BBC Four: Reggae Britannia Documentary

BBC Four examine the influence of Reggae music throughout Great Britain in their documentary tittled “Reggae Britannia”. The influential form of music captivated a massive audience which would eventually see itself become a cornerstone of other musical genres including punk. A must see for the interviews itself "Reggae Britannia" gives a story of a rich history and it's earliest beginnings from a music form created in Jamaica to its eventual British translation. Check it out!

BDK: The Big Daddy Kane Story [16 Min Scion Documentary]

Scion reports "When it comes to hip hop, there are only a handful of people that truly deserve to be called legends. In BDK, we learn the story of one of hip hop’s most notable legends, Big Daddy Kane. From music to fashion, Kane has always been a quintessential figure of the Golden Era of hip hop. In this documentary, directed by Anthony Marshall (co-founder of Lyricist Lounge), Kane talks about his years growing up as a kid in New York, his life in the rap game, his influence on fashion and his lyrical superiority."

A must watch for any aspiring emcee. The Big Daddy Kane Story.

B.I.G VS. ???

That shit was the worse, rhyme I ever heard in my life
Cause the greatest rapper of all time died on March 9th - Canibus

R.I.P Christopher "The Notorious B.I.G" Wallace

May 21, 1972 – March 9, 1997

M.I.A (Still Pregnant) , T.I., Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, & Kanye West Perform "Swagga Like Us" At The 51st Annual Grammy Awards [HD Quality]

The highlight of the night.

R.I.P Christopher "Big Punisher" Rios

November 9, 1971 - February 7, 2000

Classic Material: Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - The Main Ingredient

The dynamic duo hailing from Mount Vernon, New York were in top form when The Main ingredient dropped in 1994. Providing such classics as "take you there","I got a love" and my personal favorite "the main ingredient" The Mecca and the soul brother dropped jewels over crisp snares and soulful samples. Definitely an album to add to the collection. Shout to Mr. Ceaser for hooking it up.

Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - The Main Ingredient

I Got A Love

Take You There

The Main Ingredient

Classic Material: A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders

The year is 1993. A Tribe Called Quest consisting of members Q-tip, Phife & Ali Shaheed Mohammed took listeners on a "Award Tour" with their certified classic Midnight Marauders. From the artwork to the skits Marauders was and still is considered an album ahead of it's time. Enjoy.

A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders

Award Tour ft Trugoy

Electric Relaxation

Lyrics To Go

Video: D-Nice Presents True Hip-Hop Stories: Monie Love

D-Nice Presents True Hip-Hop Stories: Monie Love from D-Nice on Vimeo.

Monie Love drops a gem on how her classic joint "Monie in the Middle" came to be. Check it out.

Jay-Z: My President's Black (DC Remix)

"It's a new day" - Jay-z.
I'm late but always on time ya dig!?

Jay-z - My President's Black(DC Mix)

Mixtape: P-Cutta - History

P-Cutta - History

One more day.

Happy MLK Day

January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968

Crips and Bloods: Made In America

From the director behind Dogtown and Z-Boys, Stacey Peralta’s career has spanned many different disciplines from his involvement in the skate world to his work on the back-end with his own skate companies, recent times has seen his directorial talents surface. In his latest documentary, the infamous South Los Angeles rivalry between the Crips and Bloods goes under the microscope. Outlining the beginnings of the feud to its inner workings, former and current gang members unlike are subject to interview alongside experts, writers and activists against this deadly war. The movie features the help of NBA star Baron Davis and Stephen Luczo in production with Forest Whitaker as the narrator.

www.cripsandbloodsmovie.com

Get Ready

Big L Tribute. Coming soon...

B.I.G Tribute Bonus: DJ Mike Nice - Broooklyn Bullshit (Mixtape)

01. Notorious B.I.G - Intro
02. Shakespeare - KingsCounty (Brooklyn Bullshit Anthem)
03. biggie spittin at 12
04. biggie - music video box freestyle
05. biggie - soul power197 rhymes
06. Fulton St. battle at 17
07. big daddy kane & jayz - bday party freestyle 9-10-91
08. biggie - guranteed raw
09. big daddy kane/kool g rap - raw (demo)
10. jay-z/sauce money - rippin it up
11. big daddy kane - aint no half steppin (demo)
12. biggie - blind alley freestyle (demo)
13. biggie-i love you (teenage recording)
14. biggie - dont love no hoe
15. jay-z/sauce money - nothing but love (demo)
16. biggie - biggie got the hype shit (demo)
17. big daddy kane - raw attitude (unreleased)
18. jay-z - high powered (at age 17)
19. jay-z/sauce money - broken english & drug selling (demo)
20. notorious big - party and bullshit (extended version)
21. biggie - 16 bars at the lyrical lounge in 1993
22. jay-z - whats in a name (demo)
23. big daddy kane - sing my song (unreleased)
24. jay-z - pass the roc
25. big daddy kane - set it off (unreleased remix)
26. big daddy kane - for your own concern (demo)
27. biggie - childhood rhymes
28. jay-z - greatest mc (demo)
29. biggie/sadat x - come on (1st take demo version)
30. biggie - niggaz bleed
31. notorious big - big millionaire (unreleased verse)

DJ Mike Nice - Brooklyn Bullshit(Mixtape)

The perfect top off. Unreleased music by BK's finest. Props to OS

B.I.G Tribute Day 8: Who Shot Ya!

Seperate the weak from the ob-solete
Hard to creep them brooklyn streets
Its on nigga, fuck all that bickering beef
I can hear sweat trickling down your cheek
Your heartbeat sound like sasquatch feet
Thundering, shaking the concrete
Finish it, stop, when I foil the plot
Neighbors call the cops said they heard mad shots
Saw me in the drop, three in the corner
Slaughter, electrical tape around your daughter
Old school new school need to learn though
I burn baby burn like disco inferno
Burn slow like blunts with ya-yo
Peel more skins than idaho potato
Niggaz know, the lyrics molestin is takin place
Fuckin with b.i.g. it aint safe
I make your skin chafe, rashes on the masses
Bumps and bruises, blunts and landcruisers
Big poppa smash fools, bash fools
Niggaz mad because I know that cash rules
Everything around me, two glock nines
Any motherfucker whispering about mines
And im, crooklyns finest
You rewind this, bad boys behind this

- Who Shot Ya!

Notorious B.I.G - Who Shot Ya!

It's Day 8 and I've got my tickets for Notorious. I'm hoping that Gravy doesn't tarnish the mans legacy too bad and looking forward to copping the DVD from my local bootlegger(Just kidding) Being that this is the last day of the tribute I had to post the best for last. Who Shot Ya is regarded as the track that ignited the East-West Coast beef between The Notorious B.I.G and Tupac Shakur. To many it's the proverbial "nail in the coffin" in which the lives of two young men with unlimited potential were taken. The loss of these two men not only affected the lives of those close to them but the world on a whole. To this day when the topic of G.O.A.T's(Greatest Of All Time) is brought up these names will always be mentioned. Endless debates upon who is better is something that still goes on to this day. One thing evident in both B.I.G and Tupac's music was the voice of the struggle. Here are two individuals who werent given the best opportunities but made the best of their own God given abilities. And Though they are no longer with us in the physical their spirits shall remain in the hearts of all.

Castro

B.I.G Tribute Day 7: Things Done Changed

If I wasnt in the rap game
Id probably have a key knee deep in the crack game
Because the streets is a short stop
Either youre slingin crack rock or you got a wicked jumpshot
Shit, its hard being young from the slums
Eatin five cent gums not knowin where your meals comin from
And now the shits gettin crazier and major
Kids younger than me, they got the sky grand pagers
Goin outta town, blowin up
Six months later all the dead bodies showin up
It make me wanna grab the nine and the shottie
But I gotta go identify the body
Damn, what happened to the summertime cookouts?
Everytime I turn around a nigga gettin took out
Shit, my momma got cancer in her breast
Dont ask me why Im motherfuckin stressed, things done changed

- Things Done Changed

Notorious B.I.G - Things Done Changed

Classic verse.Nuff said.

B.I.G Tribute Day 6 - Notorious Thugs

Armed and dangerous, ain't too many can bang with us
Straight up weed no angel dust, label us Notorious
Thug a$$ niggaz that love to bust, it's strange to us
Y'all niggaz be scramblin, gamblin
Up in restaurants with mandolins, and violins
We just sittin here tryin to win, tryin not to sin
High off weed and lots of gin
So much smoke need oxygen, steadily countin them Benjamins
Nigga you should too, if you knew
What this game'll do to you
Been in this sh*t since ninety-two
Look at all the bullsh*t I been through
So-called beef with you know who
F*ck a few female stars or two
Then I bluelight niggaz knew like Mike's sh*t
Not to be f*cked with
Motherf*cker better duck quick, cause
Me and my dogs love to buck sh*t
F*ck the luck sh*t, strictly aim
No aspirations protect the game
Spit yo' game, talk yo' sh*t
Grab yo' gat, call yo' click
Squeeze yo' clip, hit the right one
Pass that weed, I got to light one
All them niggaz I got ta fight one
All them hoes I got ta like one
Our situation is a tight one
Whatcha gonna do, fight or run?
Seems to me that you'll take thee
Bone and Big, nigga die slowly
I'ma tell you like a nigga told me
Cash Rule Everything Around Me
Sh*t, lyrically, niggaz can't see me
Fu*k it, buy the coke
Cook the coke, cut it, blow the b*tch
Before you call yourself lovin it
Nigga you with a Benz fu*kin it
Doesn't it seem odd to you
Big come through with moms and crews
Goodfellas to to the Mo Thugs dudes
Who's the killa, me or you?

- Notorious Thugs

Notorious B.I.G - Notorious Thugs

The Heavyset one held his own on the Bone Thugs assisted track. Rapid fire flows combined with ill wordplay easily made B.I.G the illest on the track. Keep in mind that he used no pen to write. Life After Death was the album that showed versatility and his uncanny ability to murder any beat. Concepts, lyrics, and flows all combined made this is a classic album and took B.I.G into iconic status.

Video: Castro - Fall Back (Fan Video)

Stash House in the building !!!

B.I.G Tribute Day 4 - Warning

Who the fuck is this?
pagin me at 5:46 in the mornin crack a dawnin
now I'm yawnin, wipe the cold out my eye
see who's this pagin me and why..
It's my nigga Pop from the barbershop
told me he was in the gamblin spot and heard the intricate plot
some people wanna stick you like fly paper neighbour
slow down love please chill drop the caper
remember them kidz from the hill up in Brownsville
that you rolled dice wit
smoked the blunts and got nice wit
yeah my little Fame up in Prospect
nah dem my people nah love wouldn't disrespect
I didn't say dem,
they schooled me to some niggas
that you knew from back when,
when you was clockin minor figures
Now they heard you blowin up like nitro
know they wanna stick the knife
through your windpipe slow..
so thank Fame for warnin me now I'm warnin you
you got the mac Biggie
tell me what you wanna do...

Damn niggas wanna stick me for my papers...

- Warning

"Warning" is the reality of knowing that success breeds envy and jealousy.
Big seamlessly tells the story of the "boy from the 'hood done good" Here is a glimpse of the life of Christopher Wallace not Biggie Smalls. Often people confuse the two but "Warning" was the reality of the come up.

Notorious B.I.G - Warning