Moment of Truth

Hip-Hop lost one of it's most beloved, respected and influential rappers of all time earlier this week: Guru. Many know him as one-half of Gang Starr along with DJ Premier. Guru is credited with combining jazz and hip-hop that proved to be highly influential in the early 90's and is known for his trademark battle rhymes. It's always sad to lose such a well-known and highly respected person who paved the way for many, many acts. But I am glad to considered myself a fan of his work. Thank you Guru for making dope music for 20 plus years.

R.I.P. Guru, Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal

Listen to:


Gang Starr-Moment of Truth
http://www.mediafire.com/?83i3yw1zn5y
http://www.myspace.com/gangstarr

Guillotine (Swordz)

So... friday night, I'm at home, and I can't find shit to do. I guess I can listen to Wu-Tang all night or til I can find something to do.

On the real though, Deck, Ghost, Rae and GZA murdered this song.

Listen to:


Raekwon-Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
http://www.mediafire.com/?2zzmfm50z4z
http://www.myspace.com/raekwon

For What Reason

Probably for the past year I've been talking a lot of shit about the "Twilight Saga". I don't think the story is all that amazing, nor do I think the films are that great, but I wouldn't say they're terrible. I even bear a slight resemblence to Jacob Black. Yet after all of that, I had a dream that I had a dream that I was Jacob Black and fighting some vampires in a really gnarly battle and I was able to fly, which I'll admit that was the best part of the dream. Why I would dream of that only God knows.

How ironic.

Listen to:

Death Cab for Cutie-We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes

http://www.mediafire.com/?xgymxt4mdxt

http://www.myspace.com/deathcabforcutie

Suffocating Words

Instead of a cough I end up getting the worst sinuses and nose congestivness in my life. I was able to focus in my geography class for maybe a good 5 seconds. Been listening to some gnar tunes tonight, probably reflecting on how I feel. God I better go to sleep fast tonight and chances are won't be able to breath good too.

Listen to:

Scars of Tomorrow-Rope Tied to the Trigger

http://www.mediafire.com/?0ym0bxzotjm

http://www.myspace.com/scarsoftomorrow

Hold Your Breath

So I think I'm getting sick. Sore throat yesterday, stuffy nose today. Maybe I'll get lucky a develop a cough tomorrow. I guess I'll just continue listening to pop-punk again.

Listen to:


A Loss for Words-The Kids Can't Lose
http://www.mediafire.com/file/3ozynjnzyny/A%20Loss%20For%20Words.zip
http://www.myspace.com/alossforwords

The Last Thing You Forget

You know what really grinds my gears? Pop-Punk. It's safe to say that I've been listening to pop-punk for about the past 11 years and for the most part, I know what good pop-punk sounds like, when it's bad and when it just fuckin sucks. A friend of mine gave me a cd today and while listening to it it made me think a little. The past few years I've started to see a trend, more so a "gimmick" in pop-punk. It seems like 50% of new pop-punk bands incorporate a keyboard in their music while 40% of them try to mix it up with melodic hardcore (sometimes referred to "happy hardcore/easycore/pop-core"), about 5% of the new bands will probably just play annoying "preeteen/teen-angst" pop-punk in vein of Blink-182 and NFG but just suck at it while the remaining 5% (yes I actually did the math) will actually play music that qualifies as pop-punk. The point I'm trying to make is that pop-punk doesn't sound the way it use to, and that happens with just about every genre of music. While not necessarly bad, do we really need to hear the same, often times annoying, keyboards or synthesizers or the whiny, high-pitched "left my girlfriend/you never cared for me" song? I have a feeling pop-punk will start to lose touch with people, the same way hip-hop has had. And it's always sad when one of your favorite genres turn to watered-down, sub-par music that appeals to the massives but sounds like shit. At least there's still a few that are going strong.

So there's my rant on pop-punk. Now let's go listen to some good pop-punk.

Listen to:

Title Fight-The Last Thing You Forget

http://www.mediafire.com/?ocd3vjnjrwd

http://www.myspace.com/titlefight

Stress: The Extinction Agenda

So, the past few months have taken a toll on me and the stress factor has been looming over my head since the second week of the semester, due to the amount of school work I have every other damn night. This stress is probably the reason why I now might have a new case of insomnia. 8 hours is considered to be a full nights rest (bullshit); however, on average (throughout the week) it takes me about an hour and a half to 2 hours just to go to sleep and eventually get about 5 hours of sleep before I get up and get ready for school. This past saturday I got 3 hours of sleep and then went to the mountains. I did however sleep pretty good Sunday night though. Let's hope I can sleep good tonight.

Listen to:


Organized Konfusion-Stress: The Extinction Agenda
http://www.mediafire.com/?lbygrzzmdid