Pure Jeanius...

by Foz

Its been a while since we heard a strong spoken female emcee. I've grown tired of the Trina's, and the lil Kim's. (mind you Lil Kim's first album was bangin')
As hip hop continues to be male dominated, we tend to turn our heads to any female artist that seems to be making any sort of noise in the industry, hoping that she could put herself on the map of great female emcees.
Jean Grae, formely known as What?what? (1998), to me, is the next one up for this position.
Jean recently came out with "Jeanius" featuring hip hop's finests producers: 9th Wonder.
I feel that this album has been slept on, and didnt get the attention it truly deserves. Supposedly it was leaked a year ago which is unfortunate and is common now to any musician out there. Jean's flow is a beautiful piece of art, and the content is mad inspirational.
Aside from that she is raw, hard, spits nothing but fire, and attacks every track with force.
Im on the Jean train, but rumor has it she retired earlier this year. (WTF?)
Lets hope that this is just a rumor cus hiphop needs someone like her.

Hearing her appear on Talib Kweli tracks were a treat and now for a full album to drop is even better. I admit that I havent heard any of her other albums, but now im hooked and look forward to copping the other joints.

Go give the album a full listen, you will not be disapointed.

LIFE IS A BEAUTIFULL STRUGGLE...

I can honestly say, that trying to be the HipHop clothing line that will represent not only Canada but the World of HipHop is not easy, but! it aint gona be hard.
We've been doing this for a year now and as the time passes we look back and notice that what ever is happening now, is a result of everything we've done in the past and depending on how hard you are going for you goal, does determine the present result.
There are times where I get tired and feel to just put it all aside, but when i see someone in one of our shirts on the street, i become strong again. mentally and physically. Theres always signs out there that we all should be aware of, signs that tell you that all will be ok, signs that tell us what to do next. And it could be anything from a billboard to a piece of a conversation that you over heard.
I know im getting closer to my destiny...straight up! it right around the corner.

And thats why i LOVE hiphop so much for its strength that passes on to us, and its message.
Listen to Talib kweli, listen to Nas, krs-one, preach ankobia, toney parka, jon-e, the list goes on.....

Peace


"time is an illusion.."

Simply NASty

By Foz

After months of controversy, Nas decided to change the name of the album from “N*gger” to “Untitled”. Im guessing he was never gona call it that from the get go. Just another marketing tool. I guess we can wait in the up coming weeks to see how sales go. Anyhow thats not what i wanted to talk about. (Man I hate when i get side tracked.)

Im gona sound so biased cus for those who know me, know that i am a Nasir Jones fan. SO, to me, this is one of Nas’ best albums.(yes i said it)

After giving it a thorough listen ima have to say that it is well structured, beats are SO on point, and lyrically he still shows strength.

Now even tho the title has changed, the album touches and embraces the N word, but not in an abusive way but in an educated way. Give tracks 6,9,12,13,14,15 a listen and you’ll know what im talking about.

And a song that will stand out on the album is the last track called: “Black President.” Just in time for the election. Now how crazy would it be if Barack chose that song for his theme music for the Presidential run. LOL!!!

The song reminded me of when Grandmaster Flash and the furious 5 came out with the song “JESSE”, in hopes of having Jesse Jackson to being the next president, back then in the early 80’s.

Now the album has its club bangers, theres a track with Chris Brown and The Game, and theres a track with Busta which is entertaining and not to mention mad jokes.

Please do not sleep on this album cus to me...TO ME.... its already a classic!

Toney Parka in DESTINY OR TEMPTATION..

So this is embarrassing.Its been weeks since i posted something on blogger. I like being consistant with my ISH, but i guess running a graphic design gig, clothing line gig, and a womens clothing line will get you side traked huh? lol
anyhow im going to try to do one once a week. we may not have a lot of readers but ima do my thang as if the whole world is reading!!!
Heres the latest news:

HOWS EVERYONE DOING?
IM AWARE THAT I SENT THIS UPDATE A MONTH AGO, BUT THE OFFICIAL DATE FOR HIS CD RELEASE IS TODAY.
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