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On the day after Valentine’s last year, Rock + Roz (Rocky Rivera and DJ Roza) released The Morning After Mixtape for the lover/player in you, featuring the track “February 15th”. Now, they’re back with Part 2, a sultry mix of break-up-to-make-up jams and a brand new track from Rocky called “Love It or Leave It (Prod. by 6Fingers)”, sure to stay in rotation until the next love holiday and beyond.
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Bandcamp Link: http://beatrockmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-morning-after-mixtape-part-2
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For those of you who have asked me to put up a link to my FIRST PROJECT “Married to the Hustle”, click on the photo above to DL and do it before Jan. 9th!!!
We are looking for INTERNS for 2013!!! Deadline is Jan. 25th, please email your resume & cover letter to rockyriverabookings@gmail.com. - love, rocky
thank you for this dope write-up!!!
FFAAVVEESS 2012: Rocky Rivera ft. Raven Sorvino, Plain Jane & Oh Blimey- GRLZ RMX
Original post here.
When I was trying to think of the best music this year has given me, this came to mind instantly. It is easily the top song of 2012 for me.
I only made a short mention of this song’s sample before, but now that I have a chance to write about it again, I’d like to talk about it a bit more. Let me just first say that I am a massive fan of the Beastie Boys, and I have been for most of my life. Still, “Girls” was never a shining moment for them. It is a long way from a more politically correct viewpoint they are better remembered for. As funny as the original song might seem, its context isn’t as cute. Which is exactly why it’s so impressive that Rocky took this and turned it into something that empowers women rather than degrades them. Intentional or not, it certainly makes it an interesting choice.
Not only that, but in a year of breakout female rappers where the only thing anyone can talk about is who has beef with who, it has been so refreshing to have a collaboration like this. If only it could happen more often.
I used to think that motherhood was the end of the road. I was never the maternal type or the Suzy Homemaker of my crew, and when you grow up in the circumstances I did, seeing your friends have babies at 15 and be in these abusive baby daddy situations, I thought that was the ultimate lockdown for women. So after I graduated college and followed my dreams to become a journalist, I met my fiance, Bambu, and thought, “Hey, our babies would be freaking awesome”. But when I actually got pregnant (like 5 minutes later), it shook me to the core. Then I thought of all the things I accomplished thus far and saw how great my homegirls were with their kids and their career, I realized that could wear as many hats as I damn well chose, motherhood being the most important one! So I recorded my entire mixtape, Married to the Hustle, while I was pregnant, and after Kahlil Bayani was born, immediately started writing for my album, Rocky Rivera. I’m hoping to take the whole family on a tour bus one day.
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VIDEO: “Rent Money” — Bambu feat. Rocky Rivera
“but if the money comes, who am i say no /
i been struggling for years on that payroll /
so all my soldiers get buck when I say so /
stick ‘em for they yen, rupees, and they pesos…”
VIDEO: Bambu - “Rent Money” ft. Rocky Rivera (Produced by Chops)
Bambu’s latest full length album, …one rifle per family. is available NOW!
wes anderson emulation: brilliant.
New visual from Yours Truly (Dir. by Cool Reve)..”Bulletproof”.
Seen first on 2DOPEBOYZ (leave a comment!)
Shout out to Anna Sterling for this dope interview on Feministing: The Feministing Five by Rocky Rivera!
Rocky Rivera feat. Plane Jane, Raven Sorvino & Oh Blimey- GRLZ (Remix)
An all female collaboration sampling Beastie Boys? Including Oh Blimey? Be still my heart. Everyone involved holds up amazingly on this. Each verse is great (namedropping the Spice Girls, yes). I won’t lie though, the sign at the end brought a tear to my eye.
Rocky Rivera is also a noted music journalist, who famously appeared on MTV’s “I’m From Rolling Stone” where she subsequently won the title. Her original version of this song is equally as awesome.
