January 2011
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Ghostface Killah
Back in NYC now and bumping that new Ghostface LP, Apollo Kids, on straight repeat. Which got me thinking about doing some non-linear posting.
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For example, here’s an email I had written awhile ago after, perhaps/probably/definitely, my most memorable DJ gig.
So I DJed for Ghostface Killah this past Saturday in Beijing. As in, I was the dude onstage with P.Tone dropping the...
September 2010
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DJ Wordy in NYC
Been a minute. Been traveling. Speaking of which, my homeskillet, DJ Wordy, recently got back from his first trip to NYC (first trip to the US!) and sent me this lil’ video from his GF1 camera.
Dayam I miss NYC!
June 2010
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Hip Hop Scholar (Complex Magazine Feature)
Coming from a city like NYC to Beijing, it’s been a pleasant surprise to see some even more next level cross-pollination of cultures.
Exhibit A: Jamel Mims, Fulbright Scholar. Hailing from Washington DC, dude speaks waaaaay better Mandarin than you (probably) and me. I got to know Jamel when he was living in Beijing last year and rolling with the local Beijing hip hop heads.
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Vietnaaammm
Wow so made it over to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) last week. Amazing. Ate pho all day all night.
By day had quite an adventure with Wordy cruising the streets. (I love how nonchalant the kids are in the chaos.)
Then by night, had to get ready to take it to the clurrrrrb for the infamous DOPE.VN party. Saw that my ballyhooed commercial hip hop mix (NJZ) had now transformed into...
May 2010
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HOTPOT #27 (May Edition)
Yeahhh HOTPOT is back this Friday, May 21st at PUNK featuring the aforementioned homeskillet, DJ Wordy. You already know!
This post is also an excuse for me to suggest checking out this clip of Wordy chilling at the studio with Dame Dash. Dame Dash? Yes…DAME DASH!!!
Like check it out *here* on Mr. Dash’s Creative Control channel.
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Commercial Hip Hop, A Mix
So a few weeks ago, the homeskillet, DJ Wordy, asked me: “Hey, do you want to DJ in Vietnam?”
Me: “Pho sho!” [sorry, couldn’t resist]
Wordy: “You’d have to play commercial hip hop. You cool with that?”
Me: “Sure, no problem.” [See disclaimer in prior post.]
Wordy: “Can you send the promoters a commercial hip hop mix?”
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Commercial Hip Hop
[googled “commercial hip hop” and the image above popped up]
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Back on my interwebbbzzz grizzly, thought I’d lay out some disclaimers for some future posts.
Disclaimer #1: How I opened my mind to “commercial hip hop” music…
Many DJs pride themselves on having impeccable music taste and playing tracks that nobody else does. Not playing the...
April 2010
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HOTPOT 2 Year Anniversary!!!
It’s kinda crazy but this lil’ ol’ party, HOTPOT (aka “Beijing’s first worldclass party for music lovers with worldclass booty”), that DJ Wordy and I started has approached the 2 year mark. It’s actually quite the feat (“kinda like a big deal”) in a place like Beijing, where the shelf-life of parties, well…a lot of things, is not that...
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Signs (HK)
After living in Beijing for the past 3 years (3 yrs?!!) I kind of thought that mainland China had a lock on the ol’ random makes no sense impeccable spelling grammar Engrish signs, but lo and behold HK…
Row, row, row…poison Neck anyone?
— After a nice Lymphoid Row Poison-Neck, sometimes one gets hungry.
— Whoa sometimes after such esoteric curries, one might...
March 2010
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BIG THINGS!
After a whirlwind trip to NYC, VA, and Chicago, now find myself in HK.
Don’t quite have the tech savvy to be posting on the go. Anyway, my broham, DLO (aka The Big Asian), just got into town this evening. His first trip back to Asia in several years.
Anyway, the aforementioned DLO recently made a mix, BIG THINGS, that yalls should definitely peep.
*download here*
Going to try to...
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Bygone Era
And remember Grand Puba?!
Anyway, I’m still in NYC and dug up this little hip hop mini-mix, Get Money Then Slow Down. I made this a while ago with some tracks from a bygone era. If I had a car, I think I would really enjoy listening to this mix in said hypothetical car with some hypothetical sum summm.
*download here*
Tracklist:
2pac: Old School Grand Puba: I Like It Jungle...
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Lazy Sunday (Live with The Roots)
Remember when this came out?!
It’s all about the Hamilton’s baby!!!
Flashing Flashing Lights Lights
Flew from China to Vegas last week (for a trade show) and now in NYC. Vegas was actually an interesting transition “back to reality” from good ol’ Chiners, as I noticed some similarities such as an affinity for…flashing flashing lights lights.
[The picture above was taken in this city in China (Changzhou?) on the way to this club DJ gig during the time of the Beijing...
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February 2010
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