listen you fuckers... you screwheads

Juggaknots - Clear Blue Skies


Juggaknots - Loosifa


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Michael Jordan Attempting to Grow Hitler Stache?

Have you checked out the most recent Hanes commercial? More importantly, have you checked out Michael Jordan's face lately? It looks like Jordan is trying to grow some facial hair reminiscent of the Fuhrer.


O and here's a rap song...

Black Sheep make it to the big time... a CAR COMMERCIAL!

spotted on reddit

first off, good song. second, hilarious commercial. i never had an inkling of respect for kia until now, or at least the guy in marketing that came up with this idea.

in other news, new madvillian single released at stonesthrow as part of some 8 singles in 8 weeks deal, i dunno

Jeru the Damaja - Me or the Papes


Original Flavor - Keep On (Searchin)

Lyrics in Court

Rap and the judicial system go together like peanut butter and jelly, or like oil and water depending on your perspective. It seems like every week you hear about a rapper being arrested or making a court appearance. But every so often there is a rare instance where an artist’s lyrics are brought to the court’s attention and are sometimes the difference between freedom or incarceration.
Lyrics and the courthouse have intertwined once again in Los Angeles at the trial of Aubrey Berry, who is on trial for the murder of up and coming rapper, Dolla, whose real name is Roderick Burton. What started as a dispute between the two men in an Atlanta nightclub resumed over two thousand miles away at the Beverly Center parking lot in Los Angeles. Berry testified Dolla and some friends confronted him at the valet counter and said, “You in my hood, you wanna die, huh?” Berry, who suffered a beating from Dolla and his friends just 11 day previously in Atlanta and was well aware of Dolla’s affiliation with the Mansfield Gangster Crips, claimed he feared for his life. Berry said Dolla reached for his back, and at that moment Berry pulled his own 9-millimeter pistol and fired a total of eight rounds. Dolla was hit four times and died. A weapon was never found on Dolla. Cold blooded murder or self defense? That is not for me to decide, nor what this article is about.

What is interesting is that Dolla’s lyrics helped his killer go free. Berry’s attorney played the jury one of Dolla’s songs, “Is You Holdin”, where Dolla claims to have a pistol on him at all times. According to his attorney those lines played in Berry’s head and justified him pulling his gun. The jury agreed and Aubrey Berry was acquitted of all crimes.
I am a firm believer rap lyrics should not be admissible in court for the simple fact that rap is entertainment and a rapper’s lyrics in court are about as valid as hearsay. It is a staple of hip hop culture just like graffiti or break dancing, to embellish and grossly exaggerate one’s accomplishments and skill whether it be with a microphone, women, or with a gun. Are we to believe that Brotha Lynch Hung actually eats baby brains and intestines?

Listen to any Geto Boy album start to finish and if you took the words at face value, there could be a decent argument on who killed more people and slept with the most women, Geto Boys or Ghengis Khan.

Imagine if CEO/entrepreneur/rapper, Jay-Z, went on trial for manslaughter. Would the prosecution play songs from Reasonable Doubt and say the defendant has a rich history of drug trafficking, kidnapping, and murder?

It is a slippery and downright dangerous path when a rapper’s lyrics are admissible in court for the simple fact that so much of it is untrue. Some of the horrific stories heard in rap songs are true. The rapper has seen, heard, or even taken part it in it. But to allow whole songs or albums in the courtroom full of jurors, most of whom would not consider themselves fans of the genre, is irresponsible and could be easily misinterpreted. Simply put, you have to be one asinine individual to rap about actual crimes you committed. As Jeru the Damaja said, “I never knew hustlas confessed on stereo.”

same sample sundays

i'd make this a weekly thing but that's some awful alliteration

Daikatamy - Ganymede memoir

download this amazing instrumental album here

MF Doom - Kon Karne

Some instrumentals...

Mil - Be the Bop

The muffled trumpet in that kills me

Damu's got a new album out, so here's some songs off his promo LP

Damu the Fudgemunk - How it Should Sound


Damu - Wonka Beat #1

ABCs of being a G

nuff said

Phy Life Cypher - ABCs


Papoose - Alphabetical Slaughter


Blackalicious - Alphabet Aerobics

The Music Business is Shady

Especially when it is conducted inside the California Penal System. Notorious 24th Garden Blocc Crip and rapper X-Raided was stabbed seven times by several latino inmates. One was armed with a toothbrush with eight razor blades attached to it. The stabbing was in retaliation for X-Raided refusing to produce the inmates rap record. X-Raided has his own music label, Bloc Star, that he started in 2005. X-Raided is serving a 31 year sentence for first degree murder. I'm not a big fan of his music by any means, but here's a taste.

Someone is smooth like that

Just read up on some shady shit involving Guru and his "faithful" DJ Solar. Apparently there is all types of weird things going on involving Solar, including that letter than Guru sent to his fans, which I guess he wrote while he was in a coma? Great. If this is true, Solar should be taken out back of his house and shot in the head.

This was all figured out when Solar's e-mail was hacked, which led to his myspace, twitter, etc. all getting hacked. The best part is, the hacker is someone trying to expose what Solar has done, this isn't some geek looking for kicks.

Check Solar's twitter for some messages left by the hacker and read this interview with the alleged hacker for more details.

I don't know how much merit any of this has, but it looks pretty legit. Solar may turn out to be a thief and scumbag, time will tell...

Dock 'throw no-no's on LSD' Ellis

Dock Ellis has never made a rap song. So why is he featured on one of the finest hip hop blogs? Simple, because here at The Main Ingredient we like celebrating great accomplishments in sports, especially when the feat is accomplished when on LSD. On June 12, 1970 Ellis threw a no hitter while on LSD. So when Dallas Braden throws a perfect game I don't go all ape shit over it (especially when the grown man's name is Dallas). No doubt it is impressive, but he did not face Richard Nixon or Jimi Hendrix in the batter's box, Ellis did both. Thanks to James Blagden and No Mas for the animation.

Where Boredom Happens

It is one of my favorite times of the year. You know school is about to be over and a new champion is about to be crowned. That's right the NBA Playoffs are upon us, but thus far it has been amazingly uninteresting. Thankfully one of the greatest athletes and people not named Arnold is still involved, no matter how small that role may be. I am talking of course about the Big Aristotle AKA Shaquille O'Neal. With O'Neal's best playing days behind him, we now have a chance to reflect on his marvelous rap career.

He is leaps and bounds better than any other athlete/rapper with maybe only Cedric Ceballos coming in at a distant second. For all of you who are saying, "Hey didn't Kobe Bryant and Tony Parker make rap songs too?" Unfortunately they did, but both those songs would be better suited to be on repeat at every cell in Guantanamo Bay. Either song would be a far better torture method than simulated drowning. Put it this way, if you played the songs back to back, you just drowned the person in audio phecies for 8:43.

People forget that Shaq's first record, Shaq Diesel, went platinum. While record sales have lost some significance in today's hip hop landscape, Shaq did work with some heavy weights in the game. Here are three of my favorite cuts from the Big Cactus
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While I like the opening clip more than the actual song, it does feature one of the most slept on west coast lyircists, W.C. And if Nate Dogg is singing the hook, it must be a hit.
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Shaq did this one all by himself. You can't help but love the video. The opening has shades of some of the shittier Batman movies with Val Kilmer. If that's not enough it also has Apache Helicopters, fighter jets, and fucking ninjas. Take that Hype Williams.
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This was an easy choice. Shaq + RZA + Method Man = fucking genius.

Just a closing thought

Gangsta Gibbs

Looking at the blog sometimes is like stepping back into a time machine or just a lesson in modern day hip hop obscurity. We're not apologizing for it, it's called the golden era for a reason and now a days a lot of the best stuff out there you have to dig for. But every so often a new up and comer gets some love from MTV and true hip hop heads. This new up and comer goes by the name Freddie Gibbs and he is coming out of Gary, Indiana. The only thing worthwhile that I know of to come out of Gary was Michael Jackson and if I am not mistaken, the Goosebumps TV show by R.L. Stein. Well now you can add Freddie Gibbs to that list. He released a solid mixtape, Midwestgangstaboxframecaddilacmuzik, and now he has released his first video, The Ghetto, which is a very stellar video (sorry no video vixens).



After watching the video if you are like me you are thanking your parents you did not grow up in Gary Indiana. Below is part of a live performance and interview with Mr. Gibbs.

You High? Well I'm a Mile High

Sorry about the lack of posts. I am finally done doing my best Carmen San Diego impersonation so the posts will be coming much more frequently. So all five people that occasional glance at the blog get ready.

Hip Hop like most other forms of media are quick to forget that there are more market places than just New York and Los Angeles. But don't fool yourself, classic hip hop comes from all over. That's why I was geeked to find a couple golden era tracks from the Mile High City. All three of these gems are from '94-'97. For those who are unfamiliar with Denver Rap it's a lot like Ganstga Rap from California except with a lot more Avalanche jerseys. The ragtops, glocks, and 40 oz's remain the same. My favorite out of the three tracks would have to be "12 Guage Tragedy" by DK All Day, mainly because of the not so subtle diss of DJ Quik. The verse was a reference to DJ Quik's "Jus Lyke Compton" and a verse that describes a dispute that went down in a roller rink in Denver. Schenectadyfan, another blogger has compiled a 19 track gold mine of 90's hip hop from Dener, Las Vegas, and even Albuquerque (big ups to bennet). Hope you enjoy.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=P15RNGER



black hole posse


nyke loc

shiki no uta

finals are kickin my ass, more soon

Nujabes (RIP) beat, i think he might have sampled it from some anime show. super chill beat, dope asian chorus (i'm assuming japanese), and some honest lyrics.

try and keep this updated a little more

Shiki No Uta (Song of All Seasons)