Month: May 2006

Rating: 4.5 stars
Compton’s back! Wanna travel through the streets of Compton with a true rider and listen to some good hip hop? Dresta Da Gangsta is here to guide you through his universe. I promise you that you will like what you’ll hear. So close your eyes and let your ears wide open for some moments of pure musical pleasure.
There are two many tracks on Dresta’s mixtape to review each of them. However, I will summarize the impressions I got from listening to it.
Time to wake up: don’t sleep on that artist!
Volume I
Track Nr 2 is introduced by some powerful instrumentals and lyrics. Dresta is back with his gangsta flow, bringing those beautiful Westcoast sounds to you. He is ready to murder you lyrically. Nobody talks better about the Compton ghetto and the streets of California than people who grew up there. Offensive, determined to take over, Dresta will make you feel his fight. You can’t fuck with him: he is real in his music and in his words.
On Volume I, I recommend you Dresta’s Lean Back Remix and his kinky Nr6 Dyke Over Night track.
Track Nr 4 is based on dark cello sounds that will make you feel the drama. Dresta is not here to please the music industry, he talks about the hood’s dramas. People in the hood are starving and Dresta shows no mercy in his words.
Track Nr 5 is rhythmic and will make you travel through the streets of Cali.
Compton’s Back is one of those melodic tracks that won’t leave the listeners indifferent and it says it all. The spirit of the hood of Compton is back. Expect some good Westcoast sounds again that go along with ghetto stories and bad bitches tales.
Volume II
The introduction to Volume II also finds Dresta sleeping and is a powerful wake up call that will lead you to track Nr2, a remix of Tupac and Eazy E’s How We Do. The Westcoast is back for those who doubted it. You can’t fuck with them OG’s.
Come Together is constructed with some rhythmic drum beats and soft piano sound. Feel a man on the run in the ghetto with his fellows. Dresta is not about the bling bling bullshit, he is a man who speaks out the truth and draws the streets the way they are.
The Realest In Rap is a beautiful track aimed at the haters. Very well handled instrumentally and lyrically, the song will make you realize that Dresta is the real deal in Compton. A man is ready to put Compton again on the map and to conquer the game.
Don’t miss Revenge a track that is beautifully remixed on Dr Dre instrumentals. Dresta’s voice sounds quite surrealistic and the emcee dedicates the track to all the soldiers locked behind the gates, including his brother BG Knocc Out.
« Compton’s Finest » has some delightful moments of pure hip hop to offer to his listeners. Gun talks, bad bitches, racial discrimination and certified gangstas trying to survive in the hood are part of the program.
Download Dresta’ s Dirty West mixtape, Volume I and II here.

Never heard of Dresta? A.Wicker aka Dresta is BG Knocc Out’s elder brother. Both men grew up in the streets of Compton, used to hang out with Compton legend Eazy E.
Their Real Brothas album that came out in 1994
After long years of absence, Dresta Da Gangsta is back, stronger than ever, ready to take over the Westcoast with his tight sounds and lyrics. Real in his words, Dresta is dropping bombs and speading like a forest fire. Dresta tells you about life in the ghetto the way it is.
Don’t miss his recent song, Crip Blue. The beautifully handled track has a blues/ reggae flavor. Feel the nostalgia and envision black people’s pain.
Too many details can make you feel blue when you live in the hood: black men shooting on black men, haters claiming unity of the Westcoast when all they have are big egos, black kids growing up without their fathers. Blood spills, Death Row executions, double standards whether you’re black or white. Sad situations created by a greedy and racist government.
The words are raw and describe reality in its nudity. Listen to Dresta’s complaint to the Lord and feel compassionate towards folks who only have one wish: be treated equally and breathe.
Dyke Over Night is an entertaining track. Based on piano, violins and keyboard and rhythmic drum sounds, the song will lead you into a very kinky atmosphere.
Isn’t a threesome most of men’s dream?
Ok, follow Dresta’s trying to turn his regular girlfriend into a lesbian over night. Feel the excitement and how Dresta slowly leads his girl into an unknown « paradise » made of sensuality and pleasure.
Drums and keyboards introduce We Gon Blow. The rhythmic song introduces you into a real G’s fight. No place for the wankstas in his worlds. Dresta is currently trying to get his brother BG Knocc Out out of jail. Be sure of it, both men are gonna blow.
Dresta and his brother are one of the most beautiful demonstration of talent I could see recently. Hip hop is in the state of 911 and it is in the urgent need of artists who keep it real in their words and music.
Curious about Compton artist Dresta Da Gangsta?
You can check out his personal website and his my space account, then.
More Dresta to come in my upcoming reviews of his Dirty West mixtape Vol I and II.

….outta Compton:Dresta da Gangsta. He is BG Knocc out’s brother and he is another of the Ruthless Records artists to give you a full gangsta flavor in his raps…stay tuned, folks:)

Dear artists,
An open letter to the artists I have reviewed and shown support
First and foremost, I’d like to thank all of you who have shown love and support to me. However a few issues need to be addressed. It might only concern a few of you, but I feel the need to talk about some people’s two faced attitude towards me.
So…to whom it may concern.
I have noticed that some artists prompted to ask me for promotion, and as soon as the promotion was done, showed a phony attitude, backstabbing me and forgetting about how helpful I had been to them in the past and that’s NOT ok to me.
You all know that I am a writer and a freelance music journalist. I dedicate a lot of time to my passion for the music and I do support the hip hop movement with all my heart. I am very much dedicated to causes I find true and justified.
Those of you who want to categorize me as a « groupie slut » better not ask me for promotion at all.
Yes, I have mad love for Eminem, D12 and many artists from the Shady clan. Having met some of them, I also appreciate them as the persons they are. Yes, I have an Eminem tattoo on my left shoulder as a tribute. I will carry this tattoo on my skin till my last breath and I am proud of it.
I am good looking and I do take care of myself.
However, all those details don’t give you the right to call me a « groupie » behind my back. If I was that much of a groupie, I would be discussing much more about « how cute you are » than about your music. I’d probably be more focused on « talking dirty » with you than on making write ups for promotional purposes.
I am all about the music and if I ever happened to meet any of you « backstage », it would be for professional reasons, like setting up an interview. If you think you gonna make it out with me backstage, you are very wrong about it. Don’t confuse me with one of your numerous « hip hop honeys ». I do respect myself. I might be single, but it doesn’t mean, I’d accept a date with you automatically. I’m not that kind of girl.
Also, please consider the numerous hours of work I dedicate to YOUR cause- for free.
Of course, I am very much aware that the articles I am writing also benefit myself, since artists- writers/publicists- and readership are very much interdependent. I also intend to get a deal in the music industry sooner or later and I keep focused for the same reasons.
Dear artists, I am very much sensitive to your struggle- as underground and mainstream artists. I never considered any of you as a « commercial product ». So I think I could expect a little bit of respect in return.
I don’t care if you like Eminem or not. I am just asking you to respect my musical tastes and not to talk shit behind my back because I have always been loyal towards Marshall Mathers and his crew.
I would like to put one point clear: if you think that I am one of those « backstage hoes », then don’t ask me for promotion.
You are free to think what you want about me…just don’t ask me for a review if you consider me as a groupie. Groupies usually don’t write reviews…
Sorry for some of you, but there is no place for phonies in my world.

Cardiac Legacy is an underground rapper who has some new sounds to offer to his listeners. His music sounds warmhearted towards a hip hop culture and will make you feel the love that animates his soul.
Shorty Story introduces you into a manipulative girlfriend’s world. The rhythmic track has a Spanish flavor and Cardiac’s flow will downpour to the listener’s delight.
The Heartstoppa starts with intense heartbeats and introduces you into the world of true world of US hip hop. Claps, flute sounds and nice beats will make you feel the passion Cardiac Legacy puts into his music. Like the heart playing a major role in a human’s body, pumping blood and being determinant to keep you alive, Cardiac Legacy shows the listener how much real hip hop is vital to his ears.
Get Them Arms Up is a very entertaining track where Cardiac legacy shows some undeniable lyrical skills and a nice flow delivery.
Some pure delightful moments of true hip hop are offered to you from Cardiac’s mouth. Beats and instrumentals are nicely handled too.
Yea Yea is a freestyle that won’t probably leave you listeners indifferent. Cardiac Legacy spits some fire on this track.
Globally, Cardiac Legacy is really worth your interest. The skilled emcee will bring you back to the roots of real hip hop. Check him out here and enjoy his talent.

I apologize in advance to my readers for the strong language…I gotta let my anger out against an emcee whom I have always been nice with and who starts talking bullshit behind my back…
This Detroit emcee was one of the firsts to ask me for promotion…he is currently the most hated emcee in Detroit…however, i never said any wrong word to him, despite the many people hating him in Detroit…and now the bitch is attacking me (like the traitor he is) behind my back, talking shit against me on a yahoo group?
Fuck you Fagstab!!!
I’ma make the beef public you asshole:
Backstab, i intend to delete you from my friend’s list, but first of all i will speak my mind about your behavior towards me…it didn’t bother you that i was “dickriding” Em when you needed my support overseas…Stacey and me are jerking over Em?
Let me tell you what:
-you are a fake, a pussy and Deshaun Holton said the truth about you on his mixtape: you can’t write good lyrics, you should pay a ghostwriter…
i never ever said one wrong word to you, even when you dissed Em on Detroit rap, and now that…if you have a beef with me, address it personally, you have my email address, you can write me there instead of talking behind my back.
Shall i gently remind you that i got you some exposure on a French hip hop website and that i got you into a French hip hop mag?
You call me old? you are no teenager either as far as i know…LMAO at your faggot ass…
You are the biggest asshole from Detroit i have ever met on the net. And you can kiss my ass. You are a traitor to Detroit rap and many ppl there can’t wait to kick your ugly ass for real…
FAKE. ASSHOLISH. FAGSTAB. GO GET A DICK; YOU ARE NOT MY FRIEND ANY MORE;YOU WENT TOO FAR WITH ME!
Rob Chichester you are a snake and a faggot!

Cardiac Legacy…stay tuned:)

I dedicate this article to all the people who have lost a beloved one and who have major difficulties in coping with death and loss.
« Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me. » Psalm 23:4
Sometimes God seems to guide us on a painful path. A path we’d rather avoid if we could.
I have no idea why we have to travel through the valley of the shadow of death, so don’t expect me to give you an explanation for God’s hidden plans.
During our life we go through stages of light and joy, pain and suffering.
When we look back at our past, each of the experiences we went through seemed necessary to our spiritual growth.
The dark trip through the valley of the shadow of death is painful. It leaves our hearts bleeding.
It is always hard to deal with the death of a beloved person, no matter how old we are or how many persons of our entourage we have already lost.
The most hurtful is to realize that our friend, relative or whoever it is, will never be there again. We look at an empty chair and the more we look at it, a sharp sword penetrates our heart.
Tears. Desperation. Times of darkness and loneliness. Silence. God’s silence and the death of our certainties.
Deep thoughts and the quest for an answer.
I remember a German penpal sending me a card saying : « Muss es denn immer zappenduster werden, damit uns ein Licht aufgeht? »
« Does it always have to become so dark for us to see the light? »
Well…maybe that’s the point…dark times might be necessary for us to envision and to appreciate the light better.
I don’t claim to have all answers. Like all of you, I am trying to find some.
May this text heal some of you and help you in your quests.

Rating:4.5 stars
Heartbreaking. The touching song introduces you into a surrealistic atmosphere. No contest Proof’s Promatic partner’s words are a tearjerker that won’t leave the listener indifferent.
Repetitive guitar and bass sounds lead you into Dogmatic’s dedication to his friend Deshaun Holton aka Proof aka Derty Harry. The instrumentals and the beats will take you with him for Detroit soldiers crazy ride.
Ride with them on a place called 8 Mile Road.
8 Mile Road, where real G’s live a dangerous life. Guns and beefs are part of their all day life.
8 Mile Road, the place for true friendships. The place where Kevin Bailey aka Dogmatic and Deshaun Holton grew up.
The chorus is fulfilled with nostalgia. All the past memories are popping into a hurt mind. It is hard to realize that a long term friend has left the earth for ever. It is hard to realize there will be no laughing together, no occasions to chill at local bars, no more occasions to work together.
Deshaun used to roll on 8 Mile Road. His music was breathing the Detroit hood. Proof made us familiar with his world. He touched us with his simplicity and his sincerity.
April the 11th, 2006 has marked the end of an era. The person who killed Deshaun Holton has not only deprived his family and friends from him. Proof’s murderer has left a whole community of hip hop lovers wounded.
The young legend has gone. Promatic and Sick Notes left us this touching song in loving memory and didn’t forget to mention other Detroit fallen soldiers such as Blade Icewood and Bugz.
Deshaun Holton is a legend. Rest In Heaven, Big Proof.
Listen to Dogmatic’s song here.

Kimberley Mathers, the once and likely future ex-wife of hip-hop star Eminem, filed court papers last week asking for financial support and physical custody of the couple’s 10-year-old daughter.
Mathers’ attorney, Michael J. Smith, filed her response to Eminem’s divorce petition and a counter-complaint April 26 in Macomb County Circuit Court. In the filings, she asks for Eminem, who was born Marshall Mathers, to pay her attorney fees for the divorce proceedings, as well as the cost of the mortgage, insurance and utilities for the home the couple shared in Clinton Township.
The documents also state that she wants to share legal custody of the couple’s daughter, Halie, but wants Eminem to provide child support.
Her filings shed no light on what led Eminem to file for divorce last month, just 82 days after they wed in Rochester Hills. They first married in 1999 and divorced in 2001.
Eminem’s divorce filing said the couple have a prenuptial agreement.
Attorneys for Eminem and Mathers did not return calls seeking comment Tuesday.