Empire's 50 Worst Movies Ever (As Voted By Readers)

Sure Spider Man 3 isn't my favourite out the series but one of the worst movies ever? Come on!

'The Cold Play: An American Tragedy' Now Available For Download!

As promised a few days back 'The Cold Play: An American Tragedy' is now available for download. Better late then never, right gang?. Enjoy and please feel free to spread the link and share with your friends. Happy new year from Mista Montana and Menace

Download The Cold Play: An American Tragedy

'The Cold Play: An American Tragedy' Cover Art-Work

As promised the album will be available for free download later today. Until then here is a look at the artwork which was created courtesy of my brother. Click the image to enlarge

'The Cold Play: An American Tragedy' track listing

Here is the tracklisting for 'The Cold Play: An American Tragedy' which as you know drops tomorrow for free download.

Track 1 - Friendly Fire (Opening scene)

The Winter Soldier is introduced to the world.
This track deals with the contradictions he lives with every day.
"Peace symbol - Born to Kill"

Track 2 - Violent Hill

The Winter Soldier speaks on the soldiers that never
make it home and the families they leave behind.
His best friend writes back to him.

Track 3 - Let Me Tell You

The Winter Soldier talks about joining the marine core
and even though he's struggling thinking about his wife
takes him to a place where there's no war or crime.

Track 4 - The Core

The Winter Soldier speaks to his inner core. Mentioning
his job back home and the hope that still remains.

Track 5 - A Few Good Men

The Winter Soldier writes a letter to his wife and friends,
and speaks on his talents.

Track 6 - As Good As Mine

The Winter Soldier starts to lose his mind and
his conscience starts talking to him.
He didn't have a wife or kids until he joined the core.
He met his wife in Brazil with his marine buddies.

Track 7 - Internal Mission (Intermission)

The Winter Soldier dreams about the war and starts doing drugs
every day in order to escape the nightmare.

Track 8 - The Letter

The Winter Soldiers friend back home writes him a letter
about doing better and quitting drugs and
his addiction to strip clubs.

Track 9 - Rest In Peace

The Winter Soldier and his best friend expose there
thoughts about his wish to be successful and the death of his daughter.

Track 10 - Write Back Soon DOWNLOAD NOW!

The Winter Soldiers best friend writes him a letter
about appreciating his wife and talents.

Track 11 - Statues Crumble

The Winter Soldier feel lost trapped but he calles
his friend in order to alleviate the stress. His friend
sings the chorus over the phone. This was when
Saddam's statue crumbled so the Sugar Ray song
came to mind.

Track 12 - Missing In Action

Track 13 - The War Within (closing credits)

A war vet's speech.

Conspiracy Worldwide Radio Presents...Thasoloist AKA The Madd Thinkah - 'The Cold Play: An American Tragedy'

Introducing The Madd Thinkah...

Angel (born April 7, 1980), better known by his stage name The Madd Thinkah a.k.a ThaSoloist, is an American rapper and record producer.

Hailing from Jersey City, New Jersey, The Madd Thinkah's father died of a heroin overdose four days after Madd's fourteenth birthday. He attended Union Hill High school in Union City NJ and Hudson County Community College but only completed his first semester.

According to his mother, Carmen, He would wake her up at night when he was recording his vocals since he didn't have soundproofing. He would use a tape recorder with a built in popup microphone until he had enough money to purchase Pro Tools. The first piece of equipment he got his hands on was a purple EMU-MP7 which the RZA used on some of his earlier work. He now uses an MPC1000 and Korg Nanokey to produce most of his music. Madd was known as Angel D.U.S.T. (Deep, Unique, Sincere, Thoughts) in the earlier stages of his career.

The Madd Thinkah recently teamed up with Conspiracy Worldwide to complete his debut concept album as ThaSoloist entitled The Cold Play: An American Tragedy, a concept album (using Coldplay samples and instrumentals)based on an American soldier fighting in Iraq who goes through severe depression and drug addiction. This is the story of a young man who wanted to become a rapper but ended up joining the marine core with the promise of making enough money to attend the Institute of Audio Recording, located in New York City.

The Cold Play: An American Tragedy is set to drop as a free download January 1st exclusively here and at http://www.conspiracyblog.net


Download the track below for a taste of what to expect from the album. Tracklisting coming tomorrow!

Download 'WRITE BACK' here

A Contender For Best Video Of 2009: U.N.I. "Land Of The Kings"

U-N-I - "Land Of The Kings" from GreenLabelSound on Vimeo.

Dopeness!

2009 Was a Very Strange Year for Hip Hop by Ducky Dizzle

Another year...just about gone. Another year of Music....Anti-Climactic. 2009 was a strange year for hip hop. There was more concentration on BEEF (whether it was Manufactured or not) and DRAMA than there was on actual separation from the competition.

More and More everybody is starting to sound the same. I still can't tell the difference between Drake and Lil' Wayne (not that I care)....and most "producers" still have their needles stuck on the same recycled formats of putting a not-so-good singer up there with a TUBE in his/her mouth (auto-tune) and calling it a day instead of actually being innovative.

Don't even get me STARTED on the Veteran Rappers resorting to such CRUTCHES as some sort of last ditch effort to get Spins. So...here is my breakdown (all my OWN opinion, so relax).

Highlights and Lowlights of 2009:

- Rakim-I was Less Than Impressed with The GOD (Rakim) and his 2009 release. I am one of the few with balls enough to say that I think Ra peaked waaaay back and there is no where to go but down-hill....how else do you improve on perfection? Consistency...and I didn't really feel that.

I'm Still a HUGE fan...Just where do you go from the Top?

-Clipse "Til the Casket Drops" was aiiight. I liked the "Popeye's Chicken" joint (Cam finally turned up) but the other beats just felt amateur. The Clipse are like that kid who sits in the back of the class...you know he's SMART but he never really says anything. I love em, tho.

-Charles Hamilton- the world was his Hip Hop Oyster...young, lane-carving...then he kept opening his mouth but no RAP was coming out. I think he learned some valuable lessons....especially, Don't Mess with "the D"...(regroup...its aight)

-DOOM- "Born Like This"....Long Awaited...Had Some BANGERS..."Gazillion Ear" is so full of Quotables, its mind-boggling. Also, I Know Dilla is Nodding his head. Overall, Good...not GREAT, but its a must have for Doom-heads.

- Raekwon "OB4CL2" - although I was reluctant, I feel like Rae put out one of the most SOLID hip hop albums of 2009. That's all I can say. Finally SOMETHING Lived up to the Hype.

-Jay-Z and 50 Cent continue their ridiculous battle to be the Old Dude in the Club....and I'm not even gonna Comment on the Jigga/Beans beef.....shut up and RAP. That "New York" joint was HOT though, I wont front. (Go Yanks!....Knicks? ehhh)

- Tame and Del put out some Left-Field Dope, giving the fiends of both a taste of some raw. Having said that...I think they shoulda had SHOCK G on the Beats and it woulda been Next Level...but anyway...thats my opinion.

-Ghostface- "The Wizard of Poetry"...I wanted to hate it. Auto-tune...Tony? But I couldn't. It was NOT My favorite Ghost album by a Long-Shot...but Ghostface is a master story-teller and made this sappy sucka-for-love concept GANGSTA....I respect that.

There were also a host of Indie and Underground artists that put out work and didn't really make any noise...so in summary....2009 was mediocre at best with a few stand-outs, so hopefully 2010 will make artists STEP IT UP or STEP ASIDE.

*To all those I forgot...I forgot. Not My Fault.

Yours Truly and On some REAL Shizzy,

Ducky D.

RAKIM Live On The Friday Night Live Show Tonight

A few weeks back we premiered his brand new album, 'The Seventh Seal'. Tonight we talk to the man and the legend himself from 10pm GMT (5pm EST) only on
Conspiracy Worldwide Radio. Do not miss this!

Better Late Than Never: INVIZZBL MEN "The Unveiling"

So, First of All....I'm upset that I just recently stumbled upon this album from Karniege and MarQ Spekt, released in 2008. If you are a "purist," or atleast call yourself one...then go cop this album. It features some hardcore, lyricists lyrics and some trippy beats that should satisfy anyone who leans a little to the left-field.

This joint is a little hard to describe, though, in terms of which sub-genre it belongs in within the underground. It's a little reminiscent of Horror-core, ie: Gravediggaz, when it comes to the lyrical content- just hard, punch-the-sh*t-outta you rhymes, but oddly enough...some of the beats are so "tingly" and light that they create a nice dichotomy between the Dungeon and the Stars.

Karniege and MarQ have a dope azz chemistry together on the tag-team tip, and rumor has it that they didn't record this album together since they live in two different states. I don't know how true it is...but it doesn't matter....they "click".

This album is 13 songs deep, and subject matter ranges from ghosts, brawls, girls and pullin' files on phoney mc's. There are some I like better than others, but over all, this is a solid, obscure piece.

Stand Out tracks:

#4- "HipHoppsa"- The piano on this beat is so unexpected against the play on words rap and dope flows....incredible. Then the beat FLIPS a little....what a treat!!

#8 - "Darkroom (Red Warfare Sessions)"- Beat is Grungy and the lyrics are Dope....Karniege is a savage...underrated....please, believe that.

#11- "Stories of a Ghost"- Reminds me of my OTHER favorite obscure, underground hip hop team, Cunninlynguists....Beat is SICK and lyrics are niceness. "Get Smacked off Your Map, backhand Like Arthur Ashe, We Bring the Gift, Yall Just RAP" - ILL!!

#13- "Ten Years Later" ft. Access Immortal- This one is my Personal Fave. The beat reminds me of a Sonic The Hedgehog (My FAVE video game) Background song....and the lyrics are amazing...all three MC's bounce lovely on this track.

Bottom Line: It's Not Too Late to Add this Stellar Piece of Hip Hop to your collection....especially since....Well, Nevermind.

COP!! Dizzler.

A Teenage Love: The Cassette Tape

Technology is a double-edge sword in the hip hop world... the induction of CD's have saved many DJ's from the aching backs and arms associated with lugging 10 crates of wax to spin at a jam, and even more advanced still, party rockers only need to come equipped with a lap top loaded with MP3's (and Serato for effect) in order to get the party jumping.

As a crate digger, I still love the crispy, slightly distorted sound of vinyl and watching a DJ go through the roof when some over-zealous dancer accidentally bumps the turntable and the needle screeches across his or her prized possession, covered labels and all.

But fast-forward to a little plastic, rectangle slice of hip hop heaven filled with magnetic tape and two little reels that hold history for one to behold for as long as there is a twin deck in working condition: The Cassette Tape.

Sure, it's damn near obsolete and a REAL PAIN in the AZZ (more on that later)...but for many die-hard tape lovers like myself, the love affair with the cassette tape is one that will outlast the MP3 and anything else that comes after.

If you were a hip hop junkie in the 80's...you will be very familiar with going to the store, purchasing a pack of 120-minute Maxell's, in anticipation for the Kool DJ Red Alert Show, Mr. Magic's Rap Attack, The Chuck Chillout Show...or even later still, Stretch and Bobbito.

You press record and then sit there with your finger on the pause button between every commercial, so that your radio tape is SEAMLESS...and this went on week after week until you had an Adidas shoe box filled to the rim with gems, exclusives, world-premieres, in-studio freestyles, drops...and you could NAME YOUR PRICE to your country cousins who were out of the loop- there were very few videos back then, and for the LONGEST time, nobody even knew what RAKIM looked like, but we had that tape when Red Alert dropped "The Ghetto" for the very first time....wow.

The Cassette Tape also had an ugly side...when it popped. Splicing a popped tape is a lost, tactical science. How many times have you sat at your kitchen table with a butter knife, unscrewing the cassette case, pulling out the reels, taping them back together, putting them back in JUST Right, screwing it back together and thus, keeping your addiction intact?? **(hand raised)**

How many of you remember stuffing paper into the holes on a pre-recorded tape that you bought and quickly found out was garbage- so that you could tape over it? **(Again, hand raised)**

Remember the Ron G and Doo Wop mixtapes? They went hand-to-hand faster than crack sales, every body in the 'hood begging for a "dub" of custom blends, local emcees catching wreck over instrumentals...it was a love jones, and if it was wrong, you didn't want to be right!!

Today, I love the convenience of the MP3, and having all of my music literally at my fingertips...but the labor of love associated with the cassette tape is something one does not easily let go of...and for those of you who still have that TAPE BOX stashed in your crib somewhere...here's a universal "pound"....the secret hand-shake...we rule!!

Keep it Reel-to-Reel, for real

Ducky D.

Rap Chicks: Jean Grae

Female MCs are a dying breed, and Female MCs with Lyrical Skills are even more rare. The hip hop industry is male dominated, no surprise there....and if you are a girl, you are expected to look good, show some skin, rap sexy and fall back.....I mean, the game does not need another Foxy Brown, and for the record....Lil Kim would S**T on Foxy Brown in a battle, yep...I said it, but enough of that already....

Then you have Underground Rap Chicks....you hear that? Crickets....There aren't but a few, and in the basement-things are a little darker, a little dingier....we tend to have a lot less tolerance for the blow-up doll types and expect a lot more from chicks who spit. It's not "girly" enough down here for most. You are expected to have skills, do your homework and be able to dissect a song from it's producer and original sample on demand....its HARD out here for an underground rap chick!

Jean Grae is probably my favorite female emcee because she's nice wit' it, lyrically; she's worked with some of the greatest minds in underground hip hop, such as Doom, Immortal Technique, Vast Aire, Slug, Talib Kweli, C-Rayz Walz, Vordul Mega, 9th Wonder, Masta Ace...the list goes on and on...., and most importantly, she hasn't felt the need to get half naked to get spins. I think she's comfortable down here....we accept her in the basement AS IS....but we hold her to a higher standard...and that is...Purism of the Art Form: "They" Got Nikki Minaj, we got Jean Grae!! Braggin' Rights Intact.

Jean Grae is probably your favorite MC's favorite Rap Chick; Your Man probably has a crush on her...(hell, your girl might, too!)....she's ILL....and instead of embracing our homegirl, we almost pushed her out the game in 2008, where she posted on her Myspace page that she was quitting the game due to the lack of "love" the game has shown her. I can't say I blame her...hip hop has turned a cold shoulder on creativity. Hip Hop wants instant gratification. It has no time for paying dues anymore.

But as long as you wanna do it, Jean...we got you...You will always have a home down here....and although it might not make DOLLARS...It Will Make SENSE.

Rock On.....Duck Dizz

***This Just In!!!

My TOP FIVE Rap Chicks....and Why (thank you, X....it wasn't as Easy as I thought it would be):

5. Lady of Rage- She is Grimey...Rough and Stuff (hey) and very lyrical...can hang with the big boys, for sure.

4. Jean Grae- I just like her overall package...underground, lyrical, fresh....dope

3. Lauryn Hill- Lauryn was the 2nd "triple threat" (more on that in a sec...) but had the swag....Hope she gets it in order again....

2. Queen Latifah- the ORIGINAL "triple threat" (rap, sing, act)...Positive yet HARDCORE...always a message....gotta love that...Ladies FIRST

1. MC Lyte- The Rap chick that Made ME wanna Rap....Tomboy cute but Rough with the flow...."Paper Thin" is still one of the most prolific female rapper joints ever....ever!!

*Honorable mentions-

Lil' Kim- for what it's worth...(that subgenre)...Kim is the absolute Queen Bee of the Dirty Minded Rap Chicks...she pretty much started it, and its showing no signs of slowing down

Charli Baltimore- "Stand Up" with Ghostface has solidified you a spot on the list, for that alone...

Cuban Linx 2 REVIEW: The Ducky Theory

First of All...Let Me Say.....They Need to Make CD's Easier to Open!!

It has been 14 long years....I've spent many an afternoon getting BASHED on Social Networking Websites by youngsters who think just because I'm not a Radio Head, That I'm OLD and BITTER....No....I'm a Purist: Beats and Rhymes is LIFE....and "Cuban Linx 2" delivers the MAGIC....Braggin Rights INTACT....The Over-30 crew still reigns SUPREME MATH...

Overall, Rae shoots about 80% from the field...there are a couple of missteps, in terms of beats not really meshing and a few guests that don't quite work but this album is SOLID....I was afraid...I play favorites...and although Purple Tape can never, ever be touched....this is HIP HOP...Best $14 I've spent on music in AGES!!

Let Me Break it DOWN:

HEAVEN:

"Return of the North Star"....Opens it up with some good ol' Soul and Wisdom...Let's GO!!

"House of Flying Daggers" goes HARD....Dilla!! Everyone on this track goes Bananas, especially Deck and Ghostface....woooo!

"Pyrex Visions"...EXCELLENT....Rae on some soft and dirty lyrical murderation over a SEXY beat by MARLY MARL...my only complaint...TOO SHORT....I rewound this 4 times!!

"Black Mozart"....RZA oh DAMN...this beat is SICKENING.....DECK Murked this joint....EXCELLENT

"Gihad"...Wasn't sure how Rae would sound on a NECRO beat...but I likes....Ghost, you NASTY...but I LOVE IT...(he stole this one too- sound familiar??)

"The New WU"....Vintage RZA on the beat....Lyrically FLAWLESS... Five Stars

"Baggin' Crack" ...Erick Sermon!! Welcome Back.....Niceness, Rae went IN on this

"Broken Safety"...The Scram Jones beat is NICE...Rae went in....Jada and Styles didn't really work for me on this

"Ason Jones"...First of All, R.I.P, ODB.....The "Believe in God" track from "Jay Love Japan" (Dilla) is AWESOME.....This is How I Like to Hear Rae Bounce....EXCELLENT

"Have Mercy"...Beenie and Rae sound GREAT Together....Beat is Good,Too

"10 Bricks"....This Gave me that "Winter Warz" feeling....LOVELY....Ghost, Rae and Cappadonna went WILD on this

"Fat Lady Sings"...Nice...Vintage Rae....Like this but HATE the Hook!!

"About (N*gga) Me"...Stupid Song title, but Busta Buss and Rae sound GOOD together on this DRE beat....my head is still NODDING

"Mean Streets"....Excellence...Ah yes...I see PURPLE...ALLAH MATH killed this beat!! WOW

HELL:

"Sonny's Missing"- wasn't my favorite....but it still knocks

"Cold Outside"...GOOD song....GHOST Stole this track....hated the HOOK, though...lol...ay

"Peneteniary"...Not really Feeling This one....

"Surgical Gloves"...The Alchemist beat is FIRE...but this beat is too Pretty for the drug talk on this Track....

"Canal Street"....Not Feeling this One Either....Sounds Like Rae is reading his rhymes right off the paper....no BOUNCE...no charisma....

"Catalina"...Nah...this reminds me of that horrible "La Rhumba" by RZA...doesnt work

"We Will Rob You".....This one just doesn't work...I was expecting alot more from a Rae, GZA, Slick Rick collabo....

"Kiss the Ring"....I would have ended it with "Mean Streets"...this just doesnt sound like WU....

Welcome Back, Rae!! Point for the OLD HEADS

Deuces...Duck Dizz