All Posts Tagged: "oakland"

Banana Clipz Mega-Mini Mix

I have to say I am very excited that it is time for me to put this up: Banana Clipz Preview Mega-Mini Mix The mix is a teaser for the free Banana Clipz EP presented by Bersa Discos and Ghetto Bassquake, dropping two weeks from today on Novermber 29th. I’ve been waiting to do this …

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One for Saturday Night

On my way out the door, headed to my gig at Little Baobab, I had to share this track, which I’m really excited to drop tonight. Rico of Los Rakas did this after being inspired by the huge response he saw Hold Yuh getting in New York when he visited a little while back. The …

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Waka Waka Waka Hey

DJ Mai$taH – Waka Waka (Bubbling Remix) Read a nice story about discovering the origins of this song by heading over to the WFMU Blog. Me and Dave at It’s After the End of the World had some fun going back and forth with versions, trying to find the original melody, and what language/meaning the …

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A Busy (Bay Area) Weekend

Gotta start it off with this one, in honor of a busy weekend. Mr. Ghislain on a hotta hotta remix:Busy Signal-Cool Baby (Poirier Remix) The weekend starts Thursday (August 27th) with Descendants United and the video premier party for Oaklander Ise Lyfe’s single “Thighbone” feat. Oaklanders Zion I. Aebl Dee and I as always on …

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Left My Heart in San Francisco… Bay

Sendin love out to the Bay, missin’ ya’ll! Today I saw some kids in the Stockholm Subway dressed like they should be in the New Boyz video. So, I decided to share this Turf Feinz video (my friend Yoram’s crew) with my hosts Anna and Sebastian to give them a taste of Bay Area culture. …

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Sleepy Fuckin D

I’m on my hip hop shit.This song has been gettin’ some local radio play here in the Bay: D Lo & Sleepy D-Sleepy Fuckin D Of course all the kids got the song on their eye-pods!Nothing says rebellion like the F Bomb. Sleepy D & D-Lo & Royce (On the Beat) I’m lovin’ that Royce …

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Panama Baynia

(image by Tragik) Los Rakas. A group after my own musical heart. I happened upon a performance by these Panamanian Dancehall/Hyphsters at San Francisco’s Carnaval this past weekend. Great live energy and they mix the raw elements and influences of two places that are a big influence of mine right now. While a lot of …

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