[New Music] Ujuzi Fresh ft. Jacob Latimore

Ujuzi Fresh – Like Em All Remix (cover)

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Biko Baker

Total Recall Live: Obama’s Weed Problem & White Boys That Love Black Girls

In this episode of Total Recall Live, Aliesa Nicole and DJ Willie Shakes talk about President Obama’s stance on weed, the Bo Morrison tragedy, Chester French’s love of black girls and Trayvon Martin’s killer and George Zimmerman’s bail.

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Biko Baker

[Opinion] Cowards, Followers and Lames – Milwaukee’s St. Patrick’s Day Water St. Brawl

I’ve never partied on St. Patrick’s Day. Most years, the alcohol-filled holiday takes place on a work day and I have always been about my business. Call me a square, but one day of drunkenness and another day of recovery slows down the hustle.

But just because I have never chugged green beer at Mo’s Irish pub doesn’t mean that I am a party pooper. People of all ethnicities have a right to go bananas on this sacred Irish holiday. And every year people do…and every year people of all backgrounds get into drunken fights.

So I am not surprised that last night a group of young blacks, turned UFC wannabes, turned Milwaukee’s Water St. Bar District into a scene from Fight Club.

But it does piss me off.

This week I partied with 100,000 people at SXSW and not once did I see black men fighting. Not once! And we were out there getting it in in a major way. In fact, over the years the city of Austin and SXSW organizers have actively recruited the urban music community because they realize the importance of rap and its monetary value.

Unfortunately, the city of Milwaukee and the business community (not just white) gives two donkey dung dumps about urban music and its economic potential. Every time I have tried to throw semi-major hip-hop events that are explicitly about voting or stopping the violence, I faced resistance from the downtown business community. Even when I throw out my track record and references, the excuse is always, “we are not trying to attract that crowd.” There simply is a lingering impression that hip-hop music events bring rachet a$$ especially negative club goers.

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Dee-1 Brings New Orleans With Him To Austin For The VIBEHouse X AllHipHop.com Breeding Ground Show Tonight #SXSW

All week, New Orleans’ own Dee-1 has been rocking the 2012 #SXSW stages. Check him out tonight on one of #SXSW’s biggest platforms, the VibeHouse X Allhiphop.com Breeding Ground stage featuring Snoop Dogg, Juvenile, Mystikal, Trae the Truth, Don Trip, Smoke Dza, Big Krit, Future and Travis Porter.

Text to “DEE1″ to 69866 to get action updates from one of the nation’s hottest artists. #BiggerThanRap #MissionVision

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Top 5 Things You Shouldn’t Do At #SXSW!

I am down in Austin, Texas for SXSW (that’s South by Southwest for the culturally inept). Even though this amazing mashup of music and technology has been popping since 1987, this is the first time my happy butt made the trip to the Lone Star state.

I’m down here rolling with a crazy coterie from @theLeague99 and my recent experiences have inspired me to conjure up a quick list of stuff you shouldn’t do when you come down here.  You’re welcome.  I’m into karma like that.

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Biko Baker