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Craziest traffic I’ve seen in my life in Alexandria.

Rooftop view from the jam.

Alexandria Street Cypher

In our New studio Saiffa me and Focus are training
a group of very talented and motivated bboys. “What is Flavor?” was one of the topics we have been discussing after the sessions.

Anyway, here`s a clip of man who always finds the right words to describe Hip Hop.
Pay attention to all the little things like the way he speaks, the accents on the words and the expressions.
What is Flavor by Poe 1

Peace
-Hatsolo

Evidence (of Dilated Peoples) dropped a brand new video from the upcoming album called Cats & Dogs. The production is handled by none other than DJ Premier. Take a listen to this gem.

Evidence - You (prod. DJ Premier)

ZUNŌ KEISATSU

• Kamen geki no hīrō o kokuso shiro
• Victor
• 1973
• Japan

Last one on my “Japan week” is an album by Zunō Keisatsu (頭脳警察, in English Brain Police), a quite well known Japanese psychedelic rock band whose radical, politically provocative lyrics caused their music being banned from the radio and caused troubles on their gigs too. Zunō Keisatsu was formed in 1970 by the Japanese psych rockers Panta (Haruo Nakamura) and Toshiaki Ishizuka. The idea for their name came from (Frank Zappa’s) Mothers of Invention song “Who are the brain police” (from Freak Out! album released in 1966). Despite their relatively short career, they released six albums and several singles before being disbanded in 1975. Their fifth album was this one, 仮面劇のヒーローを告訴しろ (Kamen geki no hīrō o kokuso shiro), released in 1973.

Mostly the album is pretty strict midtempo psych rock like “ウイスキー・ハイウエイ (Uisukī haiuei)” (meaning whiskey highway), “恋のいらだち (Koi no idarachi)”, very heavy title track “仮面劇のヒーローを告訴しろ (Kamen geki no hīrō o kokuso shiro)”, “奴は帰らない (Yatsu wa kaeranai)” and “麗しのジェット・ダンサー (Uruwashi no jetto dansā )”. There’s also uptempo tracks like “イエス・マン (Iesu man), “プリマドンナ (Purimadonna)”, “間違いだらけの歌 (Machigaidarakeno uta)” and “まるでランボー (Marude ranbō)”. It’s hard to say what they’re singing about in the latter one, but at least I recognize they mention Voltaire, Shakespeare, Michelangelo, Beethoven, Sebastian Bach, Marie Curie and Jeanne D’arc. Nice and catchy track I have to say. The standout track however - and propably the reason why non psych rock loving people want this album - is a midtempo funky rock song called “ハイエナ (Haiena)”. It starts with a nice break and has some rough but catchy lyrics. There also appears to be two acoustic guitar driven tracks included, “ホ短調の間奏曲 (Ho tanchō no kansō kyoku)” and “愛なき日々 (Ai naki hibi)”. I’m actually not a very big fan of psych rock, or rock in general, so basically this album was bought for the break only. It just appeared to be a pretty good album after several spins.

Uisukī haiuei

Marude ranbō

Haiena

Koi no iradachi

Ho tanchō no kansō kyoku

Kamen geki no hīrō o kokuso shiro

Iesu man

Yatsu wa kaeranai

Uruwashi no jetto dansā

Ai naki hibi

Purimadonna

Machigaidarake no uta