Malcolm X speech: Addressing Harlem Residents

"I'm not here this afternoon as a republican, nor as a democrat, not as a mason nor as a elf, not a protestant nor a catholic, not as a christian nor a jew, not as a baptist nor a methodist, infact not even as an American..Because if I was an American the problem that would confront yall people today wouldn't exist" -Malcolm X


This scene is from the Malcolm X film which starred Denzel Washington back in 1992. The point of me posting this is so that you can be empowered through the words of a revolutionary true leader.

Peace, to all my knowledgeable people.

Conscious- Mic Check

MIC CHECK 2. DMV in the building~~w/ DJ M.Nila
•December 20, 2009 • 1 Comment

As promised bringing to you.. the one and only Conscious representing the DMV…he has walked a long road..and its only just starting…

We’ll be uncovering more behind the artist later..but for now let’s get right into it…

1. Name- how did you come to your artist name? “Well, my artist name was actually derived from an old childhood friend who always pointed out my self-conscious tendencies in my youth, oddly enough I still hold those very same tendencies to this day. But as I matured and established a sense of direction for the music, I believe the name “Conscious” became very self-explanatory in means of what I represent and who I am as an artist. Social and political awareness became important topics in which I would dwell on so heavily to the point where it started to become relevant and influential in my music. I just feel with a name that’s as simple as “Conscious”, people will be able to identify with what I’m bringing to the table. Thus, there is no room for contradiction in my music as a “Conscious” artist.”

2.Best piece of advice you have ever gotten? “Always practice humility, stay true to yourself and maintain confidence. How can you expect the world to be confident in what you present, if you can’t even find confidence in yourself?”

3.Why are you an artist? ” I look back at the Renaissance period, how art and literature dominated throughout the 14th-16th centuries, and it was just amazing how influential one’s work can be on society. Artistry gives you the freedom to express your thoughts, ideas and opinions like no other. Thats what I love about hip hop. There is no boundaries..there is no limitations and you are free to give the people all of you through your craft. Not to mention, I LOVE HIP HOP! Thats why I’m an artist”

Read more @

http://tragicgenius.wordpress.com/

Nas interview: Speaks on his absense from Blueprint 3 and Only Built For Cuban Linx II

Its good to see Nas back to doing interviews and his personal life out the spot light. Now as dope as the track from Jay was, "Empire State of Mind", I feel that this would have been more epic if Nas would have graced the track. [arguably the greatest of all time, [maybe Im being biased], but I understand. Maybe it was the all of the negative media surrounding him and the whole Kelis situation. Who knows? But sheesh, imagine him on "Verbal Intercourse 2" with The Chef...Both of those albums deserved a Nas feature, in my opinion. Whether it is true or not if Nas turned down both Jay and Rae, the question still remains: Will Nas ever drop another Illmatic, It Was Written, or Stillmatic? Hip Hop definately needs that right now. Hell, I need that right now. Thats all for right now bloggers. Peace, I have to get back to the music.

Returning from the hiatus

Alright, Conscious is back! The originator, the founder, etc. etc of this blog. As you all may or may not know this blog was supposed to be taking place in the 30 days, 30 blogs campaign for the month of September. However, my compadre @Imperial_J (add him on twitter) who was the "brains of the operation", has become very inconsistent with his efforts. If you tell the audience you are going to do something then they expect that to be done. I shouldn't have to monitor the site everyday to see if people are doing their job. However, part of this is my fault because I am responsible for this blog and everything that it stands for. As you can see his last blog was on the 18th of this month, and prior to that he was skipping over days. SmH. Slacker! When one person in your team looks bad, WE ALL DO. Therefore, I am formally apologizing to all the followers of this blog on behalf of the Black Collar Society fam for misleading and giving you misdirection. Apparently, you cannot hold people responsible for work if they aren't as dedicated as you are. For now on, I will be getting back in the swing of things with my blogging. Stay tuned.

Check out my homie @MarkMilly site as well. The project "Rhyme and Reason" is in the works. Be on the lookout for that release this Thanksgiving!.
http://www.theincrediblecreation.com

DMV Stand Up!
Peace and Bless

Day 8: Alotta of niggas will unfortunately be giving up their hip hop passes today. Smh

Soooo, its Tuesday, you know what tuesday means. Yo, if you walked into any record store, or any music aisle ...and you did NOT walk out of that store with a copy of Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2...hand in your hip hop pass, right the fuck now with no hesitation. I don't care what other album dropped the same day (hint hint) ...buy both of them if you have to. Or cop one and steal one, shit do somethin. You owe it to yourself and hip hop because albums like this don't come out that often. Its a rareity to get an instant classic, alot of niggas throw around that word but don't actually mean it. Today is officially Rae day!!

Alright...aside from music, and into Politics...today was also the day president Obama gave a speech today to the entire student body..of the country...from elementary kids to college kids. Now, I had to work, in fact my lunch break was just finishing right before it came on so I was kind of bummed I didn't get to see it. I didn't see it so I won't talk about the speech, however I did want to talk about all the controversy surrounding it.

I mean..........what......in the blue FUCK is wrong with this country? I want somebody to honestly tell me what exactly is America because I don't think we live in the same country. There are actually parents out there IGNORANT enough to deny their children the right to hear from the President of the United States talk to them about their education. I mean ...really? Just think about that for a minute.......

Its wrong for the PRESIDENT ..someone who has one of the highest ranking and respected positions in the world...to talk to your kids about staying in school so one day they can maybe get to the level where he's at? Am I the only one who sees a disturbance here? These conservatives would rather it be Joe the plumbing nigga come to our schools and talk to these kids about taking up a trade after high school. And no disrespectful to anybody in a trade, I used to do electrical work before I got into manufacturing...but I'm having a hard time believing any parent who thinks Obama is wrong for giving the speech. Whatever you think his political agenda may be...I think it boils down to something else.....yeah you know where this is going......race!

No matter how much of a complete idiot I think Bush is, I respect his authority and his position and whenever he spoke to the nation, I listened. Obama has only been in offense for 9 fucking months and the nigga can't do SHIT without an angry mob voicing their opinions wanting to be heard. Like this health care bullshit.....if you already have health care.....shut the fuck up!!!! The reform is needed for those without any health insurance...republicans have been using scare tactics the whole time scaring these old folks into thinking theire going to lose their health care. That's all they have left to rely on is fucking scare tactics! They did it during election season and they're doing it now and they will continue to do it until Obama is out of office. I can't wait until these GrandOLDparty niggas just grow old and die one by one, and then this country can finally begin to shift for the better, that time is coming soon ...until then...

In a fucked up world of hip hop, and a fucked up world period....hold ya head high people...shit gonna get better.

Day 7: Man Too Fast

What's up bloggers! Its day 7 of my 30 day adventure. Its fucking labor day! Since yall got the day off then I shouldn't have to write this blog! Lol....I kid I kid. I'm sorry about bluffin yall last night I know I promised niggas another blog reviewing OB4CL2 but after I listened to the album I just fell asleep. The album is fucking amazing though. It was everything I expected it to be and so far its my choice for album of the year. Its that good. Good job Rae,.you came through.

Aight, I wanna get personal on this blog...not really tryna give yall my life story but if you're interested then continue reading, if not...then this blog aint for you man. Once again its True Story aka Imperial J one third of the Black Collar Society (we are always interested in expanding so I won't be one third for long hopefully) anyway the title of this blog is "Man Too Fast" and in the near future I will be converting this blog into song format for your listening enjoyment. The title speaks for itself ...when I was younger, I wanted to become a man too fast....

I don't regret shit! I look into my kids eyes everyday and give them the world. Things could have been different, of course....but I made the decision to not go to college and take on a fulltime job to feed my family all while at the same time pursuing my dream of being involved with music (notice I didn't say rapper!) shit aint all about rappin to me, I don't even go hard as I can but trust and believe I'm better than 95% of you rap niggas! Lol ..ok enough bragging, I'm kidding!

Well, that's the gist of it, you won't see me writing a full blog trying to make myself a victim, I live comfortable and its people out there far worse. But I was just sitting on the couch..watching tv with my son, and it hit me...I aint young anymore man. If I haven't already done so, its time for me to grow the fuck up. I also got the drink in my hand (its a holiday lol) so I'm gonna put a toast in the air, to myself...as of today ...I'm officially removing myself out of childhood. Its not what I wanted ..so soon of course...but I now see the bigger picture, shit aint always about me anymore. Alot of people call themselves men, but are they? I aint sayin I'm perfect but dammit I'm trying!

Its been nice bloggin with yall this weekend, back to work tomorrow! The grind continues...peace!

Day 6: Rae....its all in your hands now.

The date is September 6th, 2009. Hip-Hop music is on life support. Lol nah not really I hate being dramatic..its good music everywhere!!! But on some real shit, we cannot ignore that there is a drought of good music being put out CONSISTENTLY. The summer of 2009 we have depended on 4 albums to keep this rap shit going. Loso's Way, Slaughterhouse, Blueprint 3 and finally...OB4CL2. Now, Fab's album was really good, he did his thing..as always...I wasn't really expecting his album to move me much but it served its purpose as a nice well rounded album. Fab has matured as a lyricist and is really gunning for that crown. Jay need to get "off that" throne!. Pun intended.

The Slaughterhouse album and BP3 were letdowns...honestly...I expected so much more, or maybe as a fan I set the bar too high. I already wrote a blog on BP3 but as far as slaughterhouse goes....the other 3 niggas should just drop out of the group and call the group "Joell Ortiz" ..because he's the only one who came on that album with something to prove...the youngest one...who woulda knew? Don't get me wrong...anybody who knows me know I LOOOOVE Budden.....solo...I love Royce....solo....I love Crook...solo. The album just seemed rushed to me...them niggas bragged about doing the album in 7 days when truthfully more time shoulda been put into that album. As a group it didn't sound cohesive enough to me, there were some dope cuts on that album but after you got past all the skits in the middle of the album it seems like you're already at the end. What a disappointment to 4 of the nicest lyricists in the rap game right now...I wish them the best of luck in later SH projects....

So after being letdown by 2 albums I have been anticipating the entire year. I'm leaving it all up to Raekwon. Nigga it took you 14 years to do this album it better not be anything short of a classic!!!! I'm having a listening session later tonight ...I put off downloading the leak..I swore to myself I would buy the album, and I still am...but Conscious is currently on his way to my crib as I type this with a copy of the cd for me to listen to.

This is actually only part 1 to my blog...part 2 comes later tonight with a review after I listen to the album in its entireity...so what a treat you guys are getting...2 blogs in one day! Check back soon!