1958 – 2009
You influenced me and so many people in music and you will forever be the King of Pop and a music icon.
New music video: Bambu – “Quit”
June 23, 2009Off my guy Bambu’s sophomore album, Exact Change.
Produced by Dirty Jersey’s own Illmind! Click on the pic below…
Surface Filipino-American activist Melissa Roxas now!
May 24, 2009H/T to Kiwi…
Contact: Kuusela Hilo BAYAN-USA Vice Chair – vicechair@bayanusa.org
Rhonda Ramiro BAYAN-USA Secretary General – secgen@bayanusa.org
BAYAN-USA, an alliance of 14 Filipino American organizations and chapter of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan Philippines), is calling on President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, the Department of National Defense, and the Armed Forces of the Philippines to immediately surface Melissa Roxas, an American citizen of Filipino descent who was abducted in the Philippines on May 19. BAYAN-USA also urgently calls on our representatives in the U.S. Congress to act quickly to ensure the safe return of Roxas.
Roxas is a well-known Filipino American activist, who served as the first Regional Coordinator of BAYAN-USA in Los Angeles and co-founded the cultural organization Habi Arts. Roxas is an active human rights advocate and was instrumental in organizing a BAYAN-USA contingent that participated in the International Solidarity Mission in 2005, an international fact finding mission that called attention to the escalating human rights violations in the Philippines. Roxas went to the Philippines in 2007 to pursue human rights work, where she became a full time volunteer health worker. She was abducted on May 19, 2009 at approximately 1:30 PM in Sitio Bagong Sikat, Barangay kapanikian, La Paz, Tarlac. She was with two other volunteers, Juanito Carabeo and John Edward Handoc.
Based on reports filed by the human rights group KARAPATAN and the La Paz police, Roxas and her companions were taken by at least 8 armed, hooded men riding two motorcycles and a Besta van without any license plate numbers. There has been no word on the whereabouts and condition of Roxas and her companions since the abduction. The circumstances of Roxas’ abduction typify the abductions and enforced disappearances of over 200 innocent civilians, allegedly last seen in the hands of suspected state security forces.
“We are deeply concerned about the abduction of Melissa Roxas, Juanito Carabeo and John Edward Handoc. We call for Melissa and her companions to be immediately surfaced unharmed,” said BAYAN-USA Secretary General Rhonda Ramiro. “We condemn the ongoing abductions and human rights violations that have been rampant under the Arroyo administration and victimized thousands of innocent people.”
The search for Roxas and her companions will be spearheaded by the human rights organization KARAPATAN, while BAYAN-USA, its member organizations, and allies will undertake an international campaign to exert pressure on the Arroyo government to surface Roxas. “We appeal to our elected officials, members of the Filipino American community, and all people in the U.S. who believe in human rights to take action to surface Melissa and her companions. Since we were founded in 2005, BAYAN-USA has campaigned ceaselessly for an end to the human rights violations in the Philippines, and we will not stop until we obtain justice for Melissa and all victims of human rights violations under Arroyo.”
206 Hip Hop at Folklife 2009!
May 18, 2009come through this Sunday @ Folklife Festival to see some good 206 Hip Hop! I will be rockin along side with Hella Dope, DJ Silver Shadow D, Yirim Seck and many others in the 206 ZULU Jam showcase!
From Slaveships to Spaceships…
May 1, 2009
ARE YOU READY?
In celebration of the Juneteenth (Freedom Day) release of Khingz sophomore solo album…
Hidmo Entertainment presents:
Khingz
From Slaveships To Spaceships Release Party
Featuring:
The Physics
Yirim Seck
DJ Daps1
Hosted by Spaceman
8PM
ALL AGES :: Bar w/ i.d.
$10 Advance / $12 Day of show
Tickets available at Ticketweb.com, Chop Suey, Hidmo Eritrean Cuisine, Sonicboom Records & Cellophane Square
From Slaveships to Spaceships available on iTunes June 19 brought to you by Fresh Chopped Beats & MadK Productions!
Rick Ross – Deeper Than Rap
April 27, 2009It’s been a minute since I’ve posted something huh? It is the year two thousand and grind/shine/fine, whatever…so i been on my grind, hoping to shine, and i’ll be fine. Its been a solid year so far…got a new job working for Youth Care at a homeless drop-in center, and im lovin it. Dope environment, nice co-workers, cool kids. Only wish i was gettin paid a little more, but hey…with times like this, you get the best you can right?
I’ve been buying a lot of albums lately…something that used to be a weekly hobby for me. It’s almost a lost art nowadays. With the age of MP3s, and downloading (legal and illegal)…i always loved coppin an album, rippin off the shrink wrap that took forever, and peepin the album artwork and booklet that took time and effort. I’m thinkin of doing a weekly (or at least everytime i get a cop a new one) review of albums that i pick up.
Currently listening to: Rick Ross – Deeper Than Rap
I swung by Everyday Music before class last week to check on album sales, and to peep any new music. At the same time, i was asking about the new Rick Ross album on my Twitter. Quickly got a couple replies on how its pretty dope and even one that said “album of the year so far..”. Big ups to my guys DJ Nphared, MTK, and Arjay.
I’m not a fan of Officer Ricky, but the dude has an ear for beats without question. The album starts off pretty proper with Mafia Music, and to my surprise…the Boss stepped his rap game a little bit. The beef between him and 50 still lingers in a few bars scattered around the album, and Ricky may be a little overboard with the cocaine raps, but this is bar far his best album. A good amount of club bangers and ridin music, and a bunch for the females makes it a pretty complete LP.
The production from J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League (for Maybach Music 2, Magnificent, Yacht Club, and Rich Off Cocaine) does the album…well, justice.
My personal favorites off the album:
Track 1: Mafia Music – just a perfect banger to bump in your tinted black Benz or multi-colored hooptie.
Track 2: Maybach Music 2 feat. T-Pain, Lil Wayne, & Kanye – Everyone comes hard on this one…pause.
Track 4: Yacht Club feat. Magazeen – hot beat and hook. Props to Ross for referencing the ugliness of Greedy Genius clothing.
Track 5: Usual Suspects – Ross definitely got flows in this one, and Nas kills it as usual.
Track 12: Face feat. Trina – That shit is just bangin.
Track 13: Valley of Death – the sample (?) for the hook is hot. Good concept too. DJ Toomp killed it on the beat.
All in all, i give this album a 4 out of 5. If it wasnt for the solid production…it would probably be a 3 out of 5.
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Next album: Dyme Def – Panic EP-1
