Back on My BS!

of ripping Vinyl that is....I think I am caught up on most of the Hip Hop Rips I been doing for the past month or so, I am now moving on to some Breaks and basic goodness that I actually like in my collection, esp Hokis Pokus' 'Nowhere' one my favorite jams, I know i have the Ballroom edit of it, but I can't find it in the current mess that has become my vinyl collection, I realised after LA I put so many songs in my Serato(which as Kon pointed out to me) I'd never play, so I am kinda over having chainsaw Electro songs "just in case",songs titled 'Swag Surfing' and remixes with Fatman Scoop screaming at you to do various things, mainly "putting you hands up"...this excludes "Be Faithful" and the accompanying Accapella I have of it, cause it gets grandfathered in for being pre Serato, and for all in tense puposes..it just works..everytime..all the time..but hearing "World Hold On" with (insert Fatman Scoop
s voice here)"here we go now,here We Go Now" during the hook, makes zero sense, or like Frankie Valli's "oh What a Night"..please.stop....moving on, aside from wax,I also have a ton of mixtapes, and VHS's to take care of too, Necro's 1997 short film,187 Reasons Y(which has a small Sizzahandz cameo), Jay Z Live @ The Tunnel that I know the intro of has been making it's rounds on NahRight and Rapradar, and CNN's Promo Video...just cause...I should be doing a post West Coast Run update, but I wanna edit down the video from Banana Split and I left my camera @ The Grafton when we checked out,so visuals are pretty limited...I will say we both had such a good time, I did an impromptu House set @ More on the Floor(Eli's set was amazing!!), played St.Ides Commercials and Wu Tang @ Banana Split, following Beyonder's lead of dropping "Daytona 500" right off the bat, and realised playing my blend of Too Shorts "Blow the Whistle" is getting no where's near the reaction the original would...I will post the West Coast mix very soon, wanna trickle the last few copies I have out first, big shouts to my man Rick Rude, Platurn, Mike B and Adam 12, for all being great hosts, and Mike I owe you big time for my post Old English rant...my deepest apologies...

also if u get a chance, please check out my new favorite Blogger, my mellow J Zone, his 10 Most Unpopular Hip Hop Opinions is H-I-L-A-R-I-O-U-S!!! J's a good dude and u can check him out over @ http://danteross.com/blogs/jzone/


Too Short - Blow the Whistle (Fantasy Three Blend)

West Coast Shit!

Were doing a small run out West for a week or so, above are the flyer's for most of them, were also playing Thursday June 25th@ Afex for Adam 12's 83-95 night, that will be extra fun!

in short:

Thursday June 18th@ The Dip w/B Cause/Platurn in San Fran
Friday June 19th@Luka's Tap Room w/Oakland Faders in Oakland
Saturday June 20th@ More on the Floor w/Mike B/Eli Escobar/Nate K/Tony Day/Haycock
Sunday June 21st@Banana Split(Bardot) w/Mike B/DJ Fashen
Thursday June 25th@Afex w/Adam12&Mike B

There maybe a Wednesday, but that isn't confirmed yet...

Also, we did a West Coast Mix, that I will post when we get back!!!

THE SHOW-B-I-Z

THE ALL TIME BEST PRODUCER.....anyone who copped his Street Beats Vol.1 on Wldlife a few years back,knows he's still making just straight street bangers,and shit that can compete with whoever is "popular" among A&R's now, all 10 tracks were just ready.....speaking of Show,if someone can confirm where he sampled The Taking of the Pelham 1,2,3 sample for 'Hard to Kill'...as far as I know, a Soundtrack didn't exist for it when the movie originally came out? Or did it? and I am not talking about the boot that came out in the early 00's....someone told me he sampled it straight from the VHS? Always been curious...just watched the OG of the movie recently, I cringed at first about their being a re make, with Travolta none the less...but all may not be lost on it...

DJ SOUL Tribute to BIG L

So necesarry....I know I am a few days late on this, at least posting wise, but had a busy weekend, and this is pretty much the definitive Big L collection..

DJ SOUL BIG L MIX

BEATNUTS...

...are easily one of my favorite Rap Groups, EVER!! For numerous reasons, they had the best beats, duh, they rapped about stealing records, f*&king,drinking beer and smoking 'some shit'...all their albums were bangers, Stone Crazy was my shit all summer...I was so bummed 'Find Us' didn't blow sky high like "Off the Books" or "Watch Out Now" did, not saying it was any of a less banger, but I mean, dope beat,
catchy hook(by Akon none the less)...their first EP, classic,'No Equal'-wow....the first time I saw the Beatnuts live was in '94,they were on a mini promo tour with Madball, I think,def a hard core band, pretty positive it was Madball..anyway it was down near North Station somewhere, totally forget the venue, def not around anymore..I was one of the many man fans hounding JUJU at the side of the stage for a 'mix tape drop',that I never was able to get, but told him I was a 'huge fan'..how original...he was cool about it and kept it moving..come to think of it, this was the same night I had linked up with the Pimpgear Crew for the first time...anyway, in 2003 we(7L&Esoteric)toured Europe with what the promoter said was to be the grand Beatnut reunion show(JUJU, Psycho Les,Fashion with Roc Raider on the wheels)..needless to say it was going to be the best time of my life...it ended up only being JuJu and Bloody Moon and I totally forget the dudes name who dj'd for them..he managed them as well, and Non Phixion...I don't bring that up to act any less stoked! it was one of the best times ever!they ripped it every night...on thing we noticed was Juju had a saying for everything Europeaon..i.e; in Europe girls would like dress up and wear tight ass jeans w/a tank top lets say, kinda casual wear,but looking real nice,u know a night out type outfit..the kicker was, they would rock these bulky, big fat tonged sneakers...it was all over the place, and they weren't like crispy kicks either, all mangled and beat up..and Juju would call them 'Dirty ass Sneaker B*%ches',he just kinda let these things out matter of factly, and usually kinda to himself...he had many more hilarious moments/sayings, prob better to leave it at that...I ran into him a few years ago at Love in NY at a Kenny Dope party, he was still crazy cool, and was like 'what are you doing at House Night', and I asked him the same!! he replied with, "in '87 we would always go to hear Todd Terry spin and just merc dudes for their Reebok's", and then he beat boxed a fast stabby house/jackin' type beat...ala a Todd Terry Classic...my reply was only "I just like House Music"...fail...Beyonder chilled with Bloody Moon, or I believe its just Moon now, while he out in LA last year,said he was still mad cool, and has some banging ass beats...

Here is a Red Alert Promo that the Beatnuts did...i really can't ask for anything more than this kinda shit in my life..

Bonus:

Beatnuts - In My Room

sounds like Mr.Sinister on the cuts, cutting up Guy's "Groove Me" none the less...

Craig Anderson Never Lied...

Been watching Youtubes of DJ Quik in the studio breaking out his Vintage Moog and his SP 1200....this got me, A.) Kinda hype about this new record w/Kurupt and B.) wanting to crank out some beats on my SP...it is by far my most prized and favorite piece of equipment,although a bit tedious at times when trying to make detailed beats...2.5 seconds sampling time a pad it kinda tough to mess with...it has the best sound by far for drums(Pete Rock/Premier/Paul C etc..)I was actually listening to Slick Ricks second album recently, and realised "Mistakes of a Woman..." uses the pre set drum kit that the SP comes with on its Introductory Disks..I mean, I am pretty sure that's what they are...unless that is just what I want them to be in some sort of nerd rap dreamland...if anyone can tell me Craig Andersons significance, I will personally mail u 3 Bladerunners tee's...the Blades Running one, the Nervous knock off, and the recent Octopus Breaks Tee...Craig Anderson...dont bother googling...it doesn't work that way...

AL B Sure.....

...did Puma City tonight...'Johnny Boston' was out in all their glory, vertical striped shirts for days...flip flops...a lot of 'bro' getting thrown around for no fucking reason, so much of "you know what u should play to really get the party staaahted", insert out of touch/out of place request here...that's the thing with parties like this, on one end I got dudes telling me to 'tighten my shit up' for not playing Guccie Mane, on the other, girls all bent out shape for not playing Kings of Leon, I mean this is all in the first 20 minutes of getting on!.....actually there were a few dimes with dudes better suited to be at McGreevys or some shit hole like that, so it wasn't all that bad....but that's how it go in the Bean! Anyway, it was a nice night out, they had a balcony area, got me somewhat excited for the summer, I was in the mood to play some 'smoothed out on the R&B tip' type records and realised I had ripped about 50 new joints over the last few weeks, all R&B, 88-91 era....Al B Sure's In Effect Mode was an important part of my 8Th Grade/Freshmen year...his second album...hmm..not so much...I even think he did a horrible cover of 'Hotel California'..anyway, Effect Mode and Guys first joint were just so on time, that's when I could really fuck with some R&B...wasn't there a rumor that Big Daddy Kane punched AL B Sure in the face at a Word up! magazine party..I vaguely remember that...here is the remix of "If I am not Your Lover" with Slick Rick.. the ruler was on top of his game at this time...Jody Watley "Friends" came after this, right? Clark Kent always had dope remixes, Troop and whatnot, like solid R&B with a nice 'Jeep Mix' or some sorta name they would add to the remix...now I cringe at the thought of new R&B..except The Dream, dude is on fire for real!

AL B Sure - If I am not Your Lover

with an added 8 Bar for y'all!