The Combat Jack Radio Show

I’ve been ignoring ya’ll. But only because I’ve been busy. Peep the lastest, my piece in Complex where I go over 25 classic rap songs and the stories behind them:

Combat Jack Presents: True Stories Behind 25 Rap Classics

I jizzed my geek pants watching this bish. DC needs to just make a Justice League theatrical movie using this type of animation. Scheduled release date for the PS3 is November 2, 2010. Sony won.

I got the call from the homie Clark Kent. Told me this young boy was up next. MAF. Brooklyn. You already know how I feel about that. Masta Ace is ALWAYS a bonus. Plus, the video is tight as it’s a whose who extravaganza. Remember his name. And remember A.T.F.

Props.

I’ve been heavy in reading the ongoing Image comic book graphic novel series ‘The Walking Dead’. Without giving anything away, it’s about a group of people who are survivors of a zombie epidemic. Zombies scare the shit out of me, more than anything else. What’s crazy though, is that as this drama unfolds, you start fearing the surviving humans more. Humans are batshit crazy.

Pound for pound, this may very well be my current favorite book running. I was geeked to hear months ago that AMC, the network that brings us ‘Mad Men’ and ‘Breaking Bad’ picked up the series. They just blessed us with this official teaser/trailer. Other than the main character having the worst southern accent I’ve ever heard (the actor, Andrew Lincoln is British), shit looks right.

AMC announced that the 90 minute pilot episode will be airing this October 31st. I guess my kids will have to forget about pops taking them trick-or-treating.

I’m tired all this weird vampire shit getting overrated props. Let’s get gully on ‘em.

We had a ball last night over in D.U.M.B.O., Brooklyn, with the good folks at PNC Radio. Under the guidance of super producer A-King, Dallas Penn was as sharp as ever, I ran mouth and our guest hostess NY Delight delighted us with her female presence. I’m still a novice at this, but I’m loving it. Most importantly, I think it’s good.  Internets, thanks for all your support.

Highlights of the show for me was when the soldier from Kuwait, Iraq and Robbie from Unkut down in Australia called in.

Please feel free to critique and comment. Only because I want to win with this and I respect all your opinions, even the hate.

Stream or download here.

I’d first heard about Branson’s on one of Redman’s earlier records. I think the first time I actually partook in some Branson’s was up up at Grant’s Tomb, a public memorial and park in the Morningside Heights section of Manhattan that hosted a weekly African themed gathering that many young Hip Hop cats like myself would attend without fail. If my memory serves me correct, Alamo, the Brand Nubian dj had a fonta rolled up and our group formed a smoke cipher. During the better half of the ’90’s, Branson’s was another brand that fit right along the others, Versace, Cristal, Rolex, Girbaud, you already know. It soon became a requirement, a badge of rapper street cred, for lyricists to name drop. The G.O.A.T. himself, Notorious B.I.G. blessed his rhymes with tales of copping some Branson’s before scooping up some honeys, or before he and the crew went to war with them rival crews. It’s been a while though, since I’ve heard Branson’s mentioned. I even remember someone asking someone post 9/11 if Branson’s was still in business or, like other historic Harlem landmarks, had fallen victim to gentrification. “I think they’re still around” the other replied, “or at least, that’s what I heard.”

Fab Five Freddy just hipped me to this recent Forbes magazine article entitled ‘Hip Hop’s Unofficial Sommelier‘, in which nothing is mentioned of Branson’s alleged former trade, but a great deal of how he has become Harlem’s official Sommelier – a trained and knowledgeable wine professional, commonly working in fine restaurants, who specializes in all aspects of wine service as well as wine and food matching.

The piece describes how Branson was “the man who introduced Cristal, Dom Perignon and a number of other pricey brands to his friends Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace and Sean “Diddy” Combs in the late 1980s. Within a few years, that suggestion sprouted into hip-hop’s full-fledged obsession with champagne. Branson is widely credited with starting the craze, and his name has been mentioned in more than 60 songs over the past two decades.” And how, after he traveled in 2004 to France’s Champagne region to hand pick his own grapes,  decided to take his brand to the next level by launching his own champagne ‘Guy Charlemagne Selected By Branson B’ in 2005. The product was so dope that it “earned high marks from Wine Spectator, which gave the blanc de blancs a coveted 91 rating, praising its “subtle length on the finish” and its “fine balance and intensity.”

Rappers haven’t yet name dropping Branson’s new blend. It’d be a shame if they didn’t. I’ma have to cop me a bottle, just to sample dude’s elixir. I tend to prefer Veuve Clicquot myself, but if Guy Charlemagne Selected By Branson B. is all that,  like how Wine Spectator is claiming, I’ll lead the charge in giving the brother good publicity.

Cheers.

Power (Dance Remix) from Theo Martins on Vimeo.

I dig this.

I guess every super-hero needs their theme music. Trailer too. Props to FT. Extra props to Chris ‘Knotty’ Green for the trailer.