Goddamnit Murs, just when I’ve finally decided I’m done with your music, you drop a gem like this:
Via Yeezy.
Filed under: Events | Tags: bambu, imix bookstore, milton batres, mystic, off the books, open mic
BAMBU, DJ PHATRICK, and IMIX BOOKS present:
OFF THE BOOKS
First Thursdays Open Mic @ IMIX Books
with monthly feature artists
8pm-10pm, Doors 7pm
$5-$10 donation.
YOUTH FREE!
IMIX BOOKS
5052 Eagle Rock Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90041
OPEN MIC SIGN-UP:
imixopenmic@gmail. com
NEXT OPEN MIC:
Thursday, May 7, 2009!
WITH FEATURE PERFORMANCES FROM:
MYSTIC
and
MILTON BATRES (Free LA High School)
Filed under: Music | Tags: 2dopeboyz.com, bambu, danger she's a stranger, organized noize, outkast, the five stairsteps, two dope boyz (in a cadillac)
DOWNLOAD: BAMBU – 2DOPEBOYZ.COM DROP
Produced by DJ Phatrick
Here’s a new joint Bambu wrote for 2DopeBoyz.com, which he forced me to produce the music for.
I went for the obvious and revisited “Danger She’s A Stranger” by The Five Stairsteps, which is the original sample Organized Noize used for Outkast’s “Two Dope Boyz (In A Cadillac)”. But luckily for me, there’s alot they didn’t use from the song that’s amazing loop material!
Filed under: Events | Tags: herb diggs, illafonte, kiwi, libre, mercury lounge, wonway
YO! We need everyone in the Bay to come through to LIBRE this Friday at our NEW LOCATION! I won’t be there this month due to some scheduling conflicts, but REST ASSURED, DJ Phatrick is LIBRE FOR LIFE!
Friday April 24th
Illafonte Productions brings you
LIBRE
San Francisco’s End-of-the-Month Getdown for the Grown and Sexy
featuring the finest in Soul, Hip Hop, and Dancehall Classics
Music selection by:
HERB DIGS
WONWAY
…AND SPECIAL GUESTS…
along with your host
KIWI!!!!
NEW LOCATION!!!
Mercury Lounge
1582 Folsom at 12th Street
San Francisco
$10pm-2am | 21+| FREE
Filed under: Events, Music, Video | Tags: chamillionaire, common, crazy legs, devil's pei, dj screw, erykah badu, fab 5 freddy, kool herc, lil flip, love of my life, mc lyte, mike jones, paul wall, professor griff, public enemy, wild style, yo! bum rush the show
This is one of the best hip hop videos ever made.
Why?
Well, besides all the nostalgic hip hop historical references (Crazy Legs, Fab 5 Freddy/Wild Style nod, MC Lyte/Badu freestyle battle interlude, Public Enemy Yo! Bum Rush The Show LP cover remake scene, Professor Griff dance moves, and the Kool Herc – originator of hip hop – as the bus driver for the Hip Hop Future Bus), and besides Erykah’s amazing wardrobe (first outfit: purple foot-high platform boots!), there are two specific things the video references, which, for the time the video came out, are mindblowing:
1. Texas Hip Hop/DJ Screw Tribute. The video came out 2002, before Mike Jones, Paul Wall, & Chamillionaire put the Houston drawl on every urban Clear Channel station. For alot of MTV/BET viewers, it was their first introduction to Lil’ Flip (who intro’d this particular segment of the video) and Screwed Up music. I bet they were thinking: “What the fuck’s going on?!” In case y’all didn’t know, Erykah is from Dallas, Texas.
2. Racial Commentary. In the scene where Erykah’s a turntablist, she looks out into the audience and they’re all white. In more than just a fleeting moment, the scene cuts between them and Erykah’s confused facial expression. Those are some of the bravest 8 seconds in mainstream music video history.
DOWNLOAD: Erykah Badu – “Love Of My Life (An Ode To Hip Hop)” ft. Common”
From the Brown Sugar OST (MCA, 2002)
REMINDER! DEVIL’S PIE | LOS ANGELES is TOMORROW!
Filed under: Events | Tags: 179, a peaceful riot, Aidger 34, Alfie Numeric, Anthony Montemar, Antonio Pelayo, bambu, battlestar, beatrock, because your mama said so, Chris Santos, CODAK, COMAH, dj tanner, Fabius, fatgums, FOOD ONE, Ganyan, HEX ONE, James Malone, jayskione, Jerrell Conner, KEMST, Khary Finch, Larsen Garma, Manila Ryce, Mark Canto, mass movement crew, MECA ISA, Mike Virata, Nic Cowan, Nick Wildermuth, Nocty, otayo dubb, Pancho Abalos, power struggle, Ryan Spence, Sadie Barnett, SANO, SHERM, SICKdotONE, Simbulan, Son Cleva, Stuter, the aesthetics crew, the committee, the counterparts crew, The Lone Vagina, Thomas Messenger, Timoi, WOMACK
Date: Saturday, April 25, 2009
Time: 5:00pm – 11:00pm
Location: Beatrock Flagship Store and Gallery – 4158 Norse Way – Long Beach, CA
http://www.beatrock.com/
Please come out to Beatrock for a day of good food, art, music, and friends.
This special event will also be the opening reception for the “Because Your Mama Said So” Group ArtShow AND the WORLD PREMIER of The Park’s Finest’s BBQ rig!
Live Performances by:
Bambu
The CounterParts Crew
Otayo Dubb
Power Struggle
The Aesthetics Crew
The Committee
DJs:
DJ Tanner of Battlestar
Mass Movement Crew
DJ Phatrick
Fatgums
Gallery Artists:
179, Aidger 34, Alfie Numeric, Anthony Montemar, Antonio Pelayo, Beatrock, Chris Santos, CODAK, COMAH, Fabius, FOOD ONE, Ganyan, HEX ONE, James Malone, JayskiOne, Jerrell Conner, KEMST, Khary Finch, Larsen Garma, The Lone Vagina, Manila Ryce, Mark Canto, MECA ISA, Mike Virata, Nic Cowan, Nick Wildermuth, Nocty, Pancho Abalos, Ryan Spence, Sadie Barnett, SANO, SHERM, SICKdotONE, Simbulan, Son Cleva, Stuter, Thomas Messenger, Timoi, WOMACK, and many more to be added!
The Park’s Finest (Johneric Concordia) BBQ:
BBQ plates will be for sale, along with CD’s, T-Shirts, and Artwork!
Discount presale BBQ/CD/T-shirt combo packs will be available online at http://www.beatrock.com/
Oldie but goodie. I can be walking on the street, trip, fall face first into a pile of buffalo shit, then come home to find that the water had been turned off, and still be able to laugh my ass off by watching this video:
Filed under: Music | Tags: 1o.a.k., bike maker, do d.a.t., gangsters & guerillas, honor roll, ise lyfe, mike baker, native guns, now or never, stray bullets mixtape vol. 2, sxsw
MIKE BAKER THE BIKE MAKER
Ok. Last one. I’m kinda stretching on this one because they’re the homies from before SXSW. Mike Baker and his Honor Roll crew were reppin’ Oakland (Alameda in Mike’s case) all up and down Sixth St. in Austin during SXSW! I never got around to downloading his EP, Now Or Never, when it first came out, but luckily, he had a duffle bag full of them and laced me with a cd.
DOWNLOAD: Mike Baker The Bike Maker – “Espionage”
From Now Or Never EP. Produced by 1O.A.K..
This song has been on repeat in my oh-so-stereotypical Acura Integra for the last 3 weeks. Well, not literally. Only when I stop listening to NPR. Nerd.
Download the entire EP HERE.
For more info on Mike Baker:
www.myspace.com/mikebakerthebikemaker
mikebakerthebikemaker.blogspot.com
BONUS:
If you’re a Native Guns fan, you might recognize 1O.A.K.’s work on our Stray Bullets Mixtape Vol. 2:
DOWNLOAD: Native Guns – “Gangsters & Guerillas” ft. Ise Lyfe & Do D.A.T.
