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DJ Megatr0n was shot dead near his home in Staten Island around 2am on Monday March 28th.  One shot to the torso of the 32 year old man from 106th and park fame.  Police have no witnesses, motive or any type of clue as to why he was shot.  Hope we don’t have another Biggie/Tupac fiasco where the killer is never found.  As sad and cynical as the song by KRS 1 is, “If you wanna get away with murder, kill a rapper,” there rings some truth to that.  Peace to Megatron, Corey McGriff, and his family.  His mother giving statements to the news was rightfully distraught.

Sat August 29th was a tribute to Scott La Rock at the Fillmore Irving Plaza New York City.  Show featured Old Skool artists, Kool Moe D, Just Ice, Grand Daddy IU and of course KRS 1.  The show was awesome and an inspiration to the new skool aritsts.  Too see these older MC’s up on stage doing there thing.  Giving a show of more than just a bunch of people jumping up and down on stage ad libbing the song.  Funniest thing was to see Kool Moe D with his old crew member from the Trecherous 3, LA Sunshine and the Mighty Mike C from the Fearless 4 up there perfoming together.  Mike C performed Kool Moe D, Trecherous 3 and Fearless 4 songs, pretty impressive.  Kool Moe D was way to overweight though, check out the photos from the concert.  Grand Daddy IU did his thing nothing to spectacular though, but he still got rhymes and perfomed his old hits to a tee.  Just Ice still has a lot of energy just like he did back in the day.  It was great to see him performing all of his back in the day hits.  Latoya was one of my favorites from back then.  He still looks great for his age, still has the long locks t00.  KRS 1 was murder up there on the stage, he seems to not have lost a step on the stage.  You still see his energy and feel his passion while performing his past songs and reciting poetry.  KRS 1 had a Hip Hop history lesson for us to remenice about.  He rocked the house like no other that night.  The tribute to Scott La Rock was a great thing, remembering how Scott and KRS1 met and how Just Ice and KRS were in the shelter together and Scott was their counselor.  Made me get musshy inside.  The bad thing was everyone wanted to come to the concert and no one wanted to pay.  There was almost a fight because the promoter didn’t want to let someone’s whole posse into the concert for free.  Man where’s the support for the old skool, I guess there won’t be anymore of these concerts going on.  But this one was great, DJ Red Alert hosted, DJ Jazzy Joyce was on the tables, DJ Kool Herc was in the house showing his support.  It was great to see showmanship in Hip Hop from others besides, Jay Z, the Roots and others who give a show and not just show up and rap.  I wish 50 Cent was there because even though he’s stepping up his rap game a bit, I still can’t stand his stage show.  Rock on old skool, show ‘em how it’s done!

We have had a lack of real Hip Hop concerts lately. There doesn’t seem to be a big market for it. It’s like people are mindless lately, liking every that the radio pumps out 100 times a day. Hey I was like that once upon a time. But actually back in the day the songs played on the radio was what the people actually wanted. Now it’s not like that any more. So since we can control the airwaves, here comes events like this one. Throw by Black Monoply Records. This is part two of the Golden Age of Hip Hop. Part one was such a hype concert, this one is no doubt going to be blaze too. So if you’re in the NYC area on August 29, 2009 make sure you stop by to check this concert out. Black Monopoly Records is run by Eric King a cousin of Selectah EJah, HipHope.com’s resident DJ. Here’s the mission statement of Black Monoply records…..

Black Monopoly Records was conceived in the mind of Eric King. Since 1994 Eric has made strides in various ventures, and this is his biggest undertaking to date. His biggest influences have been KRS-1, Africa Bambaataa, and Public Enemy. His goal is to produce quality acts in the entertainment business and also sponsor and have events that will keep people talking. So look out for us this year and for years to come. When you see BMR you know the EVENT will be HOT!

Over the years I’ve been influenced by DJ’s like Scott la Rock of Boogie Down Productions, Red Alert, Jam Master Jay and Kid Capri to name a few. I’ve been djing for about ten years now, and promoting events for 7 years. I have shared the DJ spotlight with hot 97s DJ’s Cocoa Chanelle and Fat Man Scoop. And also the World Famous DJ Brucie B.

I would like to take this moment to say Rest In Peace to the following people: my father Donald King, Scott la Rock of Boogie Down Productions, B.O. from the Zulu Nation, Easy E of N.W.A, Notoris B.I.G, Tupac, Big L, Trouble T-roy from Heavy D & the Boys, left eye of TLC, Jam Master J of Run-DMC, Aaliyah, Buffy from the Fat Boys, Cowboy from Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, mighty Mike Ski from the dismaster’s, MC Trouble, and Freaky Tah of the Lost Boys.

Eric King’s Links

Black Monopoly Records

Myspace

New Album after 9 years

Remember the Soul Assassins from ’97, then again in 2000 that featured a gang of the dopest MC’s at thetime. Group created by DJ Muggs from Cypress Hill. The first album featured artists like Dre, Goodie Mob, RZA, GZA, MC Eiht, KRS 1 and more. Second album wasn’t blazing like the first but still had a bit of bang. Here’s 2009 I checked out the new joint called “Intermission.”  With the eclectic mix of MC’s from all over the map, these albums are normal interesting at worst.

1. Gangsta Shit (feat Bun B, M1) – M1 went off to a stupid fresh beat and Bun B’s country self on the hook.  They all sound dope on this track just rhyming and saying this Gangasta Shit.

2. Classical (feat Slick Jacken, Evidence) – Sounds kind of islandy mello beat.  Sounds OK but almost put me to sleep after about 2 mins.  Not a great song.

3. Gunshots (feat Chace Infinite, Alchemist) – Wow, this is a classic Alchemist beat, Chase Infinite sounds pretty good.  Hook is OK, reggae style.

4. Do It (feat La Coka Nostra) – Another phat ass beat with some hype flowing.  La Coka Nostra sounds kind of Xzibitish on the track. I like it a lot though, especially the plain old hook saying do that sh!t do it.  Lyrics are quite raw too. Nice!

5. Rep Yo Shit (feat P.C.P. aka Slick Jacken, Necro) – Wow, the beats on this album are getting sick!  The piano roll on this track are very nice.  I can’t believe the quality of production so far.  Raspy voices and cool bouncing raps are hot.

6. Good Evening Los Angeles (feat Self Scientific) – This beat is not as good as the rest.  Rock feel to it, flow is ill over the track no doubt.  Not really a hook to it, just a phat break with samples of news clips.  Kind of dark, song isn’t anything to brag about though.

7. Meet Your Maker (feat Reef The Lost Cause, Outer Space) – Really raw lyrics over a pretty nice beat.  The song almost got boring until you heard more instruments in it.  It gives the song a nice feel and the very instrumental beat is a nice touch.  This album is stricking me as a producers album as opposed to showcasing the MCs.

8. Intermission (feat RZA, Rev William Burk, Planet Asia, B-Real) – Yeah not a good song, a little boring.  Well a lot boring actually.

9. Champions (Remix) (feat Prodigy, Big Twin) – Nice come back on this one, phat beat, hardcore rhymes.  Big Twin’s raspy voice, cool!  Sounds like some on NY shit with a west flav to it.

10. Let Go (My Life) (feat Fashawn) – Weird beat with a what rapper.  Na sun!

11. Like That Y’all (feat. Planet Asia) – This is another wierd beat in a row.  So bad it gave me a headache, couldn’t really hear Planet Asia rapping but he was going off though.  Too bad about that wack ass beat.

12. World We’re In (feat Cynic) – This beat is better, like way better.  Damn Muggs is going through something.  Nice song and a strong flow going on here.  Nice, with an over sped sample this song is on.

13. Call It Like I See It (feat Chace Infinite, Krondon) – Song not so bad, not so great.

14. Matchbox (feat. Dust) – Slow jam, the beat is a pretty OK, the vocals from dust are good.

15. Figure it Out (feat Young De, Xzibit, Mykestro) (Bonus Track) – Nice track to put at the end.  Xzibit is always nice on the mic he’s teamed up with Young De and Mykestro who rip the track right along side.  Nice song, beat is strong.

Giving the album a 78.4%, I’d say like 10 good songs out of 15 is above average.  I’d no doubt say it’s worth it.  Only downfall is the bad songs on this compilation are terrible.  But the mix of all the different style rappers and the crazy hot beats make this a banger.

We have had a lack of real Hip Hop concerts lately.  There doesn’t seem to be a big market for it.  It’s like people are mindless lately, liking every that the radio pumps out 100 times a day.  Hey I was like that once upon a time.  But actually back in the day the songs played on the radio was what the people actually wanted.  Now it’s not like that any more.  So since we can control the airwaves, here comes events like this one.  Throw by Black Monoply Records.  This is part two of the Golden Age of Hip Hop.  Part one was such a hype concert, this one is no doubt going to be blaze too.  So if you’re in the NYC area on August 29, 2009 make sure you stop by to check this concert out.  Black Monopoly Records is run by Eric King a cousin of Selectah EJah, HipHope.com’s resident DJ.  Here’s the mission statement of Black Monoply records…..

Black Monopoly Records was conceived in the mind of Eric King. Since 1994 Eric has made strides in various ventures, and this is his biggest undertaking to date. His biggest influences have been KRS-1, Africa Bambaataa, and Public Enemy. His goal is to produce quality acts in the entertainment business and also sponsor and have events that will keep people talking. So look out for us this year and for years to come. When you see BMR you know the EVENT will be HOT!

Over the years I’ve been influenced by DJ’s like Scott la Rock of Boogie Down Productions, Red Alert, Jam Master Jay and Kid Capri to name a few. I’ve been djing for about ten years now, and promoting events for 7 years. I have shared the DJ spotlight with hot 97s DJ’s Cocoa Chanelle and Fat Man Scoop. And also the World Famous  DJ Brucie B.

I would like to take this moment to say Rest In Peace to the following people: my father Donald King, Scott la Rock of Boogie Down Productions, B.O. from the Zulu Nation, Easy E of N.W.A, Notoris B.I.G, Tupac, Big L, Trouble T-roy from Heavy D & the Boys, left eye of TLC, Jam Master J of Run-DMC, Aaliyah, Buffy from the Fat Boys, Cowboy from Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, mighty Mike Ski from the dismaster’s, MC Trouble, and Freaky Tah of the Lost Boys.

Eric King’s Links

Black Monopoly Records

Myspace