bigted

will smith lost and found album

glad to hear y'all enjoyed the show!

Rap veteran Nas is so focused on dropping his upcoming Life Is Good this summer that he is willing to postpone talks of speculated joint efforts amongst the likes of Common, AZ and other artists. Offering an open-ended perspective on what the future could hold, Nasty Nas said his focus is firmly on putting out a solo effort. "You know, we were doing an Illmatic show with Rock the Bells [last year]," Nas recently told XXL about longtime partner in rhyme, AZ. "He came through and held a n*gga down. It's always good getting up with my n*gga. That album [illmatic], we just had the 18th anniversary [in April]. We were just young bucks in the game, trying to get in. ... We'll always have that moment," God's Son added. "It takes me back to the time when we were doing a lot of records together. But yeah, I've been four years away from a solo album. I'm just getting back into the game. Once I get back into the game, you never know what could happen." (XXL Mag) Last December, Common announced plans to drop a joint LP alongside Nas called NasDotCom. The awesomeness that is Common and Nas' collaboration on the former's latest single, "Ghetto Dreams," could lead to more than we might have expected. In an interview with Fake Shore Drive, the Chicago rapper revealed that he's working on a joint album with Nas. I don't have to tell you that we're excited about the prospect of a project like this, but holy sh*t, that would be amazing. You wouldn't only have two of the best rappers of all time rapping together, but you would also have Com helping out in the beat-selection department. Imagine him and Nas rapping over an album's worth of beats from No I.D., Kanye West, and Salaam Remi. Lordy. (Prefix Mag) Music producer DJ Premier recently revealed his aim to hook-up with Nasir Jones for a collaborative effort. "[With] Nas, it's always fun to work with him because we have a formula and vibe that already works. It's not difficult. It's like seeing a long lost cousin like, 'D*mn, I ain't seen you in years. Let's get back to what we used to do.' I submitted some tracks, so hopefully those will work, but if not, he and I are still going to do the Nas/Premier album," he said. "But he has other albums that come before, but we're still going to do it, we've spoken about it." (Hard Knock TV) In late April, the music veteran announced the Life Is Good release date. ""LIFE IS GOOD" - JULY 17th, 2012!!! #LIFEISGOOD717 http://tmblr.co/ZxeGrvKEULtA," Nas tweeted April 24th. "#LIFEISGOOD717 #LIFEISGOOD717 #LIFEISGOOD717 #LIFEISGOOD717 #LIFEISGOOD717 #LIFEISGOOD717 #LIFEISGOOD717 #LIFEISGOOD717" (Nas' Twitter)

i'm not that big of a fan of hancock either

looking forward to it, you're doing big things bro!

RIP to MCA

big daddy kane set it off

RIP Dick Clark, yeah those new year's celebrations with him were something that won't be forgotten

kel posted a new song that i found on his facebook post "you're my girl", nice laidback vibe:

Nas and KRS-One are the last of the few true mcs that're still bringing that real hip hop here in 2012

New York rap veteran Nas has finally announced the long-awaited release date for his new Life Is Good solo album, revealing it will hit store shelves around mid-summer. If all goes accordingly, Nasty Nas' latest solo effort will arrive mid-July. ""LIFE IS GOOD" - JULY 17th, 2012!!! #LIFEISGOOD717 http://tmblr.co/ZxeGrvKEULtA," Nas tweeted April 24th. "#LIFEISGOOD717 #LIFEISGOOD717 #LIFEISGOOD717 #LIFEISGOOD717 #LIFEISGOOD717 #LIFEISGOOD717 #LIFEISGOOD717 #LIFEISGOOD717" (Nas' Twitter) Last month, the Queens, New York-bred emcee hinted at what fans could expect from the record. "It's been a long time, it's been years since I released a solo studio album, so this record is everything," he says. "This is everything that I've got to say--I guess you've got to live a little and you put that in your music, so it's coming from my life. ... A lot of the tracks have [come from ideas] where I would take an idea from one of the guys that I'm working with and try to put it together with a different sound that I had in my head, or with someone else. ... just try to get people to collaborate who are not really used to working together and to get something different from me." (MTV) His new "Don" single premiered online a few week ago. Nas comes back with a vengeance on "The Don," the heavy-hitting single off his upcoming 10th album. Produced by Salaam Remi, Da Internz, and the late Heavy D ("Heavy D gave this beat to Salaam for me to rap to"), the reggae-flavored tune features Nasty Nas in top form, touting tough bars over a rasta hook. Welcome back "The Don." (Rap-Up) In February, he broke the news of his album's long-awaited completion. "Ayo Jung! Ya Bday comin!! We goin in. 5 days NONSTOP!!! Plus we celebrating my LP being WRAPPED!!!!!!," he tweeted February 23rd. (Nas' Twitter)

krs one tote gunz, this song coulda came out in the late 80s, this is vintage hip hop http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YKsVyzhdAE

i recorded this poem: http://chirb.it/CsFDe0

Damn, we're all getting old, it felt like yesterday to me, one of the happiest moments of my life was when I went with my parents to Kmart to pick up that CD, went home and played it all night and posting about it here on this forum, those were great times I'll never forget... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_and_Found_(Will_Smith_album)

nice

If there was a song like "Just Crusin" on the soundtrack then I'd be happy too

everyone said how i feel about this, just sad...

I recorded this poem recently: http://chirb.it/Lg9mDK

thanks for the feedback everyone, i'm definately gonna take in this advice and i'm going to try to write more often now with some music in the background, whether it's favorite songs or some instrumental cds i have, yeah i realise i gotta slow down with name references, but i figured to do it more in the heavy d tribute to show that my respect for the legends is deep, maybe i'll consider if i reference an artist i could do it in more of a subliminal way without always mentioning their name like turntable referred to...

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.19022/title.chuck-d-explains-how-bill-clinton-ruined-radio-and-why-you-have-no-choice-but-to-re-elect-barack-obama

yeah i'm staying at it, trying different things, i recorded my tribute to heavy d just now: http://chirb.it/BMCq9b

thanks for the honesty, i understand, right now i'm just trying to get the feel for things, i write to beats at times, other times i write random verses without beats

I got myself a web page over at chirbit.com/bigted3485 where I posted some audio that I made with this new computer mic I got about a week ago for my birthday I posted this dope freestyle I just came up with tonight: http://chirb.it/rA45vA time to bring this live and direct big ted keeps rhymes at check 15 years after biggie's death for me the b-i-g t-e-d soon enough it'll be 12 years of raw spitting holding it down in this millenium since april of 2000 now that i got my computer mic i'll be shutting competition not many mcs are flowin' correct that's why i'm making a change to all of this bringin' back the soul and the affection like big daddy kane i ain't half steppin' being a smooth operator during each session that's right shorty come to me for your blessing like i said i'm bringing it one on one like keith sweat don't get it twisted, it ain't just about being in the sheets sexing it's about mind, body, and soul type of affection that's why i'm yearning for that loving all them thugs got ya buggin' like will smith i tell em to don't say nothin' my intelligence makes me harder than all of em word to mama and papa, y'all can't front on gracia aka big ted when he represents check the webpage for more audio i posted including that "going for success" song i was trying to post up on here a couple days ago, feedback would be appreciated

I wanted to post some more of this song that I recorded tonight but I was told that this file was too big to upload

I found myself a computer mic from an online website for a cheap price that's good for my old PC and thanks to help from Michael AKA FUQ, I was able to adjust the volume control settings today to get it to work, here's some audio of this song I just recorded now