Hip Hop Nostalgia

Spitta and Ski

2010-11-12T12:00:00.000-08:00

Just the other day, I went to Highline ball room to see Curren$y(who is currently killin it), Smoke Dza, Ski Beatz, Tabi Bonney, Stalley, Mckenzie Eddy, Sean O'Connell(who kills it on the guitar), Dynasty Electric, and some other bands for the Adidas sponsored, Blurock tour. All the artists that performed I believe are on the Creativecontrol.tv website. Check that out if you haven't already. Tons of great videos. Oh yeah, Tabi wasn't there unfortunately. Dynasty Electric is amazing and I want to check for them again. Sean O'Connell is a beast on the guitar. Dame Dash was in the building as well that night. Curren$y did his thing as usual and Ski had the place boppin their heads all night. Mckenzie was aight...kinda flat but got better during the night.

Who's house? Shoes House!

2010-11-12T11:53:00.000-08:00

I also went to a Shoe's House party in Brooklyn. It was at Southpaw and featured, Houseshoes, Fresh Daily, Von Pea and Don Will of Tanya Morgan, some cute spanish chick that kinda did her thing, Skyzoo, Torae, Craig G, Jean Grey, and headlined by Danny Brown. I'm kinda feeling D. Brown lately..he's a mutha fuckin hybrid. It was kinda dead in there...Wednesday night..what you expect. The crowd was not what I expected and was almost non-existent.

Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival

2010-11-12T11:48:00.000-08:00

The Brooklyn hip hop Festival sponsored by Brooklyn Bodega was pretty nuts. It had a real hip hop head's ultimate lineup. Blackmoon, Black Milk, Dres, Craig G, Curren$y, Fashawn, Rakaa, Masta Ace, Skyzoo, and a bunch more. It was raining and I didn't bring out the digi-cam so most those pics are Blackberry Curve pics. In other words, they kinda suck... Props to Fashawn for the pound.

It's been a long time coming....

2010-11-12T11:16:00.000-08:00

Damn it's been years since I last updated this page (almost 3 year anniversary from the start of this blog) and got a chance to go to some more shows recently now that I'm employed again! LOL. Below you will find some pics from an old Rocksteady show where Eyedea(R.I.P.) and Immortal Technique went at each other. RIP to Guru as well. You will be missed. I also posted an Evidence picture from that show.

There's also some pictures from the Clipse show at Knitting Factory a few years back. They started off with "Virginia" and had the whole place in awe. It was a great show and played a lot of their hits and some new ones with the Re-up gang. I got some Ghostface pics from another Ghost and Raekwon show at Nokia theatre. You might be able to see Rae in the background...dunno if I posted those pics up.

SMOKEY D IN THE MUTHA FUCKIN BUILDING

2009-01-16T03:12:00.000-08:00

SMOKEY D!!! HAHAHAH IF YOU A FAN OF LOST YOU'LL FIND THIS FUNNY. IF YOU'RE NOT, YOU'LL FIND IT FUNNY. JUST WATCH.

CROOKED I - WAKE UP SHOW FREESTYLE THROWBACK

2008-12-09T18:33:00.000-08:00

CROOKED I IS HANDS DOWN MY FAV. MC RIGHT NOW. HE IS KILLING EVERYTHING HE TOUCHES. HERE'S AN OLD VIDEO OF HIM DESTROYING EVERY BEAT THROWN AT HIM ON THE WAKE UP SHOW. C.O.B. 4 LIFE...CASH OVER BITCHES, CONDUCTING ORGANIZED BUSINESS, CONTROLLING OUR BLOCK, CRIP OR BLOOD, CREATING ONLINE BLOGS(LOL).

The Show Must Go On Pt. 1

2008-01-29T11:23:00.001-08:00

The Dilated show was crazy! Jurassic 5 were there too and after the show they were just chillin with the fans outside. Evidence and Chali Tuna came up to us and gave us pounds and shit. Respect due. Eminem had an amazing performance at the other concert I went to headlined by Limp Bizkit. I hate Bizkit but they did have a cool giant anime robot on stage! Em killed it as usual...he came out strapped to the electric chair.LOL. The Ghostface show was pretty ill. I was Frucked up so I felt like shit and wanted to get out of there. He took forever to get on stage...plus we waited on line outside in the rain. Umm not sure what other tickets I posted up but...The History of Hip Hop show was one of the best shows I've ever been to. Public Enemy had a fake KKK dummy and hung it and beat it down!! KRS played all the classics and had b-boys and b-girls everywhere on stage with him. RUN DMC did their thing too.

Heath Ledger

2008-01-29T11:13:00.001-08:00

It's a little overdue but deserved. He will be missed. I had great expectations for the Dark Knight movie and his role. Rest In Peace.

Cloverfield Update

2008-01-23T03:30:00.000-08:00

Thinking back...I'm having second thoughts about this Cloverfield movie. I think it's more complex than what I made it to be. There were a lot of little hints and clues in the movie that I may have missed. The viral campaign had a bunch of clues to this beast and yeah there was no character development, it's cuz it's shot from a video camera. How could you develop the characters when it's a "live" recording? I think the Slusho website reveals some information on the monster. I heard that a sequel may be in the form of another video tape which is kinda a cool idea. I think i need to get the dvd and watch this again. It's starting to grow on me.

Giants vs. Patriots Superbowl XLII

2008-01-21T01:27:00.000-08:00

GO GIANTS!!!! Nuff said.

Insomnia/Cloverfield

2008-01-19T01:57:00.000-08:00

Insomnia is a mofo. It's 5:02am and can't sleep. Went to go see Cloverfield today....WORST MOVIE EVER!!! I was amped to see it because JJ Abrams is the shit to me...but this movie first of all made me wanna throw up cuz the camera was shaky as hell. It was like that for most of the movie... I could barely tell what was going on and the characters suck. You don't care about them...you don't care if they die...you kinda wish they did. The movie took forever for the action to start but it was cool. When it ended, people were just like "whuhhhh???" they didn't know what to say. To summarize, I give this movie a 2 out of 5.

So Good.

2008-01-11T23:44:00.000-08:00

one day i decided to ......

....hope everyone got home safe......

....damn i'm fucked up.....

THe End

My Collection of DVDs/CDs

2007-12-16T14:41:00.000-08:00

This is only part of my collection. This is just some of my cds, dvds, and vhs. I have a bunch more VHS tapes, cassette tapes, and some vinyl which i covered up in the picture(about 2 crates). YES I SPEND WAY TOO MUCH MONEY ON THIS SHIT..

More Pics From Guerrilla Words

2007-12-09T18:58:00.000-08:00

Photos From Guerrilla Words

2007-12-09T18:53:00.000-08:00

Here are some pictures I took at the open mic showcase at Nightingales in NYC.

Dacapo Featuring Production by KDEF

2007-12-03T07:51:00.000-08:00

Dacapo

Born in BK, Raised in Jerz.

Influences: Natural Elements, Organized Konfusion, The Roots, and BLACK MOON.

Check out Dacapo's newest tracks produced by K Def also available for download at:
www.myspace.com/dacaponotdecapo

Fiasco Fam Radio: Hosted by Kaycee

2007-12-03T07:31:00.000-08:00

Show airs LIVE every Saturday at 10pm EST

Hosted by: Kaycee

Fiasco Fam Radio
Its all about FNF!!! check for updates, interviews and music from the whole crew...also we will feature other artists and the best and hottest hip hop around...its Fiasco Fam Radio!

www.blogtalkradio.com/fiascofamradio

www.lupethefiasco.blogspot.com

I Got Money Stacks Bigger Than You

2007-12-03T07:19:00.000-08:00

So I've been a Sam Goody slave for most of my teen years. I had a pretty cool manager who like me...loved hip hop. He was nice enough to invite me one time to Webster Hall in NY where Sam Goody did this bullshit signing/album release thing for Mobb Deep. Whatever, we went got drunk, ate some food, and got to meet Hav and P. Everyone there didn't look like the Mobb Deep type..they were suits. So right when they walk in...we notice that they are really really short. This was right after Takeover dropped so my boss and I kept saying under our breaths... "I got money stacks bigger than you" cuz dude was really short. Not to mention they looked like they didn't want to be there. They were lookin at me like I was a preppy asian kid who knew nothing about hip hop. I didn't even care about them as much at that time... I was more interested in Noyd's album. It was kinda funny seeing them surprised as shit when I asked em about Noyd's upcoming release. P didn't say shit..Hav was like .. yeah he dropping blah blah.. and said make sure u cop that. My manager also went to a Busta thing like that but he didn't invite me... He told me he went up to Busta to give him a pound and shit but Busta was an asshole to everyone. Then like a week later he's on the radio for beating up a fan.. and u know how many times that happened. Just wanted to let yall know.

More pictures from DMC 1998

2007-12-03T07:08:00.000-08:00

I forgot that they did this Hall of Fame thing for DJ's. That's crazy legs giving a pound to Finesse. DJ Ghetto's in the red..(He killed that whole competition), I think that's grandwizard theodore in the yankees shirt, and DXT was also there. The funniest part was some guy came out to accept the award on behalf of Afrika Bambatta and the guy who runs the show(british guy i think who's been in all the other dmc videos)..was like "AFRICA!!! how are you AFRICA??" and the crowd started cracking up..he felt like an idiot!!!LOL.

Above: Lord Finesse and Crazy Legs
Below: Dj Shortkut from the ISP

Below: DJ Craze showing what it takes to win

Below: DJ Craze is DMC 1998 USA Champ!

1998 DMC US Finals Hosted By Lord Finesse

2007-12-03T06:52:00.000-08:00

This show was packed with djs and underground artists from all over the US. Scaramanga, NonPhixion, Beat Junkies, A-trak, Craze, Rocksteady Crew, Grandmaster DXT, Jazzy Jeff...everyone was there. If you guys didn't figure out yet...I have a really bad memory...I think either A-trak or Craze won this competition. I'm trying to remember if this was the one with Kuttin Kandi and DJ Ghetto. Cuz I'm in the video for like a split second! I also posted a pic of the autograph I got from Roc Raida of the X-men/X-ecutioners fame. I got it at the ITF competition I previously blogged about. He was a judge or something.. So I got to meet him and DJ Honda but Honda was too busy to chat cuz they were pulling him to the stage area.

Above: Scaramanga aka. Sir Menelik
Below: Non Phixion

Above: The World Famous Beat Junkies
Below: Roc Raida Autograph from ITF Finals

1997 ITF World Dj Competition / Montclair

2007-11-30T14:47:00.000-08:00

The ITF 97 World DJ Comp. was one of the best competitions I've been to. This was when DJ Craze just hit the scene and the rest is history. Sinista, Roc Raida, Rholi Rho, DoBoy, Dj Riz, Crazy Legs, and Dj Slyce from Teaneck were just a few of the people that showed up. I can't remember who won but Dj Slyce and Craze definitely did their thing.

Montclair State University always has some good hip hop shows and the one I went to was amazing. Dead Prez, Cocoa Brovaz, El Da Sensei, Pumpkinhead, Shabaam...what more can u ask for? It was cool cuz after the show we got to meet with Dead Prez and Smif N Wessun. My friend who's white HAD to ask Dead Prez why they hate white people...wow that was akward! They gave him the little .. oh we don't hate white people, this and that. They were pretty cool though. And Smif N Wessun were just outside after the show chillin. Just walking the campus like they were students. We said whatup and poly'd for a minute and that was it.

Here are some pictures from the ITF Competition.

L to R: Crazy Legs, Dj Slyce, Kinetic
Below: Dj Do Boy

Above: Dj Craze
Below: Dj Riz

Below: Crazy Legs

Above: Dj Rholi Rho(5th Platoon)
Below: Kinetic from the Arsonists(in baby blue)

Guerrilla Words Open Mic Showcase

2007-11-30T14:45:00.001-08:00

Aight peoples. For all y'all who don't know, the longest running FREE Hip-Hop monthly is ending the year the right way with our own General Manager Encite as the December showcase. Encite is bringing along Dj Mpos of the infamous Elite Camp as well as emcee extraodinaire Ron Verbal to assist while doing is own thing as well. Guest hosting is the incomprable Naturel as we do a special shortened version of the nights event. So all those interested in the Open Mic portion of the event, come early and sign up and make your presence known…

Guerrilla::Words Open Mic Showcase

December's Showcase- GW's own Encite with Dj Mpos & Ron Verbal
On the Wheels: KJ Butta
Introduction by Guerrilla::Words founder Brian Buno
With Guest Host Naturel

Tuesday December 4th 2007
@Nightingale Lounge- 2nd Ave. & 13th Street, NYC
Open Mic list very limited for this shortened special event: 9pm-11:30pm
21 & up only, id required
Drink Specials all night

For those unfamiliar with Encite:

Jason "Encite" Hortillas is the general manager of the grassroots artist collective known as Guerrilla Words. For the past five years he has been primarily dealing with booking,marketing and promotions with the organization, collaborating with various companies and independent artists. Guerrilla::Words has extended into the college radio game as well where he served as an on air personality until the end of 2006. As a co-host alongside GW's founder Brian Buno, Encite extended his role as event host with notable events such as the 2004 Rap Attack CMJ Showcase, the 2005 DMC New York Regionals, MTV Chi's Launch Party in 2006 and Scion Boston's 2007 event. Encite's roots however come back to the art of being an emcee, where he honed his skills. Publicly performing since 1998, first with the group AIC and later with First Division, he performed all over the Northeast on and off for almost a decade. He has also provided his hypeman skills for artists such as Chan, Naturel & Money Management producer Illmind.

Now taking on a different role as the new booking agent for Fuzion Entertainment, he applies everything he has learned over the years while maintaining a love for the music. "Although I'm not a full time musician as I used to be, I allocate each aspect of my experience to new artists who I feel can be a force in this industry," says Encite.

So for one of those rare occasions, Encite grabs the mic again. Similar to a prize fighter making the fateful return to the ring, Encite in typical dramatic fashion returns with his arrogant yet reflective style for at least one more time.

The Firm @ HMV

2007-11-29T11:35:00.000-08:00

The worst! My friends and I waited for 3hrs to meet the Firm when they dropped their album and security said it's a wrap! We were fuckin pissed! We are about to bounce and then the pigs started putting up road blocks right next to me.. next thing u know...Nas and AZ come out the side door. It was crazy. Nature was already in the jeep and people were hanging off the car! I got to see Nas in Central Park but that was years later. AZ I see on the regular around my way. Funny thing was we were in Bank of America and we were both mesmerized that they charge a $3.00 ATM fee. I just thought it was funny cuz he's in a Range and iced out compaining bout 3 bucks! (I had a bunch of other pics but they came out kinda shitty) "is that Horse..it must be I heard he husky"

Payday

2007-11-29T09:57:00.000-08:00

Check out Payday's latest tracks on myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/ppayday

Label: Money's Worth/Straight Paper/Skull Gang

Check out his tracks featuring Ransom, Lil Wayne, 103, and Juelz.

Also check 103's page: http://www.myspace.com/thereal103

Odyssey

2007-11-29T08:33:00.000-08:00

Click below to hear NEW exclusive tracks by Odyssey.

http://www.myspace.com/moneystreetmusic

South Central to Harlem

2007-11-29T08:10:00.000-08:00

Ice T at the NY auto show I think 2006. I didn't even see Coco...I know it's hard to miss her but Ice was in a rush and I didn't want to be an asshole and be like...oh can u stand here and this and that. The other pic is Jim Jones at Best Buy in Paramus, NJ. I said what up and shit but he was more focused on his chips and in the pic...he's about to reach down and grab a box of Nerds..LOL. I do have to say though..I was kinda star struck..kinda more than when I met Russ or Ice T. I don't even like Jim Jones that much but at that time Ballin was a hit.

Mommy...what's a GRAVEDIGGA???

2007-11-29T08:01:00.000-08:00

Gravediggaz were signing graphs at Fatbeats in NY when they dropped the second album. I thought RZA and Prince Paul were gonna be there but I guess they had something better to do. I was pissed!!! But Fru and Poetic were down to earth and I was happy to be able to meet some old school cats. RIP Poetic aka Da Grym Reaper.

Russell and Kimora

2007-11-29T07:53:00.000-08:00

So my roomates and I are about to meet up with some girls from FIT and we see a forest green bentley drive by..back in the late 90's...not many people were riding bentleys. Then as we walk by a lil deli...the car pulls right up to us and some big dude gets out...then Russ and Kimora stepped out...Straight up we were all star-struck. Kimora looked bangin back then and Russ looked older than he does now. He went into the deli to get a lil bottle of ginseng(wonder for what??hmmm?). He came out and gave us autographs...I remember Kimora sayin..."why you shaking so much?" to russell. Cool thing was Russ sayin " oh shit...u got the old phat farm business card." cuz that was when only a few people were rocking that shit.

Play Your Cards Right.

2007-11-29T07:49:00.000-08:00

Remember Royal Flush? He was signing graphs at Harlem Music Hut on Chambers St. I was in there buying mixtapes and he showed up. I think I was the only person in there..but whatever. This was the time right after Iced down medallions dropped...me and my roomates used to blast that track heavy in the dorms. The album wasn't that bad...I liked it..Worldwide is the joint too.

One last thing about EPMD.

2007-11-29T07:45:00.000-08:00

How do you go from Eric and Parish Making Dollars to Eric and Parish Millenium Ducketts? Millenium Ducketts?????U got to be kiddin me.

Reedin Is Fuhndamentul!

2007-11-29T07:40:00.000-08:00

Here are 2 books you need to get..Also check out a book called Liner Notes which breaks down various hip hop tracks one by one by the artists themselves.

Mos Vect

2007-11-29T07:36:00.000-08:00

Mos Def outside of Sam Goody for the EPMD album signing. Yea I look like an idiot!

More EPMD Back In Business Pictures

2007-11-29T06:59:00.001-08:00

Here are just a few more pics from the signing.

EPMD Back in Business album signing Sam Goody '97

2007-11-29T06:42:00.000-08:00

EPMD just got back together and released Back in Business. Had a bunch of nice tracks like the joint, richter scale, KIM, and never seen before to name a few. Since I was going to school at Pace in lower Manhattan, I got a chance to meet them briefly. They seemed disinterested the whole time but they were cool. I guess they were tired of giving autographs all day. Keith Murray was there and he looked high as hell. LOD!!! Mos Def was also outside the store as well as Heltah Skeltah. I got to meet Mos but unfortunately I didn't get a chance to meet w/ Ruck n Rock. I did get to see Rock and Ruck perform later on but as solo artists.

CRU @ Downtime July 29th 1997

2007-11-28T13:52:00.000-08:00

2 of my friends went with me to see C.R.U. at Downtime. We were the only asians at the show and let me tell you we stuck out like a mafucka. The show was pretty sick though. They kept chanting "Free Mighty Ha" all night and played most of their joints from The Dirty 30. Below are pics of Yogi and Chad.

Rewind.....

2007-11-28T13:33:00.000-08:00

First things first. My name is Calvin, I'm 28yrs old, Korean, and a hip hop junkie. I posted a bunch of pics of the shows I went to on http://www.nobodysmiling.com/ and they suggested I make a blog or something. So about 5 months later here I am. I'm basically going to post up a bunch of pics/videos/audio and randomness of shows i've been to, people i've met. Peacepeace.