William Cooper

"Deeper Than Dirt" #6 on the Baltimore City Paper's top records of 2010.

6 Dirt Platoon Deeper Than Dirt (Brake Fast)

Brothers Raf the Almighty and Snook Da Crook formed Dirt Platoon back in the 1990s, so if their grimy sound evokes a time when Wu Tang and Boot Camp Clik ruled hip-hop, don’t think of it as retro but simply as what they’ve always done. The duo’s second album this year and first with Brake Fast Records is the pinnacle of Dirt Platoon’s long career, summing up both the group’s history and its city’s history with tracks like “Pennsylvania Ave” while Brake Fast producer Tom Delay lays down the rawest, nastiest beats of his life. (Al Shipley)

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Dirt Platoon - Almighty (prod. by Tom Delay)

M.I.A. - Born Free

Cartman - Breaking My Balls

Kenny Dies
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PARKmore...

Mother Kept In “Glass Cage” For Almost An Hour By TSA For Resisting Over Breast Milk

Dave Chappelle and Hollywood

R.Kelly - When a Woman Loves

Lovin' this joint right now!

Dirt Platoon Video Release Party for "Almighty" - 12.03.10 at Pedx Baltimore

November 26, 2010 - Run of The Mill

Senate Bill S 510 Food Safety Modernization Act vote imminent: Would outlaw gardening and saving seeds

(NaturalNews) Senate Bill 510, the Food Safety Modernization Act, has been called "the most dangerous bill in the history of the United States of America." It would grant the U.S. government new authority over the public's right to grow, trade and transport any foods. This would give Big brother the power to regulate the tomato plants in your backyard. It would grant them the power to arrest and imprison people selling cucumbers at farmer's markets. It would criminalize the transporting of organic produce if you don't comply with the authoritarian rules of the federal government.  Get your Farmvilles going cuz that's the only way you'll be able to grow food if this bill passes!


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BBC Admits Al Qaeda Never Existed!

The Aerial - La antena

Baltimore Ravens show - October 26, 2010 at Bohemian Caverns

A-Class - Case I Find (prod. by Tom Delay) [dir. by Derek Litz]

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Dirt Platoon - Deeper Than Dirt

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Dirt Platoon brings the raw, gritty sound of Baltimore's inner city streets to life on "Deeper Than Dirt" (released by Brake Fast Records). The album begins with an ode to the street the two brothers grew up on, "Pennsylvania Ave.", which draws a stamp of approval from street legend and "American Gangster" Melvin Williams, who makes a cameo in the video. The album continues with aggressive, in-your-face lyrics, as Dirt Platoon stake their claim in hip-hop and prove that "these other rappers is garbage, the match-ups be uneven". These multi-dimensional emcees also show that they aren't all brute on tracks like "Raven" and "Long Time No C" as they discuss interactions and relationships with the opposite sex. Whether it's a braggadocious rap, an introspective look into the gutter, or a song for the ladies, Dirt Platoon's superb lyrical ability and robust metaphors prove to be a testament to songwriting.

"Deeper Than Dirt" carries a cohesive, addictive sound that rings true with hip-hop purists and true schoolers. Tom Delay puts his masterful touch on a number of beats including "1st Hand" and "Almighty", bringing a lively, unique feel to the album. Philly producer Fel Sweentenberg also makes his mark on the project, providing bass heavy bangers for songs like "Rapid Fire" and "E.L.A.I.N.E.".

The entire record paints a picture how hip-hop was, and how it should be, as the producers take sample chops to another level and the emcees use modern techniques of emceeing to talk about their lives and to just plain spit. With features only from L.E.G.A.C.Y. of the Justice League, Brake Fast emcee Mic Brown and vocalist Kate Nudo, Dirt Platoon show their lyrical prowess in 12 tracks of the type of music that many hip-hop artists aspire to make. "Deeper Than Dirt" is that unfiltered, uncut, hip-hip from the heart. 

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The Office Mixtape by DJ Red Rocks and Mixbullies.com

The Office Mixtape features three tracks produced by yours truly.  Namely, 2 cuts off Dirt Platoon's Deeper Than Dirt LP, 1st Hand and Pennsylvania Ave., as well as a track called Moondancer by Lavar Conscious.

Click here to download The Office Mixtape for free!

"Back to Cool" - Sept. 2 at Lounge of Three

Dirt Platoon - Pennsylvania Ave. (Audio)

Click here to download "Pennsyvania Ave", the first single off Dirt Platoon's "Deeper Than Dirt" dropping Sept. 15th on Brake Fast Records.

Dirt Platoon - Pennsylvania Ave (produced by Tom Delay and R. Taylor)

First single off the "Deeper Than Dirt" album dropping September 15th, 2010 on Brake Fast Records.

Man Faces Up To 16 Years In Prison For Videotaping A Traffic Stop

Anthony Graber, a Maryland Air National Guard staff sergeant, faces up to 16 years in prison. His crime? He videotaped his March encounter with a state trooper who pulled him over for speeding on a motorcycle.

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Watch the youtube video here.

Although, the rider is one these dickheads doing 130ph, I still have to side for civil liberties and against the New World Order police state.  Why is it that everywhere we go we are videotaped, tracked, and monitored, but when we as civilians try to watch the watchmen, it is a crime?  Notice how the cop is not wearing a uniform and has no markings on his car to show it is a police vehicle.  What the fuck happened to this country?

Tom Delay Interview with Root 70 Lounge

Tom Dealy print interview with Root 70 Lounge in anticipation of the "Cases" rerelease on the Japanese label on September 8th.

Click here to read in Japanese.  Use Google Translate to read in broken English.  Peace!

Root70Lounge.com

Tony Moon - Lunar Plexus

 

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1. Mic Check Ein Zwei (produced by Text Sosa)
2. Freedom (produced by AirMe)
3. Rebel Hell (produced by AirMe)
4. Ghost in the Shell (produced by AirMe)
5. Hopeless Instramentalude (produced by Tom Delay)
6. The Living Proof feat. Jah-I-Witness Emcee, Sunny Tuff, & Clara T. Street (produced by Jah-I-Witness Emcee)
7. Crazy World (produced by Suw)
8. Rappity Rap Interlude
9. All Right Snippet (produced by Van Ark)
10. Paranoid Schizo Snippet (produced by Brazen)
11. Lanchi Beye feat. B. Sheba, Fatso, Tamika Jones, & AP the Prince (produced by AirMe)
12. Hold My Head Up feat. Noodles & Cram (produced by Mr. Vinyl)
13. Moon's Mind Interlude
14. Requiem for a Lunatic (produced by Jah-I-Witness Emcee)
Bonus Track. Midnight Music (produced Van Ark)

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UllNevaNo - Color Brown Mixtape

UllNevaNo just recently dropped "The Color Brown Mixtape", a joint done over all Kev Brown beats.  Feature by Mic Brown of Brake Fast Records on track 8.  Click here to download.

>1.Color Brown Intro
> 2. Rock, Paper, Scissors
> 3. Put a Stop to it ft. E-Major
> 4. Fast Enough
> 5. Tune em Out ft. Tislam the Great
> 6. Dj Face Drop/Bright Sound Cuts by Dj Face
> 7. That Means
> 8. Come on Now ft. Mic Brown
> 9. Serious to None
> 10. j57 drop/Good Seeing you ft. J-Berd
> 11. Signature Move
> 12. Reconsider It
> 13. Someday
> 14. Heavy Handed ft. Richard Wright and Mic Wilson
> 15. Stephen Hicks drop/Something 4 Ya'll ft. Logic Marselis
> 16. Color Brown Outro

A-Class Interview on Real Deal Radio

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Google Teams Up With CIA to Fund "Recorded Future" Startup Monitoring Websites, Blogs & Twitter Accounts

Investors at the CIA and Google are backing a company called "Recorded Future" that monitors tens of thousands of websites, blogs and Twitter accounts in real time in order to find patterns, events, and relationships that may predict the future. The news comes on amidst Google’s so-called "Wi-Spy" scandal, that refers to revelations that Google’s Street View cars operating in some 30 countries snooped on private WiFi networks over the last three years.

The Story of Cosmetics

The Story of Cosmetics - click here to view
The Story of Cosmetics, released on July 21st, 2010 at storyofcosmetics.org, examines the pervasive use of toxic chemicals in our everyday personal care products, from lipstick to baby shampoo. Produced by Free Range Studios and hosted by Annie Leonard, the seven-minute film reveals the implications for consumer and worker health and the environment, and outlines ways we can move the industry away from hazardous chemicals and towards safer alternatives. The film concludes with a call for viewers to support legislation aimed at ensuring the safety of cosmetics and personal care products.

The film was made in close partnership with The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics a national coalition working to protect the health of consumers and workers by securing the corporate, regulatory and legislative reforms necessary to eliminate dangerous chemicals from cosmetics and personal care products.

Hidden History of The Human Race – The Unexplained

Interview with Van Ark

I met this cat about 8 months through my man Tony Moon and have been impressed with his musical gusto, knowledge of the game and generosity since I met him.  He is a producer, engineer and an emcee (like me!) who has worked with a myriad of musicians from around the globe.  

Can you speak on the origin of your name, 'Van Ark'.

My Name Van Ark Comes From Van Gogh the Artist and Ark comes from the Ark Noah was Building so the name came from that.

What got you involved in the hip-hop culture and around what time?

What Got me into the whole culture was the music within Hip-Hop the different  emcees,producers,The DJ's and the B-boys all expressing themselves through positive energy. and i think around the time of Rawkus Soundbombing Albums i got into emceeing and producing music around that time after hearing those Albums Rawkus was releasing.

Who are some of your musical influences?

Some of my musical influences range from Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Stereolab, Slum Village, Prince, Chick Corea,Wu-tang Clan, Sun Ra, John Cage, J-Dilla, Ahmad Jamal, it's so many i cant even name but thats some of those that have influenced me

Who are some of your non-musical influences?

I would say some of my  musical influences are good people that try to bring positive energy in the world by their works and the goal of trying to unite all with a great purpose...

What projects you working on right now?

I am working on another follow up Van Ark Album to Chemical Beats also another Bionic Megaz Project that is a side experimental band i do music with so that is in the works, and I have more production and collabs coming up soon as well.

Out of all the beats you ever made, which one is your favorite?  And provide a link to it.

Hmmm.. thats a hard one i would say the song Spring i produced featuring Shuanise from my Live at the Cafe E.P.  i really like that one anda another Song that is up there with that i really like is a track I produced is Little things featuring Linnea but is so many its hard to choose..You can check out both song on my Bandcamp website.

If a a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it still make a sound?

I Dont think it makes a sound unless you are there to hear it but maybe someone walking by the forest may hear something..

What do you see being the most important issue facing the human race during these time?

The important issue that i think human race is faced having unity and focus on how to treat each other
and understand the importance of that and how if we all came into that collective thought i think all in the human race will be a blessing to each other lives

What do you do to relax?

I usually go dig for Records or look a Movies at home from time to time so really that is relaxing to me.

Where can people hear/see you on the web?

People can Check me out on Bandcamp.com,  myspace.com/vanarkmusic, youtube.com/ninjasounds, Twitter and Facebook so everyone can find me on those places to listen to Van Ark music and also The Bionic Megaz! music as well! Peace to All!

Manhunt for Wikileaks Founder and Arrest of Alleged Leaker of Video Showing Iraq Killings, Obama Admin Escalates Crackdown on Whistleblowers

Pentagon investigators are reportedly still searching for Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange, who helped release a classified US military video showing a US helicopter gunship indiscriminately firing on Iraqi civilians...read more.

The Obama administration has been prosecuting those exposing corrupt government activities and trying to reveal the truth more fervently than the 17 preceding administrations, as reported by the New York Times...read more.

That's yall's boy???

Speaker Boxin - July 10, 2010 at Sonar

Speaker Boxin will be held at Sonar at 407 E. Saratoga St. Baltimore, MD 21201 on Saturday July 10, 2010.

All battles will be tournament style. Competitors will be chosen at random to compete head-to-head until there is only one man (or woman) standing.

Winners of the freestyle battle and the producer battle will take home a cash prize of $200. The winning DJ and the best in the b-boy cypher will take home $100 cash.
Registration will be open until July 8th. You can sign up by sending an email to brakefastrecords@gmail.com with the name of the battle you would like register for in the subject line. Registration for any of the battles is $20. Once registered (paid) you will be put on the guest list and can walk right in the club by saying your name at the door.

Tickets are also available by contacting us at brakefastrecords@gmail.com.

Freestyle Battle

Competitors will face-off in two 45-second rounds, with a coin flip deciding who spits first. Two 45-second rounds mean that each emcee gets two opportunities to spit.

Producer Battle

1st round - Producers will take turns playing 1 60 second beat with a coin flip deciding who goes first.

Remaining rounds - Producers will take turns playing 2 60 second beats with a coin flip deciding who goes first.

ATTENTION PRODUCERS - BRING YOUR BEATS ON ONE CD. NO MP3 PLAYERS OR IPODS.

B-boy Battle

There will be an open cypher where the best b-boy/b-girl takes home $100 cash.

DJ Battle

DJ Remedy vs. Sterby Rock. Five minute sets. $100 on the line.


Hosted by Shaka Pitts

DJ Remedy and Tom Delay on the steel wheels


Sponsored by

Brown Monkey Music

Tay Land Promotions

The Higher Concept

Zoot Patrol

Rallin Barbershop

Pedestrian Baltimore

Wild Style Baltimore Complete Lineup

Wild Style Reunion 2010 Baltimore

The First 5 with Tom Delay

Quick interview with Above Ground Magazine.  Click here to read.

Crew Cuts Volume 1

Download "Crew Cuts" Volume 1 (mixed by Tom Delay) on bandcamp.

01 Dirt Platoon - Strapped (produced by Fel Sweetenberg)
02 Dirt Platoon - Meet Me Halfway (produced by Tom Delay)
03 A-class - Sweat This (produced by Tom Delay)
04 A-class - Face Card (produced by P-nyce)
05 A-class - Artwork (produced by DJ Dyrti)
06 Trace Blam - Robbery for Mics (produced by Spencer Brown)
07 Raf - Finally
08 Seph Jones - No Actin' (produced by Tom Delay)
09 A-class - Blame (produced by Nick Tha 1da)
10 A-class - Aclassick (produced by Ed Bones)
11 Ed Bones, OZ, Inpsychlopedia Brown, A-class - No No No (produced by Rosirus)

Police State 4 - Rise of FEMA

Dirt Platoon - Favorite Song

A-class Rocks April 27th at the Red Maple

Cases Re-release in Japan with Root 70 Lounge

"Cases" by Tom Delay will be re-released in July of 2010 with Japanase label Root 70 Lounge  Check for it on Juno Download.  Shouts to Nao and Van Ark!

Dirt Platoon - Strapped

New video from Dirt Platoon for their song "Strapped" off the Brute and the Brains album.  Cases t-shirts in full effect in this video! Shoutout to Raf and Snook!  Also, be on the lookout for Dirt Platoon's Deeper Than Dirt LP being released on Brake Fast Records in the summer of 2010 featuring heavy production by Tom Delay and Fel Sweetenberg.

NYPD Admits Arresting Innocent People to Meet Quotas

William S. Burroughs

William S. Burroughs - click on the link, embedding was disabled by the author.

A-Class vs. Midas March 9, 2010 at the Red Maple

Trace Blam - Burn The Evidence (produced by Tom Delay)

Catch cases here!

Tony Moon - "Coffeehouse" (produced by Van Ark w/ cuts by Tom Delay)

Here's some cuts I did on a joint off Tony Moon's EP, Sacred Sounds.  Click here to download Coffeehouse produced by Van Ark with cuts by Tom Delay.                                             Click here to download the entire Sacred Sounds EP.

THD Aggression

Lavar Conscious - "Moondancer" produced by Tom Delay

Me and my man Conscious got together to do this joint a few months ago and I was hoping to hold it til my next compliation album dropped but he been blastin it all over the damn internet so I figured I'd post it up on my blog to give yall a little taste of what's gonna be on the Capitol Rhymes album which will be dropping during the summer of 2010.  Click here to download Conscious - "Moondancer" produced by Tom Delay.

Tom Delay interview with Malaya Love

Click here to check out my interview with Malaya Love on her Tragic Genius blog.

September Clues

An in-depth review of live footage from the morning of September 11, 2001 that is rarely shown.

Pictures from the "Cases" release party on 12.1.09

The Science of Healing

Disclose.tv The Living Matrix: The Science of Healing Pt.1/8 Video

"Ain't No Sunshine Remix" by Tom Delay and Josh Hopkinz

Me and my boy Josh Hopkinz got up one night to do a remix of "Ain't No Sunshine" by Bill Withers and ended up doin some nice chops and a bunch of different sequences.  Click here to download it for free!  Emcees feel free to spit on it and email me the joint to me at tomdelaybeats@gmail.com.