{"id":400,"date":"2004-10-15T23:35:51","date_gmt":"2004-10-16T03:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tradermike.net\/movethecrowd\/2004\/10\/its_been_a_long_time\/"},"modified":"2004-10-15T23:35:51","modified_gmt":"2004-10-16T03:35:51","slug":"its_been_a_long_time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2004\/10\/15\/its_been_a_long_time\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Been a Long Time&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Damn I&#8217;ve been neglecting this blog.  At least I have a good excuse for not posting over the last week or so.  I just got back from a much needed vacation in Rio.  So now I&#8217;m all refreshed and ready to blog my ass off. \ud83d\ude42  <\/p>\n<p>And speaking of it having been a long time, I know you&#8217;ve all picked up that new <a href=\"http:\/\/mosdefmusic.com\/\">Mos Def<\/a> CD &#8212; The New Danger.  I&#8217;m reserving judgment until I&#8217;ve listened to it for about a week.  I&#8217;m good for not liking CDs on first listen only to love them later.  &#8216;Black on Both Sides&#8217; was a great example of that.  I wasn&#8217;t feeling it at all when I first got it.  Then after a few listens it was one of my favorites of all time.  I will say that my favorite track right now by far is &#8216;The Rape Over&#8217;.  Mos nailed what&#8217;s going on in the rap industry on that song.  And to do it in the style of Jay-Z&#8217;s &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lyricstar.com\/songlyrics\/lyrics\/Jay-Z\/Take-Over\/73685\">Take Over<\/a>&#8216;&#8230; nice, real nice.<\/p>\n<p>P.S. I forgot to mention that Mos will be hosting Sucker Free Sunday on Halloween day.  From the events section of his site:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nMTV2&#8217;s Sucker Free Sunday<\/p>\n<p>10\/31\/2004 &#8211; (TV Show)<\/p>\n<p>Mos Def hosts Sucker Free Sunday which includes his own half hour concert special.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Don&#8217;t sleep!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Damn I&#8217;ve been neglecting this blog. At least I have a good excuse for not posting over the last week or so. I just got back from a much needed vacation in Rio. So now I&#8217;m all refreshed and ready to blog my ass off. \ud83d\ude42 And speaking of it having been a long time,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2004\/10\/15\/its_been_a_long_time\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">It&#8217;s Been a Long Time&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":407,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2004\/10\/28\/diggin_in_the_crates_mos_def_mix_radioblog\/","url_meta":{"origin":400,"position":0},"title":"Diggin&#8217; in the Crates: Mos Def Mix Radio.Blog","date":"October 28, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Well I'm still not sure I'm feeling the Mos Def's 'New Danger' CD, but I'll always love his older stuff. Here are some of my favorites including tracks from the new. Enjoy Track listing: 01 - Close Edge - from 'New Danger' 02 - The Rape Over - from 'New\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Radio.Blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":424,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2004\/12\/03\/progression_sessions_radioblog\/","url_meta":{"origin":400,"position":1},"title":"Progression Sessions Radio.Blog","date":"December 3, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"A little something for my Drum & Bass crew. LTJ Bukem and MC Conrad live in Germany. I picked this CD up a few weeks ago and it's been in heavy rotation ever since. Enjoy... Be sure to check out Honey's Mos Def Radio.Blog. I'll be listening to a lot\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Radio.Blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/06\/23\/22_greatest_mcs\/","url_meta":{"origin":400,"position":2},"title":"22 Greatest MCs","date":"June 23, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"Anyone catch MTV's 22 Greatest MC show? The moment they announced number 22 I knew we were gonna have beef. Their list was the result of a public poll, so I have to give a little slack given all the youngsters that likely voted. (Learn your history!) And I do\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Music&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Shop at Amazon.com","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rcm-images.amazon.com\/images\/G\/01\/rcm\/468x240.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":307,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2004\/04\/14\/no_more_trader_mike_now_im_dj_mike\/","url_meta":{"origin":400,"position":3},"title":"No More Trader Mike, Now I&#8217;m DJ Mike","date":"April 14, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"As you can see below, I just implemented a Radio.Blog on my site. I've been wanting to do something like this for a while but I just never got around to it and I hadn't seen an application that looked simple enough to use. I was gonna go with Andromeda,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Music&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":420,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2004\/11\/23\/dj_sound_provider_mix_1_radioblog_style\/","url_meta":{"origin":400,"position":4},"title":"DJ Sound Provider Mix #1, Radio.Blog Style","date":"November 23, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's a nice, smooth selection 'provided' by my boy Ade. He's been playing around with a CD mixer he picked up a while back and this is actually the second CD that he's let any of us hear. He, like EJ, gets a lot of his music 'provided' by Darryl\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Music&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":76,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/07\/14\/my_favorite_hip-hop_albums\/","url_meta":{"origin":400,"position":5},"title":"My Favorite Hip-Hop Albums","date":"July 14, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been moved to do a few more music posts by some other posts I've seen recently. And also as a continuation of my 22 greatest MCs post. 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