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
I WROTE A LITTLE WHILE AGO ABOUT A SICK TRACK MADE BY JAPANESE PRODUCERS DUPER GINGER THAT I DID SOME GUEST VOCALS ON. WELL, NOW THAT SONG HAS A VIDEO! A “FUN ROMP” NO DOUBT THRU THE STREETS OF TOKYO THAT I SHOT WHEN I WAS ON TOUR THERE IN DECEMBER. I LOOK PRETTY RAGGED BUT HEY, THAT’S THE THUNDER ZONE 4 U!!! VIDEO ABOVE. PEACE WE OUTTA HERE!
I GO WAY BACK WITH TYSON AND SCOTT REEDER. I USED TO THROW A TEEN DANCE PARTY BACK AT THEIR OLD SPOT IN MILWAUKEE CALLED THE GENERAL STORE AND TYSON AND I EVEN WENT ON TOUR TOGETHER IN 2K5.
LET ME JUST SAY, THESE MOTHERFUCKERS KNOW THEIR WAY AROUND A PAINT BRUSH!
THE REEDER BROS HAVE BEEN DOING “THE WORLD’S SMALLEST COMEDY CLUB” FOR A HOT MINUTE NOW. IT IS CALLED CLUB NUTZ AND OF COURSE IT IS DA SHIT! MINI BRICK WALL, MINI DISCO LIGHT – ALL THAT. I HOPE TO WORK WITH THESE GUYS AGAIN IN THE FUTURE – U NEVER KNOW WHAT THE BROS HAVE UP THEIR SLEEVE!
I’VE KNOWN MYKKI BLANCO SINCE MAYBE 2006? ALWAYS A COOL MIDWEST KID THAT I WOULD HANG WITH AT WAREHOUSE SHOWS AND PARTIES. NOW LIVING IN NEW YORK CITY AND LEADING THE CHARGE FOR A NEW GENERATION OF GAY/TRANS RAPPERS, MYKKI IS KILLING THE GAME.
WATCH THE DOC ABOVE IF YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT. MANY GREAT MOMENTS WHERE MYKKI TURNS HATERS INTO BELIEVERS. INSPIRATIONAL STUFF HERE PEOPLE!
SOME QUALITY FOOTAGE OF MY BUDDIES THROWING DOWN ON TOUR WITH THE KILLS IN TORONTO. YOU SERIOUSLY CAN’T FUCK WITH THE BRO-HOOD IN 2K12. THE WHOLE INFINITY CAT RECORDS SQUAD IS DOING BIG THINGS IN THE GAME AND IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO KEEP TRACK OF THESE KIDS. TRUE AMERICAN ROCK AND ROLL DONE JUST THE WAY U LIKE IT: SICK.
MY BUDDY MIRI MADE AN AWESOME WEIRD COOL SICK SICH LIL’ TOUR VIDEO CELEBRATING MY LAST TRIP TO JAPAN. SHE TAGGED ALONG FOR A FEW SHOWS AND DID MERCH, IT WAS A BLAST! THIS VIDEO CAPTURES SOME “PRECIOUS MOMENTS” THAT CAN ONLY COME FROM BEING VERY, VERY DEEP IN THE THUNDER ZONE. THANKS MIRI!
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.
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