One Block Radius (Marty James, MDA, and emcee Z-Man) sound De La Soul meets Pharcyde with layer of dirty gritty beats & instruments. It has an old school sound with a pinch of a step to it.

OBR recently signed with Mercury/Island/Def Jam Records! Check it out.

“You Got Me” by One Block Radius featuring Fabolous & Baby Bash - Download

Official Website: http://www.islandrecords.com/site/artist_home.php?artist_id=688
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/oneblockradius

Not only do I love the song, but I love the video by Murakami for Kanye West’s song, “Good Morning”.

The video beautifully captures the essence of the song of trials, hope and achievement. The day might rise without the beams of sun piercing through the fleeting darkness, but perseverance, patience, hope and education will get you somewhere better where a new sun appears, beading down a new knowledge and life.

Good morning.

You know sometimes people take a look at this site and say, I thought this was FR*A - Future ROCKSTARS of America… why are there posts about rap?  Why are you talking about a movie?  What’s this about so and so painter?

Well over the years the term “Rock Star” has gone on to mean other things.  When I say “Rockstar” - I’m talking about people who have a certain quality in them… They tend to do things without considering the consequences.  They tend to be channeling genuine truths to external receptors.  Sounds pretty geeky, so here are 3 perfect clips which perfectly sum up 3 perfect examples of ROCKSTARS:

Whoa, there. Tongue twister. Translation: Sean Blak in FR*A Black on Black in his music video, “I’m Back” (first time I spotted it was around the 1:09 mark). Check it out:

For those who may not be familiar with Sean Blak, here’s a little Q&A I got to conduct with him:

Give us a little background on yourself. (Where are you from? When/how’d you get into music? etc.)
I’m from Atlanta, I’ve been rapping since i was 5, producing since 16. I moved to CA in 2003. My music career took off a year later. I put out two underground mixtapes (”Sean Blak’s Got Purple” & “When the Bad Guys Win”). Then I signed with San Jose’s Unite Records, dropping three albums (2005-2008). I’ve performed over 200 times @ 39 different venues. I’m currently producing my new project “The Evil.”

Describe your music in a paragraph or less.
I create hip hop from the point of view of someone who is intelligent but living a crazy life.
I get to work with a lot of cool people: KRS-1 , ZION-I, CALI AGENTS, THE PHARCYDE , but I work the closest with Saul Severe (guitar), Tracy Young, Chris Jaiden (vocals), Rewind, tha Hermit (engineers).

Tupac or Biggie?
Biggie’s music was more cutting edge. But 2pac has a certain timelessness to his songs, so 2pac.

How do you feel about the music industry now?
It sucks that no one sells records anymore. But it’s exciting to be at the front of the new curve.

Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
The STUDIO!

To hear more: myspace.com/seanblak

International Secret Agents Concert
Date: Sunday, September 7th 2008
Location: San Gabriel Mission Playhouse
320 South Mission Drive, San Gabriel, CA, 91776
Time: 4:30pm-9:30pm

-Showcasing the new generation of Asian American Talent breaking through to mainstream media

Artist Line-Up:
FAR EAST MOVEMENT (FM) - (National Radio spins for “Lowridin” and “You’ve Got A Friend”) - Hip Hop
WONG FU PRODUCTIONS (Cannes Film Festival) - Film Producers
QUEST DANCE CREW (Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance”, American Idol) - Dance Crew
PAUL DATEH (2 Million Youtube Views - Violinist for Living Legends) - Hip Hop Violinist
TATUM JONES (America’s Got Talent) - R&B Group
MAGNETIC NORTH - Hip Hop
JENNIFER CHUNG - (5 Million Youtube Views) - Acoustic

Special Guest Presenters:
Sung Kang (Fast n Furious 4, Ninja Assasin)
YESI ORTIZ - Power 106
Power 106 Mixers and Street Team

FIND OUT ABOUT SPECIAL GUEST PERFORMER HERE.

AUTOGRAPH SIGNING WILL BE HELD DIRECTLY AFTER THE EVENT AT THE MERCHANDISE BOOTHS.
Press and Media Coverage at event.

PRESALE TICKET INFO:

General Admission - $15 ($25 at the door)

VIP Tickets - $45 ($55 at the door)
-VIP/ No Waiting in line for entry into the show
-Priority line for Autograph Sessions for all artists
-Autographed Poster from event

Backstage Access/VIP - $90 ($100 at the door)
-Private VIP Backstage Lounge with Free drinks and food.
-Backstage Access (Before, during and after event)
-Autographed Poster from event
-Dance Like Michael Jackson Tee Shirt
-VIP/ Priority Entrance To event

Visit www.internationalsecretagents.com for information on purchasing tickets.

Like I mentioned in a previous post, I’m finally getting around to my trip to Vegas.
I went for a couple of reasons: See the Magic/Project show, do some work for the agency, and lose money I don’t have over the stupid color red.

1. On the floor at Project 08 2. the Rowdy booth… gotta say I like it

I gotta say the Magic show was super empty this time around… The usual street wear brands were around doing their thing, but was it just me or did it seem to be half the size of what it was last year?

1. This dood is sporting the first clothing line I ever loved - T&C Surf Designs!!! 2. Ladies and gentlemen: Jon Phenom. BTW, have you guys ever seen his business card? dope.

The Project show if anything seemed to pick up for the missing numbers at Magic. I heard that Project would limit this fall’s show by 1/3rd come spring… so this may be the biggest Project show ever!

Afterward I took a gazillion pictures of the madness that followed… but of course all those pictures accidentally got erased… the prized picture being that of my meeting with Bobby Brown!!! Damn damn damn.

Hello all,

I went to the last Feel Good Fusion, and as usual was exposed to some good work.

Cup Titty Boom, aside from having an amazing name, is a dope jam band. They did their live performance unrehearsed, everything was improvised. I love seeing live music improvised because you see the artist really get possessed. It’s not necessarily a “show”, rather you get to witness a spiritual takeover.

Observe ala youtube: