THROWBACKS: SOCIAL RENAISSCANCE

An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose. -

Langston Hughes


The above late 90's to 2000's album realeases is a reflection of artists who didnt hide their gifts and contributions to the world. In retrospect the late 90's still told stories through the modern day; streets genre narrated drugs, money, violence..the "backpacker" held thier hip hop purists truths to heart...commercialism lit up the charts with flamboyant suits, jewelry, dances, and materialism. Then you had the rebirth of the generation of the "conscious" mc/activist. Monday highlights though during this time where so many seeds sprung forth, from swinging chains, to the ice of the rockafella era,the return to the streets of the ruff ryders era, those who stepped out and brought the love and meaning of music back to its old standard,and ushered the call for social change. Both through music and action. In the wide world of the industry, to each his own..i personally co-sign any entity that is a catalyst for greater change. One example is the late 90's blackstar -
Nkiru Books is the oldest African-American bookstore in Brooklyn, New York City, USA. Founded by Leothy Miller Owens in 1976, the bookstore was bought by Talib Kweli and Mos Def in 2000. Today it is operated as the Nkiru Center for Education and Culture, a nonprofit organization promoting literacy and multicultural awareness for people of color. It is currently located at 732 Washington Avenue.-WIKIPEDIA

*Salutes the fathers and mothers* ..at the same time we take a peek into some of the ever growing new school..one of my favorite groups..diamond district dmv

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N.Y UNDERGROUND P.III

"keep rising to the top, and my moms like give it all you got, give it all you got give it all"-

DA GIF

WELCOME TO P.III of NY UNDERGROUND..SHOWCASED THIS THURSDAY ARE NY BASED ARTISTS AND ABROAD..WE START OFF WITH QBORO'S OWN SOSH BACARDI..HEAD TO OHIO'S PROPHET.. AND CLOSE WITH BROWNSVILLE BROOKLYN'S STONES..

SOSH aka B.Cardi for his 151 proof flow. Born and raised in Jamaica, Queens. Has numerous collaborations with established artist from Busta, Graf, Scarface and Quan-just to name a few. SOSH is a slick talkin' wordsmith with a hustlers swagger influenced by the streets, with a song catalogue of more than 300 songs, or should we say 300 hits.. -SOSH BACARDI

Sosh Bacardi was born and raised in Jamaica Queens, amongst influences like Run-DMC and LL-Cool J. SOSH discovered a love for Hip-Hop at an early age, developing his confidence and swagger as an MC.

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I am a Gangster!! When I use the word gangster I not talking about killing, selling dope, or a thug. A gangster has a set a values and beliefs that he live by and will not bend or break them for any one even if it cost his life. A gangster will never snitch even if he faces 100000 even if he was snitched on. A gangster will never cross any one he is close to for no amount of money. A Gangster is respectful and demands respect and non gangsters are disrespectful and only respect who can do somthing for them or who they admire or fear

-PROPHET


PROPHET "The Heart Of Toledo" is CEO of Block Musiq Entertainment as well as an undeniably talented artist/songwriter. PROPHET brings something other artists lack….uncut realness. With a raw and uncut voice which has universal appeal, his music paints vivid pictures of everyday living in urban America. PROPHET exclaims "I am an artist who paints pictures of my life, thoughts, and where I come from. I want to touch the hearts of the people with my music" and indeed he does. In a time when one hit wonders have become an industry standard, PROPHET intends on emerging as a force to be reckoned with. The album "Rap 2 The Top or Back 2 The Block" is scheduled for release in 2008 and is assured to have great success.

www.myspace.com/prophettheheartoftoledo



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David Blake, better known to many by his stage name, Stones was born July 31st 1988 in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, New York. Stones is the cousin of Kenyatta Blake aka Buckshot who is a fellow Brooklyn emcee and Co-CEO of the extremely successful independent hip hop label, Duck Down Records. Stones has many monikers/ aliases such as, S.t., S.t.ones (Stack Them Ones), Rollin Stones, David Blake The Great, The Ressurection of Perfection, S.t. The Legend Before The Legacy and many more. Stones credits his extensive list of "a.k.a.'s" to Wu Tang who he is a big fan of and is known across the globe for having many aliases.

Rapping was a hobby Stones claims to have picked up from watching the Black moon frontman, Buckshot as well as many other emcees from Hip hop's "Golden era". “I use to just sit down and listen to Wu-Tang; particularly Meth all day to study how he would put words together and then formulate my own rhymes with that same structure until I got down the basics and started to develop my own style" sais Stones. When asked about Buckshot's influence on his career choice Stones had this to say, "Buck was the one that let me know it was real because I use to think rappers were some kind of super human’s beamed down from the sky [laughs] but, he was someone I actually saw in the flesh often and saw on T.V. too so that made me believe that I could do it too".





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