So Im chillin, i know its been another minute since I posted on here but I was jus watching tv and had a couple thoughts on these new Iraqi War Files Wikileaks has published, so I posted em to twitter. I figured I’d let y’all kno wut i was sayin too since some of you might not be on twitter. If you’re not u should join and follow me.. Straight #TeamFollowBack here (if u follow me ill follow u back) – Im always on there sayin wuts on my mind (a lot more than on here)

Holla @ me – http://www.twitter.com/LyricalMilitant

Here’s wut I said

Now I kno most wouldnt assume me to be an academic or intellectual or anything like that cuz of some of the things i say and do (mostly regarding “bad” things in life which feel so damn good…. focus Militant.. its Ramadan…)

So I wanted to pass along this article in Foreign Policy which touches on the issue i talked about in my last blog post – about how no one gives a fuck about Pakistan and the unrivaled devastation its faced..

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/08/19/why_doesnt_the_world_care_about_pakistanis?page=0,0&sms_ss=digg

Maybe after reading this, people’s perceptions about what’s happening and what NEEDS to happen NOW will change – its a “reputable” magazine Foreign Policy saying it afterall…

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/08/19/why_doesnt_the_world_care_about_pakistanis?page=0,0&sms_ss=digg

Here’s a couple good quotes from the article to give u a taste -

“The United Nations has characterized the destruction caused by the floods in Pakistan as greater than the damage from the 2004 Asian tsunami, the 2005 Pakistan earthquake, and the 2010 Haiti earthquake combined”

“After the Haiti earthquake, about 3.1 million Americans using mobile phones donated $10 each to the Red Cross, raising about $31 million. A similar campaign to raise contributions for Pakistan produced only about $10,000.”

“The fact that people in other countries don’t like Pakistan very much doesn’t change the humanity of those affected by the floods or their suffering”

“But the main reason that Pakistan isn’t receiving attention or aid proportionate to the devastation caused by these floods is because, well, it’s Pakistan…”

PLEASE DONATE.. Donate to whoever.. Dontante WHATEVER…  ITS NEEDED NOW AND WILL BE NEEDED FOR A WHILE!

 here’s a couple links

RedCross: http://www.tinyurl.com/PakistanFlood
OxFam: http://www.oxfam.org/en/emergencies/pakistan-floods-2010#donate
DEC: https://www.donate.bt.com/dec_form_pfa.html

Much love and blessings to you fam.. And to my fam in Pakistan..

Holla @ ur boy

Militant

First.. NO ONE is really talkin bout Pakistan even though 10s of millions of ppl are now homeless or dead and lands are RAVAGED. Where’s our websites, and telethons news coverage and Will.I.Am relief tracks and concerts?

And If u come across a story about the flood and read the comments on some news websites all you have is bitch-ass, heartless, inhumane assholes talkin bout “Fuck them, let their own ppl help them. We give those corrupt terrorists enough of our money. I won’t lift a finger to help them” – SERIOUSLY???

There’s a survey on the Washington Post website (http://views.washingtonpost.com/post-user-polls/2010/08/are-you-donating-to-help-pakistan.html?hpid=talkbox1) askin “Have you donated to Pakistan Flood Relief” and over 70% of the ppl said “No, And I don’t plan to” – SERIOUSLY?? WTF!

You think its ok that 20 MILLION men, women, CHILDREN and elderly (NOT TERRORISTS) suffer and over 1600 DIE in one of the WORST humanitarian disasters ever? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

Google “Donate to Pakistan” and THIS is the 4th link from the top – http://www.topix.com/forum/world/united-kingdom/TVOVF3PU1L8CC4ORP (Title: “Support Terrorism – Donate to Pakistan”) – WOW – its got front page status on GOOGLE.. Someone either real heavy on the SEO.. Or…

Now ok  – these are all the crazies coming out on their keyboards to be crazy.. But just look at the differences in coverage, support and awareness compared to Haiti and other disaster striken areas.

IT FEELS LIKE A COLD ASS WORLD..

I’m sorry fam, i could be more eloquent and less angry (especially because its Ramadan..) but right now IM STRAIGHT VEX! (Update** – I’ve actually edited the tone of this post down a bit lol..) This is ridiculous.. I had to let this out.

When Haiti happened, World Vision Canada raised over 10 MILLION DOLLARS IN ONE WEEK! Its been a week or two since the Pakistan flood and yet they’ve only raised like HALF A MILLION DOLLARS! Why? Cuz NO ONE is talking about it.. There hasnt been a coordinated effort to help out a country that has 1/5 of its land devastated! My faith in humanity is weaker than ever..

BUT.. Large up to all the govt’s and people around the world that ARE helpin out.. CANADA has pledged 33 Million which is nice, Saudi Arabia has pledged about 27 Million (i think).. America’s helping, and so are tons of other countries.

But to you muthafuckas out there sayin you WONT help -  (not that you can’t help because you cant afford it or some shit – that may be legit) – to the ppl saying they REFUSE to help out their fellow human beings in need.. May God have mercy on your soul – or lack thereof.

Yea OK.. The govt is corrupt as fuck, i aint gonna lie – Zardaris a punk.. But no one’s saying give money directly to the govt. There are aid organizations there on the ground.. helping out.. Thats a flawed excuse veiling an unwillingness to support people in need.

“All I Wanna Say Is That They Don’t Really Care About Us…”  – Michael Jackson

Holla @ ur boy

Lyrical Militant

Anyways so Ive had a hell of a couple weeks and i thought id give u some highlights!

If u didnt kno, March 8-12 was the first ever Israeli Apartheid Week in Winnipeg and the organizers asked me to be a part of it. OBVIOUSLY i said yea. But maaaaaaaaaaan…. it was pretty intense.

IAW is a week of discussions, panels and lectures on the system of racial discrimination happening in Palestine/Israel right now. It was at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada. So they asked me to do a KeyNote speech on the 9th and to perform on the 10th.

So I wrote a speech, was about half an hour long about the definition of Apartheid. I was speakin wit my friend and activist Bassam (a Palestinian) and the famous Mordecai Breimberg. It was PACKED… with a looooooooot of zionists lol.. (zionists are the super real hardcore supporters of the State of Israel as a Middle Eastern state  – very vocal, powerful and organized.. real talk.. was a lil intimidating)

Anyways, so I spoke, and the rest of the panel spoke, and then it was time for Questions and Answers. MAAAAAAANNNN talk about intense.. shit got a lil crazy. People were yelling, screaming, insulting the panel, reading from their own speeches – thats what I mean when I say organized. A lot of them were there, not to discuss, but to argue and try to discredit. They came prepared to do just that.

But what always pisses me off about this shit is that the arguments they bring up are IRRELEVENT AND CHILDISH. You get called racist, anti-Semitic, blah blah blah. Bnai Brith called us racist all over the media (Global TV news, etc.) and tried to discredit the event. They even tried to get it shut down, calling it Hate Speech, but the University refused. What we were talking about was Apartheid in the Middle East (Israel/Palestine). But, during question and answer, what was basically being argued was NOT whether Israel was an Apartheid (racist) state, but just bickering back and forth between what Palestinians and Arabs do and what Israelis and Jews do.

It always boils down to a verbal fight between the two sides. Its straight fuckery – no one wants to sit and talk seriously… They just want to get their point across and deny any other facts or truths. It happens on both sides and its stupid as fuck.. What we need to do is get RID of ALL EMOTIONS and talk about this subject seriously. Don’t let your passion about the issue make u a crazy extremist whos unwilling to look at reality because it may be inconvenient to your point. And don’t side-step a serious issue and just throw out your own ”facts” as a counter. How are we supposed to solve things if we don’t acknowledge the shit thats actually happening!

Example: The speeches were about the practices of Israel that can be considered Apartheid (racial discrimination). Question 1 form audience: Does not refute or deny the charges AT ALL but after ranting for a few minutes basically says “Well you say Israel is bad, but Arabs kill and treat Palestinians like crap too. So I say to you Arabs are worse than Israelis”

ok…. what the bloody fuck is your point? Was that even a question? Definitely wasnt about the topic. That was basically what most of the comments/questions were like. Stupidly useless waste that did not further the discussion, did not present valid counter-points, but just threw blame back and forth. Fucking stupid…. smh.. And its how it always gets when youre talking politics in public. Unfortuante but what can you do.

Everyone’s entitled to their own opinion, but when you’re trying to have an academic discussion, lets keep shit REAL.

Anyways some people liked it, others hated it but y’all can decide for yourself. My whole speech is at the bottom of the post. Lemme kno what you think of it.

The LIVE performance I did on the wednesday was HELLA LIVE! One of the best shows I did. It was at Degrees Diner in the U of M, and I have some video I’ll try posting later. Was a packed house and was mad energy. Had my peoples SillyWilly, BuddhaBLADE and Flo there wit me to help me out on stage and I performed NEW ALBUM material! Was dope! If you missed it, keep an eye out on my FACEBOOK page or Twitter

So the media covered the event a lot, I was in the Winnipeg Free Press, Global TV News and on StreetzFM 104.7FM in Winnipeg.

Here’s some links to the coverage:

Global TV News Piece

Winnipeg Free Press Article 

FULL StreetzFM Interview -

And Here’s my whole speech from that day -

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Anyways.. Just thought Id share that.. This has gotten pretty long already.. Im still workin hard on the album, got a couple shows coming up. If youre not on the mailing list for the latest shows and updates come by http://www.lyricalmilitant.com and sign up. And come download the last mixtape if you havent already. You can get it free from www.LyricalMilitant.com

Ill leave it at that..

Holla @ ur boy!

Just wanted to let u kno, I wrote an article for the University of Manitoba campus newspaper “The Manitoban” this week. It’s all about how our world is hella fucked up right now..

Check it below… The articles on their website and in print too if you live in Winnipeg.

Here’s the Link

Here’s a lil piece of the article: (yes I actually wrote it…)

Beyond technological innovation, the paradigms of the modern world, based on individualism and reckless freedom and growth, have helped shape the way we conduct ourselves in society. Just as important, the indifference we now feel towards others — those beyond our circle of friends, family, race and religion — is also at fault.

Here’s the Link

Holla @ ur boy

Militant

All I can say is damn… Im too happy right now. I JUST saw the video to the new single of Sade’s upcoming 2010 album. The song is CRAZY and the video is DOPE.

Without anymore bullshit from me.. HERES THE LINK to the video – “Soldier of Love – Sade” – CHECK THIS SONG!!!!!!!!!!

Y’all don’t understand. I love this woman. Her music is amazing – I could never get sick of it! And to have that beautiful sound on some new shit is bliss. Its that same Sade, with modern production. I cant wait for the album to drop! It comes out February 8, 2010 – COP THAT SHIT – visit www.sade2009.com for details.

This whole MusicMonday post is gonna be dedicated to SADE.. The best soul singer ever.. EVER.. PERIOD…

So what’s some other HOT Sade stuff? Check it..

My favorite Sade songs of all time are torn between two.

One was off her last album called Lovers Rock (back in 2000 – we been waitin a long ass time). Its called “Flow” – its a Siiiiiiiiick Track..  Here’s a LINK.

The Other is Cherish The Day (Album: Love Deluxe) – HERES A LINK —-  I love this track… Ill song..

Then of course there’s music from the rest of her career.. AMAZING.. Y’all remember Smooth Operator?? That was the TRACK back in the day lol… If you don’t know, go ASK SOMEBODY. Here’s a Link

I mean.. there’s jus too many great songs to mention but here’s some more. (Her old videos are kinda like movies so the music starts a minute or two into the video)

“King of Sorrow”- Here’s a Link to the Music Video

Is It A Crime (Album: Promise) – HERES A LINK

No Ordinary Love (Album: Love Deluxe) – HERES A LINK to her doing a LIVE version.

Jezebel (Album: Promise) – HERES A LINK —- I love this song, it was part of the inspiration to the song Ho Story (which y’all will hear on the upcoming album from me)

The Sweetest Taboo (Album: Promise) – HERES A LINK

Haunt Me (Album: Stronger Than Pride) – HERES A LINK

All I can say is.. Today’s a good Monday.. Chillin, Writin, Smokin, Listenin to the illest classic music and a new video too.. Welcome back Sade… What a way to start 2010…

Jus a quik note – STREETZ FM – Winnipeg’s HOTTEST new radio station, spinnin FRESH hiphop & r&b is officially LIVE on ur dial @ 104.7 FM in peg city, manitoba..

If u tune in TODAY @ NOON for “The Word” with Julie (Twitter: @WinnipegJules) u may hear yuh boys music on!

This s EXACTLY what Winnipeg needed.. Our radio sucks.. But not anymore.. Check it out fuh sho!

If u not in Winnipeg or by a radio u can stream online @ the Streetz FM Websit

FINALLY.. After all the bullshit and boringness of old 107.9 FM comes a much needed and so far better replacement!

STREETZ FM 104.7 – http://www.streetzfm.ca

Holla!

Jus thought i’d let you know Winnipeg’s own Uptown Magazine (www.uptownmag.com) reviewed my mixtape “Download This Mixtape” and gave it a B+ rating. Not bad… Mad shout outs to Jared Story for the review.

Here’s the whole thing:

Download this Mixtape? Sure – but I’d gladly buy it. The debut full-length from Lyrical Militant is a satisfying synthesis of socially conscious (Hopes Exodus), sensitive (Been So Long) and shindig-suitable (Peg City, Four-Twenty) hip hop. With a strong lyrical flow and boss beats throughout, Download this Mixtape is always entertaining, but especially so when Lyrical Militant raps in an über-smooth style. On Been So Long, which features soul singer Flo, Militant is crazy cool, his suave tone sounding a bit like Q-Tip in A Tribe Called Quest’s classic, Bonita Applebum. Can Lyrical Militant kick it? Why yes, he can.
— Jared Story

Pretty dope..

Here’s the link to the site.

PEACE!

Militant

Wussup Wussup.

So if you don’t know, Today’s Music Monday on Twitter – if you aint on twitter.. get on it and follow ur boy @lyricalmilitant – Since it’s Music Monday Ima start bloggin bout THE HOT NEW SHIT Im bumpin in my stereo and give u some links to check it out. This post is gonna be extra long cuz the amount of shit Im bumpin is ridiculous.

LUPE FIASCO – ENEMY OF THE STATE MIXTAPE

FIRST UP.. My favorite rapper (alive) Lupe Fiasco – He got a brand new mixtape out called “Enemy Of The State – A Love Story.” It was released on Thanksgiving in America (Nov.26) and its pretty sick. He uses beats from Lil Wayne, JayZ, Radiohead, Drake, Diddy’s new group Dirty Money.

Theres a track called “All the Way Turnt Up” on a Travis Barker beat where he says “I do the register / you jus get them fries right / I don’t trust America / after watching Zeitgeist” – Need I say more? Go check it..

Here’s a link to the “Turnt Up” track -

But DEFINITELY Check out this Link to my favorite track “Popular demand” – He is CRAZY on this track – this is the reason I think he’s the illest out right now..

“Look at what Im droppin here / do this for the block and the blogosphere / now you aint ready for the heavy so i’ll keep it light like jogging gear / I dont want the throne (zone?) I want the helicopter rocking chair / Jay gave me a cosign like I was rocawear / but be clear Im not the heir / Im the one to fire in the earth / im doin dirt spitting flames and quenchin thirsts / and plus the REAL God has been on my side since birth / I hope that he fogives me / I hope I do his work / in every single verse / now I might do a dance / I might even jerk / tell them ni**as dont hate / Only God Is Great / Enemy of the State“

PURE FIRE.. I been hearin things bout how ppl think Lupe is all up on that masonic shit cuz he’s wit Jay and Kanye and shit.. I didnt wana believe, and I still dont.. Son is the illest rapper still..

Ok Ok Ok.. here’s more shit im bumpin

Daz is back with some more hot shit.. The death row veteran (who I think hates Suge Knight now… a lot)’s new album is sick. A solid West Coast banger. The first track is fire “You Let Me Down feat. Latoya Williams” aand the rest of the album follows up for real..

But some of the real hot tracks are – “Life Stagez”- a chilled out joint u can straight smoke to – Here’s a Link to the Music Video

Another sick track is “In My Neighbourhood feat. Los” – Link here

BUT.. My favorite track on the whole album has got to be “2ND TO NONE” – A smooth sample, chill strings, piano and rhythm. This is my favorite track cuz this song is ABOUT HIS MOTHER.. Everyone knows my moms meant the world to me, so this track hit me hard – I love this track, he does it WELL not corny – reminds me of Dear Mama by Pac – CHECK THIS TRACK OUT FOR SURE HERE!

Freeway got a new album out that is pretty good. I like freeway a lot, but this album didnt stand out as anything hella crazy, but its a solid album still. I’m pretty sure he went to Hajj (Muslim Pilgrimage) so congratulations to him if he on that, I dunno if it was this year but either way..

Here’s some solid tracks off the album – “Let Me Sing my Song” – “Make A Move” – “Who Ever” and my favorite “RAP MONEY – feat Young Chris & Tom Hardy” – produced by 9th Wonder – an ill song.

Funny man Mike Epps (friday after next, all about the benjamins) has a new album out to help promote his comedy dvd of the same name.. its kind funny.. notreally sumthin i bump all the tim but i thought id mention it.. “mike do u think the qlbum will turn out good?”

“i dont really care..” – nuff said, go google it

(IF UR wondering why my spelling as gone to shit its uz i had to finish this post on my iphone – sorry)

OK.. so if u dont know, I LOVE MY DANCEHALL.. its jus so creative and fresh to me..  so whats in heavy rotation for me right now is the new Chinese Assassin mixcd..  he teamed up wit the GAZA crew (vybez kartel, jah vinci, etc) and laid down some FIRE! but he also got artists like Mavado on there tearin it up (mavado has beef wit vybez)..

its a sick cd.. even i u dont listen to reggae normally, go download the cd and check it, the best songs on the cd are all jn a row. tracks 20, 21 and 22

best song – MAVADO feat GENIUS – Dem Cant Take We Life – the song is RIDICULOUS! HERES A LINK

the next best track is VYBEZ KARTEL feat GENIUS – Be Careful – HERES A LINK

and finally CHINO – PON YOUR HEAD – HERES A LINK

but the mixcd is all good, make sure u cop it for real..

Aigh so i think Saigon is fuckin crazy too. cant wait for his album to drop but he keepin fans happy wit his mixtapes.. best songs on WS2?

“AYE AYE AYE” produced by buckwild (LINK HERE) and a more mainstream joint called “GOTTA BELIEVE IT”  produced by Just Blaze (LINK HERE)

sai.. we waitin on the album man! hurry up!

Now this is some serious shit too.. royce brings tha pain wit this album.. a very solid release availabke in stores today wit tracks of fire

one of my fave tracks is GUN HARMONIZING feat the always crazy CROOKED I – (HERES THE LINK)

I kinda like the track “FAR AWAY” too even though he throws on the autotune on his hook, but it sounds good for a mainstream style joint.. (LINK HERE)

BUT.. yall kno im ALL ABOUT  that story telling ish so the best b song on the album has to be “PART OF ME” a story about some player who gets his dick cut off by two girls.. yah.. i kno… but its crazy how he builds the story!  (CHECK IT OUT HERE)

ok ok this is obviously not a full list of thmusic im bumpin but this post is gettin long as it is and my iphine keeps being a bitch.. THANK YOU  for checkin me out this beautiful MUSIC MONDAY..

AS ALWAYS  be sure to check out my mixtape “download this mixtape” @ www.LyricalMilitant.com -and share it wit ur peoples. Send it around, post on FB/twitter/myspace, wutever..

BiG UP TO STREETZ FM 104.7 radio in Winnipeg fir adding MAGIC CARPET RIDE and HOPES EXODUS to regular rotation!!! check them out @ www.streetzfm.com and follow them on Twitter @streetzfm

I’ll be back nex week wit some more HOT music for your listening pleasure.. and u kno.. Holla @ Ur Boy!!

Militant

Wusup..

So I found an extra $25 dollars today.. I LOVE THAT SHIT! I wish I found money every day cuz I ain’t got shit.. Now I ain’t poor, my family is very comfortable.. But me, Im broke all the time.. Consumerisms a beautiful thing..

But since Im not in a really tight spot money wise right now and it’s a Friday (Jumaa – the Muslim holy day) I decided I’d give it to charity.. Word.. Tryin to git sum redemption son lol…
For some reason I started to think about my chain which is a silver “Allah” pendant.. I thought to myself, I’m waitin on the day I find $10000 extra in my pocket so I can buy a real nice chain and piece wit diamonds maybe..Lol yea I like shiny shit..

But really tho.. I think God would send my vain ass straight to hell for that shit.. I’d get more points by spendin $500 on a nice modest piece and give the rest to a needy family for some basic shit like flour and rice and shit.. Who the fuck has the audacity to be like Ima show the most high how good I am by wastin a TON of money on useless ass shiny rocks..

Apparently ME and Mufuckas like me do!! And rappers, and aspiring rappers and ppl who like money.. Like kanye and shit.. Wit their iced out Jesus pieces..

Smh.. I felt dumb.. THAT CHAIN AINT GONNA SPEAK FOR U WHEN U IN FRONT OF GOD… Not unless u melt it down and use the money u get to help someone out..

Rockin a Jesus piece does not make u righteous or spiritual.. Shit I saw a
Pornstar wit one the other day.. WHILE IN THE PORNO! Fail fail fail… I’m not sayin a pornstar can’t be spiritual or believe in God, etc.. I’m jus sayin..

If u have lots of diamonds in ur Jesus/Allah/Religious piece.. I hope God bitch slaps u in the face and drop kicks u off a cloud.. It makes NO SENSE to wear a $100,000 cross while ppl in ur own communities starve and live substandard.. Ur disgracing the message of the system u supposedly rep..

What would Jesus do if he saw u be all like “Jesus Jesus look wut I got” and u pulled out a $100,000 diamond encrusted heavy link chain with a platinum and diamond cross pedant – hed throw u out the synagogue (remember ppl – Jesus was a Jew)…

So can we please stop rockin the iced out Jesus pieces? And I don’t wanna see no iced out Allah pieces either.. And no diamond stars of David.. Or ohms,(Hindu) or kandas (Sikh) or anything..

I don’t know, it jus made me think and I ain’t blogged in a while so.. Plus I’m bored at my day job.. This got a lil longer than planned…

Sorry.. I’ll shut up now…

Don’t buy diamonds… Help someone poor instead..

Much Love

Militant