Music Dec 18, 2008 at 4:00 am

A New Morning of America

Blue Scholars, Obama, Mad Rad, and the State of Seattle Hiphop

Charles Mudede
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Mad Rad fucking suck and don't even deserve to be mentioned within the same space as Blue Scholars. Get over it Charles! Does the Stranger give you a quota of Bands to write about who drink at the Cha Cha?
on December 17, 2008 at 3:42 PM Report this
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herpes sure is fun
on December 17, 2008 at 4:44 PM Report this
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lol at that mad guy above
MAD RAD IN THE BUILDING!!!
on December 17, 2008 at 8:42 PM Report this
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MadRad have nothing to do with Seattle hip-hop, except that they've become it's newest running joke!!! I think Buffalo Madonna is going to notch up even more bitch slappings in 09 than he did in 08. Better stick to the Cornish kids and snowbunnies.
on December 17, 2008 at 9:28 PM Report this
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Don't be too serious. Blue Scholars are not that great either...There is no upper or lower echelon of hip hop in Seattle.... just a flat plane of lame. There, I said it.. biotch.
on December 18, 2008 at 12:19 AM Report this
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You left out some serious key players in the hip hop scene, huge miss.
on December 18, 2008 at 7:10 AM Report this
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what a pile of shit, i want my time back.
on December 18, 2008 at 2:13 PM Report this
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shut the fuck up all of you, all of you are on my nuts and i hustle hard with the scholars and Mad Rad cuz I'm the biz and yall lames are my tranny granny's jizz
on December 18, 2008 at 8:28 PM Report this
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I don't know what you've been told, but I've been rappin' since I'm five years old, blah blah blah... Y'all need to quit pounding on your chests and elevate your art form before REAL music fans lose interest more than they already have and quit buying your thrown together CD's and stop going to your expensive live shows altogether. There... I said it.
on December 18, 2008 at 9:14 PM Report this
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yizzo on the fliziiile
i bang your chicnk/she sang my dic til she hic/cup double d/wus fucking with me/og since tribal dropped pharmacy/i roll deep like a skating rink/i have a snitch or fake mc/i fuck broads outside and use their pom pom juice/to paint walls like Specs or lace the booth with the truth like merm and mal/tell your girl i got the sperm to make her call/fuck yall that don't know the dollar/i am the body guard for mAD rad and Blue Scholars
on December 18, 2008 at 10:35 PM Report this
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Yo dropping the knowledge/since I went to college/where I learned the knowledge/so I could drop the knowledge/so you could also learn the knowledge/and go to college/and get more knowledge/so you could then drop that knowledge/and I could learn that knowledge/and then we could both drop that knowledge simultaneously/and it would be just like college again/snow covers the foilage/911 is a joke

blue scholars are mad boring, yo.
on December 19, 2008 at 12:24 AM Report this
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f-f-f-ffresh want's my sac on his chest/best better know/i whoop on that ass like yo/you out here Fao scwarztin cause you a toy/i'm cavorting with sportin' life cause i'm a d-boy/holding court in life with my desert eag/you better believe/i sneeze you bleed/oh vey/i'm a sea dwella all day/from westlake to the raineir to aurura ok/you a babe in toyland/i'm 4 4 real though/bumping that Jace and Blak while these stranger cats fuck dildoes/yall weird yo
on December 19, 2008 at 8:32 AM Report this
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Mad Rad really is a steaming pile of hipster bullshit. In that sense, yes, they've captured our era perfectly.
on December 19, 2008 at 12:11 PM Report this
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A steaming pile of hipster bullshit/
Me? Senile, up in your pullpit/
Preachin the Gospel, tiltin' the 40s/
2nd wave rapper, well in my 40s/
Fellas before me was 1st wave suckas/
Bruthas that's next is suck wave ruckus/
Knuckles crackin' the cold, hurts to grind/
Hustle crack in the snow - 3rd & Pine/
Mudede and Mad Rad all up in your Macintosh/
Next wave Cap Hill-bombs over Bagguette Box/
Wave caps, bags of bomb, dirty old Chucks/
69 assholes tied in a knot. Hooray! Lizard shit! Fuck!
on December 19, 2008 at 2:12 PM Report this
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Thirty years ago Rap was new
Now it's Old School, like Haiku.
How will the kids keep their composure
When hard times call for Old-school closures?
on December 19, 2008 at 2:35 PM Report this
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Yo yo yo.. I want a piece of this cause my breathe smells like licorice/ You think I'm ticklish but it's really just the jaeger/ it's 1993 - so hit me up on on my pager/ oh shit, no its not, but bend over, I've got a taser/ It's 15 years lasers, it ain't reinvented prose/ With knees highs at your ankles you know you best be crankin those/ Up to your thighs you be looking like stank ho ho ho's; whats wrong, dude? my wig is orange, you know I brushed my teef/ you know I eat the green shit, so what you got beef?/ yr hip hop is a joke, I do this shit fer free.
on December 19, 2008 at 2:42 PM Report this
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Thirty years ago, Rap was new
Now it's Old School, like haiku
How will the kids keep their composure
When hard times call for Old-School closures?
on December 19, 2008 at 3:07 PM Report this
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"You left out some serious key players in the hip hop scene, huge miss."


sir, i know all of the key players in this town--all of them. nothing in seattle is hidden from me. nothing. i now this scene like just ice knows how to go "way back."
on December 19, 2008 at 3:29 PM Report this
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Stoney Tony Balogna is killin' shit™. Who says rap in Seattle is dead?
on December 19, 2008 at 3:37 PM Report this
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you guys are haters. mad rad has every right to do whatever they want. whats not hip hop about them?
the anger is ridiculous. mad rad works harder than anyone ive ever seen in the music biz and there hustle is being recognized. good for them.
i guess you preps could keep being angry because someone is a little different but thats some weak shit.

thanks mudede for having some balls and being broad in your music appreciation.

on December 19, 2008 at 3:52 PM Report this
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Yo! I just made the beat y'all!!! This shit is fresh! Check this out!

84 bpms
4/4

Kik || x---x---
Snr || --x---x-
Hat || xxxxxxxx -repeat x72

And then just lay this sample over the skelton on the 1:

MmmmmmmaaaaAAAUtotuuuuuneeee Yeah Baby!


Sick slaps, right?

Fuck yes! We are cypherin' y'all!
on December 19, 2008 at 4:43 PM Report this
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Everybodys sayin that they know whats up, but the way they presentin' it's looking like front, like the snow storm comin' in off the coast, keep hatin' this way we'll all become ghosts, so take some advice from a young mc, don't make me count it out like 1, 2, 3, listen to McCartney and just "Let it Be," much love and respect from S, E, A to the T.
on December 19, 2008 at 5:53 PM Report this
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whaddya mean you dont know what squirrel titties smell like??
on December 20, 2008 at 5:23 AM Report this
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Sometimes a controlled burn is what is needed to reseed an area.

Sure the Stranger is for wank hipsters and might I add for better or worse really damn harsh at times. I don't know how to take such honesty.

All I know is this sure ain't Minneapolis when it comes to hip hop. It doesn't seem horrible, but strong its not. This from my amateur 6 month long life here in the area.
on December 20, 2008 at 9:43 AM Report this
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I love Blue Scholars and Mad Rad! I love listening to their music. :)
on December 20, 2008 at 7:53 PM Report this
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Please hire someone who likes hiphop/rap and takes it seriously. Thanks.
on December 22, 2008 at 12:50 AM Report this
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Yo mudede. your ignorance is on display, sucka duck. You don't know shite about mid nineties seattle hip hop. go work for kube, mark.
on December 22, 2008 at 7:27 PM Report this
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Good God. If I ever needed further confirmation that Hip-Hop is dead, this article would be a mortician.
on December 23, 2008 at 8:30 AM Report this
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Wow, there are some upset people writing here. I'm a huge Blue Scholars fan and glad to see an article that recognizes their awesome beats and community activism.
on December 23, 2008 at 9:32 AM Report this
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Mad Rad is dope.
I think that Seattle Hip-Hop is so diverse that you can't categorize it with anything.
on December 23, 2008 at 7:23 PM Report this
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Props to Charles for his interpretation of the scene. For better or worse, he does the nail on the head.

Still, why write off "mainstream" groups in the Seattle area as too "commercially oriented" to really talk about? Think Mad Rad and Blue Scholars aren't commercially oriented?

Where's the story here anyway? I'd rather hear more about the other groups. Talk about why they shun the Stranger and KEXP, what's up with the violence, what's the scene all about. The Stranger ain't covering it...
on December 24, 2008 at 1:22 AM Report this
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I don't know what's funnier, the article or the comments section.
on December 24, 2008 at 1:35 AM Report this
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if you wanna read about all those groups that The Stranger almost never writes about, just read my column in The Stranger(i think I represent the 'almost'). I'd love to tell you about this years' Gangsta Nutt/Twin G LP.
on December 24, 2008 at 5:44 PM Report this
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there's a difference between complaining and expressing your ideas and beliefs into a song - or even a conversation for that matter.
on December 28, 2008 at 12:57 AM Report this
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Ther's a difference between passively not giving a shit and intently not giving a shit.

Take your pick. Either way I don't give a shit.
on December 28, 2008 at 1:53 PM Report this
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SNG: Those who REALLY don't give a shit don't post comments on blogs.
on December 28, 2008 at 10:55 PM Report this
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sCollars aZul...siempre un soplo de aire freso yall heralds of the Glocal from the peoples dialectic, straight out the belly! keep keepin on the protract bros...adelante!
on January 13, 2009 at 10:07 PM Report this
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the scholars have brought some substance back to seattle, where ringtone rap rules the streets.

sad that some of you can't appreciate that.
on January 21, 2009 at 7:57 PM Report this
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BLUE SCHOOL AND BAD SAD RAD ARE FOR WHITE PEOPLE. REP YIRIM SECK OR DIE.
on March 5, 2009 at 12:23 PM Report this

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