Seriously you have to DL this and comment below. I wanna know what you think of these serious MCs and producers coming out of Austin. Also the DYNAMIC DUO of Wes Sanders & DJ Knowledge!
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CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD: League of Extraordinary G'z - Concealed Weapons
1. Ha Ha Tuk-da-Gat S. Dot Greezo Esbe
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME EVER ON FREESTYLE FRIDAY THAT 2 FEMALES HAVE EVER BATTLED!
Word to Austin! Word to Freestyling (sort of)! Word to Women on the Mic!
Man, this is actually exciting to me. Austin bout to come up and its real exciting to be here right now.
Personally I think the Brooklyn girl is Biggity Better off Leaving... Annissa don't even know how to hold a mic.
ATX STAND UP!
Whew, finally. I can't believe it's already Friday, almost a week since this lil festival that could chugged into Austin and blew up the spot. What am amazing event!
Shout out to everyone involved as I feel this festival is not only a welcome addition to the Austin musical landscape, but a much needed experience for people who may or may not know the depth and breadth of Latin music.
It ain't all salsa, that's for sure. Every group I saw throughout the day brought their own thing to the table and totally killed it. Not a sleeper in the bunch.
Anyway, I assembled my crew, and hit the fest midday, just in time to see Brownout!
My daughters Elena and Eva
Buddy Brynn
Man this may be one for the record books. Check the line up. If everyone shows up that says they are showing up this could be legendary. And it's at Flamingo Cantina. You might could find me up thurr pon di deck.
LC Entertainment Presents:
Lester Roy & Cali Zack Birthday Bash
:::May 28, 2010:::
Doors Open @9 pm
Flamingo Cantina
::::Hosted By::::
Mista Masta Archie Lee of Swisha House
:::On tha 1's & 2's:::
DJ Aspekt & DJ Wes Sanders
::::Performances by::::
Lestor Roy & Papa Smurf
Cali Zack
Gerald G
Crew54
Die Slo
::::Special Guest::::
It's a short 3 part doc of his travels through Palestine, Israel and Egypt. Peep it as it shows a good look at hip-hop on that side of the world.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Will Hustle & DJ Hoodstar Present!
Whata Hustler Texas Edition 2
Hosted By Willean of the S.U.C & BOTANY BOYS
And you can Download it for free on AustinSurreal.
Track List
Disc 1
1. Willlean- Intro
2. Will Lean Ft Z Ro, J Dawg, Lil 0,
3. Lil Ke Ke – This A Thug Life
4. Trae Ft Plies, Slim Thug – Tell Then Some Thing
5. C Loc ft Bun B, Z Ro – Ogs
6. Will Lean Check IN
OMG It's really goin' down this summer for one of Austin's hardest working bands. And one of our best.
Grupo Fantasma.
I been jamming these dudes for some years now. I'd always hear about them, then around the time just before their first album I believe, Bavu Blakes introduced me to Adrian Quesada and I have been jamming them ever since. From the livest dancefloor at the hottest club, to the freakin' lawn at Central Market, these dudes can tear up any stage. Definitely catch them if they come to a city near you in celebration of their new LP - El Existential.
Once again thanks to Robert Gabriel for contributing this.
Aceyalone of the mighty Freestyle Fellowship once again pays Austin a visit from his hometown of Los Angeles.
Saturday May 29th at Chupacabra Cantina, 400 East 6th Street, Austin, Texas
Opening acts include: Riddlore of CVE, Riders Against the Storm, Crew 54, and DJ Chorizo Funk.
Watch Aceyalone's latest video "Can't Hold Back"
O.K. a couple days late on this one. Real life keeps on happening and such and well I can't always get right to the blog. But man, shit, this past Friday night I was one of the lucky folks who got to go to Stubb's and see Drake live in concert with Houston's own Trae tha Truth opening up. The show was sold out, packed to the gills with young folks who love Drake.
Turns out a lot of them love Trae too. I was floored to see how so many of them were rapping and singing along to the songs and showing their serious support of Trae. You can see all this in the 3 videos below. Yeah, it really went down.
And the Trae Town Hall Meeting is really goin' down as well.
More info on that this week in a later post. It needs it's own post, and Houston, you need to be there.
Bridge the gap between two of my favorite musics. Avant Garde Improvised music and hard ass raps.
"Screwed Anthologies"
Improvised music under the influence of the late DJ Screw
CLICK THIS LINK RIGHT HERE. To go to a website with all the information and background on both of these musicians. Basically in a nutshell, these are two major musicians from Houston, doing radical interpretations and interpolations of a style of music that was formed in their very city, in their own way. Jammin' Screw on a trombone and lap steel and shit, ain't even trippin'.
