Orlando-based rapper Ajaxxx releases his latest track "Yes We Can (And We Did)" the day after the 2008 presidential elections. Ajaxxx's message both defines who he is as an artist and who Barack Obama will be as President of the United States. Less

Now for a change in music style, but staying with ccmixter.org stuff... Song: Lasswell - Dig Deep Mix (4:04 min, 6.8 MB) License: CC-by-nc 3.0 Source: ccmixter.org Purchase from: ? Less

If you’ve been living under a rock for the past few years you may have missed Lil Wayne’s unorthodox rise to rap stardom.  Wayne is the hardest working man in music.  In between the release of his album Tha Carter II and his most recent album Tha Carter III he raised his stardom by releasing over a dozen mixtapes for free on the internet.  This one is often lauded as the best.  For those of you who didn’t listen to or like Tha Carter III or haven’t listened to Wayne at all, this might be a good place to start.  Its not as glittery and produced as III and there arent any obligatory appearances by T-Pain.  The other important thing to know about Wayne is that he is always high on something and this shows in his music.  “I Feel Like Dying,” the standout track, is an ode to drugs unlike any I’ve ever heard.  The grass may not be greener on the other side of sobriety, but Lil Wayne shows that it may definitely be more interesting. get it Posted in Albums       Less

We were visited by the President of the University of Haifa - Professor Aaron Ben-Ze’ev (left in the photograph below). Prof. Ben Ze’ev is considered one of the world’s leading experts in the study of emotions and perception. He has written many books and articles on these topics. There were no contradictions between us. The only difference is that Kabbalah clearly defines every desire and the sensation inside it, and it graduates the sensations according to their levels and qualities. However, the earthy sciences cannot do this, because we can only research something while being on a level above the object being researched. Hence we can research the still and vegetative levels of nature, and a part of the animate level, but we cannot accurately research man since we are at the same level as the object being researched. This is why psychology isn’t an accurate science. Kabbalah, on the other hand, lifts man above his animate and psychological levels, allowing him to measure and reproduce any sensation, and to examine its cause, process, and consequences. One of Professor Ben-Ze’ev’s specialties is the research of the feeling of love. He has an enormous amount of empirical data on this, yet this earthly science does not enable him to systematize them. In the future scientists will discover that it’s vitally necessary to systematize knowledge and to have a clear understanding of the nature of feelings and sensations. Then this “crisis” will lead psychologists to Kabbalah. Related Material: Laitman.com Post: Kabbalah and the Earthly Sciences Laitman.com Post: The Sciences Are Subordinate to the Wisdom of Kabbalah Laitman.com Post: Love Is Providing Others With the Means to Fulfill Their Point in the Heart Lesson on Baal HaSulam’s article “The Wisdom of Kabbalah and Philosophy” Share This Less

Sometimes there's a man - I won't say a hero, 'cause what's a hero? - but sometimes there's a man. A man on a beach. A Beach Casanova. NSFW. acoustic guitar & bass: Hotbeard sing1 & words: TNasty sing2: Rhino rap: EJ Less

http://www.illdoctrine.com Some pretty cool old footage from when DJ Babu guest DJ-ed on my radio show. Check out his beat-juggling on the Emotions' "Blind Alley." Less

http://www.illdoctrine.com Technology is conspiring to keep me from finishing other vids, so in the meantime here's a quick one by request. Less

June 2007: An humble homage to Cameron "Hot Summer" Giles, Ze, Ninja, and whoever invented these things. (Inspired by Vlog Deathmatch) Less

Nov 2007: Investigating Rza's secret history of digital turntables. Check here for the original interview I'm quoting. Less

NOv 2007: Finally, CNN gives us proof that TV news is faker than professional wrestling. They also did the same dirty work on Nancy Pelosi last week. Less

October 2007: The "Wild Style" director gives advice for the younguns, and talks about that other hip-hop movie, "Style Wars." Less

Dec 2007: For those of you (and this is surely all of you, one way or another!) who do creative work: What are your tricks for maintaining the confidence and discipline to stay productive? What does that little voice say to keep you from being creative, and how do you make sure he doesn't win? Let us know in the comments, or better yet make a post and link to it here for us. I think it'd be great to get a discussion going and share strategies, maybe together we can beat the little haters once and for all. :) Less