RECORD REVIEW: DJ DAY - THE DAY BEFORE .:May 18 09:.
Once again my boy IX hits us with
another guest record review. This time it's for one of the crew's
favorite producers, DJ Day. Peace.
- Jo_iLL
How
many times have you been able to go through a whole album without
skipping a track because it was too good? Probably not many. DJ Day's
The Day Before: The Backcatalogue 1999-2007 takes precedence as a
personal favorite of all-time. It's mostly just beats that came off of
singles, remixes, and exclusives on wax throughout DJ Day's years as a
producer, but this is not your typical compilation of beats - this is
literally a melting pot of funk genre greatness. From its first track,
Four Hills, praised by record collector Gilles Peterson, to its last
calming track of Make You, the album plays through like a perfect day
of sunrise to sunset. His sound spectrum borders from chill to serious
and he was able to blend them all seamlessly. On top of all that, add
in an unreleased track with Aloe Blacc on Closer and you've got
yourself a must-have. If the sunlight from this album doesn't wake you
up, then you've been sleepin' too long.
-IX
HGB SAMPLER 2009 .:May 18 09:.
The new HGB Music Sampler is out. If you are in Hawaii (Oahu) in late
May and happen to know about the hip hop festival, hit up the Armory
booth and holler at JABAone, he should have some. Also get one free
with any order at www.freshcrate.com. Big ups to Existence76 and
Dopeshoes for putting it together.
- DJ Argonaut
Sungod Festival 2009 .:May 18 09:.
So this past Friday, I checked out the Sungod Festival at UCSD to see
my man Nosaj Thing play. As an alum of UCSD it was cool going back out
to the campus. I went to one Sungod when I was a student at UCSD. It
has definitely come a long way as a festival. The only way you can go
to the show is if you are a student, work for UCSD, an almuni, know an
artist or a guest of a student. All I can say is that college kids are
wild. There was this one kid wearing tighty whiteys dancing and trying
bust handstands... strange... There was a gang of people there, just
eyeballing it I would have to say about 4000+. I got there pretty
early and only stayed to see Nosaj and I also got a chance to see Sara
Bareilles. I wanted to see Rootbeer but had I stayed to see them I
would have been at the festival for already five hours. Definitely
impressed by Ms. Braeilles, she put on a good show. Nosaj was dope as
well. I did get a chance to see DJ Numark as well. Numark is always
good to see live. He plays good ish. The headliner was N.E.R.D. who
went on I think at 11:00 ish. I was long gone by then. Nosaj's album
drops I believe on June 9 or 10.
This is the stage Ms.
Bareilles played on. It was way too packed for me to get up close, so
I chilled right behind the sound boards. They also had a huge screen
on the left of the stage so you could see the artist. There was a gang
of people around me also being that far back.
Heres a pic of Nosaj in the Dance Tent.
- DJ Argonaut
Diggin on a budget in NYC .:May 16 09:.
So I am here in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City staying and taking in
a city that I have always wondered about but never visited. 
Yesterday
I walked through Brooklyn Heights down to Ft. Greene and areas between
the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges; two days ago I traveled by foot
through the Lower East Side through Little Italy into Soho (South of
Houston St.) into the West Village. I stumbled upon a record store with
dollar records.
Making new friends and feeling at home...
Pictures by Jen Verducci
I
am having a good time out here and wish I didn't have to leave next
week. By the way I was checking out the local radio shows on 105.1 with
Ed Lover Friday Morning Mix, Hot 97 Mr. Seize(sp) Throwback at Noon and
listening to Funk Master Flex talk a bunch of garbage over his mix last
night; I WISH we had some kinda flava like that on the radio stations
in San Diego. Anyways I will have more to say when I get back, peace
from the BK son!!!
Existence76
Culture Cypher .:May 14 09:.
For the Wu-Tang fans out there -- here is the classic "yo Meth, where's
my killer tape at?" skit in (a crude) animated form.
i'm really just posting this because the thought of
the Wu-Tang dudes having a poster of a Corgi on the wall is just
priceless.
