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The HipHopHeads Podcast (episode 36)

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http://thecryptonline.com presents the hiphopheads podcast episode 36, this week we ate salsa again, we talked about Earl, Upcoming releases, DMX jingle bells, and we played peckerwoods better hide tonight among a bunch of other music.

The HipHopHeads Podcast (episode 35)

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http://thecryptonline.com presents the hiphopheads podcast episode 35. Tonights episode was the coming of Yusef! We talked about Das Rapist breaking up, who’d win in a fight Vega vs DMX, Salsa, Demigodz in Pawtucket, the walking dead finale and a bunch of other stuff. Oh yea we also played some hiphop.

Czarface (Inspectah Deck x 7L x Esoteric) ft Roc Marciano – Cement 3’s

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I gotta say when i dropped the news of this happening a minute ago people didn’t believe me, well look who was right? 🙄 This is the first leak from the group called Czarface which is The Rebel INS, my man Esoteric and HipHop Trivia OG 7L it features everyone’s favorite Long Island MC Roc Marc. This album is a incredibly cool concept, check more info below.

“CZARFACE” project will include contributions from Ghostface Killah, Action Bronson, Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire, Roc Marciano, Vinnie Paz, Cappadonna, DJ Premier & Oh No

CZARFACE will be released on 2-19-2013 via Brick Records

With his illustrious career spanning nearly two-decades now, it would be easy for Inspectah Deck to sit back and rest on his laurels; after all, he has helped create some of the best hip-hop music ever recorded. Despite his low-key persona, Deck carved out his own unique space in the Wu-Tang Clan, thanks to his stand-out verses from “C.R.E.A.M.,” “Protect Ya Neck” and his otherworldly verse on “Triumph” among many. Likewise, who could forget Deck’s contributions on Ghostface’s Ironman (“Assassination Day”), his many appearances on Raekwon’s OBFCL, GZA’s Liquid Swords (“Cold World”) or his collaborations with Gang Starr (“Above The Clouds”) and Big Pun (“Tres Leches” which also featured Mobb Deep’s Prodigy).

Throughout Deck’s career, whether it was beside his fellow Wu-Tang brethren or in a solo-capacity, he is as adamant today about his culture and pushing the creative envelope as he was before Enter The Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers became an epic masterpiece; hence the formation of CZARFACE, a new collaborative project with underground icons 7L & Esoteric. With rap fans again craving more substance and less polish, Deck realizes there is a tangible shift taking place- “The industry doesn’t need another well packaged, put together “act,” instead fans are once again gravitating to the seasoned vets and newcomers that are still true to the game.”

With a working history that dates back nearly as far as Wu-Tang’s, 7L & Esoteric are undisputedly Boston and underground hip-hop royalty. CZARFACE offered the duo an opportunity to pick up where they left off over a decade ago with Inspectah Deck, as he joined them on the title track to their revered Speaking Real Words EP (1999). Deck says “Speaking Real Words is one of the many reasons we are now CZARFACE. After doing that song, it was only right we collaborated on a project to cater to the millions of fans that still support hip-hop from the underground.”

With guest appearances from Ghostface, Action Bronson, Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire, Roc Marciano, Vinnie Paz, Cappadonna & additional beats from DJ Premier & Oh No, you can expect nothing less then top notch production and rewind worthy lyricism from CZARFACE. “We are CZARFACE because they know our faces and they know us for being dope rhyme suppliers, like Tony Montana we are known for our balls and our word; lyrically we will conquer the world and everything in it” states Deck. Esoteric explains further, “CZARFACE is a vigilante, anti-hero character who serves as the face of the project, and his focus is on annihilating the media darlings that the mainstream caters to.”

Sage Francis – UBUNTU [Water Into Wine] (video)

The “UBUNTU” MP3 is available at: http://tinyurl.com/SageFrancisUbuntu
ALL BACKGROUND INFO IS POSTED BELOW:
-by Sage Francis

Proceeds of this song’s sale will go toward helping the children I address in this song. We don’t have video clips available to us at the moment so we decided to make a picture-video to show the people and places the song is inspired by. If you wish to, you can read the lyrics here: http://tinyurl.com/SageFrancisUbuntu

I have thought about these children every single day since being acquainted with them almost two years ago. I decided that I can no longer sit on this song. In 2011 I visited Durban, South Africa to help mentor and provide care for HIV-infected children. For me, it was a crash-course education on their situation, culture, history, and various forms of treatment (or lack there of.) With a reported 5.6 million people living with HIV, South Africa has the highest HIV infection rate in the world. That is mainly due to misinformation propagated by the government as well as the people’s lack of access to education and proper medical care. With so many people dying of AIDS in this area, many children are often left to fend for themselves in overcrowded “orphanages”, many of which have no electricity or running water according to what I witnessed.

My trip to Durban and the surrounding rural areas was organized by people who were filming a documentary on a community of people who were receiving alternative treatment along with their normal ARV (anti-retroviral) treatment. I joined a group of national and international poets whose task it was to make a connection with the children and communicate their story to the world. Toward the end of my stay I wrote a song called UBUNTU (Water Into Wine) which I was initially hoping to release as a companion piece to the film. The documentary will probably do a much better job of explaining the vast array of emotions we all went through, but as it still isn’t completed I figured it might be best to just release the song now.

The artwork for UBUNTU is a portrait of Nonoti done by Phil Cooper. Nonoti was one of the younger girls in the group who made a deep and everlasting impression on everyone she met. We lost Nonoti to HIV-related complications earlier this year, so along with the children I name in this song, and all the great people I met during my stay in Durban, a special dedication goes out to her (R.I.P.)

If you’re ever given the opportunity to visit Africa and provide a helping hand, I highly recommend it. You will learn more than you could ever imagine about yourself, humanity and the world in general. You can view more pictures of my trip to South Africa and the children this song is about here: http://tinyurl.com/SageSouthAfrica2011
Most of the pictures are by me but the really GOOD ones are by Alex Forster.
Special big shouts to IainEwok and Karen for giving me updates on the children and making sure that the donations go to good use. Much love and many thanks to everyone involved!

-Sage Francis