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Video: 40 talks recording/what a lovely young man!

Sowmya K — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:06:03 +0000

Canadians really are some nice fellas. I stumbled upon (translation: was trolling Drake’s official website) this cute video with Drizzy’s bff/producer Noah “40″ Shebib. I really can’t understand the technical recording jargon he throws around, but what a lovely and inspiring scamp he is. OVOXO.

(One) of the realest shit I ever wrote/my Young Jeezy review in ‘The Source’

Sowmya K — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:15:04 +0000

I had the honor of reviewing Young Jeezy’s TM 103 in the current issue of The Source. For those keeping track at home, Sowmski is a huuuuuuuuuge fan of the Snowman. I gave the album a solid 4-mic rating.

Cop a copy (or two) of the new Source with Big Sean/Rick Ross on the cover.

Drake’s “The Motto” video or when leopard print goes horribly wrong

Sowmya K — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:13:08 +0000

…a puffy leopard print jacket is what’s hot in these streets? Sigh. At least my boo cut his ~~fur~~ hair. “The Motto” video with Lil’ Wayne and Tyga.

Drake ~ The Motto Featuring Lil Wayne & Tyga (Official Video) from OctobersVeryOwn on Vimeo.

Bestest interview ever?/snowman power #TM103

Sowmya K — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:39:39 +0000

This just might be my bestest/most favorite interview this year. I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing one of my faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaav rappers Young Jeezy for NY Mag. After joshing around with the Snowman, he revealed that Brad Pitt is a secret admirer among other gems of awesomeness. Snippet below and full interview HERE. Don’t forget to cop TM 103 in stores TODAY!

Boo + goons = best (early) birthday treat

Sowmya K — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:18:51 +0000

My homeski Jenn knows me waaaay too well. She sent me an early bday treat featuring Boo, the world’s cutest dog, as well as one of my favorite rap goons, Plies. The duality here really represents the essence of Sowmya.

Gza lectures at Harvard, snags sea monkeys + kicks it w/Junot Diaz @TheRealGZA

Sowmya K — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:02:27 +0000

This may be the greatest press release I’ve received in awhile so I just had to share it in its entirety. All I want to know is, does Gza need a new, racially ambiguous best friend? I’m so there!

Gary Grice aka GZA/The Genius, a founding member of rap supergroup the Wu-Tang Clan, lectured to a standing room only crowd about his Clan, his craft, and his creativity on Thursday, December 1 at Harvard’s Science Center. The lecture, hosted by the Harvard’s Black Men’s Forum, was followed by Q&A and was open to the public.

GZA talked about childhood influences like nursery rhymes, The Last Poets, kung fu movies, particularly Bruce Lee. He also discussed a broad range of inspirations: “the unique complex design of a spiderweb”; sports, though he’s not a fan, led him to write “Queen’s Gambit” in which he uses the names of many football teams; television forensics shows opened the door to “Exploitation of a MIstake.” To the delight of the audience, GZA cited rhymes from the aforementioned songs as well as a couple others.

GZA shared his scientific and spiritual world view: “every being and object within the universe is connected somehow, whether visibly or invisibly, I saw that in the lab today: from micro to macro…the deeper one sees into life, the wider life opens itself to one, you see that from working in the lab.” He closed with some life advice: “Live a life full of humility, gratitude, intellectual curiosity and never stop learning.” He hopes to continue lecturing throughout the world.

While in Cambridge, GZA visited with a number of others on the MIT campus. Phil Richardson from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute told him about his study of the flight patterns of the albatross. John Rinn took the rapper on an exclusive after-hours tour of the Broad Institute the joint Harvard and MIT biomedical research center where he showed him a real time genome sequencer. Soon after the tour started, Eric Lander, leader of the institute and co-chair of Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology stopped by. Penny Chisholm, MIT marine biologist, showed GZA around her lab and gave him a sample of prochlorococcus, a photosynthetic ocean bacterium. Additionally she gave him a fully sealed ecosphere containing four brine shrimp aka sea monkeys, which he immediately named Larry, Mo, Dave, and Curly. David Kaiser and GZA discussed black holes, grey holes, teleportation, and quantum physics. Over at the Media Lab Tod Machover showed GZA his “Opera of the Future” and Ethan Zuckerman’s Civic Media team illuminated their ideas on how technology could shape a better world. On the creative side, GZA met his now “homeboy” Junot Diaz, Pulitzer Prize winning author. The two discussed their processes and hip hop.

Good music: Young Jeezy feat. Jay-Z + Andre 3000 “I Do”

Sowmya K — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:45:02 +0000

I mentioned to you slimes awhile back that one of my favorite songs from Jeezers’ upcoming TM 103 is the uber-collabo “I Do” with Jay-Z and 3 Stacks. Well, wait no more. It’s here c/o Flex

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young jeezy – i do feat. andre 3000 and jay-z.mp3

Invite: @FredTheGodson x @rocawear hosted by @lowkeyuhtn x @2dopeboyz

Sowmya K — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:41:17 +0000

Kick off your weekend tomorrow with my bestie Fred The Godson (peep the photo reel on the right for proof) and the good folks at Rocawear as well as the bloggersexuals Low Key and 2Dope Boyz. I’ll be in the mines working but have a drinksie for me would you?

Drake and Rihanna’s emo-optimistic “Take Care”

Sowmya K — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:47:32 +0000

My faaaaaaaaaaaavorite song from Drake’s new album Take Care is undoubtedly “Take Care” with Rihanna. The former flames join together to talk love and regrets (not to mention toxic friends). Real talk NY.

Take Care (Featuring Rihanna) by worldhiphopfirst

Good music: Yelawolf, Eminem and Gangsta Boo (you read that right)- “Throw It Up”

Sowmya K — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:02:19 +0000

I’ve been hearing buzz about the somewhat strange collaboration between Yelawolf, Eminem and Gangsta Boo for a while and it doesn’t disappoint. Marshall spits effortlessly over this piano-laden beat and GB adds a dash of 90s throwback flava to the mix. Is a Three Six Mafia reunion album not far away? We can only hope…

Yelawolf f. Gangsta Boo & Eminem, “Throw It Up” by The FADER