DEEPLY ROOTED POEM:

BLACK IDENTITY

I stand tall on my beliefs and my knowing
No one can strip me of the things I’ve been learning
My background and my home land represent me
Red, black, and green are the colors breaded in me
I’m a black man not considered equal of all man kind
Only time I’m free is in my own state of mind
For 300 + years I was owned by another man
Making him and his family rich working on their land
Stripped of my past, so my identity is what I have to hold on to
So keep it pure so it lives from generations through
.................Misunderstood Soul, a collection of poems available @ http://www.drbooks.bigcartel.com

SNEAK PEEK:

Sneak Peek at the movie "Takers", in theaters August 20th, 2010. Starring: Michael Ealy, Chris Brown, T.I. Harris, Paul Walker, Idris Elba, and Hayden Christensen.

CLASSIC KICKS: Vans Authentic Hemp Pack

The Vans Authentic Hemp Pack is back with four more color ways to help out the others that released this past March. These things take casual to the next level by looking like something made specifically for lounging in.

The shoes are set to drop in grey/charcoal, blue/gum, black/gum and brown/black. The 5 eyelet design can be seen in the images above and that should be enough proof to let you know that these shoes are seriously casual. Look for them to drop soon to retailers such as FreshNGood.

VIDEO OF THE DAY: Gunz_F.A.M.E.

Official video off the Up There Mixtape by Gunz who graced our Artist Spotlight not long ago.

DEEPLY ROOTED IS A LIFESTYLE!

We are more than just clothing.........We are a Lifestyle!

TAKING U BACK:

Tacking U back to the Classic, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, debut album by Wu-Tang Member Raekwon , released in 1995. Fellow member Ghostface Killah is featured on most of the album with RZA handling the production in its entirety. This album is known as a pioneer of the Mafioso rap genre, with an emphasis on elaborate lyricism wherein Italian Mafia references, and organized crime abound.

Cuban Linx is commonly referred to as The Purple Tape because the original cassette's plastic was entirely purple. Raekwon marked the tape distinctively as a reference to drug dealers' method of tagging their product. The album is often commemorated for its introduction of a distinctive slang individual to Raekwon and Ghostface; heavy use of the Supreme Alphabet and Supreme Mathematics, blended with terms picked up on the inner-city streets of New York, as well as several songs based around detailed, loosely-connected stories.

Seeking to musically express Raekwon's blend of Five Percenter creed and inner-city experience, producer RZA worked intensively on a polished sound, slower and more layered than that of the Clan's previous efforts, using strings, piano loops and vocal samples from Kung Fu movies, and Mafia films. That hard work definitely paid off because now the album has become a staple in Hip-Hop!

Tracklisting

1"Striving for Perfection"
2"Knuckleheadz"
3"Knowledge God"
4"Criminology"
5"Incarcerated Scarfaces"
6"Rainy Dayz"
7"Guillotine (Swordz)"
8"Can It Be All So Simple (Remix)"
9"Shark Niggas (Biters)"
10"Ice Water"
11"Glaciers of Ice"
12"Verbal Intercourse"
13"Wisdom Body"
14"Spot Rusherz"
15"Ice Cream"
16"Wu-Gambinos"
17"Heaven & Hell"
18*"North Star (Jewels)"

Enjoy the six videos released off the Ablum (below)

DEEPLY ROOTED CAUGHT IN PUBLIC:

Monsta Beatz Caught wearing the Deeply Rooted The World is Yours T-shirt while performing One Way Ticket 2 Mars at House of Blues New Orleans 5/29/10......Thx 4 the Support!