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RANDOM NEWS "Push": New Video DN3, Storyville, and Random proudly present "Push," The Call's third single. Download Spread the Love  Random's latest single, "Spread the Love" is now featured on Okayplayer.com. Click here to download it. on The 8th Day ...  RAHM Nation Recording artist Random releases The 8th Day; an eight chapter audio novel detailing the many moods of Random. Featuring
LMNO, Naledge, and fellow RAHM Nation artists Ohene, DN3 and Storyville, Big
Ran's latest promises to be a career changing milestone. Click here to order. Random's Video PremierLead single from Random's Patches & Glue and The 8th Day, "Fly," is currently available on YouTube.com. Call your local video program to request.  Be sure to grab the EP that's quickly becoming a fan favorite this season. Let the top down or bring the boombox out to the backyard, and let the new Summer jam "Fly" bang. Random's Patches & Glue is now available on iTunes and Amazon.com. Catch Ran live at the Phoenix Marriott in Mesa, AZ on June 14th or the Court Tavern in New Brunswick, NJ on June 19th. Random Remember BIG A Decade Later
“I love it when they call me Big Poppa...” These were the first words many of us heard from Chris Wallace, aka The Notorious B.I.G. And if you were like me, you hung on every word thereafter. Biggie challenged the status quo in every way. No other emcee before or after had such an impact on East Coast hip-hop. After
Biggie, everyone realized it could still be cool to make you dance. While the rest of NY was in skully hats, Timberlands and Bubble Goose coats, Big styled in Kangol's Versace shades and Coogi sweaters. I can still remember the day I heard Ready to Die, and the effect it had on me. My jaw dropped from the intro and never recovered. It was raw, gritty, rough. it was tough to listen to sometimes. It was smooth. It was funny. It was Hip-Hop. I listened to it straight through, then ran to JonBap's house to listen to it again straight through. I've never done that with ANY album. I copped everything he dropped for the next 4 years. Remixes, B-Sides, mixtapes, even guest features. I remember being pissed off after I bought Lil Kim's Hardcore and he wasn't on it, save for a hook. Ten years ago this week, Chris was murdered. 10 years! I remember where I was when I heard the news. My mom called me and said, "Turn on the radio! Biggie Big (she could never get his name right ;^) got shot!" I frantically turned on Power 99 to hear sobbing, frustrated callers, and the instrumental to "Big Poppa" playing in the background. I knew it was over. The word 'Swagger' is overused today in hip-hop, but B.I.G. personified it. Any man who would spit the line 'Black and ugly as ever' in a verse just KNEW he had a confidence, charm, wit and skill that were completely undeniable. On an even more personal note, he made it okay for bigger brothers like myself to dress fly, and feel good about themselves. Big's influence on hip-hop is immeasurable. For 4 short years, he strangled the charts, and ruled the roost as far as hip-hop went,. He was the undisputed King of New York, and dare I say, King of Rap. During most of my shows, I do a short dedication set to B-I, where I don the Kangol, and the Faux-Sachi (fake Versace) shades in tribute. I don't just do it because it gets a reaction...I do it because his style, his words and his music has touched me in a special way, so I need to say thanks. Thanks Big. Is he the greatest? Was he the best? Were his albums classics? Would he still be the best if he were still alive? These are all debatable. But one thing is for certain, he was taken way too soon.
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APPEARANCES May 2009: FLAGSTAFF, AZ - The Bar Hunt Tour May 15th, 10 PM @ The Joint, 119 S. San Fransisco Street Random (Live Performance) SAN JOSE - Fanime Con May 22nd - 23rd Details TBA Random (Anime Convention) June 2009: ALBUQUERQUE - Vinyl & Verses June 17th, 8 PM @ Burt's Tiki Lounge, 313 Gold Ave SW FREE Random (Live Performance) NASHVILLE - TBA Random (Live Performance)  RANDOM (a): Unpredictable, Following no particular pattern, deterministic...a system whose evolution cannot be predicted exactly. Random, aka Random Beats, aka Big Ran personifies what Hip-Hop should be: Spontaneous, fun, and true. His RAHM Nation Recordings debut, Fundamentals: The EP, hit stores in the summer of 2005 and has received rave reviews from hip-hop purists and critics alike. It is a trip to the glory days of hip-hop: no gimmicks or fads, just fierce flows and tight production. |
