Favorite Albums & Mixtapes in 2010....

These are not all albums that came out in 2010, but they are albums and mix-tapes that i have rocked the hell out of this past year. I listen to a lot of music and buy a lot, these are a list of albums i highly recommend everyone picking up. I have a lot more music i purchased or was given to me in the past year, but these are all albums i can make strong recommendation.

I can list singles, but at the same time, thats what has gotten us into the mess we are in right now with the recording industry. Everyone wants ish for free, but when it comes time to pony up cash for shows, or even at the least $10 for an entire album which you own for ever, yall get shy. Ten bucks to own some art that is yours forever is really cheap, and helps keep new artists coming up.

I am a huge supporter of the arts & especially music. I'm even taking the time to link you to where to download the mix-tapes, and in me doing so, when you hear that they are in your town, or you hear they are dropping something on iTunes, do them and yourself a huge favor.

Buy there art. By putting our money where our complaining mouths are, we will start to see a change in music production. Because if we fans don't start taking responsibility for the music we want to hear in a monetary fashion and keep supporting wackness when a video comes on and bootlegging art you continue to be the problem.

The radio has never had balance, and it still doesn't, nor will it ever. The only thing you can do is control the art you consume, and to be honest, I've never been one for the Radio. Most of the things i listen to aren't really played on the local airwaves. Never-the-less here is my music list of this year. also, in no particular order.

P.S. Guess what, you can find the other 9 non-free LP's on itunes, $90 well spent i say!



The Roots-How I Got Over

N*E*R*D-Nothing

Hey Champ!-Star

Vampire Weekend-Vampire Weekend (c)2008

Curren$y-Pilot Talk II

Steely Dan-Aja (c)1977

Curren$y-Pilot Talk

System Of A Down-Toxicity (c)2001

Vandalyzm-Megatron Majors Redux



Curren$y-Smokee Robinson *mixtape*

http://www.2dopeboyz.com/2010/02/07/curreny-smokee-robinson-mixtape/

Vandalyzm-Vandalyzm Is Not The Father *Mixtape*

http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/2010/01/download-vandalyzm-vandalyzm-is-not-the-father

Sean Falyon-Sean Falyon Be Everywhere *Mixtape*

http://www.2dopeboyz.com/2010/04/05/sean-falyon-be-everywhere-mixtape/

The Paxtons-Manhattan Project *Mixtape*

http://thepaxtons.bandcamp.com/

DJ Trackstar-From Marcy To Madison St *Mixtape*

http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/2010/03/trackstar-the-dj-from-marcy-to-madison-st-jay-z-vs-lupe-fiasco

Rockwell Knuckles-Choose Your Own Adventure *Mixtape*

http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/2010/03/download-rockwell-knuckles-choose-your-own-adventure

Black Spade-Build & Destroy *Mixtape*

http://www.okayplayer.com/news/Black-Spade-Build-Destroy-Mixtape-.html

The Year of the Tick & The Life of a Grasshopper.

I would love to have some words of wisdom for this year’s end, but I would really like to write a nasty and mean spirited note. I've wanted to say a whole lot of go eff yourselves to a large number of people this past year more than ever recorded in my personal history.

The one common thread amongst all of those people is that they are Ticks. Ticks have a way of attaching themselves to you. You don't mind so much because it seems insignificant because they are so small and only 1.

After a time you notice that you have 3 then 9 then 11 then 35, yet you don't mind because you pull them off with tweezers. Then you finally notice that you have 77 Ticks on you, you rid yourself of them, you initially feel better, but that fades after three days. Then you notice after that third day that you are extremely ill, and the people you once considered friends, are no longer there.

You end up realizing that with the one, two and third tick it was not much, but it wasn't until after they drained you that it became serious. I've dealt with so many Ticks in the past year to date, that I have had to learn a valuable lesson. I'm staying out of certain forests.

The Tropical Rain Forest looks great on video, pictures and print. Yet in reality, it’s the Ticks and alike that will kill you. No big monsters in the Tropical Rain Forest, yet everyone who is in that forest is all infected by the same bug, that is no longer for I.

I’ve been wanting Ticks stop being Ticks, but alas. A Tick shall be nothing more than a Tick, and I am a fool for thinking that it should be something more, because it is not possible. If you’re a Tick, be the best tick possible. If you’re a Grasshopper, be the best Grasshopper possible.

Me, I need to stop being naive and accept what I see, and then move on from there. We all can’t be grasshoppers, and I should stop assuming that Ticks would want to aspire to be more than that, because someone out there would love for me to be a Tarantula, and all I can be is a Grasshopper.

Why I don't support Rhymefest for City Council...

Che Smith is a personal friend of mine, but in all honesty I don't know Rhymefest better than any of my other hip-hop heads and artist that have performed with him. I've met Rhymefest on a few occasions, I think one time I even performed with him, bought a few of his albums, but the one thing that remains. I fully support Che "Rhymefest" Smith for 20th Ward City Council.

I support this particular City Council run like my life depends on it, because in all honesty, our future is at stake. As I've been more involved in this process, the more people I talk to the more I understand why people avoid politics all together.

People don't want to get hurt in the entire electoral process. This country does revere its right to vote, they are just afraid to take a stand and be part of process that is lengthy and filled many cul-de-sacs. Also with the fact that, it won't be an instant turn around, and that it can take years to accomplish ones single solitary mission.

I just want to let all of you know, we must not wait any longer to get involved in the political process or just the process of life. None of us are getting any younger. Where will you be in 25 years? 2 years from now what do you have planned?

If we never looked into the future to see where we are going, we will be ship wrecked and stranded hoping someone will come to our rescue, only to find out, we had the life raft with us all along and we just stayed on a lonely island wishing and dreaming our life away of being saved.

I know for a fact i have a very strong and talented group of people around me. I have family & friends that are Ordained Pastors, Doctors, Musicians, Electricians, Mechanics, Politicians, Business Owners, Teachers, Pre-Med Students, Nurses, Air Force Pilots, Marines, Lt. Col. in the Army, Professional Athletes, Construction Workers, Barbers, Humanitarians, Philanthropists, Factory Employees, Husbands, Wives, Parents, Single Parents, Students and that is just a touch of who we are.

We are strong, and we are a great group of men and women. We just need to take more responsibility in our own lives and also for those that are around us. If we don't start being more proactive in our lives, we will forever be left waiting our lives away for our ship to come.

I'm asking all of my friends, twitter followers, fans of Rhymefest (huge fan of that guy! lol), high school friends, family members, congregation members, old co-workers, over seas friends, lets please start looking forward, and stop being Captain Hindsight to all of our local, county, state, federal and world ills. Lets be more proactive and responsible.

Our message is simple: February 22nd, 2011 It's a call to action, It's a call for Personal Responsibility.

"We are not trying to reinvent the wheel, We're just reinstating it." (c) Che "Rhymefest" Smith

Sincerely,

Icy Mike

Reality TV and You!!!!!!!!

I've been wondering this for a while, why is reality TV so interesting? between all the mix of perverse shit out there, i mean why partake in the dysfunction and exploitation of them. Most people that watch those shows end up saying "when i watch Hoarders i don't feel so bad about my nasty ass house and being lazy, i'm not that bad." or "When I watch the Kardashians i come away feeling like i have an almost at grade level education"

It just bothers me that people use this is a reason to say, "hey i'm fucked up, but those people on Intervention are way more of a Junkie than me" Then you might be the same dumbass in the same sentence to utter "but who am i to judge?" ooooohhh oohhh i know i know pick me!!! its me, and whole group of people who judge people. they even make careers out of it. They are called Bosses, Pastors, Priest, Business Owners, Teachers, Principles, Judges, Lawyers, Jurors, Fans, Consumers, etc...you know all of society, you idiot.

Its okay to judge people and call people what ever you want, you just better have the same approach as if when you see them face to face, Reality TV is some of the dumbest damn programming in the world, when you give the reigns over to complete normal people to make a reality tv show you get youtube, when you give it to professionals full creative reigns you get Jackass, trained professionals that get paid to get hurt. Not amateurs that get paid to be naturally stupid.

Making spectacle of how people actually live in day to day environments "Survivor". Enjoying people who are just horrible at life "Jersey Shore, Real World". Gloating at horrible dysfunction and severe mental depression and shitty lives "Dog The Bounty Hunter, Intervention, Hoarders". The fact that animals mean more to people in our country then the homeless, katrina refugees, 911 victims and workers "Dog Whisper, Whale Wars".

I don't need to watch television to make fun of people, i do that every day i wake and have to look at a slobbish person and have to smell their dragon ass breath, i spray them with some axe body spray in the face, throw a tic-tac in there stupid flesh hole they call a mouth and give them $4.50 and ticket for a truck stop bath. <<< Now that i would watch on TV! I haven't seen a show on television as entertaining as that last Scenario since 2003 with the Chappelle show.

TV really needs to be roughly scripted, shit even RENO 911 had loose scripts they follow, Jackass had loose scripts that they followed, they had one good idea and followed through on it. All of these almost would be Reali-Comedies make me hate the living shit out of shows like the Office, and to top it off, that started in fucking England!!!! dammit!!!! the last time there was Comedy worth keeping around it got thwarted...Cavemen. Yes that whole Geico spin off was actually great writing and good acting. but no, you need Snooky and other dumbos to fill your tard-line.

How these people got to be celebrities is beyond me, it used to be that Celebrities were interesting and rare, now all you need is a fat ass, some great abs, and the ability to not have any talent and you to can be an entertainer, because you can entertain us with the fact that you are really stupid, the only people more stupid than you Reality TV stars are the people who support you.

Sincerely,

Icy Mike

Hipster Band Names....are incredibly awesome sauce...

Well, not at all, but a lot of them think they are super super original, when really they are just high. I mean with bands like Kill Switch Engage, Minus The Bear, Vampire Weekend and a sloth of all other kinds of crap, i would like to present to you the list of all my bands i am signing to Methodical Laboratories Music Group aka Meth Lab Music Group aka MLMG. My co-workes helped me discover awesome bands i didn't even know existed.

Big Fat Handle Bar Mustache
Spoiled Jar Of Mayonnaise
Ciara Fights The Birdnest
Phil Has A Hairy Ass
Who Gives A Shit?!?!
Excuse Me Your Taint Is Showing
That's A Handsome Woman
We're Not Very Good
Caramel Apple Dolphin<<<Bill O'Reiley Is A Racist
No Body Tea Bags Like A Tea Party
Jessie Jackson Illegitimate Son
We Should Have Thought This Through
Al Sharpton & The White People Did It.
I Could Scare My Cat All Weekend
Team COCO + The Masturbating Bear
My Boyfriend Is Retarded<<<C'Mon Baby Jesus & The Salvation Flakes
I'm Fucking Your Boyfriend<<<Back Ally Abortion
Dumpster Baby<<<She Gave Me Aides
Undescended Testicle
On Balled Fatherhood
Pubic Hair Dust Bunny
Cap'n Semen & The Sperminators
You're Not Good Enough For The Pill
R Kelly & The Golden Showers<<<Brenden Has A Mangina
Wendy Williams Is A Man
You Can Turn The Music Off
Musty Groupies
Jimmy Eats Creampies!
No, I Have A Headache.
I'm Afraid You'll Look Like Your Mother
Your Uncle Owns An Ice Cream Truck
I Saw You On Dateline
I Caught E'Coli
Bitch Get Me Some Chicken
Lesbians Look Like Lumberjacks
That's a Huge Bitch
Lesbians Who Look Like Justin Beiber<<We Shoot Meth All Day
Trailer Park Wife Swap
Food Stamp Tramp & The Link Cards
Your Kidding You Like Women?!?
Wilted French Fries & The Toasted Raviolis
French Onion Soup???
We All Tweet When We Shit
We Should Be Friends On Facebook
No, YOU'RE A TOWEL!!!<<<
and there you have it, i have a full roster and hopefully one of these hipster d-bag bands makes me some money....

Meth Lab Music Group....If you ain't tweeking you ain't grinding.

Cynicism Parted

It's Been.
A Long Time.
Coming.
Most Of Us.
Were Born Ready.
To Fail.
To Falter.
To Learn.
To Struggle.
To Overcome.
To Teach.
One Day To Learn.
To Be
Catalysts Of.
Hatred.
Apartheid.
Learning To Accept.
Failure.
Hopelessness.
And Cynicism.
The Later.
Has Been The Plague.
That.
Few.
Have Ever.
Overcome.
Or.
Acknowledged As Death.
Apathy Lays Its Nest.
Anger Brews.
Inaction Takes Its Coarse.
People Always Have.
The Cynic Touch.
To Life.
To Change.
To Hope.
To Being Whole.
Tis Okay.
Me & Cynicism.
Can No Longer.
Be Mentioned.
In The Same Line.
For.
My Parting.
Is Bigger Than I.
I Am No Longer.
Parted.
I Am Whole.
I Am Here.
To Hear.
To Help.
To Love.
To Teach You.
How To Divorce.
Apathy & Cynicism.
For We.
Are Forever Parted.

That White Man Is Racist! Jessies Jacksons Greatest Hits Album.

I've been sitting on this thought for a really long time now, and i think over the last so many years i've grown tired of his antics. I mean calling every Tom, Dick and Harry Racist is offensive. Its degrading and deplorable. Its really offensive to real racists.

Real Racist work waaaaaaaaay to hard to be racist, to just call someone you disagree with racist. I mean, Every year or two Jessie has to pop up and say, Hey out of Touch White Man!!! You're RACIST!!!!! and normally i let it slide, but this time he went a little too far.

Jessie calling a business owner a Slave Owner is just retarded. Jessie has as much in common with Don Imus in regards with dealing with the struggles with the black community. No matter what the occasion Jessie could be talking about an amazing Chicken Cobb Salad, and i know he would be waiting to call the salad racist for the reason it has chicken in it.

PUSH is based in Chicago, but i have yet to see them really do much. Ideologically i am at odds with The Nation Of Islam, for the fact that i have been called the White Devil more times then i care to talk about, but at the same time, NOI and Farrakhan do so much for the east side of Chicago, i will take it with a grain of Salt. Jessie does a lot for Jessie.

Jessie got a chance to run for President back in like the 80's or something, then when Obama really had a chance of winning, Jessie had to stick his head out and say some dumb shit, it's like with him the dumb ass verbal hits just keep on coming. Out of touch, out of energy, out of credit, so now its free for all to call all white men racist.

Give me a break Jessie, i am tired of your Greatest Hits Album, I mean, you really are the GOAT of calling out of touch people racist. No one calls nothing like you do, i mean, the fact that you have a few kids outside of your marriage is touching. I am still waiting for you to STFU.

I'm pretty sure, you had a message back in the day, when racism was as clear as White Only and Black Only drinking fountains, but unfortunately you are blast from the past, sounding like a washed up Emcee who is bitter that, new people have come in, and started something different, you sit in the back and say, "No one calls an out of touch white man racist like i did"

And for that, i say, Please sit down and stop embarrassing your legacy, you did a lot for the civil rights movement 50 years ago, but in the last 25 years, no one but people getting paid by being around you are taking you seriously.

Sincerely,

Icy Mike

P.S. Fuck Mel Gibson, but i have hated him since the Passion. That shit was disgusting, but i guess, Jessie didn't have time for that as well, so he went for the completely stupid Dan Gilbert shot. sheesh, talk about missing a golden opportunity for an addition to the Greatest Hits Album.