Zion I: Fingerpaint

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Ninjasonik Gets Pregnant

The beatsmith Teenwolf and the videographer Elsewhere are our partners in crime from the Supreme Trading days.

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Rap Chop/Slap Chop

Steve Porter remix:



{jesse}

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432 @ Le Poisson Rouge Friday March 20

Peep the venue HERE.

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"The Backpacker's Guide to the Galaxy"

Come support my man Malcolm as he drops his hip hoppin new album with a backing live band at Nuyorican Cafe 3/27!!

Obviously I'm biased, but I am admittedly wet in the pants to see this album's sick production translated to instrumentals.

Nuyorican Poetry Cafe
Friday, March 27, 2009
7:00pm - 9:00pm
236 East 3rd St. b/t Ave. B and Ave. C
$10 cover
NYC

For more info check his imdb page HERE.

Venue info: http://www.nuyorican.org/calendar.php?r=0&eid=30

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17 yr old Biggie

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Freeway might just be the change we need

I love Freeway, and I think his recent plan to release a free track online everyday for the entire month of December is brilliant. I hope he really does it right and drops a quality track every day. If done right, this could really set the stage for the whole industry to step up and produce some good music and be more in touch with the fans who listen to it.

Check out the new Freeway site and start downloading his tracks at http://www.thefreewaychange.com/

From AllHiphop.com:

Roc-a-Fella/Def Jam artist Freeway has begun a December “Month of Madness,” where the Philly emcee will release a song per day for the entire month. The new project comes one year after the release of his critically acclaimed sophomore album Free At Last, which was executive produced by Jay-Z and 50 Cent. Christening the 31 song blitz “The Freeway Change,” the rapper aims to counteract a Hip-Hop culture he feels has “become more dependent on sales, marketing and imaging, rather than the quality and value of the music itself.” Still, Freeway remains optimistic that his move will set a precedent among other artists to bypass the corporate red tape of major labels to put their art unaltered directly in the hands of the people. During the month, Freeway will pay close attention to fan feedback and adjust his content accordingly. If successful, he plans to follow up with another "Month of Madness" or possibly a full length LP/album.

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Art School Girls!

Check out this new video by 432 affiliates Ninjasonik. It was actually directed by our regular DJ collaborator DJ Elsewhere (aka Lazlo), and of course features another of our regular DJ collaborators Teenwolf as the masked keyboard player. Can he really play the keyboard???

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John Forte, Rock the Mic This Way...........

Bush finally does something for black people.

In 2000 John was arrested at Newark Airport with a suit case filled with 31 pounds of LIQUID coke worth $1.4 million. He has been serving his 14 year sentence in a Pennsylvanian jail when on this past Monday, Bush issued a rare slew of pardons naming Forte as one of the lucky few.

Apparently Forte had the famous singer-songwriter Carly Simon lobbying on his behalf as her son attended the elite prep school Philips Exeter in New Hampshire with John.

.....and just to celebrate the 225th anniversary (yesterday) of Evacuation Day, when the British Red Coats left from a longboat from Battery Park after occupying the city for seven years, here's some sexy thanksgiving turkey: click HERE.

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The Rhythm - A New Mix!!!!!!!!!!

Wow,
Its been forever since i've recorded a mix. I really need to do this more often. Anyway, I did this in honor of the new party we have coming up at Belmont Lounge called The Rhythm.
I'm pretty excited about this party for a couple of reasons. For one thing, its at a bar i used to frequent quite a bit - a really nice spot near Union Square. For another thing, the idea for this party is to play all types of dance music, including disco, house, and more recent dance styles by the likes of Cut Copy, Chromeo, DFA artists, etc. This is a departure from my usual hip hop, reggae, r&b parties and sets, so come out and try something new.

This mix contains all time disco and house classics as well as some recent stuff i've been feeling and some other random stuff thrown in. Track list below:

Donald Byrd and 125th Street Band - Love Has Come Around
Rockers Revenge - Sunshine (Greg Wilson Edit)
Frankie Knuckles feat Rebe Jones - You Got the Love
Hercules & Love Affair - Blind (Frankie Knuckles Remix)
Cut Copy - Hearts of Fire (Holy Ghost Remix)
Francois K - Time and Space
Ralphi Rosario - You Used To Hold Me
Sagat - Fuk Dat
Cajmere - Let Me Be
Earth People - Dance
Recloose and Joe Dukie - Dust
Masters at Work feat. India - I Can't Get No Sleep
Arrested Development - Tennessee (Kenny Dope Remix)
Barbara Tucker feat. Darryl D'Bonneau- Stop Playing With My Mind
Dajae - Everyday My Life (Junior Jack Mix)
Patrice Rushen - Haven't You Heard
Jay-Z - Party Life (The Knocks Remix)
Jay-Z - A Million and One Questions (DJ Technics Remix)
Pase Rock - Get Money Kids
Lenny Kravitz - Breathe (Chromeo Remix)
MGMT - Electric Feel (Teenwolf's Extra Electric Mix)

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Long Weekend / Gordon Gatrell Radio

Well, its Monday morning and i'm going on about 10-12 hours of sleep for the entire weekend combined. Other than that, I had a good time and want to say thanks to everyone for coming out to the parties I was playing at - especially Sala this past Friday.

I managed to take a few pictures the other night, so i'll try to get some of them uploaded soon.

Also, big thanks to Brainchild for coming down and guest spinning with me. For those that liked his style, check him out on his new internet radio show called Gordon Gatrell radio that he's doing with Phonte from the group Little Brother. Its bound to be a nice mix of good music and funny banter:

Gordon Gartrell Radio

Up next in the wacky world of DJing, i'll be playing at a High School Prom this week. Then next week, it will be already time for Seamless again!

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Takin it to the next level - Sound Advice vinyl!!!!!!!!

This is major! My Dj partners from our monthly party Seamless have just dropped three of their productions on a 12" slab of vinyl. Whether you collect vinyl or not, you need to go and cop this. After all, what better way is there to immortalize the Sound Advice productions you've heard come through the speakers at 432 and Sound Advice parties over the past year or so.

I was playing the Bmore Eyed girl track out at gigs (i.e. Uncle Mings) before I even met these guys, so this is pretty exciting. I think they might even be the first DJs that i've ever worked with that have their own official vinyl out (???).

Check it out here:
http://www.turntablelab.com/vinyl/153/258/46010.html

Congratulations guys. Keep grinding.

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I am Wonder Mike Nutter, and i'd like to say hello

Check out this video of Mayor Michael Nutter of Philly performing Rapper's Delight. He really gets down starting at the one minute mark!



Use this as inspiration to get down at our next event this Saturday.

PS - is that ?uestlove on the wheels?

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James Brown R.I.P. - pt. 2

Yeah, this is how we're trying to get down tonight:



James Brown: "Papa Don't Take No Mess" live on Soul Train



Biz Markie - The Vapors (samples "Papa Don't Take No Mess")

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Happy Holidays

Happy holidays everyone! If i don't see you tomorrow at Uncle Mings, then i'll see you in the New Year. I'm off to Switzerland and France for a little vacation.

HALLA!



PS - sorry if this post is a little non-sensical, but i had just been reading an article that mentioned Soprano (artist in video above), remembered liking his video on my last trip to France, and thought about my upcoming trip to France.......

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Prof. Rockwell Mix

As you may or may not know, Prof. Rockwell will be blessing us with his DJ talent at our party on 12/20 at Uncle Mings. As a preview of what's to come, check out this mix he did of early 90s hip hop (set originally played at Blow Your Horn party at Hope Lounge in June).

Prof. Rockwell - Blow Your Horn Mix

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Let My Heart Do the Walking

If the mood hits me right and the people on the dancefloor are feeling it right, I might just start dropping joints like this on Thursday:



The Supremes - I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do The Walking

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OP!'s Heineken Suite 903 mix

This Thursday I'll be joined on the turntables by OP! at our monthly Uncle Mings event. In preparation for that, here is a mix that he recently did for the Heineken Red Star Soul Tour. This mix is one of about 20 DJ mixes made for the tour, and each mix was done by a different DJ. It's great to see OP! on a list of such high profile DJs!

OP! - Suite 903 # 14

Also, check out OP!'s myspace here.

This Thursday is going to be real fun.

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Ninjasonik with a K - It's a movement

Last Saturday we joined forces with Sound Advice at Supreme Trading and had a blast. Well one half of Sound Advice, K-Ross, is also part of a group called Ninjasonik that is starting to take the NYC live show world by storm. I can't quite describe it - somewhere between electro, punk, and crunk is the first thing that comes to mind.

Either way, i laughed out loud several times watching this video from their Knitting factory show on October, 23rd.

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