Q-Tip's message to Iggy Azalea

HipHop is a artistic and socio-political movement/culture that sprang from the disparate ghettos of NY in the early 70's / Coming off the heels of the CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT and approaching the end of the Vietnam war it was a crossroads 4 America / specially for blacks in the US our neighborhoods were PROLIFERATED w/a rush of HEROINE / our school systems here in NY dungeon traps with light for learning / blk men some of whom didn't return from tours of duty n the ones who did came w/war baggage (agent orange, addiction, ect..) / these men had families but due to these events and throw into the mix the public emasculation... / they proved to be handicapped parents. The surrogate parents? The STREETS / the streets of gangs, crimes, and the hustlers coddled us and swept us up / but! Being a spirited, rhythmic & expressive people music art dance outlined our existence / it proved a way for us to exhault to scream to dance to laugh and find OUR VOICE / we weren't at the same time skilled musicians as kids. We had records, turntables, ideas and INGENUITY / being natural chemist we took from whatever was availed to us and we created something mighty and special / we cut breakbeats back n forth we took a hybrid of Jamaican toasting along w/ radio jock rap( hank Spann, Gary Byrd, ect.) and / we put our rap down.. / it was a neighborhood thing really. Black and Latino kids were carving out their space and it became infectious / eventually Keith Cowboy coined the phrase hiphop. Yrs later the first rap record was recorded and now we r moving / but during these strides this country still had the monster of racism and racial insensitivity breathing and ruling / believe it or not young black n Latino lives specifically weren't acknowledged in mainstream American culture unless Ofcourse.. / the convo was abt gangs , being criminals or uneducated. And hey! Like I stated early our families were rushed our schools / sucked and we were left to put devices to survive / but HIPHOP showed that we had DEPTH, fire, and BRILLIANCE / the music was undeniable! It moved from NY N became national and even GLOBAL / hiphop now was FOR EVERYBODY!! All of those who cld relate to the roots, the spirit, the history, the energy.. It reached YOU / it touched your spirit n took u up. We magnetized you! That's what brilliance DOES / now u are fulfilling your dreams ... BUT! / you have to take into account the HISTORY as you move underneath the banner of hiphop. As I said before / hiphop is fun it's vile it's dance it's traditional it's light hearted but 1 thing it can never detach itself from / is being a SOCIO-Political movement. U may ask why ... Well / once you are born black your existence I believe is joined with socio-political epitaph and philos / based on the tangled and treacherous history SLAVERY alone this is the case / It never leaves our conversation... Ever. WeAther in our universities our dinner tables our studios or jail cells / the effects still resonates with us. It hurts... We get emotional and angry and melancholy / did u know president Clinton was the ONLY PRESIDENT to apologize for it? / did u know that remnants of slavery exist today thru white privilege? When certain "niceties" r extended your way because of / how u look? Isn't that crazy? I say this 2 say u are a hiphop artist who has the right 2 express herself however she wishes / this is not a chastisement this is not admonishment at ALL this is just one artist reaching to another hoping to spark insight / into the field you r in. I say this in the spirit of a hopeful healthy dialogue that maybe one day we can continue / I've been on twitter a long time and this will probably be my last series of tweets pretty much but / I'm Kool with it as long as I got to share w u. Zzzzzzz's up! Peace!
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Rock Scully crossed the great divide this morning. I got the call he was passing just as I was about to load up the car for a visit to Monterey to see him. Those of you lucky enough to have known him know that despite his human frailties, he was a loving, gentle, bright (actually brilliant), handsome, witty and especially charming rogue who brought people together, made them laugh and grow, and had a huge, generous heart.
Our fourteen year love affair felt like it was still in full swing when I spoke to him by phone in the hospital this morning. I could hear his labored breathing and his girl friend, Christina, assured me that he was responsive to my words.
His graciousness and generosity can be summed up in the words he said to me on the day back in the summer of ’69 that we knew for sure that we were in love—When I told him I was six weeks pregnant with my then separated husband, his response was, “You will be so beautiful!” Who could resist that statement at such a vulnerable moment.
He took on Spirit (Acacia) as if she were his own, and then gave me Sage, who will be having her second child, a boy, this coming March.
The years I spent with him, and through him, the Grateful Dead, were some of the most exciting times imaginable—from Woodstock to our farm in Forestville (now the California School of Herbal Studies) to Europe and Saturday Night Live, we were part of a weird kind of rock and roll royalty, and loved every moment of it. For six years we were the New Year’s skeletons, dancing on stage at midnight, often after being dropped from the ceiling tossing roses. We measured the success of a concert by how much our cheeks hurt from smiling, and those experiences set a bar that is rarely reached to this day. It was Rock’s ticket that took me to Egypt that first time in 1978.
My dear, beloved Rock, I wish you smooth, sweet travels in the next stage of your soul’s journey.

Nicki Scully

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2. Mellow My Mind
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4. Speakin’ Out
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6. New Mama
7. Roll Another Number (For the Road)
8. Tired Eyes
9. Tonight’s the Night
10. Flying On the Ground Is Wrong
11. Human Highway
12. Helpless
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Bass: Doug Wimbish (Living Colour / Sugarhill Gang / Tackhead)
Vocals: Mark Stewart (The Pop Group/Maffia)
Guitar: Skip McDonald (Little Axe / Sugarhill Gang / Tackhead)
Drums: Perry Melius (Tricky / African Headcharge / Billy Ocean)
Live Dub mix: Adrian Sherwood (On-U-Sound Master-mind)

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A tribute to the world's most underrated pioneers of modern electronic music!
Starting as the house band at Sugar Hill records, Keith LeBlanc, Doug Wimbish and Skip McDonald hooked up with Adrian Sherwood to form Tackhead (aka Fats Comet). Working together with Mark Stewart (as Maffia) and Gary Clail (as Tackhead Sound System) they produced some of the most exhilarating, funky and down-right experimental electronic music of the 1980s. This set charts their career from 1984-1989, mixing in rare dub mixes, alternate versions and interviews with the band members themselves. It's time they got their dues; it's time to Play It All Back: "Tackhead in the Area!"
Tracklisting:
1. Double Dee & Steinski - The Sugar Hill Suite (Castle Music)
2. Tackhead - Body to Burn (World Records)
3. Tackhead- What's My Mission Now - (On-U Sound)
4. Tackhead - Now What? (On-U Sound)
5. Tackhead - Mind at the End of the Tether (12" version) (On-U Sound)
6. Tackhead - Mind at the End of the Tether (LP Version) (Red Rhino)
7. Keith LeBlanc - I'll Come up with Something (World Records)
8. Tackhead - Ticking Time Bomb (World Records)
9. Tackhead - Ticking Time Bomb (12" version) (World Records)
10. Keith LeBlanc - Move (World Records)
11. Tackhead - King of the Beat (On-U Sound)
12. Tackhead - King of the Beat (Live) (Plus Au Sud)
13. Fats Comet & The Big Sound - Bop Bop (World Records)
14. Fats Comet & The Big Sound - Zoop Zoop (World Records)
15. Mark Stewart - As the Veneer of Democracy Starts to Fade (Mute)
16. Keith LeBlanc - No Sell Out (Tommy Boy)
17. Fats Comet - Deejay's Dream (World Records)
18. Fats Comet - Deejay's Program (World Records)
19. Fats Comet - Eat The Beat (World Records)
20. Mark Stewart- Hypnotized (Remix) (Mute)
21. Keith LeBlanc - Heaven on Earth - (World Records)
22. Keith Leblanc - Tack Unit (Extended Interference) (Collision)
23. Keith LeBlanc - Major Malfunction (World Records)
24. Tackhead / Gary Clail- Life and Dreams (World Records)
25. Tackhead - Man in a Suitcase (Red Rhino)
26. Tackhead / Gary Clail - Reality (World Records)
27. Tackhead - Get This (Red Rhino)
28. Gary Clail - Half Cut For Confidence (World Records)
29. Gary Clail- Half a Gram a Shout (World Records)
30. Keith LeBlanc - Mechanical Movements (Yellow Ltd)
31. Keith LeBlanc - Technology Works Dub (World Records)
32. Keith LeBlanc - Technology Works (Collision)
33. Fats Comet- O.K. Bye (World Records)
34. Fats Comet - Rockchester (World Records)
35. Fats Comet - Dub Storm (World Records)
36. Fats Comet- Stormy Weather (World Records)
37. Gary Clail - Hard Left (instrumental) (World Records)
38. Gary Clail - Hard Left (Red Rhino)
39. Keith LeBlanc - You Drummers Listen Good (World Records)
40. Doug Wimbish - Freak Out (World Records)
41. Doug Wimbish - Don't Forget That Beat (World Records)
42. Doug Wimbish - Don't Forget That Beat (Alternate Mix) (Dunk Yer Funk Records)
43. Doug Wimbish - Don't Forget That Beat (Alternate Dub) (Dunk Yer Funk Records)
44. Doug Wimbish - Don't Forget That Beat (Dub Mix) (Dunk Yer Funk Records)
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