Invincible at Oakland Unity High School

Invincible gracing the cover of Metro Times (Detroit’s weekly alternative for news, arts, culture, music, film, food, fashion and more).

I can’t claim to know a lot about Oakland Unity High School or Invincible, but I did come across this video on youtube while I was trying to find songs from Invincible.

Invincible at Oakland Unity High School:

Invincible is a rapper from DETROIT, Michigan and like so many other incredible emcees that come outta the city made famous by their automotive factories, Eminem and J Dilla (whom I share a birthday with Feb. 7, holla), she puts words together in an incredibly beastly way. She’s also ’bout something, as she couples her emceeing with her activism. Listing, “Audre Lorde, Nina Simone, MC Lyte, Gil Scott-Heron, James Baldwin, Paulo Freire and the Detroit Summer Yoot” as some of her influences on her Myspace music page. It’s pretty inspirational to see aritists of her caliber putting their time and energy doing good work, like coming all the way out here to Oakland and leading workshops in schools, where she is also spittin’ fire about the Prison Industrial Complex as an incredibly destructive, corrupt, and inhumane institution and how it fucks up individuals as well as communities. I’ll let you decide what you think, I just wanna hear her album hella bad now.  Here’s a video that displays how ridiculous she rips it.

Invincible: “Sledgehammer!” Official Video:

That shit’s DOPE.

Here’s to Hip Hop & Activism & 2008 bringing some Cold-Hearted Hot Stueyness,

G. Mitch

P.S. Shout to Paula for waking me up from napping (cuz i aint never sleepin) on Invincible!

P.S. Coming Soon… Senbei & Slavename Present: The Mitchell Report…dun dun dun…

Blud, Do Ya’ll Remember These?

Maybe this is why I used to do so well on spelling tests...

I HELLA grew up playing with one of these (hella square ass fun times)! I also found a website where you can practice your spelling online by using it. I just had hella fun spelling a bunch of “A” words. So can you!! Holler at it.

G.

P.S. – Fuck Texas Instruments tho, they are one of the many corporations using prison inmates to make their products while paying them nada. Have Fun tho!