Burning in paradise

Author: burninginparadise101.x

  • RADIO BNP101X Episode 12: The Rager

    Shake if off – mariah carey 

    Didn’t cha know – erykah badu

    Too deep for the intro – j. Cole

    Rather be with you by wale

    Smoke break by curren$y

    Scottie pippens by curren$y

    Grew up in this ft. curren$y, freddie gibbs by young roddy

    Tapatio by curren$y,freddie gibbs, the alchemist

    Willie lloyd by curren$y,freddie gibbs, the alchemist

    The Roc(just fire) by cam’ron

    Get low ft. livin proof by memphis bleek

    Protect ya neck by wu-tang clan

    C.R.E.A.M. by wu-tang clan

    Brooklyn zoo by ol’ dirty bastard

    Shimmy shimmy ya by ol’ dirty bastard

    Fantasy ft. ol’ dirty bastard by mariah carey

    I know what you want by busta rhyme

    Don’t cha ft. busta rhyme by the pussycat dolls

    Promiscuous by nelly furtado

    Represent by nas

    The genesis by nas

    N.y. state of mind by nas

    Rage is back (freestyle) by black thought

    Put it on by big l

    98 freestyle by big l

    The enemy ft. fat joe 

    Ebonics (criminal slang) by big l

    Holdin’ it down by big l

    Platinum plus ft. big daddy kane by big l

    Twinz ft. fat joe by big pun

    Still not a player ft. joe by big pun

    Beautiful bliss ft j cole by wale

    Pretty girls by wale

    Do it to ya by yg

  • SMiLe Elissa :)

    The Ben Raemer Foundation checks in with Skater called SMiLe interviews where they talk about the ups and downs of mental health. It showcases popular names in skateboarding opening up about mental health and their journeys in life on and off the board. Today we got a SMiLe from Elissa Steamer.

  • Who’s Matty Matheson?

    I’ve been fasting since Monday so it’s only natural I start watching foodie content on youtube to torture myself and I came across Matty Matheson. I’ve seen dude for years online and in that hulu show, the bear. Never dug too deep on the guy but I like his style and tattoos. 

    That’s kind of myself when I see someone interesting, I see them and just watch from afar for a bit to see if it’s just an act or if they’re the real thing. Matheson has been popping up and coming across as this rugged dude that knows how to cook/actor/internet personality and messes with motorcycles.

     So yesterday finally I typed his name into the ol’ YouTube search bar and a living proof interview popped up. Instantly I was like I got to see this! Living Proof hasn’t failed me yet when it comes to introducing me to interesting people and if they’re during an interview with Matheson this guy must be real and have a hell of a story. And for sure it was! Peep this.

  • Movie Recommendation: Higher Learning (1995)

    Directed by: John Singleton

    Watch Omar Epps, Kristy Swanson and Michael Rapaport as they leave home for the first time to head off to college. Facing issues on race, sexuality, and identity as they try and figure out their first semester. See what happens when they are faced with challenges and how every individual deals with them and what the guidance from an educator can do for young men and women when lost along the road to find themselves. 

  • RADIO BNP101X Episode 11: Feeling Different Today

    Tracklist

    Two matches ft ab-soul by mac miller

    No report card by ab-soul

    A pleasure by the railway children

    Monica’s light by the railway children

    Treasure in the hills by leon thomas

    When did you stop loving me, when did i stop loving you by marvin gaye

    Nothing burns like the cold ft. vince staples by snoh aalegra

    Free man by vince staples

    Take me home by vince staples

    The first day of school(intro) by ice cube

    Surf ft. kilo kush by vince staples

    Dead president II by jay-z

    Simple man by lynyrd skynyrd

    Weepin’ mama blues by felt

    Luz by la santa cecilia

    Sonora by hermanos gutierrez

    Feel like makin’ love by roberta flack

    Angelitos Negros by roberta flack

    Something for junkies by killer mike

    Nineteen eighty7 ft. schoolboy Q by stalley

    Unexplainable by foushee

    Manic depression by jimi hendrix

    Tush ft. missy elliott by ghostface killah

    Love by ghostface killah

    Freak thangs by ludacris

    T baggin’ skit by ludacris

    Neighborhood hoez by freddie gibbs

    Come on Over (skit) by ludacris

    What’s your fantasy by ludacris

    Untitled 05 by kendrick lamar

    So[rt] by knxwledge

    Momma by kendrick lamar

  • Vince Staples and Nihilism

    KAZMALOOP has interesting perspective on Vince Staples

    “Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And when you look long into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you.”

    This nihilist perspective has caught my interest, as I find myself somewhere between nihilism and pessimism. Everything around feels superficial or performative. No one wants to be honest while simultaneously no one can be. To truly be vulnerable is to show weakness, and if both our backs are against the wall the majority of people will exploit your weakness if it means they can be a step above you. No matter the relationship with the person. All relationships are power dynamics with an ever-shifting scale.

    So what do you do when you think you have to be the toughest in the room if it means you’ll be at peace? You come into every room prepared for war, with a layer of armor so thick that not even you yourself can remove it. Ready to destroy anyone if they challenge or cross the line with you. Look at our music, look at our movies. Every character is a balancing act trying to appear sane amongst the insanity of the reality we participate in daily. No different from the people watching to escape their own reality.

    There’s a cost to be free, it was I think Nietzsche is getting at. You can’t stare into the abyss and believe what you see as normal. The only way out is to know the abyss, without losing your sanity. To live in this duality, where what you know you are doing is wrong but it’s your means of survival. To be wrong and be alive at the cost of your sanity long enough to find peace.

  • Radio BNP101X Episode 10 1:39 AM, Last Call

    Radio BNP101X Episode 10 1:39 AM, Last Call

    Tracklist

    “New Years” by Slay Squad

    New Balances by Wale

    Boswell by Westside Gunn

    Adam Page by Westside Gunn, Stove God Cooks

    Outlander by Westside Gunn

    Algo Como Tu by Kaydy Cain, Los del Control

    Heartbreak Anniversary by Giveon

    Fountains ft. Tems by Drake

    Summer Over Interlude by Drake, Majid Jordan

    Sunday Morning Drive ft. Curren$y & Dom Kennedy by Larry June

    Weekend ft. Miguel by Mac Miller

    Bumpy’s Lament by Mack Browne & The Brothers

    Treasure in the Hill by Leon Thomas

    Lava Lamp by Thundercat

    Black Qualls by Thundercat

    Sober by Childish Gambino

    Down South by Wale

    Jethro – Chopnotslop Remix by Thundercat

    Bussin’ by Devon Morrison

    Creme’s Interlude by Pink Siifu, Fly Anakin

    Can’t Stop by NxWorries

    Girls Need Love Remix by Summer Walker

    Don’t by Bryson Tiller

    Redbone by Childish Gambino

    All Night by Beyonce

  • Yo, Remember Leon Thomas?

    If you’ve been tuning into the radio show, you may have picked up on some of the songs we played from Leon Thomas. Honestly I wish I could just play you the entire album “MUTT”, Leon’s sophomore album. It was a surprise to me to know that he was actually making music when I rediscovered Leon Thomas. When I saw Leon Thomas’ face I quickly realized that he was the actor on Nickelodeon that was always carrying a guitar. I believe he had played some performances on Victorious but I hadn’t heard anything as far as a personal album ever come during that time or anything after his period on Nickelodeon. Plus that was over 10 years ago at least. Leon has gone from a child actor to a full blown artist as well as a grown man. Even if he had made an album I don’t believe that it would be as soulful as MUTT is today. Artists need time to live and understand a bit of pain and love to make an album like MUTT. 

    This morning on February 20th, 2025 Thomas’ performance at NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert was released on Youtube. Showcasing what years of carrying around that guitar and life experience has culminated into.

    WOW, Treasure in the Hills if definitely going into the library for me.


    Set List

    “VIBES DON’T LIE”

    “YES IT IS”

    “MUTT”

    “Breaking Point”

    “Treasure In The Hills”

     If you like me and you hear an artist, love their music, and instantly want to know more about them, I found an interview with the Breakfast Club from a month ago where Leon Thomas sat down and spoke about his time on Broadway and Nickelodeon, his production and his history that most of us probably aren’t familiar with.

  • Whatcha Listening to: 12 by Westside Gunn

    The 12th installment in the Hitler Wears Hermes series by Westside Gunn.

    Some songs that caught my ear from the first play through:

    2. Bosewell

    3. Adam Page

    10. Outlander

  • Still Watching: Greyson Fletcher

    Still Watching: Greyson Fletcher

    Jake Phelps was the face of thrasher and since his passing, it’s hard to think of thrasher and not think about Jake. I think the staff at Thrasher knows that, I mean Jake was a literal human encyclopedia when it came to Thrasher history. It’s nuts! There’s a clip somewhere of Rowan talking about calling Jake and asking him about a photo from an old magazine from the nineties and Jake, without hesitation, knew exactly what Rowan was talking about. There’s a few times that this has happened. Jake’s life was the mag!

    Since then Thrasher has done a beautiful thing keeping his memory alive with the series, Still Watching. Where skateboarders talk about their favorite memories with Jake. What he meant to them and what it was like to be around him. The week it was with Greyson Fletcher, a skater that I wasn’t the must hype on when he first came across my screen but over the years and watching him skate and watching his interview, I’ve come to like the guy. He is completely different from what I thought he would be like, whatever my wack mind came up with at the time, but dude’s a ripper. Greyson Fletcher shares what Jake did for him on a trip to Brazil and how he helped him get a gnarly feature in magnified.