Rock The Bells

On Saturday I hit up the Boston show of Rock The Bells featuring everyone in the underground hip hop scene from M.O.P. to Eyedea to Slaughterhouse with Nas and Damian Marley headlining. It was a beautiful thing for the hip hop world to have all the true hip hop heads in one place. The one thing I noticed about this show compared to most shows I see is how much energy these dudes all had. Every one of them knew how to perform well, not in the sing with the crowd type of way, but there were some artists where many did not know a single word and by the end of the song you were bumpin your head. That's hip hop.


Of all of the performers I must say my top 3 of the night were Nas, Slaughterhouse and Tech N9ne. Nas of course had all the songs I knew and grew up on, and he did them well for the most part. Slaughterhouse killed it, with a dope set of songs and Budden and Royce just tearin shit up. But Tech N9ne really impressed me. He came on at 4 oclock where many people were just arriving (and defintely not as drunk and amped as the later shows), and he absolutely rocked the house down. He took people who normally would hate his lyrical content and style and made them fans for the 45 minutes he was on stage, and that's what performing is all about. If seeing that show doesn't inspire a fellow musician, I don't know what will....

SomeThoughts...

I just got done watching the end of the MJ tribute and had a few things that came to mind I wanted to speak about. First off, it was crazy to actually see/hear his daughter Paris speak, seeing as his children have been completely hidden from the spotlight since birth. For those who didn't see it, she made a brief but very powerful statement about her love for her father.

Another thing I noticed was how amazing Martin Luther King Jr.'s kids were at speaking. It truly runs in the family, because his son and daughter made very amazing speeches and carry that pounding inspirational thing in their voice. That was cool to hear from them, because I havn't heard much of them ever.

Lastly, this kid Shaheen Jafargholi who is 12 years old performed an amazing cover of Who's Loving You, originally written by Smokey Robinson. This made a few things noticable: Smokey Robinson was probably the best or defintely in the conversation of the best song writers ever. Look up his resume, it's ridiculous, and when his songs are covered today, they still hold relevant. Lastly, you should check out this kid Shaheen. He has a future. I posted a video below of him on Britains got Talent. And for all you Simon Cowell haters, watch this clip and try and tell me that he isn't a very gifted talent scout and knows his shit whether you believed it before or not.

Crocodile Tears is finally here!!

That's right peoples, my new album Crocodile Tears is finally here! Starting Friday, July 9th it will be available for purchase from me for an actual physical copy, and starting next week it will be online (iTunes, CDBABY.COM, Amazon etc...) so look out for that.

I really hope and ask of my fans to spread the word about the album and please buy it! There is a lot of hard work behind it and good music to be heard! Please tell everyone you know!


ONE LOVE
-Rumorz-

Just a ridiculous cover of Rihannas Don't Stop the Music by Lola Astanova. Some skills right here.




check out more of her here

RIP MichaelJackson

As you all know by now, Michael Jackson passed away today of a heart attack. The sad thing is that his last few years he got so much criticism by people hating him cuz of how crazy he went. I think people forget he was arguable the best performer of all time along with the best selling of all time. No doubt in my mind he is among the top ten most famous people on the planet as well. So I don't got to say much except I always admired how amazing an artist he was, and I hope people remember that part of his life. I will leave you with a few videos of him performing live.






Jackson 5


Michael Jackson at the Superbowl



Billie Jean live

Lose Yourself cover by The Script

A while back I posted a piece about the band called The Script, a very talented group from Ireland. Here is a dope ass cover of Lose Yourself by Eminem that is def. worth a listen.

New Studio Pics: Where the Magic Happens

Thought I'd let you guys in on a few pics of the new studio I've been going to. Enjoy.




This is just a few examples of the footage I am going to be posting more and more often to keep you guys updated on what is going on behind the scenes.

The Life of Lemmons

What's good? Before I introduce a new blog a friend of mine recently started, I want to mention a few things about how the studio session went last night. It was the first time with a new producer so I was a little unsure who shit would go, but things worked out even better then expected. I got about 11 songs recorded which I can honestly say all came out hott. I got a bunch of footage in the studio too so look out for that to hit YouTube soon, and look out for a few mixtape tracks to hit the myspace too.

Next, I want to talk about a new blog I recommend called The Life of Lemmons. It follows the life of a friend of mine, Chris Lemmons. So why should you be interested in his life and thoughts? Well after knowing him since I was about 13 or 14 I can honestly say there ain't many people who think like him. It's pretty hard to explain, so I suggest you check out his blog for yourself, but his different perspectives are a breath of fresh air in a world of repetitive viewpoints and cliche concepts. So if you are looking to follow intelligently written stories from a unique angle, check it out...

The Life of Lemmons

Updates

So tomorrow I'm going to be in the studio with a new producer basically all night long getting a bunch of shit done including finally redoing a few tracks from the Crocodile Tears album and finally getting that out. And due to the lengthy delays with all the BS that been going on, I'm actually about 8 tracks deep on my next album haha so I will be recording some of those as well. Just to keep you guys updated, I got a bunch of things planned to get completed this summer. I will start posting videos of me in the studio, freestyles, and other behind the scenes type stuff up on youtube, as well as updating the myspace frequently with new freestyles and remixes. So check for all that, and I'll keep everyone updated on how everything goes tomorrow.


-Rz

Listen to 'Em: Todd Snider

Here's some different shit. If you know me you know I live for music, and because of that I go to all depths of the Earth to find new stuff I haven't heard in order to keep up with not only finding new different stuff, but continually be influenced from all over the place, because there sure as hell ain't much in rap influencing me anymore.

Anyways, I came across this guy Todd Snider when I was flipping through different XM channels on the way to my summer class this morning. This guy is definitely country/folk/comedy, so if you don't like any of those genres of those in musical form, I wouldn't listen. But if you do, and you are a fan of Bob Dylan (especially his song writing) and Johnny Cash (his story telling and delivery) then you will absolutely love this guy. He actually just recently released his 12th studio album, and is far from an unknown artist in his genre, but as someone who typically doesn't listen to this style of music, I had never heard of him. I can't lie though, after listening to more and more, this dude just got something about him. From his funny stories in between songs at live tapings or his very clever lyrics, he got something we can all relate to. Def. worth a listen.


Here is a funny story followed by a funny song he did. Check it.

Reality Star layed out

For those who really hate Brett Michaels and are sick of his washed up ass, here's a funny clip of him getting layed out at the Tony Awards when the set collapsed on him. That's what he gets for being such a fag.

Apparently he got pretty hurt too....oh well...

On a Boat

Haha Yeah so I have not watched Saturday Night Live in a couple years now but earlier tonight I got back from the Sox game and threw it on, and Andy Samdberg, who is known for his funny music remixes, had a hilarious skit with T pain who actually didn't make fun of himself, and it's called On a Boat. It's def. worth watching...good shit.

When in Rome....

Guess what Sublime fans? After a long awaited wait, the group is finally reuniting! As you may know the reason they stopped making music was due to lead singer Brads death of an overdoes right before their most successful cd was released. It was a sad situation because with their lead singer gone, Sublime was not able to cash in on their huge success on the album which included Santeria, What I got and Wrong Way. But, with their new lead singer 20 year old Rome, the group is going by S*blime w/Rome and is back to writing new songs and performing again.

No news of a new full blown tour is out yet.

check out Rome and sublime performing with singer Kat singing I saw Red.

Eminem gets Ass in the face.

This footage came from the MTV movie awards the other night.

There is a big debate going on over the internet about whether or not Eminem was in on this prank. Sasha Cohen (Borat) dressed as his other popular character Bruno, basically landed right on Eminems face wearing a thong. Eminem immediately storms off after it happens. If you ask me, I'd say it has to be staged. The cameras were already zooming in on Em and I'm pretty sure he would have punched him or some shit if this wasn't planned. It's just weird how much Eminem has changed. He went from "I never go to award shows" Eminem to not only going to award shows, but participating in them doing crazy shit. It seems to go against everything he used to stand for, but whatever...

Pitbull Punches Guy Makin' it Rain

If you guys have not heard or seen this yet, it's worth checking out. It's pretty funny. Basically the story is this guy was in the front row making it rain (for those who don't know that means throwing money around like you would do at a strip club). Pitbull apparently told him not to do that because he was bothering him. So when the guy didn't stop, Pitbull brought him on stage and let a nice little one hitter quiter rain on the guy right back.

there are longer versions, but this one gets right to the point.