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"Last of Dying Breed"

First up to bat for this installment of my independent artist special is Josiah Williams a 19-year-old aspiring actor from Milwaukee, WI and currently attends Bradley University as a Theater Performance major. Josiah was the first to send me his Bio and music. “Josiah has begun lyrical writing, and is currently working on two written lyrical collections; “Measureless Love” (R&B), and “UnCaged.” (HipHop/SpokenWord). Josiah released a mixtape, “The Preview”, highlighting his upcoming written work (09.06.10). His first studio album, “Last Of A Dying Breed”, will be released April 26th, 2011”.

What Josiah is offering is what I’m going to call “reconstructed” Hip Hop because while it’s spoken word, there’s definitely a Hip Hop base to it. It’s a reminder that poetry and Emceeing are intertwined and inseparable. He sent me a track called “Dream of Mine” which you can listen to by clicking the ReverbNation link below. More than the song that he sent, I liked a track called “Broken Dreams”. It’s Def Poetry Jam meets Rock and Roll and had a baby. Below are the links to his tracks.

"Dream Of Mine" - http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_7968403
"Facebook Fan Page" - http://www.facebook.com/jdeanwilliams
"Twitter" - http://twitter.com/JDeanWilliams

My Random Thoughts

While I am momentarily of a clear mind, I want to share a couple of thoughts before I lose them forever. There in no particular order so please try to stay with me. I'm still baffled by "The Based God" and even more so because I need to know what is Diddy's connection to him.

I want to showcase independent artists and let their music and talents speak for them so, I'll be doing certain posts featuring artists and providing you with their information. Now, I usually try to stay on the positive side of things because every person's art is meaningful to them and honestly, I don't want to be labeled as a hater (that's always the title you get when you don't like something). So, I will post it and I encourage everyone to give honest and fair feedback. I can do it, but some people are definitely not going to want to hear what I have to say, and that is what I didn't think about when I decided to do this. However, I feel that independent, up and coming artists need love too so I'm going to run with it. Be sure to check it out on Monday.

DJ Prostyle is killing me with his song selection during the traffic jam. The day of Raekwon's album release, he's playing the single "Rock and Roll" feat. Jimmy and Ghostface and cuts it off mid-song and plays Fabulous and Neo "Throw it in the Bag"?!! That's no longer on the playlist nor does it tie in with the first song. This type of DJ infraction is done on the regular so that was my last Traffic Jam with him for a while.

The hottest song that I've heard in weeks is Pusha T's "My God". FIRE!!!! The worst besides that little girl with the crazy mom has to be Jeremih and 50. I an need angry F dot 50 back fast and in a hurry!

I still need more followers on Twitter, friends on Facebook, and more artists with music to showcase. What I want to do is have some good conversation with the people like when President Obama sat down with the overzealous cop and angry Blackman with the beer at the White House.

Last but not least, I think I'm gonna get a bottle of Vueve Cliquot and pop in my Feist CD and chill. That's right, chill like Oran Juice Jones. I'd advise you to get with your guy or lady and do the same. Now go and TELL SOMEBODY!

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