(Video Game Preview) Battlefield 3: Official Fault Line Gameplay Trailer

Via IGN. Get ready for an online multiplayer shooter like never before in Battlefield 3.

(Video) R.A. the Rugged Man [ @RAtheRuggedMan ] - ''A Star Is Born''

Funny video.

(Audio) Havoc Of Mobb Deep [ @THEREALHAVOC ] - ''Back On My Bullshit''

Havoc lets one off in anticipation of Prodigy's release. Prodigy comes home March 7th!!! Peep his latest video here!!!

Download ---> Havoc Of Mobb Deep - ''Back On My Bullshit''

 
Back on my bullshit by activemgmtgroup

REVIEW: DJ Revolution Present: Malcolm & Martin: Life Doesn't Frighten Me

For more content from our guest contributor Gary Anderson log on to http://www.searchingforchetbaker.com/.

On the first of each month, I have a ritual.  I head over to Amazon's MP3 page and search for some music to get.  I prefer Amazon over Itunes for the simple fact that it's got a huge number of releases at great prices, numerous sales, and often has new releases for anywhere from 3.99 to 7.99.

So I hit up Amazon and fill out my collection with a lot of albums I loved in the 90's that I lost over the years, knowing I can get the most bang for the buck there, as opposed to the steady pricing of itunes.

After picking up a copy of The Fugees classic "The Score", I noticed a recent release by a duo going by the name of "Malcolm and Martin".  Now with monikers like that, I figure they better come correct.  You can't take those names, and then come out with some weak music, or some typical gang banging drug slanging ramblings.   With names like that, and a release during Black History Month, this has to be a project that doesn't do dishonor to those icons of the Civil Rights movmement and what those men represented, and still represent.


Knowing only they had a cosign by the excellent DJ Revolution, I snapped it up at a good price, and loaded it up on my Ipod.   Now as I sit here listening to it, I can't stop my head from nodding at the beats, the scratching, the strong lyrical content, all of it is just astonishing in this day and age of subpar offerings.

To find a hip hop release that has something to say on a variety of topics that while geared towards the African American life and experiences, often touches on things that relate to everyone, such as the education system on the track "Lunchtyme Ciphers" which I kept repeating over and over, is not something that is in ample supply these days.

If I had to compare Malcolm & Martin to someone, I'd say there were elements of Talib Kweli and Mos Def with some equal parts Common and Kanye with some Dead Prez thrown in for good measure, however they also are able to stand on their own.

Revolution's turntablism is on point here, and he shows why he's a legend in the game.   It's not often you find an album that's not only got that head nod aspect to it, and yet also has that substance that makes you think.   That has style AND substance.  Two items that are seen a lot in one or the other, yet rarely found together these days.

To single out any small handful of tracks as "standouts" would do a disservice to the album.   There are no weak links here, folks.  This is a bonafide classic album from start to finish.  There is no filler, there are no "skippable" tracks.



The interludes are not overly long, as with many hip hop albums, and by the time you even know it the next track is getting your head rockin' again.

The samples that are used are highly creative, the scratching is out of this world, and I especially liked how they sprinkled in dialogue throughout the project from various movies and tv, such as Denzel's speech in Malcolm X introducing the track "Bamboozled", utilizing the famous lines, "Oh I say, and I say it again, ya been had!  Ya been took! Ya been hoodwinked! Bamboozled!  Led Astray!  Run Amok!".   And then there's the line from Spike Lee's "Do The Right Thing", in which the character Smiley talks about his pictures of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.

This project is a fantastic album and definitely has me interested in seeing how their career goes.

HIGHLIGHTS:  The soulful and jazzy track "Win or Lose", The infectious "Welcome to the Movement", "Lunchtyme Cipher".

REVIEW: Marsha Ambrosius: Late Nights & Early Mornings

For more content from our guest contributor Gary Anderson log on to Searching For Chet Baker

In 2002 I was flipping through the channels and came across Floetry's "Say Yes" video playing on one of the music video channels and was immediately drawn in.  The mixture of smooth soulful music, and the pure sexuality of the lyrics was a powerful combination.   Add in my affinity for English women's accents, and I was sold.

I went out and bought the album, Floetic,  that day, and found the rest of the album, in a rare coup for me, matching up to the enjoyment of that first single.  Floetry was made up of "Songstress" Marsha Ambrosius and "Floacist" Natalie Stewart.   Their combination of soul music and spoken word was a welcome breath of fresh air.

Sadly, Floetry only put out one more album (plus a live album) before splitting up to go solo.

The Floetic couple's final album was released 5 years ago this past November, and finally we are getting another taste, albeit in solo efforts.

Last year Natalie Stewart put out an album called "The Floacist" which was fantastic. Pretty much what you would expect from one of the members of that great group.

This year it's Marsha's turn, albeit long overdue.  Over the past five years or so she has put out numerous mixtapes and been featured on songs by other artists including Nas, The Game, Busta Rhymes, Earth Wind & Fire and Slum Village among others.

She was originally signed to Dr. Dre's Aftermath records, and unfortunately much like the good Doctor's own Detox album, Ambrosius' solo debut has been pushed back many times over the course of the last year.

 Now, however, she is no longer with Aftermath, and  finally the album is here, and many people are wondering whether or not it would live up to the hype.  Whether she could match the brilliance of the Floetry days, or the level of Stewart's album.

I'm here to tell you it does.   If you have ever heard a Floetry album, you know what to expect here.  Smooth soulful music, with lyrics that are poignant and real.   There's no cookie cutter teen diva wannabe type lyrics on here, these are raw emotional subjects tackled by the Songstress.

Her single "I Hope She Cheats On You (With a Basketball Player)" is both hilarious and shocking in it's bluntness and emotion.  Telling of her man who has left her for someone else, and her wishing him to get hte same type of treatment that she got.  For him to know what it feels like to be betrayed, and to take it to that next level, for it to be an athlete.



There are various ways you can view that aspect of the song, whether it's a sort of added insult that she's dating a pro-player, or just the high profile diss.  Eitherway, this song signals that Ambrosius is more than capable of stepping out on her own.

Some artists when going solo after being in a group, are unable to really duplicate that success when moving on by themselves for whatever reason.  Ambrosius is more than willing and able to put the doubters to rest with this solid solo debut.

Standout tracks include: I Hope She Cheats On You, Far Away, and Lose Myself among many others.

Production on this album is tight, with much of the production work being done by Ambrosius herself, but also some assists by Just Blaze, Andre Harris, Vidal Davis and Syience.

Overall this album is very sensually seductive.  This is grown folks music here, ladies and gentlemen.  This is not Rhihanna.  This is not Ciara (who I like).  This is not Beyonce.   This is a real woman speaking from real experiences and doing so in her own way.   This isn't the same old stuff you hear on the radio that you probably wouldn't be able to tell who sang it.   In the vein of Erykah and Jilly from Philly, Marsha Ambrosius is here folks.

Now let's just see if we can get a Floetry Reunion album next year, huh?

(Video) Papoose [ @Papooseonline ] - ''6'7 Freestyle'' [Directed By @DoggieDiamonds ]

Shouts to ForbezDVD.

(Video) Nice & Smooth - ''No Delayin'''

New visuals for a classic record. Spotted on 57thave. Directed by Monstar Films.

(Artist Spotlight/Audio) Mike Classic [ @MIKE_CLASSIC ] - ''Drop Bombs''

Talented artist out of Queens, NY. “In the middle we stay calm.. We just drop bombs!!”. Follow @Mike_Classic.

Mike Classic - ''Drop Bombs''

(Podcast) Searching For Chet Baker: Podcast #3

For more content from our guest contributor Gary Anderson log on to http://www.searchingforchetbaker.com/.

It's that time again folks.   Time for the third installment of the Searching for Chet Baker Podcast.  As I try to do with each one, I included a little bit of commercial hip hop with some more progressive and indie fare.   Had some issues with Audacity, so I couldn't use some of the songs I had planned, but I think this one turned out fairly well, all things considering.

As always, the links in the tracklisting below will take you to where you can buy the songs if you enjoy them enough.   I get a small percentage of each purchase made once you go to Amazon through that link, which I use to buy more music to use in these podcasts.  All the music in my podcasts are 100% purchased (including the now out of print tracks).

So enjoy, and feel free to leave your thoughts in the comment section.

SEARCHING FOR CHET BAKER PODCAST #3: MARCH 2011

01. K-Murdock Intro
02. Tekitha feat. Capadonna - I Can See (OUT OF PRINT)
03. Cocoa Brovaz - Bucktown USA
04. Damian Marley feat. Nas - Road to Zion
05. D'Angelo feat. Redman - Me and those Dreaming Eyes (Def Squad Remix) (OUT OF PRINT)
06. Jurassic 5 - Quality Control
07. B.O.B. feat. Haley Williams & Eminem - Airplanes II
08. Marsha Ambrosius - I Hope He Cheats On You
09. Mega Ran - Tifa
10. Locksmith - Welcome
11. Punjabi MC feat. Jay Z - Beware
12. Kriss Kross feat. Redman - Tonite's The Night (So So Def Remix) (OUT OF PRINT)
13. Dave (De La Soul) and Del - The Projects
14. Bubba Sparxx feat. Sleepy Brown - Like it or Not
15. The Roots feat. Blu, P.O.R.N. & Dice Raw - Radio Daze
16. CrossRhodes feat. Sy Smith - Three Sides (OUT OF PRINT)

(Video) Max B - ''Money Make Me Feel Better''

Remy just lost her appeal hope Max has better luck. #FreeMaxB. Max B's debut album "Vigilante Season" available March 29th, 2011 on Amalgam Digital.