http://cuts.swordsandpencils.com Creativity Under The Surface Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:15:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You can travel the world but you cant run away, from the person you are in your heart/ You can be who you want to be, make us believe in you, keep all your light in the dark/When searching for truth you must look in the mirror and make sense ... http://cuts.swordsandpencils.com/?p=1071 This is a form of Underground hip-hop when you dont have proper equipment and/or you dont have beats to rhyme off of. This semi-legendary technique is called "Text Rap" where "Text-cees" join a rap board and either post written rhymes or battling eachother through lyrical wordage. You wouldnt believe how many ... http://cuts.swordsandpencils.com/?p=1067 Today I want to start a new topic called "A Word for a Wednesday". The purpose of these articles will be geared at givng a little insight to all of our categories. INTEGRITY- possession of firm principles: the quality of possessing and steadfastly adhering to high moral principles or professional standards We ... http://cuts.swordsandpencils.com/?p=1054 Soundclick.com is a wonderful place to catch artistic people (As well as the unartistic) doing what they like most. Music. Today we are introducing a Producer that goes by "BlackLight Music". Along with other Producers such as Sinima Beats and DaPrblmChld (Who were also highlighted here) BlackLight has such an ... http://cuts.swordsandpencils.com/?p=1044 It seems as if every song now-a-days, has this message in it. The only difference is in todays music it is intertwined with the fascination of money, and expensive alcohol. I guess Juvenile would just rather tell you from the GET what he expects you to do. "Girl you Look ... http://cuts.swordsandpencils.com/?p=1037 A Poem from a poet named Green Peace... To all you who know NOTHING about intangibles.... MONEY   Money can buy costumes but not beauty Money can buy idols but not devotion Money can buy books but not wisdom and knowledge Money can buy bed but not rest and sleep Money can buy medicines but not health Money can ... http://cuts.swordsandpencils.com/?p=1031 Wait until you hear THIS! Now I know that we nominate rappers for this award often. And Some of yall might be thinking "Why is Sinn hating?". When in actuality, I'm not. I've been exactly where most of these guys are before. If CUTS was running in 2005, I would ... http://cuts.swordsandpencils.com/?p=1019 Located on Avenue A, Between 6th and 7th St in Manhattan, The Pyramid Club is a Multi-Genre based Club in the "Big City" (No JerzFromBrooklyn Pun intended!). Every night TPC plays different music for different types of people. In particular, every Tuesday night they hold an Open Mic session called ... http://cuts.swordsandpencils.com/?p=1012 Wow. Now I'm going to be honest with you, Rihanna never really impressed me. I mean shes beautiful but I would so much rather, lets say, Alicia Keys. But in this photo to the left, she is looking AMAZING (IMO). But besides the teal bikini, and the funny looking left ... http://cuts.swordsandpencils.com/?p=1006 Theres a blizzard goin' on outside no man is safe from!!! Yeah its really coming down all over the Eastern Coast. So instead of being down (And happy that school is closed!!!) because of the snow, I figure its time to watch something HILARIOUS. This video is by a guy ... http://cuts.swordsandpencils.com/?p=998 Finally! An underground RnB artist that hits close to home. Jay Saint has been on point with everything this past year. Last night (Feb 08, 2009) he performed in NY for the "NewDimensionProject" and KILLED it (I missed out but word of mouth is a powerful thing!).  He also is ... http://cuts.swordsandpencils.com/?p=963 I mean....Call me old fashion....But this dude is TRASH (And thats an under statement). I understand where the game is going, and to be honest, I dont like it. What happened to real hip-hop? This dude cant hold a "Flame" to anybody that I listen to. I was on Facebook ... http://cuts.swordsandpencils.com/?p=959