MARATHON OF DOPE TV: EPISODE 10: PRINZENALLEE “STAYING UNDRESSED” from marathon of dope on Vimeo.

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bird!

At some point around 2004 I was on tour in europe, I had a few days off in between shows which I used to travel back to Stockholm to see about a girl. She was the assistant to the promoter who organized a show for me the previous year. (One of the best shows I have ever played, it was Sole and I on the rooftop of the contemporary art museum at the center of the city, it was the night Ronald Reagan died, and our crowd was to march on the fascists the next day) So maybe it was just the magic of the night, but I felt a connection. We kept in touch and I arranged to come visit, I knew nobody else in Stockholm so upon arrival I checked into a hostel.
You and I noticed each other in the lobby, a slight nod of kinship , both of us Americans, dreadlocks, obviously rolling solo. You overheard me talking to the girl on the phone, joking about going clubbing. We were only making plans to meet at a bar for a drink. When i hung up you approached me and asked if i was going clubbing, I simply replied no and walked away. ( mind on the girl mind on the girl) You seemed a bit disappointed… The “date” was a flop, we had a few drinks, I was smitten, she went home.
I moped back to the hostel where I saw you again in the lobby, we sat next to each other for quite a while checking our emails or somberly surfing the web. I was in such a shit mood, I went outside to smoke a joint by myself then went up to my room and crashed. When I awoke in the morning I realized we were sleeping in the same room, we exchanged a brief “good morning” before we both went on our way. Not until a few days later when I was sitting on a train staring blankly out the window did I realize who you were! It was obvious from the jump that we would have gotten along, if I wasn’t so busy chasing skirt I could have made a friend. I can’t help but think that you might have even come along for a few shows.
I think about it every now and then and kick myself in the ass. Now when your name pops up I tend to pay attention. I’m happy you are back in the game and doing it your way. You could have conformed and made things a lot easier for yourself but you persisted on your path, I both admire and respect that. I place this experience on the shelf next to other missed opportunities in my life, like the lunch I should have taken with Slip-N-Slide records. Me+you+Trickdaddy could have been eating scrimps in South Beach right this moment, instead I’m in freezing Berlin grinding it out on my umpteenth unpublicized tour, scrambling to catch cheap flights and dragging my busted merch case around like a bum leg…and I couldn’t be happier.

this could have been us!

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in my constant effort to bathe you in FRESH-FREE-RAPS, i recently rapped over my good friend cars and trains’ instrumental track- “the leaves”

it’s a song i did about 2 years ago for a project that never came out…
or maybe it did and nobody told me? either way…this version over “the leaves” is great!

and just for kicks he also made an alternate alternate version
“the leaves-bleubird-jay z’s death of autotune has autotune on it”

his amazing album “the roots the leaves” can be gotten while the gottens good over here

and the poetically named remix album can be downloaded for free all up in this shit

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and then there’s this video i came across

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Immortal Princess EP

Film: Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
Deceased Character: Daryl Smithers (Bobby Wynn)
Archetype: Ambivalent (Minor)
Killed by: Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover)
Killed with: Gun

Written by Mr. Mouseburger 1st Mar 2006
from moviedeaths.com
(a little background)
Daryl is one of Nick Murtaugh’s school friends. and member of a mildly sinister gang. I say mildly sinister because they don’t seem to do much wrong apart from make a quick exit when the cops are about. (that and the trafficking of illegal narcotics and firearms)
[cut to] Outside of Fast Eddies, Riggs and Murtaugh notice some suspicious behavior by some kids, and so they tell the hoodlums to freeze. This statement has the opposite effect on them and they run.( actually mr mouseburger, while murtaugh was busy flappin his gums and making a burger, Riggs noticed the suspicious activity in the alley and decided to act on his own) Following a bit of a chase, Riggs and Murtaugh manage to corner the kids, who open fire in desperation – Murtaugh responds by returning shots and he successfully shoots a hoodlum. When he goes to check the body he discovers, to his horror, that it is Nick’s friend, Daryl.

[comment 1 by 'dudley jenkins']
The last time I heard when someone has been shot, they either die or lay there in agony. So the death scene to me was one that I would believe because after the agony, he died. So shot being the statement, was an understatement, because the action caused the correct reaction. I applaud the dying scene.
[comment 2 by 'mr mouseburger']
That is a good point Dudley – too often we see the action and not the consequences. So it is very easy to see countless people getting shot and think that there is no pain involved, due to being desensitized.
To see this kid lying there in agony after being shot really brings home the fact that guns are not just toys (as these kids seem to think in the film).
[comment 3 by 'Matt']
They really sold it in the film. We even have the funeral, which makes it all the more important, as does the fact it really affects Murtaugh.
[comment 4 by 'Karl_Eichholtz_13']
if smithers is a friend of nicholas murtaugh why is he a member a gang? wouldn’t this count as betrayal and former friends?
[comment 5 by 'Kooshmeister']
No, it’s not “Betrayal” ’cause Daryl is killed by Roger Murtaugh, Nick’s father. Daryl, whether Nick’s friend or not, was breaking the law and shooting at Roger who fired back in self-defense. As for “Former Friends,” Daryl was Nick’s friend, not Roger’s, and besides, as we see later, although Nick blames Daryl and not his father for the death, he never disowns him as a friend.
I kind of got the impression Nick and Daryl had known one another since they were kids, allowing Nick to overlook Daryl’s gang affiliations, and Daryl to not mind that Nick’s father is a cop.
[comment 6 by 'bird']
good point kooshmeister!
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“DA INTERVIEW”

After my relentless search for the character “daryyl smithers” aka ” bobby wynn”, I finally located him via facebook technology residing on the famed jersey shore, I first saw bobby in 1991, playing a bully on a family matters episode “fight the good fight”, i later recognized him on baywatch hawaii and was touched by his genius, so i set out on a quest to get inside the mind of “darryl” and when i finally found him, through pure cunning, like hunting a wild tiger in the sahara, he agreed to answer a few questions on the phone:

(me)- Mr wynn, your short lived acting career consisted of one family matters episode, two spots on baywaych hawaii ,and reached it’s pinnacle (in my opinion)when you played Daryl Smithers in the feature film lethal weapon three?
(Bobby)-dUde, i neva even seen lethal weapon 3, and i was like 8 when family matters aired… what the hell is dis?

(me)-It must have been intense undertaking such a change in appearance for those two legendary scenes, was it hot under all that make-up?
(Bobby)-What the fuck is this? you told me this was for teen beat jersey shore, are you fuckin wit mE aSShole!!??

(me)-What was it like being shot and killed by danny glover’s character seargant murtah?
(Bobby)- What!? sergeant wHo???

(me)- In your opinion, was he really too old for this shit?
(Bobby)-FUCK YOU!

(me)- Did you ever feel in danger on the set being around such a reckless man as martin riggs?
(Booby)-You come on down to monaghan’s liquors on the shore, me+donny’ll show you what’s what fuck nuts!

(me)-OK BOB, a two parter : What was mel gibson like before he hated jews? And did you ever get to brush his glorious hair?
(Bob)-bRo this is really startin to piss me off, what’s the situation here!? Do we have a fuckin problem!?

(M)- Are you a vegetarian?
(B)-What the shit does that have to do with anything?

(M)- Well, before he shot and killed you, sergeant murtah was handling some raw meat, preparing to make one of his specialty burgers for riggs…I seriously doubt he had time to wash his hands once the commotion started, afterwards.. he held you while you died in his strong , meaty hands…how did that affect you?
(B)-FUCK YOU!!, lose my numba asshole!

(M)- Thank you for your time Mr. Wynn

read me in english+japanese!

heading out west for some amazing shows and a small tour with Ceschi & Cars+Trains…here’s how it’s gonna go down:
—-first—–
-Grimm Image Halloween show in LA, the first Swashbuckling Napoleans(me+thesis sahib) show in years along with mega super groups:
A-Team – Abtract Rude+ Aceyalone
Smartyr – 2Mex+Liferexall
Chemikillz – Awol one + Mascaria
All the Dead Cholos – Xoxolancinco Band
Candy’s .22 – Existereo+Barfly

_____then____
I’m flying up to seattle where i’ll spend 5 days writing and recording my new EP with my rap hubby/business partner/colleague Astronautilas!
Yes…he’s producing an album for me.

—and then—
I’ll meet up with the the ceschinator+the carsandtrainsathon to play some shows from seattle back down to LA…house parties, venues, rest stops, wildernesses ect.

—and THEN—
I’m flying to Honalulu to play another amazing show with thesis, 2Mex, Xoxolancinco, Liferexall+Nabahe…thanks again to the homies at Grimm!
yeah effing Hawaii!!!!! always wanted to go, as usual i’ll only be there around 48hours…just enough time to find nick nolte and wake up married with a new scar

————-TODAY!!!————
The DEBUT release of prinzenallee ” don’t let nerds take over your life” on Granma music in Japan..
click here for fUN
wasn’t that fun?
me+jayrope just played the first 5 prinzenallee shows ever
not to beep our own horn…but we feel like we’re really onto something here
it was loud and intense and noisy and fun! beep beep*****
we’ve been called alec empire meets anticon…but we think that’s just stupid
“there’s a sharp line between rap and noise, and we’re working on that.”

ttfn
on the road again
see yous in california….

it was also my first stop on the 5 date hip hop collision tour with the jarring effects crew, featuring me, Oddateee and Ben Sharpa w/DJ Raiko, and odd mix, which always makes for fun and excitement..5 dudes+1 lady/chef/boss..2 french, 2 south african, and 2 americanese in a stinky van traveling through eastern europe…they played czech and poland without me because i was in italy with my family…but together we smashed budapest,vienna,innsbruck, linz, and ljubljana! with plenty of noise, BASS, rap, and nonsense!!! i blew my voice not during the shows but carrying on in the van and hotels where we left a trail of laughter, confusion, and odor…

No matter how far i travel, this music is always a common thread…and it’s always cool to meet like minded people making interesting music, especially when they know how to have fun!
so please check out my new friends…

ODDATEE of the deadverse/dalek crew from new jersey
and
Ben Sharpa from South Africa

ben+raiko are also doing a video blog for an SA website called vuzu
some of it is quite funny and you might even catch a glimpse of your boy!
HERE

i’m writing you from rennes where tonight once again i will perform on the cd release party of my good friends x-makeena, almost two years ago in this very club we created this new song only two days prior to their last release party…confusing huh? keep up! the new album is called Derriere l’oeil which means “behind the eye” and they have a brand new powerful stage show with an insane custom built lighting rig !!! check me out on masse critique…

with glove….