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Thu, 28 Jul 2011 01:50:50 -0400

Whatchall know about the History of Funk by Ricky Vincent?

therealeternia: To u @MrDaveyD re: “F#$K Planking.. start a new...

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 06:51:23 -0400

therealeternia:

To u @MrDaveyD re: “F#$K Planking.. start a new trend.. take a picture of urself reading a book.. post that up”

ADP Mix: They Can't Shoot Us All

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:21:00 -0400

ADP Mix: They Can't Shoot Us All :

Here’s some beats to hopefully get u thru the day…enjoy

1) Ice Cube Cops Aint Shit explicit

2) Tone Loc - Us

3) Junior Reed-One Blood-UK

4) The Game - One Blood (Clean)

5) Buju Banton-Vigilante-Cross hairs rmx-instrumental

6) Buju Banton-Vigilante-Cross hairs rmx

7) Buju Banton-Vigilante-Cross hairs rmx

8) Sister nancy-bambam-instruementel-

original-reggea

9) SisterNancy-BamBam-instrumental-reggea

10) SisterNancy-BamBam-instrumental-reggea

11) SisterNancy-BamBamrmx-reggea

12) SisterNancy-BamBamrmx-reggea

13) SisterNancy-BamBam-instrumental-reggea

14) Mary J Blige w/ Smif and Wessun - I Love U

15) Mary J Blige w/ Smif and Wessun - i lOVE U

16) Snnop Doog - Gin and Juice (wicked)

17) Snnop Doog - Gin and Juice (wicked)

18) Super Lover Cee - Do the James (instrumental rmx)

19) Super Lover Cee - Do the James

20) Super Lover Cee - Do the James

21) Brwn Bflo - Xingo

22) Kool G Rap - On the Run (Al Capaone Mix)

23) Kool G Rap - On the Run (Al Capaone Mix)

24) The Game/WC - West Coast Voodoo

25) Public Enemy - House of the Rising Son

26) Public Enemy - House of the Rising Son

27) Tone Loc - Underground Mafia - Caught Up In The System (Down Low Vocal)

28) Underground Mafia - The Godfather-instrumental

29) Martin Luther King Jr. - Excerpt From Speech The Day Before His Death

30) Martin Luther King Jr. - Excerpt From Speech The Day Before His Death

31) Tone Loc - Cool hand Loc (instrumental)

32) Tone Loc - Cool Hand Loc

33) Tone Loc - Cool Hand Loc

34) Tone Loc - Cool hand Loc (instrumental)

35) Public Enemy - How Low Can U Go (white label rmx)

36) Malcolm X - I’m A Field Negro

37) Souls Of Mischief - 93 Til Infinity INSTRUMENTAL FINAL

38) Stezo - It’s My Turn final

39) Stezo - It’s My Turn final

40) Azeem - Latin Revenge

41) Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rudd - Super Casanova-instrumental final

42) Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rudd - Super Casanova-instrumental final

43) Da Lench Mob - Goin’ Bananas

44) Phase N Rhythm - Hook N Sling (instrumental)

45) speech-CharlesBarron-fullspeech

1:34:14 Phase N Rhythm - Swollen Pockets (instrumental)

1:35:03 Phase N Rhythm - Swollen Pockets

1:37:05 Phase N Rhythm - Swollen Pockets (instrumental)

1:37:41 Tone Loc - Underground Mafia - Caught Up In The System (Down Low Vocal)

1:39:37 Real Roxanne - Bang Zoom-LetsGo

1:41:33 Diamond D - Sally Got a One-Track Mind

1:41:58 Diamond d - Confused

1:44:12 Real Roxanne - Bang Zoom-LetsGo

1:46:29 Beats & Breaks - Trouble Funk Express-105

1:47:07 Real Roxanne - Bang Zoom-LetsGo

1:48:56 Beats & Breaks - Trouble Funk Express-105

1:51:13 EU - Knock Him Out Sugar Ray

1:54:02 Beats & Breaks - Heaven & Hell-108

1:56:21 Beats & Breaks - Bustin Loose (Chuck Brown)

1:58:41 Beats & Breaks - Jam on the Groove-112

2:03:18 Beats & Breaks - I Just Wanna Do My Thing (Edwin Starr)-104

2:06:41 Beats & Breaks (BonesBreaks) - Shafted Off-119

2:07:57 Beats & Breaks (Yellow Magic Orchestra) - Computer Game-120

2:08:14 Beats & Breaks - Willie Chase-119

2:09:10 Beats & Breaks (BonesBreaks) - Bacardi 151 Beats-126

2:11:53 Speech-MMM-Youth-jenniferReid

2:12:44 Speech-BeingMisled

2:14:30 Beats & Breaks (Aleem) - Release Yourself-119

2:16:24 NWA - One Hundred Miles Running

2:19:39 LL Cool J - I’m That Type of Guy

2:23:31 Eric B & Rakim - Juice (Know The Ledge)

2:24:59 Eric B. & Rakim - Know the Ledge final

2:25:53 The Pace-Setters - Jesse Jackson

2:30:20 King Soloman - Politician Rag

2:32:57 The Temptations - Cloud Nine

2:36:49 Sly & the Family Stone - Life

2:37:51 Brothers Johnsons - Stomp!

2:41:01 JAMIE PRINCIPAL - COLD COLD WORLD

2:43:45 KC Flight - KC Flight-Summer Madness

2:45:56 Work It To The Bone - Classic House - electro-192

2:50:05 Todd Terry - Scat Cat-121

2:51:23 Missy Mist - Make It Mellow

2:51:57 Missy Mist - Make It Mellow (instrumental)

2:53:09 Malcolm X - Police Brutality and Mob Violence

2:53:30 Malcolm X - Government and Integration

2:54:23 Santana - Evil Ways

2:55:42 Love Unlimited Orchestra - Spanish Lei

Can We Trust the SFPD on the Shooting of Kenneth Harding?

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 06:10:00 -0400

Can We Trust the SFPD on the Shooting of Kenneth Harding?:

Here’s a few stories and updates on the recent tragic shooting of 19 year old Kenneth Harding this past Saturday in the SF Bayview district… First we have our Hard Knock Radio coverage where we spoke to several witnesses to the shooting along with community activists. Folks we talk to in the Bayview vehemently refute the accounts given by the police who claim Harding shot at them. Witnesses we spoke to in the Bayview say that’s not true.

Beats Rhymes Life: Vibing w/ Michael Rapaport

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 08:47:40 -0400

Beats Rhymes Life: Vibing w/ Michael Rapaport :

Michael Rapaport along with Davey D, Tajai & A-Plus of Souls Of Mischief, at SF’s weekly event P.S.T w/ Fran Boogie & Dj Sake One as they celebrate the release of the highly anticipated A Tribe Called Quest documentary, Beats Rhymes & Life.

Pelican Bay Update: Facing Mounting Pressure Prison Officials Begin Negotiations

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 08:31:04 -0400

Pelican Bay Update: Facing Mounting Pressure Prison Officials Begin Negotiations :

With the Pelican Bay prison hunger strike entering its third week, mediators reported Thursday that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has responded to pressure from strikers and outside supporters, beginning initial negotiations with strike leaders in the prison’s Security Housing Unit, along with an outside mediation team.

Today is Nelson Mandela’s 93rd birthday… In looking...

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:10:42 -0400

Today is Nelson Mandela’s 93rd birthday… In looking back one may ask.. did he let the White Afrikaners who brutalized Black South Africans off to easy with his Truth and Reconciliation program?

Hunger Strike Rally at CDCR Headquarters Today In Sacramento

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:59:58 -0400

Hunger Strike Rally at CDCR Headquarters

With Strike in Third Week, CDCR Continues to Reject Prisoner Demands

What: Rally in Support of Pelican Bay Hunger Strikers

Where: CDCR Headquarters, 1515 S St, Sacramento

When: Monday July 18^th, 2011, 1pm

Oakland – Prisoners’ families and community members will gather at 1pm today outside the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) headquarters in Sacramento to rally in support of prisoners on hunger strike at Pelican Bay State Prison. Last week the leaders of the strike decided to continue striking because the CDCR failed to address any of their five core demands during negotiations. The strike, now in its third week, is reaching a critical point with reports of dozens of striking prisoners being taken to the infirmary because of irregular heartbeats or fainting. Most prisoners have lost 20-35 pounds. “What’s most troubling is that the CDCR has not offered anything substantial in response to the prisoner’s demands, which include an end to long term solitary confinement,” says Carol Strickman, a lawyer with Legal Services for Prisoners with Children and member of the Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity legal team. Strickman also notes, “Some of these guys have been in the Security Housing Unit (SHU) for 20 years or more and are suffering the severe affects of being locked in a 6 x 10 concrete cell for 23 ½ hours a day. What they are asking for are basic human rights.”

At least 400 prisoners at Pelican Bay continue to refuse food and thousands more around the state are striking in solidarity, including CCI Tehachapi, Corcoran, Centinela, Calipatria, RJ Donovan, San Quentin, Valley State Prison for Women, and Folsom, making it the largest hunger strike in the history of the embattled California prison system. The system, under federal receivership, has been court ordered to release 33,000 prisoners because of medical neglect caused by severe overcrowding. “We are urging our state representatives and Governor Brown to step in and force the CDCR to recognize the prisoners’ demands,” says Manuel LaFontaine, an organizer with All of Us or None, “The California prison system is already responsible for prisoner deaths because it provides substandard medical care. California’s lawmakers need to step up and take action against the situation at Pelican Bay.”

Mediators and lawyers who have spoken with hunger strikers at Pelican Bay say they remain committed despite having not eaten for 18 days. Some have said they are willing to strike to the death unless their demands are met. Dorsey Nunn, a member of the mediation team points out, “The hunger strikers believe that this is the only way they can get the CDCR to rectify the conditions they are experiencing in the SHU. They believe they have no other recourse.”

Supporters of the strikers will continue to hold rallies and events to highlight the situation at Pelican Bay and to show solidarity with the prisoners. For more information and regular updates, visit prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com.

Remember when DC was Chocolate City? I guess thats a thing of...

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:53:21 -0400

Remember when DC was Chocolate City? I guess thats a thing of the past.. Better listen to this song and treat it as ancient history.. Love Live Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers..Peep this NY Times article..

WASHINGTON — This city, the country’s first to have an African-American majority and one of its earliest experiments in black self-government, is passing a milestone.

Washington’s black population slipped below 50 percent this year, possibly in February, about 51 years after it gained a majority, according to an estimate by William Frey, the senior demographer at the Brookings Institution.

The shift is passing without much debate, but it is leaving ripples of resentment in neighborhoods across the city, pitting some of the city’s long-term residents, often African-American, against affluent newcomers, most of whom are white, over issues as mundane as church parking and chicken wings.

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bremser: Oscar Grant’s photograph of Johannes Mehserle Oscar...

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 01:55:43 -0400

bremser:

Oscar Grant’s photograph of Johannes Mehserle

Oscar Grant’s photograph of transit police officer Johannes Mehserle is rare: a portrait of the photographer’s killer. Unlike the recent photograph that a politician captured in the Philippines, Grant’s photograph, taken moments before Mehserle shot him in the back, was intentional.

Much of the media attention given to the Oscar Grant case focused on a handful of videos made by other passengers on the BART train, some of which show Grant being shot. While being detained by BART police, Grant called his ex-girlfriend Sophina Mesa twice from the platform. During this time he also took the photo of Mehserle and sent it to Mesa. Grant’s photograph of Mehserle did not get as much coverage as the videos, as it wasn’t released until the trial began.

Grant’s photograph raises an important issue that faces every American: the right to photograph, videotape and document while being detained or arrested by the police. Many of us assume we have this right, but with existing wiretapping laws, you can still be arrested and your camera confiscated. Radley Balko’s Reason.com article “The War on Cameras” is essential reading on this subject.

Demian Bulwa is a reporter and editor for the San Francisco Chronicle, who has covered the Oscar Grant case since the shooting, through the entire Mehserle trial. I asked him a few questions over the phone about this photograph.

How did the prosecution and defense use this photograph as evidence in the trial?

Both sides used flat screen TVs, multimedia, everything was timed and choreographed. It seemed they felt they might lose credibility if they weren’t sharp with multimedia. At times the arguments felt like PowerPoint presentations. There were photos, quotes, videos, video of the Taser training.

It was used by prosecution to show two things: 1. that he [Mehserle] knew his Taser from his gun, that he had actually taken out his Taser twice, that he knew full well between the two weapons. 2. That Oscar was being abused and was concerned about it.

It was one of many pieces of evidence. It’s part of the puzzle, and hard to tell which ones stuck with the jury.

What facts were presented about the photograph, when it was taken? Did he take it while face down, turning around?

Grant was sitting on the ground. The guys were sitting on the edge of the platform for a while. He wouldn’t have had the opportunity in the last moments, the officers were on top of him, with his arms behind him.

Was there any suggestion by either side that taking this photograph provoked Mehserle, or was some form of resisting arrest?

I don’t recall.

Based on the evidence in the trial, and your own speculation, why do you think Oscar Grant took this photograph?

Most likely he was documenting unfair treatment. He said something to his girlfriend [during the phone call], like “I’m getting beat up here.” It was a way of documenting that, and putting Mehserle on notice. If you take a picture of someone you are saying: I’m watching your behavior. You’re accountable. You are expressing your concern and putting them on notice.

This is what we need to do more of..chase undesirable elements...

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:09:42 -0400

This is what we need to do more of..chase undesirable elements out of our hood..This is what happened when Minista Paul Scott encountered the Blast Malt Liquor truck..He took a stand.. Will we do this against other exploiters of our community?

Pelican Bay Prison Strike Spreads to 11 prisons

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:05:31 -0400

http://www.ellabakercenter.org/blog/2011/07/pelican-bay-hunger-strike-continues/

by Meredith Fenton on Jul 5, 2011

This is a call for all prisoners […] as well as the free oppressed and non-oppressed people to support the indefinite July 1st 2011 peaceful Hunger Strike in protest of the violation of our civil/human rights, here at Pelican Bay State Prison Security Housing Unit.” Pelican Bay Hunger Strike leader

Last week, courageous prisoners began a Hunger Strike at the Pelican Bay State Prison Security Housing Unit. Prisoners across the US are showing their solidarity by joining the hunger strike and sending letters of support. Family members, organizations, and allies are joining from the outside to build pressure for the prisoners’ demands.

SUMMARY OF THE PRISONERS DEMANDS:
1. End administrative abuse and group punishment
2. Abolish the Debriefing Policy, and Modify Active/Inactive Gang Status Criteria. Prisoners should not be categorized and punished as gang members just because another prisoner says they are part of a gang in order to get out of the SHU.
3. Comply with US Commission on Safety and Abuse in America’s Prisons 2006 Recommendations Regarding an End to Long-Term Solitary Confinement and Provide SHU prisoners Immediate Meaningful Access to adequate natural sunlight, quality health care and treatment, transfer all Pelican Bay- SHU prisoners with chronic health care problems to the New Folsom Medical SHU facility.
4. Provide Adequate Food – cease the practice of denying adequate food as punishment, and provide wholesome nutritional meals including special diets, and allow inmates to purchase additional vitamin supplements.
5. Expand and Provide Constructive Programming and Privileges for Indefinite SHU Status prisoners (i.e. visitation, phone calls, mail, radio, etc).

For a full version and explanation of the prisoners’ demands, check out: prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com. Please visit and revisit their blog this week for updates from the organizers.

This weekend, cities around California and beyond are planning solidarity events. For demonstrations and actions in San Francisco, Oakland, Eureka, Los Angeles and beyond, click here. Take Action at one of these events or by spreading the word about the Strike to your networks.

Pelican Bay Hunger Strike Continuesalso see:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/08/us/08hunger.html
http://www.democracynow.org/2011/7/7/headlines/thousands_of_california_prisoners_join_hunger_strike
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0706-hunger-strike-20110706,0,3504424.story

Request for Solidarity Actions: http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/06/23/18682734.php

Here’s why Black folks shouldn’t be Planking &...

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:34:06 -0400

Here’s why Black folks shouldn’t be Planking & no its not bc of that made up story of slavery..

So lemme get this straight.. Al Quaeda suddenly decided they’re gonna surgically plant bombs...

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:16:55 -0400

So lemme get this straight.. Al Quaeda suddenly decided they’re gonna surgically plant bombs into people & as a result we’re suddenly gonna have to now ‘profile’ folks? Here’s a recent news story outlining the details.. HERE

Excuse me if I seem a bit skeptical, but one would’ve thought Al Queda would’ve been doing this.. I’m old enough to recall when lil kids from around the way would put m80s in frogs and blow them up and trust me those knuckleheads werent all that bright.. I’m sure the world’s most feared terror organization had been thought about hiding bombs thru surgery..

Bottom line, this sounds and smells like something else is going on..namely folks in power wanna use any excuse to encroach upon our privacy and civil liberties

High School Student Facing 8 yrs for Sex Toy Prank

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 06:12:10 -0400

I know many of us joked and made snarky comments when the ‘Not Guilty’ verdict came down for Anthony Casey. We talked about how the system is broken, but I’m not sure many of us fully comprehend what that means… Below is a story that happens all too often that should make us all sit up and wanna do something … An 18 year old high school student put a sex toy in the school bathroom as a senior class prank. He’s looking at felony charges and 8 years in jail..

These are the types of cases that happen all the time and hence should make us stop joking about Anthony Casey for a minute and realize this sort of situation can befall nay of us…This young man will do more time than the killer cop Johannes Mehserle who murdered unarmed Oscar Grant

Talk about a prank gone wrong! After putting a doll in the bathroom of Rushville Consolidated High School in Indiana on his last day, 18-year old Tyell Mortonwas caught by surveillance cameras and is now facing charges of disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor, and institutional criminal mischief, a felony that carries the potential of two to eight years in prison. After a janitor saw someone drop a suspicious package in the bathroom he called cops who arrived ready for a bomb with dogs and a bomb squad, only to find a blow-up sex doll.

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Bad Drug Alert!: Attention LA based Cocaine users..There’s...

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:57:34 -0400

Bad Drug Alert!: Attention LA based Cocaine users..There’s a bad batch of the substance circulating around. Be warned…Stay away In fact just say No.. But for those who insist on balling, hopefully this news report gives you some incentive..

Obama's Original Sin & Why It May Dearly Cost Him

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:14:59 -0400

What haunts the Obama administration is what still haunts the country: the stunning lack of accountability for the greed and misdeeds that brought America to its gravest financial crisis since the Great Depression. There has been no legal, moral, or financial reckoning for the most powerful wrongdoers. Nor have there been meaningful reforms that might prevent a repeat catastrophe. Time may heal most wounds, but not these. Chronic unemployment remains a constant, painful reminder of the havoc inflicted on the bust’s innocent victims. As the ghost of Hamlet’s father might have it, America will be stalked by its foul and unresolved crimes until they“are burnt and purged away.”

After the 1929 crash, and thanks in part to the legendary Ferdinand Pecora’s fierce thirties Senate hearings, America gained a Securities and Exchange Commission, the Public Utility Holding Company Act, and the Glass-Steagall Act to forestall a rerun. After the savings-and-loan debacle of the eighties, some 800 miscreants went to jail. But those who ran the central financial institutions of our fiasco escaped culpability (as did most of the institutions). As the indefatigable Matt Taibbi has tabulated, law enforcement on Obama’s watch rounded up 393,000 illegal immigrants last year and zero bankers. The Justice Department’s bally hooed Operation Broken Trust has broken still more trust by chasing mainly low-echelon, one-off Madoff wannabes. You almost have to feel sorry for the era’s designated Goldman scapegoat, 32-year-old flunky “Fabulous Fab” Fabrice Tourre, who may yet take the fall for everyone else. It’s as if the Watergate investigation were halted after the cops nabbed the nudniks who did the break-in.

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This is the Martin Luther King we need to see and hear more of.....

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 09:41:01 -0400

This is the Martin Luther King we need to see and hear more of.. I have the speech in 1967 when he talks about this to Black Radio announcers NATRA..But I never saw a video of it. Not sure if this is to the same body, but its the same words.. King was feared because he was coming at folks hard and pulling no punches..

This is what Hip Hop is supposed to do.. Speak to the the hearts...

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 09:15:21 -0400

This is what Hip Hop is supposed to do.. Speak to the the hearts and minds of the community. Its supposed to reflect our trials and triumphs and give voice to the voiceless. This is an incredible song and video from Pittsburgh rapper Jasiri X

We Remember Bloody Thursday-The Labor Movement

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 08:45:15 -0400

Today on KPFA’s Morning Mix show, I’ll be sitting down w/ long time Bay Area labor leader and activist Clarence Thomas to talk about the history of Bloody Thursday and why its important people of color know about the history and present day activities of the labor movement.

Its a shame that in 2011 we have so many folks who are quick to talk bad about unions while enjoying benefits ranging from wages to weekends-all of which were hard fought for by unions.

Sadly many in our community have come to associate unions w/ the police or prison guards who frequently seem to be at odds with the community.. Thats complicated with the Mafia type TV shows we see that depict unions as corrupt institutions to be avoided which aren’t too friendly to Black and Brown folks..

Our discussion covers all these topics and more.. It promises to be engaging and quite insightful.. Tune into 94.1 FM or KPFA.org this morning at 8am PST