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 of what you can see/Just Be…

When it comes to music, sometimes you just need to get away from the norms. 90% of TRUE hip-hop heads, dont just listen to hip-hop. Because music is such an expression of oneself,  it can …

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 people actually do this unknown phenomena. I’m not going to knock it because, in all reality, it does give practice to all of those inspiring artists, but I guarentee, this clip of a text battle I am about to show …

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 chose this as the “Word of the Day” because it is very important in the Music Industry. Too many people now a days are trying to do or become something that they really arent. For example, Before 2008, Jersey City …

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 AMAZING sound. Not only do they have that “Boom-Bap” instrumental technique, they also have an unorthodox way of including guitar strings and riffs, horns and other “Live” instruments into their craft. Today we honor BlackLight as an AFTA recipient because they …

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 good” is a good enough reason for you to “back that a*s up!”. Even though it is very deragatory to women, and it is very demeaning, it is a DAMN good song! You know, you used to bump this in …

A Poem from a poet named Green Peace… To all you who know NOTHING about intangibles….

MONEY

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 have been the “Step YOur Game Up Emcee” CHAMPION, because I sucked so bad. But the purpose of these posts are not to discourage these emcees, its to help push them forward, and maybe one day, become an “Audio For The …

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 “The Training Camp”, in which you can join for simply 10 dollars at the door. Basically it is a place where an underground artist can go and try out some new material. Having performed here myself, it really is a …

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 arm, I stumbled across a new song from off her album that may be getting a video sometime soon. It is called “Tip Pon Toe”, and I’m not going to say that I “Like” the song, but I will say …

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 named SnowFlake. Im not sure where he lives, or where hes from, but this video is so retarded (in a good way). “My first gangsta rap song” should be a “Step Your Game Up Emcee” candidate, but its just so …

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 a Jersey City resident whos passion for music is irrepressible and uncomparable. His album will be Debutting Feb. 22 and even I got a little piece of the action! Jay Saint will also be performing soon in Hollywood, California, and has …

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 today, and an associate of mine posted a status that said “Not paying attention to my professor, Im just bumpin this new Wacka Flacka, this shit hard!” I mean, be serious. Tell me one person in the industry (Besides Soulja …

HBK andFormer A-Team Member Hitchcock, seem to be working a lot these days. I’m not going to front, when it comes to spittin’ some RAW BARS, I think these guys got it in the bag. Not only are they Jersey City Residents, but I’ve known HBK since “Little League Baseball”. Last night I was talking to a friend of mine, and its weird how Jersey doesnt breed many Rocket Scientists or Artificial Insemination Docters, But when it comes to PURE TALENT, we actually have tons of potential. I have been …

Big City Big City!!! Will become a phrase that you will start hearing more often in the NY/NJ area. JErzyFromBrklyn (Who is actually a good friend of mine) Just dropped his mixtape (JerzyFromBrklyn) about a month ago. After listening to it, I feel that he is one of the few emcees in close proximity to Jersey, that actually has the ability to be something big. If I recall correctly, he did a show out in NY every WEEK of December and is really on his hustle.  This should be a …

To be honest, John Legend has been floating around on Television, Radio and the Internet for a minute now. But it hasn’t been ’til recently that I actually sat down and listened to his album “Once Again”. Despite the fact that ALL of his songs are about “Her” (Whoever “She” is) he is very talented. At first I thought he was too “Theatrical” with his voice, and not that powerful of an artist. But to be honest, he is to guys what Alicia Keys is to women. He is soulful, …