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The PEOPLE..

Believe me when I say this to you people...

We are about progression. This is one of the hardest things I have ever done. But everything that we have accomplished and that we will accomplish are well worth it. The future of "US" lies in the hands of "YOU", so what we do is for the people. We do it for the kids who have a smile after they get a brand new deck from O2 Boards. We do it for smaller voices who are not heard. We do it for the moms, for the teachers, for the construction workers, for the cops putting their life on the line (the good ones anyway!), for the PEOPLE. The people doing the jobs putting in the time and work that go unheard and unnoticed.

THIS is an unspoken promise: What we do will have a large impact on society... the world.. our lives.. everything in the most positive manner possible. One thing we will always guarantee is that we will give our all, our heart, soul, time, blood, sweat, tears to the creative revolution. A change to bring about the creation of longevity, the freedom to pursue your natural desire regardless of any force trying to stop it.

We greatly appreciate our supporters and all the support that has come our way. We will not let you down king!

It's LOVE,

The Lightbulb Factory
"For generations of thought.."

LBF + O2

Creeping in.. giving you something to yearn for, have time to soak it in. The meaning behind the means is more meaningful when you let it mean something. Out of convention, molded unique.. forming a bond between soul and mind. Unmistakable when released, the emotion filled presentation. Presenting this to you through the purest form of expression.

Welcome to our world

WTO = LBF + O2 (the equation that always makes sense)

Sorry for the delay..

DJ Spynfo ! Kicking it wit me and O2 Boards

Much in store.. stay TUNED!

LBF + O2B

The time is now..

The Day I fell in Love

LBF @ Fort Greene Music Fest & AfroPunk sponsored by Nike 6.0

This great day brought me joy visually.

So grateful to have been witness to allllll this creativity, love, music, BROOKLYN!

I love Brooklyn, did I mention that?

The Gloria Eve Performing Arts Foundation

"The Gloria Eve Performing Arts Foundation, Inc. is the only "minority" operated not-for-profit (501(c)(3)) corp. providing "minority" children, single parent households and lower income families in the Hempstead village community and surrounding areas with education to the cultural performing arts through class instruction that they may not normally be exposed to without this type of affordable program."
(-an excerpt from http://www.gloriaeve.com/)

SUPPORT THE ARTS and every thing this school stands for. Watching this performance made me drop some tears it was so beautiful.

THIS IS THE FUTURE and I'm proud to witness.

Closing show: JUNE 26, 2010 @ York College


Visit The Gloria Eve Foundation
155A North Franklin Street, Hempstead, NY 11550
P 516.478.6060 - F:516.565.2540 info@gloriaeve.com
http://www.gloriaeve.com/

WAKE UP IT'S MADLIB

He's a DJ, he's a composer, he even spits a few bars here and there. Madlib is truly a complete musician. Give credit where its do, if you've never heard this man rhyme or haven't heard a song he produced...Google this man's work - you wont be disappointed. He's worked with artist like J.Dilla, Ghostface, Mos Def, Talib Kwali, and he even has his own quartet. Few in the game can hold a candle to his stats, if your dying for some real music check this man out, he might save your life.

LBF @ S.Queens Boys and Girls Club Fashion Show

  

LBF with the crew.. They did they're damn thing.. As hectic as it gets behind the curtains.. The poise of every single model was relentless!

HUGE thanks and appreciate to the S.Queens Boys and Girls Club & the incredible director, Asia Blume

LBF Love the kiiiids!

Newww York!

You've gotta be friggen kidding me

C'mon New York City

For the LOVE of art

Environments Demo from Blake Cartwright on Vimeo.

So proud to feature this man's work! I have always known he has some ill shit!

Here's to you Hank!

Land of the Sun finally shines...

Yesterdays new iPhone announcement was a bitter sweet moment for myself. Yes, it's the most amazing device every created. Yes, it's founder Steve Jobs labeled it "his new baby". Yes, it has more features then a fully equipped Aston Martin...Yes! We know...we know.

What we don't know is the amount of hard work and labor that goes into each and every phone that touches our gluttonous hands. Foxconn, the Chinese factory that assembles and manages each iPhone, has had an astounding number of suicides this year. The company has given it's official political statement about the deaths. Out of respect for each life lost, I won't even restate such garbage. Basically, they (Foxconn) claimed they didn't know why each employee wanted to terminate their own life. Hmmmm...maybe it's the $132 a month they were being given for 18 hour work days. Or could it possibly be that the 400,000 employees (that's not a typo), work like machines -round the clock- attempting to meet insane quotas. Of course your cringing at the thought of how you helped create this atrocity by demanding these devices. Hell, I even typed this memo on an iPhone...

Luckily, amazing things can happen when people are pushed too far, sometimes they break...other times they do the breaking. In fact, something amazing is happening in China right now...workers are beginning to revolt! Last month, nearly 2,000 Chinese workers went on strike at a Honda factory in southern China. The strike then became a movement, spreading across the mainland, halting production at every single Honda factory in China. Also, this past May 28th, another 1,000 workers refused to work due to low wages. This time it was Hyundai...this time it was in Beijing. Even the Chinese government, not known for it's hospitality, has joined the fray by mandating laws to protect those overworked and underpaid. A revolution is brewing, and I can't escape the joy that comes along with it.

Those Honda workers I talked about ..offered a 24% raise to return to work.

Those Hyundai workers I just spoke of...given a 15% raise along with a conditional extra 10% raise due in July.

Lastly, that small city known as Foxconn that I opened with...50% pay increase within three months.

With a big smile and a even bigger sigh of relief, I say congrats to those affected. Now I can sleep well knowing that things are and will get better...

Sent from my iPhone... :)

For the LOVE of art

 

 Paying Homage to this AMAZING graphic design company.

Part of being a great artist is the ability to understand and respect other great artists..

This is to the CREATIVE REVOLUTION!

http://www.ohyeahstudio.no

Throwback Bomb :Crooklyn Dodgers

If u remember this then i know you owned a pair of high techs and had a fatigue suit. you got a guest spot by MIKE TYSON and MICHEAL JORDAN. C'mon who else did it like that.Ft Buckshot, Master ace,Special Ed . RESPECT THE ART.

The Artists' of The LightBulb Factory

A CREW OF 4 A MIND OF 1

RANDOM RACIST STORY..

UGLY but TRUTH:

I was twelve years old visiting family in South Carolina. Me and my cousins were playing basketball on a GRASS court (it was insane how we were doing this). One of my cousins in the group had shot the ball over the gate. Everybody immediately froze up and no one wanted to go get the ball.

So I said:

"Why ya'll scared to get the ball for.. just go get the ball."

And they said:

"We not allowed to go in his yard!"

So I jumped the fence, walked to the ball and picked it up. As I took my first step to leave, I heard a shotgun being cocked.

--At that moment I realized that, my cousins meant they couldn't go in the yard because they didn't want to die. I turned around to a big white man standing on the porch..

He said:

"What you doing in my yard nigg(er)?"

My father came running out the house to get me from the yard.

My father said:

"He's not from here and doesn't know how things (work) down here."

GOOD OLD AMERICAN EQUALITY :)

Memorial Music Monday!!!

Happy Memorial day all! A little jewel from me to you...

Cole Hearted

(SHAMELESS PLUG) This video was shot by  The Lightbulb Factory's own Candice Rose so if you respect art show her some love in the comment box. As far as the dude in the video, he goes by the name J.COLE, for those of you who haven't heard of him. He was the first artist signed to Jay-Z's  label, Rocnation. But honestly I don't care if he was a bum rapping in the middle of time square.

This man can spit and if you don't agree you must be deaf. With tracks like Young Simba where he certifies his lyrical dominance. Let alone holding his own on tracks with vets like Jay-Z, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Young Chris and premier fresh faces such as B.O.B., Miguel, and Wale. If you didn't hear his mixtapes The Warm Up and The Come Up do yourself a favor and hit Google after u read this.

So I said, what about the music for people like us? For the "others" who don't want to hear swagger rap. I can't relate to the pouring champagne on bitches, or to the I'm so fly, fresh, and flashy, or the references to nothing but money, cash, hoes everyday. I'm a commoner, dealing with the norm. So here Cole is.. giving me a reason to listen.. To use my brain and make me want to formulate what he is saying and where he is coming from. Because he captures my attention that way, making known his awareness and diversity at such a young age and illustrating how we can change and grow. His words highlight his positivity and that his path is always forward and never in reverse. Cole expresses his POV from different angles that which relate to me, to you...

--"All you talkin' bout your coupe is sicker... ya top is drop while the cops is out here shooting niggas, stupid nigga, see me I'd rather tell the truth to niggas" (- J.Cole "I Really Mean It")

--"I'm trying to side step the devil but he heartless yea, but just know that I'm a rebel and yo it's almost here.. I'm talking bout the revolution I am Paul Revere" (- J.Cole "Show Me Something")

--Poetically inclined, this man is able to gracefully display his knowledge of history, demographics, hardships, and "following your dreams". Melodically painting a vivid picture.. of life. About his bad times, his good times, the progression to see better days, and the journey coming to fruition. A man seeing success so clearly, vision of triumph surpassed sacrifice. His fans have seemed to acknowledge his great potential and wait on edge for what's to come (I know I do!). Personally I respect this man because of his humble persona and realistic speech. He has been asked a number of times about what's going on in the rap game and what he thinks of this beef and that rapper.. and the way how I feel, he feel's  - Not my issue, so I can't say who's right or wrong.. Taking a bold stand to neutrality and staying far beyond all the shit that doesn't matter. It's about the music people! and J.Cole serves it to you.

Mudda Sucka Speaks!

If I am the last…the last of the incorruptible, it’s only right that I bask in the glory of an explicit and un-adulterated world. Tonight will be a night of trepidation, consummation and imagination…journey with me. I implore you to un-buckle that seat belt, drive distracted and redline Italy’s fastest saloon…

It’s my understanding that I can actually change the world, even if it's only one person at a time. In a society of rape, murder, and injustice…I am the only fool that gives more that he can afford? My sole purpose in life is to educate, and enlighten. I can accept this as my role; forever will I be the guy that values a relationship with others more than that with material goods. I would give anyone…and I mean anyone, fifty-cent of my last dollar. Many times this has back-fired, each time I have continued to love without regard. It’s the only way I know how to live…I can’t be greedy, I can’t turn a blind eye, I can't and will not become corrupted...

So as this holiday weekend approaches, I say to you...Do your part! Make tonight (or today, depending where you live in world) a night of progress. Become the change you want to see in the world.

If ever the atrocities of today get you down, seek me out to be the shoulder you lean on...

WHY FRONT ON MURS?

Can we please pay respect to the forgotten? MC's like Murs, who are super talented , but rearly mentioned. This man is a hip hop artist. NO SWAG SURFING , NO MILLION DOLLAR CAR, NO 'MY SHIT SMELLS BETTER THAN YOURS'-BLOOD DIAMOND WEARING RAPPER. There is a big difference between what we listen to on the air waves, and the substance filled underground reality that Murs brings forward . A vet with seven years in and countless solid LP's. How could this man not make any top five countdown at any station?

"When We"

The inspration for this shirt came to me, in '07. Mark Pease and I were talking about African American culture and how we have yet to realize our full potential. From there, we started to think about the different stages of "evolution"or "degeneration" in some periods within or history, and from there I became the script writer (perfecting the idea) and Mark was the director (drawing the idea in his image). I guess the main theme is not to say We have lost ourselves as people, but we must (a percentage of us) change our direction for hope of tomorrow.

R.I.P. Guru

Not my cup of tea....

Nothing like a rainy Monday to stimulate thought eh?! If your one of the millions of New Yorkers dreading the last 45 minutes of your slave day, fear not! Sir Robin Hood is here to drop quite a jewel...

An open scribe from a man named Tim Wise, enjoy.

Let’s play a game, shall we? The name of the game is called “Imagine.” The way it’s played is simple: we’ll envision recent happenings in the news, but then change them up a bit. Instead of envisioning white people as the main actors in the scenes we’ll conjure - the ones who are driving the action - we’ll envision black folks or other people of color instead. The object of the game is to imagine the public reaction to the events or incidents, if the main actors were of color, rather than white. Whoever gains the most insight into the workings of race in America, at the end of the game, wins.

So let’s begin.

Imagine that hundreds of black protesters were to descend upon Washington DC and Northern Virginia, just a few miles from the Capitol and White House, armed with AK-47s, assorted handguns, and ammunition. And imagine that some of these protesters —the black protesters — spoke of the need for political revolution, and possibly even armed conflict in the event that laws they didn’t like were enforced by the government? Would these protester — these black protesters with guns — be seen as brave defenders of the Second Amendment, or would they be viewed by most whites as a danger to the republic? What if they were Arab-Americans? Because, after all, that’s what happened recently when white gun enthusiasts descended upon the nation’s capital, arms in hand, and verbally announced their readiness to make war on the country’s political leaders if the need arose.

Imagine that white members of Congress, while walking to work, were surrounded by thousands of angry black people, one of whom proceeded to spit on one of those congressmen for not voting the way the black demonstrators desired. Would the protesters be seen as merely patriotic Americans voicing their opinions, or as an angry, potentially violent, and even insurrectionary mob? After all, this is what white Tea Party protesters did recently in Washington.

Imagine that a rap artist were to say, in reference to a white president: “He’s a piece of shit and I told him to suck on my machine gun.” Because that’s what rocker Ted Nugent said recently about President Obama.

Imagine that a prominent mainstream black political commentator had long employed an overt bigot as Executive Director of his organization, and that this bigot regularly participated in black separatist conferences, and once assaulted a white person while calling them by a racial slur. When that prominent black commentator and his sister — who also works for the organization — defended the bigot as a good guy who was misunderstood and “going through a tough time in his life” would anyone accept their excuse-making? Would that commentator still have a place on a mainstream network? Because that’s what happened in the real world, when Pat Buchanan employed as Executive Director of his group, America’s Cause, a blatant racist who did all these things, or at least their white equivalents: attending white separatist conferences and attacking a black woman while calling her the n-word.

Imagine that a black radio host were to suggest that the only way to get promoted in the administration of a white president is by “hating black people,” or that a prominent white person had only endorsed a white presidential candidate as an act of racial bonding, or blamed a white president for a fight on a school bus in which a black kid was jumped by two white kids, or said that he wouldn’t want to kill all conservatives, but rather, would like to leave just enough—“living fossils” as he called them—“so we will never forget what these people stood for.” After all, these are things that Rush Limbaugh has said, about Barack Obama’s administration, Colin Powell’s endorsement of Barack Obama, a fight on a school bus in Belleville, Illinois in which two black kids beat up a white kid, and about liberals, generally.

Imagine that a black pastor, formerly a member of the U.S. military, were to declare, as part of his opposition to a white president’s policies, that he was ready to “suit up, get my gun, go to Washington, and do what they trained me to do.” This is, after all, what Pastor Stan Craig said recently at a Tea Party rally in Greenville, South Carolina.

Imagine a black radio talk show host gleefully predicting a revolution by people of color if the government continues to be dominated by the rich white men who have been “destroying” the country, or if said radio personality were to call Christians or Jews non-humans, or say that when it came to conservatives, the best solution would be to “hang ‘em high.” And what would happen to any congressional representative who praised that commentator for “speaking common sense” and likened his hate talk to “American values?” After all, those are among the things said by radio host and best-selling author Michael Savage, predicting white revolution in the face of multiculturalism, or said by Savage about Muslims and liberals, respectively. And it was Congressman Culbertson, from Texas, who praised Savage in that way, despite his hateful rhetoric.

Imagine a black political commentator suggesting that the only thing the guy who flew his plane into the Austin, Texas IRS building did wrong was not blowing up Fox News instead. This is, after all, what Anne Coulter said about Tim McVeigh, when she noted that his only mistake was not blowing up the New York Times.

Imagine that a popular black liberal website posted comments about the daughter of a white president, calling her “typical redneck trash,” or a “whore” whose mother entertains her by “making monkey sounds.” After all that’s comparable to what conservatives posted about Malia Obama on freerepublic.com last year, when they referred to her as “ghetto trash.”

Imagine that black protesters at a large political rally were walking around with signs calling for the lynching of their congressional enemies. Because that’s what white conservatives did last year, in reference to Democratic party leaders in Congress.

In other words, imagine that even one-third of the anger and vitriol currently being hurled at President Obama, by folks who are almost exclusively white, were being aimed, instead, at a white president, by people of color. How many whites viewing the anger, the hatred, the contempt for that white president would then wax eloquent about free speech, and the glories of democracy? And how many would be calling for further crackdowns on thuggish behavior, and investigations into the radical agendas of those same people of color?

To ask any of these questions is to answer them. Protest is only seen as fundamentally American when those who have long had the luxury of seeing themselves as prototypically American engage in it. When the dangerous and dark “other” does so, however, it isn’t viewed as normal or natural, let alone patriotic. Which is why Rush Limbaugh could say, this past week, that the Tea Parties are the first time since the Civil War that ordinary, common Americans stood up for their rights: a statement that erases the normalcy and “American-ness” of blacks in the civil rights struggle, not to mention women in the fight for suffrage and equality, working people in the fight for better working conditions, and LGBT folks as they struggle to be treated as full and equal human beings.

And this, my friends, is what white privilege is all about. The ability to threaten others, to engage in violent and incendiary rhetoric without consequence, to be viewed as patriotic and normal no matter what you do, and never to be feared and despised as people of color would be, if they tried to get away with half the shit we do, on a daily basis.

Game Over.

Time Wise is among the most prominent anti-racist writers and activists in the U.S. Wise has spoken in 48 states, on over 400 college campuses, and to community groups around the nation. Wise has provided anti-racism training to teachers nationwide, and has trained physicians and medical industry professionals on how to combat racial inequities in health care. His latest book is called Between Barack and a Hard Place.

Only in America pt.1

As a proud New Yorker I've naturally developed an outer layer of leather-like skin. This personal upgrade supplements the human bodies already perfect system, while shielding me from 99.9% of the local, national, and international atrocities that burden most of our nation. Naturally I'm here today to talk about that mystical .01 percentile. Today's proverbial "bullet" comes in the form of a closing...Sorry guys I'm not talking about Shea stadium being imploded, nor your favorite bar's bankruptcy claim. I'm talking about a facility directly responsible for 60,000 ER visits and 20,000 surgeries a year. The April 6th announcement to close Saint Vincents Hospital (NYC)leaves me both angered and puzzled. Fundamentally speaking, what can be more important than preserving human life? What budget, law, tariff, penalty or memo can be more important then a single human life? Never mind that it's the only hospital for a five-and-a-half mile stretch of the west side of Manhattan. Never mind that over the weekend, Beth Israel Medical Center and Bellevue Hospital Center — both east of St. Vincent’s — reported an increased number of emergency patients from the Village area...hmmmm I wonder if it's same area that Saint Vincent's used to be responsible for. What about the Asian community in neighboring Chinatown? Saint Vincent's independent Chinese-speaking inpatient unit, has employed Doctors and nurses who speak Cantonese and Mandarin. Who is going to fill that void? I am, better yet, we are. We are all accountable for a small cog in this machine, lets turn it around.


Not to continue this rant much further than it's already gone, i'll close with this. I'm going to do everything possible to re-open that hospital. Even though there's a 99.9% chance i'll fail, .01% goes quite a long way when failure is not an option...




Saint Vincent's Hospital

HIS NAME IS ELECTRONICA

If you listen to hip hop and don't know who this man is, your listening to the wrong shit...simple as that. It's only right that we kick off our site with the prophet of our time; the man, the myth, the legend...the God M.C. This is not your run of the mills pop artist spitting bars about his "Beamer, Benz or Bentley". This is scholar, a solider, a enemy to all that continue to keep our culture down. From his outstanding delivery, to his movie soundtrack beat selection. Jay Electronica is truly our one last hope in today's climate, it's only right that we acknowledge it...

"Question 14, Muslim Lesson 2: Dip diver, civilize a 85er
I make the devil hit his knees and say 'to our father'"
-Jay Electronica

Hi 2.0

“The difficult I can do today; the impossible will take a little longer” -Billie Holiday