It's spring according to the calendar, but sure felt like summer this past week. So it's only right that I bless yall with my man Eric Roberson's latest, Summertime ( So Hot) featuring Chubb Rock. Enjoy......
New month of April is here so I wanted to take it back before we proceed into spring. In 2007 I had the pleasure of recording the mixtape titled "Take 1" with Grand Puba. I dug deep in the crates to bring out classic jams. Peep the intro from the Grand Man while Dowe is on the zigga zigga......
What a memorable night in Brooklyn. My fellow hometown Philly baw DJ Questlove invited Young Guru to spin a guest spot at his weekly party at Brooklyn Bowl appropriately named Bowl Train. Both Quest & Guru were diggin' in the crates all night pullin' out all the stops that kept the crowd in a frenzy. Notables in attendance were Swizz Beatz, Alicia Keys & Ali Shaheed Muhammad of Tribe.
The weather is starting to get nice so in the spirit of springtime a lil West Indian flava for ya. I originally released the cd Jamerican Gangster (Mash Up of American Gangster lyrics over Reggae Riddims) in 2009. If ya"ll missed it here's taste......
Last night was poppin' & I played a few sets at Talay in NYC with my man DJ ILL from the Harlem Nights crew. They do it big every 1st Friday of the month in Harlem & its alway a quality affair from the clientele to the ambiance. Come thru to the next one, ya won't regret it, I promise you...
"She'll spend ya papes & use up all ya plastic & when u swing the ep ya betta use a prophylactic, cuz things are gettin' drastic......." Ya'll know the rest. Yet another gem from my vaults of the Golden Era of Hip Hop. The Nubians catch wreck at Elektra's Hard to the Left party at NYC's Kilamanjaro in December 1990.
Since this is the last day of Black History Month, I thought that it was only right to drop a lil something on ya'll. Change has come & now there are no more excuses. In the words of the great Negro poet Reggie Noble "It's Time for Some Action"....
Super-Producer & Super-Engineer linked up at the world famous Headquarterz Studios(formerly D & D) last night. Preem showed us not only mad love but broke out the actual FLOPPYS (yes i did say FLOPPY) discs that contained some of his classic tracks. Busta Rhymes was in the place & blessed us with the preview of a new collabo with Preemo.........WOWZERS!!!!!!!
Big shout to my man Young Guru who went from behind the engineering boards last summer to behind the turntables for Jay-Z as his official DJ on the Blueprint 3 tour & beyond.....
Another gem from the vaults of Golden Era Hip Hop, one of the early performances of L.O.N.S. in 1990 at Kilmanjaro club in NYC for Elektra Records Hard to the Left campaign">
True school Hip Hop is alive & well thanks to Rich Medina & Akalepse weeekly event PROPS at NYC's Le Poisson Rouge (aka LPR) Guest DJ Kemit took it exactly where i needed to go with breaks, originals, golden era hip hop etc.....We were in for a special treat with Rene Neufville (Zhane) who took the mic & sang lush melodies over Kemits choice selections. Then when Rich took the set it went downnnnn. Grand Puba got on the mic & kicked Brand Nubian rhymes over every Nubian record that Rich threw on. Then Rene sang the hook to Hey Mr.DJ while Puba added his part "On & On & On & On"....... mere words cannot express, but the flix should help.
Another gem from the vaults of golden era of hip hop. Brand Nubian performs All for One at Kilamanjaro club in NYC in December 1990 for Elektra's Hard to the Left campaign.
Tracey Lee performs the shows grand finale The Theme & Remix featuring Pirate of The Reepz. DJ John Dowe was on the set, CalsOnTop & Parlay were the hypemen & the rest of the RNF family held it down on stage.......
Vintage video of the only performance of Takin' Over featuring Tracey Lee, The Reepz (R.I.P FEVA), One Step Beyond, DJ John Dowe, Parlay & CalsOnTop, Lance Millz was on the camera....CLASSIC
