BEEN MEANING TO POST THIS UP FOR A WHILE. CRUISE OVER TO EGO TRIP RIGHT NOW FOR A COOL ARTICLE WRITTEN BY J-ZONE ABOUT SEMINAL HARLEM GANGSTA RAP GROUP MOBSTYLE. SONICALLY AND LYRICALLY RUGGED, MOBSTYLE WERE A PREDECESSOR TO BOTH HARLEM CREWS LIKE DIPSET AND NEW YORK UNDERGROUND LABELS LIKE RAWKUS. THESE GUYS ARE LEGENDARY AND HAVE THE STORIES AND MUSIC TO PROVE IT! J-ZONE SAYS IT BETTER THAN ME SO JUST READ THE DAMN THING, IT IS RECOMMENDED FOR ALL FANS OF MUSIC.

MY MAIN MAN SCHWARZ HOLDS IT WAY, WAY DOWN FOR BMORE CITY EVERY TIME, RUNNING THE SHOW AT THE “DEEP IN THE GAME” DANCE PARTY AND MAKING SICK TRAX ALL DAY, EVERYDAY. AND I DO MEAN ALL DAY, EVERYDAY. CASE IN POINT: THE SCHWARZ SUMMER TAKEOVER. ONE SONG A DAY FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JUNE! HOW SICK IS THAT?!?!? SO MANY STYLES AND A LOT TO LOVE. MAYBE EVEN A JUICEBOXXX COLLABO BEFORE THE MONTH IS OVER? GET READY TO GIGGLE! JUST HAVING SOME FUN IN THE SUN HERE, PEOPLE. PEEP A TRACK FROM THE TAKEOVER BELOW AND GET HIP TO THE ENTIRE MOVEMENT HERE. CLUB MUSIC WILL NEVER DIE!!!

DAY 20- WHO? by SCHWARZ

UPDATE: THE NEW JUICEBOXXX/SCHWARZ COLLABO WAS POSTED TODAY! CHECK IT OUT HERE!

SOME BANDS HAVE HOOKS AND OTHER BANDS HAVE RIFFS BUT VERY FEW BANDS HAVE BOTH HOOKS AND RIFFS. ENTER JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD. CUTTING THRU THE BULLSHIT LIKE A TON OF BRICKS WITH SICK HOOKS AND RIFFS, THESE GUYS ARE MY FAVORITE ROCK BAND IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW. I PLAYED THEIR RECORD RELEASE SHOW AT SANTOS PARTY HOUSE IN NYC AND WATCHED THEM SHATTER THE MINDS OF YOUNG KIDS AND SEASONED ROCKERS ALIKE. THERE IS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE IN THIS BAND. OLD DUDES MIGHT SAY “MUDHONEY MEETS THE RAMONES!” WHILE THE KIDS MIGHT THINK “WEEZER MEETS LIGHTNING BOLT!” AND NEITHER WOULD BE WRONG. I SORT OF THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE KYUSS CROSSED WITH SUPERDRAG BUT WHAT DO I KNOW. “WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS” IS THEIR NEW ALBUM AND YOU CAN ORDER IT HERE AND STREAM IT HERE. IT IS IN HEAVY ROTATION OVER AT JUICEBOXXX HQ.

MY OLD FRIEND AND FREQUENT COLLABORATOR DRE SKULL HAS BEEN HARD AT WORK OVER THE PAST YEAR, TRAVELING TO AND FROM JAMAICA TO WORK WITH DANCEHALL KING VYBZ KARTEL. THE RESULT IS A FULL LENGTH KARTEL RECORD CALLED “KINGSTON STORY”, PRODUCED IN FULL BY MR. SKULL HIMSELF.

“KINGSTON STORY” IS A FOCUSED RECORD THAT SHOWCASES THE BEST OF BOTH VYBZ AND DRE AND I COULDN’T BE MORE PSYCHED ABOUT THE FINISHED PRODUCT. SERIOUSLY LOTS OF HITS ON THIS ONE AND A LITTLE BIT OF DRE SKULL’S TRADEMARK WEIRD BEARD CONCEPTUALISM THROWN IN FOR GOOD MEASURE. IT COMES OUT JUNE 21ST ON DRE’S OWN MIXPAK RECORDS. CHECK THE MIXPAK SITE TO PRE ORDER THAT SHIT RIGHT NOW!

MY BUDDY AND JUICEBOXXX TEE-SHIRT DESIGNER ANDREW JEFFREY WRIGHT HAS AN ART SHOW CALLED “DOWN FOR WHATEVER FOREVER” OPENING IN LOS ANGELES TODAY AT THIS GALLERY IN HIGHLAND PARK (OPENING PARTY 7-10PM). PSYCHEDELIC SPENCER’S GIFTS INSPIRED FAKE GRAFFITI OP-ART IS ONE WAY TO DECRIBE AJW’S SICK STYLE, BUT IT GOES DEEPER. ALL THE REAL HEADS BOW DOWN TO THIS GUY, OG SPACE 1026 CREW IN PHILLY WITH DEEP TIES TO PROVIDENCE AND A MILLION LEGENDARY PROJECTS. IN ADDITION TO VISUALS, AJW ALSO DOES COMEDY WITH A CREW CALLED THE NEW DREAMZ. CHECK OUT THEIR WEBSITE AND IF YOU ARE IN LOS ANGELES DO NOT MISS THE NEW DREAMZ AT PEHRSPACE ON MONDAY WITH VICE COOLER LIVE AND MYSELF BEHIND THE TURNTABLES.

ALSO, ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN NEW YORK CITY TWO OF THE BEST IN THE GAME – MICHAEL WILLIAMS AND CORY ARCANGEL, HAVE ART SHOWS UP NOW AT CANADA GALLERY AND THE WHITNEY, RESPECTIVELY. IF U IN NYC, DO NOT SLEEP. ALL THREE OF THESE ARTISTS ARE VERY INSPIRATIONAL TO ME!