[Music Video] Thaddeus Clark – Downtown / Connect

New video from my dude, Roger pka Thaddeus Clark. Drop a comment below as to your thoughts on it. And if you dig it, here’s a free download link:

MP3 Download: Thaddeus Clark – Downtown / Connect [direct link, right click and save as]

Previously on The Kitchen: Thaddeus Clark – Second Intro.

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Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em Under Fire for Alleged U.S. Military Dis Song, Let’s Be Real

Watch the the viral video for “Let’s Be Real”, the song stirring up all the controversy, (and which I think has actually been around for a while??) above. Then CLICK HERE to read more on the controversy. [Toronto Sun]

If I’m wrong on how long this song has been around, really bad call dropping this in the lead-up to the 10th anniversary of 9/11 but I think the young gunner should be afforded an opportunity to explain this lyric and his point of view and reason for writing it either way, no? Frankly, I think I’m more offended that after all these years he still can’t rap (and I think that, contrary to what he claims, Lil B has more songs than him too!)

[via Hollywood Reporter]

[DJ Mix] DJ Cutler – Newer Sounds For Older Souls

Excellent soul-focused open-format mix incorporating some hip-hop, alternative and breakbeat sounds too. Worth a listen! Here’s DJ Cutler‘s official plug:

“The majority of the tunes here were released over the past couple of years (everything besides Cortex, Dyke and the Blazers, Lovage and Glass House–the Bob & Gene is an old recording that wasn’t released until this year)… While mainstream corporate music seems to be at an all-time creative low it’s great to see so much good music being put out on the independent/underground level. As usual, all vinyl all the time. Volume 2 soon to follow…”

Newer Sounds for Older Souls, Volume 1

01) Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings–Better Things to Do (daptone)
02) Aloe Blacc–I Need a Dollar (Stones Throw)
03) Bob & Gene–It’s Not What You Know (Ever Soul)
04) Carolina Chocolate Drops–Hit em up Style (Nonesuch)
05) Charles Bradley–Golden Rule (Dunham)
06) The Black Keys–Tighten Up (Nonesuch)
07) The Apples featuring Fred Wesley–In The Air (Freestyle)
08) Cortex–Mary et Jeff (Disques Esperance)
09) Orgone–Time is Right (Ubiquity)
10) J-Rocc–Play This Too (Stones Throw)
11) Aloe Blacc–Loving You is Killing Me (Stones Throw)
12) The Roots featuring Dice Raw–How I Got Over (Def Jam)
13) Ultimate Breaks and Beats–Give it up or Turn it Loose (Traffic)
14) Budos Band–Unbroken, Unshaven (Daptone)
15) Soulive–Drive My Car (Royal Family)
16) Scott Down and DJ Cutler–Ultimate Breaks and Treats (7 inch mix) (LoDo)
17) Dennis Coffey and Mayer Hawthorne–All Your Goodies are Gone (Strut)
18) The Heavy–How You Like me Now (Count/ +1)
19) Dyke and the Blazers–Let a Woman be a Woman [Ultimate Breaks and Beats edit] (Original Sound)
20) Cut Chemist–Povo de Santo (A Stable Sound)
21) Lovage–To Catch a Thief (75 ark)
22) Glass House–I Don’t See Me in Your Eyes Anymore (Invictus)
23) The Chillharmonic Orchestra –Cold Steel (LoDo)

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[Music Video] Jasiri X – Bushes (Bomb the Throne)

Love this! Be clear: this is likely the only unofficial “Otis” remix or freestyle you’ll see on The Kitchen. From the homie, Jasiri X:

“George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush go in over the Otis instrumental on their less than stellar records as President of the United States, and to remind us how America got so messed up….”

LYRICS:
George H.W. Bush – I invented crack
the highest hit with them scientists in the lab
proof
not hard to find it
read Gary Webb’s Dark Alliance
Truth
New terror alert Qaddafi
We tried to kill him in the 80s but were sloppy
Bombs hit his compound every wall was knock down
his infant daughter got found dead under a rock pile

George W. Bush – Can’t you see commercial jets flying over you
for seven minutes I froze like what the hell Imma do
put my Arab friends on planes with no kinda proof
even though they said the highjackers were Saudi too
Then I let Osama escape like the hell with it
so I could invade Iraq with fake intelligence
and over 6,000 troops died
but hey keep being mad at the new guy

[Video] Keith Olbermann Goes In On Obama’s Reversal On Smog Regulation

Obama is getting killed from both sides nowadays!

Related:

Dick Cheney says US would be different if Hillary Clinton was President. [NPR]

[via Huff Post]