Is That Possible?

I won't act like a know what I'm talking about cause I don't!
This is Rodney Mullen back in 1984, obviously considered as one of the most creative and talented skater of all time.

Rock The Bells - Last but not least...

Ok, last video from the Rock The Bells Festival 2008.

So let's check, you've seen DeadPrez, De La Soul, The Pharcyde, Rakwon & Ghostface, Mos Def, Method & Redman, A Tribe Called Quest and most of them came with special guests...

So to close that week of videos, I bring you NAS!

He is the best rapper alive. I have everything single album he made. He's simply the greatest and my favorite rapper.

And cause everybody had crazy guests he took it to another level simply bringing Shaw Carter himself, I mean Jay-Z!

History in the making

Ok it's still music but what happened last in New York is crazy!
Kanye west closed his Glow In The Dark Tour at Madison Square Garden...
After the show he gave the crowd a last beat, a last song, a nice surprise!

Yeah! Jay-Z is preparing something BIG!
Kanye West will be producing Jay's next album : The Blueprint III

Rock The Bells Part II

OK
This is not it!
Let me share that Rock The Bells Festival a little bit more with yall.
Second video, you have the right to see:

• Mos Def


• Talib Kweli


• Method Man & Redman (+Slick Rick and EPMD)


• Q-Tip and A Tribe Called Quest

You know I spoil you !

BOW

You know can't skate, I can not even ride a bike, but I just loved that video!
Spike Jonze is the director, he worked with very different people such as Bjork... and the Jackass!

He also made one of my favorite music video, I remember discovering this with my cousin some years ago. "Drop" by The Pharcyde.

Rock The Bells Festival

I had the best musical day of my life yesterday!
Rock The Bells Festival, on Jones Beach, Long Island!
The best festival I have EVER been!
If the GIDT was the best individual concert of my life, this was the best festival!
Beautiful place, great weather, cool people and so many HUGE artists.
I know it's a lot of music posts those days but this is just how big music can be to me!
So today a video of the first artist who came up on stage:
Dead Prez, Immortal Technique, De La Soul, The Pharcyde, Raekwon & Ghostface.

IDK

I Don't Know
I don't know if this is cool or scary!

The future is now!
They gonna replace u soon, watch your back!

Paid Dues Festival Part II

After Part I commes Part II !

What can I say...
Let me just enumerate this peformers :

• Bucksshot from BlackMoon
• KRS -One
• MURS and 9th Wonder (one of my favorite producers)
• GZA
• DJ Kid Capri
• Rakim.

Enough said, enjoy!

W.

Can't wait for this!



You got it!
This movie directed by Oliver Stone is on George W. Bush!

I finally got my G-Shock !

Paid Dues Festival Part I

I told you this last days of blogging would be about music.
I trully loved being in NY enjoying some live shows, so here we go today with a video of the Paid Dues Feastival @ Nokia Theater.

IT was a great event and I'm going to split it in two to make sure that you can see everything!

Today, 5 performers.
First Yak Ballz from Queens, then Kids In The Hall a duo from New Jersey/Chicago (probably my favorite performance for today's video). After came an amazing break with Human Beat Box Scratch and freestyler Supernatural (he worked with the Wu-Tang and Assassin!). And to conclude for today, another duo from California that time : Blackalicious.

Tear Drop

THIS IS AMAZING!
Those guys adopted a baby lion, once the animal got too big the reintroduced him into the wild world.
The lion actually became the leader of its pride. A year after the lion came back to Africa, the two guys who used to educated him came to Africa to "visit" the lion...And guess what happened !


Amazing! Life is beautiful! lol

Talib Kweli

Movie Maker did not resist! But blogspot.com did!

So here we start, with Talib Kweli. One of my favorite rapper, I'm so happy I had the chance to see him in live!

And you won't believe how close I was! The show took place at the B.B. King Blue Club on 42nd street, Time Square.

The concert was part of an event called "Rock To The Darfur". All proceeds from tickets sales went to organizations dedicated to end the suffering in Sudan.

"If skills sold/truth be told/I’d probably be/lyrically, Talib Kweli" Jay-Z

DAYUM !!!
Movie Maker isn't working on my laptop anymore, it's gonna be hard for me to put nice videos of the concerts I've been!
I'll try to work it out!

So today instead, I gotta confess something...
Some years ago, when I was really young like 6 years old, I was a big fan of ... Jean Michel Jarre ! lol

French people are probably laughing, others might wonder who is that guy! Here is a video of one of his performance he had all around the world:


Did you see that amazing Laser Harp? lol
I remember drawing the most elaborated drawing of my entire life after his concert at Mont-Saint Michel, I wish I could find it and post it, I was so proud of it! lol
I know this is cheap, but I loved it, that's it!
I LOVE JEAN MICHEL JARRE! Then what?

End of the visit...

Hey people,

As you know, I've had visitors those pas two weeks, and you had nice pictures and stuff you can't imagine how amazing it was to have those guys around me here in New York!

I already loved that place, but sharing it with my people was so joyful!

I definitely feel home here, I hope my guys loved it!

I'm back blogging on a daily basis for the last two weeks of my summer in New York, It's gonna be a lot about music, I gotta share those concerts I've seen since I'm here!

C YA

On the top of Empire State Building after work! Can't believe those guys crossed the Atlantic Ocean to see me...

Enjoy NY !

Very short video in Central Park! You can hear DJ A-Track performing.

C YA

Cherbourg United

They all here now!

Long days for my boyz!

Here They Are !!!

Seeing Sounds

Hey people,

Let's stay in music for a while, today i wanna talk about the last album from N*E*R*D.
This an "alternative rock hip hop whatever you want" band composed by Shay, Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams. N*E*R*D stands for No-one Ever Really Dies.

The album came on June 10th (just like Lil Wayne that I've also bought) and it's a really good one.
I saw N*E*R*D in live in Houston few weeks ago, and you can find pretty quick on the album the energy they give on stage.

I bought the album in Pharrell's Store : Billionaire Boys Club in Soho, it's probably my favorite store in NY, unfortunately, this album was probably the only thing I could afford the this place! lol
Love the bag!

So the album is great, don't try to label it, just enjoy it! Most of the songs have kind of two different style put the transition is made so easily once the second has started you forget that they were a previous one, it's crazy! I've put put it in the Hip Hop category of my iTunes but major part of the album sounds more rock, funk or lounge, if you really need to put a label on it, just say Good Music.

There is 12 songs on the album, the two first singles are Everyone Nose and Spaz that you probably already know. Are a short selection of my favorite tracked on the album.

Time For Some Action :

Spaz :

Anti Matter :

Sooner or Later :


N*E*R*D is kinda everywhere here in NY, on buses, in the subway, they are part of the campaign for the 100th Anniversary of Converse.

This Chad (on the left) and Shay (on the right of course)

Pharrell is also involved with the campaign with a song featuring Santogold and Julian Casablancas, My Drive Thru :


P.S. : My dogs are arriving today for two weeks! Aurél, Nico and Steph are crossing the Atlantic Ocean to see me, so I might not be able to blog that much within the next few days, don't hate! I'll be back soon with some good stuff for you!