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MTV STREET TEAM ‘08 ELECTION REPORTS
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Get the HOT New Album From Nadir!!
WORKIN’ FOR THE MAN
The New Political Funk Burner!!!
Click HERE to Buy the Workin’ For The Man CD
Click HERE to LISTEN to Tracks and PICK YOUR PRICE for Downloads
“Quite simply, this album is stocked with powerful songs that are at once angry, eloquent, passionate, insightful and very, very good.” www.SoulTracks.com
“The Most Relevant Album of 2008! Imagine if you could listen to an album that sounded like it was James Brown + Gil Scott-Heron + Public Enemy… This is clearly one of the best new releases of 2008…” www.Soul-Patrol.com
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SLAVE: The Remixtape
(Bikiniwax Records/EAPro)
2008 Detroit Music Award
Outstanding Electronic/Dance Recording
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“It’s a fantastic example of what remixers can do when given good material… If you’re into remixes, Nadir’s Slave: The Remixtape is a tour-de-force of remixing.” Synthtopia
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Distorted Soul 2.0
(EAPro)
Best Funk Album of 2005: Soul-Patrol.com
2005 Detroit Music Award
Outstanding Urban Funk/Hip Hop Recording
“It’s STONE COLD FUNK, it makes you DANCE, it ROCKS your world, it’s got GREAT LYRICS, it’s got POWERHOUSE SOUL SINGING, it’s got GREAT MUSICIANSHIP,it makes you THINK about the world and it makes you SMILE.” www.soul-patrol.com
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SLAVE (Cool Rev’s Nastyville Crunk Mix)
SLAVE: THE REMIXTAPE
(Bikiniwax/EAPro)
Featuring the fantastic Emily Rogers as “The Interogator”
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GUANTANAMO (Live on Fox2)
WORKIN’ FOR THE MAN
(EAPro)
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QUEEN OF SHEBA
DISTORTED SOUL 2.0
(EAPro)
(Fan Slide show created by miamiborn)
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SANCTIFIED (Live in Charlotte, NC)
DISTORTED SOUL 2.0
(EAPro)
This official bootleg video is almost unwatchably dark, but the local band from Charlotte is funky! They got down with no rehearsal, and had never heard the tune before.
Nadir recorded live at Soul Stage at Allure Restaurant & Lounge, Charlotte, North Carolina, November 26, 2008.
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Top Ten Things I Love/Hate About The Hood
(Corner Boy Films) 
In the summer of 2006 NADIR composed the original score for the independent film Top Ten Things I Love/Hate About The Hood, produced by Corner Boy Films, written and directed by the incomparable Lee Martin.
The film tells the story of Nicholas Skobey, a down on his luck, disbarred attorney and recovering alcoholic whose search for a missing socialite leads him to the shadier side of the city - a world of hustlers, criminals, fast women, 
and jackleg preachers. The heroic quest turns up ghosts from his past and new questions about the untimely death of his brother. NADIR’s gritty blaxploitation-style soundtrack adds tension and excitement to this comic thriller.
To see trailers, hear selections from the soundtrack and order your copy of the DVD please visit CornerBoyFilms.com.
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AUDIO: The People Speak Radio - October 15, 2008 (1hr)
Nadir was interviewed on The People Speak Radio with host David Swanson. They talked about politics, Nadir’s MTV Street Team ‘08 gig and the Workin’ For the Man album.
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AUDIO: News From the Service Entrance - October 16, 2008 (15 mins)
Hosts Mario and Gary T spoke with Nadir on WHPK 88.5FM - Chicago
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Distorted Soul T-Shirts
(DS~Tees)
“Lovin’ life in my DS~Tee!”
Click HERE to see DS~Tees around the world!
How do you look in YOUR Distorted Soul Tee?
Slip it on, snap the shot, send us the photo, and show the world how you rock it!
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PROFESSIONAL SONGWRITING SECRETS
Veteran songwriters Shamir Rele and Nadir share their tips, tricks and techniques for great songwriting in an audio master class. What you are about to discover will seriously turbo-charge your creativity and get those songwriting juices flowing and more importantly, you’ll be able to fill in ALL the blanks and start writing song after song, with complete ease.
This audio master class contains over 4 hours of meaty songwriting tricks, tips and methods that you can start using TODAY.
Click HERE to download our Songwriting Secrets
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MTV STREET TEAM ‘08 ELECTION REPORTS
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NADIR COVERED THE HISTORIC 2008 ELECTIONS AS MICHIGAN CORRESPONDENT FOR MTV’S CHOOSE OR LOSE STREET TEAM ‘08
CHECK OUT SOME OF HIS REPORTS
VIDEO: Can They Stop Me From Voting?
Efforts to challenge and suppress voters increase in close elections. Do you know your rights? Do you know what to do if someone challenges you when you go to vote?
MTV Street Teamer Nadir spoke with Professor Griff & Chuck D of Public Enemy and some noted Michigan journalists who kicked the facts about your rights as a voter.
VIDEO: Young, American and Arab
Since 9-11 anti-Arab and anti-Muslim discrimination is on the rise. In an act that was contrary to his message of change, campaign volunteers for Barack Obama refused to allow two Muslim American women to sit behind the candidate during a June rally at Detroit’s Joe Louis Arena.
Michigan is home to the largest population of Arabs outside the Middle East. Several young Arab Americans spoke with Nadir about this incident and the tensions they endure every day.
VIDEO: McCain’s Straight Talk Economics
John McCain had to pick up his game on the Economy. It was tough enough that the Republican nominee was saddled with the failures of “Bushonomics”. McCain had also been forced to distance himself from one of his own advisers, a man who said Americans were “whining” about the economy. But at a town hall meeting with small business owners in Belleville, Michigan, the Straight Talk Maverick was up for the challenge, telling voters he had a plan to “fix” the economy.
VIDEO: What’s Race Got To Do With It?
African Americans voted overwhelmingly for Barack Obama to become the first Black president of the United States. Did African Americans voting for Obama *because* he is Black?
Also Professor Griff asked, “What if Obama wins and white folks go crazy?”
This election has proven that we are not quite over skin color as an issue in the US. When it comes to choosing the right candidate, what’s race got to do with it?
VIDEO: Healthcare Reality Check - Breaking Your Arm and The Bank
The US is the only industrialized nation that doesn’t have universal health care. What happens if you need surgery and you don’t have insurance? What are the economic consequences?
VIDEO: The Case of the DPS IMac Dump
With a 25% graduation rate and a severe budget deficit, the last thing we should expect to find in our city dumpster is seven working computers with Property of Detroit Public Schools labels on them, but…
VIDEO: The Silenced Strike - American Axle Strike Injures U.S. Economy
UAW workers began a 3-month strike at American Axle plants in Michigan and New York on February 25, 2008. The work stoppage forced General Motors to stop or slow production at 30 North American factories, and an estimated 40,000 people were laid off.
VIDEO: Think Global, Drink Local
Patrons and staff at Black Lotus Brewing Company in the Detroit suburb of Clawson discuss their views on local and national political issues.
VIDEO: Loving Detroit, Leaving Detroit: Part 2 - Corner Boy
His house was burglarized and his car was stolen from his driveway in the space of two weeks. After many years in the city he loved, a native son leaves Detroit for warmer climates and greater opportunity.
AUDIO: Putting Impeachment Back On The Table
Former presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich defied Democratic Party leaders when he filed 35 Articles of Impeachment against George W. Bush on June 10. A day later members of Veterans for Peace visited the office of Judiciary Committee Chair John Conyers (D-MI) asking him to hold an inquiry.
AUDIO: Another Seat at the Table
The Green Party’s presidential and vice-presidential nominees Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente are the first presidential ticket led by two women of color. But this is no symbolic or token campaign by a minor party.
VIDEO: Day 1 - Anarchy, Nadir Tear-Gassed at RNC
Cue the instrumental to Snoop Dogg’s “Gin & Juice”:
There’s so much drama in the GOP
I’m kinda glad that I’m coverin’ the RNC
We didn’t know at first. When John McCain made the decision to limit activity at the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota because of the threat Hurricane Gustav posed to the Gulf Coast, some of us in the MTV Street Team’s RNC contingent were worried that there wouldn’t be much to cover. But a few hours later, I was coughing, hacking and wheezing because of the tear gas in my face…
VIDEO: Day 2 - Rage & Liberty in Minnesota
For me, day two of the Republican National Convention was all about the very different ways Americans express their anger and dissatisfaction with the United States government, and the Republican Party in particular.
VIDEO: Day 3 - Whose World Is This?
Dude! I was SOOO tired of protests by Day Three of the RNC that I was determined to do some safer stories. But my first story of the day was a protest right outside my hotel, and by the end of the night, I was being pushed by a police baton as I walked away from another confrontation after the Rage Against the Machine Concert.
VIDEO: Day 4 - Political Theater Unmasked
It pays to have a backstage pass. That’s one thing I learned at the Republican National Convention. All of the speeches and videos and pageantry on television amount to what independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader called “political theater”. The real action at the RNC was happening backstage.
VIDEO: Wrap Up - The ‘Other’ RNC: 4 Days of Protest
Members and delegates of the Republican Party weren’t the only visitors to the Twin Cities during the GOP Convention. There were also lots of protesters and LOTS of police…
