Ill at Will crew in 20-ILLeven

Please check out my ill new blog @ www.illatwill.com/blog !

RIP revolution this! I enjoyed having RT! as my blog while I was a University student in the mid-2000s. Since it still gets a few hits and actually ranks first page on Google for a few popular posts, I'd like to invite anyone who's landed here now to visit my new blog at my Breakin' (breakdance) crew's website.

Still Number [KRS] One

Now it's my turn, and I am concerned
About idiots posing as kings
What are we here to rule?
I thought we were supposed to sing
And if we oughta sing, then let us begin to teach
Many of you are educated, open your mouth and speak
Krs-one is something like a total renegade
Except I don't steal, I rhyme to get paid
Airplanes flyin, overseas people dyin
Politicians lyin, Im tryin
Not to escape, but hit the problem head-on
By bringin out the truth in a song
So BDP, short for Boogie Down Productions
Made a little noise cuz the crew was sayin somethin
People have the nerve to take me for a gangster
An ignorant one, something closer to a prankster
Doin petty crimes, goin straight to penitentiary
But in a scale of crime thats really elementary
This beat is now compelling me to explain in silence
Why my last jam was so violent
Its simple: bdp will teach reality
No beatin around the bush, straight up, just like the p is free
So now you know, a poets job is never done
But I'm never overworked, cuz I'm still number one.

KRS One - I'm Still #1 (lyrics)

revolution this,
dazz.

Songs of the Moment
KRS One - I'm Still #1
Gap Band - You Dropped a Bomb on Me
Smoove - I'm a Man

Shad K took over YouTube today!

So I go to YouTube in my lovely FireFox browser, and to my delight saw Shad K's music video "The Old Prince Still Lives at Home" at the top of the Featured Videos list! Shad is a Canadian rapper (London, ON) whose talent is a breath of fresh air in today's rap industry.

So I reached for the PrtSc button to take a screen shot and at that moment the same video scrolled up into the Videos Being Watched Now ticker! The 2fer result is below (click pic to enlarge):


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Rated 5 stars, baby!
revolution this,
dazz.

Yes They Are Tracking You

Just an FYI. Digital fingerprints from devices such as "digital cameras, color laser printers, color photocopiers, CD burners, and DVD burners all invisibly embedding their
unique serial numbers -- and much more -- into every document they produce."

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2007/07/harry-potter-and-digital-fingerprints

revolution this!
dazz.

J Dilla on the beat, Talib Kweli on the m-i-c

Yo, I got a question:
A brother with a gun or a brother with an education,
Which sounds scarier?
The latter gonna kick down barriers.

People please! Less garbage on the radio waves, and more positive vibes.
Garbage in, garbage out.

revolution this!
dazz.
PS - Congrats to Shad for the award nomination! Who knows, after tonight you might be polishing a Juno!!

Live from the Third St Promenade

I'm currently chilling at a cafe along the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, CA. I'm in the area visiting my sister who lives in SoCal.
This is just a quick post (need something to break the blogging drought again, heh) with a few pics (click to enlarge) and a couple unrelated links I found interesting.

Venice Beach at Sunset:


Last night at Hollywood & Highland Center/Complex, West Hollywood:


And now for the random links:
Top 9 unique structures soon to be built

The Critics Top 100 Black Music Albums of All Time

revolution this!
dazz.

Songs of the Moment
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper (repeat from Nov)
Jay-Z - My First Song
Whatever the street performers are playing here - ...so go find some in your city!

Good Knight Mr.Ledger

Yesterday I was reading about how the media has obituaries on file for various public figures, which is not surprising, but also that it is becoming more common for them to keep obits on file for some people under the age of 30. [Article by John Rogers, AP]

Today I read the unfortunate news of Heath Ledger's passing [Actor Heath Ledger Found Dead in New York Apartment] and one of my first thoughts was about the article I had read the previous day.

It's interesting that the demand for [almost-]instant information makes it so that media corporations need to create all these obits. I welcome your comments on this, if you think it's right/wrong, and how you'd feel if you were famous and discovered you were "wild" or "old" enough to have your obituary on file.

revolution this,
dazz.