I'm gonna knock you out...

Statik Selektah ft. Big Shug - Punch out

Bodies of Water (the Reply)

Bodies of Water replied with this:

"
Yeah - check out kazumi nikaidoh, Zs, ariel ramirez, ariel pink, karl blau, battles, pale hoarse. these are all that jump to mind this instant. maybe you have heard of some of these already.
as far as why we actively hate these people i listed, WE don't. None of my bandmates dislike any of that stuff, I was just mouthing off. As for getting publicity, I guess I didn't realize that anyone but my friends read what I put on our site (we are not really a popular band, I don't think). I only did it because I generally just post whatever comes to mind without giving it a second thought. Those days are over, I guess. Anyhow, thanks for writing.
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Oh well. I get no blog drama. Probably better that way.

A Letter to "Bodies of Water"

I recently read a post on the Brooklyn Vegan blog where "Bodies of Water" hated on some artists that I love. I figured I'd write them a letter. Here's their original post:

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2007/12/bodies_of_water.html

And here's my note that I sent to them:

"Frank Zappa once said, "One becomes a critic when they fail to be an artist". I figured that since "Bodies of Water" is technically a group of artists, you are entitled to be critics. After reading about distastes for certain artists (Steely Dan, The Police, Joni Mitchell, etc.), I was intrigued to hear what your group sounded like.

After listening to your music, I decided that I thought it was terrible. I was really hoping it was going to blow my mind because I'm always looking for new, exciting music. You probably are going to think I'm lying because my MySpace page features a lot of less-than-savory hip hop, but that is the page for my DJ alter-ego.

Either way, I'm not sure I understand why you hate the artists mentioned so actively. Maybe you were just trying to get some press by saying something that would make people take notice. If you don't mind me asking, could you name some artists for me that you think are amazing? If I'm not familiar with them, I'd love to check them out.

Thanks,

DJ Zimmie"

We'll see what happens..

DJ Zimmie Quickie Mixtape

I figured I should throw a lil' sum'n sum'n up while I work on the new mixtape. I cut this at Halloween but it's still extra crispy.

DJ Zimmie - Halloween Quickie Mixtape

I Hate Lil' Wayne

In the words of my homie Anthony "Mr. B. Careful" Batista, "Lil Wayne is the biggest sham that ever got pulled on the music industry". I couldn't agree more. Why are people even using the term "greatest rapper alive"? This guy isn't in my top 50. Don't even have a conversation with me about this. I may stab someone. Granted, Hip-Hop has been in a slump for a minute (not that I consider this guy Hip-Hop), but there's much better options than this guy. He puts out 200 tracks a year. I'm skeptical if an artist puts out more than one album in a year. It's difficult (near impossible) to maintain any level of quality at that rate (and he isn't). He's a complete clown. It's so unfortunate that when I ask young people (15-20) what they're listening to, they all name him. I couldn't think of a worse role model. This is an actual quote from Lil' Wayne (Fader magazine Aug '07):

"This is not a pace, this is how I live. I wake up, smoke weed, fuck bitches, get my dick sucked -a lot -drink my drink and come here (studio) and do this shit". What am I supposed to do, take a vacation?"

Are you kidding me?

"This is the intro." -Kool Keith

Jyeah.

The Zimmie blog.
-Where I post my pictures and stories about all the stupid shit that happens in my life.
-Where I post fly songs and new ideas.
Note: all story-related imagery will be hand-crafted by me if I don't have a photo.

Kool Keith - This is the Intro