Making of "The Kid With The Green Backpack" Episodes #4

Vizzy and Sev are back at it again working on the rumored first single called "A.D.D." for TKWTGB (out Feb '09), while debating about their favorite video games with great storylines. Jeez what a bunch of Nerds!...I def would rather have debated about how Wolverine is the best Superhero ever...sheesh.

Also be on the look out for some new projects in the coming weeksfrom X and his Fly Boy Bretheren featuring a new mixtape by Sez Batters, the Fly Boy Club Album, and a new project from Vizzy himself called "Drop.Dead.Famous".

On a side note...you guys need to check out the new Colin Munroe mixtape called Colin Munroe is the Unsung Hero. You can download it over at the Dope Boyz' spot. "Cannonball" feat Skyzoo is my joint right now.

Making of "The Kid With The Green Backpack" Episodes #3

Here's episode 3 from the video diary of the making of Vizzy's next studio album The Kid With The Green Backpack. This time they guys take a vocal break while their buddy Jaye lays down some guitar work on a few of the songs. All the while Vizzy starts to get some X-Box withdrawls. Some one give that man a controller!

Shouts to TheCoolniverse.

Goin' Off! Vol.1, Tuesday Edition

Back again to drop off some dope tracks I'm blastin in the headphones right now and droppin some words on what I'm doin, music in genral Im feelin, and TV I'm watching...I'm just gonna let you suckas know right now...I'm on some shit today...I got a kiler headache so...watch out now...hereeeeeeee we gooooooo....

Random Note #1 --




















Black Milk's Tronic...Album of the Year.


Here's what I got blastin loudly to piss off Bob in Accounting...

Self Scientific - Everywhere I Go f. The Game & Talib Kweli
...good gawwwwwwwwwwwwwwdddd…this shit is mad crazy. Khalil is a monster on the boards…and Chance Infinite is droppin lyrical jems, with soemd ecent guets verses from The Game and Talib… Good to hear some new S.S. cause I've been playin "On Our Own" on the Ipod for the best of like 6 months or so...ha.

XV - Low on Resources
...One of my favorite tracks from his excellent 40 Days, 40 Nights Series, Vizzy goes over the funky soundscape of MGMT's "Kids".

Joe Budden - Just to be Different
...What caught me was the ill hook sample. At first I didnt know it was Shinedown and had to do a lil google research. But in the very emo serious side of things, this song is a top contender for my Official Theme Music. And of course Jumpoff just goes bannanerz on the track.

Random Note # 2 - Luda's new album is gearing up to be a dope soundscape... I mean even the Gremlin assisted "Last of a Dying Breed" is a top notch thematic sounding track. And of course that leads to the 2 new tracks from The Big Mouth from The South...

Ludacris - I Do It For Hip Hop f. Nas & Jay-Z Simple as this...God's Son, Hova and Luda on a track together...on a super epic sounding beat done by Wyldfyer, the same producer that did Nas/Jay's super collabo track "Black Republican and the previous stated "Last of a Dying Breed". I dont really need to explain in some long diatribe about this track.


Ludacris - MVP(produced by DJ Premier)

I'ts not the best quality cause it's a radio rip, but you def get the just of how dope this track is gonna sound on that CDQ level. FGirst off you got Preemo crafting a dope dusty classic Gangstarr era type of beat with Ludacris ripping it like his Hip Hop cred is on the line or sumthin. Like he's still got something to prove to these people that still find him some as that decent but not great cartoonish Southern rapper and not a legitamite lyricial contender to be put on the Infamous Top MC's List..

Top 5 Shows Tank is watchin right bout now...
1. Sons of Anarchy (new FX series to keep up the quality drama after The Sheild ends)
2. True Blood (the story line and characters are engaging as hell...very addictive)
3. Supernatural (quality sci-fi drama...the only worthy CW11 show)
4. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (these guys are hil-a-rious)
5. Justice League Unlimited (yeah it's a superhero comic book cartoon!...get over it!)

Random Note #3 - My Blogging Bretheren Dart Adams from Poisonous Paragraphs just put up a great new blog about the sometimes bullshitty overatedness of Nostalgia. Now trust me I've done my fair share of Nostalgiaty(Am I making up words again?..YES I AM!) especially when it comes to classic 80's and early 90's cartoons and video games (most of those hold up well). But I will admit that many, many things were horribly corny (which isn't always a bad thing, just most of the time) and that Dart was dead on with his post. Except that for in my own experience, Sega Genesis was just as good the second time around when I copped one last year and played Sunset Riders, Sonic 2, and Toe Jam & Earl for like a 3 days straight...talk about piss in your pants enjoyment, woooo!


On the Non Hip-Hop Side of Things...




















The Black Keys have got to be some of the baddest YT's in Blues Rock history...There music is addictive as hell, like cocaine in music form...so line that shit up and take you a trip... I recommend any of thier albums, but what I am blasting nonstop is Attack & Release and Chulahoma: The Songs of Junior Kimbrough...Yeah, THAT Junior Kimbrough. Whats funny is they did so good covering his songs that Junior's widow left a message on Dan Auerbach's answering machine telling them how much she's proud of the duo's work and how Dan and Patrick sound like Junior Kimbrough. Here's a few tracks from the album--

The Black Keys - My Mind Is Ramblin'

The Black Keys - Work Me


What's Up With MTF?! aka "Just Random Note # 4 in Disguise"--
Man I have been busy helping MissTF with the wedding stuff, figuring out out Wedding party, colors, making sure my boo doesnt strangle her mom and sister, etc etc you know the same old stuff; also hanging out with my buddy Mikey who's goin off, Navy style, to Japan soon; and been working hard to get to that point to where we can finally purchase a house. For the past year I was writing on a great blog called Stuntin On Prose along with some other great bloggers, shouts to J. Burn, Hugh, and E. And no shout outs to the Hatin Ass Hackers...fucktards.

I'm in a good place though...never thought I would be at this point, not because I thought I wouldnt amount to anythign or that I thought negative, it's just that I didnt think I would be at this point already. I've been known to be the one that takes his time but also is a lil bit slower than the rest of the pack...word to 1-12th grade education, lol. Hey... I got mostly all A's in College so I made up for it...

MT Quote of the Day:
A Scientist will never show any kindness for a thoery which he did not start himself.

Until next time kiddies,

Laters.

MTF aka Tank aka Tankus Maximus aka Em Tee Eff aka Zombie Survivalist aka Mr. BiteYaBottomLip aka The Midwest Quencher aka The Last of a Frying Breed aka Mr. Slow Roll aka I'mFatbutIcanRidethatRazorScooter aka Dat Blue in Da Green Guy aka Mr. "..." aka......................................

XV's (The Complete) 40 Days, 40 Nights

As promised here's the entire 40 Days, 40 Nights Series. Split up in two different Sendspace links, One for the Day tracks and one for the Night tracks. Vizzy put all of them in order 1-40 for each Day/Night. And yeah yours truly had a lil hand in the concept for the official cover up above. Hey tooting your own horn (I dont do disclaimers...) sometimes doesnt hurt, just dont make it a daily habit, thats when shit gets ugly. Anyways, dont sleep this is a great Series of tracks and trust me there is some serious heat to d-load and listen to. Click the links and show good music and dope hip hop some love.

MTF's Favorites: Shades of Gray, Funeral of the Tapedeck, 2 Mins So Far, A Raisin in the Sun, Achievement Unlocked, Flux Capacitor, A Girl Name Destiny, Go In, If I Could Draw, Next Week, Shoot Me Down, Spiderman, Sandman, Silver Surfer, Galactus, TV Love Affair, Whats It Like, Low on Resources.


(40 DAYS) http://www.sendspace.com/file/wuo3g3

(40 NIGHTS) http://www.sendspace.com/file/v7nrzw

Until next,

Laters.

my Mistress Jazz.

I love me some Jazz. I'm a eclectic dude I love all types of music but on a very chill, laid back, emotional level I love listening to Jazz, it just has this mystical magic to it...The Blues does that to me also (but that sir is a blog for another day!). A lot of people say jazz is boring, outdated, blah blah whatever but those people say that because they actually don’t take the time to sit and listen to it, and understand it. I mean people say all the time "oh hip hop that’s that gangster kill you shoot you with guns, and drugs, and money, and call girls bitches, crazy music...why do you like that", and it's a bunch of b.s. cause they don’t take the time to understand, learn, and listen to hip hop; and the good hip hop, not top 40 radio pop hits. This same situation can be directed at Jazz music. Yeah that's right I'm a jazz fan, shit look at my main blog picture and most of you already know I'm down on some jazz, but also the name of my blog will tell most that I am a jazz fan also. Blue In Green, my favorite jazz tune from Mr. Davis. Also I think Jazz has effected me positively when it came to certain hip hop--Tribe, Nas, Native Tongues, Jurassic 5, The Roots, Gangstarr, Eric B. and Rakim all infused Jazz into their sound. Now I don’t have a million and one jazz albums, I cant tell you too much exact information or details about the artists or the albums of all of them, but I can tell you what I know and I can show you some of my favorite tunes and give you a few albums (all of them right now are Miles Davis cause well that’s all the Jazz I have on my work computer...get over it aight!).

Now I'm a hip hop head for life, and that is my first love but boy do I have a great side fling with the mistress Jazz. Boy does she ever seduce me with her cool, smooth, and laid back ways. I love listening to her in the mornings, while I take the time to wipe the sleep from my eyes, and she's a great comfort when your feeling ill and down. Here's a few of my favorite artists and albums and some goodies for you to dload...



MILES DAVIS

of course to start it off...my man Miles. And my personal favorite from Miles is Kind of Blue, with a close second to Porgy and Bess(that shit gets me going). Check out this cool cat in action as he does a interview with the ever so uptight Bryant Gumbal, that was a bad choice of a interviewer most def.


It all started with Miles, esp. since the first jazz song I want to say I can clearly remember listening to and comprehended was Summertime, (#5 on Porgy and Bess:see below.)

Here are a few albums of Miles for you guys to enjoy:

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue

Miles Davis (w/ Gil Evans) - Porgy and Bess

Miles Davis - Birth of Cool




JOHN COLTRANE

And then along with Miles, I was introduced to the late and great Mr. John Coltrane...My favorite albums form Trane were A Love Supreme and My Favorite Things, and I'm sure I'm not alone on that.
Miles Davis and John Coltrane - So What (dopeness)


Besides the duets with Miles, the first song I heard from John with his own Quartet was this classic tune...
John Coltrane Quartet - My Favorite Things (and I hate the sound of music and the original song)



Also another favorite of mine from Trane and Miles...Round about Midnight--





CHARLIE PARKER

And if your are gonna talk about Coltrane, then you should def talk about the original great jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker aka Bird.

Charlie Parker Session w/ Coleman Hawkins (Beans and Bird)





THELONIOUS MONK

And you gotta have the funky man on the piano...Thelonious Monk. I'm not that familiar with Monk the same goes with Charlie Parker) as I am with Miles and Trane, but the more I hear from them the more I wanna explorer and listen to...

Thelonious Monk - Blue Monk (check him out, just banging on the keys...)

**I heard some of that new The Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall album, awesome I tell ya.



Now I know I don’t know all the artists and albums, I just wanted to drop a lil example of what Jazz I like and what artists I enjoy, so don’t trip if you didn’t see your favorite artists on here, I know there's plenty more greats(Louis, Billie, Duke, Billie, Herbie, Gales, Dizzy, I could go on for days...) to talk about but I just wanted to show my personal favorite few artists and albums, and share some music with you guys...hope this is chill for ya Cali Rob, enjoy your day off bastid!

Until next time peoples,

peace and one love--

--Tank, BlueInGreen