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White Lines and The Fever

White Lines and The Fever - Clip from Lincoln Leopard Films on Vimeo.

"The story of Junebug's double-life as a DJ and drug dealer. Recalling the Bronx in the early 1980's, this documentary explores the old-school days of hip-hop and the dangerous underworld at the legendary Disco Fever. Never-before-seen footage and interviews with Kurtis Blow, DJ Hollywood and Sal Abbatiello tell the tragic story of one of the greatest DJ's ever. Based on Mark Skillz' "When The Fever Was The Mecca," published in Wax Poetics.

Featuring: DJ Hollywood, Kurtis Blow, Disco Bee, Sal Abbatiello, Sweet Gee, Vernice and Nydrin Barnes."

Todo El Mundo Bailar! // EL BAILE DEL GUERRILLERO

This is some real serious political shit right here. But the whole world parties to this!

Buju got caught

Like Mr Vegas informed us yesterday, Buju Banton has been in custody since Thursday and will soon be transferred to Tampa, where the U.S. Attorney is charging him with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilos of cocaine.
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Observe & Report

I've always been a fan of the crazy comedy flicks from Airplane! to American Pie. If the DVD cover says that it's Rated R for strong sexual content, crude humor, language and drug use it most likely going to do the trick for me. I haven't seen "Observe & Report" yet,, but based on this trailer it must have all of the above. I mean the scene with these coked up fake cops beating up kids with skateboards- you gotta love it.

Thomas Bangalter Knows Savate!

Daft Punk Thomas Bangalter getting it on in da club, with his Ed Banger electro warriors! 

Kicking some nasty bouncer's ass because someone of their gang was not let into the V.I.P, apparently. And probably all coked-up for good measure. 

Vive La France! 

FYI: Savate is mad french O.G. kick-boxing type of skill for kicking some ass. 

Thomas Bangalter - "Rollin' & Scratchin'"/"Signatune" (Bangalter edit) Live at Cinespace (Part 1) from la-underground on Vimeo.

How To Fold A Wrap

The old school way. 

I have seen the future of rock & rap: Lil Wayne

I must admit I hated when Weezy picked up the guitar last year I saw him playing live. I mean he was on a cocaine-filled Prince-wannabe trip and really tried to play that twanger and he sucked at it.

But his mission to make rock music continues... The song "Prom queen" is pretty amazing: weird drum sounds, a wack guitar lick and too much autotune and Lil Wayne's weird mixture of singing and talking (or rapping?). But it has a killer chorus that makes me wanna listen to this over and over again. Especially those neat pop-influenced vocal harmonies in the end. I guess this is what happens when a rapper starts doing rock. Well, it's a lot better than what happens when a rocker starts to rap.

WORD! BJ The Messenger: 'Crackhead'

RIP Ike Turner - Black Man's Soul

Here we go again. More bad news. 

Our blog is starting to look like a funeral service for yesterday's stars but hey, you gotta respect these artists and entertainers, right?

Ike Turner, the official bad man died yesterday in his home in San Diego at the age of 76. R.I.P. 

What can you say about him? Apparently he was not nice dude in his personal life, had his problems with substances etc. but he certainly got the funk, and looked funky fly, always. 

Don't know about his guitar playing but his deep baritone voice kicks ass on some of those old recordings and some of his solo stuff after parting ways with Tina is pretty damn hot too. Ike and his band Kings of Rhythm and their 'Funky Mule' is a classic super breakbeat sampled countless times by hip hop producers and the 'Black Man's Soul' album is a Classic with capital C. So do yourself a favor, click the link, download the album and remember Ike. 

EDIT!

Today I just read the according to the coroners' report, Ike actually died of a cocaine overdose. Nuff said. 

'Cocaina Nella Chitarra Elettrica' & Plenty Of It!

Weeeell, we've been blogging about guitars, cocaine and traveling here, among many other things of course. Giac (thanks!) just sent a link to these 2 totally great pictures.

I cannot post the protected images here but clickclick & wonder at these:

Pic 1.

Pic 2.

Courtesy of La Rebubblica and Italian Customs.

So from what little Italian I understand, that black Stratocaster arrived from Costa Rica to Fiumicino, the Rome International Airport, and only wanted to come and play some totally sweet licks for/by someone, like Eric Clapton (who is known to have indulged more than his share in the good old days) before the evil Italian Customs interfered and blew everything...

White Lobster! Praise Jah!

Guardian reported of this nice incident in the caribbean.

Local people are getting loads of free cocaine floating from the sea, 'cos the smugglers seem to drop "White Lobster" in to the sea for various reasons.

"They consider it a blessing from God. You see people all day just walking up and down the beaches keeping a lookout to sea," said Louis Perez, the police chief in Bluefields, the main port on Nicaragua's Caribbean coast."

Aren't these trafficers modern day Robin Hoods?