Moving towards the release of their debut full length, the NYC hardcore hip-hop trio made up of Pumpkinhead, Block McCloud, & Mr. Metaphor is dropping their Summer School mixtape. The mix features exclusive tracks, remixes, and cuts from Bored of Education which will be out September 2nd on Gold Dust.
1. Ashes feat. Tools and Mokeout (prod. by Thoro Tracks)
2. Role Call feat. Wordsworth (prod. by Khrysis)
3. Matters feat. Lego (prod. by Unknown)
4. My Life feat. Sha Stimuli (prod. by J. Cardim)
5. Doin' It '08 feat. Fresh Jones (prod. by Brady Becklo)
6. Told U feat. Vinnie Paz (prod. by Ruler)
7. Funeral (prod. by Will Tell)
8. Fool's Gold (prod. by Shuko)
9. Brooklyn Goonery feat. Poison Pen & Blitz (prod. by Etik n Clint)
10. Fiyah feat. Castro (prod. by I See On & Block McCloud)
11. The Last Passion (prod. by Snowgoons)
12. Seven Sins feat. Raw Dawgz & Killah Priest (prod. by Shawnecy)
13. Leaves in Autumn (prod. by Sick Doctor)
14. Park Slope Boys feat. Illzburry Doeboy (prod. Beat Brewers)
15. Bored of Education (prod. by Haze Attacks)
16. Haze Outro
via:xclusiveszone.blogspot.com
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Join The Roots of Humanity on the 27th of every month in asking the unified, persistent question that has the answers collectively needed, within it. They ask, on behalf of our human siblings lacking in access to the most basic of communication tools, or barred from communication by their governments:
Am I Not Human?
Written by Minister of Information JR Monday, 25 August 2008
On August 20th 2008, between 1-2pm Nadra Foster, a Black female programmer and single mother was beaten to the ground by the Berkeley police, arrested, hog-tied and taken to jail, after the management of KPFA radio station and the Pacifica Foundation, had called the police on her, falsely accusing her of being "banned" from the station.
The incident started when Nadra Foster entered the radio station to work on some radio with the KPFA jazz radio show "Transitions on Traditions". She was let into the Ujima studio, by Michael Yoshida, KPFA's chief engineer and member of KPFA's management team, who was not aware of "the ban" on her. Vini Beecham, another member of management, contacted Lois Withers, the KPFA business manager aka accountant, telling her that Nadra was in the building using station resources for her personal benefit. Lois, another member of KPFA's management team, contacted Michael Yoshida to escort her while she kicked Nadra out of the station. When the two arrived at the door of Ujima, Nadra stated that she refused to leave because Lois does not have the power to kick her out. According to Yoshida, Lois called Dominga Estrada, the Human Resource Director of the Pacifica Foundation, to see how to deal with the situation. Dominga authorized Lois to call the police.
According to what Nadra told me, Lois told the police that she was the general manager of the station, and that Nadra was a fired employee who refused to leave. In reality, Lois is the business manager, and Nadra is a volunteer at the station, and member of the unpaid staff organization. Two male police officers slammed Nadra to the ground, kneeing her in the groin in the process, as well as severely spraining her arm. A number of KPFA broadcasters saw what had happened, including Anita Johnson of Hard Knock Radio who was in tears pleading with the management and other people at the station to get involved and help Nadra, to no avail. Weyland Southon of Hard Knock Radio taped Nadra's chilling screams as the police were slamming her to the ground and twisting her arm. He also taped Nicole Sawaya, the Executive Director of the Pacifica Foundation, slapping his camera out of his hand, on the scene. Interim Program Director Sasha Lilley was also an eye witness to this act of management initiated police terrorism, and did nothing in defense of Nadra's human rights. After 2 days in jail, now Nadra is facing 5 misdemeanors, including trespassing, 2 assault on a police officer charges, and two charges of resisting arrest.
The Prisoners of Conscience Committee, along with the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, the Black New World, and producers from the Voices of the Middle East radio show are organizing in the Black and Brown communities of the Bay Area, and throughout the media to expose this grave injustice. A town-hall meeting is planned for Sunday, September 7th, at the Black New World (836 Pine St, West Oakland at 3pm) so that the community can have an opportunity to get the facts about what happened to Nadra Foster and the current status of her case, as well as can get a glimpse into the shady workings of the corrupt administration running KPFA currently. We invite everyone to express themselves about this outrageous act of police terrorism in our community, and get involved in the organizing to get the charges against Nadra Foster dropped, get KPFA to pay for all medical and legal bills, demand that they acknowledge that they didn't follow any due-process or protocol as laid out in the handbook in relation to "banning" somebody, demand that the Unpaid Staff is reinstated and that there is a transparent grievance process, among other things. People should also start to think about organizing to get this interim administration at KPFA removed from power, and a Black public affairs show on the airwaves of KPFA, which talks about the domestic affairs of Black people in the country considering that KPFA, and the broader Pacifica network of radio stations uses Black voices like James Baldwin, Paul Robeson, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, and the Black Panthers to raise money, but the reality is if these people were alive today they would not have a show on the KPFA airwaves that is dedicated to the people they were organizing. Although most people would have thought that KPFA would have done this decades ago after the Civil Right Movement, today this still does not exist.
After the Block Report broke the story on KPFA airwaves Thursday, and followed it up with Block Report coverage on Friday August 22, Interim Program Director Sasha Lilley and Vini Beecham recently went on vacation for 2 weeks. On August 22, Lem Lem Rijio, the interim General Manager of KPFA issued a statement on the incident. In part it reads "It is important for you to know that the Berkeley Police acted independent of direction from KPFA". Considering that she is African, what Black person that is connected to the community calls the police, and thinks that after the police come they have control over the police's actions? This incident and the writing of the press release, exemplifies the incompetence of this current KPFA administration led by Lem Lem Rijio, as well as the current Pacifica administration led by Nicole Sawaya. Aileen Alfandary, the white news director of KPFA told me personally that this was not newsworthy, and that is why the news did not cover the issue on Thursday. Also the handicapped white executive producer of the Morning Show at KPFA, Mitch Jeserich, also told me that this incident was not newsworthy on Thursday, a day after the tragic incident. And Andrea Ali, the manager of Guerrilla Cafe, told me, when asked if we could have a community meeting regarding the incident, that she was on a spiritual quest and did not want to deal with KPFA's negativity at Guerrilla Cafe. Community, support those that support you and don't support people that don't support you.
If you did not get a chance to hear the audio accounts from people who eye-witnessed the police terrorism inflicted on Nadra Foster, you could go to www.blockreportradio.com, as well as to stay updated on the community organizing surrounding this topic.
Via his myspace page, Black Milk announced the tracklisting for his upcoming album, Tronic, in stores October 28th on Fat Beats Records.
Tronic Tracklist:
1. Long Story Short ft. Dwele
2. Bounce
3. Give the Drummer Sum
4. Without U ft. Colin Munroe
5. Hold it Down
6. Losen Out ft. Royce 5′9
7. Hell Yeah
8. Repin for U ft. AB
9. Overdose
10. The Matrix ft. Pharoahe Monch, Sean Price, Dj Premiere
11. Try
12. Tronic Summer
13. Bond 4 Life (Music) ft. Melanie Rutherford
14. Elec (Outro)
via:fatbeats.com
The voice of the people is back!!!
Mr. Lif returns with more cutting edge political commentary in his new series titled 'I Heard It Today'. Presented in a completely unprecedented manner, Mr. Lif will write and release 1-2 songs every three weeks until Election Day (November 4), following which Mr. Lif will release one more single based on his post electoral thoughts. This single will preface the release of the 'I Heard ItToday' full length on Inauguration Day (January 20, 2009). The album will feature additional unreleased tracks and corresponding artwork.
CLICK HERE for the first installement!!
via:definitivejux.net
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Kidz In The Hall, who are currently on ROCK THE BELLS, continue their hectic touring schedule and will join MURS on a 37-City Run starting October 7th. The duo will be performing music from their critically-acclaimed album "THE IN CROWD" in stores now.
In a continuing effort to expand their talented roster of artists, Duck Down Records has just announced a new album deal with B-Real, of Cypress Hill for his first solo album debut, "SMOKE N MIRRORS," in stores January 27th, 2009.
"Smoke N Mirrors" features SNOOP DOGG, DAMIAN MARLEY, BUCKSHOT, SEAN PRICE and SEN DOGG, of Cypress Hill. Production includes tracks from DJ Quik, Fredwreck, Scoop Deville, and B-Real himself for Audio Hustlerz, Inc. B-Real is currently on the ROCK THE BELLS Tour with Nas, Tribe Called Quest, Method Man, Ghostface, Immortal Technique, Kidz In The Hall and more.
B-Real is the latest addition to Duck Down Records, who just recently announced a group project with KRS-ONE & Buckshot, that will be in stores in 2009, along with upcoming projects from DJ Revolution, "King Of The Decks" (September 16th) and a re-united Heltah Skeltah, comprised of Rock and Sean Price, aka Ruck, who, after ten years, are releasing their third album, "D.I.R.T." (Da Incredible Rap Team), on September 30th. Following this project is Sean Price Presents Ruste Juxx "Indestructible" in stores October 28th.
These titles come on the heels of Duck Down's recent success with 9th Wonder & Buckshot's "The Formula" Album, and Kidz In The Hall's album, "The In Crowd," who recently filmed a video for their second single "Love Hangover" featuring Estelle.
Dru Ha, co-owner of Duck Down Records believes; "Adding another living legend in B-Real to our roster is really giving Duck Down a "dream team" line up for independent Hip Hop." Buckshot and I have been strategic with our label partnerships mixing the right blend of emerging artists with proven veterans. When you add the upcoming Random Axe Project (Sean Price, Guilty Simpson and Black Milk collaboration set for a 2009 release) we're excited about our ability to continue contributing quality Hip Hop albums to the game.
VIA: http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=d01148783101be65ceadfc3d57ee9944
Editor's Note: Silent but deadly, Prop. 6 is the ballot measure that no one has heard of, but that could have catastrophic effects on young people in California, writes Kevin Weston.
SAN FRANCISCO -- With Proposition 6 on the California ballot this November, young people in the Golden State have a reason to vote that trumps putting the first non-white man in the White House.
The Runner Initiative – or the “Safe Neighborhood Act” – is the single worst thing that could happen to California youth since the passage of Proposition 21 allowed 16 year-olds to be tried as adults. Prop. 6 does Prop. 21 one better – it would allow 14-year-old “gang members” to be tried as adults.
This “son of Three Strikes” (Prop. 184) – Prop. 6 was written by Three Strikes author Mike Reynolds -- is like the Stealth Bomber of laws, cruising at the speed of sound past California voters with a payload of nukes aimed at youth and undocumented immigrants. I sat in a roomful of journalists last week and not one had heard of it. This speaks to the lack of beat reporters in California as the newspaper industry implodes. Hundreds of journalists have been laid off or bought out, leaving the public ill-informed about this impending legislative hurricane.
One of Prop. 6’s most troublesome aspects is the gang enhancement stipulation that would add time and other penalties to those identified as gang members.
California’s gang database CAL/GANG, the largest statewide gang database in the country, lists more than 100,000 names. The data is so untrustworthy that former California Attorney General Bill Lockyer refused to forward them to federal authorities. He told the San Francsico Chronicle: “This database cannot and should not be used, in California or elsewhere, to decide whether or not a person is dangerous or should be detained.”
Young people who have been unfairly labeled as gang members would now face the harshest of penalties through a system that is already broken and flawed.
The proposition would prohibit undocumented immigrants charged with certain offenses from being released on bail or on their own recognizance, pending trial. Already under tremendous social pressure from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, state and local governments, this is just one more nail in the coffin of immigrant rights in California.
It would create temporary prisons in counties that are currently experiencing overcrowding. Imagine tent prisons housing the overflow of inmates that the Proposition would create. The California prison system is already under fire over everything from inadequate health care to overcrowding caused by mandatory minimum sentences.
Funding priorities would be switched from mental health, drug treatment and community programs. All monies would have to pass through county probation departments before reaching mental health and drug treatment programs. Prop 6 stipulates that the funding “shall be distributed…to assist counties for the expense of housing juvenile offenders.”
The implication here is that money for anything other than housing would be in jeopardy. Rehabilitation programs could be wiped out.
Prop. 6 significantly increases expenditures for criminal justice programs, including net program costs likely to exceed $1 billion, and is estimated to cost an additional $500 million a year after that. This new spending comes during a period in which the state of California is facing a budget crisis of historic proportions, prompting Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to ask for steep cuts the Democratic controlled state legislature is refusing to pass. Services like child care centers and nursing homes are feeling the crunch during the impasse.
The state is already on the hook for billions going to prison health care and new education mandates that will require students to pass algebra by the eighth grade.
California simply can’t afford to take money from the general fund – mainly education – to pay for this ill-conceived initiative.
Adding insult to injury, the law would require local governments to conduct annual criminal background checks on recipients of federal housing subsidies. Everyone in the house must be background-checked and if anyone is found guilty of a drug crime or a violent crime, the whole family would be evicted.
Prop. 6 would also significantly increase (to life in prison) the penalty for home invasion robbery, carjacking, carrying firearms and extortion.
Ironically, the billionaire who financed the initiative, Henry Nicholas III, was indicted this summer on numerous felony charges including charges of supplying prostitutes to big-ticket customers, drug use and trafficking, conspiracy, security fraud and making death threats. People like Nichols are hardly in a position to pass judgment on the immigrants and young people of California.
While gangs and violence are a major concern to voters, laws like Prop. 6 don’t work. An editorial in the New York Times states, “Criminologists warn that juvenile offenders who are thrown in with adult prisoners are exposed to social pressures and develop personal contacts that make it far more likely that they will become career criminals than those held in juvenile facilities.”
While Prop. 8 – the Gay Marriage Initiative – gets all the headlines, Prop. 6 is sneaking under the radar of the media, politicians and the immigrants and young people it targets. Obama holds a double-digit lead in California over John McCain. Youth who were energized to vote for change through Obama now have a better reason to go to the polls this fall: voting against Prop. 6.
Kevin Weston, director of new media and youth communications for New America Media is the publisher of YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia. Paul Billingsley and Charles Jones are content producers at New America Media.
Go to this link to see video of Christina Gomez of the Burns Institiute/The Community Justice Network for Youth (CJNY) speak on Prop. 6 and it's potential effects on California's young people.
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