NEW RAP PROJECT FEATURING RUSTY FROM TOTAL ABUSE AND BREATHING PROBLEM PRODUCTIONS. SICK TWISTED SOUTHERN STYLES FOR FANS OF ALL THAT WICKED 90′S MEMPHIS SHIT. I WANNA SEE CHAOS MAGIK LIVE AT THE GATHERING NEXT YEAR, NO DOUBT. I THINK THIS WOULD BE JUGGALO APPROVED AND THAT IS HIGH PRAISE. MORE INFO HERE.

…THE YEAR WAS 2005. 18 YEARS OLD RUNNING WILD. FUCK IT THIS SHIT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME. I TRY NOT TO LOOK BACK BUT SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA. A LOT OF SHIT HAS CHANGED BUT I STILL FEEL LIKE THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF WHATEVER THE FUCK IT IS THAT I’M DOING WITH MY LIFE. “I DON’T WANNA GO INTO THE DARKNESS” COMES OUT THIS SUMMER.

TO ME, BALTIMORE CLUB AND ALL OF ITS OFFSHOOTS ARE AS IMPORTANT AS ANYTHING IN THE HISTORY OF GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC. AND THAT BRINGS ME TO A NEW ARTICLE IN THE BALTIMORE CITY PAPER ABOUT PRODUCER MURDER MARK AND THE NEW SCHOOL OF BMORE CLUB.

ALL AROUND THE EAST COAST A NEW GENERATION OF KIDS ARE TAKING CLUB MUSIC AND EXPANDING ON ITS ROOTS, TAKING IT TO NEW FREAKED OUT PLACES. AT TIMES THIS SHIT JUST SOUNDS LIKE GABBA MUSIC TO ME AND THAT IS SICK! ALONG WITH HEADS LIKE DJ PIERRE, DJ JUWAN AND SCHWARZ, MURDER MARK IS HOLDING IT DOWN FOR BALTIMORE.

THE PARTY MENTIONED IN THE BEGINNING OF THE CITY PAPER ARTICLE (MY CREW BE UNRULY) WAS SUCH A DEFINITIVE NIGHT FOR ME AND WILL FOREVER HOLD A PLACE IN MY HEART. I WAS IN TOWN PERFORMING THAT WEEKEND SHARING THE STAGE AT ARTSCAPE WITH THE LATE, GREAT K-SWIFT SO U KNOW I WAS THERE!

I GOT A LOT OF GOOD CLUB MUSIC MEMORIES (GOING TO CLUB CHOICES WHEN I WAS 18, PLAYING WITH DJ TECHNICS AND ROD LEE) BUT THAT ONE MIGHT BE THE ULTIMATE. EVERYONE UNITED FOR A NIGHT OF AMERICAN MUSIC, WHAT COULD BE BETTER? YOU GOTTA HOLD ON TO THOSE MOMENTS.

I KNOW THIS THING HAS BEEN OUT FOR A LIL’ WHILE NOW BUT FUCK IT, BETTER LATE THAN NEVER! NEWEST MIXTAPE BY EAST BAY TEENAGE RAP SENSATION ISSUE CHRONICLES “THE JOURNEY OF A PIG GOING THROUGH REAL LIFE AS A HUMAN.” VERY INTERESTING STUFF HERE PEOPLE!

DOWNLOAD THIS THING RIGHT NOW, THE ISSUE/JUICEBOXXX/SCHWARZ/AMI DANG COLLABO HIT YAAAAA IS ON THIS MOTHERFUCKER AMONG OTHER HITS! ALSO FEATURED ON THIS TAPE IS MURS, AKIRA THE DON, DROOP-E AND MORE. SOME OF THE MOST CREATIVE AND INTERESTING RAP BUBBLING UNDER RIGHT NOW.

GET SOME VIPER TEA IN YOUR SYSTEM AND JAM THIS MIXTAPE TODAY!

NEW VIDCLIP DIRECT FROM PORTLAND BAD BOYS WHITE FANG. SOME HOT TUB ANTICS AND JUST SERIOUS HANGING OUT IN THE MIX. THESE GUYS KNOW HOW TO PARTY AND CHOOGLE WITH THE BEST OF THEM! TAKE A PEEK AND AS THEY SAY, “CHILL YOURSELF”.

ONE OF MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE BANDS IS SUICIDE. I PUT THEM UP ON THE LEVEL WITH BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AS PERHAPS MY BIGGEST NON-RAP INFLUENCE, THEIR MUSIC AND PERFORMANCES CUT TO THE CORE OF A FEELING THAT IS SO DEEP IT’S HARD TO ARTICULATE. AN AMERICAN FEELING. SOMETHING NEW AND OLD AT THE SAME TIME. I CANNOT EXPRESS HOW IMPORTANT THE COMBO OF THEM AND THE BOSS HAVE BEEN TO SHAPING HOW I MAKE RAP MUSIC; SUICIDE TAUGHT ME TO KEEP DREAMING AND I’M JUST TRYING TO FOLLOW IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS.

CRUCIAL PIECE OF HEARTLAND FREAKOUT HISTORY RIGHT HERE PEOPLE! IF YOU DON’T KNOW, HANSON RECORDS IS A LONG STANDING PUNK LABEL RUN BY EX-WOLF EYES MEMBER AARON DILLOWAY AND THE LABEL’S VIMEO PAGE IS FULL OF SICK ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE.

SEE EARLY PERFORMANCES BY ANDREW WK, NAUTICAL ALMANAC AND WOLF EYES. SEE 90′S HASON RECORDS VHS LABEL COMPS. SEE QUINTRON ON FUCKING JENNY JONES! AND GUESS WHAT? THERE IS WAY MORE WHERE THAT CAME FROM. AS A HEARTLAND KID GROWING UP THIS SHIT GOT ME SICKED AND IT STILL DOES. DIG IN KIDS & SEE WHERE IT TAKES YOU! IF I WERE TO GUESS IT WOULD PROBABLY BE DIRECTLY TO THE THUNDER ZONE.

MILWAUKEE MASTER CRATE DIGGERS KID MILLIONS AND CHRISTREATER HAVE BEEN RUNNING A SICK RECORD LABEL CALLED DOPE FOLKS FOR A WHILE NOW. BRINGING LIGHT TO OBSCURE OUT-OF-PRINT 80′S AND 90′S RAP RECORDS IS WHAT THEY DO AND U BETTER BELIEVE THEY DO IT WELL!

ONE OF THE NEWEST DOPE FOLKS REISSUES THAT HAS CAUGHT MY EYE IS “PSYCHOTIC NASTY” BY ILL DISTRACXION. THIS QUEENS GROUP HAS A RUGGED AND DARK MID-90′S NYC RAP SOUND THAT BANGS WITH SOME SERIOUS WEIRDO/HORRORCORE UNDERCURRENTS. JUST THE RIGHT MIX OF EVERYTHING AND LIMITED TO ONLY 300 COPIES SO DON’T SLEEP!

BONUS FROM THE FANTASTIC DOPE FOLKS BLOG, AN ABSOLUTE FUCKING JAM: “STITCH BY STITCH” BY RON B.

3 YEARS AGO DIRECTOR LUKE MEYER FOLLOWED ME AROUND FOR A FEW DAYS ON TOUR WITH A CAMERA. I WAS TOURING VIA CHINATOWN BUS AND PRETTY MUCH OUT OF MY FUCKING MIND. LISTEN – I AM STILL OUT OF MY FUCKING MIND BUT MAYBE JUST IN A DIFFERENT WAY. WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE THUNDER ZONE I’M TALKING ABOUT THIS KIND OF SHIT.

2K9 WAS A FUCKED UP YEAR FOR ME FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS AND THIS DOC CAPTURES IT. HARD FOR ME TO WATCH BUT I GUESS THAT IS PRETTY PERSONAL. I THINK THIS IS A GOOD PRIMER FOR ANYONE OUT THERE TRYING UNDERSTAND MY MUSIC, ESPECIALLY MY UPCOMING FULL LENGTH “I DON’T WANNA GO INTO THE DARKNESS” WHICH SHOULD BE COMING OUT SOON.

THIS IS NOT A GAME TO ME!
THIS IS REAL LIFE!
I’VE GROWN UP RAPPING AND TOURING AND PLAYING SHOWS AND IT MEANS THE WORLD.
I’M JUST GETTING STARTED!
“I DON’T WANNA GO INTO THE DARKNESS”
ENJOY

COMING STRONG OUT OF BMORE CITY, ED SCHRADER’S MUSIC BEAT IS EASILY ONE OF THE SICHEST ROCK AND ROLL BANDS GOING. BEYOND EASY CLASSIFICATION BUT AT THE SAME TIME SUPER CLASSIC AND TIMELESS, THEIR NEW SINGLE “WHEN I’M IN A CAR” (FEATURING RANDY RANDALL FROM NO AGE ON GUITAR) HITS ALL THE RIGHT SPOTS.

THEY HAVE A RECORD COMING OUT ON THE ONE AND ONLY LOAD RECORDS AND ARE ON TOUR RIGHT NOW. GO SEE IT LIVE, SERIOUSLY! AS GOOD AS THE RECORDINGS ARE, IT IS REALLY A LIVE THING. TOUR DATES BELOW.

02.29 Pittsburgh, PA: Garfield Artworks w. Lord Grunge!
03.01 Cleveland, OH: Now That’s Class
03.02 Detroit, MI: Lager House
03.05 Chicago, IL: Empty Bottle w. Psychadelic Horseshit, Wet Hair
03.06 Milwaukee, WI: Quarters w. Rio Turbo
03.07 Minneapolis, MN: the Hexagon Bar w. Skoal Kodiak
03.08 Dubuque, IA: Off Minor
03.09 Lincoln, NE: Bourbon Theatre w. Plack Blague
03.10 Denver, CO: Rhinoceropolis
03.13 Seattle, WA: the Funhouse
03.14 Portland, OR: Rotture
03.16 San Francisco, CA: Thee Parkside
03.19 Los Angeles, CA: Pehr Space
03.21 Phoenix, AZ: Meat Market w. Chapter 24 (London)
03.22 El Paso, TX: M’s Lips Lounge
03.23 Austin, TX: Beerland
03.24 Dallas, TX: Queen City Hall
03.25 Hot Springs, AR: The Exchange
03.26 Birmingham, AL: The Bottletree
03.27 Athens, GA: Farm 255 w. Bubbly Mommy Gun
03.28 Atlanta, GA: Drunken Unicorn
03.29 Asheville, NA: Broadway’s
03.30 Greensboro, NC: TBA
03.31 Chapel Hill, NC: The Nightlight
04.01 Richmond, VA: Strange Matter