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A Turning Point in Hip-Hop: Nas

» 06 February 2009 » In hip hop » No Comments

A Turning Point in Hip-Hop

When Nasir Jones first blest the mic, Hip-Hop would never be the same again. Light years ahead. Next Shit. And some Other Shit.

So far ahead of everyone else.

Main Source Ft. Nas – Live at the Barbeque

Just listen to this classic, and you could tell Hip-Hop would never be the same. A changing of the guard, if you will.

“Back to the Grill” MC Serch featuring Chubb Rock, Red Hot Lover Tone and Nas

For the young Prototype G’s out there. A little history.

The Rest is Up to You…

Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA GFK
The Guide to Getting More Out of Life
http://www.thegmanifesto.com

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Peedi Crakk – “Sweet Dreams”

» 06 February 2009 » In hip hop » No Comments

Peedi Crakk – “Sweet Dreams”

I just got sent this by my little brother Nicholas Alfonso Mason, AKA The Jaguar:

“I always liked this guy back during the ROC days. he was always really good but never on a good song. for some reason i was wondering what he was doing these days and i guess a couple months ago he came out with this jay-z (kind of) diss track, he’s pretty DAMN funny on it.”

Peedi Crakk – “Sweet Dreams”

Sick flow:

PEEDI CRAKK-FALLBACK VIDEO

Peedi Crakk- I’m Sorry (JAY-Z DISS)

Young Chris ft. Peedi Crakk – Kill Me

Peedi Peedi -Roc Boys Freestyle (Jay-Z Diss)

The Rest is Up to You…

Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA GFK
The Guide to Getting More Out of Life
http://www.thegmanifesto.com

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Somali pirates make off with $3.2 million ransom

» 05 February 2009 » In Crime, money, Travel » 1 Comment

Somali pirates make off with $3.2 million ransom

Click Here For Somali Piracy Yearbook for 2008

Click Here For Violence at Sea: Piracy in the Age of Global Terrorism

Click Here For Dangerous Waters: Modern Piracy and Terror on the High Seas

Somali pirates freed a Ukrainian ship carrying tanks and other heavy weapons Thursday after receiving a $3.2 million ransom. The U.S. Navy watched the pirates go but didn’t act because the pirates still hold almost 150 people from other crews hostage.

The seizure of the MV Faina was one of the most brazen in a surge of pirate attacks on shipping off the Somali coast. Vessels from the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet quickly surrounded it after it was seized in September, to make sure the cargo did not get into the hands of Somali insurgent groups believed to have links to al-Qaida.

U.S. seamen were inspecting the pirates’ departing boats to make sure they weren’t taking weapons from the Faina’s cargo, Mikhail Voitenko, a spokesman for the ship’s owners, said Thursday.

But the Navy was not taking action against the pirates because it did not want members of other crews still in captivity to be harmed, said Cmdr. Jane Campbell, a spokeswoman for the 5th Fleet in Bahrain.

“Even when you release Faina, there are still 147 mariners held hostage by armed pirates,” Campbell told The Associated Press. “We’re concerned for their well-being.”

The captain of the MV Faina, Viktor Nikolsky, said later Thursday the ship was under the protection of the U.S. Navy and will head to Mombasa, Kenya.

He said all crew members need medical attention.

Pirate spokesman Sugule Ali told the AP by satellite phone that the pirates were leaving the ship slowly because the waters are “a bit turbulent.” He spoke from the central Somali coastal town of Harardhere, near where the MV Faina had been anchored.

Ali said his group was paid a ransom of $3.2 million, which he said was dropped by plane.

Source

Somali Pirates on a roll.

Click Here For Somali Piracy Yearbook for 2008

Click Here For Violence at Sea: Piracy in the Age of Global Terrorism

Click Here For Dangerous Waters: Modern Piracy and Terror on the High Seas

The Rest is Up to You…

Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA GFK
The Guide to Getting More Out of Life
http://www.thegmanifesto.com

Raekwon – Wu Ooh ft. Method Man & Ghost Face Killah

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Papoose – Law Library Part 6

» 04 February 2009 » In hip hop » No Comments

Papoose – Law Library Part 6

“When they rob from the poor and give to the rich, they call it paying taxes, you living legit.
If you rob from the rich and you give to the poor, you got to go to jail cause you breaking the law.
Damn, Life is a bitch.
Welcome to Law Library, Part 6!”

– Papoose

The “Law Library” saga is one of the sickest sagas in Hip-Hop.

Here is the latest instalment. Could be the best yet.

Papoose – Law Library Part 6

“If I was a billionaire I would spend every penny
Bail everybody out, the jails would be empty…
I’d like to welcome you to my Law Library.”

“This goes out to the stick up kids,
I know you gotta put some food in your ribs”

The Rest is Up to You…

Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA GFK
The Guide to Getting More Out of Life
http://www.thegmanifesto.com

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Asher Roth – New School Eminem?

» 03 February 2009 » In hip hop » 8 Comments

Asher Roth – New School Eminem?

Click Here for Asher Roth’s Asleep in the Bread

Click Here for The G Manifesto’s The Top Ten Hip-Hop Tracks of All Time

Click Her for A Typical Tuesday Night in Southern California

A while back, I was talking with my little brother Nicholas Alfonso Mason, AKA The Jaguar about how it is time for the music industry to shove the next Eminem down America’s throats (I just doesn’t make financial sense not to).

Click Here for Asher Roth’s Asleep in the Bread

Then someone emails me this new rapper Asher Roth, who it turns out people are calling the “Next Eminem”:

Asher Roth’s Roth Boys Video

Asher Roth “I love College”

Click Here for Asher Roth’s Asleep in the Bread

Click Here for The G Manifesto’s The Top Ten Hip-Hop Tracks of All Time

Click Her for A Typical Tuesday Night in Southern California

He does have some skills though:

ASHer Roth- The Reading (Produced by Nottz)

I am not sure about the “Next Eminem” thing. He sounds like the kid in every fraternity that can kind of flow after a chronic jay and a beer bong. Only better.

Which means there is no doubt he will probably be huge.

I have always been a fan of three Jewish kids from Brooklyn rapping, but not sure about “Suburban Rap” straight outta West Chester, PA. (Hell, I don’t even know where West Chester, PA is.)

“See, I’m a city slicker I ain’t no townie
Right now I wish I had another hash brownie”

But I don’t hate.

America will probably eat this up.

Just like they do Olive Garden.

However, I will continue to eat at Babbo, NYC.

This is more my Steez:

Car Thief – Beastie Boys

“I’m a writer a poet a genius I know it
I don’t buy cheeba I grow it
People always trying to get next to me
I had a beautiful experience on Ecstasy
Smoked up a bag of elephant tranquilizer
Because I had to deal with a money hungry miser
Had a caine filled Kool with my man Rush Rush
Saw my teeth fall in the sink when I started to brush
You be doing nose candy on the Bowie Coke Mirror
My girl asked for some but I pretended not to hear her”

Click Here for Asher Roth’s Asleep in the Bread

The Rest is Up to You…

Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA GFK
The Guide to Getting More Out of Life
http://www.thegmanifesto.com

And this:

Beastie Boys “A Year and A Day”

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