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[20th.
July. 2008]
New Update:
| GZA/Genius Sets
To Drop Pro Tool As He Releases The 50 Cents Diss Single
Online. |
The GZA is one less person on 50
Cent's Christmas card list this year. Who are we fooling?
Wu-Tang Clan's GZA and 50 were never friends. They don't
even know each other, but they haven't seen eye to eye since
the Genius started dissing the G-Unit last year during a
concert run. 50 responded by calling the Wu-Tang Clan
co-founder "irrelevant."
It took awhile, but GZA is trying to start another round of
back-and-forth. He released the G-Unit dis record "Paper
Plate" on Friday. It's the first release from GZA's fifth
solo LP, Pro Tools.
"Whipped with Cuban Linx," GZA threatens in his 100-plus-bar
tirade, produced by RZA. "Cut by Liquid Swords/ Crushed by
Ironman till we choke your vocal chords." |
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"You ever seen someone who roll
with Mayweather/ Rhyme like Ricky Hatton?" asks GZA, who
mocks Fif's crew with the name "Flea Unit." "Smash whatever
you throw, a thousand is what I'm batting/ Got a few hooks
but no jabs .../ Enough to make you vogue on that cover of
GQ/ Only thing missing is the sheer blouse, homie/ You
see-through."
The title "Paper Plate," according to GZA's camp, implies
that 50's art is "disposable."
Other producers on Pro Tools, slated for release on August
19, include Bronze Nazareth, Allah Mathematics, True Master,
Arabian Knight, Jay Waxx and Black Milk. GZA's son, Justice,
and Wu-Tangers RZA and Masta Killa are featured on the album |
[12th.
June. 2008]
New Update:
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Willie
The Kid : The Crowning Of A Prince Interview |
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Picture, if you
will, the future of street music. The coming of urban culture
led by an artist who was born to do it. A messiah, of some sort,
destine to recharge and accelerate the pulse of rap music.
Inspired by the essence of the craft, Willie the Kid is that
artist. Born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan, his is not
the typical rappers tale. Located two hours West and East of
Detroit and Chicago respectively, West Michigan didn't have much
to offer in the early 1980s. Like many urban areas, it offered
underprivileged African-American people nothing but the stark
contrast between their lives and that of their upper class
counterparts. With limited outlets for the urban youth, fast
money became the common alternative.
Yet rather than
fall prey to the convenient access to drugs and violence, Willie
The Kid uses the bleak landscape of his childhood stomping
grounds as inspiration for his music and motivation for his
career. The son of a DJ who was down with the culture from its
onset, Willie grew up in a home where Hip-Hop was the ideology
of choice. My father never did anything else, he says, wasn't
big on religion, wasn't big on sports. Wasn't big on anything,
but the music. In my house, that's what we grew up to. We never got in
trouble for throwing footballs in the house, we got in trouble
for scratching a record, or playing a rap record and saying the
cuss words. |
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The result was a 4-year-old who became king of the playground by
memorizing Rakim and KRS-1 rhymes, knowing that none of his
friends would have ever heard the music to which he was exposed
at home. It was only a matter of time before Willie and his
brother starting coming up with their own rhymes, making
microphones from a pair of broken headphones, which they
connected to a boom box. Around the age of 12, as his brother,
La The Darkman, got his industry break through a deal with Wu
Tang, Willie the Kid got his first notebook and truly started
writing. This happened during the late 1980s, early 1990s, to
which he refers as the Golden Age of rap music. With influences
such as Nas, Wu Tang Clan, and Jay-Z, Willie the Kid is a true
writer, a story teller whose word play and vivid descriptions
put his listeners in a zone.
With the support of his Atlanta-based Aphilliates Crew, Willie
the Kid continues to bypass the norm as he releases his music
independently and build his very own brand--something which he
has done since moving to Atlanta and linking with fellow
Aphilliates member DJ Don Cannon. You can catch the young street
visionary making apperances on every Aphilliates mixtape release
from DJ Don Cannon's 28 Grams to DJ Drama's Gangsta Grillz
series. The future is here, right now: Pay Attention as
Wu-International chops it up with WTK, his humble beginnings,
outlook on the game and his forth coming offering. Enjoy!!
[Please
Click
on picture or this link for full interview]
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| The Almighty
Unveil July 22nd Debut “Original S.I.N. (Strength Un
Numbers)” On Babygrande Records |
Almighty, the Wu-Tang
Clan affiliated supergroup consisting of Wu-Tang affiliates
Killah Priest, Bronze Nazareth, C-Rayz Walz, Son One, M-80 &
5-Star, offer their debut collaborative effort: “Original
S.I.N. (Strength in Numbers)” on July 22nd on Babygrande
Records.
Featuring appearances from Canibus, Keith Murray, Planet
Asia, Warcloud (Holocaust), 60 Second Assassin (of Sunz of
Man) and more, along with production by Bronze Nazareth (the
RZA) among others, Almighty’s “Original S.I.N.” boasts a
talented collective of independent emcees promising to rival
such supergroup independent smashes as Army of the
Pharaohs, Wu-Tang Meets The Indie Culture & many more.
For more information, including music and the embeddable
widget, please visit:
www.crackspace.com/thealmighty
www.babygrande.com |
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