Michael Anthony Williams,(born april 28 1989) also know as "Kid Infamous" is a up coming Durham North Carolina rapper with a hunger and something to prove. Growing up he always had a passion for the music but never actually saw himself making music.He remembers times that people wrote him off and that only discouraged him to start writing music full force. Years later (without haters in his ears) now grown and wanting to strive for something greater, he links up with his friend and partner in crime Daniel Watkins or "Dan The Don", and together they make things happen. The movement that Kid Infamous is affiliated with is called "Hot Damn Jams" and consist of kid infamous, Dan the don, Zack Florence "wild card",brittan "b-suppa" and Daniel presley, "D-press". Before they each try to make solo mixtapes, they felt getting their name out there was a vital part of obtaining success, so many projects were relesed via bandcamp.com. "Nothing but green, money, and weed","The rock tape" and "The rock tape 2" were all great compilations that kid Infamous was apart of ,but he had yet to show his individual creativity that would soon set him apart from any other local mixtape artist.
"What is a dream?" he poses the question at the beginning of his debut mixtape "Vivid dreams and dark nightmares" ;Spewing out the definition over a ominous piano ,and what it means to him. The contents in the mixtape resemble vivid dreams and dark nightmares as the songs inside are so unique in thier own way and play on the many preferences that people may have. During the survey we conducted, almost every person had a diffrent favorite song and there were none that said they couldn't listen to the whole mixtape tape straight through. In the process of making the tape Kid Infamous wanted to give it the feel of being diffrent and made sure that every thing from the beats, lyrics, and features were all in line.The first half of the tape consisted of mellow, laid back, or up lifting beats hence the "vivid dreams portion"; and the second half falling into the dark nightmares section with more agressive and dark songs. Transitioning between the two halves worked well by including interludes with correlating poetry preformed by Richard laredo Cisco or "Poetic Rift", and then ending the nightmare with a transition into a celebration for finnaly ending the nightmare or waking up from it.
What you will find here is a story of a man who has desires,visions,regret,fun,irresponsibility,hate,sincerrness,dreams,drive,recklessness,enemies,pride,more enimies, honor, knowlage and celebrations. The ride hits close to an hour but it's one that you will want to take again right after it stops. My first play through i was excited to hear what was in store and it blew my mind. The creativity was there in the form of well placed skits and emproviseing a hook on an otherwize complex beat. Months sense it's release and to this day i still can't pick out a favorite song in fear of discrediting all the others i like.I can say though, that the tape starts and finnishes just as strong.
What is a dream: An interesting intro to a complex mixtape with a perfect backdrop B-
Everything:A almost pop sounding upbeat song with a high pitch sample of a singer in the background. Dispite sounding odd, the opening couldn't get no better and creativity immediately flourishes A+ What i do: Catchy song about the story of the Jams Gang meeting up and the expression of his deepest passion.B-
Hold you down: Miami Vice sounding beat, mello and easy to groove to. It tells the story of finding redemption with a broken hearted woman. A+
Get high-The name is self explanitory but with a great beat,lyrics, and feat from "Dan the Don" its a non skip.A+
Drink a whole bottle 2:Smooth party song and fun to listen to in general. A
Rather be alone:An opening skit sets the tone for this song. its real, its relevant, and we all feel this way at some point in our life. B
Keep it real:Like a companion to the last song, it deals with breakups in a less harsher tone but gets the message across on a better beat. A+
Daydreaming:The last song on the vivid dreams side, also a stand out song and melody with the help of "meme" a Chapell Hill based singer. A+
Dark Nightmares Interlude: poetry splitting the concepts of the tape. Due to the fact that i wrote the poetry, i can't rate it. It's performed over a sinister slow beat with my voice being distorted to add to the atmosphere.
Hard times:Creative song about grinding while having a conversation with his conscience A
Hydro: Easily a club bangger with up beat tone and heavy base, chopped n screwd chorus and comes with the help of "paco jiggins" And "wild card". A+
The Alter- Sinnister scripture and the rappid flow of "Psycho Cellis" A
King of the city:Quite a few songs on the dark nightmares could be club banggers but this could easily be the city's anthem. A+
Who you think your dealing with?:Just a swagged out song posing a question to the haters with a biggie sample thrown in. A
The Gang:Possibly one of the best beats on the tape with lyrics to match A+
Moment of truth:This song is nothing but the truth with a hot beat, fast lyrics,strory telling, and a martain luther king speech to top it off.A+
Just a dream: Another inturlude that i wrote an preformed. Smooth piano in the backgrond calms down the speed of the tape and gets it ready for the finale.
Make a Toast: A strong finnish for a strong tape feat "Psyco Cellis and "Dan The Don" A+
Look the the whole Vivid dreams and dark nightmares tape on Kidinfamous.Bandcamp.com, free of charge.
Verdict:A: For showing incredible skills to be diverse, creative, and still deliver that hip hop that we love.
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Thats My Boy Movie Review
THAT'S MY BOY, the new Adam Sandler comedy was released on june 15th 2012. The big names of this comedy are of the ranks of Adam sandler (as Donny Berger) the drunken father,Andy Samberg as (Todd peterson/Hon solo) the successful son, and Leighton Meester as(Jamie) the son's hot headed fiancee.
The movie starts off with an adolescent Donny Berger and his friends in middle school acting their age as they're just hitting puberty.When his 22 year old teacher seductively walks down the hall and starts drinking from the water fountain, he notices that he's no loner into girls but into women.Donny asks his teacher out and starts the fuse that ends him in detention and eventually ending him up as a father.As a result of his teacher showing no remorse in court, she is sentenced to 30 years in prison and Donny obtained custody of the child. The school boy scandal led to Donny becoming a celebrity from that day in 1984 but as of 2012 hes long partied that money away.
As a man Donny is a reck who lost contact with his son, dose little more than hang at the strip club with his friends and apparently has a hobby of not paying the IRS. Over the years hes accumulated a dept of 43,000 to the IRS and without any money to pay, he hatches a plan to ask for the help of his wealthy son who has since changed his name and created a fictional backstory for his own life. A bit of the movie takes place at Todd's bosses house whom where jamie and todd are staying.Donny shows up out the blue and the hijinks go on from there.Having his wedding and promotion on the line, Todd is less then enthusiastic about seeing Donny.Its hilarious to hear about the type of father that donny was and his son's actions reflect his attitude toward donny's parenting when changing his name from Hon Solo to Todd Peterson and claiming that both his parents were killed in a explosion. Back and forth they have a battle based on maturity as Donny tries to make up for the terrible father he's been, but some other characters dont make it easy as Donny soon has to make a choice between having his son back or keeping himself out of jail.I would say that the movie over all pushes to be on the more raunchy side of comedy and a few scenes are not for the faint of heart. While it's not particularly graphic, the subject matter is still a little shocking. There are a few twist and turns and i didnt feel as if it was some movie that i've already watched many times. If you want to see a funny movie then don't pass over this one but if immature jokes ,drunk dry humping clothes, and horny elderly people aren't your thing then you may be missing out. (B-)
The movie starts off with an adolescent Donny Berger and his friends in middle school acting their age as they're just hitting puberty.When his 22 year old teacher seductively walks down the hall and starts drinking from the water fountain, he notices that he's no loner into girls but into women.Donny asks his teacher out and starts the fuse that ends him in detention and eventually ending him up as a father.As a result of his teacher showing no remorse in court, she is sentenced to 30 years in prison and Donny obtained custody of the child. The school boy scandal led to Donny becoming a celebrity from that day in 1984 but as of 2012 hes long partied that money away.
As a man Donny is a reck who lost contact with his son, dose little more than hang at the strip club with his friends and apparently has a hobby of not paying the IRS. Over the years hes accumulated a dept of 43,000 to the IRS and without any money to pay, he hatches a plan to ask for the help of his wealthy son who has since changed his name and created a fictional backstory for his own life. A bit of the movie takes place at Todd's bosses house whom where jamie and todd are staying.Donny shows up out the blue and the hijinks go on from there.Having his wedding and promotion on the line, Todd is less then enthusiastic about seeing Donny.Its hilarious to hear about the type of father that donny was and his son's actions reflect his attitude toward donny's parenting when changing his name from Hon Solo to Todd Peterson and claiming that both his parents were killed in a explosion. Back and forth they have a battle based on maturity as Donny tries to make up for the terrible father he's been, but some other characters dont make it easy as Donny soon has to make a choice between having his son back or keeping himself out of jail.I would say that the movie over all pushes to be on the more raunchy side of comedy and a few scenes are not for the faint of heart. While it's not particularly graphic, the subject matter is still a little shocking. There are a few twist and turns and i didnt feel as if it was some movie that i've already watched many times. If you want to see a funny movie then don't pass over this one but if immature jokes ,drunk dry humping clothes, and horny elderly people aren't your thing then you may be missing out. (B-)
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