U-N-I dropped A Love Supreme 2.0 yesterday, which includes a few new tracks, remixed tracks from their 2009 release (aptly titled, A Love Supreme) as well as a feature-length documentary titled A Love Supreme: U-N-I & Ro Blvd. I can’t think of another group of artists that I’m more stoked about for 2010 – these dudes are doing it.. and doing it.. and doing it well, without stopping for a chance to grab a breath.

Be sure to pick up your copy of both the CD & the DVD via Amazon here (Be sure to check out the trailer here).

In the meantime, check out the video for Lately Remix featuring Miguel below (the original song download can be found here).

Are you fucking kidding me with this high top from Nike right now?  I almost had a heart attack when I first saw these wonderfully studded, rock & roll themed kicks – this shoe means business.  Serious business. I’m loving the silver & black pyramid studs (who knew a studded swoosh would work so well?).

This is one of the first shoes that I’ve seen with a patent leather heel, which is 90 shades of amazing.   Quite frankly, this is probably my favorite pair of Big Nike’s that’s dropped this year so far.

One of the most important roles of a proper dj is to tell his or her audience what’s hot through a properly compiled track list -whether this happens under club lighting or via MP3.  Dj Low Key and Sounds Supreme have solidified their places within the definition of true disc jockeys by bringing new artists and fresh music into the ears of people in Denver and beyond.  Hosting one of the longest standing weeklies within the area, as well as numerous special events, these two gentlemen are a force to be reckoned with.  Can we give these fellas a raise, please?

Featuring new & exclusive music by Donwill & Von Pea (Tanya Morgan), Donnis, Theo Martins, 8thW1 (and a whole laundry list of other upcoming artists), as well as a guest hosting by U-N-I and Ro Blvd., it’s in your best action to download this shit promptly.

Download Dj Low Key & Sounds Supreme :: The Solution Tape #1 here

Track list:

1. DJ Low Key & Sounds Supreme “Question:What’s The Solution?”
2. U-N-I & Ro Blvd “The Solution Tape #1 Intro”
3. Donnis & Ro Blvd “Meet Me At The Solution”*
4. Moe Green “Round & Round”#
5. Donwill “808 Hi”*
6. Ilyas “Put It Up”#
7. Von Pea & Suhburb “Toss It Over”*
8. Kooley High feat. Median & Halo “What The Deal”*
9. Whygee & Kid Hum “I Play The Wall”*
10. Adad “Hi”#
11. BJ The Chicago Kid “Sky’s The Limit”
12. Theo Martins “Kirby’s Airwalk”#
13. Erykah Badu “Jump in The Air”
14. 8thW1 & 2 Hungry Bros “Talkin’”#
15. Ro Blvd “Desha Dayana Instrumental”
16. U-N-I & Ro Blvd “Land Of The Kings”
17. Donwill “Love Junkie”
18. TiRon & Ayomari “Ms. Right”
19. FRESHselects x Waajeed feat. Buff1 “You”#
20. El Prez & Ro Blvd “Lil Miss Popular”
21. Food Chain “Who Ridin’”
22. U-N-I “Beautiful Day” (Live at the Akomplice Season 11 Release Party)*
23. Exile & DJ Day feat. Von Pea, Donwill & Che Grand “Live at the Solution – 6/26/09″*
24. Exile & DJ Day “Funky Beats Interlude – Live at the Solution”*
25. Sounds Supreme “Intro”
26. Raheem Devaughn & Phil Ade “Pretty Girls (Remix)”
27. Chip Tha Ripper “Thank God”
28. Nneka feat. Jay Electronica “Walking (J.Period remix)”
29. Skyzoo “Beautiful Decay”
30. Othello & DJ Vajra “Connect For”#
31. Kidz In The Hall “Jukebox”
32. U-N-I & Ro Blvd “Stylin’”
33. Lupe Fiasco “Lean”
34. Nametag feat. Skyzoo “Back On My Shit”
35. Seven feat. Talib Kweli “Go Slow (DJ Premier Remix)”
36. Whygee “The Solution Freestyle”*
37. Gorillaz “Stylo (Chiddy Bang Remix)”
38. U-N-I & Ro Blvd feat. Miguel “Lately”
39. Mike Baker & 1 O.A.K. “The Solution (Mile High)”*
40. U-N-I & Ro Blvd “Shouts”

* Exclusive to the Solution Tape #1
# Exclusive world premier

What is it about Miami based colorways that grabs attention?  Reebok dropped a super sweet Pump Court Victory men’s style late third quarter last year which had me on my knees (figuratively speaking, of course).  One of the newest additions to the 2010 Air Max 1 women’s line is this super sweet Miami themed sneaker which features a yellow and light green gradient midsole and a light green swoosh – just in time for Spring.  If I was partial to white sneakers, I’d be all over this pair.

Photo by Juan-Carlos Hernandez

There aren’t many folks who can maintain a career in music (especially hip hop) for over 20 years.  Guru has been at the forefront of modern music since the early 1990s and is best known as one -half of the hip hop duo Gang Starr with legendary wheels of steel master Dj Premier.  Everyone knows who  Gang Starr is.  If there was a book of hip hop, you’d find their story within the first five chapters and their names littered within the following chapters until the end.  Along with truly driving the New York sound through Gang Starr’s music, Guru has truly paved the way for extremely creative jazz-based projects through his Jazzmatazz albums: four releases which focus on sharing the spotlight with some of the best movers and shakers in modern jazz, R&B, and rap, including Roy Ayers, Donald Byrd, Chaka Khan, Slum Village, Herbie Hancock, Isaac Hayes, and Erykah Badu.

Guru suffered cardiac arrest and reports indicate that he may be in a coma.  On a much more personal level, this web site wouldn’t be what it is without Guru’s lyrics from D.W.Y.C.K.:

I chant eenie meenie, minie moe
I wreck the mic like a pimp pimps hoes
Here’s how it goes, I am a genius, I mean this
I shake this you’ll take this
I’m kinda fiendish
You wish that you could come into my neighborhood
Meaning my mental state
Still I’m 5 foot 8
Crazy as I wanna be
Cause I make it orderly
You could say I’m sorta the boss so get lost
The brotha that will make you change opinions
Dominions I’m in them when it’s time to kick shit from
The heart, plus I get a piece of the action
I’m feelin satisfaction from the street crowd reaction
Chumps pull guns when they feel afraid, too late
When they dip in the kick they get sprayed
Lemonade was a popular drink and it still is
I get more props den stunts den Bruce Willis
A poet like Langston Hughes and can’t lose when I cruise
Out on the expressway
Leavin the bodega I say “suave”
Premier’s got more beats den barns got hay
Clips are inserted into my gun
So I can take the money, never have to run

With a heavy heart, I ask you to send positivity and love in Guru’s direction today with the hopes that he will have a speedy recovery.  In the meantime, acknowledge the man through his music.

Dear Nike,

Thanks for finally dropping a women’s Nike boot.  As appreciated as it may be, the excessive use of pink (even in the black colorway) brings nausea and some basic ass female shit.  Who needs pink Dunk boots?  If you’re rocking this and you’re out of high school, please seek psychological help.

As a side note, I’d probably rock the shit out of the black ones.  Maybe.

Love,

Miss R.

P.S. – Are you sponsoring Wale? Please see video below.  Thx.

PopularLemonade needed a theme song.  As soon as the video dropped for Gucci Mane’s Lemonade, a remix was needed without Gucci Mane’s annoying ass voice.

If I could give Dealz a cape and super powers, I would.  He came through with a super proper Lemonade flip (including a DWYCK sample, which is obviously fathers PopLemon’s namesake).

Ladies & gentleman, very proud to present PopularLemonade’s 2010 theme song:

Download here.

For more from Dealz Makes Beats, check out DND on Bandcamp.  Dude is not to be slept on.

The latest video release from Kanye West’s 2008’s 808s and Heartbreak is two things:  weird and Kanye-less.    Perhaps this is his final step out of his own ego prison and into the light of an artist?  In all honestly, 808s has remained one of my favorite ‘Ye albums ever because of it’s realness, lack of rapper ego, and creativity.

In addition, he also re-launched his web site & blog, which can be found here and lacks any specific content other than this video and a half-naked photo of his alien-esque model girlfriend, Amber Rose.

Check out the video below. 

Commercials are super cheesy.  Honestly, television and mass media isn’t my cup of tea, but I was super impressed with the commercial below that director Edouard Salier has released for Nike Woman just days after the video project, Splitting the Atom dropped for trip hop duo Massive Attack.  A lover video projects (you can check out one of my collab projects here) and a strong fondness for anything dark and weird, I absolutely love these two projects – one commercial, the other not.

Nike Woman

Massive Attack-Splitting the Atom-directed by Edouard Salier

Here’s what I really dig about Red Bull: they have been supportive at all sources of music from the dj to the producer and back around to the traditional party rocker.  The format for the 2010 Red Bull Thre3Style competition is unique and intriguing – djs have fifteen minutes to mix three different genres of music together to accomplish the ultimate party rock set.  I can’t say that I’ve ever heard of anything similar and to the global level that this competition is extending.  Event information for Denver is listed to the left and the finals will be held in my hometown in October.

Even better?  In Denver, Neil Armstrong will be in the motherfucking building.

Early predictions:  Amen and Sounds Supreme in the finals.

Big ups & love to Dj Low Key & Dj Lazy Eyez.

More info:

Red Bull Thre3style is an international event series, and will feature 14 events across the United States, culminating in the U.S. National Finals in Denver on October 7.

In addition to Denver, cities participating include: Charlotte, Dallas, Nashville, Birmingham, Orlando, Phoenix, Miami, Houston, Pittsburgh, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, St. Louis and Cincinnati. The winner from the U.S. National Finals will advance to compete in the Global Finals in Paris, France, where they will compete against the winners from twelve countries: Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Columbia, Ecuador, France, Japan, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.