Doomtree - False Hopes (2007)

Finally, I'm back with some music updates.

Over my break from music blogging I have been heavily getting into this newish hip hop collective from Minneapolis named Doomtree. Doomtree is a 9 member hip-hop collective filled with members from all sorts of musical backgrounds and influences. They come together to create a sound that is vastly different from anything that has ever been done in hip hop or music in general. I don't want to make comparisons about what Doomtree is doing now to what Wu-Tang did in the 90s because The Clan will probably never be matched but the parallels are obvious.

So this week I'll be updating my blog every day with a different Doomtree related release. Starting this week with the album False Hopes which is a collaboration release from all of Doomtrees members.



1 Flex 3:01
2 Knives On Fire 2:59
3 Traveling Dunk Tank 3:20
4 A Candle in Chicago (Interlude) 1:53
5 Lucky 1:30
6 Veteran 2:43
7 Slow Burn 3:56
8 I Should Cut Your Liver Out (Interlude) 1:15
9 Savion Glover 2:22
10 Hot Monotony 3:45
11 A Hundred Fathers 3:50
12 Check Your Tuning (Interlude) 1:31
13 If & When 4:18
14 No Homeowners (Renter’s Rebate) 3:18

Highlights for me include Flex, Knives On Fire, A Hundred Fathers, and If & When.

Doomtree - False Hopes (2007)

Sorry For The Lack Of Update...Again

I Told U I Was Hardcore is back on WMBC. Now from 7-8pm EDT. From 6-7 is still my new show Lost In A Black Hole. I Told U I Was Hardcore for the I Told U Podcast.

Otherwise I have been busy as hell with school this semester - I thought for some reason it would be a good idea to take all of my hardest classes in one semester.

School is ending soon though and this thing will no longer be neglected. I've been listening to a ton of new music and watching a bunch of new movies so expect a shitstorm of posts starting sometime later this month. Probably around Maryland Deathfest time.

As for some updates. Last weekend I went to Fletchers to see Fear Before and opening for them was this totally awesome local metalcore band with synth (you all know how much I love synth in metal/hardcore). I'm sure you all will dig it so check it out, heres the myspays: And it Must Occur

First Recording of this Season

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The first recorded episode of season 2 of Lost In A Black Hole. I play music ranging from metal to jazz and some in between. The playlist for the episode was.

1. Isis - So Did We
2. Neurosis - Eye
3. Evoken - In Pestilence, Burning
4. Tera Melos - Melody 2
5. Arti E Mestieri - Strips
6. Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil
7. Massive Attack - Teardrop
8. Crotchduster - Mammal Sauce (My homage to the polska polka fun hour)
9. Nightwish - Ghost Love Score
10. Ephel Duath - Labrinthine (Crimson)
11. maudlin of the Well - They Aren't All Beautiful
12. Macbook Air Commercial Parody
13. Gangstalicious - Homies Over Hoes
14. Frank Zappa - Bobby Brown Goes Down
15. Pink Floyd - Bike
16. Bob Dylan - Tombstone Blues
17. Queens of the Stone Age - Feel Good Hit Of The Summer
18. Between the Buried and Me - Sun of Nothing
19. Rhapsody - Holy Thunderforce
20. Method Man - Bring The Pain

I brought back a few things from last season that had been missing so far in this one. One being comedy breaks from serious music and the other being ending my show with a hip hop track.

Go to the podomatic link for downloads.

Now Podcasting!

http://hoodieninja.podomatic.com/

Sorry for the lack of updates

I've been busy as hell. Expect some posts very soon though.

Mark's Golden Globe Picks

Best Motion Picture - Drama: Slumdog Millionaire

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy: In Bruges

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama: Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama: Unfortunately Kristin Scott Thomas for Il y a longtemps que je t'aime is the only of the nominees I have seen

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy: Colin Farrel for In Bruges

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy: Frances McDormand for Burn After Reading (I've been in love with her acting since Fargo and I think she deserves the win)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture: Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight (Note: I haven't seen Doubt yet)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture: Marisa Tomei for The Wrestler (She is one sexy stripper if I may say)

Best Director - Motion Picture: Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire (I'm a huge fan of this guys style and I think its about time the mainstream award givers recognized his work)

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture: Can't say for sure since I haven't seen Doubt but of the ones I have seen Slumdog is again my choice.

Best Animated Film: Wall-E

Best Foreign Language Film: Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (It's the only one I've seen but it was good)

Binary Star - Masters of the Universe (2000)

Binary Star was a serious force to be reckoned with in underground hip-hop during their short lived history from 1998-2000. They were composed of One Be Lo and Senim Silla who have both released solo work since Binary Star that is also highly regarded in the underground hip hop community. Although the duo was involved in the criminal lifestyle of the ghetto they never glorified criminal activity in any of their music. In fact Binary Stars lyrics did what most hip hop doesn't and talked about the negatives involved with the lifestyle glorified in many rap lyrics. They saw hip hop as a new and legal way to escape their destructive lifestyles. Their lyrics were conscious, political, and spoke on the truth of what horrors really existed in this world of fast money, fast cars, women, and bling. This message in their lyrics became even more evident when the 2 split. In One Be Lo's 2005 release S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M. he has a song called "The Ghetto" in which he says:

You callin 9-1-1, this ain't a joke
You rollin like a blunt cause you might get smoked
The sad part about it ain't the money or the dope
The trigger man wasn't even old enough to vote

So anyway here it is for all you hip hop heads, a little piece of recent underground hip hop history, the 2nd studio release from Binary Star known as Masters of the Universe



1 Reality Check 4:01
2 Conquistadors 3:46
3 Solar Powered Intro 0:10
4 Solar Powered 4:28
5 Slang Blade Intro 0:22
6 Slang Blade 2:37
7 Binary Shuffle Intro 0:22
8 Binary Shuffle 3:41
9 Fellowship (feat. Decompoze & Athletic Mic League) 5:41
10 New Hip Hop 3:52
11 Masters of the Universe 3:14
12 Indy 500 (feat. Decompoze) 4:39
13 Evolution of Man 6:02
14 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Part 1) 2:17
15 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Part 2) 3:04
16 Honest Expression 5:00
17 Honest Expression Outro 0:11
18 Glen Close 3:01
19 Wolfman Jack Intro 0:11
20 Wolfman Jack 3:36
21 One Man Army 4:26
22 The KGB Intro 0:54
23 The KGB (feat. Elzhi, Juice, Lacks, Maliki, O Type Star & Texture) 6:50
24 Album Outro 0:12

Binary Star - Masters of the Universe (2000) - Part 1
Binary Star - Masters of the Universe (2000) - Part 2

you need both parts