Comments on: Books: Check ‘em Out

By: SpaceNinjaDino

SpaceNinjaDino — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:29:13 +0000

Johnny Cocaine is still by far my favorite.
What “UhMer Don’t Know” Can’t Hurt Him!
Suburban All-Stars is also tip-top dope! I saw you live in Cotati. Heck yeah!

By: obo

obo — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:25:10 +0000

FUCK! I never knew!

Back in the 90s, I downloaded most of what I could grab of Suburban All-Stars. It’s still in my mp3 collection. I’ve been unconsciously following your various careers for more than a decade.

Small Internet is smaaaaaaaall.

PS: I also had K-Minus Initiative, that mp3.com “dual format” disc still floats around here. That was some good beats, but yeah, that mic quality was horrid.

By: vinyl_warrior

vinyl_warrior — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:59:19 +0000

As a Canadian, I’d love to hear who the confused Canadian rapper in question is! I can’t seem to find out elsewhere on the net …

By: Rowr

Rowr — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:30:20 +0000

You should check out an album called Flying Colours by a group called Bliss and Eso (should be able to find it on Itunes) An Australian Hip hop group, and the first to bring the genre in Australia to a high enough level to compete around the world IMO.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:34:32 +0000

Sounds like an interesting book. I suppose it could be said about most forms of music these days but the connection with hip hop and advertisers always strikes me as more awkward than usual. For a music form that seems to emphasize (at least in lyrics) being “real” it is hard to take a lot of artists seriously when they’d just as quickly and emphatically tell me about how I should drink Pepsi as they would do anything else. I guess that doesn’t seem odd to some people as so many identify personally with brands… still it is weird to me.

By: ahoodedfigure

ahoodedfigure — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:11:15 +0000

Cool that the marketing stuff creeps you out. Please annouce somewhere at GB if you have any impressions of books that go into the marketing stuff, I’d like to learn more about it from a non-”how to manipulate people in five easy steps!” kind of book.

By: Falcon

Falcon — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:38:30 +0000

Yeah Jeff, where’s Deadly Electric?

By: Harry

Harry — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:54:40 +0000

Please oh please hook that mic back up again – Midnight Brown ftw!

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:53:19 +0000

I just listened to Beer like 15 times in a row. Also, I’m an eighth grader. (Well, ninth grader in half a month) and you’ve heavily influenced my listening choices. Lots of Public Enemy, for one.

It drives me insane to see people fake things, and a lot of modern hip hop seems way fake. Jay-Z seems like one of the few mainstream, modern rappers I can get behind, because he’s secure in his identity.

So much of todays music is a complete and total head fuck, it’s enough to drive you insane.

By: Robert Flannigan

Robert Flannigan — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:25:09 +0000

MIDNIGHT BROWN COMEBACK!!

Your first project should be covering the “Books, Check’em out!” song.