Category Archives: Internet

dead prez featuring Malcolm X – “Politrikkks”

October 26, 2008 – 8:29 pm

Shout out to D. Prosper for this leak. The RBG’z, dead prez are back, and just in time to make their voices heard about the upcoming 2008 Presidential Election with their latest song – “Politrikkks.” The track, which appears to be the first single off of their forthcoming album, Information Age, is a cautionary, radical [...]

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Change…True

October 26, 2008 – 10:06 am

Shout out to Jycorri and the big homie, Ryan for this one. Filmmaker Charles Stone III (Paid In Full, Drumline and Mr. 3000), most notably known for the Budweiser True ad campaign, a.k.a. “Whasssuuuppp” TV commercials in 2000, is back with a redux of that classic spoof – just in time for Election Day.
Stone is [...]

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Recognize ME

October 14, 2008 – 10:34 am

This clip was sent to me by activist-oriented, public relations/marketing agency, Akila Worksongs. They do pr for accomplished documentary filmmaker, Byron Hurt, who generated a lot publicity around his critically acclaimed film, Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes, which examined representations of gender roles in rap music.
Beyond Beats & Rhymes was not some one-time, social filmmaking [...]

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Phiscal Matters & Allhiphop – Political Loungin’

October 3, 2008 – 4:04 pm

Phiscal Matters was one of the few media outlets covering the historic meeting of minds at Allhiphop.com’s Social Lounge event, that took place this past September at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, NJ. Though we were unable to feature the insightful commentary around the issues of the 2008 Presidential Campaign, the Wall [...]

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Custom Change, Part 2

October 3, 2008 – 12:11 am

Here’s the conclusion of the interview Phiscal Matters had with the designer of the famous Obama sneaker, Van Taylor Monroe.
Phiscal Matters: So have you heard from another customizer in the business about your work? Has cats tried to holla at you?
Van Taylor: The funny thing about customizers is that a lot of them don’t [...]

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