To gather my thoughts and decide if to post them or not, I take a gander through the glass wall of my room. On the right, just on the other side of the river, there is that mass of concrete and glass. Still lying on my bed, I can watch at what they call the “Shimao Dasha” or the “Mordor Tower” as my dude Ralf named it. The building is supposed to be the 22nd highest in the world, however they cheated! Yep, with two antennas which I will estimate at at least 50 meter height each. But hell y’all, they cheated, so what?! We are in the city of the vice aka “la pute de l’Orient”. Everybody is cheating, those who are not are being cheated. Enjoy!
Last month Urban Legends presented Talib Kweli with an exclusive show in Cologne, we told you beforehand it should be a nice one, actually it was! Check the vimeo link to judge by yourself. Since we were a kind of working during the show, I didn’t really realize how it was going on; but I did notice when Talib paid tribute to my dude Cut Killer and some of the most acclaimed producers our culture (R.I.P J Dilla!) For those of you who enjoyed the black star collabo, Mos Def is certainly not that far away when we talk about Talib Kweli, yes you are right! So, after Talib Kweli, Urban Legends is featuring Mos Def, 23rd of April in Cologne, Essigfabrik. But before that, you are blessed (at least with some good beats) if your hood is on the German northside, then you have the opportunity to experience one of the greatest MCs performing some classic joints: Method Man, on the 22nd of March in Hamburg. If Mr. Tical is not enough, if you are really down with the Wu Tang Clan, then you have to be in Cologne City for Inspectah Deck, 17th of April.
I heard people saying that we are too oldschool, that our artists are too conscious, too deep, too real. Maaayne! Support or front, but please don’t talk to talk. But to be honest, at the end we don’t really care if we are not “unconscious” (!) or lil-this or young-that enough, cuz’ this shit we up to is bigger than hip-hop!
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P.S.: By tomorrow we will receive the samples for some new stuff, so watch out for some real (haha!) clothing coming next.
