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On May the 6th, 2007, 53% of the French population gave its voices to Nicolas Sarkozy, voting in favor of a man who promises to rebuild France economically, to re-create work and to give hope to the most hopeless people. Last Sunday, he claimed to give people of different ethnic backgrounds the same chances and severely condemned racial discrimination.
Sarkozy made a whole speech in favor of America and claimed to do his best to help African countries.
Full of self pride and of authoritarian principles, Mr Sarkozy presented himself as France s new Messiah.
Well, I would have granted him a chance, if it wasn t the same man, who ignited severe trouble in our ghettos back in 2005.
When somebody claims to be able to run a country, he should also be able to choose the words that come out of his mouth carefully.
If Sarkozy is against discrimination of any kind, why does he discriminate against young people from poor economic backgrounds? Why does he have to use demeaning words such as scums to define young people from the ghetto? Why would he claim to clean them up with a karcher?
Isn t that metaphor very close to the Nazis methods aiming at the Jewish people s extermination?
Mr Sarkozy, who claims to be the solution to the high unemployment figures in France already pointed a discriminatory finger at the jobless, calling them lazy if they stay unemployed over 6 months. Non content to do so, he also created some masked fake jobs in order to flatter the job center statistics, but that won t help poor people on a concrete basis while being in Jacques Chirac s government. Those jobs are (please seize the irony here) called contracts of the future. Contracts of the future take at least 70 % of poor people s welfare that goes directly into the employer s account. All fiscal deductions beside , the subscribers of those mischievous contracts – I mean people on welfare- will earn 100 euros as a whole for an entire month of work. Wow, I sense some progress!
Mr Sarkozy might be perceived positively in Great Britain, but the British media s vision of this politician is a wrong perception of France s reality.
Mr Sarkozy happens to be a great admirer of Mr Blair and is known to spend some of his weekends in London.
Mr Blair also seems to be a huge source of inspiration for Sarkozy s economical vision of France. However, a system that woks for a liberal economy such as Great Britain could dig France s future grave. France needs economical solutions that are adapted to its own system and mentality. In the same way, you could barely make a « little America » of France. America is a federal state, France is a centralized state, which is completely different. Mr Sarkozy doesn t even seem to be conscious of those obvious differences that make a country s personality.
Sarkozy claims to be Africa s new hope. I am not convinced that a man who spreads racist discourses is even preoccupied with Africa s destiny.
So what matters to Mr Sarkozy?
Power, money, and domination, as far as I am concerned.
A good part of the French population has been blinded by a greedy liar that is closer to a dictator than to a democrat.
Just after his elections, riots and manifestations started, particularly within the ghettos.
Let s see what the future holds for a France lead by a man who is obsessed with power and glory. Sarkozy already proved that he didn t really care about the underprivileged .
Lets meet again in 5 years.
Copyright 2007 by Isabelle Esling
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“T.I. is trying to tell Marshall how to deal with Slim based on how he deals with Tip. Then Tip butts in, like, ‘You can’t tell nobody nothing.’ Then Em comes in and tells me, ‘Who are you to tell me anything?’ I was like, ‘I’m just trying to help, homie.’” —T.I./ Tip, describing a new song in which he gives Marshall Mathers/Eminem/Slim Shady some advice about their alter egos [MTV]
“I’m hoping when [audiences] sit down and watch it and see that it’s kind of this slice-of-life, character-driven drama with some humor to it, they won’t think, ‘Whoa, wait a minute. Where are the fart jokes?’” —Comedian Ken Marino, on his new movie Diggers [Premiere]
“My daughter doesn’t need to inherit a giant Hefty bag full of flannel f***ing shirts … A sweater, a guitar, and the lyrics to ‘Teen Spirit’ — that’s what my daughter gets.” —Courtney Love, who is selling the rest of late husband Kurt Cobain’s belongings at a Christie’s auction [Spinner]
“This movie is about good and evil. Also religion plays a big part [in the visuals] … like James [Franco] laying, with the sun rising at the end like a sacrificed lamb or Tobey in the second one being over the people in the tram like he’s Jesus.” — Kirsten Dunst, on the Bible’s impact on the Spider-Man trilogy [Dark Horizons]
“I think a large diamond studded platinum satanic pentagram would be a little more fitting for him.” —Mark Dice, whose Christian organization, the Resistance, is calling for 50 Cent to stop wearing a cross [Baller Status] —Lindsey Thomas

The CEO of Redline Records also known as Duke takes over in a very offensive manner. With his great confidence, his gritty voice, a dark instrumental background, strident sirens that take over your mentals like a subliminal message, Duke introduces you into his tough world of his Californian hood with his Rubbish song featuring John Doe.
Welcome to saccaded piano notes and distorted instrumentals that will push the listener into a very chaotic universe. Birth Control fully enlightens Duke s rapping skills.
Break Wide is based on a monotonous rythmic background. The main weakness of the song is that instrumentals and lyrics don t seem to really match together.
This Ones For You is quite annoying as well. As much as the first songs attracted my attention, the following ones show some real weaknesses. The artist s voice isn t at its top either on Break Wide and This Ones For You. Generally speaking both songs give the listener an overall impression of morosity.
However, and because of the Rubbish and Birth Control songs, I d like to invite you to visit Duke s my space account.
Copyright 2007 by Isabelle Esling
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Listen to By Yourself here.

Real 1 is an emcee who hails from the Holy Land. What enlightens the man s originality is that he reps in Hebrew. Hebrew is a language I feel a special connexion with because of its emotional beauty, its gutturals and the way it is linked to spirituality through its holy language status that refers to the ancient times of the Bible.
I studied Hebrew as an autodidact for three years. I always liked its beauty and poetry in its intonation.
Real 1 s music is full of Israel s contradictions and prophetic visions. I exposes the pain and aims at a prophetic vision in a land that is destroyed by greedy politicians.
The Mirror mixes up different musical styles: a classical piano background is gently married with harpsichord and guitar sounds while Real 1 s voice in Hebrew reveals a bleeding heart. The bleeding heart of a man who is left alone at home in desperation with his kid because his wife died in a car accident.
The very emotional song teaches us about the fragility of life. Don t take anything for granted and ask God to give you the force to accept things you cannot change.
Seaching: ani mehapes… I am searching. Built on soft guitar sounds, the song expresses the artist s incessant quest that is reinforced by the soft instrumental background. Suddenly numerous violins intensify the very sincere quest that ends up on a very optimistic note.
Those in search of spirituality and truth will probably love the song.
Discover Real1 and his beautiful hebrew reps here.
Copyright 2007 by Isabelle Esling
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Today I would like to address to all of you who share the same passion as me for music journalism, no matter of they are aspiring writers or very experienced in the job.
Many people do think that what only matters in writing jobs are experienced people who manage to write very well structured texts and who will bring brilliant demonstrations of literacy and musical knowledge on paper. Little did you know if you think those details will make a brilliant and acclaimed music journalist of you.
While it is true that you need to meet some basic requirements to attract a readership that will include a quite proper spelling, some obvious editing skills, a good knowledge of the subject you are talking about, you can count them as nothing if you are not motivated by a genuine passion for what you are doing.
You obviously have to write with your heart and soul in order to communicate the same intellectual curiosity and enthusiasm to your readership. It is not only about raising rap or music fans interest, it is also about managing to captivate a neophyte s interest, sharing a genuine passion with the world and making the reader feel that it is real.
I once read a story about an interpreter who was singing I Know My Savior Lives. Technically, her interpretation seemed perfect, until she got some objective criticism that sounded like : Very good, miss…but you don t seem to know that your Savior lives…
Do you get my point? No matter how excellent you are in mastering your craft, you must be able to put some real feelings in what you are doing.
As Proof stated it in one of his songs, I put my soul to the ink should be a writer s state of mind when he is addressing to a readership.
As an employer, if I had to choose between a gifted, impersonal writer and a person with a genuine passion who happened to make some slight mistakes, I d chose the second person with no hesitation. You can always perfect mistakes, but you could barely remove the coldness from a so called perfect article.
Copyright 2007 by Isabelle Esling
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With his dreadlocks that reinforce his cool rasta looks, Joseapher is repping North Valledjo, California. Joseapher develops his craft by combining different musical styles. His astute use of electronic instrumentals with rhythmic claps and a harsh instrumental background will allow the listener to appreciate the artist s craft. His verbal encription is enlightened by a confident flow delivery.
I m Always Stunting combines the qualities mentioned above and is rich of a good dose of humor.
Repetitive, cadenced flute sounds totally match with Joseapher s sarcastic humor. Joseapher intentionally targets the many bling bling rappers in the game. Everybody might look like a rapper, but very few actually deserve the title.
What They Talking ‘ Bout is beautifully rhythmic. Drumbeats, keyboards, dark electric guitar mixed up with light flute sounds will allow the listener to fully enjoy Joseapher s verbal dexterity.
Come into Joseapher s world. Discover more about him here.
Copyright2007 by Isabelle Esling
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Immortal Technique is certainly not your average emcee. Witty and rough worded in his lyrics, Immortal Technique doesn t speak out to please mainstream rap labels nor greedy politicians. The NYC emcee, who is a living underground legend, tells you things the way you are, no matter if you like it or not.
His message is a clear rebellion against a corporate America lead by a bunch of greedy, professional liar politicians.
CIA Murder Me RMx exposes facts in their nudity. With his gritty voice, Immortal Technique stands up against the American government s lies who is trying to blind the great mass of citizens. Massive lies come to light. A heavy instrumental background made of rhythmic drum beats and keyboard sounds leaves place for a lyrical rebellion. Instruments and lyrical mastery courageously reveals how much the average citizen is the victim of political and religious manipulations. Flashback to the Israeli Palestinian conflict, light on Bible stories, light on terrorism and bad political moves: you can t escape from Immortal Technique s clear vision of facts.
Caught In The Hustle starts with light guitar and violins notes mixed up with keyboards and drum beats. The astute wordsmith Immortal Technique actually is will introduce you into his revolutionary world.
Watch Out..who you fucking with is already an underground classic. The harsh musical background that enlightens Immortal Technique s raspy voice progressively reveals Immortal Technique s truth. Prophetic, harsh in his words, very lucid about the contemporary mainstream music industry, the clever emcee is the voice of the hood and of the underpriviledged of the Third World.
Pay attention to him: he has a consistent message for our contemporary society. His witty mind gives an objective analysis of our contemporary world.
Don t sleep on the talented emcee. Check him here.
Copyright 2007 by Isabelle Esling
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April 24, 2007
By BRIAN McCOLLUM
FREE PRESS POP MUSIC WRITER
A pair of Detroit music institutions may join forces and reconnect a local superstar to his past.
Eminem’s manager, Detroit native Paul Rosenberg, is vying to lease and operate the St. Andrew’s Hall complex in downtown Detroit, sources familiar with negotiations told the Free Press this week.
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Entertainment conglomerate Live Nation, which has owned and managed the venue since the late 1990s, has chosen not to sell the property, after quietly placing it on the market earlier this year.
But sources said the company is hammering out a deal with Rosenberg that will likely give him control of the hall’s liquor license and day-to-day operations. Live Nation would retain the property and rights to concert booking.
The deal, which may be completed next month, would run to several hundred-thousand dollars, said a source. Like others, the source asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of negotiations.
Spokesmen for both Eminem and Live Nation did not comment today.
The extent of Eminem’s potential involvement remains unclear. Michigan law does not allow liquor licenses to be held by convicted felons. Eminem pled guilty in 2001 to a concealed-weapon charge stemming from an incident at a Warren club; he’ll be eligible to expunge the conviction from his record in 2008.
St. Andrew’s Hall and its basement room, the Shelter, comprise one of the city’s longest-running live music venues. Best known for its alternative-rock bills in the ’80s and ’90s — it was often the first Detroit stop for up-and-comers such as Nirvana — the hall has increasingly embraced hip-hop and dance programming.
It’s also got a special place in Eminem lore: The theater was a site for many of the rapper’s earliest performances, and went on to be immortalized in the semi-biographical film “8 Mile.”
Contact BRIAN McCOLLUM at 313-223-4450 or mccollum@freepress.com.

DJ Erupt puts fire and passion into his art wherever he goes. His undeniable talent and love for his art make a very noticeable artist of him on the current hip hop scene.
Back in 2002, DJ Erupt took a DJing job as a transition job while he was achieving his military service. He started organizing small parties and gigs in Washington DC/Maryland/Virginia. Very much focused on promoting hip hop underground artists, DJ Erupt saw his fan base grow as time passed by. The talented DJ decided to spend more time on studying mixtapes and increasing his knowledge of the underground scene.
After a little break, DJ Erupt moved to Detroit City where he grabbed the chance to pursue art studies. He then decided to collaborate with a local management company, Chopper City music. There he seized the numerous promotional and business opportunities that BG and his staff offered him.
DJ Erupt also collaborated with some colleges in order to promote some independent artists.
Rich of an experience of 6 years, specialized in digital mixtape DJing, constantly improving and working on virtual turntables, computer and CD, DJ Erupt has accomplished a lot.
DJ Erupt has worked on the following mixtapes:
All In One Series, Myspace Take Ova, Step Ya Game Up Series, Special Delivery, Urban Warfare (/w Elpadrino) Hip-Hop Compilation Series
Artistic promotion and a genuine dedication being constantly on his mind, DJ Erupt will be working on the following upcoming projects:
Hip-Hop Compilation Vol. 2, Myspace Takeova II (all female Artists) Street Talk w/Rog-D, Murdakkh, Sin, NOUS-T, Mr. Smakman, Menace, and Elpadrino, just to name a few.
DJ Erupt s remarkable work is definitely worth a look. Discover the dedicated artist here.
Copyright2007 by Isabelle Esling
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