Adisa McKenzie

As we come to the end of a great festival season, I have been blessed to have a long term goal fulfilled.  Below is a music Video for the song “Planet Crush” by the Black Rock City AllStars.  About half way through you will see yours truly along with my TripKnight family.
Please send this to people if you will. Lots of talent, love and energy went into the process.

This month the Cool Sample comes from Trick Daddy. The song is called “Lets Go”. It uses an Ozzy Osbourne song called “Crazy Train”. What I like about it is the Ozzy yell mixed with the beat. It doesn’t just sample a riff but it puts a little Ozzy in it as well. Plus this track is vintage Trick Daddy and vintage Lil John.

Lets Go – Trick Daddy Ft. Lil John & Twista

This month I want to start my Cool Samples list, one or two per month. I will try to post the song on this page but since sources change over time, I will try to provide multiple sources. This month is Lil Wayne’s “I Feel Like Dying”, containing a sample from Karma’s “Once”. I especially like it when the producers chops the lyrics to adjust or change the meaning. That is why, while I enjoy some of their music, it is unlikely I will list an old Kanye or Puff Daddy track on this list. The future stuff, we will see, but the old stuff is too straight forward or just simply sped up. This song was leaked, but in 08 Wayne got sued for it.

here is Karma’s myspace

Just got back from another Reno trip. I hit the slopes under the hot April sun and went to the studio at night. On the plane back, I really gained some clarity about where underground / avant-garde music is going as a career choice–earning money from critical mass without appealing to the masses by watering down the art. I believe in the advertisement model. However, the ad industry is saying that revenue is down. This further legitimizes my thoughts on community integration. As we build infrastructure and grow our community, we are supported organically by the community. The work becomes less about promoting yourself and more about participating and giving to a larger collective.