"Stilltown Vol. II"

2010 is already jumpin' off with music in the indie Pittsburgh scene. Make sure you check out for some of the city's shinest artists and take a listen to "STILLTOWN VOL. II", which features a couple songs from yours truly & my brother Living Proofe (Classic1824).

http://stilltown.blogspot.com/2010/02/stilltown-vol-ii.html

"Food Clothing Shelter"

I want to send shout outs to Ivory the Human Hustle, DJ Karazmatik & Miss DIG, at 92.1fm WPTS in Pittsburgh for the interview and airplay. I'll come back anytime! Much love to everyone who was tunin' in and supports the show! Hip Hop Meltdown in this mofo!

Tambien...

Check out my single "Poor People" featuring my brother from another mother 'Living Proofe' off of the new double mix cd coming out of Atlanta's underground. Much appreciation goes out to Kalonji and everyone involved with the creation and furthering of this project. It's great to see such a conglomerate of emcee's delivering more hardcore consciousness to the people. For information about the project you can click the link below:


http://happilynaturalday.com/blog/food-clothes-shelter-double-cd/

"Yes Man"

Make sure ya'll check out the new Sha-King single "Yes Man" on Bchenk Production's new mixtape "Burgh's Very Own" available for free download at DatPiff.com-

Borikuas on the set!

Yesterday was the Puerto Rican Day Parade in Nueva York... and while I've never attended in the physical, my heart truly has always been present amidst the crowd and the festivities. Many people do not understand why we as a people are so proud, despite our colonial relationship with the United States. And while I am not particularly a fan of slapping la bandera on any and everything, I understand that it s form of protest- whether conscious of subconscious. Our immense pride and the way we display it is a social and cultural protest against the condition placed on la isla and within the mindset of it's people. We wave our flags because unbeknownst to many, once America took over the island from the Spanish, it was illegal to do so. We, as all other colonized people, suffer from the depression and mental anguish of oppression, whether we admit it or not, it leaks through many of our people's ways and actions. We continuously kindle and perpetuate our pride as a form of intoxication, attempting to drink away the pain of a so-called commonwealth or territorial status. We adorn ourselves in the Puerto flag, as a form of resistance, to remind the United States, that despite the arrest of our people's liberation and being the only Latin American countries that has not won it's own freedom, yet, we are and will always be Borikuas before we are Americans.




In tribute, here's a throw back from the 90's...




-Also, make sure you check out my post on "Los Indios" about the Puerto Rican Day Parade: www.in-dios.blogspot.com