More B.I.G.

All types of old footage has been popping up on Mr. Wallace. Check out this old interview and the short doccumentary.

Wtf? I think my father had that brown hat.

Mavado – Behind The Scenes.

Behind the scenes of the “So Special” video.

2 Face aka Natural Elements.

One of my favorite groups from the mid to late 90’s was Natural Elements. I still play their old singles when I spin.

Here they are performing a new song called “Howard Stern” live. Peace to Mr. Voodoo and Jay Smooth.

I used to listen to Stern religiously and have duffel bags filled with tapes of his old shows. One day I’ll figure out how to digitize my Stern, Stretch n Bob and Underground Railroad tapes.

On a side note, check out Common “Sense” on Stretch and Bob in 1994. A lot different from the Common now.

Peace to Nasty Vaz, Dage, Tenz and Kel Doggs.

The Homecoming.

It’s been  a very long time since I’ve heard a nice Brooklyn anthem. That lack luster “Brooklyn we go hard” song is cheesy and euro sounding.

Here we have Talib Kweli and Mr. Presidential Pardon aka John Forte showing some love to good old Crooklyn, Nyc.

In case you were wondering about John’s Blackberry, click here to read about his first day out of the clink.

“Bad Boy Till The Casket Drops”.

While the new movie NOTORIOUS is becoming an instant hood classic, Sean Combs must be on cloud 9 as everyone gets to see his role in taking a relatively unknown rapper, Biggie Smalls from rags to riches, while securing his own place in rap history.

The movie did a good job of showing the different aspects of Biggie’s life, while opening up other questions, especially about Puff. We’ve seen many sides of Puffy over the years since he’s such a public figure.

One side of Puff that has long been rumored, is his role as a “paper gangster” and as a “corporate thug” who uses his influence, knowledge, promise of riches and legal paperwork to entrap artists (allegedly), into terrible recording contracts in which he gets the lions share for their hard work.

We all remember the “Free The Lox” campaign and how that played out between 1998-2005.  How will he handle someone else from his camp that’s ready to air out his dirty laundry?

As a former ghost writer for Diddy and a Bad Boy recording artist, Mark Curry seems to have enough detergent to put Diddy’s dirt through the spin cycle, with his soon to be released book entitled “Dancing With The Devil”. Ouch.

Check out the first chapter of the book below as well as the video for a reminder of who Mark Curry is(the last rapper). This book is going to set off a lot of fire alarms with the heat he’s bringing for sure.

On a side note, check out what dream hampton and Charli Baltimore have to say about B.I.G. and the movie NOTORIOUS.

Big Daddy Kane – Doccumentary.

Those Lyricist Lounge guys are at it again..

Rap Smoke-A-Thon.

Rap and marijuana seem to go together like cheese on pizza. Watch as Juelz Santana’s idea for a Rap Smoke-a-thon goes from his (high as a kite) imagination, around the country and back, with responses from other rapping pot heads, only to get  swagger-jacked by the West Coast’s Dogg Pound.

Click the scenes to watch the wildness.

Scene One: Juelz’s brotherly love challenge and fashion lesson.

Scene Two: Cap 1 response.

Scene Three: Piff Unit tries to be down.

Scene Four: Daz  Dillinger from the Dogg Pound shows off his medical marijuana cards. Impressive.

Scene Five: Shiest Bubbz. First guy to shoot a music video to announce his entrance into the weed smoking competition. Displays an array of blunts.

Scene Six: Mistah Fab shows off some greenery.

Scene Seven: Daz returns with a better idea. Snoops idea actually..

Scene Eight: Yukk Mouth has Gucci too and puts some stacks plus a turkey bag on it.

Personally, I think all of these guys without the fancy grow cards are really just setting themselves up for trouble with the law as they show off.

Lets see how it devleops and who goes to jail first.

Mr. Obama Checks Out His New Plane.

One of the greatest qualities about Mr. President is his dissarming personality. In less than 10 seconds he was able to charm the pilot into a comfort zone.

Jay Smooth Speaks On Obama’s Big Day.

Jay Smooth is the host of my favorite radio show in the world, “The Underground Railroad” on Wbai 99.5 Fm, Nyc. ( Saturday Nights from 12am – 2am).

You can  catch me in the chat room every week during the show debating about why I think Dilla is overrated and things of that nature.

Movie Time 3.

Movie #1: NOTORIOUS B.I.G. – BIGGER THAN LIFE.

Over the years, my personal opinion on Biggie’s music and image was that he had too much of a Harlem influence because in Brooklyn, we don’t have pretty “playas” like the do Uptown. Especially not in the area where Big is from. Artists like Bootcamp Click, Jeru the Damaja and the Group Home never strayed from the “Bk Steez”. Anyway, in this video you’ll get to see Bed-Stuy before the gentrification that exists now and a feel for Big before Puffy.

The Plot:

This is a documentary on the life of Mr. Christopher Wallace. By talking to old friends, family and music industry insiders, the director tries to give a well balanced view of who Biggie Smalls really was. It’s told from a Brooklyn perspective.

The Good:

The stories from old friends about Big. This is a great film to see before seeing the movie “Notorious”.

The Bad:

The actual footage of Big’s truck when it got shot up.

What I Learned:

Although it was heavy on the dry snitching, the story of what happened in Sacramento was pretty sick. You can check that out here.

Favorite Lines:

Too many to name. Many jewels were dropped. Easy Mo B, Lord Digga etc.

Movie #2. CADILLAC RECORDS.

The Plot:

A small time record label owner in Chicago takes a few risks and makes history.

The Good:

Although all of the characters were vastly exaggerated, it was still a good movie and pretty entertaining. If you liked “Ray”, this should be up your alley. Jeffrey Wright was great as Muddy Waters, with Columbus Short as Little Walter, Mos Def as Chuck Berry, Eamonn Walker (Kareem Said from OZ!) as Howlin’ Wolf .

The Bad:

The usual trappings of Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll.

What I learned:

When you want something fixed in a band, speak to the band leader. Also, it makes cops very mad when you drive with no doors and don’t EVER take some strange youth across state lines.

Favorite Lines:

Lil Walter: “Say now,  which one of you muf–kers is LiL Walter”?

Imposter: “I am fool”.

Lil Walter: “Okay”. :::gunshot:::