Friday, January 30, 2009

BEHIND THE GROOVE

LAST WEEK I FLEW DOWN TO PHILLY WITH AKROBATIK TO CONNECT WITH THE ROOTS AND ANTIBALAS, FOR THE SHOW THAT WENT DOWN LAST NIGHT... WHICH WAS BANANAS. HISTORIC SHIT YALL. BOSTON DOES NOT GET IT IN LIKE THIS..... I WILL POST VIDEO OF THAT SOON...AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT....I RAN OUT OF VIDEO WHEN ANTIBALAS GOT ON STAGE WITH THE ROOTS AND JAMMED TOGETHER DOING THE DOOBIE BROTHERS WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES!!!
YALL MUST UNDERSTAND !! THE AMOUNT OF RAW TALENT, PASSION, LOVE, AND PROFESSIONALISM IN ONE ROOM....THE ENERGY WAS INCREDIBLE. TOP NOTCH MUSICIANSHIP.
AT ONE POINT I HAD THE IDEA (SHOUTS TO EDAN!) OF BOTH BANDS COVERING CAT STEVENS "DOG WAS A DOUGHNUT".
THAT ONLY GOT AS FAR AS THE ROOTS ROCKING IT...ACTUALLY KILLING IT PUTTING SOME JAZZY CHORDS ON IT.
?LOVE AND I COULD HAVE NERDED OUT ON THAT TIP FOR YEARS ON END....BREAK AFTER BREAK AFTER BREAK.

ANYWAY, HERES THE 1ST ROUND OF VIDEO, CHECK OUT THE BIG HOMMIE ?LOVE ROCKING THE DRUMS FOR ANTIBALAS DOING ONE OF FELA'S ILLEST JAMS ....MORE TO COME STAY TUNED. BIG SHOUTS TO AKROBATIK !



Monday, January 19, 2009

BIG DRUM BEATER



REDBULL INVITED ME TO BE A PART OF THIS EVENT THURS. JAN 29TH ,WHICH PROMISES TO BE SOMETHING SPECIAL.
THE ROOTS, A BAND THAT HAS BEEN TOURING FOR WELL OVER A DECADE NOW, NEED NO INTRODUCTION.
SOME MAY NOT BE AWARE OF ANTIBALAS, BUT IF YOUR IN BOSTON AND COME TO THIS SHOW, IM SURE YOU WILL NOT FORGET WHO THEY ARE.
I HAVE YET TO SEE THEM LIVE, BUT I HAVE SOME RECORDS BY THEM, AND THEY KILL IT WITH THE AFRO FUNK.
COMPLETE WITH KILLER BREAKS B-BOYS LOVE, AND THAT FELA KEYBOARD SOUND, YOU CANT LOSE.
I HAVE A BUNCH OF IDEAS FOR THIS SHOW....WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET TO HAVE A REHEARSAL THE NIGHT BEFORE...FROM WHAT I WAS TOLD I WILL BE PLAYING RECORDS FOR EACH BAND TO FOLLOW ...THEN BATTLE IT OUT, ALL IN GOOD FUN OF COURSE. AKROBATIK WILL ALSO BE HOSTING.
SO I LEAVE YOU WITH 2 JAMMY JAMS...ONE IS TONY ALLEN ( FELAS INCREDIBLE DRUMMER) A DUB FROM HIS 12" RELEASED IN THE EARLY 80S, THE OTHER IS AN EDIT THE HOMIES HAUL AND MASON WERE BEHIND. IN MY OPINION WE HAVE THE BEST USEAGE OF THE COOLIE RIDDIM.

ENJOY......
TONY.ALLEN*12
FELA.VS.COOLIE

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

RE-UPS!

IVE NOW DECIDED TO TYPE IN CAPITALS. IT JUST LOOKS BETTER, AND FOR THOSE FOOLS OUT THERE THAT THINK TYPING WITH CAPS LOCK ON TRANSLATES TO YELLING, YOU CAN'T HEAR ME RIGHT ???
MOST OF YALL KNOW Z-SHARE'S SERVERS WENT DOWN, WHICH MEANT THAT ALL FILES DID AS WELL AND THEY NEVER FIXED THE OLD ONES...
HERES TWO MIXES THAT SHOULD BE IN ROTATION..ONE WAS FOR REDBULL MUSIC ACADEMY, THE OTHER WAS JUST ME DOING MY THANG.
ANYWAY, I LIKED Z SHARE BECAUSE YOU COULD SEE HOW MANY DOWNLOADS YOU WERE GETTING, ONE OF THESE MIXES HAD ALMOST 5000 DLS....YALL KNOW I DONT PROMOTE AND SELDOM UPDATE MY BLOG, SO I WAS FEELING GOOD ABOUT THAT..IF ONLY I HAD $1 FOR EACH DL. SHOUTS TO MY MAN LOU FOR MAKIING THESE HAPPEN, AS I NO LONGER HAD THE FILES FOR THEM.

TRACKLISTING
HOT ICE/ DANCING FREE ( KON EDIT)
CALENDAR/ COMIN ON STRONG
POPCORN WYLIE/ GEORGIA AFTERHOURS
PATTI JO/ MAKE ME BELIEVE IN YOU
SKULLSNAPS/ IM YOUR PIMP
MARBOO/ WHAT ABOUT LOVE
CARSTAIRS/ IT REALLY HURTS ME GIRL
BENITEZ/ WE ARE THE ONES
PRANA PEOPLE/ PRANA MAN (KON LIVE EDIT)
LOVE COMMITTEE/ JUST AS LONG AS I GOT YOU ( AL KENT EDIT)
BILLY PAUL/ ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE (MAGICK EDIT)
LOLEATTA HOLLOWAY/ CATCH ME ON THE REBOUND (KON LIVE EDIT)
ASHFORD & SIMPSON/ ONE MORE TRY ( ELY ESCOBAR EDIT)
LLOYD AND THE JOYS/ THE NEW YORK BUSINESS
DOWNLOAD THE REDBULL MIX HERE.
KON'SREDBULLMIX




THIS MIX WAS FROM THE DISCO JUICE POST A WHILE BACK DL THE LINK BELOW.

KON'SDISCOBOOGIEMIX
Tracklisting
1. Bernard Wright/ Chillin out
2. Sunfire/Step In the Light
3. Leprechaun/ Loc it up
4. Family Of Eve/ I Wanna Be Loved By You ( TOM NOBLE EDIT)
5. Visions Of Tomorrow/ Galaxy
6. Omar/ Grandmaster Lover
7. Jeff Phelps/ On The Corner
8. Thunderbolt/ Loves so funny (inst)
9. Jorge Santana/ Darling I Love You
10. Le Stim/ Muhammad Ali
11. Disco Police/ Movin ( TOM NOBLE EDIT)
12. Brainstorm/ Lovin Is Really My Game pt.2
13. Hi Fidelity/ Magic Carpet Ride
14. Serenade/ Maybe This Time


ENJOY !

BIG BANG THEORY



CHECK OUT AMIR'S NATIONAL TV DEBUT IN THE NEW IBM COMPUTER COMMERCIAL....I ALWAYS KNEW HE WAS GOING TO GO HOLLYWOOD.

Saturday, January 10, 2009

ONCE A MONTH

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MY HOMIE TRUS'ME DOES THIS GLOBAL PARTY AND IS NOW TAKING IT TO NYC. YOURS TRULY ALONG WITH SPECIAL GUESTS EACH MONTH...PUTTING IT DOWN. LINKWOOD IS FLYING IN FOR THIS MONTHS, THIS MAN HAS GOT SOME BOMBS ABOUT TO DROP...KEEP AN EYE OUT.
YOU KNOW THIS WILL BE GOOD, SO IF YOUR IN MANHATTAN, DO NOT SLEEP !!!!!!!!

ALSO CHECK OUT TRUS'ME, WITH HIS WORKING NIGHTS RELEASE AND VARIOUS REMIXES...SOME REAL KILLER PRODUCTION.


OH YEA...FOR THOSE OF YOU WANTING TO DL THE DEAD Z SHARE LINK MIXES...I WILL RE UP THEM THIS MONTH !!!