[video] Various Artists "Wavin' Flag (Young Artists For Haiti)"
Showing posts with label Haiti. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Haiti. Show all posts
Chanes "Earthquake"
Just a quick heads up; my boy Chanes has a new single, "Earthquake", available for purchase. Proceeds of this track are going towards Haiti Relief. This is being distributed via Island Def Jam Digital, so this is a great look for a great cause. It's available on iTunes, Amazon, eMusic, Rhapsody and many more outlets. Support good Hip-Hop and the Haitian Relief.
SOBs Haiti Benefit Concert (1/28/2010)
Solid line-up, all for a $30 donation to a great cause? How could you be missing this?Hit up SOBs for more details.
Jay-Z, Bono, The Edge & Rihanna "Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)"
Jay-Z, Bono, The Edge & Rihanna "Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)" (prod. by Swizz Beats): This cut premiered on the Hope For Haiti telethon that ended about 40 minutes ago. It's also featured on the Hope For Haiti album, which is donated 100% of its proceeds to various charities. Hit up iTunes to cop it. Donate some ends, cop a t-shirt - do whatever you can to help some human beings in a tight spot.Shouts to UHTN for the MP3.
FuseBox Radio (Week Of 1/20/2010)
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This is the latest episode of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Jon Judah for the week of January 20, 2010 with some new and classic Hip-Hop & Soul Music, news and commentary.
Our extended commentary this week focused on the current tragedy with the earthquake aftermath in Haiti, including the current casualties, what are other countries going to offer in regards to accepting Haitians of all ages into their countries post-recovery, worries of profiteering off of Haiti's issues pre- and post-recovery, the ignorant statements of Pat Robertson & Rush Limbaugh and some other things.
We also talked about the current Cybersecurity Act of 2009 draft that's out in the U.S. now that could give the president the right to shut down the internet with their own definition of "danger", NBA Basketball player Washington Wizard star Gilbert Arenas' current legal troubles & how that ties in to Black Athlete stereotypes and other things here and there.
During this week's show, we had a great interview with Brooklyn, NY's own independent Hip-Hop MC G3MZ (http://www.myspace.com/g3mz; http://ElegantHoodness.ning.com).
Some of the topics we've touched base on included G3MZ's musical & family background, his current feeling about the NYC Hip-Hop scene for both good and bad & it's need to change, the lack of respect lately for lyrical MCs via the mainstream and beyond, personal and other politics of the music business, his upcoming mixtape and album projects, how he connected with the N.A.N./Elegant Hoodness movement and a lot more!
There is a new episode of Black Agenda Report in this week's broadcast but none for Direct EFX (due to not receiving before broadcast time).
Feel free to check out some recent episodes of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast over at our official blog, BlackRadioIsBack.com - all of the shows are clean/radio friendly.
FuseBox Radio Playlist for the Week of January 20, 2010 (not many due to this week's interview and extended show intro)
Afu-Ra/Whirlwind Through Cities/TVT Records
Grace Jones/Slave to the Rhythm (Hot Blooded Version)/White Label
Jaheim feat. Jadakiss/Ain't Leaving Without You RMX/Divine Mill
Nneka feat. Jay Electronica/Walking (J. Period RMX)/JPeriod.com
G3MZ/Maybe/Elegant Hoodness & N.A.N.
B.o.B./The Biz/White Label (http://www.myspace.com/bobatl)
Wale feat. Phil Ade & Raheem DeVaughn/Pretty Girls RMX/368 Music Group
Enoch 7th Prophet feat. DamGood, LP & Madam Madon/Run Dat/White Label (http://Enoch7thProphet.blogspot.com)
The Pleb/One for Senegal/Wonderwheel
G3MZ/Eco-Stimulus/Elegant Hoodness & N.A.N.
PLUS Some Extra Special Hidden Tracks in the Jon Judah Master Mix w/ Old School Classics and more MySpace.com Independent Music Finds
Current FuseBox Radio Broadcast Radio & Internet Affiliates (as of this week):
UrbanNetwork.com's The Mix Internet Radio Station - UN Power Jam Radio (owned by Urban Network Magazine) OKRP.com, ReeWineMusic.com/ReeWine Radio, Progressive Blend Radio, Sprint Radio Extra/mSpot (via the Worldwide Alpha Communications Network), SouthBound.FM, DeadBeat Radio, CrackAudio.com, TheBestJams.com/The Best Jams Radio, Radio CPR 97.5 FM, FlyTunes.FM/FlyCast ,Planet Urban (Austrailia)/PlanetUrban.com.au, AmalgamDigital.com, BlockJams.com, ConspiracyUK.com , FONYE Radio , VI Radio , DurdeeSouthRadio.com , Beyond.FM , MyBlockRadio.net, Rutgers University Radio, WRSU 88.7 FM, Stop Beefin' Start Eatin' Radio, Ceesiety Radio, Mixshow Blast Radio, Slip-N-Slide DJs Podcast, The Best Jams, ExtravaGangsta Radio, HipHopSoulRadio.com , Digiwaxx Presents: The Blast , White Folks Get Crunk for DJs, Legion Music & Media, UnderWorldMixRadio.com, MixLaWax Radio, Trunk Hustlers Online, 907 Jamz. The6.FM, Nilo Radio, 1.FM Jamz, Blayze University Radio, Blip.TV, iBlog126.com, Miro, WSOUF.com, True Fire Radio, StreetsD.com (Streets Mos Magazine Radio), Rock The Dub, Last Word Online, Soul Pitch Hustle, Black Soul Rhythms, Honey Magazine, i95.FM, The PRess Junkie, Planet Ill, Ground Up Radio, BlackCoffeeChannel.com (Coming Soon), Gutta Muzik (HD) Radio (Coming Soon)
** Most Stations/Outlets Tracked via RadioWave Monitor, Mediaguide & SoundExchange **
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Sounds Of Resistance (1/24/2010)
Damn: J-Live, Wise Intelligent, Jeru The Damaja, Donny Goines, Cymarshall Law, YC The Cynic, and many more are going to be at Santo's Party House on Jan. 24th for a special benefit concert + art show, with all proceeds going to Yele Haiti & Rural Haiti Project. They're also collecting non-perishable food items, new blankets, shoes and medical supplies & medicines. Should be a sick show, 8PM to 4AM, suggested donations of $10-$20. Hit up Santos for more info.Kosha Dillz "Jungle"
Kosha Dillz "Jungle" (prod. by Belief): Here's a leak from Beverly Dillz, which Kosha will be promoting on his recently-announced 30 city charity tour for Haiti relief; the goal is to raise $10K to help aid the victims of the horrific earthquake over there. Dude's already got Slick Rick, Del TheFunky Homosapien & Skee Lo showing up on various dates, so keep it locked to his MySpace for upcoming tour dates. Shouts to the Dutchmaster.I've Been To Hell...
I've been to Hell, and the Devil is a female who stands 6'2, weighing 220lbs EASY.See, God rest the dead. My co-worker passed earlier this year - without going into too many details, dude drank himself to the point where his body shut down. Damn shame, dude was in his 40s and looked like he was 65, all crippled up. A real fucking mess. Now, we've been working w/ one man down for a few months, and shit can be tough. Our department hasn't shut down, but we need some help, so when my supervisor said they were going to be interviewing for a temp., I was all for it.
Now, before I dip into the nightmare we've lived in for 6 weeks, let me just tell you that I have a co-worker who isn't the team lead but wants to be. I'm gonna call her M.L., short for Marlboro Light, because that's what she smokes. She wanted to make sure we got the right person, so she sat in on the interviews. She interviewed the Devil, AKA Helltemp, and said "hey, this might work, but she is going to have a problem getting along with Haitian Jack" (Haitian Jack is another co-worker)... I said whatever, if it works, it works.
OK, let me tell you that I've never been so annoyed at work in my LIFE! The day Helltemp started, no one wanted to help her - which is par for the course. I am the asshole who says shit like "I'll train her on some stuff", and come to find out, I sort-of have some history with her. Well, first things first, this nigga I'll call Chubbypimp hit me up on the sly like "Yo watch out for that girl, everything she says is a lie"; it reminded me of Memento, where Leonard wouldn't believe anything "Teddy" said because his Polaroid had a note that read "Don't Believe His Lies" or whatever. So she starts talking... and talking... and talking. Which is fine, but what the fuck? Where's your notepad? Where's your off button? Bitch can I take the batteries out? I find out that the chick is "married" (more on that later) to a nigga who used to manage this Big Box store that I part-timed at like 5 years ago. She apparently worked there as well, and tried to tell me that I even worked a Saturday evening with her, but I a) was long gone during the time period she placed and b) would've remembered working with Goliath.
Mind you, I know way more than I need to know about this chick, which is probably my fault. While my tweets about work-related hate are funny, that's also an outlet for me, so I can NOT say the shit I want to say to these pinheads. But I digress...
The bit about her marriage is a story altogether. The nigga she was "married" to is a fucking mack-a-roni. I knew for a FACT that he was a mack-a-roni, because I had to previously listen to his fiasco with a former crack-addicted meatball at the job, who ended up having static with Helltemp. The thing is, homegirl would slip up: another fact I know is that once you are married, you stop using terms like boyfriend or girlfriend, you know? At least I did. On her Facebook page, her shit said "engaged", which further let me know the bidness. Bust it, though - she told me the nigga was hardly there. Not like he would come home late... nah, the nigga lived there like half a week at a clip, or just didn't come home.
Say what?
Now, while all of this is going on, I'm doing my damnest to train her - was even told that she picked up on shit quicker than most people would. What's crazy is - she didn't retain shit. Don't let her go home on a Friday and be asked to run a report we trained on all week - she'd hit me up every step like "now what?" or "what's this?"... no retention what-so-ever! While our building is going through renovations, I'm sitting across the room from my group, so I'm having to getup and help her 10, 12 times a day? I wore the fucking rug out with my back and forth!
And on top of all this, the bitch is pregnant with the mack-a-roni's baby! Yes, she started a job three months pregnant, and had no intention of telling anyone. I know because she is a stupid blabbermouth, and told me (even though I kind of picked up on it when she asked about benefits and shit - you know you're on a 90 day probation, right?)... whatever, that's just deep, because now I know this fucking big secret and feel like a snitch nigga if I tell my supervisor. And then I have to have the guilt of "oh what if this bitch gets the job, then goes on maternity later in the year - will my boss ask me if I knew?" shit... bad situation, fam.
One afternoon, Helltemp informed me that the Mack-A-Roni was in a South Carolina hospital, essentially on his deathbed. She had no idea where the nigga was, no hospital name, room #, nothing. OK does that sound right to you? If I got sick out of town, my wife would be hellbent on finding out where the shit I was - not even knowing where her man is is not even on the fucking menu! And this chick accepted it, and kept it moving. She don't know this, but I had a feeling she was shullbitting me about the "marriage" right then. Whatever. Weeks of this, with a nigga in the hospital, getting worse and worse - and somehow you have no thoughts like "maybe I need to take a day or 2 off and be with him". Blah blah, he's given 6-9 months to live. No cause for alarm, nothing.
The nigga died this weekend. RIP to the Mack-A-Roni.
Now, no disrespect to the death or to the situation, but this nigga macked to the GRAVE! How about Helltemp wasn't even his only chick! How about Mack-A-Roni wasn't in S.C. at all - the nigga was like 10 minutes away in another town with his real wife?!?! A bitch that Helltemp and I worked with at the Big Box, a bitch who KNEW about his thing with Helltemp for like a year and change prior!
Talk about shit luck.
Now as sad as all of this is, the chick still has to go. I sympathize with her trying situation and all, but her work ethic is kind of crap. Whether its cussin' a bit too loud to always coming around my desk talking about her gas, or just loud talking in general. Or should I break down the numerous reports and projects I try training you on, only to have me continuously need my assistance in EVERYTHING? What about her already having taken 3 or 4 days off, in a 90-day probation?
Not to mention Helltemp and M.L. being the ones who have beef, and not Hatian Jack?!?!?! Bust it: M.L. would straight try and son Helltemp for ANYthing. I had a feeling they didn't get along, but when I have one hitting me by e-mail while the other is at my desk, both complaining about the other? My fucking head is spinning.
As yours probably is, and you're just reading this.
Long story (a bit) short, Helltemp came to my desk and told me that either tomorrow (Friday) is her last day, or she'll be going to another department. I got a feeling the other department won't have shit to do with her after an interview... especially if this bitch tells them that she plans on being out for 3 days next week. Yeah, I'm hoping this is "peace out", but knowing my luck, the bitch won't go away.
I do promise this: if Helltemp does NOT leave after tomorrow, expect a shitload-more posts breaking down her fuckery. It might aggravate me, but I need to get this shit out of my system or I'm liable to crack.
CRACK!
So yeah, I've been to hell... its hot and it smells like feces. And the Devil is a 6'2, 220+ pound white chick who thinks she is cooler/more ghetto that she truly is. And I want out!
Rhymageddon
