Today's Tha Hood / Garageband BBS on Remote post:

Well since most of the topics about the BBS, Garageband, Greenguy, Kwin MD, Common Ground and the S.O.A.z has been well documented here. The past seems to be covered. Although it seems to be covered, of course, some stuff from the past might and probably will be revisited later....But today we should look at now & the future for the S.O.A.z, Greenguy, Common Ground, Tha Hood, Garageband's BBS and everything else we've covered so far.

For Greenguy & Garageband's BBS Forums, it appears to be over. The only posts from Greenguy will post is here in this forum.

For Common Ground, it is pretty much over too. Va'Les has just as good of a chance beating his case as iLIKE & Ali P. bringing back the BBS Forums to Garageband. Of Course Kwin MD & Omega Redd might take time to put out a Common Ground Album. They both have some old Va'Les songs in their collective "vaults" that they might be able to combine for one debute/final Common Ground album. That by the way, is in the works.

The 3 founding and core members of the S.O.A.z was Va'Les, Omega Redd, and Kwin MD. Since Va'Les got incarcerated, now it's up to Omega Redd & Kwin MD to make all the choices that used to get made by all 3 of them.

So far, the idea is one CD for the Street & one original album for the internet in 2008. At least one, if not, both will be out under the artist/group name Common Ground. The songs will be reviewed by Omega Redd & Kwin MD and then through process of elimination, they will have a song line up for both projects. Right now, Kwin MD is putting together some travel plans with Omega Redd & Metaphysik to go out to the Bay Area and collab with Indecent & Krypto in 2008. Those times aren't locked up or official yet but, once they get out there, it could be historic. Metaphysiks has never collabed with Omega Redd, never been out the Bay Area. Redd & Kwin both were out to the Bay Area, not at the same time, and none of these 3 S.O.A.z on the Eastcoast have ever collabed with Indecent & Krypto. All three are very exited. They think if Metaphysik can't make the trip, Omega Redd & Kwin will head down to Virginia again sometime in 2008. Right now, all 3 plan on going. It could turn into a song like that Busta Rhymes song a few years ago, or the LL Cool J Hit em up RMX, or that "Get down on the ground RMX" by Guilly and every Signed MC from Philly....In other words, if all 3 make the trip, this music could be filled with many many MCs...who knows.

This other S.O.A.z project involves a few solo projects from Omega Redd that should be coming out real soon.

As far as any updates on Va'Les, we'll have them here when we get them.

Next Segment: Thurs. 12-6-07

R.I.P. Pimp Cee

December Flave (2007)

This picture was taken back in 2001 when PL (Paul Love) and Kwin MD performed a show at Virginia Tech's main campus in Blacksmith, Va. This was when "Aggrevated Assault" was performed by PL & Kwin MD, the crowd picture on the bottom right, shows how the audience reacted to the song being performed. These audience members never heard any songs by PL and Kwin MD. The song that they really liked "Aggrevated Assault" the hook/chorus was so catchy, they all picked up the lyrics in the hook, the crowd sang along to the hook (a song they never heard)....

This song is 12-2007 "S.O.A.z Flavor of the month"

Next Segment: WEDS 12-5-07

Metaphysiks Story/BIO

First Read the Shallow BIO before your read this........








Metaphysiks is from Emporia Virginia...His cousin Travis, used to work in Petersburg with Kwin at a factory. Travis introduced Metaphysik to Kwin. Kwin introduced Metaphysik to Shallow. This was in 2001. In 2002, when Mike Pacino & Shallow tried to start a record label, they wanted to sign a few local acts. Espanosa was their no.1 priority. Bliss and Metaphysik were both about the same level of priority (they both had great talent but both needed transportation to the studio). PL and Kwin were the bottom level of priority, Mike P. wanted Kwin to work on his flow game and thought PL was not going to be easy to work with. Mike Pacino said PL was "Unorthadox" and he would only sing PL if he was signing PL with Kwin on the same contract as a group. Mike Pacino did collab with Kwin 2 times before he tried to combine his money with Shallow's money and start this label up. PL decided not to sign because he wanted a solo contract, Kwin got upset with Shallow and wrote things on his website (the old kwinmd.com) that he regretted writing about Shallow. Bliss & Metaphysik were both too tough on the gas miles for Shallow & Pacino to try to keep working with. The label idea fell apart....








Before the label idea collapsed, Mike P & Kwin did work on Kwin's flow game together at Mike P's crib. Metaphysiks & Espanosa did a collab together too. This was supposed to be the two hottest MCs on the label. The song was like mixing oil and vinegar. Metaphysiks true style is about songs with a message in most cases and excellant punch lines and great metaphors. The content of a Metaphysik song gives you picture in your mind, food for thought, stuff that is fun to listen to. Mixing that with Espanosa is a bad mix. Es-P. is like Fabulous (the rapper) his style is like Jim Jones, Cameron, or even Soldier Boy. No real message, just tryna do a pretty boy song for the video with cars and girls.





Metaphysik did a few collabs with Kwin, mainly "I am", "Hip Hop", and "Natural High". When Metaphysik & Kwin performed in Portsmouth, Va (in Summer of 2001) ......Metaphysik did a few songs then and also was Kwin MD's HYPEMAN.





After the last collab they did, Metaphysiks handed Kwin a tape of his music and said try to get as many ears to hear this as you can. That is just what Kwin did. During the S.O.A.z movement, Metaphysik had a song on every Street CD. Kwin used his Roland 880 ex to convert the tape into a CD.





Metaphysiks has a myspace page:


www.myspace.com/physiks





Check him out he's got top noche talent!



Next Segment: Monday 12-6-07 "A story behind a picture"

GNP Story/BIO

The first message that Va'Les got from GNP, a group from Northern Ireland....WAS:


From: stephen_music Received: 5/17/06 06:11 AMSubject: collabo?

Hey man, I havent heard any of your spittin, but you're probably good. I produce music and was wondering if you'd be interested in spittin over one of my instrumentals??i can send it something to you if you are up for it. let me know.i have a few tracks on my artist page if you want to check them out.cheers.



Then Va'Les responded with, send me a beat as a e-mail attachment & I'll Spit on it for ya....



The GNP wrote:


From: stephen_music Received: 5/20/06 04:02 AMSubject: Re: collabo?

nice, nice. its good to hear an artist who's quick and efficient with what they do. makes a good change.i'm just sorting out the track now, making it an mp3. ill email it to you today.cheers.Steve.



Then after the boy Steve of GNP kept going back and forth with Va'Les because he was waiting a long time for the track to be completed by Va'Les he wrote this:




From: stephen_music Received: 6/23/07 04:30 AMSubject: Re: whats up?

aww yeah, this sounds good. ive been checking out a lot of the SOAZ tracks recently and they're somethin good man!my email address is ********************** can't wait to hear this one,cheers.



Then around 7/07, GNP got the finished product of this new song "S.O.A.z reign Supreme" by Common Ground. It was the last time Common Ground would ever record together. Va'Les got incarcerated shortly after this recording...



This song will be the S.O.A.z flavor of the Month for 1-2008 (to celebrate the 2 year anniversary of Flavors of the month)...



Next Segment: The Metaphysiks Story/BIO

Virginia Beach - August of 2000, The Story behind the picture:

It was the summer of 2000. "Step into my Office..." had not even come out yet. Kwin MD's brother had a old friend who was originally from Virginia but recently moved to Atlanta, come visit for a few weeks. This guy had learned how to play guitar pretty good and braught his accustic with him to the beach. His name was Matt. He and Kwin began to freestyle together. Matt would keep a pace rhythm on the guitar of steady chords and Kwin was flowing to the guitar. People stopped walking on the boardwalk to listen. They decided to open the guitar case for tips. They both stayed there on the Boardwalk mostly all night long just freestyling....

The website was kwinmd.com back then not http://www.mckomandoni.com/ but this picture and story behind it never made it to that website. In November of 2000 (a few months after this day/picture) the first Kwin MD CD was out: "Step in my Office..." but the picture on the back of that CD with the list of tracks was of Kwin & his ex-girl friend (not too hip hop related)...The fact is, this picture we have today from August of 2000 would have been on the back of that CD if Kwin even knew it existed.

Like said above, Matt was Kwin's brother's friend, and Kwin's brother was who had this picture the whole time. Kwin forgot about this day for the most part. Thanksgiving 2007, Kwin went down to visit his brother in Baltimore, MD and saw this picture. He asked his brother if he could have it. Well the answer was obvious, so here it is.

You can see some people who sat down on the boardwalk to listen, you can see Kwin's hand up while he is flowing. It was a fun night. Collabs are fun whether it's a 1 time guitar & flow performance or your traditional recording studio with a featured MC.

Kwin met Shallow in April of that year (2000) and recorded about 4 songs or so with Shallow before this picture was taken. Champain still lived in Philly. It was 1 year after Kwin finished High School, his brother & Matt were still in High School. Kwin had just started to put songs on Garageband.com back then. It was before the RINX beef on the BBS, before Kwin met PL, before Shallow met Degrees of Realness or Shallow was Shallow (before he change his name). It was before Kwin met Metaphysiks. This was right in the beginning of Kwin MD's career as a MC....

Next Segment: Tuesday 12-4-07

Shallow (aka: Nvisible Beats) Story/BIO

This man played the guitar in a band for years. Differant Bands, as we all know, playing guitar in a band is whole differant level then just playing guitar. His first Hip Hop music he ever made was under the producer name Shallow with Kwin MD. About 89-90% of Kwin's instramentals were made by Shallow. Shallow got into film making real big back in 2001. His main music clients then were X-Ray from Baltimore, MD and PL. He directed the video (and was the camera man for) a song by PL (Paul Love) and Kwin MD's collab album "Double Up, Double Down" (that has been to this day unreleased) called "$6,560,088". Shallow also directed PL's solo music video "personal demons". Today, he goes by the name Nvisible Beats and still makes the cream of the crop hip hop beats. People from all over the world buy his beats online. The main artists he has worked with are X-Ray, Degrees of Realness, and others. He once tried to start a record label with Mike Pacino back in 2001-2002. That idea was pretty good, it could have worked but it didn't. Since 2000, the name Shallow was the only name he used. Around the year 2005, he changed his name to Nvisible Beats.



You can check him out on myspace at:

http://www.myspace.com/nvisible



Next Segment: GNP Story/BIO on Thursday 11-29-07

A-Bomb on Blast (the 2nd time)

This guy is from Wenatchee, Washington right. What kind of Rapper, Hails from Wenatchee, Washington as in Washington The State? Here's his garageband page: http://www.garageband.com/artist/theatombomb



But do yourself a favor, don't listen to any of his songs, they are not Rap music, not hip hop music, they shouldn't even be legally alowed to be called music.



Look at this, here's a review of one of his songs:


Review of Agonie of Defeat by A-Bomb Genre: Rap 1.7 STARS

Haterade

You sound bitter dude. The sample is cool, sounds like an late 90's action cartoon. Just alot of babbling. What did you mean by "if you were black,I'd have to kill you"? It wouldn't be that bad if it had a hook.



Here go ANOTHER review of one of A-Bomb's songs:


Review of SAP by A-Bomb Genre: Rap 2.1 STARS

WHY!

Who told you you could rap! hope you dont have any cd's for sale If you sell one of these to some one you should go to jail this is damnnear a crime.
Extra Credit: Stupidest Song I've Ever Heard.



This is A-Bomb's self designated "signature track" Let's see a review of this one:


Review of Tested by FIRE by A-Bomb Genre: Hip Hop 2.8 STARS (out of 5.0)

Not Feeling This At All

WHAT IN THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ?!?!?! You sound suicidal, homicidal and just sad... You need love in your life. No flow at all. Boring track.



After all these years, I wonder, does this guy read the feedback he gets or not?

His screenname on the BBS was Catsjam & he began posting messages after learning about the BBS. Greenguy sent him a link about his post when Greenguy put A-Bomb on blast the first time. So A-Bomb's screenname appeared in there (catsjam) as the only one to defend this awful music. He made himself look like a fool. Greenguy was glad to host this event in the Rap/Hip Hop Forum because it was good clean fun to make this catsjam/A-Bomb guy from Washington State look like an ass....



Next Segment: The Shallow aka Nvisible Beats BIO/Story on Weds. 11-28-07