Wednesday 23 February 2011

Evil Mule playing live at Musica Boom Boom...


Wellington/P-Hood's illest underground group, the mighty Evil Mule will be playing live Friday the 25th of Feburary at The Garden Club, Wellington...

Positive Vibration presents

MUSICA BOOM BOOM

In association with Glu Clothing


LOS JINETEROS (Live Reggaeton Band)

SAM MANZANZA and the AFRO BEAT BAND

FUNKY JUNK RECYCLE BAND

EVIL MULE

AUDIOCITY

THUNDAKATZ (B.C)

MASALA

DJ HAWK I
DJ GRASSROOTS (BACK AYARD SOUND SYSTEM)


MC:
TIMMY P
LIVA


Glu Clothing Stall
Giveaways

$15 Doorsales
$10 Presales @ 1-night.co.nz

First 25 Presales get a free drink loaded onto their 1-Night.co.nz Card

Garden Club
25th Feburary
Doors from 9pm

Look forward to a night of world music, positive vibrations, tenacious dance moves and beautiful people!

Support local events and nurture local talent.
 
Tickets for pre-sales can be purchased online here...

In light of the devastating Christchurch earthquake, there will be a donation bucket and $5 off every Glu T-Shirt sold, will go towards the cause as well.

Tuesday 22 February 2011

Local legend Alphabethead supporting De La Soul in Wellington this Thursday night...



In celebration of 20 years of the classic  "De La Soul Is Dead" album , Long Island legends De La Soul (I think this is their 5 or 6th visit to Welli, their first ever show in Welli was way back in 1991) are playing at O Week 2011 on Thursday Feb 24th, 2011 and local legend and winner of New Zealand’s first Red Bull Thre3Style competition in 2010, Alphabethead is a support DJ and the lone local Welli support act.

 
http://www.redbull.co.nz/cs/Satellite/en_NZ/Article/Alphabethead-wins-Wellington-Thre3Style--021242928835928?rendermode=deps

 

Check out some of his off the hook mix-tapes for Free download here

 

http://themixtapemonster.wordpress.com/2010/01/21/alphabethead-ost-abc-mixtape-free-dl-dopeness

 
http://dubdotdash.blogspot.com/2011/01/alphabethead-mixtape-60s-and-70s-vol-ii.html


http://www.myspace.com/alphabethead

http://alphabethead.blog.com











 

 

Monday 21 February 2011

New King Kapisi music video clip...


 

Here is the latest dope clip from dope and legendary Aotearoa (New Zeland) MC and my long time Friend King Kapisi... a brief about "Salvation"

"Salvation is a track about preserving your culture and remaining steadfast to the ways of our ancestors.


Colonialism has bought with it many injustices into our world".

This is the song that states that fact. King Kapisi is a firm believer in traditional values specific to maintaining what is left of our natural environment and utmost respect for family values.


"Salvation" was shot on location at Pacific Resort Rarotonga, Muri Lagoon, Ngatangiia and the Avarua Punanga Nui Cultural Markets in Rarotonga, Cook Islands.

 


Saturday 19 February 2011

Chris Read-CLASSIC MATERIAL EDITION #4 (1990)

Another dope mix from the infamous Chris Read, 1990 was a superb year for true Hip Hop.
 
 
Edition #4 of our monthly Classic Material series pays tribute to the hip hop of 1990, a year when hip hop really spread its wings with a diverse range of new sounds breaking in all corners of the US and overseas. 1990 is probably most celebrated as being the birth of the 'afro-centric' era, with debut albums from X-Clan, Professor X, Poor Righteous Teachers, Tribe, Brand Nubian and many others hitting the stores during the year. But 1990 was also an important year for the artists from the opposite end of the spectrum: Compton's Most Wanted, CPO and Above The Law all released debut albums proving LA had plenty to offer beyond established artists such as Ice T or NWA. In the UK the harder edged sounds of cult acts including Hardnoise, Hijack and Gunshot developed their own niche audience.  Aside from new developments, established artists including LL Cool J, Big Daddy Kane, Public Enemy and EPMD all dropped certified classics.
As with previous editions, our mix places classic cuts alongside the lesser heard. The CD version includes a megamix of 30 classic cuts from 1990 and a Chris Read Remix of a classic 1990 cut.
 
 



 

Thursday 17 February 2011

Choose your fave one from these classic LP's and Classic Yesh blog


What's good real heads?...I did a quick poll on Crackbook and Cypress Hill-Cypress Hill and Mobb Deep-The Infamous were the most chosen, so good CRDS readers, what album do you choose from this selection of 5? and why is it your fave album from the classic albums listed?

You can only choose one...go.







Also the legendary NYC MC and producer Yeshua dapoED (Dead Poets Society, Siah & Yeshua dapoED and Wee Bee Foolish) aka Yesh has a dope blog out there now...

His blog has pics, info and links related to himself and artists (Headbop etc) he has worked with back in the day and today.


Yesh told me that he will be working with the legendary Diamond D and is working on new material with Wee Bee Foolish.

You can find a solid discography of Yesh here...


Interview with Yesh at my blog soon...

Thursday 3 February 2011

Interview with Martel Ruffin aka M.D.


I first met Martel Ruffin aka M.D. born in Dayton, Ohio and resident of Charlotte, North Carolina on Facebook last year and I found him to be a very knowledgable young kid (not just in Hip Hop but Soul and Funk as well) funny (and a constant Facebook name changer, that it got confusing haha) and a dope beatmaker (musician).

M.D. sent me a couple of his mixtapes (including a dope version of the "God's Son" (Nas) album which he named "God's Nephews" and I was more than impressed.

I have been meaning to do an interview with
M.D. for a while now...but as they say party people, better late than never.

CRDS: Peace M.D. please give readers some information on your background, how were you introduced to Hip Hop?

M.D. I Was introduced to hip hop ever since EVER ,(laughs) Ever Since I Was A Lil Man Just listening to whatever my mom played.
 
CRDS: What was the first record or album you heard?

M.D. Im Not REALLY Sure , But it Was Eric B & Rakim's "Chinese Arithmetic" Soon As I Heard That Beat I Was Like  , Yo , Imma Play This Over Til My Ears Fuckin' Fall Off ." And My Moms Said , I Used To Play The HELL Outta That Song .




CRDS: How did you get into production?

 M.D. Well , I Really Started Producing Around 2007 , I Was On This Program Called "Hammerhead" , And One Day , I Told My Moms One Thing I Would NEVER Forget , " Momma , I Wanna Be A Music Producer . . . And From This Day On , Im Not Gonna Stop Give Up Doing It. " And Walked Out . So , After That I Used To Always Want To Make Those Old-School Bomb Sqaud Tracks , But I Was More Of The MC-Type . . . And When I Made The Beat , My Friends Would Always Complain That It Was TOO Long . Like ,  I Would Make The Beat And I Would Have To Rhyme For 6 Fuckin' Minutes (Laughs) ! But , The More I Produced Or The Years , The More I Seen My Production Evole .

CRDS: What producers inspire you the most? Marley Marl , And Christoper "Wax Master Cee" Martin , Better Known To Yall As D--D-DJ Premier ! But , Contemporary Would Inspired Me To Have A Imagine Producing Was The Late J Dilla , Cause When I Heard "Donuts" I Was Like , "Damn , I Never Hear Of Some Shit Like This . ! " , Metaphorically Speaking ,  He Didnt Care About How The Fuck He Sound , He Did It His Way . Patrick Is Another One , (Better Known As 9th Wonder) I Never Met The Man , But I'm Really Is Like His Protege .

M.D. What MC's inspire you the most?

Chuck D . He's My Favorite Rapper EVER ! I Swear He's Like The Paul Mooney Of Hip Hop ; He Says The TRUTH , NOTHING But The Truth . ! Nas  , And Lastly Mr . Kamaal , Ill Say Im Him In His Prime . .

CRDS: What artists would you like to hear on your beats?

M.D. Supergroup Of 11' : Ehzhi , Royce Da' 5'9" , Joell Ortiz , Phonte , Jean Grae , Common , Nas , Talib Kweli , And Jay Z . Now Ill have My iPod On Repeat For The Rest Of My Life .

CRDS: What is your process for making beats, do you choose the sample first and go from there?

M.D. (Chuck D's Voice) Well . . . . . *bang* At , First Ill Think Of A Combonation Of Samples And Then Ill Put Them Together , Then The Drums Come In , But If I Have A Drum Beat Ready , Ill Slip The Sample On It And See What It Sounds Like . . .

CRDS: Do you also mix and master your own productions and if so how did you learn to do that?

M.D. Yeah , I Engineer My Beats When I Have Vocals On Them . Like , God's Son , I First Detect A BPM , Then I Make The Beat , Then I Mix The Vocals In The Beat . But , If Its Just A Beat I Dont Master The Track Until , I Feel Its A Final Track.

CRDS: Being that you are a young kid in today's Hip Pop climate, how do you feel about Hip Pop and what changes would you make if you could?

M.D. (Laughs @ Hip Pop) Well , I Feel Like We're Living In A Period Of Time , Where Being Yourself Is Going Outta Style . And I Wanna Change The Fact That Its Just Soooo Fake Now . I Would Go Back To What Hip HOP REALLY MEANS : MCing DJing , B-boying , b-girling , And LASTLY Graffiti . Also , I Feel We Need Another "Illmatic" Album In The Hip Hop Game  But , Somebody's Gotta Make A Change . . .


CRDS: What does Hip Hop mean to you, how do you see Hip Hop?

M.D. Hip Hop Means Having Your Own Style And Having To Tell Your Own Story , Everybody Has A Voice But By The Tracks You Put Out Is Gonna Effect Your Audience , And Your Character ; So Thats Important .
And I See Hip Hop Changing For Better And Worse . . . .Day By Day.




CRDS: Please list what albums and mixtapes you have done and where can CRDS readers obtain them?

M.D. "I Will Work For Hip Hop"  (A Complication Of Unofficial Remix Songs That Features My Production)

"God's Nephew" ( a Unofficial Remix Album of
Nas's God Son)

Eargasm ( Unreleased Beats Produced By
M.D.)

And Many More . . . .


CRDS:  What upcoming projects do you have in the works?

M.D. Me & My Boy Byron " Lost Angel " Gilliam , Another Young Wize Hip Hop Head Is Gonna Make A Tape Called " Blakkboizcanrawktew" (Black Boys Can Rock Too)

As Some Of My Friends , And Fans Know I Got "1994" In The Kitchen , Im Cooking It Up . And Those That Dont Know ,  "1994" A Collection Of Hip Hop Beats That Has That Vintage Sounds From The Early and Mid 1990's . It Starts From The East Coast , To The West Coast , Then To Mid-West , And Finally The South Coast .
And As For Myself , Im Working On , "Freshman"  Its Like Another Illmatic Because We Need Another Album Like That . . .



CRDS: Please list your top 10 albums of time?

M.D.

CRDS: Anything you would like to add...any shout outs?

M.D. Yeah , My Very First Speacial Thanks And Love To Some Of The Most Special People Who Cared, Surrported And Gave Way Beyond The Call Of Duty Things First I Would Love To Give Thanks To The G.O.D. for Giving Me Strength , Moms And Pops (Kimberly Parks & Marquis Ruffin) , My Lovely Sister , Sierra Moore , For Taking Care Of Me. Mark Durham "Dretti" Thanks For Being My Music Buddy Over The Years Thanks !!! My Brodha From A Other Mother : Malcolm "Yung Shawney" Wallace Always Been My Rhyme Partner , Destiny Shackelford, My Lover Forever Lexus Mcilwain My Homegirl, Quran Lee" The Fresh Asshole ." My Niece Lacodah Moore, Mr 239 (For Putting Me On!!!). Concord High, West Charlotte, Dayton OH and People In It..... Class of 12' and 13' Street Shoutouts : Kianna Ford (Wife) , Stephanie , Alina , Imani Jones , Mark Greene, Ryan Macon, Shakayla Pendergrass, Trevor Truesdale (Eat A Click, hahahaaha), John Rosello, Tyler Lane. Kaylen Haygood, Mr. Jaz Ford, Jason Cleminson, Stelly Merlen, The Boom Bap, Kourtney Peterson, Jahlisa Misenheimer, Brea Kiser, Ja ' Quarius Baker, TyQuez Blackmon, and Jasmine Webster
J Dilla, 9th Wonder, Pete Rock, DJ Premier, Dr. Dre, Marley Marl, The Ummah, RZA, Trackmasters, Buckwild, Large Professor, Eazy Mo Bee, Diamond D, The Beatnuts, Eric B., DJ Muggs, Prince Paul, Erick Sermon , Rock/And The What Records .
(And If I Have Over Looked Anyone , PLEASE Accept My Apologies, Cause I Didnt Over Looked You In My Heart . ! And R.I.P. Guru . !
PEACE.

Peep some of M.D.'s dope beats here...

I Will Work For The Real Hip Hop
Eargasm
Uncle Rays Boom Boom Room (Song MP3)
Highway Jazz (Song MP3)
Niggas VS The Police (Song MP3)
http://www.box.net/shared/184t1bpzl5