…to a place with sand, water, and females who look like video vixens. so i’ll holler at everybody on monday. i just got that itinerary, and it’s looking like i’m about to rack up a few frequent flyer miles:

6 am!? goodness. i’ll be on chill mode, regardless. no updates for a minute.

i’ll be there. i swear to god. don’t ask me how i finagled it, but just call it a gift from a family member. i found out today that it was official with an e-mail in the inbox. i earned it.

as i celebrate the end of summer school and take in the last four weeks of summer time, i encourage everybody to go out with a bang. do everything you haven’t done yet, before this good weather disappears.

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download: 213 (snoop, warren g, & nate dogg) – another summer

“it feels good to see another summer…”

to stay occupied, dig deep into the archives. i have some cool stuff in there, i promise. also, hit that blogroll on the left-hand side. i got plenty of vicious sites to keep you busy while i’m out of commission.

AND, all DMV artists, whether you’re known around the area or not, send me music so i can make the most crucial july/august 2008 DMV mixtape of all time. if you can do that for me, then we’re in business. the june joint is a few posts below this, so scoop it. shout out to 2 dope boyz for keeping it trill with me, and getting me more traffic than the highways in LA. and dylan for making the crucial cover art for that DMV joint. and JD for launching those blast off mixtapes into the atmosphere. the biggest shout out, however, goes to anna fish, who made allllll the artwork you see affiliated with DC to BC. she’s grinding out there. get at her if you need some work done. and to everybody sending e-mails our way: i’ll get back to you all eventually.

peace.

my man dj meistro just passed me Ram di Dance 1 & 2 for your reggae listening enjoyment. the DC based spinning pro mixed up some classic, early 90’s reggae with some current dancehall jams. featured on Turntable Lab (and in their retail stores). big up to the multi-talented Dave Nada for the A+ cover art! who says DC doesn’t support reggae/dancehall, anyway?

ram di dance ‘06. click to download

Ram di Dance ‘06:
1. Intro/Perfect – Hand Cart Boy
2. Damien Marley ft. Eek-a-Mouse & Bounty Killer – Khaki Suit
3. Super Cat – Girls Town / Pharcyde – Passin Me By / Stalag Riddim
4. Junior Kelly – Love So Nice
5. Techniques & Lady G – Samfie Lover
6. Super Cat, Frankie Paul, Heavy D – Big & Ready
7. Capleton & Method Man – Wings of the Morning / Life Riddim
8. Lady G – Naturality
9. Luciano – Burn
10. Chronicle – Jah Rise
11. Razah – The Only One For Me
12. Burro Banton – One for the Money
13. Burro Banton – Settle Yourself
14. Pampidoo – Synthesizer Voice
15. Little Twitch – Good Work
16. Red Rose – Under Mi Fat Ting
17. Flourgon – Bounce
18. Red Dragon – Duck
19. Papa San & Lady G – Legal Rights
20. Tinga Stewart & Ninja Man – Cover Me
21. Tony Rebel – Guns and Ammo
22. Tony Rebel – Hypocrites
23. Buju Banton, Tony Rebel, Terry Ganzie – Tribal War
24. Beres Hammond, Buju Banton, Assasin – Loving in the Street
25. Loving in the Street Version
26. Richie Spice – Devil
27. Chuck Fender – Hip Hip Hooray
28. Sugar Minott & Sizzla – Dem a Rush Me
29. Richie Spice – The Way You Living
30. Anthony B – System
31. Turbulence – Rest a Show
32. Fantan Mojah – Hungry
33. George Nooks – Call on Jah
34. Richie Spice – Operation King Fish
35. Pinchers – Fire
36. Anthony Cruz & Buju Banton – Too Bloody
37. Yami Bolo & Capleton – Put Down the Weapon
38. Terror Fabulous – Jah Works
39. Half Pint & Anthony B – Two to One
40. Sugar Roy & Conrad Crystal – Tired of It
41. Richie Spice – Bad Lamp
42. Richie Stephens – Friends and Lovers
43. Tanya Stephens – We Nah Run
44. Gregory Isaacs – Cool Down the Dub

ram di dance ‘07. click to download

ram di dance ‘07. click to download

Ram di Dance ‘07:
1. Chezidek – Who I Am
2. Fantan Mojah – So Many Problems
3. Sizzla – Show More Love
4. Sugar Roy & Conrad Crystal – Righteous Train
5. Lutan Fiyah – A Lie
6. Pinchers – Kingston Jamaica
7. QQ – Never Know the Use of Her
8. Alborosie – Slam Bam
9. Sizzla – Shout it Out
10. Smokie Benz & Tony Tuff – Fulfillment Time
11. Al Poncho – Me Come From
12. Capleton – I Know
13. Buju Banton & Pinchers – Don & Dupes
14. Pinchers – Don is Don
15. Top Cat – Pass the Chalice
16. Scion Success – Number 1 Title
17. Super Cat, Sugar Minott & U-Roy – A Class Rub-a-Dub
18. Apachie Scratchie – Father and Son
19. Michael Famous – Run Them
20. Pinchers – Bandelero
21. Wickerman – Bow Delero
22. Tony Rebel – War & Crime
23. Papa San – Herb in the Morning
24. Tony Rebel – Something Ah Guh Happen
25. Wayne Ranks & Louie Culture – Circle Africa
26. Super Cat – Come Down
27. Capleton – Punany Wid Di Dum
28. Daddie Ruppie – Punanay Can’t Done
29. General TK – Long Donkey Meat
30. Louie Culture – Ganga Lee
31. Louie Culture – Pressure
32. Simpleton – Coco Cola Shape
33. Capleton – No. 1 Pon the Look Good Chart
34. Mad Cobra – Fat & Buff
35. Beres Hammond – No More Pain
36. Pinchers & Bounty Killer – Twenty One
37. Tony Rebel – Firing Strong
38. Gospel Fish – Wickedest Thing in Life
39. Frankie Paul – Dancehall Run Hat
40. Chaka Demus & Pliers – Boom
41. Steven Marley, Damien Marley, & Buju Banton – Traffic Jam (rmx)

a repost is so necessary. too many great things about this video. his stressing the end of each bar. the rabbit/dog hybrid sitting on his bed in the background. the way he forgets lyrics and his mispronunciations of big words like “rendezvous”. his atrocious but candid and earnest ad-libs. and his willpower to take the heat from millions of youtubers across the world. i see you out here, young danny hotts.

more from this young stunna here! snatched with reckless abandon from chuka’s facebook page.

bet you didn’t see this coming.

StartOfTheLine, KNOWxONE, and DC to BC have united to create a monstrosity of a mixtape. expect these every month, like clockwork. the movement is huge, and i’m just glad to be part of it.

artists, get at us. DJ’s, get at us. producers, get at us. ladies, always welcome. oh, and get familiar with my cohorts in crime real quick:

StartOfTheLine

KNOWxONE

yzr. hit the cover art or here to DL. i guarantee there’s stuff on this bad boy you’ve never heard before. thank dylan of start of the line for this month’s playlist. i’ll hold it down for july.

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ges from knowxone is my personal hero when it comes to exclusivity. i don’t know what it is about hawaii, but they get things done efficiently. maybe it’s that maui wowie.

enough weak willy jokes. he threw me the mixtape of cleveland born and bred kid cudi @ 4 am. it’s 4:53, and i’m officially stamping it as bonkers. he’s just carved out a new niche in the music game. the mixtape cover is vicious, might i add. somebody find me that man’s barber, immediately.

i’ll give you a little sample.

cleveland is the reason:

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download the joint here, or click the album art. like usual. come on, guys. you know that by now.

oh boy. i don’t mean to add insult to injury, but he asked for it. butta verses is the first MC brave enough to throw lyrical jabs in the boss’ direction for his correctional officer fiasco. never heard of this guy, so it’s almost certainly a publicity stunt, but it’s friday. anything goes. enjoy.

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i know i posted this, but more people need it in their lives. so it’s up again. two new tracks from wale ovechkin. climbing up the favorite rapper list rapidly. on that first joint, young chris sounds like a young hov, and i’m not mad at that.

whole time, you probably heard them here first. the goon laced me with ‘em, early.

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download: wale feat. young chris – whole time

and chi-town & the dmv re-connect as rhymefest recruits mr. folarin again for some more crucial bars. let’s get it.

download: rhymefest feat. wale – ain’t heard it from me

also, wale’s interview in the boston globe can be found here. props to hiphopupdate. wish he could cise us with one of these right here. goodness. i wonder if he reads the blog.

bonus: re-upping that crucial footage from that wale x UCB show. go-go in NYC? yzr.

let’s get it.

my man J.D. aka “mr. i got the internet goin’ nutz” over @ hiphopupdate cised me with a vicious mixtape, dedicated to the sneaker culture. if i wasn’t so broke, i’d have more to say here, like “oh man, i got all these kicks, man!” but alas, i have nothing. he, on the other hand, is packing some heat on the feet for this joint. click album art or the link below to scoop the sole of hip hop, and get your shoe game up too. ASAP.

playlist after the drop!

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wow.

snagged from the brothers behind mr. livingston clothing.

CNN is continuing their black in america series tonight with a special on the black man. more info:

“in the “The Black Man,” Soledad O’Brien evaluates the state of black men in America and explores the controversial topics of black men and fatherhood; disparities between blacks and whites in educational, career and financial achievement; and factors leading to the dramatic rates of black male incarceration. The documentary also examines the achievements of black men and the importance of the positive influences of black fathers. Premieres in HDTV on Thursday, July 24, 9 p.m. ET”

watch it, or at least throw it on that TIVO.

oh, and lupe’s apparently on it, says his latest myspace bulletin.