SUPER BOWL XLIII

Tomorrow's the Big Game, SUPERBOWL XLIII @ Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida!!! I hope all of y'all are gettin' ready to fire up the grill (amongst other things), eat chips and dip, drink brew and watch the game with friends and fam on the big screen.

I'm rootin' for the under-dogs! Go Cardinals!!! 1st time to the Big Game in Franchise history!

RAEKWON, GHOSTFACE, & CROOKED I!!

Here’s a collabo gem that will appear on a project called “The Live & Direct Show” which is being put out by Stenge-O-Matic from the groups Anotha Level. Yes, THAT Anotha Level. The Live and Direct Show will also features T.I., Glasses Malone, Akon and many more. Check for that to drop Feb 19th.

DOWNLOAD: Raekwon ft. Ghostface & Crooked I - “Yes Sir”

Thanks to my folks @ Hip Hop Official for the update.

CRIMONOLOGY 2009 REMIX!!!

The Chef and Tony Starks revisit a classic track for Rae’s upcoming album Only Built For Cuban Linx 2 (Supposedly it’s on he album, but who the fuck knows with this thing. This album is like the Lock Ness monster of hip-hop…nobody knows if it really exists or if it’s every going to show itself). Regardless, there’s a pretty dope beat flip going on right here. You’ll probably like it if you’ve taken the time to read this. If this album ever drops, it’s gonna be epic.

DOWNLOAD: Raekwon ft. Ghostface - “Criminology 2009″

Thanks to my folks @ HIP HOP OFFICIAL for this update...

TRIZONAL SPACE WARPER

I got 3 little words for you: Trizonal Space Warper

RESIDENT EVIL 5

So I'm chillin here with JohnnyFin, playing the demo for RESIDENT EVIL 5, eatin our milk and cookies and fresh off a blunt. I must say I haven't been this exicted about a RESIDENT EVIL game since the first one that came out back in the day on the OG Playstation.

The graphics are super ill and life-like, but the game-play takes just a second to take hold of (I rarely play games, so it took me just a second to figure everything out) but after that its action packed, zombie killin' madness. The only drawback, for me, is that when you draw your weapon, you really cant move around too fast to keep up with the hoard of zombies. All in all I will spend some time playing this game...

ILL TOUR BUSSES

Ever since being on tour in 2007 with Rock the Bells, I've had an affinity for Tour busses.Especially those made by Prevost. So here are some ILL busses I've found on the net. I will own a Tour bus one day... Until then, I will enjoy these flicks. I hope you do to.

The MIGHTY CLEANLY Tour Bus Fleet:

FRESH COAST BATTLE DVD

Check out this extraordinary documentary on the the livest Battle Rappers in the country. Kyle Gray (Avocado) and PhillipDrummond combine to make the illest documentary about the West Coast battle scene: The Fresh Coast.

Avocado(the producer/visual effects artist)has worked in post production for over 6 years and has worked on music video’s and Feature Films.

PhillipDrummond has provided many hours of classic battle footage and history, and he helped spear-head this whole Fresh Coast movement.

Featured MC's:
Bo-Rat
The Saurus
NoCanDo
Franco
Lush One
Passwurdz
Okwerdz
Tantrum
Ex-I
IllMaculate
F.L.O.
D-Lor

Also check out the Fresh Coast soundtrack Mastered by yours truly...

MY THOUGHTS ON "NOTORIOUS"

So a couple of friends and I went and checked out the Notorious B.I.G.'s bio-pic "NOTORIOUS".
I was a little skeptical about seeing it, but since I vividly remember that time-frame in the mid-nineties, I had to see for myself. The movies was not as cheesy as I originally expected.
We go from Big's days as a Bed-Stuy Street Pharmacist, to Hip Hop Royalty in around 2 hours.
I believe they portrayed Biggie in a decent and human light. The actress who played Lil Kim was off the chain as the Queen-Bee.

The movie did several people dirty though:

Lil Cease: Looked 14 the whole time
Tupac: Portrayed as a MARK
Puffy: The Biggest MARK ever for capitalizing on your man's death. Peep the youtube footage of Diddy saying BIG wasn't supposed to be in L.A. when he was Murdered.

TOP GROSSING RAP CREWS

I was recently reading the latest issue of XXL Magazine March '09 (Issue # 111)
and came across a rather interesting article called: CLANS, POSSES, CREWS & CLIQUES.
This article breaks down record sales, core group members, affiliates,etc. of the most popular Hip Hop crews ever. Starting in the '80's with the Juice Crew, N.W.A., the '90's with Native Tongues, Dungeon Family, Cash Money, Bad Boy, Death Row, No Limit, Wu-Tang, Roc-A-Fella, Dip-Set, etc... The fucked up thing about this Article is the title: CLANS, POSSES, CREWS & CLIQUES , a song made famous by Heltah Skeltah on their debut disc, Nocturnal. There was not one word mentioned about NYC's famed Boot Camp Clik (comprised of Heltah Skeltah, Buckshot, OGC, Cocoa Brovas, Black Moon, Dru-Ha) but their song was used as the title for this article... Ironic?
The winner though, with 55 million in Record sales was: Death Row Records.
It's definitely worth the read... Get ya history right!!!!!!!!!!!

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THE BAYLIENS ON PAID DUES!!!!!!

IT'S OFFICIAL!!!

I was informed today by Spaceman Cell and DJ True Justice that The Bayliens have been booked for the 4th Annual PAID DUES Festival in Los Angeles on Saturday, March 28th 2009. Congrats to my homies for puttin' in copious amounts of work. It's paying off now. Just don't get big-headed ya

M O R K S!!!!

MURS HATERZ

Aiight now... i've been hearing a lot of crying from haters about MURS as of late...First off, the hate only gets him more love from the true heads/fans.Second, all of you indie artists that try to shit on MURS, you should really be thanking him.

He has created a platform for independent hip hop artists, what have you done lately??And third, to date, his latest Album, MURS for President has sold over 35,082 copies. How many of you MURS haters have ever come even close to that??Yes, I did work on the Special Edition DVD, got a Warner Bros. Records Credit (Thanx MURS!!)Now their gonna cry cuz they wont ever get on Paid Dues.

EXTENDO, NOT PRETENDO

This is for all my folkz out there, all over the world doin' it real

GOJIRA!!!

You know, being from the land of the B-LA, I am a connoisseur of the finest of the sticky.
So for MIGHTY CLEANLY, I've compiled a list of A-List Hip Hop artists/headz that I've had the fortunate opportunity of being in a smoking cypher with over the years...

In no particular order:

Planet Asia
Shux Wun
DJ Question (Jedi Mind Tricks)
Mikey Mo "The MC"
Spanky
Flii Stylz
Delinquent Monastery Crew
Method Man
The Bayliens
DJ Oohchild
Sabac Red
OOWEE
Pep Love
Sunspot Jonz
DJ True Justice
Opio
DJ Daeta
Luckyiam.PSC
Z-Man/O.B.R.
A Plus
Animal Planet
DJ Fresh
Okwerdz
Supernatural
Bo-Rat
Phat Cat
Stark
Members of Slum Village
Franco
ETC
Turtle
J-Hon
The Saurus
Equipto
RZA
Killa StormZ
Plaga
F.L.O.
Spoon
Mike Swift
Verbz
DirtBag Dan
Flossafee
Bicasso
Sahtyre
Kruse
MOD
Dap Daniel
DumbFoundead

Note: This is a partial list... I will add more when I remember who else.

AFRO SAMURAI: RESURRECTION

Hellz Yeah Son!

I don't know about you, but I thought the first Afro Samurai was the shit!Great animation, awesome soundtrack (thanx RZA), and dope, intricate story-telling.
I missed the premiere last night on Spike, but best believe when Afro Samurai: Resurrection comes out on DVD it's gettin copped!

CLEANER'S TOP INPECTAH DECK VERSES

The most under-appreciated MC in the WU!!!

So here we go, my favorite Deck Verses... in no particular order:

Triumph
Assassination Day
Above the Clouds
Guillotine Swordz
Iron Flag
Cold World
Protect Ya Neck
For Heavens Sake
Visionz
C.R.E.A.M.

Note: Please hit me with more that you feel are worthy enough to be on this list...

MIGHTY CLEANLY

At the request of my friends & colleagues I have set-up a blog that will give you all things Cleaner.

This blog will give y'all an in-depth look at my personal/professional life as a twenty-something troubadour trying to find his way through life with music...

So I introduce to you, proudly, MIGHTY CLEANLY.