New Sounds | Gilbert Forte - 87 Dreams

the big homie Gilbert Forte is back at it again. this time the kid from Philly brings you a full length project in 87 Dreams. a project which is sure to grab your attention and gain a spot in your rotations.

i first heard of Gilbert Forte a few months back when a friend of mine invited me out to Philly for a product launch over at UBIQ on Walnut Street, where Freeway, Forte and a few others were to perform, mix & mingle, you know.... all that jazz. unfortunately i was unable to attend due to time constraints with school and work, however i was shown footage of the event and i was surprised by this cat whom i had never heard of prior to that, and i was curious as to why.

well....
HERE is something for your curiosity.

Download  link and tracklist after the jump

@ItsKennyGee's graduation shindig

trip down south

finally had some well deserved time off from the everyday grind. coolin out down south by the beach livin out Curren$y's breakfast video in real life. this is how my entire summer should have been looking like had it not been for summer classes (they didnt seem to do my pockets any justice) but soon enough i'll see what ive been missing. until then im just a dreamer i guess. 

New Audio / Visuals: "(Nothing But a) Hero - Tabi Bonney"

the big homie Tabi Bonney is back like he never left. here is the first video, which dropped today, off of his latest project, A Place Called Stardom. BIG shout out to The Cool Kids Forever for filming yet another incredible video. make sure yall go ahead and download the free album & keep supporting the DMV's music scene.

Icing Insurance

By now you have probably learned about the phenomenon which is Bros Icing Bros. A game where at any point, at any place, when presented with one of the many flavors of a Smirnoff Ice bottled drink, you must kneel before those in attendance and drink! it could be in class, in the library, at church, anywhere!

What i present to you here is Icing Insurance! the best way to combat getting ICED! Take a look...





Get the 2 for 1 special HERE for only $6.99

4th of July

Fourth of July, i linked up with my man Christian and his peoples down in DC at Rock Creek Park. It was def a good time out there. good food, good people and good weather, what more could you ask for? I was faded early plus my camera got debo-ed so i dont have much to show for it *kanye shrug* but oh well.
as far as the festivities for the evening go, i loafed. lets just leave it at that. ok. bye.

Inside The Mind of Eli Porter

we've all seen the Eli Porter Freestyle over I Really Mean It. just watching it is comedy at its finest, but have you ever stopped to think about how ILL his lines are in the context of his own mind? GEEZ this guy is nuts. lets take a look....


From the jump Eli "The Great" tells us "I'm the best mayne, I did it". He's letting us know that he is not just the best rapper in this contest, but the best of all time! WHOA! I DID IT! What else does a champion say? He has climbed the highest mountain of lyricism! He has entered into a realm that none has come close to thus far! HE DID IT! He is like a lyrical savant, like "Rain Man" was with numbers. It is mind boggling!! He is not being narcissistic, he knows that he really has accomplished something unprecedented!


Well if he is so great the why did he pause? Did he lose his train of thought? its because he is mentally challenged right?
Well not really...

What happened there was that he was not supposed to use the "N" word so they began to wave their hands to stop him. It threw Eli off a little and his words got a little jumbled before he stops. We may never know the ingenious line that they interrupted, but we did hear him call him salt! He is already grounded down to his lowest element, in Eli's mind! He came against THE BEST and got reduced to salt! Eli saw them about to stop and in spontaneous genius, decided to leave us something to contemplate during the pause...



The pause was obviously long enough for him to re group & develop his thought and his assertion, so now he is going to have to "let you know who the best by the hour". If he revealed something awesome of the dynamics of his lyrical prowess every second of an hour, it would still take hours for you even to begin to comprehend this level!
"naw, I messed up (when they began to distract me), but Imma stay on top! they told me man (they told me not to use explicit words), but you know um neva gon flop". Like in good freestyle lyricist, he lets you you know that his flow is not pre-written, by speaking of what just happened. The little gaffe made it appear that Eli was flopping, so he immediately flipped it, by taking an occasion of the pause, with the immortal proclamation "Im the best mayne, I deed it" 


"look at this dude, he need to stay in the shade" He cracks on how black he is, at the same time saying that he should have stayed away from the heat of my rhymes. My rhymes are as the scorching sun, you will get "roasted"! Your own raps humiliate you, but then you want to put yourself in position to get burnt by THE BEST! Why would he come out the shade (a safe place of hiding) and expose himself to such public humiliation? Oh "ain't no wonder why he came out, he already in the gay parade!"


After he destroyed him with the gay parade line, he gets real bold and starts to turn toward him saying "I told you"! I know you didn't see this coming but It's what I've been saying all along, I'm THE BEST who ever did this fool! Now "I got you roasted like ever". It's nothing new to you, you know what it means to get roasted by the sun. So its "like ever", it's what your used to.He is thus confirming that his "stay in the shade" line was about his lyrical scorching as well as the sun's

When Eli spits staggering riddles he says "told you". After the "bi-sexual bridal shower" and "dental-man with dent on the grill" riddles he says "see,I'm the best, I TOLD YOU THAT! Then, after the stay in the shade riddle, he says "I TOLD YOU"! He clearly knows how clever he is! "you don't know, but my rhymes are straight up cleva" All you dimwits who think Eli is even slightly slow, you only show your own intellectual dullness! He is a true wordsmith with unbelievable mastery of spontaneous riddles!

Ultimately my man could have continued for atleast another 16, but once again he was cut off for use of explicit language.

Anyone who appreciates fine art, knows that this is one of the greatest rhymes of all time! After listening to Envy's stupid rap, Eli couldn't really even consider this a real rap battle. Who is this fool and why is he actually trying to jump in the ring with THE BEST! Eli was indignant at that notion that there was even a battle taking place! He just had one question mayne, "tell me who next?"

Curren$y X Commonwealth DC

~`!@-*=)&+%

i know i havent been updating this thing as much as i could be, but ive been busy.
i havent been able to respond to people thru emails or most networking sites, except for Twitter. i think i might be addicted, but lets keep that on the hush hush.
as for where ive been? well, ive been here, ive been there, ive been everywhere really but im back now and thats what counts. YAAAAAAAAY!

i'll be sure to hit yall with a recap of the fourth as well as where i been and where im going next very soon! hopefully later on tonight. for now i'll leave you with some dope visuals courtesy of the big homie FlyMalcolmX. be sure to check her out.

Where Is Wale?

Dope Sounds - "Phil Ade - The Letterman | Hosted By Don Cannon"

the big homie Phil Ade is back at it again, this time the DC emcee is doin it big his second time around with a FREE ALBUM, not a mixtape, hosted by Don Cannon #StepBack, lol shoutout to @DCtoBC. This album def shows the progression and growth Ade has gone thru since his Starting on JV dropped last summer and with dope collabo's & standout production to go along with Ade's way with words, its definitely something that will be in my rotation for a while.

Dowload & Tracklist below