March, 2009

This one’s both for and courtesy of Thrizz…

After discussing the art of ‘mangliding‘ in a recent studio session, Theory decided to Google it and came across this splendid product. Check the description…

“Astroglide’s new Manglide Sex lube is a lubricant that’s sure to please. Astroglide Manglide lubricant is water based & water soluble, petroleum free, light, odorless, colorless, tasteless, non-staining, long lasting, contains no spermicide and won’t harm your condoms! What more could you ask for in a sex lube?”

Word.

Blu & Exile – “Dancing in the Rain” snippet (tall) from gregthedude on Vimeo.

I’ve been silent so far on this blog but you guys are gonna dig this if you haven’t seen it already. Kutiman has taken a bunch of random clips off YouTube and produced something simply incredible. The guy is actually an Israeli musician who fronts a large jazz/funk orchestra. I must have bumped this track at least 20 times in a row. Check this out, and then check the dudes other work.

Pce!

An Atlanta judge has sentenced T.I. to one year and a day behind bars on federal weapons charges.

He will have between 30 and 60 days to report to prison. He already has completed about 1,000 hours of community service and has warned youths about the pitfalls of guns, drugs, violence. He will need to complete 470 more hours. Damn.

T.I. pleaded guilty last March after he was arrested in 2007, attempting to buy unregistered machine guns and silencers. The arrest happened blocks away from where he was to headline the BET Hip-Hop Awards in Atlanta hours later.

Here’s what T.I. said about the sentence:

“It brings me great pleasure and honor to say to you today that I have begun to close this chapter in my life with, of course, the help and blessings of the U.S. attorneys and the courts of the U.S. government.

Although I am not thrilled about my next year and a day, I am pleased that I am beginning the process of putting this all behind me. Thank you and I apologize to my family, to the young men, young women that I mentor. I hope that I can keep at least one, if not a million or more, from going down a similar path. I just want to say thank you.”

Damn man, an entertainer of his stature with that many, and those type of guns, musta been into some shit. Nice one Clifford. But somehow I think he’ll be makin’ millions whilst he’s in there. Lucky muhhfucka.

I caught this on one of my Facebook friend’s status tonight, and thought it was interesting enough to post about.

Justine Lai is an artist, who paints herself having sex with the various Presidents of the United States. Here’s the statement from her website:

“In Join Or Die, I paint myself having sex with the Presidents of the United States in chronological order. I am interested in humanizing and demythologizing the Presidents by addressing their public legacies and private lives. The presidency itself is a seemingly immortal and impenetrable institution; by inserting myself in its timeline, I attempt to locate something intimate and mortal. I use this intimacy to subvert authority, but it demands that I make myself vulnerable along with the Presidents. A power lies in rendering these patriarchal figures the possible object of shame, ridicule and desire, but it is a power that is constantly negotiated.

I approach the spectacle of sex and politics with a certain playfulness. It would be easy to let the images slide into territory that’s strictly pornographic—the lurid and hardcore, the predictably “controversial.” One could also imagine a series preoccupied with wearing its “Fuck the Man” symbolism on its sleeve. But I wish to move beyond these things and make something playful and tender and maybe a little ambiguous, but exuberantly so. This, I feel, is the most humanizing act I can do.”

Check out the gallery on Justine Lai’s website.

These guys are off the chain. Check out the video and you be the judge.

The Movement Fam will NOT be matched in the YouTube randomness game.

We got this on lock.

What it do, people? Ya boy Grain is back yet again with another week of Hip Hop news.

Kid Cudi has called off his retirement. Last week Cudi said he was hanging up the mic to focus on his acting career. Man, he hasn’t even dropped his first album yet!!!

Memphis Bleek has officially left Roc-A-Fella Records. He said that Jay gave everybody an opportunity when it came to rhyming. Bleek said that he saw the breakup of the label coming. Also, he stated that money changes folks and it definitely strained the relationship between him and Dame Dash.

Kanye West and his manager have been charged with misdemeanor battery, grand theft, and vandalism. If convicted, they could each face up to 2 1/2 years in jail.

Rap beef is going to far these days. People are starting to go after folks’ mothers, children, baby mamas; enough is enough. Man, this stuff is getting wild!!!

We have a little audio from Rhymefest about his feelings on Hip Hop, Charles Hamilton and life in general (peep the clip below).

Until next week folks,
Grain.

Once again, the homie Kev just don’t stop. Got another couple of dope thangs for ya that we blatantly stole from K-Nott, yet again.

First up, Kev’s producer G.C. has laced another banger, this time for Canadian MC Malicious aka Mr. Malish, called ‘My Calling‘, the first leak off Malish’s upcoming mixtape, and it’s a heater.

Download Malicious – My Calling (produced by G.C.)

Next up, here’s a couple cats that I’m vibin’ off lately. Producer Nobody Famous (you’ll be hearing a LOT more about dude and The Fam very soon) and Wax (from the Wax & EOM project) are two of the most talented cats out right now, and they’ve linked up to bang out a joint for Nobody Famous‘s new album, Order Up! Vol. 3 (Chicken & Waffles) called ‘Rowdy‘. Peep the video. Also, you can check out the first leak from the album, ‘Mary‘.