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The representation of raw organic hiphop: manifestations are ample. Every hiphop head will have provided his/her very own representation of the art and sub-culture. Mic-Key Boston and producer John Wholetrain opted to work with El Da Sensei and set out from their Harlem Headquarters in Hamilton Heights to rapid transit their way to Newark and touch base […]
October 23, 2012
Mickey Boston and XEptional met in 2011, the rest is what you hear today. By age 15, the young prodigy was well on his way to crafting a gift for musicality and hiphop. By age 16 he was to produce “Tonka Truck Beat Down” which became the boombap success that it was in May 2012. […]
October 18, 2012
JOURNEYMEN HIPHOP http://journeymen.ca/ Founded in 2011, Journeymen hiphop was architect by producer John Wholetrain. What you need to know is on a need to know basis. Queens emcee Melo Malo and Mickey Boston Kovaks drop the bars mathematical hardbody. Tha Cultivator and the silent madman drop the bars on Wholetrain productions bringing a product that […]
June 1, 2012
Mickey Boston – Swag & Hard Knocks (produced by XEptional) Mickey Boston reached out to young prodigy producer XEptional to have the beat on “Swag & Hard Knocks” which was what inspired the writing of the track. In truth, had the beat not been produced by XEptional the track itself would have never been […]
December 28, 2011
Cpl. Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan was just fourteen years old when 9/11 happened. Residing in New Jersey, Khan waiting to be of age to finally serve the United States and head out to Iraq where he passed away in Baquba. This was the photograph that Mickey Boston crossed published in The New Yorker that prompted […]
December 23, 2011
December 17th, 2011 is a date that states that it is rather “safe” to say that the war in Iraq has “officially ended.” While some say that there was anything between 103 000 and 116 000 civilian deaths, truth be told, it is very likely this figure is a bit more higher. As I write […]
December 19, 2011
“America” Cover-Art by Regimental Oneton “AMERICA” Cover-Art by Regimental Oneton http://regimentaloneton.blogspot.com/ I reached out to Montreal artist Regimental Oneton for a work of art that would capture the words and sense of “America”—the track written and performed by myself. In essence, I reached out to Regimental without hesitation, this was the exact artist I wanted […]
October 18, 2011
Live occupation when the most crook-like and powerful institutions steal from the poor. In essence, there is no denying the fact that Occupy Wall Street does not “occupy” Wall Street itself. As some may already be aware, the video for the track “America” that I recorded back in 2009 was shot in October 2010 on Wall Street […]
June 13, 2011
Just Another Mickey Boston Piece… While the summer edition of the 2011 Park Jams finally debut in NYC, many hip-hop heads true to the art and elements of the culture may sometimes become weary of where hip-hop is headed in context of mainstream and commercial shifts. Indeed, one may find solace in the new efforts […]
June 4, 2011
Anarchist hip-hop duo Test Their Logik and Mickey Boston touched base to record their single “Money” at DJ Conn-Shaenery’s crib-studio in Montreal’s Plateau district. Big Brosky crossed Test Their Logik while performing just before them at Montreal’s Beats Against the Beast show in March of March of 2011. “Money” is a track about money. Undeniably, […]
June 2, 2011
bin Laden this. bin Laden that. Indeed, there are many conspiracy theories and theorists out there. Truth be told, the “bin Laden” assassinated by the US, was the real bin Laden, or rather was it? “Assassinated” is the key word here, reports have been consistent with “bin Laden” being executed at foot of one of […]
April 18, 2011
In the summer of 2010 I was invited to perform at a few festivals. One of the fests I was invited to drop conscious grassroots political hip-hop had me travel by bus and taxi which was no biggie for me. Despite such givens after eleven hours of straight traveling from Montreal, I finally reached the […]
April 18, 2011
Colonialism brings with it the effacement of the culture, identity and heritage of the colonized. Moreover, Foucauldian conceits aside, despite such a givens, after crossing the photography of Rebecca Fudala, I also came to realization that capitalism itself can also contribute to the effacement of a culture’s art and tradition by means of running smaller […]
April 12, 2011
eL Seed and I met a while ago. We actually crossed over an upcoming Montreal show being done at Sino Shop on the East side of the city. I saw the flyer and immediately hit Seed up. We met a day later in which I brought my calligraphy sketches and shared them with him on […]
April 11, 2011
Brosky Style Olives As some may may know, Yves is a Brosky. Before one reads any more, one may be questioning: “well, what the hell is a Brosky exactly?” One should delve more thoroughly into the Big Brosky article on Broskies to learn more. In any event, staying on topic, Yves is one of the […]
April 11, 2011
Olives, olives and more olives. There are so many wonderful things that can be made from olives and Big Brosky is not talking about cuisine nor rhymes. Chef Brosky and olives do go way back. There is no denying the fact that I love hip-hop and I do love olives and there is no doubt […]
March 27, 2011
Big Regimental Oneton dropped a heavy piece a few weeks back. It is piece that speaks for itself. This one is natural, humane and wholesome. In essence, it drops a human touch to what is going on in another part of the world we all collectively may not be able to simply understand. How […]
March 17, 2011
Sunday March 13th, 2011 was the fifteenth edition of Tadamon‘s! Artists Against Apartheid concert series. In essence, fifteen is a fantastic number; it is not fourteen and it is not sixteen. Fifteen is a number that stands on its own and for those new to the series it is rather undeniable that they have missed […]
March 1, 2011
Oil and Gas. Blood diamonds and cocaine. In essence, the list goes on from underground black market small weapons to WMDs. There is no denying that numerous multinationals are guilty when it comes to their dealings with dictators, some of whom were either installed by meticulous planning on the part of both the United and […]
February 28, 2011
So politically savvy hip-hop artist Mickey “Big Brosky” Boston Red Sox Lover asks: is he crazy or is he simply a mastermind incarnate in Nabokov’s Humbert Humbert‘s psyche. For starters, the man Gadhaffi knows how to play chess and plays it well without a Queen. In essence, he plays his chess board as an African “King” surrounded by […]
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