tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3527293147551427822024-03-12T20:22:41.775-07:00Speak Your Mind Music Festival (Reno, NV)the biggest HIP HOP MUSIC FESTIVAL in Nevada's history,1 night, 1 stage, 5 hour show, 12 live performances, 3 live artists, b-boys, breakers, vendor village & more
SAT. APRIL 4, 2009
Lawlor Events Center
University of Nevada, RenoSpeak Your Mind Music Festival (Reno, NV)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06031442342464076941noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352729314755142782.post-12123941490687973452010-09-12T18:30:00.000-07:002010-10-18T01:21:09.081-07:00Speak Your Mind #3 - Knitting Factory<object style="background-image:url(http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/7oOT9mhiBfE/hqdefault.jpg)" width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7oOT9mhiBfE?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7oOT9mhiBfE?fs=1&hl=en_US" width="425" height="344" allowScriptAccess="never" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>Les Hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01517014950119610598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352729314755142782.post-43754889428966629142010-07-18T14:00:00.000-07:002010-10-18T01:22:31.297-07:00Speak Your Mind - Wingfield Park<object style="background-image:url(http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/deHaXR_fF3k/hqdefault.jpg)" width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/deHaXR_fF3k?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/deHaXR_fF3k?fs=1&hl=en_US" width="425" height="344" allowScriptAccess="never" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>Les Hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01517014950119610598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352729314755142782.post-92223715040235085412010-05-31T16:21:00.000-07:002010-05-31T16:23:41.633-07:00SPEAK YOUR MIND HIP HOP ART FESTIVAL 2010: PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br />Contact: Daniel Hubbard, 916.206.9190 cell <br />One Vision Productions, LLC<br />316 California Ave Suite #216 <br />Reno, NV 89509 USA<br />Email: syminvasion@gmail.com <br />Website: http://www.syminvasion.com <br /><br />After giving Nevada its biggest Hip Hop Music Festival ever at the LAWLOR EVENTS CENTER in 2009 and selling out Northern Nevada’s hottest new venue, THE KNITTING FACTORY, earlier this Spring… SPEAK YOUR MIND is back! <br /><br />SPEAK YOUR MIND HIP HOP ART FESTIVAL returns on July 18, 2010 with a seven Hour Show featuring over 25 Performances: Artists, Dancers, DJ’s, a Vendor Village and more. This free event will take place outside in downtown Reno at WINGFIELD PARK starting at 3pm and lasting until 10pm. Don’t miss a full day of art exhibitions and presentations from Reno’s experienced independent Hip Hop locals and Reno’s new breed of upcoming talent, as well as, artists from around the world. <br /><br />ESTIMATE AGES: All Ages, majority 16-30 <br />DATE OF SHOW: Sunday July 18th 2010 <br />CITY, STATE: Downtown Reno, Nevada <br />EVENT LOCATION: Wingfield Park & West Street Plaza<br />EVENT TYPE: Conscious Hip Hop Art Festival<br />TICKET PRICE: Free<br />AGES: All Ages<br /> <br />SPEAK YOUR MIND is a Hip Hop oriented art festival designed to raise positive community awareness and personal knowledge. SPEAK YOUR MIND will not only raise money for a good cause but it will bring the community together and use popular music as a tool to teach. All the artists included in this event are informative, educated, independently successful, community orientated and display strong ideas in their lyrics. SPEAK YOUR MIND 2010 will raise money for the HOLLAND PROJECT and is an official event of RENO ARTOWN.<br /><br />HOLLAND PROJECT: Art, music, culture. By young people, for young people. HOLLAND PROJECT is an all-ages arts and music initiative in the Truckee Meadows aiming to provide art access, music access, diverse workshop opportunities and community activism. SPEAK YOUR MIND 2010 is proud to support their goals. <br /><br />ARTOWN: Reno is hosting the 15th annual ARTOWN festival in July 2010. The month-long summer arts festival features more than 400 events produced by more than 100 cultural organizations and businesses in locations citywide, with major funding provided by the City of Reno. SPEAK YOUR MIND 2010 is honored to be a part of this year’s festival. <br /> <br />PERFORMANCES BY: C Rayz Walz (Bronx, NY), Afro Classics (Living Legends), Sleep (Portland, OR), Louis Logic (Brooklyn, NY), Bash Bros (Bay Area, CA), Himself (Los Angeles, CA), The Apprentice, Rameses, Black Rock City Allstars, Metaphysical, Last Minute, Tree Woodz, Yours Truly, Mic-Rob, Westyle Virus, Spoken Views, trevercrow, Wordplay, Guilty One, J1Three, Smoke, Knowledge, The Halve Two, Ree_Set:One, Scarz of Marz, Winston Savage, KoalaT, Toc Roc & more<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iC0FKjpxO0g/TAREv-xGbZI/AAAAAAAAADs/H3I7pcPjXWM/s1600/river02.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iC0FKjpxO0g/TAREv-xGbZI/AAAAAAAAADs/H3I7pcPjXWM/s400/river02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477578637882846610" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iC0FKjpxO0g/TARE6XgZG9I/AAAAAAAAAD0/XdX96PaJlvw/s1600/reno002.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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Show #1, performed at the Knitting Factory in downtown Reno, NV; featured a full line-up of some of the most talented Hip Hop acts from around the area.<br /><br />Featuring: Tree Woodz, Black Rock City Allstars, Scarz Of Marz, The Apprentice, Spoken Views, & Wordplay<br /><br />Hosted By: Bamboo (9to5)<br /><br />Live Art By: Hayden Lyle, Mike Lucido, & Pat Ortiz<br /><br />On The Tables: Dj Buddha, Dj Dotkom (The Bombshelter), & DJ Desiree<br /><br />The series will host 3 to 4 showcases leading up to the main event - SPEAK YOUR MIND<br /><br />Shot/Edit By: Chase McMullen<br />Precision Productions LLC<br />www.precisionproductionsllc.com<br /><br />ITEM 9 CLOTHING<br />www.item9clothing.com<br /><br />Reno Skateboarding<br />www.renoskateboarding.com<br /><br />Speacial Thanks: Daniel Hubbard, Knitting Factory (Dean), Precision Productions LLC, NIgel Siri, Donovan Giudici, Robert Landers, Jamie Kingham, Humble Ink, The Beach Hut Deli, ForHipHop.com, Reno Tahoe Tonight, Events Only Mag, Oliver X, George Vargas, Travis Prange, Joel Wilkins, DJ Dotkom, & Scarz of MarzSpeak Your Mind Music Festival (Reno, NV)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06031442342464076941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352729314755142782.post-82761212399411175562010-02-18T18:30:00.000-08:002010-10-18T01:22:06.681-07:00Speak Your Mind #1- Knitting Factory<object style="background-image:url(http://i3.ytimg.com/vi/JzHQEfKNhlU/hqdefault.jpg)" width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JzHQEfKNhlU?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JzHQEfKNhlU?fs=1&hl=en_US" width="425" height="344" allowScriptAccess="never" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>Les Hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01517014950119610598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352729314755142782.post-25370654214149730932010-02-01T16:18:00.000-08:002010-03-11T16:21:39.818-08:00Music & Art Showcase #1<p><img width="400" src="http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/135/l_7a96cdabfc3e42f5bf23c9a72b749a63.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><p><img width="400" src="http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/121/l_37752c8990cd4432b86f4be780868efd.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><p><img width="400" src="http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/145/l_0ace2b45f8a54fa6808980fe1c10445f.gif" /></p>Speak Your Mind Music Festival (Reno, NV)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06031442342464076941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352729314755142782.post-71193474480102216262009-09-07T10:45:00.001-07:002009-09-07T10:45:01.254-07:00Cappadonna of Wu-Tang @ the SYM Appreciation Show<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/c21eIlCTXtg' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/c21eIlCTXtg'/></object></p></div>Speak Your Mind Music Festival (Reno, NV)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06031442342464076941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352729314755142782.post-54175109546485770452009-05-18T10:49:00.001-07:002009-05-18T10:49:36.837-07:00Speak Your Mind Appreciation Show Promo 1<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/SklTWZVStcQ' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/SklTWZVStcQ'/></object></p></div>Speak Your Mind Music Festival (Reno, NV)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06031442342464076941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352729314755142782.post-80457806478499350982009-05-18T10:48:00.001-07:002009-05-18T10:48:21.988-07:00Speak Your Mind Appreciation Show Promo 2<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/ZXJz1e077bE' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/ZXJz1e077bE'/></object></p></div>Speak Your Mind Music Festival (Reno, NV)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06031442342464076941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352729314755142782.post-27339533061964181802009-05-04T14:51:00.001-07:002009-05-04T14:51:10.070-07:00Pep Love Interview - 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<br />He is known as PSC, Luckyiam, Lucky or Cool Man number 1!!! In the early 90's Lucky studied the art of dope Left Coast hip hop at the Goodlife Cafe among Heavyweights Freestyle Fellowship & countless others. Wanting to create his own style and identity in hip hop, he headed north to the bay area shortly after the infamous L.A. Riots and joined The Mystik Journeymen with Sunspot Jonz. The Journeymen took the the bay area underground scene by storm and continued to take the underground street tape hustle they invented worldwide. Luckyiam.psc is the co-founder of Living Legends crew and he is a cosistant solo artist as well
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<br />How did you come up with the name, Luckyiam.PSC?
<br />My first rap name was PSC. It meant Pushing Self Consciousness or Porn Star Creator but in 97 I was in England with LLcrew, J5 and the Invisible Skratch Piklz. Also some old school cats as well, like Grand Master Caz & Special K.. It was a b-boy festival so there was probably 99.9% dudes there! I came up on a sexy lil momma from Hong Kong (it used to be run by the British) and Special K was like "daaamn man, you Lucky..from now on I'm gonna call you Lucky"! I was like "hmmm, ok Lucky I am".
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<br />What is "Intelligent hip hop you could dance to. (if you could dance)?"
<br />That is the definition of the music my crew makes. I does not mean intelligent in the super scientifical sense. It means highly skilled writers & poets making music that is bumping plus knocking and saying raps that might fly over the head of a extremely ignorant individual. At the same time though, when played at high volume could cause a hood rat to dance.
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<br />You have a wide amount of influences in your music, do you think it opens yourself to make music that hasn't been made "Hip-Hop" before?
<br />Of course it does. It makes you a bit less afraid to climb outta the box a lot Hip-Hop purist wanna trap you in. You tend to push ye old envelope a bit more. ie. Andre 3000
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<br />What is LegendaryMusic.net?
<br />That is the Living Legends crew website address. You get bio's, videos, pics, show information, a messge board open for kids to tell us they love us or they like our old shit better. And much more.
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<br />Are you trying to stay Indie, or is the Major Label route the way you're looking?
<br />We are trying to stay busy & relevant, and happy making music and handling music business. I wouldn't say we are looking for a major deal but we would be open for a good deal. Like a dump truck full of money and creative control...shit, we would sign today.
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<br />You have a long list a collaborations, who do you work with you feel you work best?
<br />I like the songs we have made with Pep Love of Hiero(to me he is our long lost group member) and I like making music that involves Madlib.. hopefully there will be a Legends album produced entirely produced by him in the near future(fingers crossed).
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<br />I see on your page you have shows coming up, what can people expect from your shows?
<br />High energy, we actually move around when we rap! Fun.. stage presence, great rapping ability, lots of affordable merchandise to purchage at a low, only at the concert prices. Also Girls have the chance for after hours extra credit.
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<br />You've toured all around the world, what's the best and worst experience? Ever boo'ed off the stage.
<br />Have not been boo'ed off of a stage anywhere on earth. But one time I was off on some shrooms during a show in Japan and I threw up at the back of the stage during the show, then I wiped my mouth and continued rapping. What's the best experiance? I dunno, there are so many... One time after a show in Sydney, Australia I went out to a club with a dj from out there and met a beautiful Colombian girl who I almost married.
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<br />What you think of the internet and music?
<br />It's wonderful, people get to find out if albums are full of shit before they get fooled into buying them because of a hot single or big promotion. ALSO people without huge promotional bucks can build decent internet followings. And without the internet and music this interview would not exisist.
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<br />You think of MySpace's Music promotion(MySpace featured you)?
<br />I have nothing but LOVE for Myspace. Rosyln has our back over there. Living Legends was featured as well. I LOVE HER!!! Myspace music is dope BUT it has opened the flood gates for a lot of shitty music! All these fools constantly saying/posting, yo check out page and blah,blah,blah... you rarely discover a gem like that.. Honestly I have only heard one good artist on MySpace that I have not heard of before.. But I know a lot of music. When I got my feature I had people writing me expressing that they just found me so it's all good. I guess..it's a new era "the good Myspace music scenesters" vs. "the wanna-be myspace musicians!" protect your ears people.
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<br />Thanks man for the interview, anything you like to say before we part?
<br />LuckyIamPSC @ MySpace.com peace,
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<br />Lucky!
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<br />Got tricked by the smoke and the screen it seems
<br />Hollywood ain't really all that it seems
<br />With my team at the El Rey and y'all know how we play
<br />A show with the fellowship we ripped and skipped
<br />To the Hyatt minus the dips
<br />We on a road trip over all the bullshit
<br />Glamour and the glitz
<br />I wish we never had to go through what happened next
<br />But history repeats itself
<br />And I've been used to getting dissed
<br />If wishes ever come true, this is one I entertained
<br />Mr. BDP requested meeting of the gang (double L)
<br />Over to the office we proceeded
<br />Hype and curious about what he needed
<br />Greeted by pounds and hugs major love
<br />Next came the pitch on how we supposed to sign up
<br />"Get under the wing" Rap City/MTV
<br />All them things that momma and my sister want to see for me
<br />Next scene performing at a club
<br />For the label that he runs
<br />We supposed to sign up
<br />Put us up in the Holiday Inn on Highland
<br />We do the show everybody drunk and smiling
<br />Leak out the info that we ‘bout to sign it
<br />But little did we know that the Blastmaster's lying
<br />Another chapter in this book called the Legends
<br />Everything ain't never what it seems and that's forever
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<br />Now if it's cool in moderation
<br />I found a way to pace it
<br />I made it more acceptable my life and I ace it
<br />I'm faded on occasion an abrasion to the clean cut
<br />Blend it with my normal way of life and now I seem stuck
<br />Even when I'm not blue I'm focused and I thank you
<br />For opening that part of my brain I couldn't break through
<br />Even though it's illegal while consuming
<br />I participate in dangerous activities I'm dooming
<br />My future longevity heavenly prospect
<br />I think I have a good heart, I'd say I had a late start
<br />People in my family have fallen to addiction
<br />It's a mission uncontrollable you can't take the friction
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<br />P to the S to the C
<br />By request to be fresh equals how I rap on sequence
<br />With 16 bar verses and very little curses
<br />And an aptitude for chorus that makes me quite important
<br />At your service
<br />I'm ready, kinda nervous but I'm ready
<br />But first I gotta please me and I've mastered that believe me
<br />It's easy!
<br />5 finger romance with the mic hand
<br />Stand back, I'll bust in your in face cuz I planned that
<br />I ban rap artists who consider they selves the hardest
<br />Regardless of the make up I always slice the cake up
<br />Ya edible, icing, enticing to my eyesight
<br />But everything that glitters ain't gold, you best to come tight
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Pep Love made his recording debut on Casual's 1993 release, Fear Itself. The Prose released their debut album, The Shamen, in 1993. The album featured appearances from Hiero members, Del tha Funkee Homosapien and Casual. Pep Love released his solo debut album, Ascension in 2001 and Ascension Side C in 2003, through the Hieroglpyphics' self-owned, independent label, Hieroglyphics Imperium Recordings. He also contributed significantly to both of the Hieroglyphics' studio albums, 3rd Eye Vision in 1998, and Full Circle in 2003.<br /><br /><object height="162" width="200"><br /> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never"><br /> <param name="allowNetworking" value="internal"><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UeJCCYKefdY&hl=en&fs=1"><br /> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="never" allownetworking="internal" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UeJCCYKefdY&hl=en&fs=1" wmode="transparent" height="162" width="200"></embed><br /></object><br /><br />Dear T.A.M.I., my heart bleeds for you<br />Words on a page, my calm and my rage<br />Beauty that's undescribed, we coincide in one vibe<br />Given the rhythm that makes me come alive<br />And I, been thinkin about this for awhile<br />When I mention my love for you, feelin like a child inside<br />Fortified by the image of your face<br />See she's the one that sat a nigga down and laced me<br />I remember you, as a little girl<br />Daddy was gone, had never been in your world<br />Mother was strugglin, three jobs jugglin<br />You seemed oblivious, like it wasn't nothin<br />T.A.M.I. shine with the brilliance<br />Bounce with resilience<br />Work with the cards that you dealt with<br />Life was hard, and I was too young to see<br />You had a crush on me, that was dumb to me<br />I just wanted to run the streets<br />Holla at the ho's, drink fo' oh's<br />But when I take a moment and think<br />I sink into the ink and begin imaginin<br />Her strength and how it's makin me weak<br />I never thought I would've thought it was me<br />But when I, close my eyes and get a vision of love<br />She's all that I see<br />Ghetto diamond, free from confinement<br />Sparks in my mind lit flames in my heart, the part that is<br /><br />T.A.M.I., the only one that understand me<br />(All for you, it's really all for you)<br />Days and nights I count away, she remind me<br />(All for you, it's really all for you)<br />Of dreams and things my inspiration brings into a world so crazy<br />(All for you, it's really all for you)<br /><br />I look in your eyes and see a woman risin<br />All the guys been, tryin ta get between ya thighs<br />And true lies they tell, what your innocence hides<br />They never would've never guessed, you were so wise<br />I feel blessed to be able to see the part of you that's more special<br />I remember the stress, you passed the test<br />Plus you never needed to fuss through the strife and toil<br />You taught me how to keep my head high, now my life is yours<br />And I apologize for the things I did to cause you pain<br />I SPEAK not these words in vain, my days and nights<br />Are spent tryin ta put my name in lights<br />Convinced mommy raised me right<br />It only makes sense that you would be the one for me<br />I know you been with others but you savin some for me<br />You ain't mine, I would never try to contain you<br />Let you shine, and with this I put it all on the line<br />I find that it's<br /><br />At night we take flight<br />On into the morning to the day's first light<br />We blaze the purple haze, count the ways<br />The world rotates and stays crazy<br />But never faze me, we travel the maze<br />Gaze at the stars, lust and expensive cars<br />Material dreams, results of extensive scars<br />Nobody, knows but you when the doors are closed<br />My wars unfold, and few these stories told<br /><br />Dear T.A.M.I., my heart bleeds for you<br />Words on a page, my calm and my rage<br />Beauty that's undescribed, we coincide in one vibe<br />Given the rhythm that makes me come alive<br />And I, been thinkin about this for awhile<br />When I mention my love for you, feelin like a child inside<br />Fortified by the image of your face<br />See she's the one that sat a nigga down and laced me<br />I remember you, as a little girl<br />Daddy was gone, had never been in your world<br />Mother was strugglin, three jobs jugglin<br />You seemed oblivious, like it wasn't nothin<br />T.A.M.I. shine with the brilliance<br />Bounce with resilience<br />Work with the cards that you dealt with<br />Life was hard, and I was too young to see<br />You had a crush on me, that was dumb to me<br />I just wanted to run the streets<br />Holla at the ho's, drink fo' oh's<br />But when I take a moment and think<br />I sink into the ink and begin imaginin<br />Her strength and how it's makin me weak<br />I never thought I would've thought it was me<br />But when I, shut my eyes and get a vision of love<br />She's all that I see<br />Ghetto diamond, free from confinement<br />Sparks in my mind lit flames in my heart, the part that is<br /><br /><object height="162" width="200"><br /> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never"><br /> <param name="allowNetworking" value="internal"><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-0mB59n0zBA&hl=en&fs=1"><br /> 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twenty hits<br />The water is freezing but the tide<br />Brings the cool ocean breeze when it's hot outside<br />We got mountainous terrain, valleys and hot springs<br />A beauty that's boundless<br />Cali contains the city of angels, it's big and bold<br />LA is the real deal but all that glitters is not gold<br />And yo, we got some real hard hitters up in Frisco<br />We got some real hard hitters in the East O<br />We got some real hard hitters in ??Vallayo??<br />We got some real hard hitters in the bay, yo<br />Street veterans and defiant giants<br />Cowboys are us, kickin up dust in riots<br />Plus when we get busy we be ready to bust the revolution<br />And get it on like Hughey P. Newton<br />South Central and Watts rebellions<br />Speakin of off the hook, we wrote the book<br />You can tell when you party with us<br />You don't want to start it with us<br />You might get touched with an adrenaline rush<br /><br />And now we travel down highway 101, the scenic route<br />Perceiving the beautiful things that you might dream about<br />When you think of California, the landscape will perform for ya<br />Visions will take shape, I'm warnin ya<br />Livin here's addictive, and it shakes 7.7 on the Richter<br />Earthquakes and for heaven's sakes it takes<br />A pioneering spirit to face the West<br />Finesse, pride and grace wouldn't hurt a bit<br />Show me something immortal, we'll murder it<br />Show me something dead, we'll it to life and further it<br />On it's path, and you don't even know the half<br />We innovative natives and the way that we live's fast, life<br />That's right, sunset trippin and get caught slippin at night<br />You might fall victim to one of these wannabe G's<br />That run the streets, defined by<br />Living with their Third Eyes blind, why<br />California penal facilities exist to get<br />Bigger and bigger so the crime persist<br />And it don't stop or cease, it only increase<br />Fuck the cops, this hip hop shit controls the streets<br />Of the Golden State, I'm a proud resident<br />And when I'm old and gray, I'ma still represent this<br />Coast line, and toast the ??napper?? valley grind<br />It's some of the finest, and gets better with time<br /><br />Uh, uh<br />Beautiful women and unlimited fun<br />From Mexico, all the way to Oregon<br />And it don't stop until we see, B.C.<br />Canada bud is plentiful, but it ain't easy<br />To get across the border and it'll cost you more than a little<br />If you've ever been caught doing any criminal<br />Activity in the States, Seattle got ganja too<br />So if you can't pay then stay<br />And kick it up in Washington<br />Where the mushrooms grow in the morning dew<br />And I'm watching from a bird's eye view<br />Up in the Sky Needle having dinner with a winner<br />Feeling fly like freedom<br />Enhanced, by the ???? in my system<br />Advance, by what I know I hear when I listen<br />Enchanted wisdom, of the land<br />And the West Coast is host to the everlasting plan<br /><br /><object height="162" width="200"><br /> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never"><br /> <param name="allowNetworking" value="internal"><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wDuDrxAbgKM&hl=en&fs=1"><br /> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="never" allownetworking="internal" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wDuDrxAbgKM&hl=en&fs=1" wmode="transparent" height="162" width="200"></embed><br /></object><br /><br /><object height="162" width="200"><br /> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never"><br /> <param name="allowNetworking" value="internal"><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/k729U5AMIKI&hl=en&fs=1"><br /> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="never" allownetworking="internal" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/k729U5AMIKI&hl=en&fs=1" wmode="transparent" height="162" width="200"></embed><br /></object><br /><br /><br /><p><img src="http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/28/l_f35a371b63ce4b219eb6e5e063e1db67.jpg" height="700" width="400" /></p>Speak Your Mind Music Festival (Reno, NV)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06031442342464076941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352729314755142782.post-13130132805961556412009-01-19T01:06:00.000-08:002009-02-07T21:26:31.519-08:00METAPHYSICAL "Speak Your Mind" Video Interview<object height="344" width="425">
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<br /><p><b><big>SAGE FRANCIS</big></b></p>
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<br />Born Paul Francis in 1977 in Miami, FL, Sage Francis spent most of his youth in Providence, RI. Interested in the poetic side of rap, Francis has been rhyming since age eight, later winning the Superbowl Battle in Boston in 1999 and the Scribble Jam in Cincinnati in 2000 and 2001 (the last under the name of his "metal" alter ego, Xaul Zan). After graduating from Dean College in Massachusetts with an A.A. in communications and from the University of Rhode Island-Kingston with a B.A. in journalism (where he started the now-defunct group Art Official Intelligence), Francis worked on releasing his solo records. Always an outspoken and political rapper and a strict vegetarian, he started the Sick Of series in 2000 on his independent Strange Famous Records with Still Sick...Urine Trouble, and continued with Sick of Waiting Tables (2001), Sick of Waging War (from 2002, and containing the single "Makeshift Patriot," recorded exactly one month after the September 11 attacks on New York), and Sickly Business (2004). He also released one album on Anticon in 2002, Personal Journals, and was signed in 2004 as the first rap artist on Epitaph Records, which issued his highly anticipated A Healthy Distrust in 2005. Two years later he was working with composer/trumpeter Mark Isham on the soundtrack for Pride and Glory starring Edward Norton. Two tracks from these session ended up on Francis' own 2007 full-length, Human the Death Dance. Sage Francis is one half of the Non-Prophets (Joe Beats is the producer and DJ), who first recorded the 12" Drop Bass/Bounce/I Keep Calling on their friend's Emerge Records in 1999. A full-length album on Lax Records, Hope, came out in 2004. Marisa Brown, All Music Guide
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<br />When I first got into magic it was an underground phenomenon
<br />Now everybody's like pick a card, any card
<br />If I shot my full load with the first hand I played
<br />I'd be a monkey in a box
<br />Hangin' with the David Blaines
<br />I'd be swimming with the sharks
<br />Smiles full of razor blades
<br />But I'm not
<br />I got outta that game
<br />Escape Artist
<br />I talked till I'm red in my face
<br />With strange califs
<br />I rocked till I'm outta my range
<br />Then raised octaves
<br />I played through the pain
<br />And remained conscious
<br />Refraining from commenting on the lame compliments
<br />And the petty criticisms from those who ain't accomplished
<br />Even one-fifths of some of this shit
<br />I made progress with
<br />I'm leavin' naysayers stumped like rain forests
<br />After years of pullin' rabbit ears out my pants pockets
<br />I'm not revealing any tricks of the trade
<br />Its just there ain't no magic in the break down baby
<br />
<br />In an effort to make them more secret I find in my life I decided to give them a look
<br />Now I'm givin' them a glimpse and I guess I'm sittin' in the middle of an unread book
<br />Letters are falling apart but the sentencess end and run of the wording is permanent
<br />Never been missed
<br />Suckers been missed
<br />What did you miss
<br />Interpreted is
<br />Funny I'm serving the sentence of solitary confinement
<br />Results in a death sentence and still I'm a running assignment
<br />I'm just wondering where my time went
<br />It pulled a disappearing act
<br />And every single assistant I ever had got stored in half
<br />
<br />Cause see I never payed attention but I can't afford to laugh (word?)
<br />Cause I'm lookin' through my book
<br />And an autograph from my cats (Ok)
<br />And I'm short on staff
<br />So all I ask is volunteers from the crowd
<br />Show a little bit of audience participation now!
<br />When I say hip (what do I say)
<br />You, you say shut the fuck up we ain't sayin' shit
<br />And I'll respect it (yes!)
<br />Check it
<br />In a flair for the dramatic exit
<br />A fashoinable entrance late to my own arraignment
<br />(Oh) The self-destructive things that I do for entertainment
<br />My folks gave me this art
<br />You're broken heart is my pallet
<br />While I was out honin' my craft
<br />You were disownin' your talent
<br />Cause while you still live at home
<br />And I bought this house off my parents (uhh)
<br />I'm gettin' ahead of myself (I'm gettin' ahead of myself)
<br />I see the hair on my back (I see the hair on my back)
<br />I'm On the Road reading Kerouac
<br />His poems versus better raps
<br />I think to myself (I think to myself)
<br />What's worth remembering
<br />Versus defending
<br />The size of my manhood
<br />Or confessional canned goods
<br />
<br />In an effort to make them more secret I find in my life I decided to give them a look
<br />Now I'm givin' them a glimpse and I guess I'm sittin' in the middle of an unread book
<br />Letters are falling apart but the sentencess end and run of the wording is permanent
<br />Never been missed
<br />Suckers been missed
<br />What did you miss
<br />Interpreted is
<br />But none of this is gettin' told in confidence I reckon
<br />I spin confidential records just to hold the listeners attention
<br />
<br />I'm a veteran of spacial relationships
<br />I clip your wings to fit you in
<br />Headshrinking magician
<br />Shapeshifting reptilian
<br />Turned body contortionist
<br />Orphanages started offering tortures to abortion clinics (abortion clinics)
<br />I lost aquantances
<br />And a morgue of lady friends
<br />I gender bent the heaven sent angelic devil boy
<br />Good Gods adrogenous
<br />I'm lookin' marvelous
<br />But looks can kill
<br />And they're unsure about my sexual orientation still
<br />Put me in a special kind of case that only breaks if
<br />You hit it with a bouqet of flowers and baby breath arrangement
<br />The vault is vacant
<br />And they're all looking for phone call blame
<br />I called my agent
<br />The moment that I caught the train
<br />I let him know that I'm goin' nowhere
<br />He's invited
<br />If he leaves tonight then he might just help me find it
<br />But this is my burden to bear
<br />Not his
<br />And I'm a psychic without a sidekick
<br />Holding the future hostage
<br />A loose cannon standing on the rooftop with
<br />A new respect and understanding of bartenders and locksmiths
<br />They call me daredevil
<br />But I'm not precise enough
<br />Unprofessional
<br />On an amature level
<br />I love my life too much
<br />
<br />Escape Artist
<br />I'm in two places at once
<br />Escape Artist
<br />But I ain't slept in months
<br />Escape Artist
<br />Just tryin' to get away
<br />But there ain't no magic in the breakdown baby
<br />
<br />Ain't no magic in the breakdown baby
<br />No magic in the break
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<br />I was sweet on her
<br />She was sweet on Jesus
<br />We slept with a blanket barrier between us
<br />Master of her craft, I had her laughin like hyenas
<br />When I asked her if she'd marry an elitist
<br />Staggering genius in lace
<br />With the grace of a drunken monk
<br />The mask isn't seamless cause her face says something's up
<br />But I don't dare ask her I just listen
<br />Switchin to my good ear and adjusting my position
<br />As she discusses Ginsberg I listened and learned
<br />As she dispersed his words I just resisted the urge to do like he would
<br />Whatever he wanted, if she allowed me to
<br />She dangled that carrot then asked me:
<br />"What would Bukowski do?"
<br />Oh don't go there
<br />He'd make you his mom and then completely lie about it in a book later on
<br />
<br />Spirits were lifted when she whispered something French in my ear
<br />Tension was there
<br />When I responded in English it sounded less sincere
<br />The sex in the air couldn't be left alone
<br />So welcome to the Terrordome
<br />A bedroom full of pheromones
<br />Where nothing that we say is set in stone
<br />If I thought it was for posterity I'd already be writing better poems
<br />But I'm talking in extremes
<br />Best this and best that
<br />Best not regret anything that ever gets said to this hell cat
<br />Creepin on all fours
<br />Ready for combat
<br />With secretive wars sneaking her claws in our contract
<br />Bending every which way but loose with no proof that anything that we've suggested to this day is the whole truth
<br />
<br />I heard her chemical romance was a medical slowdance
<br />Said my advance was sexual
<br />Held my genitals with cold hands
<br />Set up the Coke cans
<br />Broke out the Red Ryder
<br />Then one by one I tried to knock down everything that's dead inside her
<br />She used to treat street dividers like a balance beam
<br />Arms spread wider than the legs in her dad's magazine
<br />Re-enacting the pages that she got trapped between
<br />I used it for kindling and then spilled the gasoline
<br />Now I'm your water boy
<br />I fetch it from your cheeks just like tennis balls
<br />Smell the stench of your weakness on the bedroom walls
<br />Somebody careless let em vaporize
<br />"Who let these fall to the floor from your poor vacant eyes?"
<br />Disintegrate
<br />This ain't a great first impression
<br />But I work better on pages, they say words are my profession
<br />Let me spell it out in simple language
<br />Plain English
<br />I want your suicide to be a book of mine that I never finish
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