okay, i'm still on my international grizzly. Producer comrade of mine, Sebmaestria - produced two songs off "manifestations" and has done work with "arrested development's" speech - just dropped a mixtape of remixes to some classic songs. mos def, kweli, pharcyde, biggie, etc. Seb is nice with his and we have a statsh of songs in the archives. Download the Mixtape here. enjoy!
Attended the Lady Gaga & Chester French concert. Afterwards, D.A & Max (Chester French) benevolently played us a bunch of dope tracks off their mixtape that will precede their major label (interscope/ star trak) debut. A lot of surprise guests on that mixtape. Pharrell signed them and they certainly deserve the shine. i appreciate the honesty, creativity, and dopness they bring with their music. look out for them soon. good times. m.
- Twas a dope night. packed to capacity - Rhymesayers has an insane loyal following - beautiful thing - Plain ole bill and Jimmy 2times did a nice DJ set that was biggie infested. very appropriate for the night - March 9th seen - Toki and Slim came out swinging - Muja Messiah and I came on stage to Curtis Mayfield's "we the people darker than blue" - crowd response was great. Muja's that dude. big up chale - but just as an artist that's hard on myself i'd say there were a few moment our energy wasnt quite parallel to the audiences. but only a few short moments. good otherwise - Slug and Ali with Ant on the wheels was very well done. Smooth. Crowd loved it. - All six emcees gathered on stage at the end for a short but savory cipher much to the crowds delight - Homey that did the sound check is a beast. Rhymesayers Cat...trying to remember his name. vocals were clear all night. Shout out to EMS too - was good to see I Self Devine afterwards. Big O.G respect Shouts to Dj Fundamentalist! what's good turtleneck
This is a lo-fi snippet of Budo mixing a joint of my upcoming "coming to america" called "how i used to be. Pretty epic joint i would say. very excited for it. Budo laces some serious horns on them. Budo is cold on productions, chale. Peace m diggy dot
“Twin Cities rapper and native Ghanaian M.anifest was the opening act and got the show started about an hour after the doors opened. Adorned in necklaces of wooden beads and traditional West African garb sporting the symbol of Gye Nyame, the emcee implored the crowd to warm up with him, while he waxed poetic about the warm breeze of his homeland. His set included a number of songs from his debut album, Manifestations, which focuses on life in Ghana and struggles the artist has faced in this experiment we call life. His sound was polished and enchanting, his message Afro-centric yet relevant. It's no wonder M.anifest earned 2008 honors as the City Pages' Songwriter of the Year. His performance was a perfect primer for the performance everyone came to see.”
