Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Brand new on The Zro Hour







THE ZRO HOUR- New Podcast Up







Yes you read that right. THE ZRO HOUR returns after a long hiatus to bring you that food for your ears. We are winding down to our last few shows before we officially sign off. Due to outside projects, we will be stepping away from doing the podcasts. This may not be permanent and if the demand is there we will return. The site will continue to be updated and the shows will always be available for repeat listening. Its a crazy archive of some of the best in independent and classic hip hop delivered to you and hosted by yours truly and Alexie F. The 4th anniversary show is still dropping and the next slew of shows will not disappoint. Since we were on hiatus, Barack Obama became the President-Elect of The United States. So you know we had to share our thoughts about that. The music industry is gearing up for their final releases of the year and we present a round of heaters old and new. The show features new joints from ICE CUBE, Q-TIP, COMMON, C RAYZ WALZ & KOSHA DILLZ, B.o.B, VAST AIRE, JAY ELECTRONICA and GODHEAD THE GENERAL over an exclusive EDAYE and DJ AMBUSH track from his street LP "Introducing...The Mixtape!".




In honor of The Universal Zulu Nation's 35th anniversary, I bring you a classic BUSY BEE track, "SUICIDE". I also drop songs from MC THERAPY (The Smile Rays), THE GAME and a new freestyle from our fam KID NOVICE. Upcoming shows will showcase a NICE & SMOOTH tribute and the long awaited ROOTS OF HIP HOP: REGGAE. Stay tuned..

THE ZRO HOUR 11.18.08

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THAT ONE (IS GONNA BE MY PRESIDENT)-Mocean Worker
ONES THAT SMOKE BLUNTS WITCHA-Dangerzone
PEEP GAME-Therapy feat, Akrobatik & Willie Evans Jr.
YA HEARD-The Game feat. Ludacris
COOL-Snoop Dogg
WHY ME-Ice Cube feat. Musique Soulchild
I'LL BE IN THE SKY-B.o.B.
ESSENCE-Kid Novice
SUICIDE-Busy Bee
Q-TIP FOR PRESIDENT-Q-Tip & J.Period
MOVE-Q-tip
ANNOUNCEMENT-Common feat. Pharrel Williams
THUN & KICKO-Cormega feat. Prodigy
EXHIBIT A-Jay Electronica
THE DYNAMIC DUO-Vast Aire feat. Geechi Suede
FREESTYLE VS. WRITTEN-C Rayz Walz & Kosha Dillz
ITS CALLED SUCCESS-Godhead the General
1, 2 PASS IT-Mad Lion, Doug E Fresh, Fat Joe, KRS One, Smif-n-Wessun and Jeru The Damaja

Wednesday, November 05, 2008

YES WE DID!!!!!!


Well we as a country did it. I couldn't really sleep all night. I am still in shock. I was tearing up this morning as I told my baby boy about who his new president is. I wanted to be the first one to see his face this morning.
I am still answering text messages from last night. It appears that I had friends trying to call me last night from NYC and the phone lines were tied up.
I am still sad that my parents & grandparents were not alive to see this day. But am grateful that I did.
So my son Raymond got 2 sets of good news from election day. He is The school treasurer & Barack is the 44th President of our country





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Tomorrow was just a Dream

November 3, 2008
Well tomorrow is slightly bitter sweet for me. You see, I would have loved for my father to have seen this day come. Something that he fought hard for, for much of his life. His generations were fighters and survivors. They knew what entitlement was.

A Southern man from North Carolina, who was drafted while in college in a segregated army during the Korean War. Would he have ever thought that a black man would actually be officially running for president? When Barack Accepted the nomination I literally got choked up. At that time I wasn't sure who I was supporting yet at that time, but to hear his official acceptence was so surreal.

So now my father, my grandfathers & my great-grandfathers will see history being made, through the eyes of their legacy my 2 sons.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

New Online Art Gallery coming soon

This site will be set up so you can purchase unique art, wearable art, self published books and Home decor directly from your site.Tenatively opening May 26th 2008

http://www.myspace.com/atbartgallery

Saturday, April 05, 2008

Emcee Eternia on The Zro Hour

THE ZRO HOUR- In Studio w/ETERNIA






pictured above L to R: ALEXIE F., ETERNIA & EDAYE

THE ZRO HOUR returns with a great show featuring one of Toronto, Canada's finest emcees- ETERNIA. We profiled Eternia in a recent post, SECRET WEAPON, in early March. This weekend she is hosting the Trinity College Hip Hop Music Festival in Hartford, Connecticut. Eternia was very laid back and gave us some insight into her career and her passion for the music. Here is a preview of the interview-


The show is laced with new music from AKROBATIK, TALIB KWELI, CL SMOOTH feat. SKYZOO, THE SMILE RAYS, AAROPHAT, VAST AIRE & VORDUL MEGA (Cannibal OX) and KRS ONE. We take it back to hip hop's golden era with music by YZ and HEATHER B feat. M.O.P. Speaking of KRS One, during our interview Eternia speaks on a recent concert that she was scheduled to perform at in her hometown. She was opening for KRS and things did not quite go as planned. Check the show for more on this and Eternia's DOOR KNOCKERS blog post about the situation, "The Demystification of our Heroes". Enjoy the show..

THE ZRO HOUR- In Studio w/ETERNIA

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MY KINDA NI@@A- Heather B feat. M.O.P.
PUT YA STAMP ON IT- Akrobatik feat. Talib Kweli
THE TEACHA RETURNS- KRS One
PERFECT TIMING- CL Smooth feat. Skyzoo
CHICKEN- The Smile Rays
EVIDENCE- Eternia
MANY MANY- Eternia
INTERVIEW w/ETERNIA
THE MEGA- Eternia
HOSTILE GOSPEL (RMX)- Talib Kweli feat Joell Ortiz & Blu
(SO FAR) THE GHETTO's BEEN GOOD TO ME- YZ
U C. US- Aarophat
MECCA AND THE OX- Vast Aire feat Vordul Mega (produced by Pete Rock)

Monday, January 21, 2008

Listen to the new show ROOTS OF HIP HOP: ELECTRO

PLAYLIST

TRANS EUROPE EXPRESS- Kraftwerk
NUMBERS- Kraftwek
PLANET ROCK- Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force
PLAY AT YOUR OWN RISK- Planet Patrol
LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT BEAT- Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force
ONE FOR THE TREBLE- Davy DMX
ROCKIT- Herbie Hancock w/Grandmaster DST
BUFFALO GALS- Malcolm Mclaren & The World Famous Supreme Team
BEAT BOX- Art Of Noise
MOMENTS IN LOVE- Art Of Noise
RAINFOREST- Paul Hardcastle
19- Paul Hardcastle
M.A.R.R.S.- Pump Up The Volume
NEEDLE TO THE GROOVE- Mantronix
COLD GETTIN" DUMB- Mantronik feat. Just-ICE
DIN DAA DAA- George Kranz