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CD review postponed, Weside article coming to a finish.

So the cd mixtape review is going to be postponed, due to the fact that I need to finish up a story I started towards the end of last month. This new story is about Wes Smith also known as Weside from Weside Ink. There are a couple elements in this story. Weside Ink is no longer a group and Weside is now runs a label called Dub-U Records. Not that many people realize that Weside does all of the elements of the music business, including self-distribution, concert promoting, artist development, and recording.

Photo Critique

This is a really cool photo I found of the group One Big Love. I really like it because it shows two guys performing in their true art of underground rap. I found it kind of odd though that the guy on the left is wearing a backpack on stage.

Photo Credit: James Willamor/Flickr.com taken on November 2, 2006.

Logical Contradiction CD review update

I am going to review in depth the new mixtape presented by Contra and C-Logic. My sources for the review include the myspace websites of C-Logic and Contra, other rappers from Albany that they have shared the stage with, fans of their music, and C-Logic himself. I recently met up with C-Logic and received a copy of the mixtape CD. I plan to call a few of the rappers that I have been in contact with to see what they think of C-Logic and Contra's music. Also, I plan to get some quotes from some of Contra and C-Logic's fans and maybe some of the other artists on the mixtape CD.

Feature Story Topic

My first feature story is a review on a new rap mixtape CD called the Logical Contradiction. This mixtape is presented by local rappers C-Logic and Contra.

Soufside Ink photos

Top: Lyrical Hound rapping his verse to one of their songs.
Bottom: Louisiana T rapping his verse.
Photos I took on December 12 at a rap concert in North Albany

Poverty's Posterboy photo

Poverty's Posterboy opening the show at the North Albany Grange Hall in December.
Another Photo I took on December 12.

Photojournalism Critique

i found this photo that someone made into a collage of drummers. I thought it was really cool the way they pieced it together.
http://static.zoovy.com/img/surfcitymusic/-/endorsees/artist_collagerevised

First post for my photojournalism class

Here you see a photo of the Albany rapper Bilyeu, rapping to the first beat he made. This photo was taken by me on December 12, 2008.