Ooooh weeee! I’ve been busy. My absence has not been futile. I’ve been busy finishing recording for the Bohemian Rap CD, which will be released on March 4th. Hip Hop Linguistics has 2 of my favorite songs off the release for free download. Little High/ Little Low is the first single, and I guess you could say Leave You All Behind is the B-side. Enjoy.
Ryan-O’Neil
It’s that time of year again, when wholesalers and retailers alike get to lickin their chops, just salivating over the holiday shopping. Me, I haven’t picked up my first gift yet and it’s Christmas eve. What I WAS doing however, was putting together some tunes that’ll put even the biggest Scrooge in the mood. Here’s my Merry Christmas mix for 2009, enjoy…
MERRY CHRISTMAS
1. Silver Bells – Diana Ross & The Supremes
2. The Christmas Song – Byron Lee & The Dragonaires -
3. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town – The Jackson 5
4. Christmas Stylee – J Osbourne
5. Merry Merry Christmas – The Silvertones
6. I’ll Be Your Santa – Rufus Thomas
7. Christmas Is Love – James Brown
8. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer – The Temptations
9. Merry Christmas Baby – Lou Rawls
10. Jingle Bells – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
11. Gee Wiz It’s Christmas – Carla Thomas
12. The Children’s Christmas Song – Diana Ross & The Supremes
13. Christmas Bells – Byron Lee & The Dragonaires
14. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus – The Jackson 5
15. Christmas Song – John Lennon
It’s finally happened. With a little help from my friends at FreeIceCream, my first solo project “Hyphenated & Apostrophed” is now available for free download. This project features production from 100dBs, Sir-Real, and DJ Mark 1.
Lyrics, lyrics, lyrics. I like lyrics (in case you couldn’t tell).
Check out the single “Knock Knock (prod. 100dBs)
here’s a video of me performing “Knock Knock” off my upcoming EP “Hyphenated and Apostrophed”. Nothing special, just thought you might enjoy it.
holy crap! Ryan-O’Neil is releasing music of his own!?!? Yes it’s true, I’m near completion of my EP “Hyphenated and Apostrophed” which will be released by Free Ice Cream via free download on Nov. 12th, which coincidentally is the same date as the Free Ice Cream show at The Bell House.
The Metermaids, Spokinn Movement, Jake Lefco, Kats and Domer and of course The One Hand Bandit wll all be performing. With a $10 cover, you’ll get FREE Maker’s Mark milkshakes and a Maker’s Mark open bar.
Come to get drunk for cheap, stay for the music.
Kats and Domer over at Free Ice Cream are putting together a show at The Bell House on Nov. 12th. More details to follow. In the meantime, check out some videos and tracks I’ve worked on with them!
This Saturday, alongside fellow Theory Events/Drum Attix partner 100dBs, I’ll be DJing at 205 Chrystie on…205 Chrystie St. We will be supplying the public with Reggae and Dancehall upstairs while Voidstar and our guest artist Cex keep you dancing downstairs. Guys make sure to RSVP for $5 entry. Ladies, you already know you’re free.
Hey folks, I thought I’d use this forum to bitch, moan and whine about the current state of hip hop music. I’ve always been one to quickly jump to the defense of hip hop whenever someone criticized it. If one said “hip hop is filled with nothing but misogyny and glorification of violence” I would cite more “conscious” rappers like Mos Def or Common. If anyone purported that hip hop was doing more harm than good to the population of young African Americans, I would always defend it saying that, hip hop gives young children a means of expression as well as role models in more successful artists who have “made it out.” I still hold all of that to be true, however, artistically, I’m DONE with hip hop.
If it wasn’t for the fact that I’m pretty damn good at rapping, I would’ve quit a long time ago. That also has to do with my inability to write a melody that I’m completely happy with. I can’t even listen to hip hop anymore. The artists like Slick Rick and Eminem who used to capture my imagination with their stories, now I barely check for them when browsing through my Itunes. I’ve recently bought albums from former Beatle Paul McCartney, Indie bands like Grizzly Bear and Fleet Foxes, and old favorites like Sam Cooke. The most recent rapper whose album I purchased was Mos Def’s The Ecstatic. I must say I bought this more out of an obligation to one of my favorite rappers than as a genuine interest in any new music he’s creating. Lucky for me Mos Def is the type of rapper that mixes it up enough on his album to keep me interested.
The point that I’m poorly trying to make is, I’m bored with hip hop. The industry is still spitting out rappers who can’t…spit. Underground heads think they’re WAAAAY better than they really are. And the plain economics of it doesn’t make sense either. The majority of hip hop fans are…hip hop artists!!! How are we supposed to eat if we’re the only ones buying our own shit!?!? It’s just really frustrating, everyone I meet who digs hip hop is a fuckin rapper. Here’s some advice from a “real” musician to all my rapper peoples out there…shut the fuck up, go back to school and get a real fuckin job. Hell, I might even take my own advice. Don’t be surprised if you see me singing folk music with a bunch of dudes in flannel shirts and hefty beards, I’m sick of this rap shit.
bandit out!
Today marked the highest of Holidays (pun, most definitely intended), as a treat I’ve decided to release one of the tracks off my up-coming untitled EP. “smokin” was written a few years back but never saw the light of day, here’s its chance to help put a nice end to a glorious day.
Ryan-O’Neil “Smokin’ feat. Tense”.mp3
Enjoy!
The Drum Attix family is heading south (kinda) to The Hexagon in Baltimore, MD. Headed by the HJIC (Head Jew In Charge) 100dBs, yours truly, Hicoup, DJ Scallywag and a few others will be wrecking shit NYC style. So save up $6, cop a 6 pack or a bottle of Jack (it’s BYOB) and be prepared to sweat out that weave.
-bandit
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