We just got invited to be official artists in SXSW, one of the largest music conferences in the country! Okay, I know hundreds of bands get accepted every year, but being that only a handful of hip-hop acts are accepted, it’s an absolute honor to be among that…I guess going last year under the radar and walking around like a bunch of lost ducklings paid off!
For a virtually unknown group with no label backing, being invited to SXSW is a big deal. Thank you to everyone who’s ever come to a show or downloaded a song, every college organizer who’s ever booked us, and all the fam and friends we’ve met throughout the world. We’re still building from the ground up, and these small victories are definitely appreciated wholeheartedly.
SXSW’s music conference takes place March 17-21, 2010. SEE YOU IN AUSTIN!!!!!!!!!
Apologies to anyone who came here last night and saw this new Kanye West x Spike Jonze film “We Were Once a Fairytale” with my caption just reading “Hella tight.” But after coming back from watching Where the Emo Things Are, pretty much anything directed by Spike that doesn’t feature manic-suicidal monsters crying for 90 minutes could be considered “Hella tight.” Fortunately, this one only features manic-suicidal monster crying for 2 minutes! Unless you consider Kanye a monster. Either way, even a film where he wakes up after accidentally making love to a couch, and then commits seppuku, is less of a downer than Where the Depressed Things Are.
And amidst realizing that I might have just spoiled two Spike Jonze films for you right now, all I can really say in everyone’s defense is that Kanye, along with Max, Carol, and the rest of the monsters of Where the Wrist-Slitting Things Are, just need to listen to our song “The HereNow.” Because if he did, he would understand that lying in an embryo position on the bathroom floor is very Glenn Beck of him, which is the opposite of what anyone should be, ever. He would understand that it’s about existing with the freaky hairless cat inside of him, and to realize that he is quite blessed to exist in a world where he and Weezy can have pretty sustainable singing careers. Eddie Murphy wasn’t so fortunate.
So watch the film above. It’s still hella tight. And then if you’re considering watching Where The Nobody Loves Me Things Are, click HERE and save yourself 12 bucks.
Now that we’re starting to settle into our new abode I’ve been finally left with an ounce of time to check out some of the musics that I’ve been missing out on this summer. One of my favorite findings is actually a band that’s pretty huge in the UK already, Noisettes. The lead singer Shingai Shoniwa’s voice is rich and smokey, and will probably strike a similar chord as Brit-counterparts Amy Winehouse and Adele. But as Nico (who’s probably taken an even bigger liking to these guys) puts it, it’s great to hear a black-woman-sounding singer who’s actually a black woman singer. Wait, am I allowed to say that? I’m quoting Nico. DON’T BLAME THE TRANSLATOR!!!
Check out the doooooope Kanye x Noisettes mashup mixtape Wild Young Heartbreak recently dropped by Mick Boogie and Terry Urban. Been playing nonstop.
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Damn…I go downstairs to brush my teeth and the next thing I know I’m the late lame kid trailing behind all the other bloggity blogs. Takes me back to middle school P.E..
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Whaaaaaat this is so cleeeeeeeeean! Kanye’s been one of our main inspirations for the live production that we’re piecing together for iB4the1. Last year his Glow in the Dark tour stretched the imaginations of hip-hop fans across the globe, and this year he’s going even crazier (in all ways possible, but in the good way).
It has begun! Watch as the cultural perspective of politics shifts before our very eyes. It’s going to be very very interesting. Here’s a new jawn by Papa Saul entitled appropriately, “The Government.” Complete with Niggy Tardust goodness and a declarative spoken word breakdown like only Saul can do.
Besides whatever accolades Dahlak will acquire for dropping this piece of hotness next month, he will for sure win the award for longest title for a mixtape ever. Here’s the deeeeeelicious cover art for Live from the Boondocks presents Dahlak in Commencement: A Kanye West Tribute.
Oh…and tracklisting, you say? Certainly:
1. Intro
2. Reach for the Sky
3. Commencement
4. Do it
5. Sweet 16
6. Get Far
7. So Uncool (Ft. iLL-Literacy)
8. Glory
9. Let Me (Ft. Plush Lush)
10. Hood Life
11. Love Lockdown (Interlude)
12. Never Know (Ft. N.I.C.)
13. Welcome to my Cypher
14. New Morning
15. DRI
16. DRI Slow
17. Flashing Lights
18. Black Genius
19. Watch Gang (Interlude)
20. Gotta Know (w/ State Cap)
21. Take it Away
22. Heaven Knows
23. Outro
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