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Collectors Item - Music, Art and Life: Busta Rhymes
In Case You Missed It: The Instrumentals For Busta's "The Coming" & Common's "Finding Forever"

By JR on 8:09 AM

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With beats by DJ Scratch, Q-Tip, J Dilla, KanYe and Easy Mo Bee and others, you're in for a listen that's sure to resonate in your mind forever. In the 2020's, the instrumentals for Busta's "The Coming" & Common's "Finding Forever" have been made available for streaming and download. Everything still remains raw as elite producers collide to make your head nod with their diverse palette of Hip Hop sound.
 

Listen As Jay-Z & Busta Rhymes Appear In Rare Interviews From The Mid-90's During Their Debuts

By JR on 9:08 PM

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After a random search of Podomatic, I stumbled across this show where DJ Flipout chats with two Hip Hop legends during their early days. We reminisce with Flipout as he speaks to Jiggaman, who displays a humble, laid-back persona while talking about "Reasonable Doubt". Jay-Z's interview begins at the 41:28 mark, but check out a cool mix at the beginning celebrating Bob James's "Nautilus" by DJ Flipout. Busta Rhymes speaks to Flipout by phone back in 1996, right before his debut solo album dropped. 
 

Watch "Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes" Lecture featuring Chuck D

By JR on 4:22 PM

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""Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes" provides a riveting examination of manhood, sexism, and homophobia in hip-hop culture. Director Byron Hurt, former college quarterback and gender violence prevention educator, pays tribute to hip-hop while challenging the rap music industry to take responsibility for glamorizing destructive stereotypes of manhood. The documentary features revealing interviews about masculinity and sexism with rappers such as Mos Def, Chuck D, and Busta Rhymes, hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, and cultural commentators such as Michael Eric Dyson and Beverly Guy-Shetfall. Acclaimed for its fearless engagement with issues of race, gender violence, and the corporate exploitation of youth culture." - the Carsey-Wolf Center

The screening was followed by a Q&A with guests Director/Activist Byron Hurt and Chuck D from the band "Public Enemy" which you'll see above.

Get your physical copy of the movie here at PBS


Video: Leaders Of The New School Introduce Themselves In 1991

By JR on 3:47 PM

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When Busta Rhymes, Charlie Brown, Dinco D and Cut Monitor Milo were together as L.O.N.S. they brought an element of fun to Hip Hop unlike any group I've ever seen, by drawing upon the carefree, rebellious times of the average high-school experience. At a period of Hip Hop where the overall creativity and originality was at a high, the debut album from Leaders "A Future Without A Past" struck it's own chord within my imagination. In this video, each member explains the meaning of their self expression as a group, using classics such as "Case Of The P.T.A."which defined their unique view of high school adolescence.

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