"Sometimes I kick high, Sometimes I punch low."

It has been said many times before that Hip hop culture and kung fu movies are closely related. The countless references to martial arts films in rap joints and groups like Wu Tang Clan have given us proof of that. For broths and sisters that live in the major cities of the US, life can be filled with just as much excitement as these films: plot twists, revenge, love, etc. One can never really tell when they gonna find themselves in a kung fu movie kinda day... so I have compiled a list of ways that you can tell whether or not its time to release your inner Sonny Chiba:

1) You wake up with a nagging urge to avenge your master's death.
2) Your new exercise regimen consists of digging large holes and carrying heavy buckets up impossible flights of stairs.
3) The voices of you and all of your friends have been replaced by British voice actors.
4) An old blind man just beat the tar outta the 10 guys harassing him near the bus stop u waiting at.
5) When u check your mail, you discover you have been invited to compete in "Han's Tournement"
6) The man at the bank answered your question 20 minutes ago... but his lips are still moving.
7) Your girlfriend just got a new job at the bean curd stand.
8) All the guns in your neighborhood have been replaced by nunchaku, chinese broadswords, tonfas and 3 section staffs. (Oh how I wish!)
9) All of your sentences are accented by "heh, right."
10) something you said has just been sampled by the RZA.

I hope that this will guide you through a day that you may have some confusion about. Be diligent. Be daring. And remember folks... "don't concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory."

by; Just Putt

The Hangover

I think a lot of us can relate to this one lol! Yeah I've done the drunk text and felt the same way when I realized it. I haven't heard of Shawn Chrystopher before I came across this video but I went to his site honourrolestudent.com to hear some more and so far I like the sound. Shawn has tracks available on iTunes and more vids on youtube. Check it out and see what you think in the meantime enjoy the vid.

by Sarge

ELEVATED

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Check out the video for "Elevated" directed by Serringe of Element Tree feat Just Putt released yesterday. Track download available below.

Elevated by SGT OVER

The Last Emperor

The Last Emperor, "Fine Arts"
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This man has been putting it down lyrically for years. Last Emp has always impressed me with the way he delivers the concepts of his songs. His wordplay is versatile in the sense that the patterns are intricate but still manage to give the average listener enough time to digest the meaning behind the words in the patterns. Check out thelastemp.com and here is the video for his latest single "Fine Art".

by SGT

The New Message

"I get money, money I got"
Aint yall tired of hearin bout money
We aint even see, ak?
Nas said hip hop is dead: correction,
Hip hop's been fed a dreadful dream
Of more CREAM than it's ever seen if it
Could dumb down the masses;
Drive the vehicle of our expression drunk til it crashes...
Burn the house of our creativity until its ashes.
Bastards!
These record execs have planted rashes in the game;
A&R's searching for the same type of lame MC,
Covering the plain truth with thick sashes.
"Cash Rules Everything Around Me, CREAM, get the money; dollar dollar bill yall."
Wu wrote that when they was dead broke,
Aint nun of that shit real yall.
Grandmaster Flash & the furious 5
Kept hope alive while giving the gritty truth and
Feeding us the drive for change.
"Don't push me 'cause im close to the edge,
Im tryin not to lose my head."
The hallways in the 'jects is still pissy.
The ho-lice is still shifty.
The pusher man still tryin to get me to pop corn
Like its jiffy.
"It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder how I keep from goin under."
Aint nun change, the need for radio friendliness left us wit no free range.
Now we been taught to worship the dopeman
We got duffle bag boys and a rappin ass snowman
One of my favorite rappers named his album after some cocaine... damn.
Is rap dyin slowly?
Everybody wanna be Nino while our brethren OD.
"Hey Ladies!"
Aint yall tired of the misogynistic garbage?
Remember when it was cool to pay
homage to our sistas and tell 'em
"You're all that I need ill be there for you,
If you keep it real wit me, ill keep it real wit choo.
Lovin your whole steez and be in there boo
On top of dat you got the good power you."
Nowadays we hardly do.
And female MC rarely blow unless they rappin
Like a ho...
We already know u got breast and a vagina...
But we get a constant reminder.
Bad enough we got brovas cat callin on some ape man shit.
When was the last time you heard a woman rhyme about a healthy relationship
Or chillin at they girl house sippin on pressed grapes that rip.
But nooooooooo,
These busta ass payola praisin record companies
Rather give they money to tell young broths to
"Super soak that ho!"
And while I got ur attention id like to mention that I love my people,
But will somebody tell Latinos that the rhythm skeleton from "Murder She Wrote" is not a genre of music...
Thank you!
In short, mainstream hip hop aint ours no more,
Its now the new whip our slave owners use to spank you.
We need the game back.

Peace.

by; Just Putt

Back and Better Then Ever

Shout out to every one that has showed continued love and support for the music we got a lot accomplished in 2010 in terms of setting ourselves up for major success in 2011! By we I mean anybody in my collective which consist of Just Putt, Big O, Profane, Dr. Aquafresh, my dude Serringe, etc... Many new free downloads available @ http://soundcloud.com/sgt-over the album Sgt Over Presents S.O.U.L. Music is available via iTunes and Amazon and hard copies can be purchased via Reverb Nation.

Jersey City Breaking it Down

I was recently informed about a B-Boy movement going down in my hometown so you know I had to check it out. There was an event held in July in downtown Jersey City on bright street where they also hold weekly break classes ( I plan to bring my dgt ). I was definitely proud to see that this movement seemed strong and sturdy! That night they had a few battles and random freestyle breaking Which was dope for sure. There was one lil dude in particular about 8yo and his style was phenomenal. All in all it was a good look and I will be attending more events in the future so don't forget my invite lol! Shout out to NBK and Rival who was dubbed as the man who organized the events and from my standpoint is driving force pushing this movement forward in Jersey City.

2010 Wake Up Show Anthem

Elevate your experience

Oh No briefly shows some of the musical capabilities that can be utilized with the new Ipad! I have friends that are already sampling, scratching, building beats, controlling pro tools wireless, and even using full blown recording programs on the Iphone so I can't wait to get my hands on one of these. The only thing I'm not feeling is the size which for what it does is necessary but I always hated carrying too many things. If you have an Ipad you either gonna have to rock a fruity messenger bag of lose a hand. In the words of Black Sheep "The choice is yourrrrsss!"

IS THE ART OF FREESTYLE DEAD?!

The first rhymes I ever attempted to say out loud were as I like to say off the top of the dome. Freestyle, off the head spittin,extemporaneous speech is how I began rhyming and what I did for a few years before ever writing a lyric. It seems that this art is beginning to fade and is no longer seen as a weapon every MC must posses to some degree in order to be taking serious or seen as having a complete skill set. 99% of the time when I see a mix tape that says such n such's "freestyle" or I hear someone supposedly freestyle on radio its very rarely if ever a true freestyle. It seems that rappers now think bc it's not recorded its a freestyle. Motherf*cker if you wrote the shit it aint a god damn freestyle and beyond that I think your f*cking WACK for trying to pass it off as one. If you want to know what true freestyle is about look up artist like SuperNatural (depicted above), or Black Thought from the roots, and Mos Def is mos definitely a freestyle beast! If you see a rapper spittin a "freestyle" ask em if they wrote it, a lot of times their reading it write in front of you and calling it a freestyle lmao! You should be ashamed of yourselves!

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Made of Aluminum?

Call me crazy but I wasn't at all thrilled with the new Iron Man movie. This time around seemed to have less action the the first. I went to see the midnight show and was definitely looking forward to being entertained but after wards I felt like it was a waste of money. Seeing the additional suit and war machine coming to life was cool but not enough to carry the movie. Mickey Rourke's character was bad ass but again not enough for me. All and all they needed to expand more on the characters abilities and add more action. On another note if Iron Man just flew around in the background while the movie was focused on SCARLET JOHANSSON it would have been well worth every penny. I want to marry this woman! Her or Jessica Biel, I guess they're going to have to fight it out over me lol!

Album drops June 29th via iTunes

Special thx to my dude Young Blaow! The album cover came out great. This definitely captures the feeling of the music on the album and it helped that YB kept in contact with me through every step of this process. Every draft he made he sent me and I would hit em back with my critiques. The elements we ended up with are pretty much the same but the changes we made as we went along made a huge difference. This one is definitely a winner. Album drops June 29th, in the meantime I'm offering all fans a free download of "Dedication". Click on the link below and enjoy the music.

http://soundcloud.com/sgt-over/dedication