Subject: So you say you love Hip Hop?
by: Curry Kid
06-20-2006 10:46 pm  

Peace and blessings family.

Love to my girl J Boogie for posting the following message, its something important that i had been meaning to do and never got to. So i consider her post a reminder. Hopefully its not too late for you to act. Again, love to her for that reminder and of course love to my big brother Davey D for doing him and being on point with this. For more info on either of them check them on my myspace friend list.

One Love,

Curry Kid



Net Neutrality-so you say u love hip-hop?



Dear Folks who say they Love Hip Hop

I wish there was a way to make this issue of Net Neutrality more interesting. I wish there was a way to spice it up and make it compelling like some sort of beef within the rap industry. Maybe I should get Brad and Angelina to talk about it instead of their baby. Maybe Lindsay Lohan or Paris Hilton can utter a few words and force us to take more of an interest.

I wish Cam'ron spent his vast money holding press conferences, dissing punk ass Congress for taking tainted money from Verizon, SBC, and Comcast instead of going after Jay-Z. Im glad Jay-Z ignored Camron, unfortunately he remained silent as the President of Def Jam on this important issue. We'll see what happens after Def Jam finds it difficult or too costly to send out their e-post cards alerting me and others of their latest releases

Im sorry Miss Jones on Hot 97 was so upset and enraged that she felt compelled to make headlines calling Mary J Blige a bitch for not shouting her out at last weeks Summer Jam. Its too bad that she didnt use her 3-4 hours a day of airtime in the nations largest city to call the greedy Congress people who accepted money from these corporations Bitches. There aint gonna be any shout outs if the Senate follows Congress in passing this bill. Maybe she'll step it up when her parent company Emmis finds that folks from all over the country can no longer easily access their archived interviews on their website.

It's too bad that many of us found this issue 'too complicated' and 'too overwhelming' and hence directed our attention to Ludacris and Ice Cube's beef with Oprah. This is the feedback I got after stories ran on my website as well as AllHipHop.

Shyt I'm sorry Oprah was too busy telling Ed Lover that she really does love Hip Hop and that she listens to 50 Cent and his violent ass all damn day instead of alerting her millions of viewers about the issue of Net Neutrality.

Im sorry that KRS-One and others used these Internet airways to tell us about the Hip Hop Nation they want to build, but didnt issue a call to action to protect a main arm of our communication. Whether youre a Hip Hop or Rap Lover the elimination of Net Neutrality is gonna impact you..

Here's what's happening folks. The house has gone passed the COPE bill and rejected proposals to insure Net Neutrality. Those who sided with the Comcast and Verizon are well aware that the ability of ordinary people to communicate to the masses is a problem because its been the only thing holding them accountable. For the last 5 years, the biggest stories about government corruption, corporate swindles, global warming and no weapons of Mass Destruction has come through Internet bloggers who were able to push an issue to the masses and force Fox, CNN and other News outlets to pay some sort of attention.

Anyone who is an activist and championed causes ranging from Election fraud and Diebold Machines, police brutality Freeing Mumia, Global warming, Media Reform and Saving the South Central Farm in LA just to name a few this is will especially hit you hard, because the Internet and its neutrality provisions have enabled many of us to counter biased mainstream media outlets get information out about particular causes all over the world.

Yesterday that ability took one step closer to coming to an end. The mantra being sung on Capitol Hill is Shut it down, Shut that shyt down and redirect traffic to a handful of places and media outlets that they can influence and control.

Like Ice Cube said 'Laugh Now and Cry Later', because many of us will soon be crying when we see the Internet gets parceled up and we start paying outrageous tolls for basic amenities. And speaking of which why didn't Ice Cube talk about this issue instead of not being invited on Oprah?

Anyway your next steps should you choose is to call your Senator's office and tell them to stand up and protect your interests. Ignoring this, waiting for others to take on your responsibility or acting like the issue will simply go away will not change this.

While many of you may shrug this off and think it doesn't apply to you, stop and think of all the activities you do on the daily that involve the Internet. Such activities range from using phone cards which use Internet connections-(Many of y'all didn't realize that) on down to peeping your favorite blog... Many of y'all like to surf and check out my site, AllHipHop, Sohh, HipHopGame etc.. Folks that shyt is about to change in a big, big ,big way.

You're soon gonna be left with only being able to peep monthly issues of The Source and XXL, who neglected to address this issue. The Source bypassed this in their Media Watch column and Elliot Wilson from XXL obvious saw his shyt talking editorials as more important then keeping you informed. I guess I can understand, all these Hip Hop Internet websites were eating into business.

All you artists who felt like you can easily get your music out there via Myspace and the other sites, that's about to change Oh yeah lets not forget the punk ass RIAA who like to sue everybody. They stayed silent on this and in fact while all this is going on they have quietly lobbying Congress to change laws so that they can fundamentally change the copyright laws in such a way that it will make it damn near impossible to pass things around via the net. Please read about this here:
http://www.kurthanson.com/archive/news/060906/index.asp

and here:

http://www.kurthanson.com/archive/news/060906/index.asp

Also lets not let Steve Jobs and his vast i-tunes network off the hook. Perhaps I missed it, but I didnt see him alerting us when you went to download your favorite song or stepped into his stores. Perhaps he figures hes rich enough to pay for the inevitable increases while the rest of us cant. In other words controlling 90% of the market is not enough.

Shame on former Black Panther, Congressman Bobby Rush for selling us out and supporting these corporations. Shame on the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and any other Civil Rights group pretending to represent our interests while selling us out and taking the money to front for these groups. And while Im glad former Congressman Ron Dellums did well in his Mayoral bid in Oakland, we should not forget that hes also a lobbyist with one of his main clients being Verizon so shame on him as well. Hows Oakland gonna be a world class city that is a beacon for new technology and innovation when his client is one of the main people trying to shut down the Internet?

In closing I'm gonna say this and it may be sobering for some... It's what my pops told me after I got caught fuccing up and then went home and tried to kiss up to him so I wouldn't get in trouble. He told me to stop acting like a wuss and start acting like a man. He told me it was time I grow up and accept responsibility. He then punished me for 3 weeks not for the fucc up, but for me trying to kiss his ass instead of owning up to my mistakes. This is about to happen to all of us...

My point is this. Hip Hop is over 30 years old. We're not kids no more. This industry is not run by kids. To not involve ourselves in shaping the institutions that we rely on to get our information and music out is irresponsible. Thats some thing to pond about. Here's another breakdown on this issue courtesy of www.playahata.com

Peace out for now
Holla at your Senator before you holla back at me..
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
Davey D


SEND THIS TO YOUR SENATOR (or write your own message....just send something).

Dear Senator _______________ I am contacting you as a constituent voicing my concerns about Net Neutrality.

You currently have two bills on this issue, H.R. 5252, the "Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement (COPE) Act, and S. 2917, the "Internet Freedom Preservation Act," pending before you and the Senate.

H.R. 5252 requires competition neutrality among all providers in an area, and S.
2917 requires that each broadband service provider shall enable any content, application, or service made available via the Internet to be provided on a basis that is reasonable and nondiscriminatory.

I am contacting you because I DO NOT support the idea of major corporations putting a stronghold on the Internet, thus making it more difficult for citizens like myself to provide news and information outside of a particular corporations interest.

The loopholes and openings in these bills that the major telecommunications corporations can potentially exploit would have a resoundingly negative impact on American citizens who deserve to use the Internet to freely receive and share information.

As the Senate begins to consider the aforementioned legislation, I expect that you will work with your colleagues to insure fair market competition and the protection of consumers by voting against these bills and supporting Net Neutrality.

Thank you for your time.



Also peep savetheinternet.com

Subject: Life without Moorish Americans
by: Curry Kid
05-21-2006 7:41 pm  

Words by BronzeSunset with introduction by Curry Kid

Peace and Blessings.

I recently received what you are about to receive the text that follows from one of my peoples on My Space. Not only is it deep enough for me to want to repost, but i challenge those of other Diasporas to respond in kind. I'm going to see about my man, T.R. O.N.E., holding it down for our indigenous syblings. As for our Asiatic and Hispanic (as well as, i'm sorry to say it, anyone else i forgot) kin, i need someone to step up and respond in kind. Don't look at it as a term paper on how crackas can't survive without you... (allthough, that is a valid way to look at it) Look at it as educating everybody else in a way that the school system didn't dare. Hell, i might mess around and invite the authors of the best responses to come on the air and discuss their work. Well, i said my part, now its your turn.

Peace Love Understanding Stength Health

Curry Kid

A very humorous and revealing story is told about a group of white people who were fed up with African Americans, so they joined together and wished themselves away. They passed through a deep dark tunnel and emerged in sort of a twilight zone where there is an America without black people. At first these white people breathed a sigh of relief. At last, they said, No more crime, drugs, violence and welfare. All of the blacks have gone! Then suddenly, reality set in. The "NEW AMERICA" is not America at all-only a barren land.



1. There are very few crops that have flourished because the nation was built on a slave-supported system.

2. There are no cities with tall skyscrapers because Alexander Mils, a black man, invented the elevator, and without it, one finds great difficulty reaching higher floors.

3. There are few if any cars because Richard Spikes, a black man, invented the automatic gearshift, Joseph Gambol, also black, invented the Super Charge System for Internal Combustion Engines, and Garrett A. Morgan, a black man, invented the traffic signals.

4. Furthermore, one could not use the rapid transit system because its procurer was the electric trolley, which was invented by another black man, Albert R. Robinson.

5. Even if there were streets on which cars and a rapid transit system could operate, they were cluttered with paper because an African American, Charles Brooks, invented the street sweeper.

6. There were few if any newspapers, magazines and books because John Love invented the pencil sharpener, William Purveys invented the fountain pen, and Lee Barrage invented the Type Writing Machine and W. A. Love invented the Advanced Printing Press. They were all, you guessed it, Black.

7. Even if Americans could write their letters, articles and books, they would not have been transported by mail because William Barry invented the Postmarking and Cancelling Machine, William Purveys invented the Hand Stamp and Philip Downing invented the Letter Drop.

8. The lawns were brown and wilted because Joseph Smith invented the Lawn Sprinkler and John Burr the Lawn Mower.

9. When they entered their homes, they found them to be poorly ventilated and poorly heated. You see, Frederick Jones invented the Air Conditioner and Alice Parker the Heating Furnace. Their homes were also dim. But of course, Lewis Lattimer later invented the Electric Lamp, Michael Harvey invented the lantern and Granville T. Woods invented the Automatic Cut off Switch. Their homes were also filthy because Thomas W. Steward invented the Mop & Lloyd P. Ray the Dust Pan.

10. Their children met them at the door-barefooted, shabby, motley and unkempt. But what could one expect? Jan E. Matzelinger invented the Shoe Lasting Machine, Walter Sammons! invented the Comb, Sarah Boone invented the Ironing Board and George T. Samon invented the Clothes Dryer.

11. Finally, they were resigned to at least have dinner amidst all of this turmoil. But here again, the food had spoiled because another Black Man, John Standard invented the refrigerator. Now, isn't that something? What would this country be like without the contributions of Blacks, as African-Americans? Martin Luther King, Jr. said, "by the time we leave for work, Americans have depended on the inventions from the minds of Blacks."Black history includes more than just slavery, Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and Marcus Garvey & W.E.B. Dubois.



PLEASE SHARE, ABUNDANTLY

Subject: HATAration: All Night
by: Curry Kid
04-22-2006 8:08 pm  

Words By Curry Kid



Project Title: All Night

What is it?: New CD from Candis Francis

When to Cop: Now

Is it bad to say there is much worse out there? Nah. Homegirl does her thing on the Hip Pop Soul tip. Nothing outstanding, but if that?s what you are checking for you will dig it. The sound quality and packaging are just as slick as anything on a major. And she presents herself as sexy without the (seemingly requisite) bikini-or-less pics. C+

Subject: HATAration: Paris Presents Hard Truth...
by: Curry Kid
04-22-2006 8:02 pm  

Words by Curry Kid



Project Title: Hard Truth Soldiers Volume 1

What is it?: New compilation CD from Guerilla Funk

When to Cop: 03/21/06

Dag. I mean, if you know me, i am listening to any given CD to review it, but almost as intensely i listen for what could possibly get that OTTR burn. And wow, the latter is a tough call on this one. With long time friends of the OTTR Family like Paris, Uno The Prophet, K.R.S. O.N.E., Defari and Truth Universal breaking bread with legends like Public Enemy, Kam, Daz, Dead Prez, WC, Mack 10, MC Ren and The Coup... Man listen. Every last track on this CD could get that love. Hell, one is ALREADY an OFF THE TOP Classic. Any CD i give an ?A-? or better is a must-have in my eyes, and this one would serve as a perfect introduction to Progressive Political Hip Hop for anyone looking to learn about life beyond Top 40 rap. A