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HEX MURDA INTERVEIW

2010-11-18T08:02:00.000-08:00

http://allindstrom.com/2010/11/17/guest-blog-1-on-1-with-hex-murda/

The Alchemist & Oh No (Gangrene)- "Not High Enough" Official Video

2010-10-04T12:10:00.000-07:00

Bishop Lamont U ain't fresh

2010-10-03T09:52:00.000-07:00

Black milk welcome (gotta go)

2010-09-29T08:14:00.001-07:00

Sean P Let me tell you

2010-09-28T16:01:00.001-07:00

Sean Price -- King Kong

2010-09-28T15:55:00.001-07:00

Black Milk Metrotimes interview

2010-09-15T16:27:00.000-07:00

BLACK MILK

Hex Murda Returning to Detroit hip hop scene

2010-09-15T16:23:00.000-07:00

Hex Murda Returns

2010-09-13T11:03:00.000-07:00

Allhiphop Interview w/ hexmurda

Producer Corner Black Milk Hiphopdx

2010-09-13T11:00:00.000-07:00

Producer Corner

Trick Trick. Hustla'z

2010-09-07T16:50:00.000-07:00

Hex Murda Interview (Click Here)

2010-09-01T13:08:00.000-07:00

http://strongforce.tumblr.com/ (Click Here)

Black Milk AOTY Snippets

2010-09-01T13:02:00.000-07:00

http://blackmilk.biz/

Black Milk AOTY Interview ( coolehmag.com )

2010-08-27T13:17:00.000-07:00

http://coolehmag.com/frontEnd/feature.php?i=51&s=107

Deadly Medley - Black Milk feat Royce AND elZhi

2010-08-23T11:21:00.000-07:00

Elzhi Deep

2010-07-30T15:21:00.000-07:00

eLZhi's Deep video

Black milk Album Of The Year Trailer

2010-07-29T20:18:00.001-07:00

Hex Murda Interview (Click Here)

2010-07-28T11:46:00.000-07:00

Black Milk AOTY Release Party

2010-07-28T10:37:00.000-07:00

ALCHEMIST LIVE HEX MURDA BENEFIT

2010-07-24T17:57:00.001-07:00

SEAN PRICE LET ME TELL YOU

2010-07-24T17:47:00.000-07:00

Black Milk WELCOME (GOTTA GO)

2010-07-13T08:30:00.001-07:00

Paradime Lovely day

2010-07-13T08:27:00.000-07:00

Pharoahe Monch Shine

2010-07-10T17:26:00.001-07:00

BLACK Milk How Dare You

2010-07-04T17:16:00.000-07:00

EMINEM, ROYCE DA 5'9, MR. PORTER TIM WESTWOOD FREESTYLE

2010-06-22T11:43:00.000-07:00

Black Milk Keep Going

2010-06-21T10:03:00.000-07:00

Ras Kass feat. Royce Da 5"9

2010-06-08T19:22:00.000-07:00

VIDEO: October 20th (Royce Da 5'9)

2010-04-08T20:25:00.000-07:00

VIDEO: Figure Four (Sean Price)

2010-04-08T20:23:00.000-07:00

VIDEO: My City (TrkTrk)

2010-04-08T20:18:00.000-07:00

INTERVIEW: HexMurda: F*ck Microwaves!

2010-03-29T21:25:00.000-07:00

Click on the link to read the latest hex interview on 2dopeboyz
Hex Murda: F*ck Microwaves! | 2dopeboyz

VIDEO: Welcome to Detroit (TrkTrk ft. Eminem)

2010-03-29T21:19:00.000-07:00

Trick Trick's Welcome to Detroit video
...what up hex...

EDITORIAL: Hexmurda's Column: The Drake Conspiracy

2010-03-29T21:14:00.001-07:00

Click the link to read hex's editorial for AllHipHop.com
Editorial : Hexmurda's Column: The Drake Conspiracy

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EDITORIAL: TheDrakeConspiracy, part II...or is it?

2010-03-29T21:05:00.000-07:00

(this was written prior to hex getting sick, but never released. you're welcome.)

I can already hear some of you niggas panties bunching up as you read the column title. Don't worry, this aint that. It's just that Drake shit got, what, over 130 comments? Seems like somebody struck a chord. Lots of discussion. So this is what we call a bait & switch.
HipHop's newest hero is safe from scrutiny today, you can all breathe a sigh of relief & pat your petticoats down. Besides, he shouted out SlumVillage & LittleBrother on that "FEAR" record & I can respect that.
Good job,label head.

There's so much dumb shit going on I honestly don't know where to start. This fucked up MaiaCampbell situation, TilaTequila supposedly gettin' strangled, Benzino rising from the dead, T-Pain attempting to ether Jay-Hova, & "certain" people not wanting the President to speak to their kids.
A lot of shit to choose from.

As usual, I decided "FUCK THAT SHIT."

I was tryin' to figure out what subject I was going to so eloquently expound upon today, when I saw a little jewel sparkling on twitter. Seems like Andreas Hale,the (former) executive editor of music for BET.COM was relieved of his duties today.
And Andreas aint goin' quietly.

BLACK WHISTLEBLOWER (pause)

Andreas wrote what I would like to call a "FUCK YOU" letter to BET,dropped some gems about the inner-workings of the network, & with just a few paragraphs confirmed everything I had always suspected about the Negro network. It IS owned by the Ku Klux Klan (just like Timberland & TROOP), RushLimbaugh IS the head of programming, The Deal IS a wack-ass show, & both watermelon farms & Antares Auto-Tune are their biggest sponsors.
Actually he didn't say any of that shit.

I just read between the lines.

Maybe they're just owned by Viacom.

Whatever.

Same thing.

So, with me being the helpful & considerate muthafucka I am, I decided to help my twother in twit out, & air some of the grievances that I & most humans with an I.Q. above 40 have with BlackEntertainmentTelevision.

First of all, what in the fuck is up with the non-musical programming?
Black people want to watch "BABY BOY" & "BEAUTY SHOP" every week?
Those are the BLACKBUSTER flicks?
Really?
& we're scared of midgets in little red devil suits?
"THE WAYANS BROTHERS"? What, four times a day?
I'm surprised they don't show "HOMEBOYS IN OUTERSPACE" marathons.
Because, you know, that's what WE like.

WHEN KEEPIN' IT REAL GOES WRONG

Look, I'm not about to comment on all those dumb-ass shows, like "COLLEGE HILL" "BALDWIN HILLS" or whatever the fuck else they got goin' on, because I've never seen that shit.
They might be better than "CSI" (yup, some black people watch "CSI". We sho' does.) or as fucked up as "HELL DATE". I have no idea. But I am gonna take a dump on the crud I have glimpsed.

I'm not hating on anybody for getting a check, but "TINY & TOYA"? "FRANKIE & NEFFIE"? These muthafuckas have LITERALLY given shows to celebrities family members.

At least Tiny used to be in
X-Scape. The Toya chick is cute & all,but she's gotta show because she was married to & has a baby by The Best Rapper Alive? (I always laugh when I type that)
REALLY?
Well,I guess they've got some guest stars coming because at last count T.B.R.A has what,two three new rugrats on the way? And two of those baby mama's were already famous.
Maybe BET will give them their own show,too.
Show the births & everything.
Call it "BABY MAMA DRAMA."
Ooooohhhh,chile!

Fam, they gave a show to Keyshia Cole's MAMA & SISTER. Now, I fucks with Keyshia Cole. She got the goddamn look as far as I'm concerned.

But her MAMA & NEFFIE?

Shit,can Keri Hilson's mama get a show?
I better shut the fuck up.
I don't wanna give them any ideas.

LET THE MUSIC PLAY

I'll say this for 106 & Park,
they outlasted TRL.
They did it!
Now they're the undisputed wackest music video countdown show in America,
no question.
Now look, I fully understand that 106 & Park is for 12year olds, but I have to admit that shit is hilarious.
To turn on the TV & see an audience of mostly NewYorkCity kids doin' the StankyLegg, SwaggSurfin or Jerkin' or whatever's the new song/dance of the week is funny as fuck.
Watching Terrance & Rocsi digging for compliments to bestow on some of the wackest music on the planet is almost worth the time you've wasted turning to the channel.
I could shit on 106 & Park for about a week straight,but this aint really about the program, it's about the PROGRAMMING.

WHAT'S THE DEAL

What the fuck is this shit?
I understand they took RapCity off the air because they were playing the same wack-ass videos that 106 was, but this is what you replace it with?
This is supposed to be a "more progressive" HipHop show? These niggas show the same fucking shit as 106 & Park but they'll throw in a 30 second segment with Kidz In The Hall or somebody to seem "fair". I really don't have anything fucked up to say about MemphHitz or DJ DiamondCuts because they look as lost on the show as I am watching it.
And It comes on at 3am EST.
Well you know, most of us who like rap/HipHop don't have jobs or go to school anyway,so we can stay up that late.

BET wasn't always all fucked the fuck up,tho.
I know that's hard for a lot of people to believe, but it's true. BET had VideoSoul, VideoVibrations,TeenSummit, CaribbeanRhythms, Comic View, RapCity, BET news, & my ALL TIME favorite BET UNCUT (What That Thang Smell Like?).
They had well respected news anchors & tv personalities like DonnieSimpson,SherryCarter,
Ed Gordon, Harold McCoo, & Tavis Smiley, not to mention some of the most beautiful women of color in media. Rachel, Ananda Lewis, Free & Madeline-Muthafuckin'-Woods.
They took their jobs seriously & were intent on both being informative & entertaining.
I wonder what the fuck happened.

RAP CITY IN DECLINE

RapCity had a generic name, a goofy mayor & a gang of hosts;Chris "TheMayor" Thomas, that Hans nigga, PrinceDejour, JoeClaire, BigLez, BigTigger (TheBassment),
J-Nicks (the fuck was THAT about?),MadLinx & Q45.
There was a time when every MC wanted a chance to get into the booth on RapCity & spaz out. HipHop heads would watch it faithfully,& if you happened to miss an episode where a nigga blacked out-you would hear about it. The MC would treat their appearance like a badge of honor.
Cats were proud to have been there.
The last few years I avoided watching that shit like it was Oprah.

So what happened? Did we outgrow BET like it was SesameStreet or did it dumb itself down so much that we're too smart to comprehend it?
This shit is like stereotypes run amok.

TOO INTELLIGENT

BET likes dumb music.
They promote it & peddle it to kids like nickle bags of funk.
If you watch BET,they think you're dumb,too.
And I can PROVE it.
About 4 years ago Little Brother submitted a video for a record called "LOVIN' IT" featuring JoeScudda. BET rejected the video, stating that it was "TOO INTELLIGENT" for their viewers.
WOW.
They basically said, "Hey, our demographic is too fucking stoopid to understand this shit." AND by default they basically said, "We only show dumb shit."
I don't know if anyone from BET would confirm this (I doubt it), but Phonte' from LittleBrother was invited to a cipher (with Kardinal Offishall & StatQuo) at the 2007 BET Awards, & he wore a shirt that said "TOO INTELLIGENT" to the actual award (what's a BET award called? A "SAMBO"?) ceremony.
He showed it to then VP of Entertainment, StephenHill.
Shots fired.

IT'S NOT ALL BAD

To be fair,I don't hate everything on BET. They got "AMERICAN GANGSTER" & they show re-runs of "THE WIRE", & I aint mad at that. I always hear females talking about "THE GAME" & I know they show that,too.
Shit, even a garbage can catches a steak every now & then.

WHY SO SERIOUS

I know, I know. It's just TV.
Just entertainment.
No big deal.
You don't like it, don't watch the shit.
Point taken, but I can't shake the feeling that there's a bunch of white guys in a conference room at BET having content/ programming meetings where they ask for ideas.
"I mean, what do Blacks LIKE?"
Hands go up all around the room, & everybody starts talkin' at once.
"Chicken!"
"Baby mama's!"
"Dancin'!"
"Shuckin'!"
"Rappers baby mama's!"
"Watermelon!"
"Jivin'!"
"QueenLatifah movies!"

Maybe not exactly the way it goes, but that's the perception that I get. And as I re-read this the more I think Andreas Hale didn't get fired from a job, he got freed from a plantation.
We can do better.
Shit,we've got a Black President, a sho' nuff HNIC.
I wonder if he watches BET.
Doubt it.

There's more to Black people than Top10 countdowns, new dances & bad sitcoms.
Sure, that shit might entertain & amuse us,but not in the way it was intended.
Gil Scott Heron was right, the revolution will not be televised.
Especially not on the Negro network.

Toy Soldiers (Eminem)

2010-03-29T21:00:00.000-07:00

Eminem's Like Toy Soldiers Video....

EDITORIAL: Hexmurda's News: ISH HAPPENS!

2010-03-29T20:54:00.001-07:00

Click the link.
Editorial : Hexmurda's News: ISH HAPPENS!

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EDITORIAL: Hexmurda Wishes You...MANY MORE!

2010-03-29T20:50:00.001-07:00

pretty fuckin genius.
Click on the link to read Hex's editorial.
Editorial : Hexmurda Wishes You...MANY MORE!

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VIDEO: Gurlz Wit Da Boom (Proof)

2010-03-29T20:44:00.000-07:00

RIP BigProof...we miss u P
(hex's Proof tattoo --->)

VIDEO: Deep (eLZhi)

2010-03-29T20:34:00.000-07:00

eLZhi's Deep video

EDITORIAL: Congressman Joe Wilson: Where Do They Do That @?

2010-03-29T20:24:00.001-07:00

Congressman Joe Wilson HATES hex!
Click on the link to see why...
Editorial : Congressman Joe Wilson: Where Do They Do That @?

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VIDEO: Losing Out (Black Milk ft. Royce da 5'9)

2010-03-29T20:16:00.000-07:00

Check out hex in Black Milk's Losing Out video

VIDEO: Sound the Alarm (Black Milk)

2010-03-29T20:13:00.000-07:00

Black Milk's Sound the Alarm video

VIDEO: Long Story Short Intro Live in Paris (Black Milk)

2010-03-29T20:00:00.000-07:00

A fan video of Black Milk & hex in Paris doin the Long Story Short Intro
...hex. towel. head. drink. hand. music. drop. Black. crowd. bananas.

VIDEO: Get Riches (Guilty Simpson)

2010-03-29T19:58:00.000-07:00

Guilty Simpson's Get Riches video.

EDITORIAL: R.I.P. Baatin - Hexmurda's Lament

2010-03-29T19:50:00.001-07:00

Click on the link to read Hex's 1st Editorial for AllHipHop.com

Editorial : R.I.P. Baatin - Hexmurda's Lament

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VIDEO: Better Days (Paradime)

2010-03-29T19:45:00.000-07:00

Check out Hex in Paradime's Better Days video.

Hip Hop DX Interview: Murda Incorporated

2010-03-29T19:22:00.000-07:00

Read it.
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/interviews/id.1378/title.hex-murda-murda-incorporated

Classic Drug References Interview

2010-03-29T19:13:00.000-07:00

Comedy at its finest. Click on the link to read Sweeny Kovar's Interview of Hex from December 2008. http://sweeneykovar.wordpress.com/2008/12/25/hex-murda/

Here we go again...One Night In Norway

2010-03-29T19:09:00.000-07:00

(Written by Hex, kept safe on @houseshoes' myspace blog)

"Here we go again...One Night In Norway"

I was fuking horrible @ geography in school.

I have no fuking idea where the hell Norway is.

All I know is, it's FAR AS HELL, we took 4 planes to get there, & for one night, Kristiansand,Norway was the HipHop capitol of the world.

It seems like a nigga always has to go half a world away to make it home. And for that ONE NIGHT, Kristiansand,Norway was HOME.
It was the home for HipHop & it reminded me of how I felt the first time I heard the SugarHillGang, "TheMessage" or "It's Like That". It gave me the same feeling I got when I saw "BeatStreet" for the first time.
You know that feeling don't you? The feeling you get when you realize that you're witnessing a life-changing event?
The feeling that made you tell your mama, "Fuck a bike for my
b-day, Ma. I want a boom-box, & as many rap tapes as you can get me."
Yeah. You know. And you know the feeling you got when you finally got that big-ass fucking JVC (even if it wasn't for your b-day) & those RunDMC, FatBoys, & Whodini tapes that you played so much the words faded off tha damn cassette within the first two weeks.

Well, it was like my muthafuking birfday in Norway, my niggas.

I'm not gonna walk you thru tha concerts & shit, you guys know how the festivals go, weird performances, OK performances, & great performances from some of your favorite artists & some artists you've probably never heard of.

I'm gonna tell you about a party.

A party in fuking Norway, which I'm convinced is the most blond-haired, blue-eyed place on the planet (side note: no offense to anyone of the caucasian persuasion, but I was standing on the corner under an awning taking refuge from the rain, & two people approached me & asked me for coke. (SIGH) I guess some things never change no matter how far you are from the hood.
So I served them. Sike).
Anyway, we walk into this party, & head to the VIP bar. Some dude is playing some fuking "trance" music or whatever that shit's called, & it's packed in that muthafuka. PACKED. Almost every black person in the club is crowded into the VIP area. Mixed drinks, beers, a few bottles get popped, niggas are chillin'.

In goddamn Norway.

W/ niggas heads unconsciously doin' tha sideways bob like the dudes from "Night At The Roxbury". Fuking trance music.
Suddenly, the vibe changes. Is somebody playin' "ShookOnes"?
What the fuck? & who the hell is that on the mic, shouting niggas out & damn near inciting a riot? Voice sounds familiar.
Cats start getting up & squeezing their way thru the crowd, heading towards the stage.

?uestlove is the best fuking DJ in the world.

Sorry, MarkRonson.
No disrespect, D-Nice, Houseshoes, Dez, Babu. DJ AM. Yeah, ?uest had that muthafuka off the hook. On some HipHop shit. & when he took a break, DJ Chaps stepped right on in, & like Jesus turning water into wine-he kept tha party goin'.

In fuking Norway.

I guess this is the part where I tell who the partygoers were. And I do mean PARTYING, not posted in the VIP w/ sunglasses on,trying to see who could out-cool each other,but on the stage & on the dance floor doin' the fuking Wop (& in some cases the ErrolFlynn).

In no particular order, JeanGrae, Frank-N-Dank, KillerMike, BlackMilk, TalibKweli, PhillyFrank,Damon,& Kirk from the Roots, EfremJenkins, Sarah, & BlackThought. While ?uest & Chaps spun that real HipHop shit.
Dog, I felt like I was IN BeatStreet.
Or @ least on it.

In fukin' Norway.

Oh, I didn't tell you who the host w/ tha most was. Tha dude on the mic rockin' the party from coast to coast (whatever the fuck you call Norway's coast).
Tony Fuking Yayo.
Yeah, nigga. THAT TonyYayo.
The TalkOfNewYork himself.
The dude that arguably 95% of tha cats on this board probably hate on @ least once a year, maybe even twice.
This nigga got into the DJ booth, commandeered the mic, & set it off like KoolHerc.
You wanna know about surreal shit? You ever hear TonyYayo say,
"My nigga BlackMilk in the muthafukin' building!"
Yeah, that'll make a nigga go, "Where tha hell r we again?"

Fuking Norway.

"Frank-n-Dank in the house, LegendaryRoots band, TalibKweli! Brooklyn's in the house! Queens in the house! Detroit in this muthafuka! Philly in the house! KillerMike, ATL! 'CURTIS', September 11! G-Unit!"
Always reppin' his dog & his crew. Man, I fuking love that nigga TonyYayo.
Yeah, & the party's jumpin' like the 1st time u heard "IN DA CLUB" in the club. 6foot blonde broads everywhere, exotic "Disney" lookin' females, some twins from the Norwegian national gymnastics team. IT WAS CRACKIN'.

Real HipHop. Real live HipHop niggas TOGETHER, partyin'. Everybody yellin' "AAAAAYYYYYY!!!" w/ KillerMike when ?uest dropped that Outkast joint. The whole crowd doin' the ErrolFlynn along w/ FnD & BlackMilk when that classic Dilla or Slum shit came on. Everybody dancin' to each others shit, recitin' the lyrics word for word. No airs. No entourages, no fake shit. This shit would probably never happen in the States. Just abuncha niggas 10 trillion miles from home celebrating & loving the music that got them there. For one night, some of the most critically acclaimed names in HipHop were fans again. The Roxy, TheTunnel, St.AndrewsHall,TheRhythmKitchen, GoodLife (LA). For one night, the vibes of all those spots converged into some club in the Land of Vikings whose name I can't remember (TheHollywood?) & kinda brought 88 back.

In a crucial time where people are declaring our beloved music dead & HipHop is in everyone's crosshairs like the PE logo,it was like the first time all over again.
I wish you guys could have been there.
I feel so blessed that I was.

Fuking Norway.

Have gun, will travel.

Tha Truth Hurts

2010-03-29T18:56:00.000-07:00

(Written by Hex & kept safe on @houseshoes' myspace blogs)
Subject: more genius from Hex Murda... swiped from detroitrap.com
Category: Blogging
4/9/2008
Mood: None

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Tha Truth Hurts... (an open letter to rap niggas)
It’s not often I post, so pay attention. Does this shit seem like deja vu 2 any1 else?
I see tha same cycle repeating itself on this site, tha names are just interchangeable.

Muthafukas actin’ like their ideas are so new & grand. "This is what tha scene needs." "Unity" & all that other bullshit rhetoric. Aint nuthin’ new under tha sun,fam. Niggas have been here b4.
I’m not tryin’ 2 preach 2 any goddamn body, I aint tryin’ 2 tell anybody whut 2 do, but since niggas are on here telling "the truth", I want to give some advice.

Quit. Stop. Any nigga on here rappin’ thinking he’s gonna be tha next Eminem or next Jay-Z; give it up.
You’re not.

Niggas talkin’ about promo/marketing budgets & soundscan & 1st week ’s and shit-cut that shit out. Who tha fuk ru, Lyor fukin’ Cohen?. Be a fucking fan, dog.
It’s ok 2b a fan. Really, it is. Seriously. It’s cool 2 just enjoy HipHop w/o trying 2 make your own. It’s like, somewhere something got lost in translation. Every nigga in tha fuking world thinks he can fuking rap. Y? Bcuz u can talk u can rhyme? What is this shit?

A lot of people sing in the shower. A lot of people can carry a tune. But not a lot of people can SING. & most people realize this and are fully aware of their limitations. They don’t spend thousands of dollars on studio time/equipment w/ this dream of being tha next MariahCarey.
U know y? Bcuz they kno that they’re NOT MARIAH CAREY.

Rap niggas are delusional. I didn’t really intend 2 single anybody out, bcuz there’s definitely more than 1 nigga who does/says this type of shit, but are niggas on here really comparing themselves 2 Jay-Z & Marshall? Really? In REAL life? Muthafukas are doing songs w/ Royce & Paradime & "equal or better them" on tha track? What kind of dumbshit is that 2 type? What kind of dumbshit is that 2 THINK?

Niggas need 2 seriously think about what they’re doing w/ their lives, dog. I always hear niggas talkin’ about how wack music is now. Well, are you a part of tha problem or tha solution? Seriously. Kev & Pat fuking love REAL HipHop, but I bet u won’t c either one of them picking up a mic like, "Imma show u how 2 do this, son."

Those guys know their strengths & limitations & are always down 2 help people who are really trying 2 do something & who they feel are CAPABLE of doing something. Origix & DC are tha same way.

All this talk about tha state of tha "Detroit rap scene", like it’s so fuked up. Fucked up 4 who? Is it fucked up 4 GuiltySimpson? 4 BlackMilk? Is Royce starving out here? TrickTrick? Eminem is arguably tha biggest fuking rap artist & best MC in the world & he’s from here. These niggas make a living off this rap shit FOR REAL.

I saw niggas talking about "nobody knows these niggas in the hood". So tha fuck what? They know these niggas in NewYork. They know these niggas in LA. They know these niggas in Europe. They know these niggas in Australia. They know these niggas in Japan. You think they give a fuck that a nigga on Fenkell & Meyers doesn’t know them?

Now, everybody’s not on here doing self-promotion & trying 2 make themselves look bigger than they are & attempting to make it seem like they’re on tha same level as niggas who don’t even know they exist. Some niggas come on this site 2 check out what’s new, who got some new shit coming out, upcoming shows, etc. Some niggas have good intentions. So do I.

I’m a realist, my niggas. If Saigon’s lp aint coming out, what tha fuck makes you think yours is, feel me (pause)? Nigga, if Quest Mcody doesn’t have a deal, what tha fuck makes you think you should have 1? Like I said, I have good intentions. Let me enlighten you 2 what they are.
I want niggas 2 quit. When niggas hear a BlackMilk beat, I wanna see 300 "barely used" MPC’s on e-Bay. When a nigga hears a GuiltySimpson or Elzhi verse, I expect these "rappers" to ball up that bullshit 16 they were writing, take that pen & fill out a fucking job application. This shit aint for everybody,

Don’t get it twisted tho, I respect niggas "get-up & go". I know it’s not easy to get up on those stages & rhyme & be judged by a crowd. My hat goes of to you-kudos. Shit, many, many,many moons ago I used 2 rhyme, but I think after maybe the 2nd or third time I heard Guilty’s joint "BloodBath", I kinda knew this rapping shit wasn’t for me. The most that could ever be for me is a HOBBY. A hobby I was gonna keep to my goddamn self.
You niggas know the mantra, "Those who cannot do, teach."
(JimLeyland never played in the majors, dog.)
I know some guys are gonna say, "Aww, u know, I do it for the love." Well my nigga, if u really love it, LET IT GO. PLEASE.

Now, I’m going to be totally honest, I don’t click on niggas music links, I aint goin’ 2 nobodys wack-ass myspace page, bcuz if a nigga REALLY got some heat-I already know about u. Flat out. When a nigga is undeniable, word gets around. Doesn’t matter where you’re from, if you got that shit, muthafukas will come 2u.
I believe that everybody’s good @ something, God gave everybody some type of talent. Unfortunately for most of these dreamers "in tha game", that talent’s not in music. Maybe cats are good @ knitting or tennis or some shit, but music aint it.

Just be a fan, dog. It’s ok 2 go 2 a show & dap Marv up & say "Nice set, I enjoyed that shit", w/o adding, "Yeah, dog, when we gonna get that collabo poppin’?" Huh? Do niggas say, "Nice game A-Rod, hey u wanna play catch w/ me?"
What kind of shit is that? Quit wasting the precious time God has given u on this planet, find something else 2 do, "rapper".

Enjoy your life.

You’re welcome.

A Story for My Detroit Niggas

2010-03-29T18:48:00.000-07:00

(Written by Hex & kept safe all these years on @Houseshoes' myspace blogs)

Subject: the best thing ive ever read on the net. THANK YOU HEX.
Category: Dreams and the supernatural
4/4/2007
Mood: Blank
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"A story for my Detroit niggas..."

I wasn't sure I would ever tell anyone this story, but I feel like it needs to be heard, because muthafukas need to really understand the power of music. I might even be posting it in the wrong forum, but I don't give a fuck.

It starts over a year ago, on Feb 10th, 2006. I was in Fribourg, Switzerland w/ SV & we were eating pre-show dinner in the back of the venue. The European tour mgrs phone rings. Nobody pays too much attention, we just keep eatin' & talkin' shit. Howi (the EU tm) gives T3 the phone, & says "It's Tim" (SV's mgr). T3 listens for a minute, then gets a totally blank look on his face. Totally absent of any type of emotion. He hands the phone back to Howi & looks @ all of us (me, El, & Dez) w/ a blank expression, not saying a word, his mouth forming a small "O". Finally I spoke. "What, nigguh? Who the fuck got killed THIS time?" He turned around to look @ me. & said, "Dilla just died". Nobody said a fucking word for a few seconds. Then Dez said, "Man, I gotta smoke." T3 went in the back to use the computer, Elzhi sat @ the table looking numb, & I went in the back to check on T3. Mind you, this is approximately 30-45 minutes before the FIRST date on this EU tour, I think it was about 12-15 dates. Howi asked me did we still want to do the show-no brainer-"YES". There's no way Dilla's death was going to silence his music in any way, shape, form, or fashion.

The show must go on.

We walk on to the stage, the venue is packed. Dez is on the tables, I'm punchin' the buttons on the replay. I hit the first joint-"GIANT" from the self-titled lp. 3 & El come out, killing it. Next up is "SET IT". @ the end of the joint, 3 tells me to hold up. He addresses the crowd, & informs them that J.Dilla has passed form. The majority of these kids don't even speak English. As I peered out into the crowd, I saw people wearing, "J.DILLA CHANGED MY LIFE" shirts & other types of Dilla & Slum memorabilia, some shit that I hadn't seen in the states in YEARS. T3 asked for a moment of silence, & some dude yelled out in broken English, "J.DILLA IS A GOD!" The crowd screamed it's approval, T3 said "Hit it",
& the show went on. The ride back to the hotel was quiet, nobody said much of shit. Everybody alone w/ his own thoughts, thinking about a fallen friend.
The tour instantly became a Dilla tribute tour of sorts.

The next day in Zurich, one of the opening acts had a painter onstage. He painted throughout their whole set, & left it onstage when they got off. It was a portrait of Dilla. He gave it to us. (You can see it in my pics on my myspace page)T3 flew to LA for the funeral & missed two dates, one in Belgium & one in Germany. Elzhi HELD IT THE FUCK DOWN, you hear me? & the crowds gave so much love, because they knew mufukas were going through SOME SHIT. A friend of ours from London flew into the Belgium gig to show support.

Imagine that shit.
You're halfway around the fucking world, heart heavy as a mufuka, doing what amounts to a one person SV show & you see this funny lookin', funny talkin', scarf-wearin' African dude in the middle of the crowd, w/ his hands up the whole night w/ a shit-eating grin on his face & @ that moment he becomes the most beautiful person in the world. We talked, kicked it about Dilla & he told us he'd see us in London.

Those first few days were some FUCKED UP DAYS, I'll tell you.
A whole lot of internet & phone calls & red eyes & shit, you know? But the shit started to change. We incorporated a "DillaTribute" into the set. More & more fans were showing up wearing Dilla shirts & anyone who got a chance to talk to the group expressed nothing but love & respect for Dilla AND SV. But the wounds were fresh, niggas were still hurt, & the press didn't give a fuck. I had to monitor all interviews and give a limit to the # of questions that could be asked about Dilla.

Dilla was ALWAYS the shit overseas, & his death drove the music media into a frenzy. How many times can T3 answer "How do you feel about J.Dilla's passing?" & what the fuck did they expect him to say? We could see people suddenly referring to Dilla as a "legend" or an "icon", but he already was that to us. As a matter of fact, the day before he passed, me,T3 & Dez were in my room in London talkin' about Dilla & if the world & especially the U.S. Would ever completely understand his genuis. I swear to God, Dez said, "Man, nobody's gonna really realize how sweet Dilla is until he's gone." We all agreed wholeheartedly. Foreshadowing for your ass, huh? Anyfukingway, tour ends, we come home.

There had been all types of J.Dilla tributes & memorials & shit while we were gone, so obviously SV wasn't able to be a part of them. We didn't mind,though.
Almost every night for a month we held our own J.Dilla tributes & memorials on the other side of the planet, & I believe those audiences needed to see SV & hear that classic Dilla shit just as badly as SV needed to give it to them.
Therapy.
After that first night in Switzerland, we never did "A MOMENT OF SILENCE" again. It was always a moment of NOISE & the crowd ALWAYS gladly complied.

Story doesn't end here, though.

About a month after we get home, on April 11th, around 5am, I'm sitting up watching "PulpFiction" on onDemand @ this broads crib. All of my communication devices start ringing/buzzing/vibrating @ different intervals, so it's sounding like non-stop racket.

I know this can't be good.

The calls & emails are from various people. One text msg said, "IS IT TRUE"?
I reply, "IS WHAT TRUE?" The response comes, "ABOUT PROOF?" You know how it feels when you're on a rollercoaster & you just start droppin' over that first hill? My fucking heart fell into my feet.
Another msg said, "TURN ON THE NEWS".
I didn't.
I couldn't.

A lot of that shit is a blur.

I remember talkin' to 1stBorn & asking "IS HE GONE"? I remember Freddie calling & asking where I was, telling me to hold tight, he's on the way. I remember going to the wrong St.Johns-the one I went to when Fats lost his little brother Sammie.
I remember the hospital parking lot. News trucks on the street. Camera's set up. I remember Mike D's wife telling me Mike was hyperventilating & asking me which hospital we were @.
I remember P's little sister Mschief hugging me so tight I couldn't breathe. I remember Dolo running into the hospital w/ tears running down his face, & the police running in moments later. I remember what seemed like 100 police cars filing into the driveway in front of the hospital. I remember going to St.Andrews, @ about 11am & everybody getting fucked up & praying & shit. I remember clandestine conversations about the likely whereabouts of the shooter. Leaving. Trying to sleep thru the incessant buzzing/ringing/vibrating of those motherfucking phones. Going to NorthernLights.

BlackMilk telling me, "Dog, I can't see you nigguhs like this-I'm out." I remember Trk callin' me @ like 5am, we talked, & yelled & screamed & cried.
Yeah, dog.
We cried.
We cried for P & we cried for the city. The rest of that week was a lot of bullshit. Mufukas on TV lying, nigguhs lying to us, a lot of fucked up shit. Snik & Hush coming to get me,
we went to see Keyshia Cole, then going to Sevin, gettin' fucked up, trying to forget the unforgettable.

I wouldn't go inside the wake.

I sat in the car for about 2 or 3 hours. People came up to the car & spoke to me, some of them tried to get me to go inside. Nope. Uh-uh. Not me. I'm going to remember my dog like the last time I saw him. My man ForbiddenFroot told me, "COME ON, GO ALL THE WAY W/ YOUR NIGGA MAN. YOU GOTTA GO ALL THE WAY". I'll always love that nigga for sayin' that, but that wasn't P in there.
My dog was already gone.

This story isn't about death, though.
It's about the POWER OF MUSIC.

I didn't go to the funeral.

SV had a show in Amarillo,TX that day & we were glad to get on that plane & get the fuck out of Detroit.
It felt like the city was dying.
A couple months after Proof died it was time to go back on the road.
Back to Europe-FestivalSeason. Started it off w/ a Dilla tribute @ the Montreaux Jazz Festival. SV, PhatKat,PeteRock, Baatin & Bilal.
I don't even need to tell you how ridiculous that shit was. I think there were 20-25 dates, but I'll tell you about the two that stick out the most to me. In Dublin, quite possibly the whitest place on the planet (ask Snik) I saw some shit I will never forget. Standing in the very front of the stage, in the middle, right next to each other, where two twenty-something Irish kids, hands up the whole show, spazzing out, knowing almost every word-feeling it, you know?
There were a lot of cats like that @ SV shows, but these two were different.

One had on a "J.DILLA CHANGED MY LIFE" shirt, pretty common @ SV shows, right?
The other guy had on a PROOF shirt.
You know the shirt I'm talking about. Black W/ Proof's face on it, BigProofForever on the back. We all had them. Marc LaBelle & Mikey made sure that cats had those black Proof shirts. There's no telling how many they had made. I mean, w/ the internet & everything that might not have seemed too strange that some dude in Ireland was wearing a PROOF shirt.
But this shirt was different.

It was white.

So these two guys are there in the front row & @ the end of the show I grab them, & bring them backstage so they could take pics w/ SV. I gotta get a pic of these two Irish dudes, who got together to come to an SV show to represent, shoulder to shoulder, front row center reciting "FALL-N-LUV" like they wrote it, one rocking a Proof tribute shirt the other a Dilla shirt.

The two dudes didn't know each other.

On the last day of the tour we were in Germany @ Splash. Splash is widely concerned the biggest & best festival in Europe. Everyone wore their "BigProof" shirts & Dilla NewEra caps. While I was doing the line check, I could hear the crowd murmuring..."BigProof...J.Dilla...BigProof...J.Dilla..." Kinda like, "Tastes great, less filling". It was kinda weird. SV comes on, murdering that shit, & we come to the part of the set where they do the J.Dilla/BigProof tribute. Thousands of people w/ their hands up, shouting out our niggas names to the heavens,half a world away, showing love to Detroit's finest.

I don't think I've ever been prouder to be from this dirty muthafuka.

All because of MUSIC. You can concern yourselves w/ radio play, or street promo, or whatever the fuck you want to, but trust me, your music is going to reach who it's supposed to reach. So whenever you rap niggas write a verse, or you producers make a beat, & you're repping DETROIT CITY, remember that you've got a beautiful & wonderful legacy to uphold.

Make us proud.

Make THEM proud.
R.I.P.
BigProof & J.Dilla.
Forever.

Have gun, will travel.