This is how it feels to be from the greatest city in the UNIverse! Check out WRBG Radio V. 17 (The Musicology of Mmadu Ulasi II)

With this issue, I was ecstatic from the completion of my first public event, The Eat 2 Live Block Party & Concert. Although it was supposed to go down on September 12th as originally planned, but with everything going wrong from the beginning, I had no choice but to postpone. During that entire week, I was planning how I can rebound from this setback, and have my vision become reality. So the 19th rolls around, and everything went smooth like butter, from beginning to end. There were books for the kids donated from the Brooklyn Borough Prez, Señor Marty Markowitz. And I had A-Live of Green Street and Aquil from Philly come and shut it down for the kids. That day, I saw generations come together, which is something that doesn't really happen that much amongst the urban community these days. I feel that we need to come together like that more often, so look out for another block party coming your way next summer! But with no further ado, I present to you: WRBG Radio V. 17 (The Musicology of Mmadu Ulasi p II)

Download: http://www.zshare.net/audio/660083122ab7119c/

Here are some pics from the event.

The Locale



Music by Charlie B & The Chronic Vibez Crew


Yo...This dude was getting BUSY on those skates!


Silent Intelligent & A-Live of Green Street


Looks like the kids are having a good time. But I have something up my sleeve of course.

The mayhem begins. Aquil of Illadelphia starts the show off.


Making sure the crowd is with us! Up there with a broken toe on one foot, Jordan on the other. That's how we do it here in Brooklyn.


A-Live getting it in by the bodega.


I got my drink and my two step!


OK, ya'll don't gotta go home, but you gotta get the hell up outta here.

Shouts to slimm on the pics.

Aquil- Blues People (2008)

What's good folks? Here is the first of many mixtape goodies that I have up my sleeve. This one is from an MC by the name of Aquil. Hailing from Philadelphia, PA, Aquil succeeds in showing his brotherly love in his debut mixtape "Blues People." With soulful samples, intricate lyrics and solid production, Aquil shows that he a force to be reckoned with. With tracks that hit close to home for most, such as "For The People" , "Walk On By" and "No Justice, No Peace," Aquil really puts the spotlight on many of the issues that most of us still face in our enviornment, what most would consider the "hood", day in and day out. He also has his demo up on here too, where he just goes on an 86 bar, militant lyrical barrage over "75 Bars (Black's Reconstruction)." Standing out to me as a young Black Thought mixed with a touch of Nas, Aquil stands and delivers in his debut album "Blues People." This one is definitely a must-have! Support good music any way you can folks!

DOWNLOAD: Aquil-"Blues People" (2008)
http://www.zshare.net/download/6938314942ec87a5/

Spread love, it's the Brooklyn way...

As usual...I was aimlessly searching the web...Until I stumbled upon a familiar face. I ran into my homegirl from HS...well...not physically, but I found out that she runs her own little blog out here in cyberspace. So be sure to check out my homeskillet Rana on her blog at THE BROOKLYN POSH: URBAN FASHION & URBAN LIFE BLOG.
http://blog.brooklynposh.com/

"SPREAD LOVE, IT'S THE BROOKLYN WAY!!"-THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G.

That's all for now. I'm off like a dirty shirt! Peace folks.

Kick it with Bucktown's finest at Fat Beats TONIGHT!

COME OUT AND KICK IT WITH SOME OF BUCKTOWN'S FINEST TONIGHT AT FAT BEATS! MEET BUCKSHOT, BLUE SCHOLARS AND SEAN PRICE...BE SURE TO PICK UP THAT "KIMBO PRICE" MIXTAPE WHILE YOUR OUT THERE!

Where:
Fat Beats
406 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10011-8432
(212) 673-3883

From 6PM-9PM

Also be sure to check out Duck Down's very own CMJ, going down October 24th, at Gramercy Theater!

Here's who will be at Fat Beats tonight!


Blue Scholars


The Buckshot Shorty himself!

The man of the hour! Sean Price, of Heltah Skeltah

Karmaloop & Shamele$$ Management Presents...DON'T ASK ME ABOUT MY PARTY! CMJ Showcase

Yo, yo, yo! Silent Intelligent here, and I hope that you all have been enjoying your CMJ Marathons. For those who don;'t know CMJ (College Music Jamboree) is said to be one of the biggest stages for up and coming artists trying to do it big. But don't sleep, because if you blink, the CMJ marathon is over that fast. So why not round off CMJ week with some indigenous music. You all know exactly what it is I'm talking aobut! Finish off your CMJ week with some jaw dropping, finger licking hip-hop that sounds sooooooooo good, it'll make you wanna smack yo' momma!


Karmaloop & Shamele$$ Management presents: "DON'T ASK ME ABOUT MY PARTY!"

Featuring:
Bad Rabbits
Ninjasonik
Mickey Factz
Teamfacelift
Prophit
Skotch Davis
Plus MANY more...

Its all going down this Saturday, October 24th at the Red Bull Space, located at 40-42 Thomson Street. Doors open @ 8, Show starts @ 9!
21+ (I.D. @ the door. Don't say I didn't tell you when you get stuck out there like "Boo Boo the Fool.")
Not sure what the cover is. Make sure u leave with some bread.

Mickey Factz

Ninja Sonik



TeamFacelift


Prophit

Breyking Productions X YUME Presents...

COME OUT TOMORROW NIGHT AND SUPPORT GOOD MUSIC!!!!!

The same folks that brought Soundcheck to Santos Party House are at it again, but this time we are taking it to the gritty streets of BROOKLYN!!!!!!!!!!

Breyking Productions X YUME Presents: Soundcheck 2.0

It's going down @ Public Assembly (70 N. 6th St btwn Berry & Wythe)
OCTOBER 20th, 2009
DOORS @ 11, SHOW STARTS @ 12
$10 @ the door, 21+ w/ ID!!!!! (DON'T SAY I DIDN'T TELL YOU!)

Scheduled to perform:
Silent Knight
Tiara Wiles
BK Cyph
Prophit
Children of the Night
Johnny Go
Plus More!!!!

Come out and support GOOD MUSIC!!!!!



BK Cyph

Children of the Night


Prophit

Come out and spend your Sunday with Silent Intelligent and ROC-NY!

What's good folks? I know it's been a while since I've been up here...but I am back and in full effect!!!!!!!!! Here is what is going on in the city next week!

RESTAURANT OPPORTUNITIES CENTER OF NEW YORK Presents:

ROC ON SUNDAYS (Halloween Edition)!

Yes folks...this is a COSTUME PARTY! So put your best foot forward on this one!

It's going down Sunday, October 25th, 2009 at COLORS Restaurant, located @ 417 Lafayette St out in the city.

From 7PM-?

Special Guest DJ

$5 drinks ALL NIGHT!

18 to chill, 21 to spill

Be sure to print out this free pass in order to gain entry to the festivities!

Tell them Mmadu sent you!

Tired of spending your Friday nights alone? Come out to Santos Party House!!!!!

Do not let another Friday night go to waste!!!!! Come out to Santos Party House November 6th, for the 5th installment of Soundcheck! Featuring some of the illest artists New York City has never seen! Come out and see what the NY underground scene has to offer!!!!! Come out to Santos November 6th!

Hosted by Mo' Brown


Featuring: C.J. Browne



Lee Wilson


Tiara Wiles


Chris Faust


Featured Producer: Architect


BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THIS CLIP FROM OCTOBER'S SOUNDCHECK!!! IT WAS A ZOO OUT THERE!

Preview : Santos Sound Check from BARRPAN.COM on Vimeo.

SUPPORT GOOD MUSIC!!!! AND STAY POSTED FOR MORE UPDATES!

I'M OFF LIKE A DIRTY SHIRT!
Peace.

A little somethin' for the sisters...

Silent Intelligent & Sophie
I was surfing the net...And I stumbled upon a blog that caught my attention, simply due to the content and inherent relevance of the issues being discussed. This one is a message to all the sisters out there. Check it out and feel free to discuss this amongst your peers and all that other good stuff. Most sisters need to desperately read this, take a look in the mirror shortie. I'm off like a dirty shirt.





The Blackwoman: Understanding Her Original Self by Queen Aisha Sha-Shom

(Courtesy of Freedom Allah, be sure to check out his blog @ http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendId=7151290)



Peace and Blessings to the Brothers and Sisters seeking knowledge which exists in everything in life. At this time I'll be speaking on the Blackwoman, whom is an important factor. Sisters, your ways and actions are unalike that of your original self. Open your eye; and when I say "eye" I'm speaking upon the mind; for it is the all-seeing of the past, present and future.The Blackwoman wants respect, trust, love, peace and happiness. However, how can your natural companion, the Blackman, manifest these qualities to you if you do not earn them?I understand that the uneducated Blackman acts as bad or worse; however, two savages cannot make things righteous or civilized. During the stage of refinement, you must first civilize yourself.The Blackwoman has forgotten her primal role in life. In society she's the independent, revolutionary woman making her the administrator and provider in the home. The Blackwoman eats the wrong foods, wears savage clothes, fake hair and covers her natural beauty with make-up.Sister, what happened to our natural lifestyles?Well, I'll tell you what happened: it was striped from us during the days of slavery. Our ancestors were forbidden to speak, act, to even seem to think of our culture. If they did, they were severely punished by the devil. Their silence was to be the future punishment of generations to come. The devil has blinded you to your true origin of life.Most sisters would ask: "How has the devil blinded me from the truth?" Well, here's an example directed to the sisters; in the past the devil tormented us more than ever, physically. At the present time, most of our brothers and sisters are oppressed mentally, which is worst of all, not knowing their original self.Back in the days of physical slavery they wouldn't allow our sister to nurture their own babies because they had to breastfeed the devil babies. The devil was convinced that by doing this, they would turn out an elite white person; however, most of the time it was because the devil wife would not take the time to feed her own children. The devils would tell our sisters to feed her own baby with cow milk, because the milk she produced was to be only used for the devil babies. If she was caught nurturing her own child she was punished! Nowadays, you sisters say you love your children, and yet you allow an animal (cow) to nourish your young ones. How could you do this? Knowing that your body produces nourishment for your beautiful Black child.The Blackwoman at present lives out a masculine role in her society. The devil exalts the sister that takes the Blackman's role, in essence, depriving him of his self-worth as a bread-winner and contributor of food, shelter and clothing to his family: his manhood.Knowledge this: the Blackman is the foundation of all things in life, and the devil knows that the only way to destroy our Black Civilization is to strip him from his pride, superior strength, and his manliness.How is this so? The devil is tricky; he switched the cooperative roles of the Blackman and Blackwoman, robbing the man of his manhood. When a man knowledge's his woman living out his role, he feels futile and most uncomfortable.Sisters: Learn your true role in life. The uneducated Blackwoman eats the wrong mental, as well as physical food. Mentally she is miseducated by the devil's false teachings. These teachings exist in school where they teach a devil's version of history. Television (tell-lie-vision) exalts and advertises the most foul things in life; birth control, abortion, pork, nakedness (cultivating our men through physical attraction), the use of "make-up," cheating on your companion? The list could go on and on.Physically, the wrong foods would be: pork, and catfish (see Leviticus, Chapter 11 for a list of poison animal foods). The unhealthy flesh most frequently eaten is pork and catfish. Sisters: why eat something that has no way of purifying itself of the poisons it takes into its system? The catfish has no scales and the pig no pores. The catfish has menstruation cycles just as you and I. Sisters, back in slavery days we were allowed only the worst parts of the pig; the intestines, where the bowel movement passed the excrement; the pigs feet, which has a hole at the bottom of each foot to release pus: or the brains, which, being foul, had to be mixed with eggs to be eatable.It is inexcusable that brothers and sisters are today still indulging in these foul dishes, and worst feeding them to their children. Blackwoman: learn your mental and physical food of life. Original people are natural by nature. Your nature is natural. So, sister, why the additions and subtraction's to your physical composition? The additives consist of "make-up" and "weaves". These are not improvements on natural beauty. They are manifestations of insecurity and a reflection of low self-esteem concerning your natural beauty. Why would you "fry" your hair with chemical straighteners unless you believe straight hair is beautiful and your own, natural, original hair is not? You are the original woman, Mother of Civilization, a Goddess. Be yourself and love yourself.You only subtract from yourself and attract the worst when you wear revealing clothes. How wonderful when the Mother of Creation, by the simple method of wearing refinement, is met with the respect due her by strange men on the strength of her fashion of dress, to be able to walk down the street and not having men disrespecting her, or making lewd or sexual comments. Imagine that. Think about that.So, Sisters: quit complaining about your men not respecting you, or the people you come into contact with having no respect for you. Do you respect yourself?It is the duty of the educated to teach, and the civilized to teach civilization. However, it is up to you, my sister, to listen and learn. So, wake-up Blackwoman. Time waits for no one.PeaceQueen Aisha Sha-Shom AllatThe Foreign Informationist of the 7th Dimension, Texas

How about something recent?

"Yes, children, this is the cool-out corner. We're slowing it down for all the lovers in the house. I'll be giving you all the help you need. Musically, that is."-Mister Señor Love Daddy "Do The Right Thing" (1989)

What's good folks? I'm back yet again to drop off something for your earholes. This is the latest issue of WRBG Radio, which was released earlier this week. In a previous issue of WRBG Radio, there was a segment of the show titled "Sample & Example," where I took a track from back in the day (something that our parents still jam to till this day!), and have the listener try and figure out what hip-hop classic has been sampled from that track. I only tried it in that one episode, and you are about to hear my second go at it. So, come join me, as I present to you WRBG Radio V. 18 (Sample & Example).

Featuring Tracks From:
Master Ace
Roy Ayers
Aquil
Kool & The Gang
Children of The Night
Stevie Wonder
Lauryn Hill
The Roots
A Tribe Called Quest
Issac Hayes
NEW DE LA SOUL!!!!!!!
PLUS MORE!!!!!

Now, if you don't know the routine by now...shame on you. lol

Be sure to download this and throw it on the MP3 player!

DOWNLOAD:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/66652974b7edde35/





The story of Life is this...STATIC! One hand is always fighting the other. Left Hand Hate is kicking much ass and it looks like Right Hand Love is finished. Hold up. Stop the presses! Love is coming back, yes, it's Love. Love has won. Left Hand Hate KO'ed by Love."- Radio Raheem "Do The Right Thing" (1989)

Adventures with the NYPD.

T-Shirt by 10 Deep

What's good people? Silent Intelligent here with another lost issue of WRBG Radio. With this issue, I was venting out rage, anger and frustration from an altercation I had faced with the NYPD. Let's just say that I was in the wrong place at the wrong time. So before I start to ramble on (which I do all the time), here is WRBG Radio V. 2 (Message to the NYPD). Enjoy.

Get your copy of WRBG Here!

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Peace everyone, Silent Intelligent here bringing some more goodies for your earhole. This is the story of how my 2008 went out and a preview of what my 2009 will look like. 2008 was a stagnant, detrimental year for everyone, but 2009 is the year of opportunity. Go out and get yours.

Featuring tracks from:
Group Home
Big L
Black Sheep
O.C.
Mac Dre
The Fugees
Smif 'N' Wessun
Showbiz & AG
Master Ace
and More!

Download your copy here and bump this on your iPod or MP3.

Vibe out to some REAL hip-hop. No popcorn rap over here.


DOWNLOAD:

http://www.divshare.com/download/6340922-9e3

This is SilentIntelligent signing off.

Peace.

The birth of a movement.

What's good folks? Silent Intelligent here, with some more goodies from the archive! What I have here is the final issue of Real Squared Radio along with the birth of WRBG Radio. With this issue, I finally decided to take the show to the next level. In the show, I created a little skit, where I...wait...why would I spoil it for you? So here it is: Real Squared Radio Volume 10.


Get your copy of Real Squared 10 HERE!

Thursday, December 11, 2008


What's good people, Silent Intelligent here, with the FINAL...yes, FINAL broadcast of Real Squared Radio. It's definitely a sad day in the life of Real Squared, but due to circumstances beyond my control, the show must come to an end.

But lets not make this a somber moment...because you already know that I went out with a BANG!

There are some exclusives on this one!

Featuring NEW tracks from:
EPMD
KRS-ONE
Nas
Q-Tip (of A Tribe Called Quest)
Little Brother
and Up and Coming artist, Mz. Mimz from Washington D.C.
PLUS,a NEW track from Green Street Movement, Repping Bahston (lol)
and freestyles from Big L, Lil Wayne, Nas, and Black Thought of the Roots. PLUS MUCH, MUCH MORE!

THIS IS ONE THAT YOU MUST DEFINITELY CHECK OUT!!!!!!!!!


Get your copy here!
http://www.zshare.net/audio/66740360e6faf84c/

This is Silent Intelligent, and I'm signing off....Peace.

Digging in the crates...

OK, I'm not literally digging in crates, but I was looking through my computer, and I stumbled upon some early shows of Real Squared Radio (which became WRBG Radio this year). I went under a different name as well...back then I was known as Abstract Poetic (to pay homage to Q-Tip), but later on decided that I had to create an image of my own by setting myself from the rest. And that is how the name Silent Intelligent came into existence, alongside WRBG Radio. Here is the post in its entirety. It's back from '08, and I was a hip-hop rookie, you'll hear it...but at the same time I'm pretty sure that you will hear the potential. So with that being said, here it is: Real Squared Radio V. 8.


PHOTO:Me & Uncle Ralph, host/founder of The Bridge, Video Music Box and founder of Onfumes.com.

Real Squared Radio is BACK AND IN FULL EFFECT!!!!

Monday, November 17, 2008

What's up people? I know it's been a while, but I'm back from under my rock...and I present to you: Real Squared Volume 8. In this edition, we are bridging the gap between the musical generations. With tunes from Barry White, Leaders of the New School, Soho, Q-Tip, Elzhi (From Slum Village), Smif 'N' Wesson and many others, you know that this is a must have for any music junkie. Come take a step into the mind of Silent Intelligent and enjoy the ride as I take you on this musical expedition.


Peace,
Mmadu Ulasi
Download Real Squared Volume 8 here!!!!!!! http://rapidshare.com/files/164719003/Real_Squared_Volume_8.mp3.html

It's on like creamed corn!!!! WRBG Radio is here and it's here to stay!

What's up folks? Silent Intelligent here, and I am proud to announce that my blog is officially up and running!!!!! This is the first of many posts to follow...so you already know. Stay tuned and stay cool. Peace.