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Sports Arena / Liverpool 4 Arsenal 4

« on: April 21, 2009, 11:02:03 PM »

Well.. that's the league for us...

But a wonderful game of football. Big ups to the gunners for always digging deep. Screw Arshavin tho. Game fueled my already strong dislike for him to unimaginable heights.

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Geek Section / Gmail

« on: April 18, 2009, 10:30:51 AM »

When i signed up to Gmail back in 2004, they told me this

A month ago they started telling me this

Dunno what happened to "You'll never need to delete another message."

But its all good. Still my favorite webmail provider.

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Hip Hop Events / Mos Def JHB Concert

« on: April 10, 2009, 11:04:40 AM »

Hey

who attended? How was it?

A few flicks from the show, but i was a bit far from the stage so their a bit dodgy

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General Discussion / Rapper Common Sense

« on: April 08, 2009, 07:59:49 AM »

Sorry i had to start this thread in response to what Superb said in the "Mos Def Challenge" Thread about common being wack post Electric Circus.

I myself, haven't been able to get into a Common album since but my reasons are not because he is now wack.. I think Common is still rapping like he's always been rapping.

I just feel that Commons first five albums up until "Be" were well constructed. Similar in terms of how the production laid the foundation or mood for the entire albums. The albums felt like albums. You could describe how the beats sounded on "one day it will all make sense", "like water for chocolate", "Electric circus" etc.. The albums were well produced with each one offering a different slice of music than the others. And the way Common carried these albums felt, like he was the one who shaped them, by pairing himself with the right producers, musicians and vocalists.

Now to me "Be" and "Finding Forever" sound like common rhyming to bunch of beats that Kanye cooked. Felt more like follow (Common) the leader (Kanye West). These albums lacked any sonic identity. It was just random beats put together. Didnt even feel like Common was too involved in the direction of these projects... Which was much different to Common's first five albums in the sense that you could sonically describe the type of sound and feel of each project.

The Kanye era lost that. The albums don't sound like albums. There's no underlying theme, concept or mood to these albums. They sound more like a collection of songs. I listen to them like mixtapes... skip, skip, play, skip, skip, skip, play etc.

Please, no Cash like responses about how were mad that Common is making money now, when in actual fact "like water for chocolate (Pre Kanye)" is his 2nd highest selling project ahead of finding forever and 50k shy of "Be".

So sales wise Kanye didnt do much for him. Just popularized him a bit more, which was needed to jump start his movie ambitions.

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Geek Section / PDF To Word Converter

« on: April 03, 2009, 01:46:05 PM »

Can anyone recommend a good pdf to ms word converter??

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Geek Section / Embedded Media

« on: March 25, 2009, 03:22:48 PM »

Hey

I'm trying to rip this video from this site http://www.coaching-uk.org.uk/tv/FlowPlayer.swf?config=%7Bembedded%3Atrue,baseURL%3A%27http%3A//www.coaching-uk.org.uk/tv%27,useNativeFullScreen%3Atrue,initialScale%3A%27fit%27,autoBuffering%3Atrue,autoPlay%3Atrue,playList%3A%5B%7Burl%3A%27http%3A//admin.pr121.com/videos/Coaching_UK_Vid_84th.flv%27%7D%5D,showPlayListButtons%3Atrue%7D%22%20width=%22320%22%20height=%22262%22%20scale=%22noscale%22%20bgcolor=%22111111%22%20type=%22application/x-shockwave-flash%22%20allowFullScreen=%22true%22%20allowScriptAccess=%22always%22%20allowNetworking=%22all%22%20pluginspage=%22http%3A//www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer%22%3E ? anybody know how?

I've tried the following add-ons, unplug, video downloader, download embedded and fast video download. They all didn't work

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Geek Section / Local Area Connection - A Network cable is unplugged

« on: March 25, 2009, 10:10:11 AM »

Hey

Need some help with my internet connection. I keep getting network cable unplugged messages on my local area connection. Ive tried UN-installing my adapters drivers and re-installing it, with no luck. I've also tried a few other LAN cables. I'm at a loss. Any help?

IPCONFIG Of my system....

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Nyambo>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : nextdoor-65dc05
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-F2-62-01-1C

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NETGEAR WG111T 108Mbps Wireless USB2.0 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1B-2F-BB-D5-90
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.33
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.2
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.2
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 196.43.45.190
196.43.46.190
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, March 24, 2009 7:22:04 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, March 27, 2009 7:22:04 PM

C:\Documents and Settings\Nyambo>

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Hot Traxxx / Diamond D for the OG's

« on: March 20, 2009, 01:44:44 PM »

Video to Diamond D's Bad/Good, one of my favorite emcees of all time....The beat is nutz.

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Producers - Discussion / Turnkey

« on: March 19, 2009, 10:24:07 PM »

Got this email from Turnkey Today.

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Dear TURNKEY CLIENT & ENTHUSIAST,

As we head towards our financial year end at the end of this month please FLAG THIS EVENT in your schedule

MONSTER SALE!

MEGA WAREHOUSE SALE-DIRECT TO THE PUBLIC

We are inviting you to attend a MEGA WAREHOUSE SALE at both our JHB and KZN facilities.

DATES: Weds 25,Thurs 26,Fri 27,Sat 28 of MARCH 2009

TIME: DOORS OPEN at 10 am

JHB:

COMMERCIAL CITY [where both TURNKEY and TUERK MUSIC ] are located

TEL 011 7928272

KZN:

The CRESCENT SHOPPING CENTRE-Umhlanga Ridge

TEL 0315666980

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

Prices THIS LOW are only offered to you ONCE A YEAR!

BEST POSSIBLE PRICES ON ALL GEAR ACROSS THE RANGE FROM STUDIO GEAR-PA EQUIPMENT-the LOT!

For OUT OF TOWNERS-

We will make the SALE PRICE LIST available at the beginning of the SALE by email

REQUEST IT HERE if you want it

Stock is limited and on a first come first serve basis.

PLEASE MAKE OUR JOB EASIER BY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SPECIAL PRICES –REDUCING OUR STOCK-SO WE CAN COUNT LESS!!

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I hope its a proper sale. I Will be there on Wednesday at 9:50am sharp. If any of you producers have spare change, i suggest you make your way to.

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Producers - Discussion / Simple beats

« on: March 19, 2009, 09:18:54 AM »

This is a tribute to those "simple" sounding hip hop beats.

In no particular order

1. Jay-Z - Hard Knock Life {Prod by the 45king}
2. Keith Murray - Candi Bar {Prod by Khalil}
3. Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz - (DeJa Vu) Uptown Baby {Prod by KNS}
4. Eve - Satisfaction {DR DRE BANGER}
5. De La SOul - Ooh {Prod by Prince Paul}

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Producers - Discussion / Record Collections

« on: March 11, 2009, 07:38:21 PM »

Immensely embarra**ed of mine after seeing this

Anyone got three million to spare? I'll pay you back.. Promise.

Think Pete Rock has about 90 thousand.

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General Discussion / Afu-ra Interview in Vienna 2008

« on: January 18, 2009, 08:10:06 AM »

Afu-ra Interview in Vienna 2008 Courtesy of warda.at

This has got to be the worst interviewer of all time....Shocking

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ov0LahFI2o&eurl=http://djpremierblog.blogspot.com/

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