Greetings World,
It has been a minute since my last update on my blog. It has been crazy to say the least in the last month. I been all through the ATL promoting and spinning at different events. Besides all the new gigs that I am involved in (follow on instagram or facebook for updates), I now have the chance to get in some serious quality time in the Motherland Music studio with my artist MT MotherlandBoy.
This was one of the reasons for me relocating from Berlin to Atlanta, so now its time to make the best of it, buckle down and do what we do best... work on some dope music.
I now am able to influence some of the projects, put my own little touch on it and to kick off our collaboration of we decided to compile a mixtape with the best freestyles that we had recorded up to date. Of course I made sure to put MT on some dope old skool classic Hip Hop beats as well as newer instrumentals. The result is a beautiful blend of old and new school filled with freestyle bars.
Let me present to you:
Selecta Shizzle & MT Motherlandboy - The Chronicles, Freestyles Vol. 1
Welcome to the DJ booth with Selecta Shizzle. A blog about music.
Samstag, 4. Juli 2015
Mittwoch, 3. Juni 2015
Selecta Shizzle - A Journey into Vinyl Vol. 1 (live mixing session)
Much love from Atlanta!
Donnerstag, 26. März 2015
Scratch Practice
Selecta Shizzle Practice Session Snippet
Only propper preperation and hard practice makes perfect. I am by far not up there, but I love Hip Hop and I work hard every day.MIG Mixtape
THE MIG MIXTAPE
MIG stands for Motherland Music, Ivoricanz and Global Dynasty. If you have been following us for a while you would see that Koffi Masta (Ivoricanz) and Jay (Global Dynasty) are working close together with MT and Motherland Music, so it was only a matter of time to get everybody together on a project and make it final. That was the birth of the MIG Mixtape. This mix is a interesting project made with non original beats and two languages: English and French, three different styles combined into one mixtape.
The mixtape can be found on Datpiff as usually, but no download is possible due to copyright issues.
None the less you can listen to it under this following link:
MIG Mixtape
A couple videos where released of tracks on the the mixtape:
Danny Glover remix
Ice Cream Freestyle
Un bon Son de Bru Freestyle
The Evils
As usual, leave us some feedback, rate, listen enjoy!!
Bless
Update: Motherland Music
MOTHERLAND MUSIC UPDATE
Yes massive we are back. It has been a while that I posted to my beloved blog, however it was all for good reasons. The Motherland Music team was scattered all over the globe to get ready for the new year 2015 and put MM in a better place. So this update is going to entail most of the new releases from Motherland Music that we have been working on since our last post. EnjoyFirst of we released a new Mixtape:
MT Motherlandboy "Coming to America Vol. 2" hosted by DJ AONE
The mixtape basically pics up where MT left off with vol. 1. He is still shining a light on aspects of exploitation happening in Mali and all of Africa pointing out several injustices. The style is elevated as everybody would expect from a sequel mixtape. It is also hosted by DJ AONE who was also putting his contributions on volume 1.
Check it out download as usually is free:
MT MOTHERLANDBOY - COMING TO AMERICA VOL.2
We also released a video for the lead single:
MT Motherlandboy - "Tear Drop":
Also on the Coming To America Vol. 2 is a dedicated track from MT to his homie O' Boy who also had been shouted out on Vol.1 showing how much he invests in hi team and loyalty.
MT Motherlandboy - "Free O'Boy":
MT Motherlandboy traveling back to Mali
Since the release of "Coming to America Vol. 2", MT traveled to Africa to reconnect with his people in the Motherland. Doing what we do best MT networked with local artists and performed at a few shows in Bamako, Mali. The result was two collaborations with local artists from Bamako:
MT Motherlandboy and "D to the O" in "What you talkin' About?"
MT Motherlandboy and Joloko in Pas Do Beyan Remix
Feel free to like and share. We really like your feedback and words of encuragement!
Bless
Mittwoch, 7. Mai 2014
What is Hip Hop?
Everyday when I am out and about in Berlin or Atlanta, or even when I just surf the Internet, I get annoyed by these "promoters", "DJ's" and "Rappers" that supposedly are promoting and representing "Hip Hop". One look at their content, one visit to their event and one listen to one of their tunes is all it usually takes to convince me that they got it all wrong. Clearly these people have not understood what Hip Hop stands for or even means. Maybe they just use it to try and get more customers, but anyway this needs to stop. We can't let these people continuously slander the name of Hip Hop. I usually feel a deep urge to educate them but with the ignorant people of today all that this would lead into is me screaming at them, missing the effect that I had hoped for.
So instead of complaining and turning into a miserable grandpa one day, I am writing this post to put a piece of my mind out there. I am praying that it not only educates a one or two, but also inspires people to partake in this "lifestyle", this "culture" that true Hip Hop represents.
To get to the beginning of it all we travel back to 1974 when Afrika Bambaataa had just returned from Africa where he was crowned a Zulu King. It is that year, that he turned and formed the world renowned "Zulu Nation".
Besides forming a movement that is still represented to day in most of the countries of the world, he sat down and decided to define the elements and principles of Hip Hop. What he came up with is what we today call the
"4 elements" and the "4 principles" of Hip Hop:
4 elements:
As time passed Hip Hop evolved and grew. At this point KRS-ONE made interesting statements about the genre.
KRS-ONE personally said that Hip Hop didn't just include the 4 elements laid out by Afrika Bambaataa anymore, but that people evolved Hip Hop to 9 elements extending the original by 5 and that they are to be included when one speaks on or about Hip Hop. The elements he was talking about are:
Its about time people started living the lifestyle again.
Before I am done I would like to share this with you:
A MC (Master of Ceremony) is a Rapper, but a Rapper is not automatically a MC.
Hip Hop entails Rap, but Rap is nothing else than "rapidly" speaking over a beat.
Violence has nothing to do with Hip Hop.
Real Hip Hop music comes down to 3 essentials: 2 Turntables and 1 Mic.
(no computers, no effects, just naked skills)
Of course you still need a phat MC on the set!
I myself, born into the CD player and computer DJ age am trying to work my way back to the old way. Out of respect, out of the urge to learn and last but not least out of love for Hip Hop.
"DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT HIP HOP IS
AND WHAT IT STANDS FOR???"
"Once upon a time
on the planet somewhere
on the planet somewhere
a bombastic beat was born...
Lets call her Hip Hop!" - Erykah Badu
To get to the beginning of it all we travel back to 1974 when Afrika Bambaataa had just returned from Africa where he was crowned a Zulu King. It is that year, that he turned and formed the world renowned "Zulu Nation".
Besides forming a movement that is still represented to day in most of the countries of the world, he sat down and decided to define the elements and principles of Hip Hop. What he came up with is what we today call the
"4 elements" and the "4 principles" of Hip Hop:
4 elements:
- The DJ
- The MC
- Graphiti Art
- Breakdancing
- Peace
- Love
- Unity
- Having Fun
Hit it!
As time passed Hip Hop evolved and grew. At this point KRS-ONE made interesting statements about the genre.
KRS-ONE personally said that Hip Hop didn't just include the 4 elements laid out by Afrika Bambaataa anymore, but that people evolved Hip Hop to 9 elements extending the original by 5 and that they are to be included when one speaks on or about Hip Hop. The elements he was talking about are:
- Beat-boxing
- Street-Fashion
- Street-Language
- Street-Knowledge
- Street-Entrepreneurship (not including illegal activities)
Hip Hop is such a beautiful thing cause the music alone can be expressed in different forms ranging from "militant" to "conscious" , "joyful" to "sad", "educational" to "dancing & clubbing".
Its about time people started living the lifestyle again.
Before I am done I would like to share this with you:
A MC (Master of Ceremony) is a Rapper, but a Rapper is not automatically a MC.
Hip Hop entails Rap, but Rap is nothing else than "rapidly" speaking over a beat.
Violence has nothing to do with Hip Hop.
"The courage to be yourself is the essence of Hip Hop"
that means:
"BEEING ORIGINAL"
is what makes you part of Hip Hop.
Real Hip Hop music comes down to 3 essentials: 2 Turntables and 1 Mic.
(no computers, no effects, just naked skills)
Of course you still need a phat MC on the set!
I myself, born into the CD player and computer DJ age am trying to work my way back to the old way. Out of respect, out of the urge to learn and last but not least out of love for Hip Hop.
Montag, 5. Mai 2014
The Most "EXTENSIVE" Vocabulary in HIP HOP
Today I came across a very interesting read on Hip Hop DX. A self proclaimed "Data Scientist" supposedly started a project where he analyzed the song texts from various rappers gathered via "Rap Genius". In this research he was only counting the number of unique words that occur in the sampled rappers "first" 35.000 verses. His results are very interesting yet leave plenty of room for new questions, since this study only reveals the rapper using the most of the vocabulary available to him. Its actually pretty cool to see rappers being put on a scale with our worlds greatest poet Shakespeare.
After I read the article and being a scientist myself I first wonder what the definition of "unique word" is that the author throws around all to happily without defining. Unfortunately the writer did not see it necessary to give us a better idea of what this study actually means and leaves us wondering. "Is a word unique when nobody ever used it before?", if so then why are 90's artists on a scale with artists that came out much later and if there are unique words, then should not all words be unique? Like I said its not a conclusive research but its definitely entertaining.
Also interesting to see would be if there is a correlation to album sales, total number of words used by a rapper or even what rapper keeps using the same words.
After all I am just happy to see that WU-Tang Clan did alright and represent good Hip Hop! Check it out though!
LINK
After I read the article and being a scientist myself I first wonder what the definition of "unique word" is that the author throws around all to happily without defining. Unfortunately the writer did not see it necessary to give us a better idea of what this study actually means and leaves us wondering. "Is a word unique when nobody ever used it before?", if so then why are 90's artists on a scale with artists that came out much later and if there are unique words, then should not all words be unique? Like I said its not a conclusive research but its definitely entertaining.
Also interesting to see would be if there is a correlation to album sales, total number of words used by a rapper or even what rapper keeps using the same words.
After all I am just happy to see that WU-Tang Clan did alright and represent good Hip Hop! Check it out though!
LINK
Montag, 28. April 2014
Live Performance - MT MOTHERLANDBOY
I am glad to present you with some brand new footage of one of MT MOTHERLANDBOY's latest performances. In the video he is performing at a venue called "Vinyl" at Center Stage in Atlanta, GA. If you are in town make sure to swing by on the 25th of May for the next show, because MT will be on stage again performing with energy and emotion. The next show is on the 25th of May, so come hang out with MT and support your local indy artists!
Enjoy!
Sonntag, 27. April 2014
VIDEO - MT MOTHERLANDBOY "I AM THE HOTTEST SHIT"
My brother from another mother and founding member of Motherland Music
MT MOTHERLANDBOY has released a video to provide some visuals for his big single "I'm the hottest shit" off the Mixtape "Coming To America". The video was shot in Paris, France which holds a lot of influence on MT and his life journey. By now it should be clear that MT or WE mean business. Watch out for us, a new mixtape "Coming 2 America vol. 2" will be released this Summer! So get ready and stay tuned!
If you are not following us make sure to give him a like on FACEBOOK, subscribe to the channel on YOUTUBE and SOUNDCLOUD
ENJOY!!!
MT MOTHERLANDBOY has released a video to provide some visuals for his big single "I'm the hottest shit" off the Mixtape "Coming To America". The video was shot in Paris, France which holds a lot of influence on MT and his life journey. By now it should be clear that MT or WE mean business. Watch out for us, a new mixtape "Coming 2 America vol. 2" will be released this Summer! So get ready and stay tuned!
If you are not following us make sure to give him a like on FACEBOOK, subscribe to the channel on YOUTUBE and SOUNDCLOUD
ENJOY!!!
Samstag, 26. April 2014
Album Debut - RALEL "METHOD TO THE MADNESS"
Ralel an artist that I been in touch with for a while now has released his debut album "Method to the Madness"! Dallas definitly has a rapper that is attacking the scene with a new sound. To sum up his style I have to quote KRS-One and say "Knowledge reigns supreme". It will be difficult to understand the album by listening to it just once, for Ralel takes you on an interesting journey.
The first singles from that I heard was "Letters To Original Man". Once it was over, nothing more had to be said. My interest had been sparked. The beat that Ralel flows nice on uses a smooth sample that is just to my taste. The track made me very interested in hearing the final album to see if he would provide us with some more tunes of that caliber. Ralel did not dissapoint. "Feel Like" is definetly a heavy hitter, followed by "Back to the Basics". I cant wait to see him in a show this year. Maybe even in Berlin, Germany? We are planning, just stay tuned!
In this album Ralel convinces me with good flows packing a heavy message. His tracks are backed by great production to give the final bang for the buck.
If you like the music, don't forget to support financially!I am happy to announce that this is only the beginning!
Make your own opinion of Ralel and enjoy.
Follow him: FACEBOOK and subscribe on SOUNDCLOUD
Purchase his musik on Amazon.com and iTunes.com
BIOGRAPHY
The first singles from that I heard was "Letters To Original Man". Once it was over, nothing more had to be said. My interest had been sparked. The beat that Ralel flows nice on uses a smooth sample that is just to my taste. The track made me very interested in hearing the final album to see if he would provide us with some more tunes of that caliber. Ralel did not dissapoint. "Feel Like" is definetly a heavy hitter, followed by "Back to the Basics". I cant wait to see him in a show this year. Maybe even in Berlin, Germany? We are planning, just stay tuned!
In this album Ralel convinces me with good flows packing a heavy message. His tracks are backed by great production to give the final bang for the buck.
If you like the music, don't forget to support financially!I am happy to announce that this is only the beginning!
Make your own opinion of Ralel and enjoy.
Follow him: FACEBOOK and subscribe on SOUNDCLOUD
Purchase his musik on Amazon.com and iTunes.com
BIOGRAPHY
Dienstag, 8. April 2014
NEW MUSIC - Smoke DZA - Dream Zone
Check out Smoke DZA's debute Album "Dream Zone"... straight heat if you ask me! Make your own opinion!
Featured on this Album is Cam'ron, Joey Bada$$, Ab-Soul, Kobe, Curren$y, Wiz Khalifa and others. This is a must get LP!!!
DL:
http://www.sharebeast.com/gtf83zg7pj9m
Featured on this Album is Cam'ron, Joey Bada$$, Ab-Soul, Kobe, Curren$y, Wiz Khalifa and others. This is a must get LP!!!
DL:
http://www.sharebeast.com/gtf83zg7pj9m
Donnerstag, 30. Januar 2014
Producer Spotlight: Deady on da Beatz, a Belizean Hitmaker
Belize? Where? Hitmaker? What?
Out there, somewhere between Spanish speaking countries and the Caribbean exists a mysterious country, labelled as "Mother Natures Best Kept Secret". This sub tropical enclave is known for its lush rainforest, the second largest barrier reef in the world and its culture.
British Honduras, the name that Belize was known as before it gained independence from England in 1964 is still a very young country with plenty of opportunities. It manages to provide us with everything from untouched rainforests and undiscovered Maya cities to struggle, poverty and cities packing over 70,000 people.
Belize is the only English speaking country south of the USA on the American continent. Its potential for being an hide out for American runaway criminals should no longer be a secret. The Notorious B.I.G. talked about it in " P Diddy's - Young G's ft Notorious BIG, Jay Z ": "I will be in Belize smoking tree's when they find me". (The sample appeared again on "Breaking Old Habits")
Unfortunately Belize's geographical location makes it a choke point for the major drug traffic from South America to the USA. If you ever visited Belize, then you would know that not only do folks only tell scary stories about voodoo and ancient spirits to frighten the weak hearted, but every so often draw on frightening stories related to the drug traffickers.
Away from the sun light and the tourism. Away from all the trouble that this young country has to deal with on a daily basis you will find a rich culture with hundreds of years old rhythms handed down by generations hailing all the way from West Africa. This is where Deady on da Beatz draws his inspiration.
Coming up in the capital Belmopan, Deady, a music fanatic like many of us
managed to overcome the everyday struggle and find his peace and belonging behind a drum machine and keyboard. Like many Belizeans he grew up listening to Hip Hop from the USA and dancehall and reggae from either local or Jamaican artists. He manages to combine all these influential factors into a blend to create true authentic Belizean hip hop/dancehall/reggae beats. Hearing is believing!
Let me introduce to you the homie, the artist, the Belizean Hitmaker:
DEADY ON DA BEATZ
Out there, somewhere between Spanish speaking countries and the Caribbean exists a mysterious country, labelled as "Mother Natures Best Kept Secret". This sub tropical enclave is known for its lush rainforest, the second largest barrier reef in the world and its culture.
British Honduras, the name that Belize was known as before it gained independence from England in 1964 is still a very young country with plenty of opportunities. It manages to provide us with everything from untouched rainforests and undiscovered Maya cities to struggle, poverty and cities packing over 70,000 people.
Belize is the only English speaking country south of the USA on the American continent. Its potential for being an hide out for American runaway criminals should no longer be a secret. The Notorious B.I.G. talked about it in " P Diddy's - Young G's ft Notorious BIG, Jay Z ": "I will be in Belize smoking tree's when they find me". (The sample appeared again on "Breaking Old Habits")
Unfortunately Belize's geographical location makes it a choke point for the major drug traffic from South America to the USA. If you ever visited Belize, then you would know that not only do folks only tell scary stories about voodoo and ancient spirits to frighten the weak hearted, but every so often draw on frightening stories related to the drug traffickers.
Away from the sun light and the tourism. Away from all the trouble that this young country has to deal with on a daily basis you will find a rich culture with hundreds of years old rhythms handed down by generations hailing all the way from West Africa. This is where Deady on da Beatz draws his inspiration.
Coming up in the capital Belmopan, Deady, a music fanatic like many of us
managed to overcome the everyday struggle and find his peace and belonging behind a drum machine and keyboard. Like many Belizeans he grew up listening to Hip Hop from the USA and dancehall and reggae from either local or Jamaican artists. He manages to combine all these influential factors into a blend to create true authentic Belizean hip hop/dancehall/reggae beats. Hearing is believing!
Let me introduce to you the homie, the artist, the Belizean Hitmaker:
DEADY ON DA BEATZ
Samstag, 18. Januar 2014
Hanging out with MT MotherLandBoy in the ATL
On my last trip to Atlanta I took some time out to hang out with MT MotherlandBoy. Watch the video and get to know MT and Selecta Shizzle
Freitag, 17. Januar 2014
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT - RALEL
Today we feature an upcoming artist from Texas, USA. He goes by the name RALEL and he truly comes of as a person that loves his art. The first album in the making, he has released a couple glimses of what to expect. His track "Letters To Original Man" captured my attention through the 90's Hip Hop style beat, topped of with a sweet sample. Ralel then supprised me when he started spitting some real truth! Look out for him as I see a bright future for this artist ahead. Who knows, we might be inviting him out to Berlin for some stage performances, so stay tuned, follow rate and subscribe!
Press play and enjoy!
BIO:
RALEL a.k.a Chaz Aaron was born Feb 5 1991 in the western part of Dallas,TX. His passion for music began at an early age with heroes of traditional hip-hop like Nas, Lupe Fiasco, and Common. His skills in writing, and music composition showed to be worthy to his Highschool peers. August 25 2009 after graduation he entered the United States Air Force. With his discharge in 2012 the information he learned as an intelligence analyst would be his fuel and outline on real hip-hop.
ARTIST: RALEL
ALBUM: METHOD TO THE MADNESS
RELEASE: UNDECIDED MID 2014
AFFILIATES: COREY CLAYHORN (CEO CLOUT REC)
Press play and enjoy!
BIO:
RALEL a.k.a Chaz Aaron was born Feb 5 1991 in the western part of Dallas,TX. His passion for music began at an early age with heroes of traditional hip-hop like Nas, Lupe Fiasco, and Common. His skills in writing, and music composition showed to be worthy to his Highschool peers. August 25 2009 after graduation he entered the United States Air Force. With his discharge in 2012 the information he learned as an intelligence analyst would be his fuel and outline on real hip-hop.
ALBUM: METHOD TO THE MADNESS
RELEASE: UNDECIDED MID 2014
AFFILIATES: COREY CLAYHORN (CEO CLOUT REC)
Dienstag, 7. Januar 2014
BRAND NEW -- MT MOTHERLANDBOY - 4 MY PEOPLE
"4 My People", track number 16 on the mixtape "Coming to America" from MT Motherlandboy is truly a banger. It is the 2nd official released music video from the Motherland Music movement. On this track MT opens up and speaks about his motivations and drive in life. In the rhymes he reflects on his life, the influences and ups and downs in the daily struggle.
Enjoy
Enjoy
Freitag, 13. Dezember 2013
Paris Tour 2013
MT Motherlandboy and Selecta Shizzle on Tour to Paris 2013
MT and me went to Paris to promote good music for a concert series held at Tribar in Paris. Performing where MT Motherlandboy, JC (Malian Thugz), Famade, Soka Djama w/ Awaxx. We went out into the streets promoting and networking all through Paris. Shout out to everybody that came through and made our shows a success!
Check out the Road blog with 3 videos documenting our work in Paris. We made very good connections with Famade, Soka Djama Awaxx and where even suprised by the infamous LADEA, who visited us for a in studio freestyle session! Enjoy and stay tuned!
The Roadblog - Day 1
The Roadblog - Street work and studio flow
The Roadblog - The Show
Shout out to everybody that came out and supported!
Keep it real
MT and me went to Paris to promote good music for a concert series held at Tribar in Paris. Performing where MT Motherlandboy, JC (Malian Thugz), Famade, Soka Djama w/ Awaxx. We went out into the streets promoting and networking all through Paris. Shout out to everybody that came through and made our shows a success!
Check out the Road blog with 3 videos documenting our work in Paris. We made very good connections with Famade, Soka Djama Awaxx and where even suprised by the infamous LADEA, who visited us for a in studio freestyle session! Enjoy and stay tuned!
The Roadblog - Day 1
The Roadblog - Street work and studio flow
The Roadblog - The Show
Keep it real
Life of a Stoner Video Release & T-Shirt Giveaway
Brand new and fresh out of the box is this video from MT Motherlandboy and the Motherland Music crew. "Life of a Stoner" a track from the "Coming to America" mixtape available free on DatPiff. The video was shot in Paris, France during our Europe Tour. MT really went in on this track, listen closely to the lyrics and his word play.
"Life of a Stoner" is the premiere music video from MT Motherlandboy and he celebrating the event by givving away a limited amount of MOTHERLAND MUSIC T-shirts, which are raffeled among anybody that shares the video on Twitter and or Facebook and tags MT Motherlandboy and me Selecta Shizzle in it. Shout us out and get your self a Motherland Music shirt & CD!
Every 1000 views we raffle a shirt till we get 10k views!
Enjoy!
"Life of a Stoner" is the premiere music video from MT Motherlandboy and he celebrating the event by givving away a limited amount of MOTHERLAND MUSIC T-shirts, which are raffeled among anybody that shares the video on Twitter and or Facebook and tags MT Motherlandboy and me Selecta Shizzle in it. Shout us out and get your self a Motherland Music shirt & CD!
Every 1000 views we raffle a shirt till we get 10k views!
Enjoy!
Dienstag, 3. Dezember 2013
ATL link up
So I landed in Atlanta a couple days ago just in time for Thanksgiving. There is no better time to fly than on a day where everybody is at their respectable families homes. Plus if you have friends and family in town your in for a night of a never ending supply of Macaroni & cheese, Turkey in all shapes and forms, greens beans and pumpkin pie. Now that the festivities are over and the wilding out on black Friday and Cyber Monday have come to a pass I can find some time to update all my followers.
I'm currently in Atlanta to keep the engine of the Motherland Movement running. That means hit up MT Motherlandboy and get to work. Recording sessions, video/photo shoots and networking is on the agenda. I am especially amped for a Motherland Mix I'm working on with fresh custom material!
So y'all can get ready for some new videos, music and more posted directly here on the Blog.
Stay tuned and keep it real!
I'm currently in Atlanta to keep the engine of the Motherland Movement running. That means hit up MT Motherlandboy and get to work. Recording sessions, video/photo shoots and networking is on the agenda. I am especially amped for a Motherland Mix I'm working on with fresh custom material!
So y'all can get ready for some new videos, music and more posted directly here on the Blog.
Stay tuned and keep it real!
Big shout out to DJ Mike Mars and ScottyATL! In the picture we supporting the brothers on their event at Masquerade.
Mittwoch, 23. Oktober 2013
Check out the latest recording form my show at the Kara Kas Bar in Berlin.
Kurfürstenstraße 9, come by and party with us!
Live in the Kara Kas Bar
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