7.10.10 [1997]

DOM KENNEDY - 1997

-OJAY FAISON

6.23.10 [WHO DAT]

Who Dat? Who Dat?

Cole...

Fayetteville's Own, J. Cole dropped his "New Joint" Who Dat? on 106nPark

I may have missed the episode but I the whole NC was tweetin' about it so it was all good

It feels so good to see someone that has the hunger of J. Cole slowly becoming a household name because of A Star is Born, NC Radio Stations playin' his stuff and showin' him love

I can say that the first time I heard of dude was at my first real concert featuring Wale, Kooley High and Colin Munroe, in April of 09'

man that was a night...

-OJAY FAISON

6.22.10 [THE MADBURY CLUB]

The Madbury Club

something that has been advertised on many different blogs that i read on the daily basis such as The Award Tour, Street Etiquette, etc.

At first I did not understand what it was because of the way it was kept a big secret

i was like "The Madbury Club...whats that a band or something?" lol

on June 14th the website was released to the public to enjoy

over the last few days I have really been all over the blog, reading the articles and spreads from topics such as Music/Entertainment to Product Reviews by the various members of the Club

this blog/online magazine is something that will definitely blow up in months to come primarily because the writers are all very interesting individuals themselves that built their rep's through different social networks, forums, streetwear to upscale fashion heads all over the globe.

The Madbury Club will one day become just as big as Hypebeast, SlamXHype and Street Etiquette.

im sure of it...

-OJAY FAISON

6.15.10 [SUNSHINE ON ME VIDEO]

Strap Da Fu Fool

Quez Da Blockboi
& Ali

better known as Travis Porter

released a new video for Sunshine On Me off their newest mixtape Proud to Be A Problem

check it out

-OJAY FAISON

6.13.10 [THE ALCHEMIST]

over the last hour or so i've been on a trip down memory lane.

this man in the Polaroid above is The Alchemist, a producer/rapper hailing from Beverly Hills, CA.

he's not a household name such as J-Dilla, Kanye West or Primo but he is easily capable of being seen as an elite producer in the history of hip-hop production.

i decided to dedicate this post to him while i was watching Drake's Tim Westwood Freestyle which was pretty hard to watch... but anyways while scrolling through the comments many users posted to watch "Eminem's Westwood Freestyle"

and when I did, The Alchemist just happened to be the guest DJ

i could hardly pay attention what Em was bc of old ALC songs running through my head

i could remember back in about 04-05 when he dropped the album 1st Infantry when i copped it from a random bootlegger off the streets of NY and playing the CD on the busride back home and wondering how this guy hasn't really blew up yet.

Hold You Down and D-Block to QB were my favorite tracks from the album and i would play them on my lil RCA mp3 player

wow what memories

my point of this post was to just share with you one of my all-time favorite songs and hopefully make someone another Alchemist fan

Hold You Down - The Alchemist ft. Prodigy, Illahgee & Nina Sky

D-Block to QB Instrumental - The Alchemist

-OJAY FAISON

6.2.10 [GOODMUSIC]

today has been a good day for me music-wise

even though i'm about two months late about this, today while randomly scrolling through

Theo Martins blog I saw a the artwork for his newest project "You Can't Do That On Television" and decided to give it a listen. From the minute I heard Theo's signature adlib "ookayy", i knew this project was something serious. By listening to simply the first song, I could hear his progression as an artist and I can easily say that he is moving in the right direction, no doubt. This tape has a very relaxing feel and I look forward to poppin' this in while cruising in the whip.

check it out
-OJAY FAISON

5.8.10 [XV]

as promised...

my dude Rashae aka Roc cypherin wit XV and his homie

5.7.10 [SPARTAPALOOZA]

UNC-G's Spartapalooza 2010 Concert

Featuring

Big Sean

Chiddy Bang

2AMClub

XV

see the full album on facebook

add me

-OJAY FAISON

plus my boy Roc had a cypher with XV... caught the whole thing on video

its 17% finished on YouTube rightnow so watch out for the link

5.5.10 [FUNK-MASTER]

J. Cole - FunkMaster Flex Freestyle



-OJAY FAISON

4.21.10 [LEFTBACK]

my favorite rap group of all-time, Little Brother dropped its final album as a duo yesterday 42010
im really gonna miss these guys
i can still remember the first time i heard these guys spit
my ninth grade year of high school
and i was just amazed...haven't stopped listening to them since
i have EVERY single mixtape LB has put out (officially)
i have EVERY album LB has put out
so i am a real fan
i can remember bumping the Listening while trying to learning how to do frontside flips
i can remember bumping And Justus For All for the WHOLE ENTIRE SUMMER of '07
i can remember bumping Separate But Equal on many different car rides to HS
i can remember bumping Getback in the car with my mom w/ Zeina singing Dreams in the backseat

LB is arguably one of the top five groups of hip-hop to ever come out
and I look forward to listening to this final album and soaking in all the amazing lyrics Phonte and Big Pooh have put hard work into to bring us LeftBack: The ALBUM

Support Little Brother
-OJAY FAISON

3.30.10 [#fromthewestsidewithlove]

im late on the whole #fromthewestsidewithlove mixtape yess i know
but it's only bc i have NO LAPTOP to download it on therefore im nearly a week behind everyone else
but i got it on my phone now so if you got me on your bbm and my status always reads something like this "1997 - DOM KENNEDY"...
dont be surprised

DOWNLOAD HERE
#fromthewestsidewithlove
-OJAY FAISON

3.16.10 [CHANNEL SURFIN']

Theo Martins

Hip-Hop Artist & DJ

Providence, Rhode Island

University of Rhode Island Alum

http://imtheo.com

yesss i know i know, Theo's Mixtape: Channel Surfin' dropped yesterday

this is the first time i've had time to get on my laptop so i did not forget

i've been listening to him for a little over a year now, about this time i was bumpin his last mixtape The Birth which was also something serious.

soo umm check it out, im sure it won't dissapoint...i just checked it out and i always enjoy to hear him spit

its all over twitter and blogs everywhere so finding it should not be a problem

LISTEN

"its the new flavorrr the next up, Theo Martins best kept secret since the AIDS cure"

-OJAY FAISON

3.12.09 [MADE YOU LOOK]

Diggy - Made You Look Freestyle

Diggy - Made you look Freestyle (Flow Stoopid) from Diggy Simmons on Vimeo.

he's dope

JoJo...should have put him in Team BlackOut huh...

buzzworthy

-OJAY FAISON

2.25.09 [MA$E-LISTEN CLOSE]

Mase,Ma$e, Murda Ma$e, Pastor Mason Bethea

regardless of what you wanna call him...

he's back

dropped "I Do the Impossible" late 09'

in which i missed somehow but it's all good

luckily i ran past this song on hypebeast posted by CreativeBread(PushaCre)

then listen to the mixtape and its pretty dope

sitting below is my favorite track from the tape so check it out

Ma$e - Listen Close

"they say if the money aint change you,

you aint make enough,

and man have i changed,

...

hehe

...

they say when im in Beijing n's call me Myen,

when im in Mexico n's call me Mpeso,

when im out in Europe they call me Meuro,

cause i dont just buy one rose, i buy plural,

whoaa no vanity wrap"

-MA$E

kinda took me a while to get what he was saying

because he tends to slur his words when he raps

but i figured it out lmao

Listen Close

-OJAY FAISON

2.2.10 [CELEBRITY LOOK-ALIKE]

Celebrity Look-Alike: Mickey Factz

my people from Durham would probably most def. think I look like this guy

but since I been on A&T's campus i've probably wore my contacts for only abt a week

i know a few people don't know who Mickey Factz is

so thats what the purpose of this post

remember the song "Rockin N Rollin" with the Cool Kids on it?

yeah that was him, he was the one that recored the original song

he was in the XXL Magazines: Top 10 Freshman 2009 Issue

with Wale, Asher Roth, B.o.B, Charles Hamilton, Curren$y, Cory Gunz, Blu, KiD CuDi & Ace Hood

i'll leave you with this freestyle at POW Radio

"im so ahead of my time im going back to the future without a Delorean"

-OJAY FAISON

1.21.10 [JAY ELECT.]

Jay Electronica

in twitter trending topic terms is very #underrated

after watching the 47sec snippet of this video...i was left speechless

soo artistic, soo dope

Exhibit A (produced by Just Blaze)

directed by Jason Goldwatch

-OJAY FAISON

12.20.09 [LEGENDARY]

well many heard of the amazing collabo of Jay Electronica X Mos Def X Talib Kweli X J. Cole all on one track via twitter

i finally youtube'd the song to take a listen

here's the footy of Kweli playing the song at some event

J. Cole's verse starts at 4:36 for those of you only interested in him

-OJAY FAISON

*Space Jam Update- I will not be purchasing them...due to a lack of cash

most likely i'll be getting some other sneakers that are doper :)

12.4.09 [ROAD TiLL THE CASKET DROP]

the Clipse came to A&T to promote for "Road Till the Casket Drops"

signed a couple of autographs

you know i had to get mines...

groupies kill me tho, takin' pic's wit them because they're celebrities

bc ppl like me have been on them since "We Got it for Cheap" and the old Clinton Sparks tapes

but ill let that rest...

kinda blurry...the Curve couldn't sustain all the commotion lol

-OJAY FAISON

11.19.09 [DENNY'S CHILLIN]

you cant take rapper's nowhere,

the workers looked like they had never seen black ppl before

i love these guys

-OJAY FAISON

9.10.09 [KID CUDI-ENTER GALACTIC]

New Cudderrrrrr

album drops on September 15th

i will def. be at FYE to coppp

Moon Man

-OJAY FAISON