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"Guts" is from The Mechanics EP, the latest release from SFR's Rhode Island homies Juan Deuce & Falside. The video was directed and edited by Nicolas Heller.

SFRstore has 2 options to purchase The Mechanics EP available here - a CD+Extras+MP3 Downloadpackage and a CD+Snapback hat+MP3 Download package!

Benjamin’s Deep Thoughts

Strange Featured Release

J-ZONE - "Root For The Villain" BOOK + FREE CD

"Root for the Villain" is a self-published book, 198 pages in length, written by one of indie-hop's most interesting, hilarious and polarizing characters; J-Zone. Each book comes SIGNED by J-Zone along with a handwritten quote and a J-Zone CD of his choice.

"I was on the hip-hop come-up, then I came down - hard. Splat. Some critical success, incessant praise from pop stars and hip-hop legends alike, and then...abysmal commercial failure. I did tours on Greyhound buses filled with wide-bodied, Jheri curled women and knife-wielding gang members. I witnessed my life-long passion for music dissolve in 12 hours and my final album sell a whopping 47 copies in its first month for sale. I left my little-known spot in a small, niche quadrant of the hip-hop world and joined my fellow overqualified stiffs with useless college degrees in the world of dead end jobs. For some sick reason, I find all of the above hilarious and have made an omelette out of any egg that wound up on my face. I pin my cross-hairs on everyday bullsh*t just as accurately as I do the dysfunctional ways of the music biz."

Clip of the Week

“FILM THE POLICE” – B. Dolan (feat. Toki Wright & Jasiri X, prod. by Buddy Peace, intro by Sage Francis)

B. DOLAN’s “FILM THE POLICE” pays tribute to N.W.A.’s infamous “F*ck the Police,” serving as a call to action for the digitized media movement while responding to the recent explosion of police brutality all across the world.

This free MP3 features a reconstruction of Dr. Dre’s original beat, brilliantly reanimated by UK producer BUDDY PEACE. Label CEO, SAGE FRANCIS, opens the song by picking up the gavel where Dr. Dre left it 23 years ago, introducing a blistering, true-to-style flip of Ice Cube’s original verse by SFR cornerstone, B. Dolan. TOKI WRIGHT (Rhymesayers Entertainment) follows up by stepping into the shoes of MC Ren, penning the people’s struggle against cops as a case of “Goliath Vs. a bigger giant.” Finally, Jasiri X (Pittsburgh rapper/activist) rounds out the track by filling in for Eazy-E, reminding us that police brutality disproportionately affects poor people of color.

With the Occupy Movement bringing various forms of injustice to the forefront of people’s consciousness, “Film the Police” is a reminder that cops have been a continued and increasingly militarized presence in public streets. Thanks to the widespread use of smartphones and video cameras, along with the popularity of social networks such as Twitter and Facebook, the power of the media has been put back into the people’s hands as they document the injustices perpetrated by those who have sworn to serve and protect them.

For the next 2 weeks, all SFRstore orders will include a limited edition “FILM THE POLICE” sticker!

Click the ‘down arrow’ icon on the embedded Soundcloud player to download your FREE MP3 of the unedited version!

If you wish to download the clean Radio Edit version of “Film the Police” you can do so here.