Music News: Guru Suffers Heart Attack

Sources have been stating that Guru had suffered a heart attack, and is scheduled to undergo surgery this afternoon. Let's all pray for him to pull through this one.

N.E.R.D. at the Warfield 07/30

Something more music for your summer

N.E.R.D. at the Warfield
982 Market Street
San Francisco,CA 94102

Elvis, Stevie Wonder, Noel Gallagher, Jimmy Page & More

You can't tell me this isn't a dope line-up. I'm big on talented people getting together to make something amazing.

I'm sure that this line-up must've been NUTS!!

Kid Cudi- Superboo

we need to get our superboo game up guys...damn!!!!

Gangsta Red - Homeless Beat Box..

Homie's name is Gangsta Red. And like he says at the end of the video, he's homeless. Crazy how sometimes talent can fall through the cracks. Get his name out there, spread the word, let's see if we can't get homie off the streets and onto some tracks.

Jim Jones - Not on My Level

I know I was just talkin about beef earlier, but let me set some guidelines. Pac and Biggie, they were both on the same level. Lyricists to the highest degree. That's why that beef pulled weight. Now on the other hand, there are people that just say some dumb ass shit. Here it goes:

Take that Boston hat off homie, you're not a champion. I was reading an article, where they were talking to Jim Jones about T.I.'s Swagga Like Us track. Essentially what he went on about in the article was that

1. He doesn't see anyone in the hood, saying, "I want to be like T.I, Kanye or Jay-Z" but I guess he's heard people from the hood say they want to be like him.
2. That Nas, has not and never will be on his level.

It may seem like I took it out of context, but go look the original interview up. In a nutshell, that's what he said. So let me discuss these situations.

1. In the song, no one ever said that they were looked up to. They only said, that no one else had "swagga" like them. And if you look it up in the dictionary, it's not going to be there. But the way that I understand it is this. "Swagga" has nothing to do with people from the hood wanting to be with you. It has to do with the way you walk, the way you talk and the confidence in your stride. So homie, I don't need people to look up to me to have "swagga" It's something you just have.
2. Nas is not on your level? Yeah homie, he'll never be on your level because he won't ever come out with tracks like Ballin. So maybe he hasn't sold out, but that's why he's saying that hip-hop is dead, because if rappers like you. Ballin? homie please, you act like your the shit, when you're trying to come out frontin Jay-Z. Check this out, you don't make half the money Jay-Z does, and you don't come out with half the substance Nas does. So when you get to either of those levels go ahead and start calling people out.

Stay in your league homie, you should be wearin a Kansas City Royals hat son.

Argument Hour - Fat Joe Diss

H to the OV, Jay-Z came out with a diss track aimed at Fat Joe. Here is a follow up remix of the track

Download

let me just put it like this. Back when there was the East Coast/West Coast beef, there was some real ass hip hop coming out. Tupac had lyrics, and Biggie had some freestyle. But both of them, let me reiterate that, BOTH OF THEM, were geniuses in their own right. Part of that, was that they thrived off the competition. Biggie would call out Pac, Pac would call out Biggie, and I'm not one to really make assumptions but, I am sure as hell underneath all the hyped up drama, they were cool. Let me just put it like this, the drama was good for hip hop, but how far it went, was not good. Call people out, challenge them and see if they succeed. Survival of the fittest kids. Jay-Z may be one of the biggest sell outs in the biz, but you can't hate a fool for getting his, and on top of that, homie is more that just an MC, he's, "a BUSINESS man" For someone to do so much and still come up with lyrics that are relevant, ups for that. And for hating on Fat Joe, also. As Jay-Z put it, "Let's get back to making real music" and Fat Joe, that last song you came out with had absolutely NO SUBSTANCE! YADDIDAMEAN!

Best Rapper Alive

In a recent Vibe survey ranking the best rappers alive, Eminem topped the list. Let me just say this, I don't doubt his skills as a rapper, I don't doubt his abilities as a poet, but there are so many things to base this assumption on. And to be honest, his name doesn't come up atop any of these. If you want to talk freestyle, Supernat comes to mind. If you want to talk lyricist, Lil' Wayne, Mos Def, Talib and any number of other rappers come to mind. I'm not going to doubt Eminem, he is well versed but as far as best rapper alive goes. I'm sorry Vibe fans, you got this one wrong.

Ozomatli - Dec 11th-14th

Ozomatli is coming to the bay, on Dec 11th-14th. Check it out.

Common ft. Pharrell - Universal Mind Control

I just like Common. But I must say, the beat kind of doesn't fit Com's style. I mean, homie got style regardless. But I've never seen his music as club bangin'. Com's a smooth guy, keep them beats slow, relax and get lost in the music. I can't hate, but this video reminds me of that old school Michael Jackson & Janet one. Enjoy

Wiz Khalifa - Freestyle

I don't know if this was actually a freestyle, cause I mean, homie started up again with the same exact verse. I guess if you've been writing, you've got them lines in your head. It's just crazy that homie is burnin one and spittin verses at the same time. He's pretty clean though.

VH1's Hip Hop Honors

The Annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors are on their way. Monday night 10/8c. De La Soul finally get their ups in this installment. Other artists getting honored, Naughty By Nature, Cypress Hill, Slick Rick and the bay's own Too $hort! And as usual, the performances are going to be ill, featuring artists like, Bun B, Ghostface, Q-Tip, Biz Markie & many more. To be honest, last years were... alright, but what can I say Hip-Hop is love fa sho...

Casual - Freestyle In The Park

Casual's always been one of my favorite MCs. He's been def for years, and that line where he goes, "the mic motivator, hold the mic like Yoda hold the sabre" in his Handsome Boy collab, kills me everytime. Hiero Imperium in full effect on this clip.

Hip Hop for Sale

1520 Sedgwick Ave. the birthplace of Hip-Hop is set to be sold for an estimated 7.5 million dollars. Kind of crazy to think that the place that began a movement is about to be sold for less than 1/10th of what Jay-Z makes. It must have been crazy to be there in its day. The worst part, the sale of the building is putting the future of the building's 100+ residents in jeopardy. Now the placed that housed Hip-Hop, won't be home to anyone. But I guarantee, the essence will always remain.

Ludacris ft. Floyd Mayweather

I've been seeing Ludacris, coming up with tons of stuff online. From videos about collaborations and artists that he's been working with. I mean, Ludacris isn't my usual style music, but I can't say I hate his stuff. I actually really like it. It's creative in its own way, and the way he strings together words is pretty unique. Nevertheless, after hearing him say he was going to be working with the likes of T.I. and 9th Wonder, it was a bit surpising to see a track emerge featuring Floyd Mayweather. I know homie moved into the promotion business, but man this is a bad promotion. Go back to boxing, fight PacMan, end of story.

R.I.P. Aaliyah Dana Haughton (1979-2001)

It has been 7 years since her tragic death and we here at Bomb$hell would like to send out our condolences to her friends and family. You will never be forgotten as your legacy will forever live on through your music.

Nineties Medley - Kristen Dela Cruz & Angie Girl

Was meaning to post this a couple months back but never came around to it. I met Kristen through Michelle since she's her room mate and heard she sang and had videos on Youtube so I looked her up and found this. She brings it back with this joint though!

Thao with the Get Down Stay Down - Bag of Hammers

http://www.myspace.com/thaomusic

HARD Summer Festival

42 bucks for a dope lineup and it runs from 9pm to 4am. Who's down? Warm-up [here]

Classics

The Ladies