1. A LIL’ WHILE AGO UNDERGROUND RAP LIFER 7L DROPPED A BLAZING 2 HOUR MIX FOR FRANK THE BUTCHER HIGHLIGHTING THE BEST OF DIPSET. AS A LONGTIME DIPSET FAN IT’S A LOT OF FUN TO REVIST THEIR GLORY DAYS IN THE FORM OF A WELL CONSTRUCTED DJ MIX. THIS SET HAS BEEN GETTING A LOT OF PLAY AT JB HQ.
2. OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF I’VE SPENT A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME IN LOS ANGELES AND A DEFINITE MUSICAL HIGHLIGHT HAS BEEN DJ SETS BY TOTAL FREEDOM. VERY INSPIRATIONAL BEHIND THE CDJS AND A GOOD REASON TO LEAVE WHATEVER BASEMENT I AM CURRENTLY CRASHING IN FOR THE EVENING. HIS NEW MIX FOR OPENING CEREMONY DOES NOT DISAPPOINT.
-DAM-FUNK IS ONE OF THE MOST ENTERTAINING AND AWESOME DJ’S IN THE USA. THIS DECEMBER HE CAME OUT WITH A PRETTY MINDBLOWING MIX OF GOSPEL BOOGIE-FUNK. TO BE HONEST THIS WAS A MICROGENRE I HAD NO IDEA EXISTED BUT I’M GLAD IT DOES BECAUSE THIS MIX RULES.
MY FRIEND AND RECENT AUSTRALIAN TOUR MATE BIG FREEDIA MADE HER TV DEBUT LAST NIGHT ON JIMMY KIMMEL! THIS IS BIG FOR SO MANY REASONS THAT I PROBABLY DON’T EVEN NEED TO EVEN TELL YOU. YOU KNOW, I KNOW. LET’S JUST CELEBRATE. IF YOU ARE IN LA, FREEDIA PERFORMS TONIGHT AT THE BOOTLEG THEATER. WATCH HER PERFOMANCE ABOVE. BIG FREEDIA ONLINE.
IT MAKES ME VERY HAPPY TO SEE MY OLD FRIEND AND TOUR MATE MNDR DOING BIG THINGS IN THE POP GAME AND IT MAKES ME EVEN HAPPIER TO SEE HER WORKING WITH THE VISIONARY CODY CRITCHELOE FROM SSION ON HER NEW VIDEO. “#1 IN HEAVEN” IS AN ANTHEM WITH A VIDEO TO MATCH BUT THAT’S NOT ALL! AS IF THINGS COULDN’T GET ANY SICHER, THE ONE-AND-ONLY SHAMS IS IN THIS MOTHERFUCKER, THROWING DOWN. I CAN’T WAIT FOR MNDR’S DEBUT FULL LENGTH, COMING SOON ON ULTRA.
IF YOU ARE IN LOS ANGELES NEXT WEEK THEN YOU HAVE A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE BALTIMORE RAGERS SCHWARZ AND MARK BROWN THROW DOWN. CATCH THEM PLAYING EVERYTHING FROM TOP-NOTCH NO-RULES DANCE PARTY MUSTACHE MONDAYS TO LIL B-AFFILATED ART GALLERY DEM PASSWORDS. SOME OF THE FINEST DEEJAYS IN THE USA, THAT’S WHAT I SAY! TOUR DATES BELOW PLUS A FEW NEW MIXES FROM THE BOYS FOR THE UNINITIATED. EVERYTHING FROM CLASSIC HOUSE TO SOUTHERN RAP TO THEIR SPECIALTY: NEXT LEVEL JACKED UP EAST COAST TEENAGE FREAKOUT CLUB MUSIC.
1/16 – Mustache Mondays @ LA CITA
1/17 – Dem Passwords Gallery
1/20 – Ace Hotel, Palm Springs
1/21 – “SHAKE OFF LA” @ DORIAN GEH
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.
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.
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.
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