One of the best movies that you have never heard about.

J.R. Smith is disrespecting this jersey.  If you must wear the number of a legend, please show up to play every single night. And play hard!!!

Just when I thought it wasn’t much to amuse me, I was proved wrong and made a liar.

Only in Detroit will you see something like this….What fruit does it come from?

“They ask me what I’m writing for. I’m writing to show you what we fighting for.” -Kweli-

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RIP J DILLA!

BBC Radio 1 have made an audio documentary on the late, great producer J Dilla. It’s only available for six more days, so listen to it while you can. Here is the description:

It’s a name you might not recognize — but you’ll certainly know his music… James Dewitt Yancey, Jay Dee or more commonly known as J Dilla, is one of hip hop’s most influential producers and artists, but his genius was cut short at 32 after battling the incurable blood disease, lupus.

As part of the Gone Too Soon series, Benji B presents this 1Xtra story celebrating the incredible music J Dilla created during his lifetime which includes tracks for Janet Jackson, Busta Rhymes, Tribe Called Quest, The Roots, The Pharcyde and De La Soul to name but a few.

Through interviews with Plug 2 from De La Soul, Mos Def, Questlove from The Roots, Common, Erykah Badu, Busta Rhymes, J.Rocc, Slum Village members T3 and Wajeed, his brother Illa J and his incredible mum, Ma Dukes, we learn about how he made those beats, what he was like as a person and the legacy he left behind. Benji also pays his own tribute to the man he knew for almost ten years and is his favourite producer of all time.

“They say a record ain’t nothing if its not touching, gripping, draw you in closer and make you wanna listen to it, and if you’re real ill at making music, the listener will feel like they living through it.”  -Black Thought- from the Legendary Roots Crew

1. Work on one thing at a time until finished.
2. Start no more new books, add no more new material to “Black Spring.”
3. Don’t be nervous. Work calmly, joyously, recklessly on whatever is in hand.
4. Work according to Program and not according to mood. Stop at the appointed time!
5. When you can’t create you can work.
6. Cement a little every day, rather than add new fertilizers.
7. Keep human! See people, go places, drink if you feel like it.
8. Don’t be a draught-horse! Work with pleasure only.
9. Discard the Program when you feel like it—but go back to it next day. Concentrate. Narrow down. Exclude.
10. Forget the books you want to write. Think only of the book you are writing.
11. Write first and always. Painting, music, friends, cinema, all these come afterwards.

The truth!!!