Monday, October 31, 2011

Bobo Meets Rhettmatic in Santa Ana, CA | 11/3/11

DJ Rhettmatic & Eric Bobo will be celebrating the release of their forthcoming EP by blowing minds on Thursday, November 3rd at The Crosby in Santa Ana, CA.

Video: Look Daggers - Call U Later

Happy Halloween. Here's a little throwback video by the Look Daggers. 2Mex & Ikey as the Talking Heads.

Monday, October 24, 2011

DJ Rhettmatic in Australia [10/26/11 - 10/30/11]

DJ Rhettmatic will be down under in Australia this week for a few shows with Dilated Peoples' own Rakaa Iriscience as well as our good friend Tassho Pearce. See below for info.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

FREE DOWNLOAD: LMNO "The Obvious"

LMNO just posted this exclusive heater on djbooth.net. Produced by Theory Hazit, LMNO brings to you, The Obvious.

Listen & download free here.



Booth readers, I rarely find myself at a loss for words, but today I’m just not sure how to proceed. On the first feature from LMNO, “the beats and the rhymes speak for themselves,” so anything I could say would be stating The Obvious. Not that I’ve ever let redundancy, repetition or sheer irrelevance stop me before. Making its world premiere on our homepage as entry number seven in The DJBooth and Event Electronics’ ongoing series, this retro-informed cut finds beatsmith Theory Hazit and DJ LD coming together to craft a retro-informed blend of gritty samples and authentic cuts, which the West Coast spitter proceeds to lace with gimmick-free (and occasionally paradoxical: “I’m doper than the headliner even when I headline the show.” ) lyrical braggadocio. As for the final product… well, a listen is worth a thousand words, so I’ll shut my figurative trap (Since I don’t actually type with my mouth hanging open.) Those who like what they’re hearing can keep it locked for further entries in the Event 20/20 Music Series throughout October and November, as well as heading over to Event’s official site for information on their new 20/20BAS Monitor Speakers.


Thursday, October 13, 2011

Live Show: Lord Zen at Thai Bay Cafe in Riverside, CA | Fri. 10.14.11

Lord Zen of Visionaries & Writer's Block will be doing a special solo set this Friday, 10/14/11 at Thai Bay Cafe in Riverside, CA. Zen doesn't do a lot of solo show's so don't sleep!

Thai Bay Cafe
7549 Arlington ave.
Riverside, California


Interview: Hey Mr. DJ Rhettmatic

The art of deejaying has evolved over the years since the days that Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambaataa and DJ Kool Herc founded hip hop music. Hip hop is a microcosm of society and has always been about creativity and self-expression. Different ethnic groups have impacted and have made positive contributions to hip hop culture.

Filipinos have long been involved with hip hop and have made their imprint on the culture through their contributions mainly in deejaying and b-boying. DJ Rhettmatic is a Filipino hip hop DJ and is widely recognized as being one of the top DJs and turntablists in the world.

iHEARTDilla recently had an opportunity to speak with the Beat Junkie and the Visionaries DJ crew member on his thoughts about Filipino culture as it relates to hip hop and what he thinks about deejaying today.

Ryan: What was it about turntablism that a handful of Filipino DJ’s in the 80′s and 90′s gravitated towards? What drew you to becoming a DJ?

Rhettmatic: Filipinos are more into deejaying because I found that, growing up, Filipinos were not very outspoken. There weren’t a lot of Filipino emcees back then let alone Asian emcees. Filipinos have always been enriched with music and it has been the backbone of Filipino culture. We’ve always been into music. I guess, in many ways, it’s what we all gravitate to.

picture-1 After having someone like Q-Bert, being the first non-African-American, the first non-Latino; just an Asian and let alone a Filipino to win a major championship and break the mold; I figured that if someone who looks like me can do this, why can’t I do it? That’s why there’s a lot of Filipinos that are into deejaying.

In reality, we didn’t have our own idols or heroes to look up to. Everyone had their own Michael Jordan or Magic Johnson. Most of the time, our heroes were our parents. To have someone in our generation and culture win something prestigious like that…that’s why I think a lot of Filipinos are attracted to deejaying.

Before I was a DJ, I was a popper and a graf artist. Back then, you’d do at least two of the four elements so I was poppin’ and taggin’. I’ve always liked deejaying and was always intrigued by it. I’d see videos and stuff and hear records and tapes. When my man, Curse, a Beat Junkie…he’s one of the original members…when I saw him actually scratch, I figured that’s what I wanted to do.

When I was growing up, it was like “ok that’s the in-thing” to do. Filipinos were just very involved with it period. This is on top of seeing Grandmaster DST on Saturday Night Live with Herbie Hancock and that’s when it stuck with me that’s I wanted to do. As time went by, I found deejaying was part of my calling.

Read the rest of the Rhettmatic interview at iheartdilla.com

10.13.11 Beat Junkies Newsletter

New Beat Junkies newsletter just hit the stands with updates including shows from just about all the Junkies, new releases from Babu, DJ Rhettmatic & Eric Bobo aka Cypress Junkies and so much more.

Click here for the full newsletter.

Monday, October 10, 2011

One Year Ago Today: LMNO's 10 Pack

One year ago today, LMNO dropped the 10 Pack. Having released one full-length album per month on digital outlets only since the beginning of 2010, all 10 albums were released together in a limited edition box set on 10/10/10. Let's look back at LMNO's epic year.

LMNO 10 PACK
Limited Edition Box Set: http://bitly.com/98xlnn



LMNO PUSH THAT WORK
Produced by LD
iTunes: http://bitly.com/9MMZhi

WORKING [Music Video]


LMNO fOnk garden
Produced by Georgia Anne Muldrow
iTunes: http://bitly.com/cD5SQu

psychOmicrOcOsmic [Music Video]


LMNO NEXT IN LINE
Produced by Dert
iTunes: http://bitly.com/9q4o7x

SEE YOU LATER [Music Video]


LMNO & KEV BROWN SELECTIVE HEARING PART 2
Produced by Kev Brown
iTunes: http://bitly.com/cC0seR

YA KNOW [Music Video]


LMNO & THEORY HAZIT DETERMINED TO FLY
Produced by Theory Hazit
iTunes: http://bitly.com/bGFujX

PARTY PEOPLE [Music Video]


LMNO & MR. BRADY BANGER MANAGEMENT
Produced by Mr. Brady
iTunes: http://bitly.com/cfIDJK

BANGER MANAGEMENT [Music Video]


LMNO TRIPPING ON THIS JOURNEY
Produced by Astronote
iTunes: http://bitly.com/cNIoft

OPENING STATEMENT [Music Video]


LMNO, KEYKOOL, & 2MEX BLESSING IN DISGUISE
Produced by KeyKool
iTunes: http://bitly.com/aI7uBz

HIATUS [Music Video]


LMNO & DJ BABU NO APOLOGIES
Produced by DJ Babu
iTunes: http://bitly.com/dejiHG

NO APOLOGIES [Listen]


LMNO LMNO is dead.
Produced by KeyKool
iTunes: http://bitly.com/hdkYtZ

LMNO IS DEAD [Listen]