Freestyle Friday: Wax

This is one of my favorite freestyles ever (and yes, I know it was definitely written, but let's be honest, most "freestyles" are). I remember randomly stumbling upon this video on YouTube back in college and being blown away. I hear this kid got signed, and if that is true, what a great example of talent rising to the top.

Throwback Thursday: Smilez and Southstar - Tell Me

New Phalynx remix, The Happiest Man! Remixed by our mate, Rolaz Productions out of the UK!

B.K.M.G. performing at the Miramar in Milwaukee, WI on Jan 13th 7pm!

New Music Monday: War (instrumental)

Tom and Jill's Gingerbread House

Ain't nobody fuckin' with our Gingerbread House this holiday season. Step ya game up, son.

TTRRAAADEMAAARRRKKK!!!

Freestyle Friday: Delonte West KFC Freestyle

Two idiots stoned out of their minds waiting for their fast food and freestyling to pass the time. If I didn't know any better, I would have guessed this was a TradeMark and Kafka video from college.

Throwback Thursday: Collie Buddz - Come Around

New Music Monday: Show Me How (instrumental)

Ed Sheeran - The A Team (Music Video)

I was already blown away by this song, but seeing the video takes it to an entirely different level. Just a powerful, emotional video. I haven't gotten this open watching a music video in... well, maybe ever. I can't speak highly enough about this.

Freestyle Friday: Joey Jihad and Reed Dollaz

I didn't do a Freestyle Friday last week because, well, frankly I forgot (and in true TradeMark fashion, nobody seemed to notice or care). So this week, we have a double feature.

Joey Jihad

Reed Dollaz vs. some jobber (Trigga)

That Reed video still cracks me up everytime.

Yeah, the whole Philly battle rapper thing got played out and kind of sad really fast, but for a few months there back in 06/07, this was the best free entertainment a man could possibly ask for.

Well, they did legalize it... (Cool inside jokes for potheads)

We were organizing the classroom library at work today, and I stumbled upon this gem in a book titled "C is for Colorado," an alphabetical guide to all the cool stuff you can see and do in the great state of Colorado...

...sometimes it's just too easy.

The Faint at The Trocadero

Got the chance to catch The Faint performing their Dance Macabre album at The Trocadero last night - pretty spectacular show. The showmanship was unreal, and the stage production with all of the stobe lights and lasers was really sick. It was almost on the level of a seizure-inducing Japanese cartoon. I'm not convinced that any of the band members were actually playing their instruments on stage, but who cares, right? As long as it sounds good. Check out some pics -

Throwback Thursday: Soulja Slim ft. Juvenile - Slow Motion

I was reminded of this song when T.I. made reference to it in his new single with Lil Wayne. I think it's called "Ball." It was then that I decided to make this forgotten classic my Throwback of the week. Then, this past weekend, through some bizarre serendipity, I heard "Slow Motion" on the radio down in Baltimore. Yup. It was an omen. R.I.P. Soulja Slim. This song was a rare example of 2000's-era Southern rap done right.

Vince McMahon is ribbing me again...

So it started way back in 2003 when WWE superstar Chris Nowinski adopted a character very similar to my high school backyard wrestling character, The Genius.

He even cut a promo on RAW one night where he debuted the catchphrase "brains over brawn," which was uncomfortably close to The Genius' catchphrase, "mind over matter." Of course, seeing as how there was no YouTube back in 2003, and those classic backyard wrestling videos were never actually published online, I could excuse this theft of my intellectual property and write it off as a coincidence (especially considering that "The Genius" was, in fact, a ripoff of an old Lanny Poffo gimmick).

The plot thickened, however, when Brodus Clay re-debuted as the disco dancing "Funkasaurus." Complete with the tagline "the last known Funkasaurus in captivity."

Hmm. My "Swaggasaurus" song included the chorus line "the last of my kind." And this time, unlike the Chris Nowinski incident, my song and music video were very much online, and would have certainly attracted wrestling types with all of the references to Ric Flair, Razor Ramon, Buff Bagwell, Christian, etc. Now I'm getting suspicious.

So last night on RAW, comedy jobber Brad Maddox introduced a new gimmick. Yup, you guessed it, "The Brad Maddox Experience."

He is a big-mouthed blowhard with an over-inflated ego, dare I say, a god complex. So much so that his Twitter handle is @BradMaddoxIsWWE. Long time TradeMark fans will know that the entire early TradeMark persona was essentially me playing this kind of character.

Look, Vince - I'm flattered. But if you really love my gimmicks so much, just give me a call. We can work something out. RAW will be in Philly on December 17th, and you've got a few guys right now who could use a mouthpiece (Mason Ryan, I'm looking at you, man). In the meantime, if Jack Swagger re-debuts as "The Archduke of Johnson and Johnson," I'm getting in touch with Kafka and we'll see you in court...

;)

New Music Monday: A New Day (prod. by The Presidentz)

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Chase

Aura Of A Champion

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Swaggasaurus

Ecstasy Remix

Ecstasy Remix

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Big City Nights - Fooled Me Twice

Chase

Aura Of A Champion

On The Radio (Tikki Tikki Tembo)

Ecstasy

Swaggasaurus

Call Me Al

Aura Of A Champion

Chase

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