Awol Da Mindwriter drops his new album “Now Loading”. It has features from Vic Spencer, Al Unique, Zarz The Origin and Planet Asia. I gave it a spin this morning and I must say I love the Sega/Video game theme throughout the album. It starts with an Altered Beast sample and goes in to a song called Altered Beast, then floats into a song called Snatchers where Awol does a concept song about the Sega CD classic by Konami and Hideo Kojima “Snatcher”. Vic Spencer gives a killer verse on this one too. August Fanon provides the beats for the project and he delivers on every track. Awol smashes every track, this album is very good and y’all should check it out for sure! Ill provide links below. Salute AWOL Da Mindwriter.
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Screen legend Donald Gibb aka Ogre aka Bad MF Ray Jagkson from Bloodsport has passed away. Truly devastating loss. Dude was in 2 of my favorite movies ever! Def gonna run back Bloodsport this weekend. RIP
Afrika Bambaata was hiphop to it’s core. He was a pioneer in the game and helped pave the way for so many. His influence runs as deep as the ocean. He was a founder of the Zulu Nation, turning the gang The Black Spades to legitimate and positive entity in NYC. His contributions to art and the culture are nothing short of incredible, and I don’t want to downplay that at all. The terms hiphop, turntablism amongst others can be traced back to Bambaataa.
Sadly, in 2016 Afrika was accused of molesting multiple boys in the early 80s. The universal Zulu nation excommunicated AB and anyone who may have had a hand in the atrocities that were associated with Bambaataa. Zulu Nation responded with an apology as they 1st took their leaders side but once the cork popped there was no stopping the flow of stories.
Vice did an article in late 2016, saying that the pioneer had been molesting children for decades. These accusations were later confirmed by another legend Melle Mel, claimed in an interview with culture vulture Vlad that it was “hip-hop’s best kept secret”. This is a travesty.
Just to add fuel to the fire, TC Izlam well known Jungle DJ/MC, member and International Spokesperson of the Zulu Nation, left the group after the accusations came out, and Bambaataa wanting him to do Damage control, despite TC saying he had rumors at that pointing dating back 20 years. Allegedly Bambaataa was retaliating on those who accused or besmirched his name.Izlam was one of these people and was said to be fearing for his life after an interview he did with a reporter about the allegations. Not soon after TC Izlam was gunned down in Atlanta. This could be a coincidence of course but its still very fishy.You can read more in depth about that HERE.
The whole situation is nasty work, in 2021 a civil lawsuit came about after a man claimed that Afrika abused, groomed and trafficked him as 12 year old boy in the 90s. Instead of going to court and sticking up for himself Bambaataa failed to appear and lost his civil case by default, which is an extremely bad look. More on that HERE.
I’m a hiphophead through and through and this is just devastating that one of our pioneers is a monster. Instead of talking more in depth about his endlesss contributions, I’m here sick to my stomach writing an obituary for an extremely talented and horrible human being. Skinners arent Winners friends and you can listen to our podcast on that subject HERE.
Lord Sear passed away and Shade 45 paid tribute on day 2 by inviting back Bobbito, not only that but Xzibit takes over for a portion as well. So many guests called in and so many legendary rappers, producers and DJ’s chimed in to share their love for Lord Sear. He will be missed greatly.
Lord Sear passed away and Shade 45 paid tribute on day 2 by inviting back Bobbito, not only that but Xzibit takes over for a portion as well. So many guests called in and so many legendary rappers, producers and DJ’s chimed in to share their love for Lord Sear. He will be missed greatly.