The Foreign Exchange … Middle East Downstairs June 5
La Parca is happy to be part of the crew bringing The Foreign Exchange tour to Cambridge! Producer Nicolay and Phonte (of Little Brother) will be performing with an 8-piece live band and our homies DJs Knife & Evaready will be spinning throughout the night. It goes on downstairs at the Middle East Tuesday June 5 at 8 pm. This is an 18 + show. Advance tickets are now available for purchase here
This is going to be a really dope show and a great start to the Summer… Come say what’s up! First 3 people to say hello to me and mention La Parca (that I don’t know) get a free shirt. Serious!
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Fresh Produce… this weekend!
Once again it’s going down live in effect Saturday night. Boston’s longest running hip hop night Fresh Produce is back at the Good Life. This month your resident DJs Tommee and Knife are on the 1s & 2s alongside this month’s guest DJ Vajra coming straight off a win at the 2011 DMCs. All of the usual suspects will be in the house including your truly as well as Boston legend and man about town Uncle Big Kar. Get there early there will be a line.
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Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
A La Parca-Style Sunday
Today I hit up a record show over at the Somerville Holiday Inn with my buddy Nabo Rawk. Saw a lot of friends and familiar faces. LOVE a record show. Obviously. Este then met up with Nabo and I and we all went out for Mexican at El Potro. Try and beat THAT!
Speaking of Nabo… I produced his newest single and it JUST dropped. You can listen to samples and/or purchase said single via the link below. Check it out, Pizzaface!!! Yeah, sometimes I make hip hop records as “DJ Farmer Ted”. Did you know that?
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/rawk-farming-single/id508508001?ign-mpt=uo%3D4
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Muggs x Rascal x Bambu- Snap Ya Neck Back Video
Black Milk @ Middle East… TONIGHT!!!
Black Milk is one of my favorite contemporaries. I’m sure I’ve already mentioned that. Solid stuff. Get hip! A great producer and MC as well. Come hang out. Maybe I’ll give you a new LPRC sticker.
Not really into hip hop? Well… the Spits are playing @ Church tonight as well. If you’re not into hip hop OR punk rock… you are on your own, buddy. Can’t help ya.
For the record, I had a real hard time deciding between seeing the Spits or Black Milk. I then got tix to see the Spits down in Providence on Wednesday night. Sussed! I love when things work themselves out.
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Apache: A Very Brief History
Chances are, you either like hip hop OR surf music. If you’re the hip hop type, you’ve heard Apache sampled within many of your favorite tracks and probably never knew the origin of the song. That’s where I, a fan of both genres, come in.
1960: Apache is written by Jerry Lordon and recorded by British surf band, the Shadows. The song immediately became a “surf standard” and still is to this day.
1973: Among the numerous covers since 1960, the Incredible Bongo Band record an outstanding version that has since been credited as “hip hop’s anthem”. Apache had once again become a standard. This time around as a breakbeat.
1981: The Sugar Hill Gang releases “Jump on it”, a song that heavily samples the Incredible Bongo Band’s version of Apache.
OK. BEDTIME!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=worsTje_aPY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY-Z6wm6TMQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fd9qP-sHbQ
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Record of the Day: DJ Solo x Mitchy Slick x Excision
DJ Solo has been dropping loads of tracks over on his soundcloud page. Solo is the dude responsible for that 8-bit/dubstep/midi-sounding version of “Blitzkrieg Bop” that came out last year. Yes, the classic Ramones tune. I know that sounds weird. That’s because it is. Look it up.
This particular track is a mash up with San Diego rapper, Mitchy Slick blended over an instrumental by Canadian dubstep producers, Excision and Downlink. From what I understand, DJ Solo is putting together a video entitled âDJ SOLOâs Alice in Wonderlandâ where the film Alice in Wonderland is chopped up to accompany Solo’s mixes. Again, I know that sounds weird. I’m sure it will be.
Listen/download here:
www.snd.sc/yz6N88
Self-released 2012.
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DJ Muggs x Dizzee Rascal x Bambu UPDATE
Record of the Day: DJ Muggs x Dizzee Rascal x Bambu- “Snap Ya Neck Back”
@DJ_Muggs #djmuggs @DizzeeRascal #dizzeerascal
According to DJ Muggs’ twitter feed, he and the boys are filming a music video for “Snap Ya Neck Back” today. This single marries the classic West Coast rap of yesteryear with a booming grime-style feel. Although obvious dubstep elements are present(in a good way), this is NOT “bro-step” or remotely pretentious. It’s hard and banging. Muggs has been hip to dubstep for some time now. I suppose you can kinda call “Snap Ya Neck Back” a gangsta grime track. Whatever. It bangs. Makes me wanna get a driver’s license just so I can blast this whilst driving wicked SLOWLY.
Bambu is pretty nice. I have one of his mixtapes from last year. It’s probably still available at the Soul Assassins website. You already know enough about Muggs and Dizzee. You SHOULD at least. Otherwise… get hip! “808 snare, snap ya neck back”!!!
Also, I remember Muggs talking about making a full length record of tracks like this called “Bass For Your Face”. I’m assuming this is a single from said record. Speculation. Muggs says: âItâs where I am at the moment in my never ending quest to push the envelope of sounds and stylesâ. I haven’t come across a release date for the LP as of yet. We wait patiently. In the meantime, enjoy the single.
The first LPRC record suggestion(not review) of 2012. BOOM!!!
Released 2012 via Soul Assassins.
Official Website:
www.djmuggs.com
Listen here:
www.soulassassins.com
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