When figures does not matter!

Waddup camaraderie,
I gotta totally disagree when ya'all say UK hip hop comes below the American rap scene.. I got solid reasons for that ever since I've been bumping to grime, gritty and glitch hip hop tracks. Well many of ya'all would have a different opinion on this since somewhat grime would be synonymously mistaken for crunk. It vibrates differently on ear drums- :)

Despite those thick accents, heavy basses, unorganized drums and off your average rap grid lyrics, I came across this cat called Devlin. When i googled more about this emcee's whereabouts, I discovered that he is indeed heavily linked with US rapper Eminem. Nope not D12, Shady Records and Dre's camp, but some lyrical conflicts and collaborations. Those two statements would be heaven's and earth distance since I failed to obtain much feed about this. There is a recorded freestyle involving both emcees, but am yet to validate its presence. Whatever it is, both emcees are multi-syllabic and uses creative wordplays on short stanza.

I'm tipping Devlin to plunge out of the scene globally surpassing your hip hop norms since UK is delivering a 'salvation' to those in sense of rap ailment. Devlin would define himself as a "Giant" on Youtube. Move with the words and the 8-mile like video since this is definitely UK's finest grime artist...

Outstanding lines from here would be

I got this feeling/ when i stand up i gotta bend my neck - so that my cranium doesn't touch the ceiling//

Guess my size is overwhelming/ You don't posses the power to fight monsters like Van Helsing//

Stand up, put your F'in hands up...
MCN

'Krave' for more GTA via Rap!

Whats good world! Those in Malaysia who already got my Fresh Tapes mixtape recently would reckon that i shortlisted loads of dope acts from around the globe. Far in Europe-Netherlands, I came across this emcee called MC Kravens now known as Dr.Kravens. I'd skip about the track we made together for another post. I recently came across his post on his Facebook about GTA... Yes right, I's talking about Grand Theft Auto, your ghetto getaway. This emcee actually made an unofficial video of the game out of his console and arranged a pretty cool video out of it. Wonder why does this have around 140,000 plays?



This track brings me back to the days of Tupac Shakur banging on Dre's beats. This is merely off Kraven's usual style apart from the rhyming method. This proves his versatility. Nuff said.. Listen, share and respect!!

If ya'all try taking an extra effort browsing Kraven's videos, you would smile to a Coke. I'm promoting and representing!! More Videos and more efforts from this lad!

P/S: Im not encouraging ya'all to practice GTA in real life. Don't go blaming my blog if ya'all hit them cops or somethin ait!! but yet..............


GTA is a G Thang!
MCN

Yaeno still smooth swagging on THR Raaga charts

My man Mobfigga from BL.Inc just hit up with dem good news about Yaeno still kicking it hardcore on them THR Raaga charts. This track is Tamil language and you could check their position here.

I've known Mobfigga and his characteristic hoarse tonsil ripping on tracks through his works with BL Inc. But up to my surprise, Mob came mellow and relaxed on this track summing up to the feel of the track!!!

This track was literally distributed on facebook by my man and White Noize Production Studio months ago, and I had my hear on this creative production. I love the way they manifested the auto-tune pluggin on this song. This is beautifully arranged and mixed

Track Details:
Produced by Mobfigga | Composed by Mobfigga, Zalee & Ram Nath
Written by Mobfigga | Recorded @ Whitenoise by Mobfigga & Zalee 
Mixed by Zalee @ Whitenoise

Mobfigga, Zalee & Ram Nath-  Yaeno(Free Download)
Get connected with Whitenoise Production Studio on Facebook

All I'm asking is, download this free track and do drop your love on them charts if ya'all feel its worthy. I think you should :)

Listening,
MCN

8 bit music, what is it about?

Afternoon world!

Well it doesn't matter if I just woke up, coz  I only have till this Sunday till I start work again. Anyways Yesterday I was chilling, at Roger's Lounge, Bandung. Watched my boys Cronik and Purna Undead spin Drum N Bass plus Dub Steps all night long. Prior to leaving, I spoke up with my mate who is currently representing Bandung in the 8 bit music scene. What is an 8-bit music??

I remember those days when I was 4 or 5 years old, when my dad presented me my 1st set of microgenius game console. I had tons of cartridges and loads of games to bump to. All we had on our joysticks were four buttons at the right to navigate our moves and another four sorted alphabetically on the left for the fancy stuff. I couldn't complain back then since I enjoyed Contra, Street Fighter and Super Mario on the 2D platform.Years later, in this era where games are available on mobiles, PSPs and such I yet again came across with microgenius. This time around it was the music part of it being made into modern day ear candy. trust me, i was stunned the 1st time I heard this, but soon  I was all good.

According to wikipedia, 8-bit refers to a style of electronic music inspired (and performed) by the sound of old computer consoles from the 8 bit era of video games. This also cross breeds with chiptune or chip music where you can expand your reading here.

This group I know in Bandung, is called Robochip and I've seen them performing life with Nintendos and mixers during hip hop gigs and such. Fadli who is one of the personnel from this outfit shared with me a free goodie from his crates and I guess it's time ya'all had your ears do the screening as well.

Download this 8-bit and Drum N Bass mash up - My Stuck (my first and try dnb)
Get connected to Robochip via http://myspace.com/robochip

I was partying to DnB last night, but this tune somewhat got me thinking...

Could I succumb a rap on 8bit??? I'd just have to figure it out myself soon!!

8-bitting,
MCN

Potentialz- Verbal Guillotine

Whats happening fam,

I was shuffling my winamp playlist when I came across this old-school Malaysian rap track, guess I better write about it before i loose my ideas!

Years ago, when www.bazement.net forum was still up, I was part of the community. This was indeed the place where new artistes dropped their demos and singles. These were uncut, dirty and RAW. despite all the critics and such this place was good in terms of the presence of the scene on the internet and a spot for sharing ideas. skills, productions and such.

I came across this emcee from the far north side of Malaysia(Penang) called Potentialz. Most of ya'all who bump to THR Raaga would smile about since he is familiar with Psychomantra's track on the radios called, Sirayin Vaalkai boldy translated from Tamil to English to yield 'Jail Life'. What brings me to dig my crates and post this is of course the track Verbal Guillotine. With Nas's vox sample from Automatic Combat Pistol and a Japanese feel on the beat, the emcee nailed the best wordplay to a relaxed flow. Of course there wasn't any choruses to follow since it depicts the emcee's style.

This track was underrated years back ad still is, but personally, it is one of my favorites when it comes to lyricism in Malaysia.

This captivated me for real -

im so ill i suck the cancer out of Richard Boeken/
i'll leave your close casket wide open/

I've attached the lyrics in this post together with Potentialz's Myspace and the song link. Listen to it and get connected to this player.

Potentialz- Verbal Guillotine

Potentialz (Myspace)

Ladies and gentlemen this is Potentialz, RAW

Verse 1.

watch my pen bless this verse with murder ink/
i'll blind you in a blink of an eye so that
you'll never flinch/
bleach my features and take the spot under lime-
light/
and stack corned-beef in-between D12 and Royce
the 5'9/
your plight is my pleasure/
poetic fractions of undiscovered paragraphs are
my treasure/
i blast in both ways like double speakers when
i spit this shit/
I break your fist with brick hard enough to
split your wrist/
its the blissfull black kid wrappin emcees up
in plastic/
you know how drastic I get in flesh kid/
Im tighther than those books that you kept
under your armpit/
Im lyrically armed with despiteful vicious
tongue/

Verse 2.

I disclose the bomb on my palm with Saddam/
in less than few yards i planned to drop unless
you call it enough/
malicious mind deeper than coal mine/
I'll pass you the hook like candyman when you
call my name 3 times/
but till then let me expand my verses with
extended rehearses/
the blood thirst vampire curses/
i keep the motion disturbed in this minus one
with add verbs/
like apples emcees tries to bite me you f***ing
assholes/
my written sh*** and spoken will leave your
eardrums broken/
im so ill i suck the cancer out of Richard
Boeken/
i'll leave your close casket wide open/
and take a piss at the host approach the God
then Im ghost/
it goes on like porn flicks till i cum on the
set/
rhymes on the track at the same time pay
respect to the blacks/
now catch me wreck this microphone in half/
my flows surpass your glass now quit being an
ass/

Finally I'd love to hear this emcee drop a solo project and by all means I'm speaking as a fan! I'm beginning to loose this kind of feel now days, my bad!

Verbal Guillotining,
MCN

Blog comment's and Disqus

What's happening world,

I previously wrote about Glee which made me to think that I recently adopted the Disqus comments system to opt my Google blog comment system. What is Disqus, well in simple words, this is an application u can apply to your blog templates across blogger, Wordpress and Joomla to make it much more savvy for cross posting.. still not convinced?...

Imagine having a reader come across your post but he/she does not have those blog accounts to log in and post a comment apart from being anonymous and posting with an open ID. Disqus has brought apart a system which integrates Facebook, Yahoo, Twitter, Open Id and of course Disqus itself for your comments. A person who's current;y on Facebook for instance would be able to post comments using their Facebook ID. It's that simple, but wait, the best part comes next, when they have the option to share their posts on their walls.... pretty helpful I reckon.

I previously was not convinced since it deleted my Google comments but then, u could save and import your comments in their import comment options. It would somewhat que your prior comments but this would not take all day long. And you can moderate the comments on Disqus itself! So it's time get your browsers and start applying it, they have simple steps and helpful tutorials in case ya'all get lost! And please feel free to comment on my posts with this new gadget. It's street yo!

I'd somewhat be writing loads of tech stuffs related to blogging in a moderate way since I'm not a pro, If any of ya'all need help - please feel free to ask, I'd try rectifying it upon my current knowledge

Hi-Tech-ing,
MCN

The Glee way to market music

What's Glee world? I was sitting at home last night switching through the cable TV whilst waiting for Pulse 2 to play on CineMax when i came across Glee. I mean, I've came across it's annoying advert a thousand time, claiming it has millions of downloads for its ringtones in Asia.

I put my judgment on Glee aside yesterday and watched the series, up to my surprise, this college/teen drama was filled with music and choreography. Brought me back to those Evita and Nightmare Before Christmas like scene's that i loved watching back then. Something that I sat through and pondered...

Just like High School Musical and such, Glee seems to be the new sex to triumph amongst serial lovers and of course music listeners, Music wise-its clean mixes with strong vocals by the singers, while the presentations were modern day dances with loads of hip hop moves integrated in it. I'm not being skeptical but believe me, I watched loads of breaks..

I caught half an hour of the show, and I was indeed taken by surprise.

Internationally, I've always been moved from the far east's effort on Afro Samurai an anime, where the scores were harmonized by RZA of Wu-Tang Clan. In Malaysia, I've came across The Rhymeweaver who has taken a different approach by constantly dropping novel like game books, quizzes and magazines and currently working on a comic apart from his rap story telling. I've also heard about loads of cats who are on the move of rising gospel rap up in the churches after sermons although I've not witnessed this with my own eyes, One of them is particularly Radically Saved according to my mate Grandpa Chronic X. Whats' Glee about this? NUTHIN!!!! It's just the approach, movement and effort these creative people make but its not sensed by the masses.

What I'm trying to point out is, an independent artist of caliber could do is.. maybe make a series of any creative idealism you have. Never a harm to try apart from the budget part being a bitch. Let's put our hard headed music style apart sometimes to experiment... Do not get me wrong, this is just a suggestion.

I've already got masses of albums and loads of underground shows to attend to, I'm wishing upon a star to view a choreographed hip hop narration and story telling with creativity. I'd love to watch live, listen, ponder and feast myself with it..

Pondering,
MCN

An apple today kept the doctor away

Good morning world, if ya'all happened to read this and ya'all are anywhere around my place, then it should only be by two means. The 1st one would be, you is sitting at home in front of your PC or whatever cyber socializing while the second would be ya'all are accessing this through your feeds/updates/mobile/blackberry and such while partying hard.

The latter brings me to this post...

I was having a ball past evening chilling at Cronik's base-camp(the place we use to kick our recordings done). We had loads to catch-up since I've been relatively busy recently when I only get to see this guys as performing counterparts on shows. So we chatted and chatted and chatted (looping!). And we hit YOUTUBE....

The interface we were using was practically Apple i-Mac and since i was enthusiastic on sharing some independent hip hop with these cats, I piloted the computer and I was INDEED having a HARD TIME with the TOUCH PAD, CURSORS, WINDOWS, SCROLLING and such... I mean u have touch pads with singular click panel-no lefts and rights(seemed like telephones with no handles), and a charger which would jump from your hand to the PC when it's approximately 4 centimeters away. I know I'm hyperbolic, my bad..

So yeah, this wasn't my first date with an i-Mac, years ago i was bumping on a apple program called Garage Band, and it earns you to be a producer with clicks away. You'd have loops of all kinds which are ready for your creative arrangement. I loved it, but i hated it at the same time coz I could basically use this only via my pals laptop.. I do not have a Mac, yet..my bad

I even found out the universal truth that Mac based interfaces project better sound quality at the constant bit-rate when compared to Windows(leaving out the sound-card variable here). I started downloading '.aiff' files to be converted to '.wav' though knowing im splicing the bit-rate... my bad but hey..im much more of a sample based producer

All these events had made me ponder today that, despite of me trying to get down with loads of 'techy' stuffs related to my music, I'm a noob when it comes to APPLE. I have my thumbs up for u guys who wud murder music production via composing, playing live and recording with a Mac. DJ E-One, you is dope!!!

Well done u kept the doctor at bay!!!

Windowing while feeling secured coz I ain't got a CMD key anywhere near my Ctrl or Alt button

MCN

Feeling This

Its gonna be afternoon soon and I'm heading for lunch but I've already got food for my head via this post. Previously I spoke about Drum N Bass but I'm going to shift it back to hip hop right now. Ive been a big fan of Nujabes, Nomak, and Ayur. These cats rip brilliant tunes on easy-listening to hardcore beats. What do they have in common apart from being in the far east? - They have what it takes to arrange a proper symphony.

As a beat-maker I'm always on the urge to find new sounds for my composition and recently i came across this post by Movemint here. I landed a listening ear, and I had my Wernicke's area on a run with rhymes.

This is ILL! coz it has Illa J and Madlib's touch to it but this has been Motion's best track that I'm digging so far. And he's a Malaysian local artist- applauds. I instantaneously recognized the reverse effects of the song and the high keyed piano's from Fruity loops(FL Studio). I would wanna to see this guy hooking up emcees with his beats and watch them murder it daylight..Nuff said



watch the video and rate it of coz

Listening,
MCN

Drum N Bass Anyone?

Morning world,

Particularly each morning before i get to work, its almost a must for me to fiddle with the net and read some news. What's a must? i NEED MUSIC vibrating my ear drums for real. I usually start my day with some instrumentals since it would somewhat gets me more active. Drum n Bass has never been any part of my morning routine. I mean, I would not wanna shift my tempo to something really fast and hard to follow. Perhaps them morning blues...

Still wondering what's DnB? Cited from Wikipedia, Drum and bass is a type of electronic dance music which emerged in the mid 1990s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats (typically between 160–190 bpm, occasional variation is noted in older compositions), with heavy bass, sub-bass lines, and occasional infra-bass lines. Drum and bass began as an offshoot of the United Kingdom rave scene of the very early 1990s. Read more here

Recently, i partied hard a local club called Innocence in Ciwalk, Bandung. I seldom get into drum n bass parties coz I have always made it a point that this should be my escapade from my music since its a contra to what I work with. DJ Scratchy proved me wrong the other night when he introduced me to various sounds of DNB that has emerged in the Indonesian drum n bass parties. Two years back i was listening drum n bass which were relatively electronic-ish.. today I'm listening pop and traditional song being repelled in... My point is, i got lifted by the music.. I was HIGH!

What brings me to this post is Rusko.Honestly i just got to know his music and I'm being and addict. The atmosphere was wicked when i heard "Cockney Thug" and it has broken my morning routine... I'm playing it purposely loud wake people up! Listen it here and perhaps BUY em! This song has the dub feel with thick British accent. After all his an English lad.

Now I'm bumping to loads of DnB artists such as Skream, Benja, Pendulum n such. The Rebel Scum has been surprising me with their DnB mixes in their underground hip hop mixtapes. The only one i know in Malaysia

Id love to hear more of this kind of music from Malaysian artists from now. Perhaps I would wanna work on DnB mixes for my next project??

Drum N Bass Anyone?

Listening,
MCN

Free Download: Music From the Depths of My Heart

I updated about this FREE MIXTAPE couple of days ago via my Facebook, but i guess I'd make use of my blogspot as well.

Who is Rhymeweaver? Why a FREE MIXTAPE? Beat it to this and ya'll would find out this is the 4th installation of the homeboys mixtape series. and yeah, its all free. If you has not recognized this young cat yet- I think it's time ya'all should. This guy is a Malaysian emcee currently doing his internship in New Zealand? (You serious mate?- well ask him yourself will ya!)

I was lucky enough to be part of the emcee's demo mixtape called Hymns of Wrath and Passion and ya'all could watch the video called "Paradise Lost" on youtube. That's right, no link for ya'all. Google us!

For now, jump to his blog, download the mixtape, spread it and such and drop him a message since the boy is in a lovey dovey mood. Mencari Cinta and Never Alone : Tetap di Sisi has been feasting my ears and its hard to get it off my playlist.

Meanwhile i can't wait to jump on another joint with the cat,spread Tha Love people,

Cheers,
MCN

Kicking It Alive

Salam sejahtera world! Just as said, Fresh Tapes blog kicks it alive today. My mind is kinda eager to talk loads of things on this single post, but guess I'd have to opt it out for the next posts ad etc.

The blogger template I'm currently using is a simple interface which has been and is being my current playground. I'd be updating the designs and all them eye-candies for ya'all from time to time yeah.

Anyways, Id like to welcome ya'all to my blog and feel free to comment and share whatever relevant on this blog. For insances, I'd love to promo struggling independent musicians, photographers, web developers, designers on my blog. so hit me up on my mail or any of my social networks, and lets see how we take it from there.

Since I'm an infant to the blogging world, do feed me with ideas and critics to make my blog a better place.

Cheers,
MCN