For those of you that haven’t heard of Grind Time, or didn’t see our previous post on them, it’s The World’s #1 Rap Battle League started by emcee’s for emcee’s. I’ve been a huge fan of Grind Time, and a lot of the rappers involved for as long as I’ve known about the league, and certain battlers based on performances prior to the league’s formation. When I first heard about Battle Of LA 3, I knew I had to be there, and I waited impatiently for a few months till that day finally came. The event, better known as “BOLA 3” was held on New Years Eve at The Airliner, in Los Angeles, and I couldn’t think of a better way for me to have brought in 2010 than being at this event. It was my first time at a Grind Time event, and it was easily one of the funnest nights of my life, a jam packed night of entertainment from start to finish! Grind Time has single-handedly taken the battle scene to new heights, and I look forward to another big year from them. Much love to @LushOne, and everyone else involved in making this event happen! I hope they hold more events in Los Angeles, cause I will definitely be there every time!

To stay updated with their events, and latest battles visit the following links:
GrindTimeNow.com | Youtube.com/Drect (SUBSCRIBE!) | TWITTER | Myspace

I will keep this post updated with links to each battle as they come out, stay tuned!

BOLA 3 Release Schedule (all dates subject to change) (VIA Coconuts Ent.)

1/20/10 Dizaster vs Vision
1/26/10 NoCanDo vs DirtBag Dan
1/29/10 Cadalack Ron vs Absyrd
2/2/10 Okwerdz vs Hollow the Don
2/5/10 Fox vs QuDawg
2/9/10 Fredo vs Kronic Plague
2/12/10 Reverse Live vs Pariah
2/19/10 Sahtyre vs Real Deal
2/26/10 Marv Won vs Madness
3/1/10 Rheteric vs Tiger Ty
3/8/10 Detective Blacksmith vs Everybody Knows
3/13/10 Ghambit vs Cobra Ky
3/18/10 Vokab vs Celestial
3/23/10 Lucky Luch vs Absyrd
3/28/10 Taz vs ET

One of the most humble, nicest, genuine people you could ever come across recently passed away on Jan 23rd, 2010. He was also a rapper, a very talented one at that, and he was as passionate about making music as a person could be. His name is Brandon “Point Game” Burris.

Although a lot of people that knew him online, never met him in person, he still was able to touch a lot of our lives. He was known to give advice, and encouraging words to rappers trying to perfect their craft, and collabing with almost anyone interested in being on a song with him, no matter how much better of an artist he was than them. In his music he shared his deepest, and most personal thoughts, that helped you get an idea of who he was, and what he was going through in life, which is why a lot of us felt like we knew him.

I took the time to look through a bunch of old burned cd’s, and other files that I haven’t accessed in years, and was extremely happy when I came across a bunch of his old music, and the freestyle video I posted above. I uploaded the video, and as much music as I had of his to share with everyone that may never got a chance to hear some of it. This includes albums I purchased from him dating back to 2003 that I ripped to my computer, and uploaded. You can definitely say I’ve been a long time fan of Point Game, and this news was shocking, and sad to hear.

He will live on through his music.

I uploaded everything I had of his that I could find, but his catalogue goes even deeper than this, from various collab tracks, battle tracks, remixes, and songs I just don’t have of his.

Point Game Music Collection Directory 2003-2008

Point Game – Official EP (2003)
Point Game – Not Him LP
Point Game – 05 Gone Ride Mixtape
Point Game – The Game Gets Deeper Album (2005) (Zshare)
Point Game – No Privacy EP (2007) (Zshare)
Point Game – HipHopCrisy (2008) (Zshare)
Instant Legend & Point Game – Conceited Humility 2.0 (ReverbNation)

You can see on the links below, that he touched a lot of lives on his short time here on earth, it’s rare to come across a person like him, and it’s sad that he passed. If he knew this many people cared about him, and enjoyed his music while he was here, maybe things could have been different, and he could have overcome his hardships. A few emcee’s from the various message boards he posted at, have recorded Song Tribute’s to him as well, along with t-shirts being printed up, and started a fundraiser to buy musical instruments for the high school he went to, because he wanted to do that while he was living.

Rapmusic Remembers PG | Myspace | Facebook Memorial | Legacy Guestbook

While digging through my old files I also found an aim convo I had with him in around 2005, that I saved for some reason, and it just reminded me how humble he was, and always wishing the best for everyone.

pointgamerap: naw, but for real fam
pointgamerap: i wish you the best
pointgamerap: in ya dreams
pointgamerap: may not seem like a lot
pointgamerap: comin from me
slimAGENT: thanks man, i appreciate it
pointgamerap: but if thats what you wanna do
pointgamerap: go for it man
pointgamerap: you outta see people when i say “im a rapper ”

A direct quote from a post he made on December 12th, 09 describes how much he loved music.

The way making hip hop makes me feel is to real to stop whether or not guap’s copped till my pocket knots. To fun as well. God blessed me with a talent and I’d be shorting myself and him if i didn’t use it. I love playing piano just as much. Ill never be a famous pianist. I’ll never even be good enough to play it live, but that won’t stop me from not sleeping someday’s between jobs just to hear the melodic sounds of sweetness. Music’s to big a part of me to ever not do. ill be the soloist one day maybe, homeless on the streets, but ill have a notebook, pen, and an instrument. – Point Game

REST IN PEACE BRANDON “POINT GAME” BURRIS
(10-30-82 to 1-23-10)

If you don’t know what Grind Time is (where the hell have you been?), they are a popular rap battle league, featuring some of the best battlers, and best battles that you will ever see in your life. They host events with a full line up of battles scheduled, in places like Oakland, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, and other major cities around the USA. The battles are released online over time for FREE on Youtube & WorldStarHipHop, and the most historical event yet, “Battle Of The Bay 5” will be released on DVD in December after all the battles have come out. They are continuing to raise the bar with every major event they hold, and it’s been great to witness the growth since the early stages of Grind Time. I support this movement 100% and think it’s some of the best entertainment for every type of hip hop fan out there. Huge shoutout to everyone involved in keeping Grind Time going, from the battlers, the staff, the hosts, the judges, the camera guys, the video editors, photographers, graphic designers, sponsors, and more, for bringing us these great battles. And big ups to @LushOne for shouting out KarmaloopCodes.com, and holding down Grind Time West Coast in a major way!

To stay updated with their events, and latest battles visit the following links.
GrindTimeNow.com | Youtube.com/Drect | Grind Time on TWITTER | Grind Time on Myspace

Don’t forget to pick up the Fresh Coast: Non Perishables Vol. 1 CD at one of the following:
Hardcopy on Paypal | Amazon.com | Itunes

Grind Time Presents: Illmaculate vs The Saurus (2 of 3)

Grind Time Presents: Illmaculate vs The Saurus (3 of 3) SHOUTOUT BELOW!

Grind Time Presents: PH vs Dumbfoundead
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItQElzWuVSk (Part 1)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kgMdOjDSoc (Part 2)
KarmaloopCodes.com shoutout @ 3:34 in part 2 ^

Another shoutout in D Wiggins vs Tiger Ty (at 0:27)

Agentspits Top 5 Grind Time Battlers:
1. The Saurus
2. Okwerdz
3. Illmaculate
4. Dumbfoundead
5. Hollow Da Don
6. Real Deal
7. Dizaster
8. Conceited
9. Soul Khan
10. DNA

Honorable Mentions: Madness, PH, Dirtbag Dan, Locksmith, Passwurdz, Kronic Plague, Ness Lee, Tantrum, Q.P., Jonny Storm, etc!

Agentspits Top 5 Grind Time Battles:
Illmaculate vs The Saurus
Dumbfoundead vs Tantrum
Okwerdz vs Arsonal
Illmaculate vs Conceited
The Saurus vs Dumbfoundead

Honorable Mentions: Soul Khan vs Dirtbag Dan, Kronic Plague vs Q.P., Illmaculate vs Dizaster, Real Deal & Fresco vs Soul Khan & Dirtbag Dan, The Saurus vs Dizaster, Dizaster vs PH, Dumbfoundead vs PH, The Saurus vs Jonny Storm, Illmaculate vs Hollow Da Don, Passwurdz vs Hollow Da Don, Madness vs Kid Twist, Organik vs Dizaster, and more!

Not much to say, but Budden drops a dope verse.

Lyrics Posted On JoeBuddenTv Forums by SweetTisGod:

Wanna talk about bars, mine leave it be
Never needed an A&R, mine needed me
It’s 1 thing in this world I can’t stomachs a fake
You tryna stop what aint come with a brake
Some of yall made a mistake
Some of yall been deprived aint seen the skill
Just got the truck customized, got a meaner grill
Told baby just being real leave her
Get balls in your mouth, I spoke to her like Serena Will
Top back, top cats get a beating
Saying you’re the best, should stop it, it’s misleading
Cuz I might cock back to get even
It’s not a wet dream, you just getting shot at while you sleeping
Feeling like the game can’t be weaker
It’s why, homie rarely do the cameos and features
I’m good with my insanity and fevers
Cuz Pac looking from heaven saying “They aint understand me neither”
Wanna play it aint worth it
Maybe why I’m feeling like ‘Ye, you prolly won an award, but you aint deserve it
Circa 01 homeboy, he a vet
Leave em deep regrets like they Tila Tequila’s neck
You past your prime, I aint spit ether yet
You need a major, I just need an ethernet
Word on the street I made the OG’s be upset
Cuz I’m a student of the game, not a teacher’s pet

Here’s the music video for the song “Forever” which features Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, and Eminem. Slaughterhouse makes an appearance during Eminem’s verse. Let’s hope they do some work together, or at least a Royce & Eminem track.

The OFFICIAL video for Slaughterhouse (Royce Da 5’9″, Crooked I, Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz) “The One” produced by DJ Khalil off of the self titled album dropping on August 11th! The single is available on Itunes now, and be sure to pick up the album when it drops to support real hip hop! They are currently on tour for the Rock The Bells hip hop festival, you can check the dates and locations on the site. SLAUGHTERHOUSEEEEEE!

Joell Ortiz new mixtape titled “Joell Ortiz Covers The Classics“, just came out, and it features him spitting over classic hip hop beats. Joell Ortiz is always spittin real hip hop, and I’m expecting nothing but good things from this mixtape.

Download Joell Ortiz Covers The Classics On MediaFire

Source & Download Link Courtesy of OnSmash.com

This is the 3rd song that was scheduled to leak off of Relapse, coming out May 19th. I hope the album has better material then what we’ve heard so far, I’m starting to get annoyed with the accent voice. The next song to come out will be called “Beautiful”

Eminem ft. Dr. Dre – Old Times Sake (Zshare)
http://www.zshare.net/audio/59615839281a93e2

Lyrics Coming Soon!

This is the 2nd single of Eminem’s highly anticipated new album “Relapse“. I’ll get the lyrics to this as soon as I can.

Eminem – 3 a.m. (Zshare) (Re-Upped)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/59252681fa582ce6/

Eminem – 3 a.m. Lyrics
Credit: www.agentspits.com

There is no escaping
There’s no place to hide
You scream “someone save me”
But they don’t pay no mind

[Verse 1]
Your walking down a horror corridor
It’s almost 4 in the morning and your in a nightmare its horrible
Right there’s the coroner, waiting for ya to turn the corner
So he can corner ya, your a goner hes onto ya
Out the corner of his cornea, he just saw ya run
All ya want is to rest cause you cant run anymore your done
All he wants is to kill you in front of an audience
While everybody is watching in the party applauding it
Here I sit while im caught up in deep thought again
Contemplating my next plot again
Swallowing a Klonopin while I’m nodding in and out on the ottoman at the Ramada inn, holding onto the pill bottle then
Lick my finger and swirl it around the bottom and make sure I got all of it
Wake up naked at McDonalds with blood all over me
Dead bodies behind the counter shit
Guess I must have just blacked out again, not again

[Chorus]
It’s 3 a.m. in the morning,
Put my key in the door and
Bodies laying out all over the floor and
I don’t remember how they got there
But I guess I must have killed them, killed them

[Verse 2]
Sitting nude in my living room, its almost noon
I wonder whats on the tube, maybe they’ll show some boobs
Surfing every channel until I find Hannah Montana
Than I reach for the aloe and lanolin
Bust all over the wall panel and dismantling
Every candle on top of the fireplace mantle
Grab my flannel and my bandanna
Than kiss the naked mannequin man again
You can see him standing in my front window if you look in
I’m just a hooligan who’s used to using hallucinogens, causing illusions again
Brain contusions again, cutting and bruising the skin
Razors, scissors, and pens, Jesus when does it end
Mazes that I go through, gazed and I’m so confused,
Days that I don’t know who, gave these molecules too
Me, what am I gon’ do? Hey! the prodigal son
The diabolical one, very methodical when I slaughter them

[Chorus]

[Bridge x2]
It puts the Lotion in the bucket
It puts the lotion on the skin
Or else it gets the hose again!

[Verse 3]
I cut and I slash, slice, and gash, last night was a blast!
I can’t quite remember when I had that much fun off of a half pint of the Jack
My last VIC and a half A flashlight up Kim Kardashian’s Ass
I remember the first time I dismembered a family member
December I think it was I was having drinks with my cousin
And I wrapped him in Christmas lights, pushed him into the stinking tub
Cut him up into pieces and just when I went to drink his blood
I thought I outta drink his bath water that outta be fun
That’s when my days of serial murder manslaughter begun
The sight of blood excites me that might be an artery son
Your blood covered: And screams, this don’t seem to bother me none
It’s 3am and here I come so you should probably run
A secret passage way around here man there’s got to be one
Oh no there’s probably none, he can scream all that he wants, top of his lungs
But there ain’t no stopping me from chopping him up

Joe Budden & Royce Da 5’9 both spit over this beat separately, and I figured I’d mix the verses together for anyone that might want it. The Royce version is off his mixtape Bar Exam 3, and it features Kid Vishis. The original beat is from the Red Cafe song, “Hottest In The Hood”.

Download on Zshare or Right Click Save Below
Version with Budden, Royce, Kid Vishis on Zshare

Joe Budden – Hottest In The Hood Lyrics
Credit: www.agentspits.com

The game don’t need changin
It just needs to be remodeled or renovated
Yeah it need to be renovated
Said it twice, felt I had to reiterate it
You can’t rap, bump Joe, I can demonstrate it
Since I made it, changed my whole outlook on music
If it don’t make sense don’t make it
Wit no resources, options eliminated
Still look at all the income I generated
Been degraded, now I’m imitated
But I’m too real, there’s no show, you can’t syndicate it
I know why they out there tryna mimic greatness
Cause when they look in the mirror they get intimidated
And that’s real appalling
They tried to blackball me I went and got a deal through Spaulding
Don’t play wit’ a vet, place bets I’m fly
You Farve, Bret, just get out the way of a Jet
Tee chucks is mean, like my deluxe with a beam
Get you clipped from the touch of a screen
If it ain’t about a buck or a C.R.E.A.M.
Then my mind get Christina Milian
Dog fuck your Dream, go ahead oust yourself
Go to the top of the Empire State and Ron Browz yourself
Got the brain of genius, lie like a crooks mouth
Drive like a dope boy, eyes of a lookout
Great accountant, everythings off the books now
Temper of a shooter, no prints on the Ruger
And they’ll put it on my tab
And they’ll treat you like a new outfit
They’ll fold you and put you in a bag, dag
Hit the mall hard, ball hard, spending more yards
I’m a Nordstrom’s second floor star
Check the score card, homies hate that I ball hog
But can’t Street Fight with Balrog
From store robber to for sure copper
With a model, a jaw dropper, drawl dropper
And I let her walk in first to make sure I got her
Cause y’all won’t even get a hello when y’all stop her
Between old timers, and those minors
There’s no rhymes, but to they credit they need co-signers
Done beefin’, won’t respond to nobody
That’s a lie, just won’t respond to a nobody
See I’m just tryna pave the way
Get away from my ways, or put a new play on stage
Cause I used to cook up on a day to day
Put it in a pot, this is way before Rachel Ray
In a fashion, But I ain’t on the ‘Swagger’ van
Gave half a damn, when my aunt dated Dapper Dan
But If I see jewels (Juelz) on a dull lame
I’ma take his face off so he can rep the Skull Gang
Catch me when I’m flaring up
And I’ma make sure that when it All Falls Down, you staring up
Ain’t got a real chance
Your swag is like Real and Chance
I need about a few Mill in advance
I grind to earn me a bag of soft money
Pad and loft money, Bernie Madoff money
To see how a few dudes hate
I make more than a yearly income off my Youtube page
I think the haters love him, fans hate him
Chicks mad at his chicks ass, they can’t date him
Why carry tools, get mad at fools
And in New York they just a zero
Call em’ Larry Hughes
It’s the best rapper in the world wide web
And you can tell the world I said
Take off the wide web and it still applies
Sad part is I’m still on the rise
Check me out now