with Salvador & Dewla (more on them later...) or now in my new stomping ground of Las Vegas....if there are supposed to be 100 people at the show; imma be there if I can....if there are only 10 people at the spot? imma still be there if i can..that's just how i roll...

 

In either case...if you dont know, now u know: vegas' own SEDREW PRICE just released his Rap or Die mixtape (mixed by DJ Slimm) According to my sweetheart Shake over at 2dopeboyz.com, After this, theres another mixptape (with all original production) dropping in August and his debut LP dropping at the end of the year. Ya'll should check it out cuz he's dope...judge for yourself

i iz slightly komputer elliterate so i have no clue how to upload the actual mixtape for your listening pleasures.... instead ill direct all traffic to shake&Meka at 2dopeboyz: http://2dopeboyz.com/2008/07/03/sedrew-price-rap-or-die-v15-hosted-by-dj-slimm-mixtape/

 

 

enjoy the long weekend people....after being hit up by multiple ppl on myspace telling me I need to blog more, ive decided to start getting better with that...I'm revamping my whole shit this month...stay tuned for the goodies ;)

 

*heart*

-li

 

 

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