Archive for April, 2006
Sam Scarfo f. Kurupt, Prodigy, 40 Glocc - Concrete Jungle 2006
King Tee f. E-Swift - E Get Swift 1990
Even if fellow CanIBringMyGat contributor noixe “just realized him and J-Swift are different people last week,” when I mentioned I was planning a post on E-Swift, that’s no excuse for you to not know who we’re talking about. Because you know E-Swift. You heard his beats, you heard him rhyme. Or tell me you haven’t heard “Make Room,” “Hip Hop Drunkies” and “Daaam!” Production-wise, Eric Brooks has kept it in the family for the most part of his career. There are, of course, the four Alkaholiks albums, and Tash’s “Rap Life,” which remains the sole Liks solo joint so far. Additionally, he did tracks on Xzibit’s first two albums, Defari’s debut and Dilated’s “The Platform.” In the mid-90s he was able to convince Boot Campers Heltah Skeltah and OGC and Shaolin representative King Just to rock over his beats.
Originally hailing from Toledo, OH, E arrived in Los Angeles in 1988 just after high school. He DJed local events and befriended J-Ro, through which he hooked up with King Tee, who was looking for someone to succeed his DJ Keith Cooley. Through Tee E met DJ Pooh, a crucial hip-hop producer we already had the pleasure to profile. It’s easy to assume that Pooh showed E-Swift the production ropes, and soon enough they were working on St. Ides commercials. Notorious for his drinking habits, King Tee took J-Ro, E-Swift and another Ohio transplant, Tash, who by then had formed the trio ESP (Everyday Street Poets), under his tutelage and introduced them to the world as Tha Alkaholiks on his third full-length. Even with Tash missing in action, their two guest spots on “Tha Triflin’ Album,” “Got it Bad Y’all” and “Bus Dat Ass” remain quintessential Liks joints and made for one of the strongest first impressions anybody ever made with their first feature. That was in 1993 and E-Swift already exactly knew where he was going with this rapping and producing thing: “Yes I’m the man with the skills to talk shit / and I’m backed by the crew that none of y’all can get with / So back to the lab to fix your demo / or get played like Sega or Nintendo / Simple as that, gimme a beat that’s fat / and watch a nigga jump on the muthafucka like cheese and a rat / It’s strictly underground dirty-ass funk / that’s bustin’ out the weak 15’s in your trunk / So don’t be scared, be prepared when it hits / cause the average muthafucka can’t hang with the Liks.”
Over a decade later, with the Alkaholiks project officially laid to rest, E-Swift is back with a track for newcomer Sam Scarfo (signed to Def Jam by Jay-Z), which we are able to present to you thanks to the promo department at The Island Def Jam Music Group. Like many other talented producers, E-Swift unfortunately did little work outside of his immediate realm. Here’s hoping that’s about to change. Rather than picking some random obscure joint (like Sweet N Lo’s “Excuse Me As I Rip It”) or something that should be in your collection anyway (anything by Tha Liks), we include E-Swift’s first documented credit, “E Get Swift,” the DJ track off King Tee’s “At Your Own Risk” from 1990. It’s understood that neither selection showcases E-Swift’s typical refreshing, bass- and sample-heavy style, but we certainly won’t begin to typecast a producer just when everything’s set up for him to explore his newfound creative freedom.
E-Swift promoting Tapco S.8 Active Studio Monitors
Sam Scarfo f. Kurupt, Prodigy, 40 Glocc - Concrete Jungle 2006
King Tee f. E-Swift - E Get Swift 1990
Even if fellow CanIBringMyGat contributor noixe "just realized him and J-Swift are different people last week," when I mentioned I was planning a post on E-Swift, that's no excuse for you to not know who we're talking about. Because you know E-Swift. You heard his beats, you heard him rhyme. Or tell me you haven't heard "Make Room," "Hip Hop Drunkies" and "Daaam!" Production-wise, Eric Brooks has kept it in the family for the most part of his career. There are, of course, the four Alkaholiks albums, and Tash's "Rap Life," which remains the sole Liks solo joint so far. Additionally, he did tracks on Xzibit's first two albums, Defari's debut and Dilated's "The Platform." In the mid-90s he was able to convince Boot Campers Heltah Skeltah and OGC and Shaolin representative King Just to rock over his beats.
Originally hailing from Toledo, OH, E arrived in Los Angeles in 1988 just after high school. He DJed local events and befriended J-Ro, through which he hooked up with King Tee, who was looking for someone to succeed his DJ Keith Cooley. Through Tee E met DJ Pooh, a crucial hip-hop producer we already had the pleasure to profile. It's easy to assume that Pooh showed E-Swift the production ropes, and soon enough they were working on St. Ides commercials. Notorious for his drinking habits, King Tee took J-Ro, E-Swift and another Ohio transplant, Tash, who by then had formed the trio ESP (Everyday Street Poets), under his tutelage and introduced them to the world as Tha Alkaholiks on his third full-length. Even with Tash missing in action, their two guest spots on "Tha Triflin' Album," "Got it Bad Y'all" and "Bus Dat Ass" remain quintessential Liks joints and made for one of the strongest first impressions anybody ever made with their first feature. That was in 1993 and E-Swift already exactly knew where he was going with this rapping and producing thing: "Yes I'm the man with the skills to talk shit / and I'm backed by the crew that none of y'all can get with / So back to the lab to fix your demo / or get played like Sega or Nintendo / Simple as that, gimme a beat that's fat / and watch a nigga jump on the muthafucka like cheese and a rat / It's strictly underground dirty-ass funk / that's bustin' out the weak 15's in your trunk / So don't be scared, be prepared when it hits / cause the average muthafucka can't hang with the Liks."
Over a decade later, with the Alkaholiks project officially laid to rest, E-Swift is back with a track for newcomer Sam Scarfo (signed to Def Jam by Jay-Z), which we are able to present to you thanks to the promo department at The Island Def Jam Music Group. Like many other talented producers, E-Swift unfortunately did little work outside of his immediate realm. Here's hoping that's about to change. Rather than picking some random obscure joint (like Sweet N Lo's "Excuse Me As I Rip It") or something that should be in your collection anyway (anything by Tha Liks), we include E-Swift's first documented credit, "E Get Swift," the DJ track off King Tee's "At Your Own Risk" from 1990. It's understood that neither selection showcases E-Swift's typical refreshing, bass- and sample-heavy style, but we certainly won't begin to typecast a producer just when everything's set up for him to explore his newfound creative freedom.
E-Swift promoting Tapco S.8 Active Studio Monitors
Ghosts of Chernobyl [2]
Closed Published by a cacophony of thought April 29th, 2006 in Uncategorized.lots of creepy pics here.. just have to page through at the bottom.
“I have ridden all my life and over the years I have owned several different motorbikes. I ended my search for a perfect bike with a big kawasaki ninja, that boasts a mature 147 horse power, some serious bark, is fast as a bullet and comfortable for a long trips. here is more about my motorcycle
I travel a lot and one of my favorite destinations leads North from Kiev, towards so called Chernobyl dead zone, which is 130kms from my home. Why my favorite? Because one can take long rides there on empty roads.
The people there all left and nature is blooming. There are beautiful woods and lakes.
In places where roads have not been travelled by trucks or army vehicles, they are in the same condition they were 20 years ago – except for an occasional blade of grass that discovered a crack to spring through. Time does not ruin roads, so they may stay this way until they can be opened to normal traffic again…..... a few centuries from now.”
and there you have it.
A Social Security Number (SSN) consists of nine digits, commonly written as three fields separated by hyphens: AAA-GG-SSSS. The first three-digit field is called the “area number”. The central, two-digit field is called the “group number”. The final, four-digit field is called the “serial number”.
The process of assigning numbers has been changed at least twice. Until 1965, only half the group numbers were used. Before 1972, numbers were assigned by field offices; since 1972, they have all been assigned by the central office. The order in which numbers were assigned was changed in the 1972 transition. There may have been other changes, but it’s difficult to get information on how things used to be done.
Area Numbers The area numbers are assigned to geographical locations. They were originally assigned the same way that zip codes were later assigned (in particular, area numbers increase from east to west across the continental US as do the ZIP codes). Most area numbers were assigned according to state (or territorial) boundaries, although the series 700-729 was assigned to railroad workers regardless of location (this series of area numbers was discontinued in 1964 and is no longer used for new SSNs). Area numbers assigned prior to 1972 are an indication of the SSA office which originally issued the SSN. Since 1972 the area number in SSNs corresponds to the residence address given by the applicant on the application for the SSN.
In many regions the original range of area number assignments was eventually exhausted as population grew. The original area number assignments have been augmented as required. All of the original assignments were less than 585 (except for the 700-729 railroad worker series mentioned above). Area numbers of “000” have never been issued.
001-003 NH 400-407 KY 530 NV 004-007 ME 408-415 TN 531-539 WA 008-009 VT 416-424 AL 540-544 OR 010-034 MA 425-428 MS 545-573 CA 035-039 RI 429-432 AR 574 AK 040-049 CT 433-439 LA 575-576 HI 050-134 NY 440-448 OK 577-579 DC 135-158 NJ 449-467 TX 580 VI Virgin Islands 159-211 PA 468-477 MN 581-584 PR Puerto Rico 212-220 MD 478-485 IA 585 NM 221-222 DE 486-500 MO 586 PI Pacific Islands* 223-231 VA 501-502 ND 587-588 MS 232-236 WV 503-504 SD 589-595 FL 237-246 NC 505-508 NE 596-599 PR Puerto Rico 247-251 SC 509-515 KS 600-601 AZ 252-260 GA 516-517 MT 602-626 CA 261-267 FL 518-519 ID 627-645 TX 268-302 OH 520 WY 646-647 UT 303-317 IN 521-524 CO 648-649 NM 318-361 IL 525 NM *Guam, American Samoa, 362-386 MI 526-527 AZ Philippine Islands, 387-399 WI 528-529 UT Northern Mariana Islands
650-699 unassigned, for future use 700-728 Railroad workers through 1963, then discontinued 729-799 unassigned, for future use 800-999 not valid SSNs. Some sources have claimed that numbers above 900 were used when some state programs were converted to federal control, but current SSA documents claim no numbers above 799 have ever been used.
Group Numbers The group number is not related to geography but rather to the order in which SSNs are issued for a particular area. Before 1965, only half the group numbers were used: odd numbers were used below 10 and even numbers were used above 9. In 1965 the system was changed so assignments continued with the low even numbers and the high odd numbers. So, group numbers for each area number are assigned in the following order:
Odd numbers, 01 to 09
Even numbers, 10 to 98
Even numbers, 02 to 08
Odd numbers, 11 to 99 Group codes of “00” aren’t assigned
In each region, all possible area numbers are assigned with each group number before using the next group number. This means the group numbers can be used to find a chronological ordering of SSNs within a region. When new group numbers are assigned to a state, the old numbers are usually used up first.
SSA publishes a list every month of the highest group assigned for each SSN Area. For example, if the highest group assigned for area 999 is 72, then we know that the number 999-04-1234 is an invalid number because even Groups under 9 have not yet been assigned.
Serial Numbers Serial numbers are assigned in chronological order within each area and group number as the applications are processed. Serial number “0000” is never used. Before 1965, when number assignment was transferred from field offices to the central office, serial numbers may have been assigned in a strange order. (Some sources claim that 2000 and 7000 series numbers were assigned out of order. That no longer seems to be the case.) Currently, the serial numbers are assigned in strictly increasing order with each area and group combination.
Invalid SSNs Any SSN conforming to one of the following criteria is an invalid number:
Any field all zeroes (no field of zeroes is ever assigned). First three digits above 740 A pamphlet entitled “The Social Security Number” (Pub. No. 05-10633) provides an explanation of the SSN’s structure and the method of assigning and validating Social Security numbers.
This description of the structure of the Social Security Number is based on messages written by Jerry Crow and Barbara Bennett. The information has been verified by its correspondence to the SSA’s Program Operations Manual System (POMS) Part 01, Chapter 001, subchapter 01, which can be found at Federal Depository Libraries. (SSA Pub. No. 68-0100201.)
lots of creepy pics here.. just have to page through at the bottom.
“I have ridden all my life and over the years I have owned several different motorbikes. I ended my search for a perfect bike with a big kawasaki ninja, that boasts a mature 147 horse power, some serious bark, is fast as a bullet and comfortable for a long trips. here is more about my motorcycle
I travel a lot and one of my favorite destinations leads North from Kiev, towards so called Chernobyl dead zone, which is 130kms from my home. Why my favorite? Because one can take long rides there on empty roads.
The people there all left and nature is blooming. There are beautiful woods and lakes.
In places where roads have not been travelled by trucks or army vehicles, they are in the same condition they were 20 years ago – except for an occasional blade of grass that discovered a crack to spring through. Time does not ruin roads, so they may stay this way until they can be opened to normal traffic again…..... a few centuries from now.”
this is turning out to be a very good day. 1) cable/innernets are finally arriving at the new house (upstairs) after 2 weeks 2) boss let us cut work at 1:30 today on the nicest day of the year. 3) on driving up to the house i see a package in my door!
i’m expecting a deluge of packages. none of them are the one that showed at my door today:
thought there might be an off chance it was the schwag i was expecting from saintfool.. but it was too small (hopefully) and upon closer inspection i see that it’s addressed to a “XXXX X Van Greasy”. intriguing.
feels like a book. shaped like a book. and it comes live and direct from NYC. must be a book:
success! that fast eddie sure knows how to treat a fella. just in time too.. i’m winding down “My Battle of Algiers” and need something to fill the void:
on the meter i give this package 4 out of 5*. it had the element of surprise, hit the mark target-wise (been on the brink of buying this for a while) and it’s FREE! :thumbup: to fast eddie van greasy for standing up and making a difference
*grade is subject to rise or fall dependant on the contents of subsequent packages
