-I came across them after hearing Cise Star on Nujabes - Metaphorical music the song Lady Brown blew me the hell away, so I went to look him up. I then discovered Cyne. Immediately after getting their albums they became my favorite hip hop group, so much substance behind their music and I was able to relate to everything they rapped about. Can't wait for their new album Fallen Stars to drop sometime late 2007.
http://www.myspace.com/cyne
(Taken from Cyne.net)
Avoiding the material trappings of mainstream "hip-hop" as well as the lyrically self-congratulatory social consciousness of much of today's underground, the 2 emcees and 2 producers of CYNE are everything hip-hop should be - lyrical commentary that opens minds and moves bodies.
Hailing from West Africa and the cultural melting pot that is Florida, CYNE has spent the past four years working to make sense of the world through the introspective interplay of emcees Akin and Cise Star. Akin attacks the mic with a conversational flow that runs with a sense of impassioned urgency, while Cise Star's delivery rolls over the listeners with an uncanny self-assured smoothness. Together, they reach back to the self-reflective days of hip-hop's past, they engage themselves and the world in discussion of matters social and personal import.
Beneath the lyrical venom of Akin and Cise Star is the dynamic, layered genius of Speck and Enoch. Combining elements of rock, trip-hop, jazz and countless other influences, they create atmospheric landscapes of simple complexity that push the creative capabilities of hip-hop.
also check out their solo stuff.
Cise Star
Akin
Speck
Enoch
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Cyne
Monday, August 27, 2007
USA BASKETBALL
We beat Puerto Rico. The Mexico game spooked me a little bit. Teams looking good.
By BRIAN MAHONEY, AP Basketball Writer
August 29, 2007
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- The Americans made Athens look like ancient history.
Three years after its stunning loss in the Olympics, the United States smothered Puerto Rico in a 117-78 victory Tuesday night in the FIBA Americas tournament.
"I don't hold grudges, but I still keep that game in the back of my mind every time we play them," Carmelo Anthony said. "Even last year when we played them we really wanted to get after them, and tonight we wanted to get after them, also."
LeBron James scored 21 points and Anthony added 17 for the Americans, who clinched a spot in Saturday's semifinals -- where a win would earn them a berth in the Beijing Olympics.
Michael Redd had 15 points and Kobe Bryant 14. He also set up James for a pair of powerful dunks, thrusting his arms in the air like a quarterback who had just thrown a touchdown pass after both.
Puerto Rico handed the United States a 92-73 loss, its worst ever, in the 2004 games. Current U.S. stars Anthony, James and Amare Stoudemire were all in Greece and watched Carlos Arroyo and the rest of the Puerto Ricans torch the Americans for 56 percent shooting."
continued on United States routs Puerto Rico 117-78, clinches berth in FIBA Americas semifinals
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