DEFTONES- "YOU'VE SEEN THE BUTCHER"

This is what happens when you gather a bunch of chicks together during their time of the month....lol....but in all seriousness, I was so-so about the track at first, 'cause I pretty much played "Diamond Eyes" on my iPod to the edge of death. But...I saw the video last week....on MTV2 (when they play videos).....and man.....is this not one of the sexiest videos ever....if you don't have the Diamond Eyes album (legal or illegal)....cop it!

DIGGY SIMMONS- SHOOK ONES (FREESTYLE)

Diggy Simmons- {Shook Ones Freestyle} from philthegod. on Vimeo.

This seems to be everyone's favorite beat to rhyme on...give it a rest!!!! But I give respect where respect is due...and this kid is the TRUTH....keep your eyes on the Preemo cameos.

KANYE WEST- "ALL OF THE LIGHTS" (FEATURING GODDAMN NEAR EVERYBODY) [MASH-UP VIDEO]

With everything that I have heard over the last couple of days, how this maybe Kanye's BEST album, how this is an instant classic, with Rolling Stone giving it the 5-star rating, Nodima (fellow rateyourmusic.com reviewer) going from giving it 4 1/2 stars to 5 stars...I was skeptical...to whether this was all just hype...you know post-Taylor Swift, I often question the motives of entertainment media nowadays, when it comes to Kanye. But...I gotta say...I am definitely convinced...and this song (that I thought was gonna crash and burn) is so epic, so many sounds and so many voices clashing that it is a collage of nothing but pure beauty...

I know it sounds like I'm bullshitting 'cause I been on my Kanye fix for the last couple of months, but I think this goes to show, that we NEED artists such as him in this God-forsaken, copy/paste, been there done that art that we call modern music. Who do you know is willing to put it ALL on the line, other than a few other rappers..(perhaps Jay, maybe Em, definitely Wayne, Drake wants to, Cudi, Nicki, etc. tries to)....let's face it....NOBODY....................NOBODY!!!!!!

....is doing what the fuck this dude is doing right now. Milwaukee artists, take notes, and push that envelope, and quit jockin' off what others have done before you.

Kanye West - All Of The Lights [mash-up video] from 5846 Productions on Vimeo.

THE PLAYLIST 11-16-10

MF DOOM- "DOOMSDAY"

I listened to this on the bus ride home from work yesterday. Hearing "Doomsday" reminded me of two things. One, Operation: Doomsday, truly did inspire a lot of these rappers (me included) to buy a $5 computer recording mic from Radio Shack and make an album with the crappiest sound quality. The other, being that I don't think people truly realize or appreciate that DOOM can drop some "notable quotables" sometimes...

"Shook niggas turn witness/Real men's mind their own business"

.....Plus...the Sade sample/interpolation is just.....*MUAH* MANIFIQUE!...I think its spelled right....lol.




SADE- "FEEL NO PAIN"

You would think...because "Kiss Of Life" is sampled...this would be the song that's next in this playlist....BUT IT AIN'T...I had this on repeat for so long a couple weeks ago...because of both the lyrics, I'm pretty sure...speak volumes and relate to so many people, enduring these problems today...and the video...probably one of the most seductive and sexiest visuals that a lot of these Auto-Tuned prostitutes, wish they can replicate today.




BRANDY- "BABY"

This song came up next in my playlist, and it just took me back when my sister played the SHIT out of Brandy's debut. Same time I'm sure when Moesha first came on the air, and the poofed out ski jackets were seen everywhere I went. I don't know why I feel so nostalgic for then and apathetic for today's R&B scene (most of it anyways). Maybe I'm just over this skank contest I been seeing lately...that and most of them are going electro (blame David Guetta).

DILLA ARTWORK

So I had ran upon this on Okayplayer's message board and realized this was fucking amazing. Obvious answer yes, however, I think back to two years ago when I had a profile on DeviantArt and how I was on a major roll with my ideas and the execution of those ideas and how in the blink of an eye, it just......STOPPED. And then I always have these pictures forming in my brain, from the color of the image to the stories behind them, and somehow they just stay there....in my brain....

I don't know if it is perhaps, writing has taken over my life so much compared to what sketching did, but I just need to find that inspiration again, where my pencil or pen are not creating words but images. Despite the fact that I feel my words paint pictures already...

Now, that I'm on the subject w/Dilla. I think it's time to bump some Fantastic, Vol. 2 and some Donuts to get me through the day.

THE PLAYLIST (9-29-10)

These were songs that were constantly getting rotation in my iPod yesterday and prompted any inspiration or creativity, or even deep thinking....



DJ SHADOW- "MIDNIGHT IN A PERFECT WORLD"

The whole Endtroducing album I had always slept on (me being on Dilla's nuts when Donuts came out). But listening to this yesterday, just put me in a melancholy mindstate.



JAY-Z- "ALLURE"

I religiously bumped the Black Album back when CD players were still in style and always felt that this song was always underrated as fuck. But with all the other top-notch productions on there, I could see why. Plus, this Neptunes beat is smoothed out to death.



KENDRICK LAMAR- "THE HEART PT. 2" (FT. DASH SNOW)

I never really paid any attention to this guy until recently. The first track of his (O)verly (D)edicated album/mixtape, has him spazzing on a mellow beat until he can't no more and coughs on his own "spit". Check him out, when you get the chance.

THIS LONG ASS ABSENCE PROVES ONE THING....

I need to step up my blog game.

The last two and a half months, I have kept a low profile from damn near everything. Dealing with a death in the family, going through writer's block, being forced to take a semester off of school, and having mentally imblanced ex-girlfriends with crimson red hair, freckles, and a thirst for everything 180 Proof, stalk you every minute of almost every day...not to mention my growing frustration with this "rap game" that I participate in.

So, that has led me to feel as if though I need to change the pace a little bit. For the last several months, despite all the things that I have done, the people I've seen, something was missing. I didn't feel like myself. I felt that I started making music, for all the wrong reasons, stuff that I use to be somewhat against. That's moreso, 'cause rap was more than just music, I've had memories that link to the music that I had got into at the time, being young, going through college, meeting new people, experiencing new things, that before, I would be afraid to put myself in those situations. Writing and music helped me get through troubling times in my life, from failed relationships, to dealing with anger, to accepting death. I don't regret ever getting noticed or wish I can take it back at all, however for me, while some see it as a business, I see it as an art.

With these last couple months, I have been trying to sort out and do a little cleansing of the thought process. Every step I take from here on out, is gonna be for my own benefit, in bringing back most of the DIY ethics that made me what I am. Quite frankly, I would say...that it is about time, that I bring some of the Madhatter back into Mad Static, where it is not me going to the past, but bringing him along into the future.

So I will keep you posted, hopefully daily, with these random ass thoughts of mine. Let's just hope I don't relapse into another leave of absence because of some stupid shit.