Melanie Fiona and Noyeek…
I wonder if he wrote this song from the Double R with her in mind?
As soon as I took this flick, I knew it would be a good year for us…beauty is a good luck charm, so Grizz standing next to her must have surely been a good omen. LOL. Sure enough, the year ended strong with LOADS of critical love in the blogsphere for the “Double R: Remixes and Rarities” project (which you can still download for free right here), including an extraordinary review by the newly revamped Start of the Line blog (welcome back to the blogosphere, homie!) as well as love from heavyweight bloggers such as the Okayplayer-approved good folk at rappersiknow.com (Jamie B and FWMJ, what up!) and SOHH founder’s eponymous blog kevinnottingham.com
(12/27 update: Flawless Hustle also joined the Double R party; thank you for the love as well!)
Endless respect to the early adopters who hopped onto the Double R movement when it first dropped just three weeks ago: DJ Heat, Rule 4080, Inner Loop, For The DMV Only and Upset the Setup. Thanks y’all!
You really can’t get enough shots of Ms. Melanie Fiona in your life, so I might as well hit you off with another…
Roc Nation, what up! Tell Hov to holla at us, man! LOL…
ps: I also had loads of fun rhyming at Bohemian Caverns tonight…respect to Mental Stamina…Dimes jumped on stage for an impromptu battle session…niceness! Anyone with video or photos, please holla….
Peace to the peaceful,
Spirit Equality
For the folks who have been neglecting to check our video section, we’ve got loads of new video footage of The Package tearing down various stages, like the one above at the Black L.U.V. Festival this past September. I’m going to be searching the ‘net today to see if I can find footage of their shows in Atlanta and Richmond (both shows that I missed, unfortunately). Enjoy the footage above and, as always, I also urge you to check out their recently released remix album, which can be downloaded for free at http://tinyurl.com/pkgrmx
ps: And last but most definitely NOT least, a bit of meditative mood music for this snowy day, allow us to (re-)present a special tribute to our fallen comrade Joy Oliver of the Amphibians family: mother of four, bringer of light, still shining…please take a listen to her song “Crystal Moon”, recorded shortly before she was taken from us, to shine above us: http://www.divshare.com/download/9838267-443
Peace to the peaceful,
Spirit Equality
update: The show went well. The Package got to rock four songs (Final Warning, What You Sipping On, Here I Am and Lights), the last two of which were a medley due to the limited time in their short set. The crowd showed a lot of love and Dimes made sure to urge everyone to come to this fine site of ours so that folk could download our remix album assuming you haven’t already! So, after you click the lovely blue link in the prior sentence and dig on the sounds of The Package as remixed by some of the area’s best producers, you can marvel at the fact that you received this joyous gift for Free.99! Nothing beats FREE MUSIC in a recession, especially when it’s outrageously dope. :-)
side note 1: The footage above isn’t ideal because I was not able to secure a video pass beforehand and had to shoot guerilla-style.
side note 2: Does anyone know why Noreaga didn’t make it to the performance?
Peace to the peaceful,
Spirit Equality
