Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
WU MEETS DUB!!!
Frank Radio and iHipHop Distribution are proud to announce the highly anticipated follow-up to 2005’s “Wu-Tang Meets The Indie Culture Vol. 1″
On November 10th, the newest and freshest sounds in underground electronic music encounter the grimiest and most hardcore hip-hop click in this one-of-a-kind album: “Wu-Tang Meets The Indie Culture Vol. 2: Enter The Dubstep.”
As Vol. 1 sought to introduce hip-hop fans in general, and specifically, the famously large, loyal and diverse fan-base of the Wu-Tang to the burgeoning world of underground hip-hop, so Vol. 2 seeks to expose another untapped resource of underground talent, skill and artistry to this very same avid and intrepid fan-base.
The project serves a double purpose as well: many of the pioneers and practitioners (DJ’s and producers) in the Dubstep world came up in a time when Wu-Tang ruled the international airwaves. Unlike much commercial hip-hop, the immediacy of Wu-Tang’s sound spoke to many outside of the scope of the typical hip-hop fan, across oceans and at home. Their music and style helped to shape an emerging artform that hadn’t yet defined itself. Now, in 2009, as dubstep continues to grow, expand and encompass more styles and subgenres, the Wu-Tang sound is reintroduced into the mix, to spawn a new and unique musical crossbreeding, that is greater than the sum of its constituent parts.
This groundbreaking album is trail-blazing the collaboration between Dubstep and Hip-Hop, with stomach-pounding, bass-thumping guttural beats, and gully, gritty and grimy lyrics that break into the next decade in the chapters of each respective genre’s history. With Scuba, Parson, Trillbass, Dakimh, DZ, Rogue Star, Stenchman, Datsik & many more producing not remixes, but complex re-interpollations that include a veritable goldmine of Wu-Tang verses from the vaults that feature Raekwon, Ghostface Killa, RZA, GZA, Method Man, U-God & Masta Killa, Wu affiliates Killah Priest, Bronze Nazareth, Prodigal Sunn, Solomon Childs, Son One & more, and guest spots from Busta Rhymes, MF Doom, Pimp C, Three 6 Mafia, Ras Kass, Vast Aire, Canibus, Lord Jamar & many more, this one of a kind compilation is at the forefront of an emerging cultural and musical blend that is taking place on the margins of the mainstream, but will be talked about for years to come…
A / “Deep Space” Featuring RZA & Lord Jamar (Jay Da Flex & Yoof Remix)
B / “Love Don’t Cost (A Thing) / Still Grimey” FeaturingaZf Icewater, Method Man, U-God & Prodigal Sunn (Nebulla & Dore Remixes)
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Reverend X - THE HEALING DANCE!!!
Dear Mr. 5kratchere - thank you for showing me the light. Nuff said.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Raekwon - Cuban Linx II
The highly anticipated follow up to the classic Purple Tape AKA Only Built 4 Cuban Linx has finally got a solid release date (September 8) & artwork . . . The few tracks I've heard off this one are "10 Bricks" feat. Capadonna, House of Flying Daggers, & the Dre-produced "Catalina" feat. Lyfe Jennings are some indicators that this one is gonna exceed expectations by far . . . Here's the tracklisting:
1. Return of the North Star (feat. Papu Wu)
2. House of Flying Daggers (feat. Inspectah Deck, Ghostface Killah and Method Man)
3. Sonny's Missing (Produced by Pete Rock)
4. Pyrex Vision (Produced by Marley Marl)
5. Cold Outside (feat. Ghostface Killah and Sugar Bang)
6. Black Mozart (feat. Inspectah Deck)
7. New Wu (feat. Method Man and Ghostface Killah)
8. Penitentiary (feat. Ghostface Killah)
9. Surgical Gloves
10. Broken Safety (feat. Jadakiss and Styles P)
11. Canal Street
12. Ason Jones
13. Have Mercy (feat. Beanie Sigel and Blue Raspberry)
14. 10 Bricks (feat. Cappadonna and Ghostface Killah)
15. Fat Lady Sings
16. Catalina (feat. Lyfe Jennings)
17. We Will Rob You (feat. Slick Rick, GZA and Masta Killa)
18. About Me
19. Mean Streets (feat. Inspectah Deck and Ghostface Killah)
20. Kiss The Ring (feat. Inspectah Deck and Masta Killa)
21. South Star (feat. Papa Wu)
Here's a download of "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx" - the original . . .
EZ
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Can you dig it? It's ABSOLUTELY WICKED!!!
Aaaaah yes! The first video from the album "It's Always Something" is here! Big ups to the Rev. Scooter Jackson for the filming & editing work . . . Ya'll peep the vid below, leave some comments and follow the Reverend's blog too!
Trailin in Oregon . . . Lazy days are here . . .
Here's some shots of the countryside where I'm currently kickin it - visiting my Moms & little sisters - in the great state of Oregon - Williams, Oregon to be exact . . . It's in Southeastern OR close to Medford and Grant's Pass . . . Great country, great weather (90 - a DRY 90 during the day, and 50 at night!), and did you know that Mary Jane is legal to grow AND possess here? If not, ya learn something new everyday . . . Be back on the 26th . . . TOO SOON!!!
Thursday, August 20, 2009
GOT POWER???
"There is enough energy in high altitude winds to power civilization 100 times over; and sooner or later, we're going to learn to tap into the power of winds and use it to run civilization." Says Ken Caldeira, Professor of Global Ecology at the Carnegie Institution for Science. (Discovery Channel, Project Earth, Infinite Winds episode)
Magenn Power's high altitude wind turbine called MARS is a Wind Power Anywhere™ solution with distinct advantages over existing Conventional Wind Turbines and Diesel Generating Systems including: global deployment, lower costs, better operational performance, and greater environmental advantages.
MARS is a lighter-than-air tethered wind turbine that rotates about a horizontal axis in response to wind, generating electrical energy. This electrical energy is transferred down the 1000-foot tether for immediate use, or to a set of batteries for later use, or to the power grid. Helium sustains MARS and allows it to ascend to a higher altitude than traditional wind turbines. MARS captures the energy available in the 600 to 1000-foot low level and nocturnal jet streams that exist almost everywhere. MARS rotation also generates the "Magnus effect" which provides additional lift, keeps the MARS stabilized, and positions it within a very controlled and restricted location to adhere to FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) & Transport Canada guidelines.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
Dead PA's back - NOLA stylee!!! - 9-12-09
AAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWYEAAAAAAAAAA!!!! Dead PA, the live PA dnb outfit that KILLS SHIT, will be swinging back thru NOLA on the Southern leg of their Deadicated Tour 2009. This Louisianadnb.com show will feature sonic support by the Kryptic Soul System and Twin Brothers Darkness from the Rules of Culture fam . . . BIG UPS!!!
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Rest In Peace - Les Paul
Les Paul (June 9, 1915 - August 13, 2009)
The name Les Paul is synonymous with the electric guitar. As a player, inventor and recording artist, Paul has been an innovator his entire life. Born Lester William Polfus in 1915 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, Paul built his first crystal radio at age nine - which was about the time he first picked up a guitar. By age 13 he was performing semi-professionally as a country-music guitarist and working diligently on sound-related inventions. In 1941, Paul built his first solid-body electric guitar, and he continued to make refinements to his prototype throughout the decade. It’s safe to say that rock and roll as we know it would not exist without his invention.
But Les Paul didn’t stop there. He also refined the technology of sound recording, developing revolutionary engineering techniques such as close miking, echo delay, overdubbing and multitracking. He also busied himself as a versatile bandleader and performer who could play jazz, country and pop.
The guitar that bears his name – the Gibson Les Paul – is his crowning achievement. It grew out of his desire, as a musician and inventor, to create a stringed instrument that could make electronic sound without distorting. What he came up with, after almost a decade of work, was a solid bodied instrument – that is, one that didn’t have the deep, resonant chamber of an acoustic guitar.
As he told writer Jim O’Donnell, “What I wanted to do is not have two things vibrating. I wanted the string to vibrate and nothing else. I wanted the guitar to sustain longer than an acoustical box and have different sounds than an acoustical box.” The fact that the guitar’s body was solid allowed for the sound of a plucked string to sustain, as its vibrating energy was not dissipated in a reverberant acoustic chamber.
He experimented with different designs until he had his non-vibrating guitar body, which he called “The Log.” Gibson Guitars initially turned him down, calling his invention “a broomstick with pickups” and pointing out that this meant guitarists would now have to carry around two instruments – one electric and one acoustic – which they viewed as prohibitively inconvenient. As a result, Paul was beaten to the marketplace by Leo Fender, whose Fender Broadcaster – the first mass-produced solidbody electric guitar – was introduced in 1948. That same year, however, Paul unveiled overdubbing, a breakthrough recording technique that would forever change music. Capitol Records released the Paul’s experimental eight-track recordings of “Lover (When You’re Near Me)” and “Brazil,” which he’d made in his garage workshop.
Paul’s career as a musician nearly came to an end in 1948, when he suffered near-fatal car accident in Oklahoma, skidding off a bridge into a river during a snowstorm. The guitarist shattered his right arm and elbow, and he also broke his back, ribs, nose and collarbone. He managed to salvage his career as a musician by instructing surgeons to set his arm at an angle that would allow him to cradle and pick the guitar. It took him a year and a half to recover.
Paul subsequently made his mark as a jazz-pop musician extraordinaire, recording as a duo with his wife, singer Mary Ford (who was born Colleen Summers). Their biggest hits included “How High the Moon” (1951) and “Vaya Con Dios” (1953), both reaching #1. The recordings of Les Paul and Mary Ford are noteworthy for Paul’s pioneering use of overdubbing - i.e., layering guitar parts one atop another, a technique also referred to as multitracking or “sound on sound” recording. He also speeded up the sound of his guitar. The results were bright, bubbly and a little otherworldly - just the sort of music you might expect from an inventor with an ear for the future.
In 1952, Les Paul introduced the first eight-track tape recorder (designed by Paul and marketed by Ampex) and, more significantly for the future of rock and roll, finally saw the release of the the gold-top solid body electric guitar that bears his name. Gibson’s Les Paul Standard went on to become one of the most popular of all models of electric guitar. Built and marketed by Gibson, with continuous advances and refinements from Paul in such areas as low-impedance pickup technology, the Les Paul is a staple instrument among many of rock’s greatest guitarists. He introduced the latest model in 2008. According to Gibson U.S.A., its design amendments include “a new asymmetrical neck profile that makes it one of the most comfortable and playable necks ever offered on any guitar.”
The list of musicians associated with the Gibson Les Paul include Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton,, Duane Allman, Mike Bloomfield, Eddie Van Halen and Jimmy Page. Paul is guitarist Steve Miller’s godfather. Jimi Hendrix consulted him about the construction of Electric Lady Studios. In a British periodical, Led Zeppelin’s Page once wrote of Paul, “He’s the man who started everything. He’s just a genius.” While sharing a stage with Paul, Eddie Van Halen once told him, “Without the things you’ve done, I wouldn’t be able to do half the things I do.”
Over the ensuing decades Les Paul has remained active on all fronts. He recorded a Grammy-winning album of instrumental duets with Chet Atkins, Chester and Lester, in 1977. From the mid-Eighties through the mid-Nineties, he performed weekly at Fat Tuesday’s, a New York City jazz club. In 2005, at the age of 90, he released American Made/World Played, which featured guest spots from several of his most illustrious rock and roll disciples and won him a pair of Grammys.
Paul performed weekly – at New York’s Iridium Jazz Club – and indulged his inventor’s curiosity in a basement workshop at home in Mahwah, New Jersey up until his death on August 13, 2009.
Courtesy of rockhall.com
The name Les Paul is synonymous with the electric guitar. As a player, inventor and recording artist, Paul has been an innovator his entire life. Born Lester William Polfus in 1915 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, Paul built his first crystal radio at age nine - which was about the time he first picked up a guitar. By age 13 he was performing semi-professionally as a country-music guitarist and working diligently on sound-related inventions. In 1941, Paul built his first solid-body electric guitar, and he continued to make refinements to his prototype throughout the decade. It’s safe to say that rock and roll as we know it would not exist without his invention.
But Les Paul didn’t stop there. He also refined the technology of sound recording, developing revolutionary engineering techniques such as close miking, echo delay, overdubbing and multitracking. He also busied himself as a versatile bandleader and performer who could play jazz, country and pop.
The guitar that bears his name – the Gibson Les Paul – is his crowning achievement. It grew out of his desire, as a musician and inventor, to create a stringed instrument that could make electronic sound without distorting. What he came up with, after almost a decade of work, was a solid bodied instrument – that is, one that didn’t have the deep, resonant chamber of an acoustic guitar.
As he told writer Jim O’Donnell, “What I wanted to do is not have two things vibrating. I wanted the string to vibrate and nothing else. I wanted the guitar to sustain longer than an acoustical box and have different sounds than an acoustical box.” The fact that the guitar’s body was solid allowed for the sound of a plucked string to sustain, as its vibrating energy was not dissipated in a reverberant acoustic chamber.
He experimented with different designs until he had his non-vibrating guitar body, which he called “The Log.” Gibson Guitars initially turned him down, calling his invention “a broomstick with pickups” and pointing out that this meant guitarists would now have to carry around two instruments – one electric and one acoustic – which they viewed as prohibitively inconvenient. As a result, Paul was beaten to the marketplace by Leo Fender, whose Fender Broadcaster – the first mass-produced solidbody electric guitar – was introduced in 1948. That same year, however, Paul unveiled overdubbing, a breakthrough recording technique that would forever change music. Capitol Records released the Paul’s experimental eight-track recordings of “Lover (When You’re Near Me)” and “Brazil,” which he’d made in his garage workshop.
Paul’s career as a musician nearly came to an end in 1948, when he suffered near-fatal car accident in Oklahoma, skidding off a bridge into a river during a snowstorm. The guitarist shattered his right arm and elbow, and he also broke his back, ribs, nose and collarbone. He managed to salvage his career as a musician by instructing surgeons to set his arm at an angle that would allow him to cradle and pick the guitar. It took him a year and a half to recover.
Paul subsequently made his mark as a jazz-pop musician extraordinaire, recording as a duo with his wife, singer Mary Ford (who was born Colleen Summers). Their biggest hits included “How High the Moon” (1951) and “Vaya Con Dios” (1953), both reaching #1. The recordings of Les Paul and Mary Ford are noteworthy for Paul’s pioneering use of overdubbing - i.e., layering guitar parts one atop another, a technique also referred to as multitracking or “sound on sound” recording. He also speeded up the sound of his guitar. The results were bright, bubbly and a little otherworldly - just the sort of music you might expect from an inventor with an ear for the future.
In 1952, Les Paul introduced the first eight-track tape recorder (designed by Paul and marketed by Ampex) and, more significantly for the future of rock and roll, finally saw the release of the the gold-top solid body electric guitar that bears his name. Gibson’s Les Paul Standard went on to become one of the most popular of all models of electric guitar. Built and marketed by Gibson, with continuous advances and refinements from Paul in such areas as low-impedance pickup technology, the Les Paul is a staple instrument among many of rock’s greatest guitarists. He introduced the latest model in 2008. According to Gibson U.S.A., its design amendments include “a new asymmetrical neck profile that makes it one of the most comfortable and playable necks ever offered on any guitar.”
The list of musicians associated with the Gibson Les Paul include Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton,, Duane Allman, Mike Bloomfield, Eddie Van Halen and Jimmy Page. Paul is guitarist Steve Miller’s godfather. Jimi Hendrix consulted him about the construction of Electric Lady Studios. In a British periodical, Led Zeppelin’s Page once wrote of Paul, “He’s the man who started everything. He’s just a genius.” While sharing a stage with Paul, Eddie Van Halen once told him, “Without the things you’ve done, I wouldn’t be able to do half the things I do.”
Over the ensuing decades Les Paul has remained active on all fronts. He recorded a Grammy-winning album of instrumental duets with Chet Atkins, Chester and Lester, in 1977. From the mid-Eighties through the mid-Nineties, he performed weekly at Fat Tuesday’s, a New York City jazz club. In 2005, at the age of 90, he released American Made/World Played, which featured guest spots from several of his most illustrious rock and roll disciples and won him a pair of Grammys.
Paul performed weekly – at New York’s Iridium Jazz Club – and indulged his inventor’s curiosity in a basement workshop at home in Mahwah, New Jersey up until his death on August 13, 2009.
Courtesy of rockhall.com
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Portfolio - TiltView Stylee . . .
Well . . . the other portfolio has size issues on some laptops so I took a page (no pun intended!) from my man Garcia's site and used this dope app called TiltViewer . . . Anyways, here's the lick - so hit em up!
Album Covers - Album Autorun Menus - Fliers - Logos
EZ!
Album Covers - Album Autorun Menus - Fliers - Logos
EZ!
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
The Portfolio goes LIVE!!!
Monday, August 10, 2009
Sol.illaquists Of Sound - Live in Baton Rouge
Drove down to check SoS on tour for their new album "No More Heroes," and they came through and inspired like always. Swamburger is the essence of the word 'beast' on the mic - dude is bananas! DaVinci should be sold on the market along with several other beat machines - his concepts and methods are MADNESS! Alexandra brings that lovely voice and powerful message that only a siren could . . . And Tonya stays ducked off in the cut until it comes time to drop that spoken word on em . . . AND BAM!!!
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DaVinci doing with his kicks what most can't even do with their hands!!!
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Oh that's not enuff? Well - I'll just handle 2 MPC's and a Kaos pad with my FACE!!!
SoS killing it like they always do
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DaVinci doing with his kicks what most can't even do with their hands!!!
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Oh that's not enuff? Well - I'll just handle 2 MPC's and a Kaos pad with my FACE!!!
SoS killing it like they always do
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Sol.illaquists Of Sound - No More Heroes
Tracklist
01. Marvel
02. Harriet Tubman Pt. 2
03. New Sheriff In Town
04. Gotham City Chase Scene
05. Look
06. Popcorn
07. The Curse
08. Dolla Dolla
09. The Roots Of Kinte
10. Fittin’ In
11. Death Of The Muse (Feat. Ma Dukes, J-Live & Chali 2na)
12. 4 People
13. Heroes
14. Solillquy (The 4-Telling)
15. Bulletproof
16. No More Heroes (The Illusion Of Silence)
Beat It - Mariachi Style!!!
This is the hottest rendetion of Beat It out there . . . Save for the random intervals of the ass clowns trying to steal the bands' thunder . . . This is my man Kaneda's father-in-law and uncles-in-law . . . YOU BETTA BEAT IT!!! R.I.P MJ . . . EZ
BTW - Peep my man's Street Kreditz blog for the hottest info out there - from Shark attacks in Caney Lake to Mike Jack sightings @ the WalMart in Jonesboro - this dood breaks more stories than April O'Neal from the Ninja Turtlez!!!
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
GZA - Collection of Classics
+TRACKLISTING+-
1.Bronze Nazareth - Beat Intro
2.Yes Yes Y'all
3.Animal Planet
4.When The Fat Lady Sings
5.Liquid Swords
6.Did Ya Say That
7.Silent (feat. Ghostface & Streetlife)
8.High Price Small Reward (feat. Masta Killa)
9.1112 (feat. Killah Priest & Masta Killa)
10.Killah Hills
11.Killah Hills 2004 (Justice)
12.Interlude
13.Silverbacks (feat. Inspectah Deck & Masta Killa)
14.Sparring Minds (feat. Inspectah Deck)
15.Dashing (feat. Inspectah Deck)
16.Third World (feat. RZA)
17.Shadowboxin (feat. Method Man)
18.MC Trippin
19.Do U (feat. Prodigal Sunn & RZA)
20.Dual of the Iron Mic (feat. Ol Dirty Bastard, Inspectah Deck & Masta Killa)
21.Labels
22.Publicity
23.Fame (Acapella)
24.Hip-Hop Fury (feat. Dreddy Kruger, RZA, Timbo King & Hell Razah)
25.Wu Banga 101 (Live Acapella)
26.Ich Lebe Fur Hip-Hop
Monday, August 3, 2009
Cybraphon
Cybraphon Demo Song from Cybraphon on Vimeo.
(WIRED) -- Like an aspiring indie band, the Cybraphon has many instruments, plays them on an irregular schedule, likes to have an audience around it -- and obsesses over comments on its blog, the number of friends it has on Facebook and how many fans follow it on MySpace.
The Cybraphon plays music based on how well its blog and social networking pages are doing.
The Cybraphon plays music based on how well its blog and social networking pages are doing.
The difference is that it is a handcrafted musical robot and one whose emotion meter swings from delirium to desolation based on its online popularity at any given moment.
"The Cybraphon has an almost egotistical desire for fame," says Simon Kirby, one of the creators of the robot.
When the needle hits rapture, the Cybraphon's built-in orchestra of mechanized acoustic instruments clang in harmony to belt out an upbeat tune. But without online attention it slips into dejection and spews out a sad melody.
Three U.K. based artists -- Kirby, Ziggy Campbell and Tommy Pheron -- built the robot over eight months using a £5,000 grant. It's a mechanical marvel that stuns with its attention to detail and construction. An antique wardrobe houses more than 60 robotic components including musical instruments such as cymbals and an organ as well as electronic parts including a PC and a controller. Kirby and his colleagues first created a sketch of what they wanted and then sourced the parts from antique stores, junk shops and donations.
The Cybraphon's emotions are accessible via a Twitter feed but also appear on a on a 100 year-old galvanometer housed in the wardrobe (pictured above).
Kirby says the Cybraphon is devised as a "tongue-in-cheek comment on people's obsession with online celebrity." And it is almost Julia Allison-esque in its quest for attention. The device scours the web all day looking for mentions of itself and tracking how many friends it has on Facebook and MySpace.
"It is happy when it feels its popularity increases but is miserable if it is being ignored," says Kirby.
The musical instruments inside the wardrobe include an Indian classical instrument called a Shruti box, an organ and cymbals. But they had to be tweaked to play on their own. The team attached a motor-driven crank to the drives of the Shruti box and modified it with 13 robotic servos. The organ was retro-fitted with robotic keys while a fan pumps air through it. Cybraphon includes 12 chimes that are struck by suspended solenoids and percussion instruments that are hit by beaters attached to motors. A custom made vinyl record is cued to play through antique brass gramophone horns.
The Cybraphon also has infra-red based motion detectors to sense when there are people around it. It then comes alive, playing the music that is driven by its current mood.
"The Cybraphon is switched on all the time but it really wakes up when someone walks up to it," says Kirby.
The brain of the system is a Macbook Pro notebook hidden inside one of the drawers of the wardrobe. "That, a few Arduino boards and lots of wire," says Kirby.
The computer runs software written in Python and MAX/MSP to monitor the web and update Cybraphon's emotions according to its rate at which its popularity is changing. "The software takes email alerts from Facebook, Google and so on, processes them and compares the current activity to that in the last 24 or 48 hours to calculate the rate of change," explains Kirby.
But no matter how much attention the Cybraphon gets, it always eventually slips into depression, says Kirby. That means online attention could cheer up the Cybraphon in the short term but once the initial excitement dies down, the robot is disillusioned. "We modeled it on an insecure, egotistical band," he says.
Though the Cybraphon's current mood is accessible via Twitter, and you can follow it on Facebook or MySpace, its music is not available online. However, you can watch a demo video of it here.
"A streaming feed, although perhaps a nice idea, is possibly too literal," says Ziggy Campbell, one of the creators of the Cybraphon. "Regular bands don't stream live performances all day long and neither does Cybraphon. It keeps things more exclusive."
The Cybraphon will be shown at the Inspace gallery in Edinburgh during the Edinburgh Art Festival in August.
Campbell says the Cybraphon's continued existence amuses him.
"Bands by their very nature tend to be volatile and prone to implosion," he says. "I'm surprised that the Cybraphon, a highly neurotic beast with some questionable electrical wiring, hasn't hit self destruct yet."
Thursday, July 30, 2009
The Only History You'll Ever Need . . . The Rub
So my man Scooter Jack puts me on to this site . . . There's really not that much more to say . . . Either check it out or continue to think that you have a good grasp on the history of hip hop . . . CHECK IT OUT!!!
Monday, July 27, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Eyedea & Abilities - Live on Radio K - 07.21.09
Here's a live promo show of Eyedea & Abilities pushing their new release, "By The Throat" on Radio K from today, July 21, 2009. Check the MP3 here. EZ
Monday, July 20, 2009
Friday, July 17, 2009
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Beastie Boys - Pollywog Stew
Pre hip hop Beasties!
1. Beastie Boys
2. Transit Cop
3. Jimi
4. Holy Snappers
5. Riot Fight
6. Ode To...
7. Michelle's Farm
8. Egg Raid On Mojo
9. B.E.A.S.T.I.E.
10. Broke
11. Transit Cop
12. Jimi
13. Holy Snappers
14. A Song We Never Did Before
15. Killing Spree
16. I Don't Want To Fight
17. House Of The Rising Sun
18. Michelle's Farm
19. It's Not A Dream
20. Riot Fight
21. Egg Raid On Mojo
Monday, July 13, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
I'm Old Greg!!!!! You Ever Drink Bailey's from a Shoe?
Dunno what to say about all this but WTF?!?!? It's some biz from The Mighty Boosh and it's . . . WTF????
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Right About Now . . . 123456789!
At 12:34 and 56 seconds today (7/8/09) it will be 123456789 . . . Prolly won't see that again - well @ least for another century!
The Piri Reis Map Mystery . . . WTF?!?!
The Piri Reis map is a famous pre-modern world map compiled in 1513 from military intelligence by the Ottoman-Turkish admiral and cartographer Piri Reis. The half of the map which survives shows the western coasts of Europe and North Africa and the coast of Brazil with reasonable accuracy. Various Atlantic islands including the Azores and Canary Islands are depicted, as is the mythical island of Antillia and possibly Japan. The map has been used to claim an ancient knowledge of an ice-free Antarctica, transmitted either from extra-terrestrials or an Ice Age civilization . . . Yea - you think he / they had some help??? But who has the seismic technology at this time to be able to see thru a mile thick sheet of ice to be able to map Antartica? Or as some say, the only way to map this area with such longitudinal and latitudinal precision is thru aerial surveillance . . . HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
Monday, July 6, 2009
Aphrodite - Shreveport - July 3 - BANGIN!!!
Not enuff can be said about Sp00m Productions . . . JDub & Lauren know how to throw a party from start to finish . . . Not only did I have one of the best nights I've had in a long time, but I also got to do tha damn thang longside one of the legends of drum n bass . . . Big Ups Sp00m & everybody who made this one happen . . . Check the end of these samples for a link to all the pics from the Reverend Scooter Jackson . . . EZ
Get the rest of the pictures here . . .
Get the rest of the pictures here . . .
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
MJ is dead . . . Don't pretend you give a shit . . .
Another gangsta ass track from the one and only Jon Lajoie . . . Str8 up and down this dude gives it ya raw with no chaser . . . get some you hypocrites . . .
Friday, June 26, 2009
Strictly Genius . . . Where have they gone???
This is just one of Leo's sketch this genius did during his tenure here on earth . . . Imagine what he could have done with the amenities of the modern day . . . Anyway, check this page of more of his sketches . . . EZ
Wu-Tang - Chamber Music (2009)
-+TRACKLISTING+-
1. Redemption
2. Kill Too Hard f. Inspectah Deck, U-God and Masta Ace
3. The Abbot f. RZA
4. Harbor Masters f. Ghostface Killah, AZ and Inspectah Deck
5. Sheep State f. RZA
6. Radiant Jewels f. Raekwon, Cormega and Sean Price
7. Supreme Architecture f. RZA
8. Evil Deeds f. Ghostface Killah, RZA and Havoc
9. Wise Men f. RZA
10. I Wish You Were Here f. Ghostface Killah and Tre Williams
11. Fatal Hesitation
12. Ill Figures f. Raekwon, M.O.P. and Kool G Rap
13. Free Like ODB f. RZA
14. Sound The Horns f. Inspectah Deck, Sadat X and U-God
15. Enlightened Statues f. RZA
16. NYC Crack f. RZA
17. One Last Question…
Thursday, June 25, 2009
R.I.P Michael Jackson . . .
Michael Jackson, the record-breaking, sensationally gifted "King of Pop" who emerged from childhood superstardom to become the entertainment world's most influential singer and dancer, and the tabloid world's most disturbing celebrity, has died. He was 50.
A person with knowledge of the situation says Jackson died Thursday in a Los Angeles hospital. The person was not authorized to speak publicly and requested anonymity.
His death brought a tragic end to a long, bizarre, sometimes farcical decline from his peak in the 1980s, when he was popular music's premier all-around performer, a uniter of black and white music who shattered the race barrier on MTV, dominated the charts and dazzled even more on stage.
Aphrodite - Shreveport, LA - July 3, 2009
Here it comes!!! The man, the myth, the legend of that gangsta style of dnb we refer to as Jump Up, rears his head in Louisiana of all places, during 1 of his only 3 stops he's making in the United States this time around . . . Big up to J-Dub & them kids @ Sp00M Productions for putting this one on!!! Lending some sonic assistance will be 360 Degrees & myself, dropping maaaaaaaaad original dubs, The Assault Brigade (Techknowledge, Pirahna & Dirkish), a solo set from the Dirkish DJ & Pleazure dropping that dub goodness . . . this is one you don't wanna miss!!! Get your presales @ groovetickets.com . . . EZ
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Greenleaf Selekta AKA Clownstep KiLLa . . .
Next up on the blog is one of the coolest cats I know holding it down in the NOLA . . . I first met Green @ the Audobahn Hotel (I think that was the name of it) as Kaneda & myself rolled down to represent some OTB dnb flavor . . . Straight hospitality and kickin it like we'd known each other for a grip, these are just a couple of memories I have of that nite LOL . . . but for what it's worth, he and the BCL crew haven't given up holding it down with integrity ever since . . . Here's a lil bit bout this dude . . .
His DJ career began shortly after hearing Jungle for the first time in 1995. With guidance from the legendary Kise, he began to pursue my tastes in Drum & Bass.
Arround 96, he hooked up with Beebe, and they began playing records together on a regular basis. The combination has since become a staple of the New Orleans scene. Beebe's influence on him has been equally as important as Kise's was when he first started. Beebe's tastes have always differed from his slightly, so Beebe always has really good tunes that Green doesn't. Beebe's also one of the main reasons he's still playing today.
Right around 99, he was asked to join Outerbass longside Rekanize, Resin, & Beebe. This was a seminal time in his development as a DJ. Mondays at Cafe Roma will always have a special place in his heart. After Outerbass disolved in 2002, he went on "hiatus" for a year, but he and Beebe always stayed on top of the music. 2004 rolled around, and they decided along with Simian, Rekanize, & Resin to start up a new D&B weekly. It was at this juncture that BelowCLevel was formed.
Focusing on only the finest that Jungle has to offer, BelowCLevel began to showcase top producers from around the globe in The Crescent City. It was also in 2004 that they began to broadcast the BelowCLevel Show live on Jungletrain.net. Jungletrain opened up so many doors for them and they've made some really great connections because of that station. Another site that has been paramount in shaping his sound over the last 5 years has been SubvertCentral.com. This website has afforded him numerous friends, contacts, information, and tunes, as well as jokes galore.
All these things over the years have made him the Grumpy Bastard Junglist that he is today. He lives for breaks and bass. It is his everything, An Amen is his heartbeat.
Massive ups to Beebe, Russ, Mike, Ezra, Charlie T, Donovan, & Frazier. Y'all are my crew and my family. Also special shouts to Frank, Roxy, Steve LaVie, Third Sequence, Rules of Culture, Gravity A & Kryptic Soul System. Big ups all Louisiana Massive, you guys fucking rule! Massive respect to all Junglists worldwide working to move the sound forward. Boh!
If ya'll need to get @ ya man Green (which you do!!!) hit him up @ his myspace page or BelowCLevel's myspace page . . . EZ
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
U-God - Dopium . . .
Tracklist
01. Train Trussle (Featuring Ghostface And Scotty Wotty)
02. God Is Love (Featuring Cappadonna And Killah Priest)
03. Stomp Da Roach (Featuring GZA And Scotty Wotty)
04. Lipton (Featuring Mike Ladd)
05. Coke (Featuring Raekwon And Slaine of La Coka Nostra)
06. Magnum Force (Featuring Jim Jones And Sheek Louch)
07. Hips
08. Wu-Tang (Featuring Method Man)
09. Dopium
10. Rims Pokin Out (Featuring Lethaface)
11. New Classic (Featuring Large Professor)
12. Stomp Da Roach (Featuring GZA And Scotty Wotty) (Remix By Bloody Beetroots) (Bonus Track)
13. Dopium (Remix By Yuksek) (Bonus Track)
14. Hips (Remix By Felix Cartel) (Bonus Track)
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Dead P.A. - Papa Zero & Son of a Blitch . . .
DEAD P.A. is changing the rules of dancefloor events. After cutting their teeth in the fourth largest U.S. city of Houston, Texas with an unusual dynamic interaction of live percussion, guitar, keyboards, vocals and programmable audio, the act quickly obtained a monthly residence at a swanky downtown club and has set fire everywhere since with their unique brand of "Drum N Breaks." While DJs are known for bringing music to the party, DEAD P.A. is bringing back the party to music. An emphasis on bad ass music, blistering performance, and theme oriented sets (rather than standing behind gear and pumping a fist once in a while) has generated comparison to a concert atmosphere and has consistently won over even the "cliquiest" of music-lovers. An adrenalin fueled exchange with audiences has kept DEAD P.A. in demand from Miami to Los Angeles and everywhere inbetween.
Core members of DEAD P.A. include George "The Human Drum Machine" Blitch and Jason Walsh AKA "Papa Zero" while frequent collaborative and performance duties are supplied by soulful songbird Krystal Hardwick and the Los Angeles based producer and MC Levon Louis.
2007 kicked off a little rough as Jason was diagnosed with a brain tumor the size of a small orange… but when life hands out small oranges, we’ve learned to make orange-ade. In spite of this setback, DEAD P.A. has released the full length cd (distributed to retail thru LOAD Media UK) “The Dead Will Rise,” a split 12" with Miami, Florida's Devine & Emily Play, headlined the Guitar Hero 3 stage at SXSW, and wrapped up 2008 with the "DEAD P.A. for President Tour." DEAD P.A. is accepting bookings for 2009!
These are some of the most entertaining cats in the drum n bass scene as of late - a breath of fresh air that was needed to add excitement in an otherwise stagnant culture . . . Check with anybody who has seen or worked with Dead P.A. and they'll have nothing but top notch things to say about their work ethic, as well as their integrity as artists . . . Check their website here, their myspace here, and go pick up their new album, The Dead Will Rise, here . . . EZ
Friday, June 19, 2009
Kaneda / Janky Earl / Pernell / Street Kreditz / DoS1
About 32 years ago, there was an earthquake in downtown Los Angeles that rocked the entire city... 30 seconds later Mrs Q. gave birth to a the rudebwoy you all know as Kaneda. Coincidence? Maybe. It wasnt until Kaneda was 14 that he realized that Music would be a major part of his life. All aspects of his life became engulfed by music, including his father (longtime musician, songwriter). When Kaneda was 16, his father gave him his first Roland 909, synthesizer, and Fostex 4 track recorder. Day after day, Kaneda and his brothers (Money Gripp & Jack Frost), would write and produce hip hop tracks for themselves and other young rappers in Reseda, California, which led to their first tune (“Roll With Me”) to gain Radio airplay.
After moving back to Louisiana once again, Kaneda became involved in Ragga-jungle production and Djing when he met Dinah. Together they formed Enlightened Operatives in 97 and later formed RJS Crew. They could be seen all over Louisiana spinning nuthin but the hardest Jungle Drum n Bass Sounds in the state. It wasn’t until Kaneda started to get his own tracks cut to dub with the help of N8 Loc of N20 that he saw himself as a prominent force in the jungle scene.
The bond between Dinah and Kaneda soon vanished, and things took a change for the better. Kaneda hooked up with long time friend Fi3ld and things started coming together. They formed the OTB Crew (Out Tha Box), and joined forces with DJ Hans, Indo, Kid Klymaxx, 360, Jahli, E-plat, DJ Classic and a gang of other amazing DJ’s, Producers, Emcee’s, and B-Boys, who proved to be one of the hardest crews in the south! Performing all over the southern states from Texas to Atlanta, OTB aka OTB Soundsystem became a driving force.
After graduating from college, Kaneda moved to Houston, TX where he continued to DJ/ Produce Jungle, Dub-Step & Hip Hop. After all these years for being in the scene, Kaneda continues to press forward and is currently working some new projects with Fi3Ld and some up and coming Houston Rappers.
Ya'll make sure and peep Kaneda's blog right chea and be on the lookout for that ruff n rugged sonic biznass comin from this dood in 09 & beyond!!!
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Politics Explained . . .
FEUDALISM: You have two cows. Your lord takes some of the milk.
PURE SOCIALISM: You have two cows. The government takes them and puts them in a barn with everyone else's cows. You have to take care of all of the cows. The government gives you as much milk as you need.
BUREAUCRATIC SOCIALISM: You have two cows. The government takes them and put them in a barn with everyone else's cows. They are cared for by ex-chicken farmers. You have to take care of the chickens the government took from the chicken farmers. The government gives you as much milk and eggs as the regulations say you need.
FASCISM: You have two cows. The government takes both, hires you to take care of them and sells you the milk.
PURE COMMUNISM: You have two cows. Your neighbors help you take care of them, and you all share the milk.
RUSSIAN COMMUNISM: You have two cows. You have to take care of them, but the government takes all the milk.
CAMBODIAN COMMUNISM: You have two cows. The government takes both of them and shoots you.
DICTATORSHIP: You have two cows. The government takes both and drafts you.
PURE DEMOCRACY: You have two cows. Your neighbors decide who gets the milk.
REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY: You have two cows. Your neighbors pick someone to tell you who gets the milk.
BUREAUCRACY: You have two cows. At first the government regulates what you can feed them and when you can milk them. Then it pays you not to milk them. Then it takes both, shoots one, milks the other and pours the milk down the drain. Then it requires you to fill out forms accounting for the missing cows.
PURE ANARCHY: You have two cows. Either you sell the milk at a fair price or your neighbors try to take the cows and kill you.
LIBERTARIAN/ANARCHO-CAPITALISM: You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull.
SURREALISM: You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica lessons.
-Steve Jackson
PURE SOCIALISM: You have two cows. The government takes them and puts them in a barn with everyone else's cows. You have to take care of all of the cows. The government gives you as much milk as you need.
BUREAUCRATIC SOCIALISM: You have two cows. The government takes them and put them in a barn with everyone else's cows. They are cared for by ex-chicken farmers. You have to take care of the chickens the government took from the chicken farmers. The government gives you as much milk and eggs as the regulations say you need.
FASCISM: You have two cows. The government takes both, hires you to take care of them and sells you the milk.
PURE COMMUNISM: You have two cows. Your neighbors help you take care of them, and you all share the milk.
RUSSIAN COMMUNISM: You have two cows. You have to take care of them, but the government takes all the milk.
CAMBODIAN COMMUNISM: You have two cows. The government takes both of them and shoots you.
DICTATORSHIP: You have two cows. The government takes both and drafts you.
PURE DEMOCRACY: You have two cows. Your neighbors decide who gets the milk.
REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY: You have two cows. Your neighbors pick someone to tell you who gets the milk.
BUREAUCRACY: You have two cows. At first the government regulates what you can feed them and when you can milk them. Then it pays you not to milk them. Then it takes both, shoots one, milks the other and pours the milk down the drain. Then it requires you to fill out forms accounting for the missing cows.
PURE ANARCHY: You have two cows. Either you sell the milk at a fair price or your neighbors try to take the cows and kill you.
LIBERTARIAN/ANARCHO-CAPITALISM: You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull.
SURREALISM: You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica lessons.
-Steve Jackson
Dub FX . . . Str8 up & down!!!
Dub Fx the street-loop-beatboxer grew up in St Kilda / Melbourne / Australia performing in various bands before hitting the world-wide road. Dub Fx uses Roland BOSS effect & loop pedals to create sounds which when layered creates a live musical construct. Predominantly Dub Fx can be found busking through Europe with his Girlfriend the ‘Flower Fairy’ who also performs along side.
Fi3Ld interview @ DMC Nola Blog
So in the spirit of communication, education, art and literature, I told y'all that I would be interviewing local artists and the movers and shakers here in the local scene that wish to be represented. My first interview is with Fi3ld. He lives and works in Shreveport (only temporarily folks keep your fingers crossed). We go back a few years and I'm glad that he is the first person I interview on this blog . . . Check out the rest of the Fi3Ld/ROC interview by Tony 5kratchere @ the DMC Nola Blog & make sure to peep the DMC Nola competition July 10 @ Howlin Wolf NOLA . . . EZ
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