GOOD GAME PT. 1 "TAGGING AND GOOGLING"

I WANT TO GIVE A LIL GAME TO ALL MY FELLOW ARTIST. GOT 2 POINTS: (1) ALWAYS TAG ANYTHING YOU POST ONLINE (VIDEO, SONG, BLOG POST, ETC), YOU WANT TO TAG IT WITH ANY WAY THAT SOMEONE MAY GO AND SEARCH FOR YOUR ART. FOR INSTANCE WHEN I TAG MY STUFF I DO IT WITH MIRAGE512 OR MIRAGE 512 (WITH OR WITHOUT SPACE) I ALSO TAG WITH AUSTIN, AUSTIN TEXAS, ATX, ATX HIP HOP ATX HIPHOP AND A LOT OF OTHER STUFF. WHEN YOU TAG YOUR STUFF, ITS MUCH EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO FIND YOU ONLINE AT GOOGLE, BING ETC. IT WILL ALSO ALLOW YOU TO GIVE A SIMPLER WAY FOR FOLKS TO FIND YOU, YOU JUST TELL EM GOOGLE ME........ (2) GOOGLE YOURSELF, FIND OUT WHERE YOUR STUFF IS (VIDEOS, MP3's ETC). IT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW WHAT FOLK SEE WHEN THEY SEARCH FOR YOU. CAN THEY FIND YOU? ALSO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE CAN SPELL YOUR NAME IF YOU HAVE A TITILE THAT IS UNCOMMON (SPELL IT A COUPLE OF TIMES FOR THEM). YOU WILL BE SURPRISED AT WHERE YOUR STUFF IS. IVE FOUND MY VIDEOS IN PLACES THAT I DIDNT SUBMIT IT TO, ESPECIALLY OVERSEAS. I FOUND THE CONTACT PORTION OF THE WEBSITE AND SENT A EMAIL THANKING THEM FOR POSTING MY MATERIAL I INCLUDED LINKS TO MY OTHER PRODUCT, AND I SAVED THE EMAIL ADDRESS FOR FUTURE SUBMISSIONS HOPEFULLY YALL WILL FIND THIS TO BE USEFUL INFO TO HELP YOU PUSH YOUR ART. HAPPY GRINDING

NEW VIDEO AND SINGLE BY THE FLY & ROOSTER - CPMB Official Video

MY DUDES FLY AND ROOSTER GET FREAKY ON THIS ONE TALKING BOUT THEM CROTCHLESS PANTIES AND MATCHING BRA's (DONT WATCH THIS ONE AT WORK, LOL) DOING IT HOUSTON TX STYLE

PETE ROCK & CL SMOOTH: 25th ANNIVERSARY SHOW FOR MECCA AND THE SOUL BROTHER ALBUM

As one of Hip-Hop’s greatest musical partnerships, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth hold a place not only in the rap history books, but also in the hearts of loyal fans worldwide. The Money Earnin’ Mount Vernon duo’s output in the early-to-mid-90s consisted of nothing but back-to-back classic material, from their debut 1991 EP “All Souled Out” through to the remix singles that came off their brilliant 1994 sophomore album “The Main Ingredient”. Whilst Pete Rock also blessed the likes of Public Enemy, Das EFX and Nas with his trademark horn-driven production, it can’t be denied that few sounded as comfortable on a Chocolate Boy Wonder track as the Mecca Don, C.L. Smooth, who wrapped up street knowledge, social commentary and self-reflection in his instantly recognisable, warm, buttery flow. Since that initial golden-era run, Pete and C.L.’s relationship has been rocky to say the least, both musically and personally. With promises of reunion projects amounting to little more than the odd single here and there, the pair’s on-off status has kept supporters guessing for years, surrounded by a dark cloud of supposed unresolved differences

But the pair came together and made magic this particular night in London England. Thankfully, if the childhood friends do still have any unsettled issues, they didn’t allow them to spill over and negatively impact what, essentially, was a great performance of a classic album. So, after this successful live reunion, the question that now needs to be asked, to paraphrase Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth themselves, is what’s next on the menu for the iconic duo



Venue: Jazz Cafe, London Date: 29 October 2012

NEW MIXTAPE BY DIRTY POLITICS ENT "THE ELECTION:

NEW MIXTAPE BY THE HOMIES OVER @ DIRTY POLITIC ENT. FEATURES YOUNG NICK, CRENSHAW, ARSON OPTICS, KAZANOVA THE GREAT, MR. C's AND MIRAGE512.

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NEW VIDEO BY AUSTIN'S OWN T-FLASHA

I FIRST MET TYLER T-FLASHA BAREFIELD ABOUT A YEAR AGO THROUGH MY COMRADE YOUNG NICK. NICK HAD HIM PERFORM AT A SHOW THAT HE PUT TOGETHER AT VICTORY GRILL AND WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH HIM SO NICK STARTED WORKING WITH HIM. I WAS AT THAT SHOW AND I REMEMBER THINKING OH THIS IS A YOUNG CAT WITH THEM SAME SONGS AS ALL THESE OTHER CATS OUT HERE BUT HE DID HAVE A NICE STAGE SHOW. SO NICK PRODUCED SOME MUSIC FOR HIM AND ADDED HIM TO HIS DIRTY POLLITIC ROSTER BECAUSE OF HIS HUMILITY AND WORK ETHIC. I REMEMBER NICK TELLING ME "BIG HOMIE YOU NEED TO MEET THIS YOUNG CAT FLASH, HE REMINDS ME OF MYSELF AT HIS AGE" SO I WAS THINKING HOW HUNGRY THIS DUDE FLASH MUST HAVE BEEN TO GET ON THAT MIC CAUSE I REMEMBER HOW HUNGRY NICK WAS AND IS.

IT HAD BEEN A MONTH OR 2 SINCE THAT SHOW AND SINCE I HAD BEEN OVER TO YOUNG NICKS STUDIO AND THE FIRST THING HE DID WAS PLAY NEW MUSIC HE HAD DONE, WHICH WAS NOTHING NEW. WHAT WAS DIFFERENT WAS THAT NONE OF THE MUSIC WAS HIS OWN STUFF IT WAS STUFF THAT HE DID FOR T-FLASHA AND THE SHIT SOUNDED GOOD. THEN NICK GOES "YEAH BIG HOMIE THAT CAT IS FROM YOUR HOOD 2-3" IM LIKE "WORD"? HE LIKE "YEAH AND HE HAS A VERY HIGH OPINION OF YOU TOO, HE LIKES YA MUSIC AND YA GRIND AND HOW YOU PUT ON FOR THE HOOD". THAT PEEKED MY INTEREST IN THE YOUNGSTA. SO I KEPT MY EYES ON HIM AS ONE OF THE UPCOMING EMCEES IN TOWN. WE CROSSED PATHS AGAIN AT A LOCAL SHOW AND HAD A LIL CONVERSATION AND I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH HOW HE PRESENTED HIMSELF AND WHAT HE TALKED ABOUT. HE MENTIONED THAT HE WAS SHOOTING A NEW VIDEO AND ASKED ME TO COME OUT CAUSE HE WANTED SOME OG AUSTIN CATS IN IT AND I AGREED. IT TOOK HIM A WHILE TO PUT IT OUT BUT HERE IT IS THE NEW VIDEO BY T-FLASHA ENJOY

T-FLASHA -- OFF THA RIP



CONTACT FLASHA ONLINE @TFLASHA
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MEET MORRIS DA KAT

11 YRS. IN DA RAP GAME UNDER HIS BELT, MORRIS DA KAT CEO OF 512 TEKS ENTERTAINMENT. EVERY SO OFTEN A ARTIST COMES AROUND WITH A CERTAIN UNIQUENESS THAT GRABS YOU FROM THE VERY 1ST SONG, AND THEN HE GETS BETTER WITH EVERY LISTEN, WELL THIS IS MORRIS DA KAT. HE LEAVES YOU FASCINATED WITH HIS INSTINCTIVE ABILITY TO CONNECT MANY GENRES OF MUSIC, THEREBY SHAPING AND MOLDING IT INTO SOMETHING OF HIS OWN! MORRIS DA KAT HAS A NEW SCHOOL BRAND OF MUSIC COMBINING HIP-HOP/RAP WITH A SMOOTH R&B TIP. HIS MIXTURE PRODUCES AN EMOTIONAL, ENERGETIC, CONTAGIOUS, MODERN RADIO SOUND, HE COLLECTIVELY DISPLAYS A VIRTUOSITY RARELY FOUND

I must admit that I'm new to this cats catalog but I will say that 30 minutes of watching his videos on youtube was enough to start the process of me becoming a fan of M.K

Here is the video that got me interested in his music

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NEW MUSIC BY DAVID SHA "HER HAIR"

(MIRAGE512 & DAVID SHA)

Tha homie David Sha is back with a new video and single called "Her Hair" it's a anthem for those who wear natural hair styles. I first met David about 4 years ago at a show that local Austin artist Gidon had, I remember being impressed with his stage show and the energy he had. I also got this feeling that he had an old soul, like he was raised on some good old soul and blues music. I exchanged numbers and facebook and reverbnation info with him and we did'nt talk for about a 6 or 7 months. Then i started putting the song "Long Story" together and i thought about getting david on that song, so I got in touch with him via web and we had a couple of phone conversations about what the song was about. I emailed him the track with just 1 verse and no hook and he sent it back to me a week later. Again he put it down with his seemless soul singing and spitting. We got a great response from that song and the video and folk come out on rare occasion that we get to perform it (kinda hectic with him in Houston and me in Austin)

"Her Hair" is a great song, its very him. The video features his real life soul mate and his new son. I know David and his family on a personal and artistic level and I got a good feeling from this video, you can tell that all the folks involved had a great time making this video, it seems like everybody in this video knows eachother. I think this will be a song that gains David a more solid following. "Her Hair" is the anthem to promote the natural hair movement! The video displays innovative and stylish hairstyles that are sure to make you put down those harmful perms and expensive hair care products. "Don't remove the kinks from your hair, remove them from your brain" Marcus Garvey





Here is a short bio on David Sha

A native of Houston, Tx. David Sha brings a refreshing mix of philosophical spirituality & vivid urban truth to an industry lacking much substance. His love for music started in his grandmothers kitchen, as she sang gospel songs while preparing dinner. Growing up in the midst of a neighborhood notorious for drug dealing & frequent violence gave him a close look at the realities of " hood life". His unique upbringing has evolved Sha into an artist that has traveled the country & performed with the likes of Jodeci,The Isley Brothers,Tank,Silk, Brian McKnight,and more known artist. Influences include Jimi Hendrix,Stevie Wonder,Marvin Gaye,Curtis Mayfield, Rakim, Scarface, Busta Rhymes, Michael Jackson, James Brown,Prince.






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KAZANOVA THE GREAT ONE IS BACK WITH A NEW VIDEO

OUR HOMIE KAZANOVA THE GREAT ONE CONTINUES TO CARRY THE FLAG FOR THE DIRTY POLITIC MOVEMENT WITH ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO Kazanova – “Closure (I'm Sorry For...)”. THIS SONG IS DEFINITLY ONE THAT WE CAN ALL RELATE TO ITS EVIDENT BY THE 300 VIEWS IT GOT IN THE FIRST WEEK IT WAS ON YOUTUBE. IT DEALS WITH A NASTY BREAK HE HAD WITH AN EX-GIRLFRIEND, I KNOW NOVA ON A PERSONAL LEVEL SO I KNOW THAT THIS WAS A SONG THAT WAS VERY PERSONAL FOR HIM AND I KNOW HE HAD TO GO TO A DEEP PLACE INSIDE HIMSELF TO WRITE IT. IT WAS FILMED AND EDITED BY THE GOOD FOLKS OVER @ DETOX LIGHTNING MEDIA. CHECK THE VIDEO AND A SHORT CONVERSATION WE HAD WITH HIM BACK IN 2010.

Does Hip-Hop Hate the Educated Rapper?

By Truth Minista Paul Scott

During a recent episode of BET’s (Black Entertainment Television), Friday Rap Battle, the crowd went wild as the champ, B. Grimey, dropped bombastic bombs on the challenger, MC Imhotep. By the time he said his third “yo mama so Black” rhyme, the celebrity judges were applauding loudly as hosts, Clarence J and Rosie danced across the stage. However, when MC Imhotep started rappin’ about how Grimey’s sneakers were made from sweatshop slave labor, his bling courtesy of South African diamond mines, and his swag a product of a dysfunctional educational system, the audience sat dumbfounded, and the judges ran for cover as Terence J yelled “cut to commercial….”

Hip-Hop has a long history of beef with intelligent rappers. I remember back in the day when Kangol Kid of UTFO dissed fellow group member EMD, “The Educated Rapper” in front of Roxanne, with the classic line “I know you’re educated/But when will you learn/Not all girls want to be involved with book worms.” Since EMD was just a character who wasn’t exactly known for droppin’ knowledge, it was understood as just part of the act.

However, when rappers infer that intelligent MCs are just hatin’ on him and his crew because they are “winning,” that, sir, means war! In fairness, over years more than a few commercially successful rappers have taken random shots at intellectual rappers. Remember back in 2002, Nelly aimed a diss at “tha Teacha,” KRS-ONE, when he said that people judging Hip-Hop are the ones whose album flop on his song “Number 1.” Ouch.



So, does Hip-Hop really despise smart rappers? Historically, America has always feared intelligent Black men. Even going back to the early 19th Century with Nat Turner. Although he is portrayed in history books as a mindless brute, runnin’ around slaughtering slave owners, Turner was intelligent. Also, even though the Black Panthers of the late 1960s were known for bustin’ their guns, it must remembered that the party was founded on a college campus, and their main threat to the power structure was their political education classes. Today, since Hip-Hop is dominated by Black male voices, the paranoia is still there.





Although Ice T is mostly known for his pimp and gun talk, his most threatening lyric was “my lethal weapon is my mind.” That still holds true today as, although White mainstream Americans profess to hate violent, misogynist rap music, the reason why they back it financially and give it a platform is because of their fear of the alternative; music that will inspire Black people to challenge the status quo.

So, it is not really hate that fuels the animosity against intelligence in rap, but fear. And when this fear is internalized, it morphs into self-hatred. As Marianne Williamson said in her oft quoted poem, “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure.”

Although some rappers are actually intellectually challenged in real life, many are just playing dumb. One of the best examples is one of the hottest rappers in the game right now, 2Chainz. Although, he is rumored to be academically gifted and, according to his website, even down with the Hip-Hop Congress’s “Respect My Vote” campaign, the message that he sends our children does not reflect any of that. His latest songs, “Riot” and “Rich Man’s World” could have easily been the political anthems of the Occupy Wall Street/Trayvon Martin Era, but instead he chose to continue with the same misogynistic tales of murder and mayhem.

So what do we do? We declare war.


Contrary to popular belief, there has never been an all out war against Hip-Hop ignorance. The solutions are simple. First, we have to stop parroting the lie that the reason that Hip-Hop is in its present state because that is what “we” want. Uh…no, “we” don’t.

Unfortunately, anyone who is smarter than a fifth grader is, somehow, always left out of the official Hip-Hop census. Also, conscious rappers and Hip-Hop journalists need to stop goin’ out like suckas. Although, playing dumb may be an entrance requirement for the cool kids table for high school freshman, when adults dumb themselves down to fit in with their kid’s homies…Well, that’s just wrong.

Finally, as unbelievable as it might sound, the best sage wisdom comes courtesy of the late Notorious B.I.G. on his song “Unbelievable”. “Dumb rappers need teachin’.” If we can’t make being smart cool, at least we can make being stupid, uncool.

So, we ain’t mad because you’re winnin’. We’re mad because of lyrics like yours, our children are losin’.

Although, school is out for the summer, we have to admit that for Hip-Hop, school has been out for decades. It’s time ring the bell and yell, “Class is back in session!”

A generation ago, KRS One proclaimed, “The age of the ignorant rapper is done.” Unfortunately, we’ve been singin’ that same song for 20 summers. Maybe this year, KRS. Maybe this year….

ICE T DIRECTS NEW FILM DOCUMENTARY ON HIP HOP "SOMETHING FROM NOTHING"

Los Angeles rapper-turned-actor Ice-T made his solo album debut in 1987 with Rhyme Pays, waxing poetic with his pimp philosophies and hustler hijinks. While west coast crime scenes became the basis for Ice-T’s cinematic tales of fun and violence in the sun, the crafty veteran was always searching for other ways to challenge his artistic temperament. Flipping the script in 1991, Ice starred as a cop in the classic crack-era film New Jack City, and proceeded to establish yet another pimpin’ path that today includes various films, a regular gig on NBC’s Law & Order: SVU and the E! reality show Ice Loves Coco with his pinup-worthy wife, Nicole “Coco” Austin.

Now Ice is stepping behind the camera, making his directorial debut with The Art of Rap (Indomina Media), a documentary about hip-hop’s continuous rise in popularity. Ice gets personal with his lyrical peers, who reveal their own process of transforming life into a perfect blend of street swagger, urban poetics and pop-culture success. The film, which received positive reviews at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, is scheduled to hit theaters nationwide June 15.

Turn the mic up.

What was the motivation behind making this film?

ICE-T: I have a sincere love for hip-hop. Hip-hop had a lot to do with getting me out of trouble and putting me in the position I am in today. I’m totally aware of its power. With artists like Public Enemy, Queen Latifah, Ice Cube, Big Daddy Kane, Rakim, KRS-One, the music was able to change the world. This film is my way of giving back to hip-hop. When I came into rap, I came from L.A. and kind of had to come and bow down to the Zulu Nation and have them co-sign me to get into rap. There were times if you weren’t from New York City and you didn’t have the right connections, you couldn’t rap.

Was that when you started working with Zulu member DJ Afrika Islam?

I was introduced to the Zulu Nation where hip-hop started, in the Bronx. They taught me that hip-hop required skill. If you wanted to be the DJ, the breakdancer, a graffiti artist, you don’t want to be a toy, you want to be a bomber. You want to be respected for your skills. But more recently, I started seeing this art form that I love becoming diluted, because once you take the skill level out of it, hip-hop just becomes a joke.

What do you want the audience to learn?

The passion and respect that should be connected to hip-hop, that’s really what I want. Ninety percent of the new rappers, they got skills, they can rhyme, but they don’t have any real guidance. But, there are 10 percent who don’t give a fuck, and it’s a joke to them. It’s about whatever they gotta do to get money. That is poisoning hip-hop. To some people, hip-hop is symbolic, like a church. If you say something bad about rap, muthafuckas want to fight. I hope my film helps hit the reset button on the hip-hop scene. I want to make the old-timers feel good and show the new kids where it’s been so they know where it should go.