Met this character in the studio last week amidst a waft of chronic smoke and some pretty tunes.  When I walked in I heard something familiar; it was actually a 9th Wonder instrumental from "The Dream Merchant", I think...Then I heard the well-leveled but relaxed flow and got confused again, cause I was pretty sure "The Dream Merchant" was exclusively instrumentals.  I finally figured it must be some Blu and Exile cause it fit the description; but I was wrong again.  So I finally turned to the guy next to me, interrupting him as he softly recited the verses from the rapper, who, unbeknownst to me had a dedicated following.  "Who's this? It's nice", I asked.  Dude replied, "Thanks, it's me".  And that was J. Ferb.  Nice guy, smokes a bit much, but I'm a fan. 

J. Ferb - Once the Clouds Fade
That's the track I heard when I walked in.  I liked it and still do.

J. Ferb - Disclaimer
This one's pretty fresh too.

Probably one of my favorite crew trailers of all time.  Classic beat murderation with nice lines and well placed freezes; not much emphasis placed on the uprock though, so you can tell it's early Korean Bboy era.  Although, still well ahead of it's time.  In 2003 these guys were already very new school, blending power, freezes, threads and teks into most of their runs.  Great trailer.  First song by Ashley McIsaac - Sleepy Maggie

Expressions Crew 2003 Line Up

And just for fun, check out Wake Up's evolution since then.  Same moves but fleshed out some.

Wake Up, last Judge

English working title: Tonight nobody goes home (1996)

OK, as lazy as I am, this movie compelled me to post an entry about it cause I liked it so much.  It's been some time since I've seen such an accomplished film and I wasn't so surprised to learn that Sylvia Chang authored the script.  Well, to be fair, it was her and some other guy, but I don't know who Lee Khan is, but props to him as well, they did a super job developing the characters, each and every one.  Although, as thorough as the character development was, they still managed to make it seem organic.  This was probably due to a combination of dope writing and excellent acting ability.  The likes of Rene Liu, everyone's fav dad, Lang Hsiung and the perennially youthful Gua Ah-Leh did really great work, not to mention the superb supporting cast.

I feel like you don't even have to be a Taiwanese Cinema aficionado to enjoy this one; the film, in my opinion, speaks to all, as it deals with the basic going-on's of life, family relationships, marriage and spousal infidelity.  Yea, sadly enough, that last one's what makes a good 90 percent of the population able to identify so well with the plot and its characters.  What makes this movie great though, is the way S.C. presents the various generational aspects of family and how they deal with their issues.  Her more recent film 20-30-40 (2004) is explicitly about that, but doesn't have the same grace in weaving together the caprices of the young, middle-aged and the old, into one confluent, true-to-life comic drama. 

If you liked 饮食男女(1994) (E.w.t.: Eat Man Woman Drink), which many people really enjoyed, you'll surely appreciate this movie.  They're not the same, but similar in that they deal with like themes and they're both really fun.

I like this idea.  It's definitely needed more than ever now, but why has it taken a worldwide economic recession for bartering to come back in style?!?

Here's a community of people interested in facilitating the bartering of goods between people WITHOUT the use of currency.  Don't have money? No problem, just don't use it~ :0P

Join the discussion and share your views at the link below.

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Flava Lesson II
Nice work.
The link should be up for a couple weeks max.

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