Blue Scholars - OOF! EP

Blue Scholars - OOF! EP

1.Blue Scholars - Bananas
2.Blue Scholars - Hi-808
3.Blue Scholars - Coo?
4.Blue Scholars - New People
5.Blue Scholars - Hello
6.Blue Scholars - Cruz
7.Blue Scholars - Ahi
8.Blue Scholars - Hi
9.Blue Scholars - Lucky Chances
10.Blue Scholars - Tako
11.Blue Scholars - Postal
12.Blue Scholars - Havva

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More Hip hop for the Wise.

Blue Scholars - Blue Scholars [Self Titled]

1. Solstice: Reintroduction
2. Blue School
3. Bruise Brothers
4. Motion Movement
5. Selfportrait
6. Freewheelin
7. The Inkwell
8. Burnt Offering
9. Evening Chai
10. Blink
11. Sagaba
12. The Ave
13. Life & Debt
14. No Rest For the Weary

This their very first album, the album that started it all. I think i can safely say that a lot of blood sweat and tears were put into this album, in other words these guys put their hearts into this. Its a VERY good download. Knock yourselves out.

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Blue Scholars - The Long March EP

1. Cornerstone
2. The Long March
3. Southside Revival
4. Proletariat Blues
5. La Botella
6. Commencement Day
7. Wounded Eyes
8. Talk Story
9. Sagaba Remix

Another good download...how could you pass up the blue scholars?? Just go ahead and download it.

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The Market isnt all that Common now-a-days

Common Market - Common Market [Self-Titled]

1. Re Fresh
2. Push
3. G'Dang Diggy
4. Connect Four
5. Crossbow
6. Every Last One
7. Poison
8. Trinity
9. Kampo
10. Love One
11. Succor MC's
12. My Pathology
13. Keep Track
14. Doors
15. Every Last One (Cornerstone Remix)

Common Market is Ra Scion, and Sabzi aka Sabzilla from the Blue Scholars. Plain and simple they are exactly like Blue Scholars, same type of motivation (politics), same beats, but different voice. Ra Scion can flow...like crazy. It's unbelieveable the types of words he rhymes somtimes. But if you like political hip hop, or if you liked the Blue Scholars post i made a little while back, then you should like these guys. Download them.

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Blue Scholars know how to rock a concert

Blue Scholars // Bumbershoot '06 // Sagaba from sabarillo on Vimeo.


Blue Scholars // Bumbershoot '06 // The Ave from sabarillo on Vimeo.

For the wise and scholarly...

Blue Scholars - Bayani

1. Baha’i Healing Prayer (intro)
2. Second Chapter
3. Opening Salvo
4. North by Northwest
5. Ordinary Guy
6. Still Got Love
7. Bayani
8. Loyalty
9. Fire for the People
10. Xenophobia (interlude)
11. The Distance
12. Back Home
13. 50 Thousand Deep
14. Morning of America
15. Joe Metro

I dont know about you, but i love a hip hop artists with a purpose. The Blue Scholars consist of, a DJ (Sabzi) and a lone emcee (Geologic). This duo really say something in their music. They formed in early 2002 where emcee Geologic and DJ/producer Sabzi began to experiment with a unique, new hip-hop sound that still echoed the classic boom-bap of a bygone era. They bring a uniqueness to the traditional hip hop duo. Give 'em a try.

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Check the influence these guys can have...

Day In The Life of Blue Scholars from sabarillo on Vimeo.

"When I say northwest, you say rock fresh"

Lets check out whats going on with the scholars of the northwest, who are subsequently one of my favorites in the industry right now. Big ups to The Blue Scholars, and to Seattle!

Othello; Not the Shakespeare play

Othello - Alive At The Assembly Line

1. And Always
2. Let's Just
3. Place to Be
4. Alive at the Assembly Line (feat. Propaganda / Vursatyl)
5. Cycle (feat. Surreal)
6. RAPS
7. Smooth It Out
8. Silhouette (feat. D-Minor)
9. Peripheral Drift
10. Shallow (feat. Pigeon John)
11. Rot
12. Work Epic
13. Shoot Past (feat. Olivia Warfield)
14. Fly (feat. Ohmega Watts / Braille)
15. Farewell

Othello, along with GP, Canto I, and Blue Scholars, was one of the very first artists that turned me on to hip hop. He is apart of a group called Light Headed that is a part of the Tres Records family. This group includes Braille, and Ohmega Watts. Let me tell you this guy can spit, his style is much different than others. Along side that, he rhymes about morality and life which is a good thing. I dont think ive ever heard him curse in any of his songs. So if your looking for somthing to bump that will uplift your spirits and help you chill after a hard days work, look no futhur. He is currently on the Warped Tour, so if your going to that look out for him.

Othello - Lets Just


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Heirogyphics x Blue Scholars = Freshly Dipped Tour

Freshly Dipped Tour

Take a trip down Tobacco Road

Common Market - Tobacco Road

1. Service
2. Trouble Is
3. Gol’Dust
4. Slow Cure
5. Back Home (The Return)
6. 40 Furrows
7. House
8. Winter Takes All
9. Weather Vane
10. 40 Acres
11. Nina Sing feat. Funklove
12. Certitude feat. Chev
13. The Crucible feat. Geologic of Blue Scholars
14. 40 Thieves
15. Spits (inst.)
16. Nothin’ At All
17. Swell
18. Tobacco Road

After a long time and coming, a while of updated Mp3, and EP progress, Common Market's newest release finally drops! Tobacco Road is most likely another symbolic album that illustrates the political and economic evils of the past, and of present day. Imcurrently in the process of downloading, and I might not even get to it today, so let me know what you guys think! Sabzi and RA Scion put serious passion into this album, so I encourage you to support them and buy their album.

*Status Update: I listened to the album already...and...my conclusion is as follows...this album is awesome. RA Scion and Sabzilla don't disappoint on their second album. They come with the usual political style, but also change it up for a more diverse sound. The first self-titled album never really caught me...but this one, wow. Don't sleep on it guys, take my word for it.

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RA Scion asked me to take down the download link, so I linked this post to amazon where you can buy the album.

My top 10 albums

Well, I've been out for a while now, and now I'm back with vengeance! Today I'm going to give you my top ten albums of all time. There's a few exceptions to the rule, but this is the general line up right here. And hereeeee we go:

10. Blue Scholars - Bayani9. Son of Ran - Tribute To Sky City
8. The Roots - Illadelph Halflife
7. Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt6. Nas - Illmatic5. Canto I - Entry Level/Elements
4. People Under The Stairs - O.S.T.3. Crown City Rockers - Earthtones
2. Giant Panda - Fly School Reunion1. Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's Food and Liquor

Well, thats all folks. Remeber theres a few exceptions such as Binary Star's Masters of the Universe, Lupe's The Cool, Giant Panda's Electric Laser, a few more Roots albums, Canto I's While You Were Sleeping, Mission's One....and etc. Again this was just my general line up. Keyword general.

My 10 all time favorite Hip Hop artists

I've been sitting here and brooding for the past hour or so, trying to narrow down my favorite artists to just 10 (in no particular order), and I think I've finally done it. So here we go:

Jay Electronica

Blu

Lupe Fiasco
Son of Ran

People Under The Stairs
Giant Panda
The Cool Kids
Canto I
Crown City Rockers

Blue Scholars
And there you have it, just click the pictures, and you'll automatically search the archives for some of their stuff or anything related to them, now I'm off to bed...I spend too much time on this blog...