-A LOT OF TIME IN THE STUDIO WORKING ON A LOT OF NEW MUSIC. MORE INFO ON THAT WHEN IT IS READY. I HAVE TO SAY, I AM REALLY PSYCHED! A NEW DIRECTION IN RAP ROCK AND A NEW CHAPTER IN THE NEVERENDING JOURNEYMAN SAGA THAT IS JUICEBOXXX.
-I STARTED A BRAND NEW “ANYTHING GOES” LABEL CALLED THUNDER ZONE ENT. THE FIRST RELEASE IS A 7 INCH BY ONE OF MY FAVORITE RAP GROUPS G-SIDE FEATURING A REMIX BY JAVELIN ON THE FLIP. YOU CAN ORDER IT RIGHT NOW HERE. IN THE FUTURE THUNDER ZONE IS GOING TO DO ANYTHING WE WANT TO DO, INCLUDING ENERGY DRINKS, PRESS ON NAILS, TEE SHIRTS AND MORE.
-LEAVING ON SATURDAY FOR A TOUR OF AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN! IN AUSTRALIA I PLAY SOME DATES WITH THE LEGENDARY BIG FREEDIA PLUS THE MERIDETH MUSIC FESTIVAL. FIRST TIME DOWN UNDER. AFTER THAT 7 SHOWS IN ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES IN THE WORLD, JAPAN! I REALLY LOVE IT THERE, THE KIDS HAVE A LOT OF ENERGY AND THE OVERALL VIBE IS VERY INSPIRING. MORE INFO ON BOTH TOURS HERE.
-THIS THURSDAY IN LOS ANGELES I PLAY A SHOW WITH DAN DEACON, XBXRX, FREEZEPOP AND DJ FRANKI CHAN AT THE ECHOPLEX. ONE OF LESS THAN 10 US SHOWS I’VE PLAYED THIS YEAR. SHOULD BE A RAGER.
I DON’T THINK I REALLY NEED TO SAY MUCH ABOUT THIS BESIDES THE FACT THAT IT’S A MUST-WATCH FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN AMERICAN MUSIC. THIS IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT PEOPLE. A LOT OF REAL LIFE TALES AND WISDOM FOR ALL THE KIDS OUT THERE TRYING TO CHASE THEIR DREAMS. WATCHING THIS GOT ME PSYCHED AND INSPIRED ABOUT JUST BEING IN THE MIX AND MAKING MUSIC. REQUIRED VIEWING.
IF YOU HAVE A DREAM AND YOU ARE WORKING ON THAT DREAM THEN YOU ARE LIVING THE DREAM.
I’M 10+ YEARS DEEP IN THIS MUSIC SHIT AND I CAN SAY WITH CONVICTION THAT I LOVE THE ESSENCE OF THE GAME. NOT JUST THE BRIGHT LIGHTS BUT THE HIGHWAYS. THE RADIO. THE TRUCK STOPS. THE RAGERS.
LOOKING BACK, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN EASIER FOR ME TO QUIT DOING JUICEBOXXX AT A CERTAIN POINT AND START A NEW PROJECT. THE MODERN MUSIC LANDSCAPE IS A BEAUTIFUL THING BUT SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE IT DOESN’T REWARD JOURNEYMEN. WELL, I’M ABOUT TO CHANGE ALL OF THAT. THIS ONE GOES OUT TO THE DREAMERS.
A LITTLE WHILE AGO DJ DODGER STADIUM DROPPED THEIR DEBUT EP ON NEW LABEL BODY HIGH AND IT BANGS REALLY HARD. COMPRISED OF SAMO SOUND BOY AND JEROME POTTER FROM THE LOL BOYS, DJ DODGER STADIUM SYNTHESIZES THE BEST OF NO-FRILLS LATIN/CHICAGO/GHETTO/HARD HOUSE AND KEEPS IT MOVING INTO THE FUTURE.
TRAXXY AS FUCK IN THE BEST WAY AND DID I MENTION BANGIN’? REMINDS ME OF LISTENING TO MIX SHOWS ON B96 IN CHICAGO WHEN I WAS A KID VISITING FROM MILWAUKEE. REMINDS ME OF BUYING DANCE MANIA 12 INCHES IN THE DOLLAR BINS OF RECORD STORES THAT DIDN’T HAVE A CLUE. SOMEBODY BETTER GET IN A TIME MACHINE AND GIVE THIS RECORD TO BAD BOY BILL IN THE 90′S. “BANGING THE BOX” STYLE. SICK STYLE.
THAT’S RIGHT. BACK ON THE ROAD AFTER A LONG TIME IN THE CUT. NO USA, JUST AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN. IN AUSTRALIA A FEW DATES WITH BIG FREEDIA AS WELL AS THE MERIDETH MUSIC FESTIVAL. IN JAPAN MULTIPLE SHOWS IN OSAKA+TOKYO AND ONE IN NAGOYA. I COULDN’T BE MORE PSYCHED. TONS OF NEW SONGS. HUNGRY FOR THE HIGHWAY. TOUR DATES BELOW.
12/6-OLD BAR – MELBOURNE
12/7-TOFF IN TOWN – MELBOURNE (W/ BIG FREEDIA)
12/8-GOOD GOOD -SYDNEY (W/ BIG FREEDIA)
12/9-MERIDETH MUSIC FESTIVAL – MERIDETH
12/10-THE LANUDRY – MELBOURNE
HUNTSVILLE RAP GROUP G-SIDE HAVE BEEN A FAVORITE OF MINE FOR A LONG TIME NOW AND THEIR NEW LP MIGHT JUST BE THEIR BEST YET. TITLED ISLAND, IT IS DRIVEN BY SOME SERIOUSLY INNOVATIVE PRODUCTION CARE OF THE BLOCK BEATAZ AND FIRST CLASS RAPPING AS USUAL. FLIPPING THE GENRE OF SOUTHERN RAP ON IT’S HEAD WITHOUT LOSING SIGHT OF IT’S HISTORY, G-SIDE CAN BE PLACED IN A CONTINUUM BUT ALSO STAND ON THEIR OWN. FULLY ECLECTIC BUT STILL UP FRONT AND BANGING.
G-SIDE HAVE A 7″ (THEIR FIRST VINYL RELEASE) COMING OUT ON MY NEW LABEL THUNDER ZONE ENT. IN DECEMBER. IT IS THE DEBUT RELEASE ON THE LABEL AND I COULDN’T BE MORE EXCITED AND HONORED. WHATS MORE, IT FEATURES A REMIX BY JAVELIN ON THE B-SIDE. GO GET THE LP AND STAY TUNED HERE FOR MORE INFO ON ORDERING THE VINYL.
BALTIMORE CLUB IS AN AMERICAN MUSIC INSTITUTION AND ALL AROUND THE EAST COAST A NEW GENERATION OF YOUTH HAVE BEEN KEEPING THE CLUB FLAME ALIVE. TEENAGERS FROM PLACES LIKE BMORE, JERSEY AND PHILLY ARE MAKING SOUNDCLOUDS AND POSTING TRACKS THAT ARE FASTER AND WEIRDER THAN ANY CLUB MUSIC THAT HAS COME BEFORE IT. THIS KIND OF DANCE MUSIC IS BORN AND BREAD OUT OF KIDS ON COMPUTERS BUT HAS A CLASSICALLY GRASSROOTS, AMERICAN ENERGY.
BALTIMORE DJ’S SCHWARZ AND MARK BROWN HAVE STARTED A NEW DANCE PARTY CALLED SHAKEOFF THAT FOCUSES ON THIS BURGEONING STYLE OF CLUB AND IT PREMIERES SUNDAY. THEIR FIRST GUEST IS BMORE PRODUCER/DJ RIP KNOXX, WHO MAKES “AMAZING, FRANTIC CLUB MUSIC THAT SAMPLES EVERYTHING FROM EVANESCENCE TO HIS OWN KEYBOARD PLAYING”. NARWHALZ IS THE MC FOR THE NIGHT. IF YOU ARE IN BALTIMORE, GO TO THIS SHIT! IN ADDITION, THE PROMOTIONAL MIX THAT THEY MADE IS A GREAT PRIMER AND A MUST LISTEN.
CHICAGO’S CAVE ARE BUDDIES OF MINE FROM WAY BACK WHEN AND ONE OF THE BEST BANDS BARNSTORMING THROUGHOUT THE USA. IN TERMS OF CURRENT BANDS ROCKING WITHIN THE REALM OF DRIVING PSYCHEDELIC BOOGIE, CAVE ARE SECOND TO NONE. THESE GUYS KNOW HOW TO BRING HOME THE BACON AND MAKE IT SIZZLE, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
CAVE’S NEW RECORD NEVERENDLESS (DRAG CITY) TAKES WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS AND RATCHETS IT UP A NOTCH OR TWO. TIGHTER, SICKER AND READY FOR THE BIG TENT. MOTORIK MADNESS PERFECT FOR UNTING RECORD COLLECTOR DORKS AND BURNING MAN FIRE SPINNERS. LIVE IT IS UNTOUCHABLE. IN CASE YOU AREN’T SOLD, THIS BAND FEATURES ALL TIME LEGEND ROTTEN MILK ON VOCALS AND KEYBOARD. ‘NUFF SAID. GO BUY THEIR ENTIRE DISCOGRAPHY NOW AND SEE THEM ON TOUR. CHECK OUT A VIDEO OF THEM JAMMING ON A MOVING TRUCK DRIVING THRU CHICAGO BELOW.
VALLEJO, CA’S ISSUE COMES FROM A FAMILY OF RAPLEGENDS BUT FIRMLY STANDS ON HIS OWN. STILL A TEENAGER, HE MAKES MUSIC THAT PUSHES THE BOUNDARIES OF THE GENRE AND EXPLORES NEW TERRITORY. A YOUTHFUL EXPERIMENTAL ENERGY RUNS THROUGHOUT HIS MUSIC AND I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE HIS WHAT HE DOES NEXT.
WE DID A SONG TOGETHER A LITTLE WHILE BACK AND I HOPE TO WORK ON MORE MUSIC WITH HIM IN THE FUTURE. I SENT ISSUE A FEW QUESTIONS VIA EMAIL AND YOU CAN READ OUR SHORT INTERVIEW AFTER THE JUMP.
JB FLOWING OVER ONE OF THE SICHEST BEATS OF 2K11: HUDSON MOHAWKE’S “THUNDER BAY”. I WAS GOING TO USE THIS FOR MY UPCOMING MIXTAPE “BEYOND THUNDER ZONE” BUT THAT TAPE HAS TAKEN SOME TWISTS AND TURNS SO I FIGURED I WOULD JUST PUT IT IN THE GAME RIGHT NOW.
JB FANS KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THE THUNDER IS TO MY EVERYDAY LIFESTYLE SO IN ADDITION TO THIS TRACK BEING AMAZING THE TITLE STRUCK A CHORD. RECORDED IN A CLOSET IN A ROOM BEHIND THE JOLLIBEE. QUICK AND SICK STYLE. I HOPE YOU LOVE IT. LISTEN TO IT ABOVE, DOWNLOAD IT RIGHT HERE.
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