tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42035800033944537072024-03-05T00:38:52.646-05:00Beets, Rhymes, & LifeGoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18140989638916772471noreply@blogger.comBlogger317125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203580003394453707.post-90839249361723056612014-11-30T22:06:00.000-05:002014-11-30T22:06:18.720-05:00Juice's Thoughts: 2015 is going to be a great year for movies
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Goosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18140989638916772471noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203580003394453707.post-47165535839553039852014-10-15T20:50:00.001-04:002014-10-15T20:50:51.209-04:00Rhymes: Lil Herb - "Fight or Flight (Remix)" (feat. Common & Chance the Rapper) (Music Video)
A few weeks back three of Chicago's best emcees got together for a remix off on Lil Herb's under the radar mixtape, Welcome to Fazoland mixtape. Now we have a video from the three that highlights both the good and bad parts of the southside of Chicago. It's really nice to see Common not only co-sign the 18 year-old Lil Herb, but also come back home to do a video shoot. This song and video alsoGoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18140989638916772471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203580003394453707.post-31653916007970818852014-10-14T22:16:00.000-04:002014-10-14T22:17:58.311-04:00From the Beet Farm: Family Guy Meets The Simpsons (TV Review)
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10. Drake – Nothing Was the Same (81)
I was sort of surprised how highly this album ranked. In a stronger year for music, this probably wouldn't have placed in the top ten, but that also doesn't take away from the many strong qualities of Drake's third LP. Nothing Was the Same is a far cry from Take Care, both in sound and quality, but was still one of the year'sGoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18140989638916772471noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203580003394453707.post-76083704321280823112014-03-10T20:13:00.003-04:002014-03-10T20:13:41.926-04:00BRL 2013 Year in Review (Part 3)
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This is a pretty solid track from Cali emcee David May and beatsmith Gunnuh. I especially dig the vocal sample with the trap-style drums. Nice touch. David May's style reminds me a lot of Schoolboy Q, so if you dig Oxymoron, I would check out this EP.
Walnut, California rapper David May presents the EM3-directed music
video for “Store Runs”, the new single from VIDEO 94, his new freeGoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18140989638916772471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203580003394453707.post-69670583664524475322014-02-27T17:29:00.000-05:002014-02-27T17:29:20.127-05:00BRL 2013 Year in Review (Part 1)
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In about 26 hours of writing this sentence, I will be
experiencing the “Yeezus” tour with Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar. I have been
a Kanye West fan since one fateful summer day in 2003 when I saw the “Through
the Wire” music video on BET or MTV. Since then Mr. West has grown more and
more as an artist and I’ve grown more and more obsessive with him.
Unfortunately I have not Goosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18140989638916772471noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203580003394453707.post-19695551530784802932013-08-16T20:02:00.000-04:002013-08-16T20:02:34.777-04:00Rhymes & LIfe: The Late Summer Classic
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Cleveland has got to be feeling pretty good about itself, as the Tribe is one of MLB's hottest teams. So it's good timing on a day that the Indians get its third walk-off win in four days, that Cleveland spitter Savage releases his new video "Dream Team" off of his debut mixtape Olympic Gold.
On his first tape Savage displays his sharp flow, lyrical braggadocio, and his affinity for sports Goosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18140989638916772471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203580003394453707.post-34608837901752919092013-05-06T17:16:00.002-04:002013-05-06T17:16:41.893-04:00Rhymes: A Reaction to an Evening With Bob Dylan (Concert Review)
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Having a hard time landing a job? Have you come to grips
that women will never find you attractive, and you’re too big of an asshole to
ever get points for being nice? Well fret not, you can still be a desirable
person to society with intelligence. What’s that? You’re a complete moron?
That’s totally cool because we here at BRL have developed three clever ways for
you to mask your total Goosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18140989638916772471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203580003394453707.post-74639542094475997142013-03-15T17:09:00.000-04:002013-03-15T17:09:31.474-04:00BEET Life (vol. 2): 5 Pieces of Bad Advice from Rappers
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Now usually I would make a huge, muli-post countdown with a Goosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18140989638916772471noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203580003394453707.post-73614407183399252432013-02-20T14:18:00.002-05:002013-02-20T14:18:42.623-05:00Rhymes: Jeff Mangum: Man or Myth? (Concert Review)
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So this dude made a great short film based off of one of my favorite Atmosphere songs ever. The video was done incredibly well. Great cinematography, great acting, and other fancy cinema lingo I learned in my introductory level film course. Enjoy.
The Waitress is a short film.
It is based on the the song: The Waitress by Atmosphere.
The film was shot in Goosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18140989638916772471noreply@blogger.com110tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203580003394453707.post-15409963122534131132012-11-21T16:35:00.000-05:002012-11-21T16:35:09.602-05:00Rhymes: masterminds - "fightmusic (Feat. Murs & Slug)" (Artist Spotlight)
Obviously seeing a track featuring Slug and Murs in my inbox is going to catch my eye, but the New York based duo masterminds are very dope. They got a very raw, DIY aesthetic, with hard hitting drums and dusty samples. "fightmusic" is one of several high energy tracks on their new album "Giant Antlers."
Check out their extremely bizarre, animated video up above, and you can check out their Goosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18140989638916772471noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203580003394453707.post-64527857091790747192012-11-20T12:27:00.000-05:002012-11-20T12:27:00.598-05:00Rhymes: Jahshua Smith - "-Censored-" (Artist Spotlight)
It's not too often I get something in my inbox as refreshing and focused as this new track from Detroit emcee, Jahshua Smith. The socially conscious track features an excellent beat provided by StewRat, and Smith lays down some nice flows. I suggest you keep on eye on this guy, as I know we here at BRL will be.
The official single off the impending album
"The Final Season" by Jahshua Goosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18140989638916772471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203580003394453707.post-50200664807188211962012-11-06T16:59:00.000-05:002012-11-06T16:59:07.943-05:00Rhymes & Life: My First Election Day (Nov. 4, 2008)
After several visits from both campaigns, seeing the iconic
“HOPE” Obama poster plastered all over campus, an onslaught of Facebook posts
attacking each candidate, and playing Q-Tip’s lead single “Gettin’ Up” in my
headphones walking to classes, Nov. 4 was finally among us.
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Yeah, I know this joint has been out since the beginning of 2012, but he posted it on Tumblr again, and I felt it necessary to share some personal thoughts/reflections on Danny!'s music and my life.
I’ve been riding for Danny! fairly hard the past 4-5 months. But damn dude just makes some really uplifting music. I’m in the midst of some pretty hard times in my life currently, and I can Goosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18140989638916772471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203580003394453707.post-763495466582048952012-08-08T15:35:00.001-04:002012-08-08T15:35:52.062-04:00Rhymes: Ben Z & Dejection - "Liquid Reflections" (Artist Spotlight)Liquid Reflections by Ben Z & Dejection
Today I received an email from an emcee named Ben Z, who hails from Madison, Wisconsin. Yesterday he released his new album "Liquid Reflections" which is entirely produced by German producer, Dejection. Ben's technical lyricism and Dejection's European, electronic hip hop production is a pretty solid combination. Check out tracks like "Circumstances," Goosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18140989638916772471noreply@blogger.com1