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18 Apr

Posted at 11:33h in Features
"Close Your Eyes" the first single from The Bullitts forthcoming debut album They Die By Dawn & Other Stories is out now. Buy it on iTunes HERE. Welcome to our regularly scheduled weekly installment of The Diary Of Amelia Sparks... The Bullitts story unfolds on on with new twists and turns, secret societies and false identities through the multimedia online diary that Amelia Sparks (played by Hollywood actress Lucy Liu) has been sharing via twitter (Catch up with Days 1-42 here, Days 43-51 here, Days 52-58 here, Days 58-71 here, Days 72-92 here, Days 93-99 here, Days 100-108 here, Days 109-131 here, Days 132-136 here). Lucy Liu is joined by Idris Elba who plays the part of Saul Emmanuel, as well as The Bullitts creator Jeymes Samuel who plays Saul Emmanuel's loose tongued ex-driver. The Bullitts forthcoming debut album They Die By Dawn & Other Stories (which features Mos Def, Jay Electronica, Tori Amos + more) is an audio movie narrated by actress Lucy Liu (Listen to the first single Close Your Eyes with Jay Electronica x Lucy Liu) who from what I can gather from her diary entries so far via @TheBullitts is a disturbed (possibly schizophrenic) young woman who finds herself pulled into a dark twisted story filled with secrets, deceit & murder. Catch up on days 137-142 after the jump

03 Apr

Posted at 13:36h in Features, Music
"Close Your Eyes" the first single from The Bullitts forthcoming debut album They Die By Dawn & Other Stories is out now. Buy it on iTunes HERE. Welcome to the latest installment of The Diary Of Amelia Sparks... The Bullitts story unfolds on on with new twists and turns, secret societies and false identities through the multimedia online diary that Amelia Sparks (played by Hollywood actress Lucy Liu) has been sharing via twitter (Catch up with Days 1-42 here, Days 43-51 here, Days 52-58 here, Days 58-71 here, Days 72-92 here, Days 93-99 here & Days 100-108 here). Lucy Liu is joined by Idris Elba who plays the part of Saul Emmanuel. The Bullitts forthcoming debut album They Die By Dawn & Other Stories (which features Mos Def, Jay Electronica, Tori Amos + more) is an audio movie narrated by actress Lucy Liu (Listen to the first single Close Your Eyes with Jay Electronica x Lucy Liu) who from what I can gather from her diary entries so far via @TheBullitts is a disturbed (possibly schizophrenic) young woman who finds herself pulled into a dark twisted story filled with secrets, deceit & murder. Catch up on days 109-131 after the jump, be warned… It is not for the faint of heart.

04 Jan

Posted at 17:35h in Lit
Entrepreneur and philanthropist Russell Simmons has released his second book, Super Rich: A Guide To Having It All today . It follows the New York Times bestseller Do You! Written with Chris Morrow, Super Rich does not centre on financial wealth, but looking at wealth of person in a more holistic sense. Simmons shares personal stories about his journey to riches, real life examples, spiritual philosophies, and Yogic principles to help readers achieve a greater sense of happiness and 'wealth' in all areas of their lives. In Simmons' words, "Happy can make you money, but money can't make you happy." Speaking to AllHipHop.com, Simmons discussed how the motivation behind his first book differed from his second. "The first book Do You! came with a good advance which I gave to charity," He explained. "It was kind of a selfish motivation to pull all the study together. But when Oprah called and promoted it.. so many people said it 'changed their life.'" Feedback from the readers motivated him to write Super Rich without an agenda to promote. "I wrote this simple guide with a more selfless motivation, as an offering. I hope it promotes prosperity and well being for whoever reads it" In the excerpt below, the mogul speaks about the Five Percenters and their impact on Jay Electronica's “Exhibit C”.

30 Sep

Posted at 16:17h in Interviews, Music
A more vivacious conversationalist than Izzi Dunn you won’t find.   We’re sat in a riverside bar in Vauxhall South London and as she talks Izzi gesticulates insouciantly, her sentences sometimes struggling to keep up with her sharp mind as she switches from one train of thought to the next.  In short, she is a lot of fun to interview. Singer/Songwriter, producer and Cellist-extraordinaire, Miss Dunn brings new meaning to the phrase ‘critically acclaimed’.  Her 2004 debut album The Big Picture received rave reviews from such reputable rags as the Independent on Sunday and was described by Blues & Soul magazine as ‘sublime’.  Izzi has been headhunted by some of the biggest names in western music to feature on their records.  She heads up the Gorillaz string section ‘Demon Strings’, is about to go on tour with Damon Albarn and co and has everyone from Soul II Soul’s Jazzie B and UK Hip Hop legend Roots Manuva gushing over her abilities.  Dunn’s love affair with music started in Sheffield

21 Sep

Posted at 13:06h in Reviews
Whilst many Hip Hoppers around the world still fawn over the magical period of the '90s and events and radio stations regularly continue to blare out the decade's most awe-inspiring music, Ski Beatz - acclaimed producer and a major influence in defining the sounds of the '90s - brings forth an updated version of that special Hip Hop feeling with his 24 Hour Karate School album. Not to be misinterpreted as an institution teaching the Wu Tang Clan’s Shaolin ways, this is a collaborative project showcasing the new school of raps talents accompanied by the seminal producer’s blazing beats.

13 Jul

Posted at 17:13h in Reviews
After the controversial split of the heavyweight Roc-A-Fella label, Hip Hop supremo Damon Dash is back - returning to the Hip Hop arena with big ambitions and a hungry young roster on BluRoc Records. The first artist to wave the flag for the new brand is New Orleans spitter Curren$y. A XXL Freshman for ’09, Curren$y’s buzz is carried into the summer of 2010 and with Pilot Talk ready for take off, how will the first venture from DD’s new order fare?

23 Feb

Posted at 21:09h in Reviews
DSC03972 Whether or not New Orleans born rapper Jay Electronica will eventually be known as Hip Hop’s last great hope or merely Hip Hop’s latest great hype is a question which has agitated and befuddled the underground Rap community since at least his 2007 release Act I: Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge), in which Jay rhymes over snippets of Jon Brion's immaculate score for the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. The answer to the question is, of course, what hundreds of Hip Hop fans left their homes for and why they turned up in droves last Thursday night at Camden’s Jazz Café - where Jay was to stage his debut headline performances. After filling the crowd with more anticipation than the air in 600 balloons by emerging on stage over an hour later then expected, Jay goes straight into a short tribute to the late J Dilla and then asks the crowd to raise their fingers up in a moment of commemoration. The surprising thing here is how quickly the audience obeys and how strangely at ease this man is on stage. Jay is so at ease, in fact, that he starts drinking a bottle of Jack Daniels, invites a fan up to have his picture taken and eventually starts discussing his favorite football team. After several more of these comfortable interludes it occurs to me that these people aren’t here to find out if Jay is pure hype or true hope. These people already believe that Jay Electronica is the greatest rapper alive and are here just to tell him. And Jay is, of course, here to milk the admiration. Which he does with style, charisma and finesse.