RJD2's Sweet Digs

Check out RJD2's sweet and "homie" home studio in West Philly and learn how to make some apple cobbler.



Thanks ElectricIndependance

Spooooookeeeeeey

Blah blah blah

The Wu-Massacre

These videos started coming out at the end of October but I wanted to wait until all three came out to post them up (and it's been hard for me to wait this long).

Just watch them, I feel like me explaining it will ruin everything. Just know this:
Method Man, Ghostface Killah, and Raekwon.
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"That Guy" Of The Day

Hey look at that guy.

What guy? That guy.

The one over there who looks like he just got smacked in the face with a bed pan.

The guy who looks like he got slapped with a dirty piece of ham.

That guy? Little Steven?

Yeah that guy.



Check out more "That Guys" here

BLAKROC and Black Friday

In more ways than one today is BLA(c)K Friday. It's the biggest shopping day of the year, where it might not be be odd to see two mothers fighting over the last Nintendo Wii at Best Buy while their husbands are next door at Sears duking it out over the last set of Craftsman Power Tools.

Too much man!

Anyway, here's something to celebrate. Today the BlakRoc album drops! If you haven't been following, BlakRoc is The Black Keys project with: Billy Danze (of MOP), Jim Jones, Nicole Wray, NOE, Mos Def, ODB, Pharoahe Monch, Q-Tip, Raekwon, & RZA.

Pick it up here

Check out the BlakRoc webisodes here

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Today is a day of celebration. A day of family, food, and friends.

What are you thankful for?

Enjoy the day and night everyone.

Thanksgiving Eve

Tonight is Thanksgiving Eve. Celebrate. Have Fun. Be safe.

Enjoy the night everyone.

The Eigenharp

Check out this crazy new instrument created by Eigen Labs. It's called the Eigenharp Alpha and is an electronic stick-like (it actually looks like a bassoon) instrument with a breath pipe, 120 top keys, 12 percussion keys on the bottom and a whole bunch of other stuff! It has a lot of versatility due to all the different patches on it and you can play sounds resembling anything from an electronic guitar to a clarinet.

Oh and it's only 3,950 euros. Actually there is a smaller version called the "Pico" that runs about 350 euros (which isn't that bad). Anyway, check it out!

Demo 1


Performance

BLAKROC EPISODE #10 !!!!

BLAKROC you know, the collaboration between The Black Keys and: Mof Def, Raekwon, Q-Tip, ODB, RZA, Jim Jones,Nicole Wray, Ludacris, NOE, Pharoahe Monch, and Billy Danze, has returned with Episode number 10

In this episode, the lovely Nikki Wray returns to lay down another track with Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys. Check it out!

Watch the other week's episodes HERE

Men at Work Monday Has Returned!

Ohhhhhhhhh it's back!!! But sadly it's also Monday.

You know the routine:

The weekend is over.
It's Monday.
Time for school.
Time for work.

But it's also almost Thanksgiving, a fine holiday if I do say so myself. So think of it this way. It being Monday only makes it another day closer to the holiday. So go ahead, take Monday by the horns, spin it around and give it a good swift kick in the ass. Happy MEN AT WORK MONDAY Everybody!!!

The Word Fuck

Various usages of the word fuck, performed by Jack Wagner

Vampire Weekend: New Album Release Date!

Mark your calendars kiddies.

Everyone's favorite(well one of mine at least) hip and trendy band will soon be releasing the followup to their fantastic 2008 debut. That's right! Vampire Weekend will drop their new album, entitled Contra, on January 12, 2010. I love me some VampWeek (no I don't actually call them that) and I am more than excited for their new album. If you still haven't listened to their first, seriously do yourself a favor and pick it up.

Check out their new single "Cousins"


Contra

Timbaland Shock Value 2

I saw this a while ago but I forgot about it until now.

From Uncut Magazine

According to publicized reports, the album will feature appearances from Justin Timberlake, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, The Fray, Chris Daughtry, Nickelback's Chad Kroeger, Brandy, Keri Hilson and Young Money superstar Drake.

Yeah. "Shock Value" is a perfect title for this album. Miley Cyrus? Daughtry? NICKELBACK? (does anyone actually like Nickelback?) Drake? Real original. Timbo...really? What the hell is wrong with you? Maybe a better name for this would be "MakeMoneyOffShitPopMusciansThatAreHotNow". Good Lord Man.

Flaming Lips: "Watching the Planets" Video

*WARNING*
*EVERYONE IN THIS VIDEO IS BUTT ASS NAKED*
*WATCH AT YOUR OWN RISK*


I've been waiting to see this for quite some time and ummmm it's been...a while since I've seen something so outrageous, disturbing?, great? Just because I don't really get it doesn't mean there's something wrong with it. God I love the Flaming Lips.


For some reason I can't embed the video so go to NME and watch it there.

Or you can watch a squeaky clean (and fully clothed) live version HERE.

PLORK: Princeton Laptop Orchestra

Check out what Princeton is working on HERE.

Here's my opinion on the whole thing. I love electronic music, and Princeton might be on to something. They aren't exactly the first to try something like this (maybe the first university). A lot of electronic acts out there are using laptops on a network to make music and send back and forth information to each other, but this might be the largest scale of its' use that I've seen at least.

It is my belief that in its' very essence music is social. Of course their are certain aspects of music that are more personal. People write songs about personal experiences, feelings, etc but they also evoke feelings in the people that listen to them, sort of making it a shared experience. The orchestra kind of has something social going for it, I mean an orchestra in itself is a pretty social event (except for the fact that one person conducts it and the music that's played is usually written by one person.....well some bands are like that too, shit where am I going with this? Actually there's nothing wrong with an orchestra playing the music one person wrote, it's actually extremely impressive that one person can do such a thing. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, and the countless other composers are all geniuses. )

Anyway, everyone is in a room together, that's a start. I feel that instead of just following someone's complete direction, all these muscians should each contribute their own musical ideas/sounds/elements to the mix and create an entire sonic landscape. In my opinion that would be much cooler than what I heard on the (above) video. It would also be pretty cool to see what other types of music could be composed through this though as well. Anyway, it'll be interesting to hear how this progresses in the future.

Thanks for reading
-b Funk

Big Shoes To Fill....

Aw Shucks, that was lame.

Oh well.

J. Tillman at The Church

Last evening I had the pleasure of paying a visit to the First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia, not for a service (well, not exactly), but to see J. Tillman perform in the Church's intimate side chapel. Let me start by saying I have never been in a Church for a concert, or really anything "non-religiously" affiliated (well, again...not exactly).

Why do I keep saying "not exactly"? Well, because some people can certainly argue that (some) music can be considered a religious experience. I can't argue against it. Okay, moving on!

Now let me REALLY get started by saying this little chapel only holds about 50 people in it, which made the experience all the better. I got to the Church pretty early and after waiting around a bit for the doors to open, I entered the tiny room, sat down in the front pew (yes a pew), and waited anxiously for the show to begin.

Soon after, the opener, "Pearly Gate Music", who happens to be Tillman's younger Brother Zach (who also plays bass for him) came out to perform a few songs of his own. I would consider his music sort of lo-fi-super-reverbed-emo-folk, but if that turns you off, I must say it was pretty good. Zach sang with a true passion that can only come from the heart and although he was a little too much for me at times, he had a solid voice, and a realness to his music.

After Zach's performance I was good and ready (that sounds a little too sexual) for the elder Tillman. A few minuets later, he emerged from the side door of the Chapel with the rest of his 5 piece band (acoustic guitar,electric guitar, drums, bass, and pedal steel). Right from the get go I thought they were great. Tillman's hushed vocals and softly strummed guitar fit perfectly with the setting we were in. While some songs possessed the vocal harmonies fans of his other work with Fleet Foxes, certainly appreciated, others had louder blues/gospel and louder rock sensibilities. Also, for claiming no religious affiliation, (at one point he mentioned he "liked everything and nothing"), many of his songs had a very Christian undertone (maybe even overtone?) to them. Nonetheless, his lyrics, music, and overall performance were extremely passionate and heartfelt.

I had a great time and was extremely pleased at my decision to check out this show. Also I got the chance to shake Josh's hand and thank he and the band for the great performance. I now see he certainly has a hell of a lot more too offer than just being the drummer for Fleet Foxes (he's actually been making music since before joining the band). I highly suggest to any fans of folky,woodsy, acoustic, blues rock, americana type music to check this guy out. You shouldn't be disappointed.

Also, it definitely won't be the last time I catch a show at "The Church". Thanks R5 Productions for giving me the heads up about this show.

Check out a few tunes

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In a Parallel Universe The Beatles Never Broke Up

You have GOT to check this out.

According to "James Richards" (Jim Dick..haha!! Sorry, that was inappropriate) somewhere in a parallel universe, which can be found by tripping over a rabbit hole and getting knocked unconscious in Del Puerto Canyon, California, The Beatles never broke up!!!! His story is entirely too intriguing (and absolutely ridicules) for me to explain in its entirety so just go to his website TheBeatlesNeverBrokeUp.com and read about it yourselves.

If it is true....hahahaha never mind. It's some pretty cool music though and if our buddy Jimmy Dick did in fact produce this himself (through mashups, remixing, effects, and whatever else) he should at least be commended for a job well done.

Thanks to DailySwarm for finding this one.

BLAKROC Episode 9 !!!!!

You know it! BLAKROC is back in action with episode 9 !

Pharoahe Monch makes his first appearance and does something rather "Un-Monch-like" as he writes his rhymes within a short amount of time in the studio (he says it usually takes him days). After a little warming up he delivers! Check it out.

And don't you forget!!!! November 27th is BLAK Friday!!!




Check out the other episodes HERE

Get Up Offa That Thang !!!

The hardest working man in show business, The Minister of the New New Super Heavy Funk, Soul Brother Number One, Mr. Dynamite, Mr Please Please Please, The Godfather of Soul, none other than the late great Mr. James Brown !!!!!!

Whooooooo weeee!!!!

The man certainly has a legacy behind him. The music, the hair, the moves!!!, THE CAPE!!!, the...samples?

What?

Yeah! Along with George Clinton, Kool and the Gang, and Sly and the Family Stone, James Brown is one of, if not the most sampled artist of all time. One song, actually one specific section of a song, Clyde Stubblefield's drum break/solo in the song "Funky Drummer is possibly the MOST sampled recording of all time. That one section has been sampled in (well) over 100 different songs.

Seriously, check it out!

2 Live Crew - "Coolin'"
808 State - "Pacific 202"
A Tribe Called Quest - "Seperate / Together"
Above the Law - "Murder Rap"
Above the Law - "Untouchables"
Above the Law - "What Cha Can Prove"
Allison Williams - "Sleep Talk"
Asamov - "Seven"
Awesome Dre - "Frankly Speaking"
Beastie Boys - "Shadrach"
Big Daddy Kane - "Mortal Combat"
Biz Markie - "Spring Again"
Black Rock & Ron - "Stop the World"
Breeze - "Great Big Freak"
BWP - "A Different Category"
Cash Money & Marvelous - "Drawers"
Candy Flip - Strawberry Fields Forever
Choice MC - "Bad A-s Bitch"
Chubb Rock - "Bump the Floor"
Chubb Rock - "Talkin' Loud, Ain't Sayin' Jack"
Coldcut - "Say Kids, What Time is It?"
Compton's Most Wanted - "The Final Chapter"
Compton's Most Wanted - "Wanted"
Convicts - "I Like Boning"
CPO - "Flow to the Rhythm"
Credit To The Nation - "Call It what You Want"
Criminal Nation - "I'm Rollin'"
Criminal Nation - "Insane"
Criminal Nation - "It's a Black Thing"
Criminal Nation - "The Right Crowd"
Daedelus - "Lights Out"
De la Soul - "Oodles of O's"
Deep Forest - "Deep Forest"
Depeche Mode - "My Joy"
Derek B - "Get Down"
Derek B - "Human Time Bomb"
Digable Planets - "Where I'm From"
Divine Force - "My Uptown Beat"
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - "2 Damn Hype"
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - "Hip Hop Dancer's Theme"
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - "Jazzy's Groove"
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - "Magnificent Jazzy Jeff"
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - "Pump up the Bass"
DJ Mark the 45 King ft Lakim Shabazz - "When a Wise Man Speaks"
DJ Master T - "Wind Me Up"
DOC - "Let the Bass Go"
Domination - "Back at it Again"
Dr. Dre - "Let Me Ride"
Eazy-E - "We Want Eazy"
Enigma - "Carly's Song"
Eric B and Rakim - "Lyrics of Fury"
Eric B and Rakim - "Relax with Pep"
Father MC - "Ain't it Funky"
Fine Young Cannibals - "I'm Not the Man I Used to Be"
Finesse & Synquis - "Fatal Beauty"
Finesse & Synquis - "Strictly For Business"
Freddie Foxxx - "F. F. is Here"
Fresh 4 - "Wishing on a Star"
Gang Starr - "2 Deep"
George Michael - "Waiting for That Day/You Can't Always Get. . ."
Geto Boys - "Mind of a Lunatic"
Geto Boys - "Read These Nikes"
Goats - "TV Cops"
Gus Gus - "Purple"
Guy - "I Like"
Hard Knocks - "A Blow to the Head"
Heavy D - "Peaceful Journey"
Heavy D - "We Got Our Own Thang"
Hi-C - "Take a Ride"
HWA - "Trick is a Trick"
Ice Cube - "Endangered Species"
Ice Cube - "Jackin' for Beats"
Ice T - "I Ain't New Ta This"
Ice T - "Original Gangster"
Ice T - "Radio Suckers"
J.J. Fad - "Let's Get Hyped"
INXS - Guns In The Sky (Kick Ass RMX)
James Brown - "She Looks All Types A' Good"
Jaz - "The Originators"
K-OS - "B-Boy Stance"
Kid 'N Play - "Foreplay"
Kid 'N Play - "Slippin'"
Kid Sensation - "Emergency"
King Sun - "King Sun with the Sword"
Kool G Rap - "It's a Demo"
Kool G Rap - "The Butcher Shop"
Kool Moe Dee - "Bad, Bad, Bad"
Kool Moe Dee - "Good Time"
Kool Moe Dee - "I'm Blowing Up"
Kool Moe Dee - "Knowledge is King"
Korn & the Dust Brothers - "Kick the P.A."
Kris Kross - "Jump"
Kris Kross - "Lil' Boys in Da Hood"
Kwame - "The Rhythm"
Lakim Shabazz - "Black is Back"
Leaders of the New School - "Sobb Story"
Leaders of the New School - "Teachers, Don't Teach Us Nonsense"
LL Cool J - "Boomin' System"
LL Cool J - "Fast Peg"
LL Cool J - "Mama Said Knock You Out"
LL Cool J - "Nitro"
LL Cool J - "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?"
Lord Finesse - "Baby, You Nasty"
Low Profile - "Make Room for. . ."
Maestro Fresh Wes - "Let Your Backbone Slide"
Mantronix - "Fresh is the Word"
Mantronix ft Wondress - "Got to Have Your Love"
Marky Mark - "Good Vibrations"
Masters at Work - "Jus' a Lil' Dope"
MC Lyte - "Brooklyn"
MC Shan - "So Def"
MC Shan - "So Fresh"
MC Smooth - "Blow the Whistle"
Mellow Man Ace - "Hypest from Cypress"
Mellow Man Ace - "River Cubano"
Michel'le - "No More Lies"
Michie Mee - "Jamaican Funk Canadian Style"
Ministere Amer - "Traitres"
Mistress & DJ Madame E - "Hypergroove"
Mistress & DJ Madame E - "Show 'em How We Play"
MMG - "Only the Strong Survive"
Mobb Deep - "Flavor for the Non-Believes"
Nas - "Get Down"
Naughty by Nature - "Hot Potato"
Naughty by Nature - "Ready for Dem"
New Order - "Ruined in a Day"
Nikki D - "Freak Accident"
Nikki D - "Gotta up the Ante for the Panties"
Nine Inch Nails - "Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)"
No Face - "Half"
No Remorze - "Dark Malice"
NWA - "Fuck tha Police"
NWA - "Quiet on tha Set"
Outlaw Posse - "Stop the Negativity"
P-Funk All Stars - "Dope Dogs"
Paperboy - "The Nine Yards"
Paris - "I Call Him Mad"
Paris - "On the Prowl"
Paris - "The Devil Made Me Do It"
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - "Go with the Flow"
Pharcyde - "Officer"
Pop will eat itself - “Not now James, we’re busy”
Prince - "Gangster Glam"
Prince - "Gett Off"
Prince - "My Name is Prince"
Prince Johnny C - "Comin' to Get Ya"
Prince Johnny C - "Kevey Kev is a Dancer with Soul"
Public Enemy - "Bring the Noise"
Public Enemy - "Fight the Power"
Public Enemy - "Hazy Shade of Criminal"
Public Enemy - "Rebel Without a Pause"
Public Enemy - "She Watch Channel Zero"
Public Enemy - "Terminator X to the Edge of Panic"
Public Enemy - "The Enemy Assault Vehicle Mixx"
Queen - "We Are the Champions"
Redman - "Rated R"
Roxanne Shante - "Have a Nice Day"
Run-DMC - "Back from Hell"
Run-DMC - "Beats to the Rhyme"
Run-DMC - "Run's House"
Run-DMC - "Word is Born"
Sadat X - "Demo"
Saint Etienne - "Spring"
Salt-N-Pepa - "Let the Rhythm Run"
Scarface - "Born Killer"
Sinead O'Connor - "I Am Stretched on Your Grave"
Sir Mix-A-Lot - "No Holds Barred"
Slayer & Atari Teenage Riot - "No Remorse (I Wanna Die)"
Slick Rick - "Captain Caveman"
Slick Rick - "The Moment I Feared"
Smooth Ice - "I'm Coming"
Smooth Ice - "Without a Pause"
Snap - Blazé Blazé
Sons of Bazerk - "One Time for the Rebel"
South Central Cartel - "Neighborhood Jacka"
Stetsasonic - "DBC Let the Music Play"
Stetsasonic - "Sally"
Stetsasonic - "Speaking of a Girl Named Suzy"
Stetsasonic - "The Hip Hop Band"
Stone Roses - Fools Gold (A Guy Called Gerald RMX)
Stop the Violence Movement - "Self-Destruction"
Style - "Victim to the Vinyl"
Sublime - "Scarlet Begonias"
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud - "Do the James"
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud - "Let the Drummer Get Ill"
Sweet T - "My Beat"
Sweet Tee - "As the Beat Goes On"
Tim Dog - "Goin Wild in the Penile"
Tim Dog - "Low Down Nigga"
TLC - "Shock Dat Monkey"
Trek Life & Oddisee - "Price I've Paid"
True Mathematics - "For the Lover in You"
Tung Twista - "No Peace Sign"
Tupac ft Richie Rich - "Lie to Kick It"
Ultramagnetic MCs - "Give the Drummer Some"
Ultramagnetic MCs - "Moe Love on the One & Two"
Vanilla Ice - "Stop That Train"
Wagon Christ - "Filthy Drummer"
WC & the Maad Circle - "Ghetto Serenade"
Yomo & Maulkie - "Mockingbird"
YZ - "Return of the Holy One"
Z-Trip - "Rockstar"


Phhheww!! Good lord brother man, that's a lot of songs (and it might not even be all of them!)

Here, listen to a few.

You have to hear the original first.

Sinead O'Connor (weird!?)



Sublime!



Daedelus


Pop Will Eat Itself (actually about James Brown)


Run DMC


Okay that's your music lesson for the day. Get goin' ! Oh, and respect your elders.

Rest in Peace, James Brown.

Hey Quit "Clownin" Around!

Get it? Ha.

Travis Barker "Forever" Remix

This is already all over the internet, but it just got posted today! (So I feel special because I'm on top of my game today). I' don't think I really ever told anyone, but I'm a huge fan of the Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Eminem song "Forever". It's always on the radio (I don't even voluntarily listen (okay very rarely listen) to the radio anymore but I hear this all the time) but I still haven't really gotten sick of it yet. I might be getting there though, anyway that's besides the point. It's a good song, everyone seriously delivers and it's just a colossal song. That's all besides the point too.

What was the point of this? Oh right, this. Today, a Travis Barker remix of the song got put out. Meh, it's pretty good. No disrespect to TRV$, he's still a killer drummer but he's got better stuff. I really dug his stuff with the late (it's weird saying that) DJ AM.

Anyway, check it out.

Wu Tang Wednesday is BACK

That's right, it's Wednesday, so it's GOT to be the Wu.

Here's your fix, a classic off of Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) here's the M.E.T.H.O.D MAN.

Git em!

Bob Dylan Philadelphia 11/09/09

I just got back from seeing the legendary Bob Dylan in concert for the first time (IN THE SECOND ROW!!!!). I hear his concerts are hit or miss but I have to say, I was completely satisfied. The guy has still got it! To me his aged and rugged voice sounded great. It has this character to it and it matches the "grizzled veteran" that is Bob Dylan. And he can still play! He stuck behind the keys for most of the night and wasn't turned up all that loud in the mix, but when he ventured out to play some guitar or harmonica, his musical ability shown through. I've never considered him a "great" guitar player but he impressed me with some pretty nice licks here and there and his harmonica playing was solid.

I can't call myself a HUGE Dylan fan, simply because I don't know enough of his (extremely vast) catalog. But I do have a pretty solid collection of his albums and I'm getting more and more into him as time goes on. Despite that, I have the utmost respect for him and ALL that he has done for music and culture in general. A few setlist high points for me were: the "Stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again" opener, "Desolation Row", "Highway 61", "Workingman's Blues #2", "Ballad of a Thin Man", and the Encore "Like a Rolling Stone", and "Watchtower".

Overall, as I said above, I was (and am) completely satisfied with both Dylan and his backing band, who were extremely tight (highlights were guitarist Charlie Sexton and the drummer who's name escapes me). Although I'm pretty easy to please and have no other performance to compare it to (other than other concerts I've been to) I really have no complaints. I just feel honored to have been able to see the great and legendary Bob Dylan.

I still really can't believe it.


Entire Setlist

1.	Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again (Bob on keyboard)
2.	Man In The Long Black Coat (Bob on guitar)
3.	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Bob on guitar)
4.	Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on trumpet)
5.	Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)
6.	High Water (For Charley Patton) (Bob center stage on harmonica, Donnie on banjo)
7.	Tryin' To Get To Heaven (Bob on keyboard and harmonica)
8.	Cold Irons Bound (Bob center stage on harmonica)
9.	Desolation Row (Bob on keyboard , Donnie on electric mandolin)
10.	Po' Boy (Bob on keyboard and harmonica)
11.	Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
12.	Workingman's Blues #2 (Bob on keyboard then center stage on harmonica)
13.	Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
14.	Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harmonica)
	(encore)
15.	Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
16.	Jolene (Bob on keyboard, Tony on standup bass)
17.	All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)

Something Is Happening Here, But You Don't Know What It Is........

Do you, Mister Jones?

BLAKROC Episode 8 !!!!!

BLAKROC is ba-ba-ba-back with Episode 8 !!!! M.O.P's Billy Danze makes his first appearance and with a little help from that Hennessy, gets in the booth and kills it !!! He's got that real dirty gritty street voice (you know, for the ladies)

Check it out.

Relax Man!!!

"GuUuuuUuAaaaAaaauuUuuHhhaaa!!!
AhhhhhhhhhhhhhGuuUuuurrHaaaaaa
Raaaaaaaaah!!!"

What Is The Future Of The Music Industry?

Guess What ?






Nobody Knows !

Sure statistics might look grim, as fewer and fewer consumers are purchasing music these days. But, as my man Bobby D said, "The Times They Are A-Changin". It seems as though the industry has shifted and to be completely honest, this guy (yeah that's me!) couldn’t be more excited.

"Why is that?" you ask? Well, let me lay it out for you.

Simply put, I think this is an extremely exciting time for music and entertainment as a whole. It might be a little scary for those running the industry, but things couldn’t be better for music fans. (well, some can argue about crappy music being made...but that rant is for another time. To avoid making that mistake, check THIS out).

I look at it this way.

Certainly it's true that companies, labels, ect are loosing money, but things are changing and adaptations need to be made. Nearly everything is in flux and as much as they might pretend they know, not many people really know what is going on. Even more so, nobody knows what is going to happen. This makes it all the better for the young blood coming into the industry.

With the rise of the independent music scene, which includes the DIY (Do It Yourself) approach to production, marketing, and promotions, nearly all aspects involved in the industry need to adapt (to these and all other changes) or they will be left in the dust. I feel the industry needs new and fresh ideas (and people!) to continue to help move it into the future. What better time than now to be a part of all these changes?

Not knowing what is going to happen makes this industry all the more exciting. I truly believe that over the next few years music history will be made and I can not wait to be a part of it.

Although those currently in the industry may be weary of the future, I say bring it on!! I want a piece of the action.

Fugees Friday

Happy Fugees Friday Everyone!!!

Back in 96' The Fugees were on top of the word. Their album "The Score" is a hiphop CLASSIC. So here's a nod to Wyclef, Lauryn Hill, and Pras with the song "Ready or Not" (and you can't forget that Enya sample). There's no way you can't like this one folks.

Have a great weekend everybody.

-b Funk

Tooooooo Much

There's entirely too much going on in this picture. But at the same time, they're not really "doing" anything.

Norton Buffalo: September 28th, 1951- October 30th, 2009

Just this past Friday, harmonica virtuoso Norton Buffalo passed away. Although he has played on over 180 different albums with the likes of artists such as: The Doobie Brothers,Merl Saunders' Rainforest Band,Kenny Loggins, The Jerry Garcia Band, Bonnie Raitt, Johnny Cash, and David Grisman, Buffalo was best known as a member of The Steve Miller Band for over 32 years!!! He was a beloved and sought after session musician. Steve Miller was quoted as saying the following regarding Buffalo:

“He was a complete original. He worked with all kinds of people. He did tons and tons of projects. Everybody who worked with him loved him, really enjoyed working with him.”

“He had way more music in him than I could use"

I actually had the pleasure of seeing him perform with the Steve Miller band about two years ago and he was really a great player and brought a huge amount of energy to the stage. I could tell he was having a blast being up on stage. It's really a shame he has passed. Rest in Peace Mr. Buffalo, you will be missed.

Mercury Blues

Just a little bit


Norton and Roy Rogers (really nice video)



(phtoto from SusanJWeidland)

BlakRoc Episode 7 !

BLAKROC is back with episode 7. Q-Tip nonchalantly makes his first appearance and throws a little some some into the mix.

Remember...November 27th is BLAK Friday.



Check out the previous episodes here

Zoiks!

Keyboard Drums

Press some Keys
Play some Drums.
The End.

The Wiz Kid

I went to see Wiz Khalifa the other night. Online it said he would be on at 9:00, I showed up around 11:00...dude still never come on but had (at least) two openers before him. I ended up leaving and was (and still am) pretty disappointed I missed him. Anyway, dude dropped his new Mixtape. B.A.R (Burn After Rolling) yesterday. Check it out.

Yo Bruh

Tryna Shred?

By the way, Happy November.

FINALLY Lil Wayne No Ceilings is Here

As far as i know, this is the OFFICIAL link from the new website WeAreYoungMoney.com

Get to it right here

Get em!