Friday, December 10, 2010

NEW GANGSTARR CD COMING


DJ Premier Prepping New Gang Starr CD/DVD

In a recent interview with XXLMag.com, DJ Premier revealed that he has a disc’s worth of unreleased Gang Starr songs as well as hours of video footage that he plans to edit for commercial release.

According to Preem, he has at least five songs with Guru, and there are people overseas that are willing to give him around eight songs to remix. “There are guys in Europe who say that they have seven or eight,” he said. “It’s songs he did with them and they never finished it and they said I can have them. They reached out and were like, As long as you’re doing it. You can have the vocals. They are all brand new, from like a year and a half ago. I listened to them and I’ll make them shits sound like we were together. Well, we will be together because spiritually, he’s with me for the rest of my life.”

Along with the CD of new music, he is currently editing thousands of hours of video footage that he plans to put together for an accompanying DVD. “I have footage from the very first show we ever performed,” he shared. “It was Ice-T, Queen Latifah and Monie Love. She was in the bathroom nervous trying to remember her rhymes for ‘Ladies First.’ Special Ed told her it would be ok and then Monie Love killed it. It was us, Tribe, Latifah and then Ice-T. Ice T introduced me to a DAT machine. I was like, ‘Wow.’ This was 1989. I have that tape.”

“I’m putting together a Gang Starr DVD because I’ve been filming since 1989,” he continued. “I did all the filming until 1993. Then I started bringing guys with me. I have hundreds and hundreds of tapes of me and Guru arguing in the airport. Him and Shug fighting. Guru tried fighting everyone. Now, you look at it and it’s like, Damn, I miss that.”

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

VOTE FOR KOOL SPHERE @ FOR THIS MOVIE SOUNDTRACK

www.ghettophysics.com 
Click the link and vote for me...let's mash this out and get legitimate hip-hop back on again!
Good looks! 

Monday, June 28, 2010

BLACK BOOK SESSION

Had some downtime in between recording this feature I've been putting off for reasons unknown...to break the tension started getting busy with some black and white pen to the pad type shit....light a dumb bell El.

Thursday, June 24, 2010

GURU TRUST FUND FOR HIS SON KC


The official KC Trust Fund is now open and running thanks to Guru’s family. KC is the only son Guru left behind and it would be grateful to show your support towards him for Guru. His son is the only person who should truly benefits from Guru legacy. And DJ Premier will make sure Guru’s profit from Gang Starr will go out to his son, no doubt about that. May Guru rest in peace. Thank you to everyone for supporting KC!
Send your love to:
USAA Imco.
PO. Box 65943
San Antonio, TX 78265
Account: 47901737495
The Elam family thanks you!

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

NEW DJ LORD RUN ALBUM DROPPING...

All tracks produced by DJ Lord Ron that will feature:
Lil Dap, Akil The MC, C Rayz Walz, John Robinson, Wildelux & more!
 
CD album will be available on Paypal plus a Playstation give-away. Info/details @ www.djlordron.biz
Digital downloads will be available @ itunes, Amazon & other digital stores.
 
String Note Recordings
Support my man right here, real rap, no bullshit

Friday, June 4, 2010

KOOL SPHERE PERFORMING LIVE TONIGHT FRIDAY JUNE 4TH @ THE AIRLINER




Kool Sphere and Dj Lord Ron will be getting bizz on a last minute scheduled set @ The Airliner Downtown Los Angeles. come thru..show time 11pm, get there early grab a couple drinks, blaze one up and enjoy some dope hip-hop.
THE AIRLINER IS LOCATED @ 2419 North Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90031-2218
(323) 221-0771

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

KOOL SPHERE "DJ PREMIER LIVE FROM HEADQCOURTERZ"




"Live From HeadQCourterz" 4/30/10 Playlist (DJ Eclipse w/Kool Sphere)
1. Slum Village "Lock It Down" prod. by J Dilla
2. Marco Polo & Ruste Juxx "Death Penalty" prod. by Marco Polo, cuts by DJ Revolution
3. Cold Heat feat. Torae "When It Rains" prod. by Johnny Walker
4. Kool Sphere feat. AZ "Blue Collar MCs" prod. by Weirdo, cuts by LD
5. Ras Kass "Release Yourself" prod. & cuts by Rhettmatic
6. Jay Electronica feat. Diddy "The Ghost Of Christopher Wallace" prod. by Quincey Tones
7. Roc Marciano "We Do It" prod. by Roc Marciano
8. STS feat. Black Thought, Truck North & Dice Raw "Ill Street Blues"
9. Kool Sphere "Intro (1st Impression)" prod. by Res Nullius, cuts by LD
10. Little Brother feat. Torae "24" prod. by Khrysis
11. Cypress Hill "Armed And Dangerous" prod. by Jake One
12. Koolade feat. Maylay Sparks "You And Yours" prod. by Koolade
13. Kool Sphere feat. Smiley The Ghetto Child & Lil Dap "Supply & Demand" prod. by Weirdo
14. Big Twinz & Sean Price "That's What We Want" prod. by Jah Freedom
15. Consequence feat. Common & Talib Kweli "It's G.O.O.D. Music" prod. by Clinton Sparks
16. The Away Team "First Class" prod. by Madlib
17. Guilty Simpson "New Heights" prod. by Madlib
18. J-Live "The Way That I Rhyme" prod. by Korede
19. Roc Marciano "Marcberg" prod. by Roc Marciano
20. Slaine "The Devil Never Dies" prod. by Sicknature
21. Kool Sphere "Unconditional" prod. by Dave Bee
22. Consequence feat. Pharaohe Monch "Let U Live" prod. by Lee Bannon, cuts by Statik Selektah
23. Chuck D "Tear Down This Wall" prod. by Divided Souls Ent., cuts by DJ Pain 1
24. Inspectah Deck "Get Down Wit Me" prod. by Kevlaar 7
25. Kool Sphere feat. AZ "Stay True" prod. by Weirdo
Download link 1
Download link 2

DJ PREMIER "BEATS COLLECTED DUST PART2"

Monday, April 26, 2010

Download 01R.I.O.C.--DJPREMIER--April252010HOUR1.mp3 - FileSwap.com

Download 01R.I.O.C.--DJPREMIER--April252010HOUR1.mp3 - FileSwap.com

DJPREMIER–April252010HOUR2.mp3.html

HERE IS THE PLAYLIST :

1. Saukrates (f. D-Sisive)–Wednesday
2. Sheist Bub (f. Streets Da Block, B’way Slim)–Give It A Rest
3. Ghostface & Method Man (f. Solomon Childs, Streetlife)–Smooth Sailing (Remix)
4. Coldheat (f. Brown Bag All Stars & JS-1)–Break It Down
5. Joell Ortiz–Project Boy
6. Kool Sphere–Intro
7. Murs & 9th Wonder (f. VerBS)–The Lick
8. Khaleel (f. Panchi)–Rappin’ Exercise
9. Brown Bag All Stars–The Agenda (Marco Polo Remix)
10. Iriscience–Delilah
11. Murs & 9th Wonder–Asian Girl
12. WC–Frontline
13. Little Brother (f. Truck North, Median)–Revenge
14. Kidz In The Hall (f. Marsha Ambrosius)–Will II Win
15. Sauce Money–Snipershot
16. Ghostface Killah–Pimpin’ Chipp
17. Cypress Hill–Armed & Dangerous
18. Little Brother–Tigalo For Dolo
19. Murs & 9th Wonder (f. Kurupt)–Live From Roscoe’s

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

THE EXECUTION OF A CHUMP

*This was taken from Live From HeadQcourterz blog and really breaks shit down*

This morning cipha and rosenberg chopped it up about this statement released to the public and picked up by many outlets… the duo go in on the “letter” that was written by guru. i did the same thing yesterday morning, from about 9:30 to noon. after countless explanations to friends on aim and gchat, going over the same points, over and over, i had to get up and go for a walk. straight up fuming. more i thought about it, more i wanted to find this chump and yoke ‘im up. homey needs a donnybrooking stat. i can’t even believe how infuriating it is to deal with this ish when you’re trying to get past a friend’s passing… but i feel the need to publish my anger, so gu, forgive me, i’m tryna let you rest, but i ain’t feelin your mans. so, without further ado, my 2 cents:

intro paragraph

lotta suspect shit going on in here. first of all, the opening statement. like ciph and rosenberg said, anyone who starts a letter like that? is suspect as fuck. usually, there’s a cop and a lawyer standing around when you start writing ish like that. now, to further my point, guru was a man with a very unique diction. and his style of writing was almost completely the same as his style of speech. in short, dude don’t talk or write like that. ever.

then, we have the point where “guru” “writes”, “I have had a long battle with cancer and have succumbed to the disease.” so… he died? peep this, guru was in grad school before he dropped out to be a rapper, and has always been extremely eloquent. a wordsmith in the truest fashion. the man was deliberate about the words he chose, and in a situation this serious? i know he would’ve chosen wiser.

now we go onto this supposed foundation. fuck, miss info goes in on that one. but for those interested, a brand new website has popped up since her initial research. seriously, try to alexa some web stats, there’s no history… sketchy.

paragraph 2

what bugs me, about this particular paragraph is the mention of kc, guru’s son. guru, as long as i have known him, was an extremely spiritual and very loving dude. but to mention your mans solar 3 times, while mentioning his son, “the love of [his] life”, only once… and pretty much… only to give custody to solar… it just doesn’t add up. oh, and then of course, if there were any tributes or awards coming to guru in death, he mentions that solar will take care of it all, to be given to his son at a later age… word??? who thinks about awards and tributes on their deathbed? that’s more what a super producer would be thinking about as his main cash cow rapper is fading in front of his eyes, whaaaat? who said that?

now… the last paragraph

the one that really makes me want to go out and kick babies in the head. “my ex-dj.” first of all… guru was a man. never did i doubt that. and as a man, not a coward, i know that even if he wanted to continue this rift in the afterlife, he would address him by name. i only know one dude who is allergic to the uttering of the word ‘premier’ and that is… the superest producer of all. now, even more fishy… this paragraph goes from addressing premo and gang starr as a brand into what i can only call, a solar fan letter. he discusses jazzmatazz 4 in particluar, multiple times. now… me being a bit of a conspiracy theorist, these multiple shout outs of jazzmatazz 4 raise mad red flags. why you ask? see in the music industry, unfortunately, when people pass… their music sells. you woulda been shocked to see how many people didn’t have the thriller album until after mj passed, the soundscan spike was out of hand. jazzmatazz 4 was released on 7 grand, which is owned now, solely by solar. so all proceeds from the sales? go to solar. then the rest of the paragraph basically reads, solar solar solar solar solar… solar.

real talk people, this is not a letter written by guru to his fans. this was a letter written (poorly might i add) by some shitty publicist (probably at yo! pr, shame on you people… shame) with solar injecting his creative genius for his own money. lets be real. what is solar most famous for? putting guru on autotune. which really, doesn’t even make sense mathematically. put a notoriously monotone mc, whose famous for his monotone delivery, on a fucking vocoder filter? da fuck you gonna filter? one tone? jackass. and really, never trust a producer who refers to himself as a “superproducer”. that dude is the wackest person in the game ever, who the fuck body snatches a corpse and threatens to cremate a man before his family even has a chance to pay their respects or even see the remains (i hear the family recovered gu’s body earlier today, shit is like a fucking telenovella)? who the fuck is already talking about doing tribute shows for their own profitable gain? that’s some creepy ass, sketchy ass, fraudlent, foul shit dude. i feel sorry for your mother.

and i’m calling it right now, this fuckstick is going to start selling gang starr merchandise in 2 weeks, pitch his biography to publishers in 3, then next year, he’ll try to pitch a movie. and i’ll put money on that. go head, bet me. i dare you.

oh… and #fucksolar. i hope it keeps you awake at night knowing that your dastardly ways kept many people from being able to say goodbye to a friend. and maaaan… i hope i see you on the street, i been dying try a sucker arm triangle choke on somone.

THE EXECUTION OF A CHUMP

this morning cipha and rosenberg chopped it up about this statement released to the public and picked up by many outlets… the duo go in on the “letter” that was written by guru. i did the same thing yesterday morning, from about 9:30 to noon. after countless explanations to friends on aim and gchat, going over the same points, over and over, i had to get up and go for a walk. straight up fuming. more i thought about it, more i wanted to find this chump and yoke ‘im up. homey needs a donnybrooking stat. i can’t even believe how infuriating it is to deal with this ish when you’re trying to get past a friend’s passing… but i feel the need to publish my anger, so gu, forgive me, i’m tryna let you rest, but i ain’t feelin your mans. so, without further ado, my 2 cents:

intro paragraph

lotta suspect shit going on in here. first of all, the opening statement. like ciph and rosenberg said, anyone who starts a letter like that? is suspect as fuck. usually, there’s a cop and a lawyer standing around when you start writing ish like that. now, to further my point, guru was a man with a very unique diction. and his style of writing was almost completely the same as his style of speech. in short, dude don’t talk or write like that. ever.

then, we have the point where “guru” “writes”, “I have had a long battle with cancer and have succumbed to the disease.” so… he died? peep this, guru was in grad school before he dropped out to be a rapper, and has always been extremely eloquent. a wordsmith in the truest fashion. the man was deliberate about the words he chose, and in a situation this serious? i know he would’ve chosen wiser.

now we go onto this supposed foundation. fuck, miss info goes in on that one. but for those interested, a brand new website has popped up since her initial research. seriously, try to alexa some web stats, there’s no history… sketchy.

paragraph 2

what bugs me, about this particular paragraph is the mention of kc, guru’s son. guru, as long as i have known him, was an extremely spiritual and very loving dude. but to mention your mans solar 3 times, while mentioning his son, “the love of [his] life”, only once… and pretty much… only to give custody to solar… it just doesn’t add up. oh, and then of course, if there were any tributes or awards coming to guru in death, he mentions that solar will take care of it all, to be given to his son at a later age… word??? who thinks about awards and tributes on their deathbed? that’s more what a super producer would be thinking about as his main cash cow rapper is fading in front of his eyes, whaaaat? who said that?

now… the last paragraph

the one that really makes me want to go out and kick babies in the head. “my ex-dj.” first of all… guru was a man. never did i doubt that. and as a man, not a coward, i know that even if he wanted to continue this rift in the afterlife, he would address him by name. i only know one dude who is allergic to the uttering of the word ‘premier’ and that is… the superest producer of all. now, even more fishy… this paragraph goes from addressing premo and gang starr as a brand into what i can only call, a solar fan letter. he discusses jazzmatazz 4 in particluar, multiple times. now… me being a bit of a conspiracy theorist, these multiple shout outs of jazzmatazz 4 raise mad red flags. why you ask? see in the music industry, unfortunately, when people pass… their music sells. you woulda been shocked to see how many people didn’t have the thriller album until after mj passed, the soundscan spike was out of hand. jazzmatazz 4 was released on 7 grand, which is owned now, solely by solar. so all proceeds from the sales? go to solar. then the rest of the paragraph basically reads, solar solar solar solar solar… solar.

real talk people, this is not a letter written by guru to his fans. this was a letter written (poorly might i add) by some shitty publicist (probably at yo! pr, shame on you people… shame) with solar injecting his creative genius for his own money. lets be real. what is solar most famous for? putting guru on autotune. which really, doesn’t even make sense mathematically. put a notoriously monotone mc, whose famous for his monotone delivery, on a fucking vocoder filter? da fuck you gonna filter? one tone? jackass. and really, never trust a producer who refers to himself as a “superproducer”. that dude is the wackest person in the game ever, who the fuck body snatches a corpse and threatens to cremate a man before his family even has a chance to pay their respects or even see the remains (i hear the family recovered gu’s body earlier today, shit is like a fucking telenovella)? who the fuck is already talking about doing tribute shows for their own profitable gain? that’s some creepy ass, sketchy ass, fraudlent, foul shit dude. i feel sorry for your mother.

and i’m calling it right now, this fuckstick is going to start selling gang starr merchandise in 2 weeks, pitch his biography to publishers in 3, then next year, he’ll try to pitch a movie. and i’ll put money on that. go head, bet me. i dare you.

oh… and #fucksolar. i hope it keeps you awake at night knowing that your dastardly ways kept many people from being able to say goodbye to a friend. and maaaan… i hope i see you on the street, i been dying try a sucker arm triangle choke on somone.

A LIL GRAFFITI BREAK TO CALM THE NERVES

KOOL SPHERE IBM LUZE FC from Kool Sphere on Vimeo.

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE FROM GURU'S FAMILY



I'm forwarding this from DJ Premier...


PRESS RELEASE
The Elam family wishes to thank the fans of our son/brother/father uncle/nephew/cousin Keith aka GURU for the outpouring of love, concern and support.
Our hearts are broken by the loss of someone we loved so much. GURU was devoted to his young son, who will most keenly feel his absence.
GURU suffered from multiple myeloma for over a year. Accrued complications from this illness led to respiratory failure and cardiac arrest. As a result, GURU was in a coma from mid February until his death and never regained consciousness. Early on the morning of April 19th, he became hypertensive due to low blood pressure. He again went into cardiac arrest and slipped away from us.
GURU died far too young but he was, and we are, proud of all his many legendary musical contributions.


"As a result, GURU was in a coma from mid February until his death and never regained consciousness."
With the above info coming from Guru's family, then how is it possible that Guru published to the media these "so-called" last statements on his health, and negative shots towards Dj Premier???

The answer, is the fame hungry devil Solar who has been up to these devilish acts from day one. Lets hope that more than karma will catch up to this fucken asshole. I'm still sick to my stomach over the loss of Guru and to keep his family away from someone on their death bed and playing tricks thru the media is incomprehensible. I will follow up soon with a more in depth write up of his influence on me personally, Verbal Threat, and hip-hop as a whole. This is a very sad time for me, hip-hop, Verbal Threat, of course The Gangstarr foundation, and first and foremost the Elam Family.

Rest in Peace Guru, your Above The Clouds fam..............................................

Monday, April 12, 2010

GET ADVANCED COPY OF KOOL SPHERE "INTEGRITTY" HERE NOW! FEAT. AZ, KOOL G RAP, LIL DAP & MORE

100% CERTIFIED BOOM BAP DOPE SHIT!
KOOL SPHERE "INTEGRITTY" FEATURES 16 BANGERS DEDICATED TO THOSE
WHO CAN'T STAND WHAT'S GOING ON IN RAP MUSIC THESE DAYS!
THIS CD IS PURE HARDCORE HIP-HOP @ IT'S FINEST!
GOLDEN ERA HIP-HOP 2010 STYLE!!
                                                  
KOOL SPHERE: INTEGRITTY
koolsphere.blogspot.com

Monday, April 5, 2010

DJ PREMIER LIVE FROM HEADQCOURTERZ PLAYLIST



DJ PREMIER—LIVE FROM HEADQCOURTERZ RADIO SHOW
FRIDAY NIGHTS FROM 10pm-MIDNIGHT (EST)
ON SIRIUS/XM SATELLITE RADIO–(HIP HOP NATION)(SIRIUS 40/XM 67)

GUESTS: NUSTO (aka NUTRAGEOUS) AND ALSO
(STRAIGHT FROM HAMBURG, GERMANY) SOULBROTHAS (B-BASE & 12 FINGER DAN)
SHOUTS TO MIRKO MACHINE…..

R.I.P. TO RICKY LEIGH AND UNCLE HOWIE

GURU of GANG STARR 4 EVER WE LOVE YOU NIGGA !!! KEEP FIGHTIN 4 LIFE !!!

HERE IS THE PLAYLIST AND LINKS :

1. Brown Bag All Stars–The Agenda
2. Rytmus–Jediny’
3. Roc Marciano–Wuteva Wuteva
4. Kool Sphere–Intro
5. Nutso (f. Royal Flush, Mic Geronimo)–This Is My Hood
6. Joell Ortiz–Project Boy
7. Wu Massacre(f. Method Man & Raekwon)–Mef -vs- Chef 2
8. Ghetto of ST.–Fresh Out
9. Sauce Money–Snipershot
10. WC–Frontline
11. Soulbrothas (f. Nutso, Butta Verses)–Original Rap
12. Nick Javas–Not A Game (DJ Mix Version)
13. Soulbrothas (f. Blaq Poet, NYGz, Krumbsnatcha)–Real MC’s
14. Eternia (f. Joell Ortiz)–It’s Funny
15. Sadat X (f. Money Boss Players)–Everybody Know
16. Nutso–So Tired
17. Wu Massacre (f. Method Man & Ghostface Killah)–Dangerous
18. Marco Polo & Ruste Juxx–(f. Rockness of Heltah Skeltah, Freddie Foxxx)–Take Money
19. Kool Sphere–Unconditional

DJ PREMIER AND KOOL SPHERE DISCUSS "INTEGRITTY" LIVE ON SIRIUS XM


We will be debuting the album within the next couple of weeks live on Premier's radio show, and "Integritty" will be available on iTunes very soon!@
koolsphere.blogspot.com

Thursday, April 1, 2010

A LIL OUTLINE..POSSIBLY SUM GRAFFITI THIS WEEKEND???

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Kool Sphere CWKDM

On the music tip: been getting crazy good feedback on the upcoming album (Kool Sphere Integritty)..I may push up the release date and get it out asap digitally..the outpouring of emails received since we leaked some treats out has been amazing. Keep your ears open for new updated news on Integritty..shits bangin! That's wsup...
koolsphere.blogspot.com

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

LIVE FROM HEADQCOURTERZ


Live From HeadQCourterz (03/26/2010)





Or

DJ Premier – Live From HeadQCourterz (03/26/2010)


Filled in by DJ Eclipse.


Tracks:



  1. Meth, Ghost & Rae – Miranda


  2. Big Twinz – That’s What We Want (Feat. Sean Price)

  3. Marco Polo & Ruste Juxx – Death Penalty

  4. Theo3 – It’s Theo3 (Remix)


  5. Eternia & Moss – It’s Funny (Feat. Joell Ortiz)

  6. Army Of The Pharaohs – The Ultimatum

  7. Nick Javas – Not A Game


  8. Wais P – Ain’t A Problem

  9. The Away Team – Nobody

  10. Sadat X – X And Bill (Feat. Ill Bill)

  11. Reflection Eternal – In This World


  12. Diabolic – I Don’t Wanna Rhyme

  13. Murs & 9th Wonder – The Problem Is… (Feat. Sick Jacken)

  14. Jimmy Powers – Classless (Feat. Slaine)


  15. Frank B. – The Other Side Of Brooklyn

  16. Inspectah Deck – Brothaz Respect (Feat. Cappadonna & Fes Taylor)

  17. Kool Sphere – Supply & Demand (Feat. Smiley The Ghetto Child & Lil Dap)


  18. Nutso – This Is My Hood (Feat. Royal Flush & Mic Geronimo)

  19. Sadat X – We Kewl (Feat. Twan & Sean Black)

  20. Brown Audio – Never Looking Back


  21. Method Man & Ghostface – It’s That Wu Shit


Guests: /



Tuesday, March 9, 2010

GREATEST RAPPER OF ALLTIME DIED ON MARCH 9TH

True words spoken by Canibus, Rest in Peace Big Poppa, the game went sour after you passed, but the real recognize...................

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

GURU FROM GANGSTARR



I'm usually always on the run and my attention span is equivalent to a 5 year old, but I must take some time out to speak on my man Guru. He is currently fighting for his life after having a heart attack and just got out of surgery. I'm praying as well as the "real" hip-hop community for a speedy recovery.

Although a lot of cats front pretending to be down with Gangstarr since day one, claiming that they've been following the movement since Manifest..cmon son. But for me, the impact came once Step In The Arena hit stores. Days before downloading from the internet, you had to search out real shit. I remember hearing the song Step in The Arena and getting amped, the track was banging, Guru's lyrics were sick, but for me, the scratches that Premier hit every song with had me addicted. Ever since the days of hearing songs like UTFO's "Leader of the Pack" Run DMC's "Jam Master Jay" songs that had heavy scratches caught my interest. (I guess I should have been a djay) I religiously picked up every Gangstarr album since then, and felt connected to their music and movement.

Step in the Arena, Daily Operation, Hard To Earn, Group Home, Jeru all came out around this time period when hip-hop was at it's peak (in my opinion) Stretch Armstrong & Bobbito, Mayhem & Sunset NYC College radio was in effect, all those classic Big L radio rips you hear now on youtube, us New Yorkers were hearing him get busy LIVE, amazed at the direction the underground was going at that time. Hip-hop's code of ethics was enforced and corn ball rap wasn't tolerated as it is now. My mind state is still in that era, it impacted me soo much I refuse to be brainwashed with whats going on now, not like the rest of you. But for me, Gangstarr set the standard for that movement. They're music spoke volumes, without talking shit, Gangstarr's music put suckers (and the industry) in their place. I remember visiting Los Angeles right when Moment of Truth dropped, and Power 106 had Gangstarr on as a special guest. I remember the radio djays commented saying.."Gangstarr is in the building, and that the vibe in the studio was extremely serious." Just the appearance of Guru and Premier together on the scene gave off the vibe that its time for Real Shit, no bullshit.

In the background, Verbal Threat (Kool Sphere & M.C. Reppond) we were making our moves on the underground scene, but never wanted to be associated with anyone ever other than Gangstarr. For us, they were the perfect definition of what true hip-hop is. As years passed, things happened for a reason, and we were connected to Guru and Premier on several occasions..to eventually going on tour with Guru and of course recording the classic track "Reality Check" with Dj Premier.

So with all that being said, we're REALLY pulling for Guru's safe return back to perfect health, to his family, and finally back to music. He's a stand up dude, extremely talented, and us over here at Verbal Threat have him in our prayers on the daily. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers, and remember, it's emcees like Guru that brought respect back to hip-hop..we'd love to see him back in action, and of course a Gangstarr re-union. Stay strong money grips!

Sunday, February 28, 2010

CON-ART STORE/GALLERY OPENING HOLLYWOOD

Friday night the official store/gallery opening of Con-Art Hollywood California. Special guests in the house, yours truly Kool Sphere, Luze FC, and Stane Cwb..we showcased a couple panel pieces..and did some live female body painting on a couple lovely young ladies. Epic time I must say. Sadly the sho ended in true LA fashion with someone getting shot in the stomach in the back of the store. Cmon son, it's 2010...snuff all that hate out. word up..enjoy the flicks



Monday, February 15, 2010

FEBRUARY MAXIN'

In between settling things on the new solo album "Integritty", I've been sqeezing in time to rock pieces as much as possible. Here's some action shots Kool Sphere Cwk and Luze Fc rockin some panels.


Updates: New Verbal Threat album in the works, as well as recording b-side solo joints on the regular..stay tuned