Calling Out Pauly D

There was an article recently in Gawker about the most highly paid DJs. What was saddest about it was how much money they really make. 

Pauly D made $13 million last year for playing other people's music at parties. Most normal people, on the other hand, are struggling to feed your family while doing work that actually impacts other people's lives positively. And they say our economic system isn't funky. 

When I posted it, a friend of mine from the Pacific Islands called Pauly D out - my friend DJ Nemesis is based on the Pacific Island of Guam. The island's not wealthy and my bro isn't making $13 million a year but he is fully confident that he is better than Pauly D in a DJ battle.

If you're reading this, Pauly, prove you're worth 13 mill. What have you got to lose? Holla at me at bloodisone@gmail.com and I'll do my best to help make the battle possible.

Mos Def - Water No Get Enemy

I love Mos Def - now Yasiin Bey - but my Gosh is he a frustrating artist. He hasn't really put out a solid album since 1999 with Black On Both Sides. Most of his music has been performances and appearances here or there, usually with him being pretty darn stoned and otherwise not in to his own music. He seems a bit more interested in his film career, which honestly isn't that great. The best film he's been involved in has been was Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which was exceptionally good but more from a filmmaking perspective than an acting one.

Despite Yasiin's lack of hard effort, nuggets of goodness really crystallize. I have to love that he would perform Fela Kuti's work at all, much less with a full band. Good look.

 

Out Of Body Experience

JFK/Ninja Face of Grayskul and Th3rdz performing:

Djax - Daze

Update - So it looks like Dominic played out the duration on releasing his tracks, then his mixtape and then this video. The video is by Dyllyn Greenwood, a friend of mine and one of the man behind the Neema interview we did hear. This is quality stuff - alot of positive energy from DJax.

 

Mos Def and DJ Honda - Magnetic Fields

I was talking to a friend of mine on Twitter and the subject of DJ Honda came up. Honda and Mos Def collaborated back in the late 90s - they put some brilliant music together.

My friend asked what has become of Honda - It turns out that DJ Honda is actually still active. He put out an entire collaboration in 2009 that had Fred Durst, EPMD, Dilated Peoples and, yes, the Mighty Mos on it. Here goes:

 

Kendrick Lamar Disses EVERYBODY - Epic Rap Battle

Battling is good and all of that - just remember that it can go too far.

 

Tesla Boy - Rebecca

I was cruising through music videos on YouTube and I found this electronic act from Russia called Tesla Boy. That's definitely a Russian name but the music isn't stereotypically Russian at all.

It's brilliant actually. This is the best one I found, "Rebecca." Tesla Boy has 49 songs up on YouTube and it's some of the most stellar, talented electronic music I have ever heard. Congrats to the man behind it. Total brilliance.

 

 Soooo good. Wow.