Jay Smooth and the Ill Doctrine

Hip Hop is Dead (For You)...

Beating the Little Hater...

I found this blog, the Ill Doctrine, some months back. Jay Smooth has the longest running hip hop radio show in NYC. The show, called Underground Railroad, is on Sat. nights 12am - 2am WBAI 99.5 FM. Since 1991. Respect. His video blog site deserves some as well. His blurbs are down to earth, inspirational, and humorous. I have had it in my favorites for a minute now and look forward to the next post. And I encourage all to check it out as there is much more content than I can post here, all of it worth checking. Keep on keeping it real Jay!

www.illdoctrine.com

007 Shanty Town

I saw Desmond Dekker a couple times back in the early 90's. I remember one of the shows well at a little club in Eugene called Goodtimes. He absolutely killed it. This rhythm has always been one of my favorites. The song is always stuck in my head after watching The Harder They Come movie. A lot of heat came out this past year on this rhythm keeping is as fresh as ever.

Shaggy ft. Rik Rok and Tony Gold - Bonafide
Red Fox - I Don't Think So
Rayvon - Arm of the Wicked
Desmond Dekker and the Aces - 007 Shanty Town
007 Shanty Town Version

January's Big Dump

We got the most snow in one month, this past January, that I can remember for a really long time. It was a lot of fun. Lots of great, deep, days on the ski hill. But...


...keeping the driveway, and the back deck, clear was a bit of a challenge. This photo above was just three days worth of snow.

The 40 Watter

Been listening to the second disc of this old E-40 cd a lot lately. The verse's on the second disc are classic 40 watter. Kind of gone back through the old school west coast in the rotation last couple days because of a couple posts in a forum I read. This disc is fourteen years old...get up on your classic ish.

E-40 - From The Ground Up ft. Too Short, K-Ci, and JoJo
E-40 - Ballin' Out of Control