For all of you 80’s fanatics that are trying to recreate and relive an era that can’t be reproduced, it’s time to step back in the 2000’s and leave the hi-top fades and colorful clothes to the pros. In the words of my man TrevThorne, “I don’t need to try and be hip by looking retro, I was there. We got the polaroids to prove it!”
How dare some of you dress retro but can’t seem to get enough of doing the Soldier Boy “Superman”…
Watch some real dance steps…performed on actual steps….like real concrete steps..no really…lol
(Flyer design: TrevThorne for SoapBox Creative Group) “Get at him for work, but make sure your money ain’t short.” This is NOT a hook-up coupon. LOL
Hip Hop will literally be “IN DA’ BILLDIN” this coming Friday, Sept. 26.
IN DA’ BILLDIN: Short for “In the building.” It means that a person has arrived; the making of an announcement that a person or a thing is now here.
Sooooo…Hip Hop will be at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery this Friday in a major way. It’s a FREE event with some of the top artists, breakers, dj’s and emcees in the area performing LIVE demonstrations and concluding with a massive concert. This is an All Ages event. See flyer above.
Sunday night, Sept. 21, Tone and I spent some time at my Alma Mater, Buffalo State College, kickin’ it with Tiger and Neeze. Tiger hit me up sometime ago about coming down to the WBNY station but his email got lost in my sloppy, crazy inbox and I never got back with him, but he was kind enough to show some love and let us promote the Art of Hip Hop 3 live on the air. This show is probably the realest show on air right now in Buffalo, Da B-Side every Sunday on 91.3 WBNY from 9p – Midnight. Shouts out to Press and Extra Large from the Infinite Radio Show back in the day, probably the dopest show to precede Da B-Side on WBNY. Tiger, thanks for your dedication to that music we NEED to hear bro.
I gotta keep it “real funky” though… Although many updates have been made down at the historic student activity fee funded radio station, it’s still very umm…”let’s say challenged.” When you have a two pairs of headphone for the guests, but only ONE of the 4 total earphones is working??….okeee!!. Thats why I like BNY…they keeps it real, with NO fronting..LOL!! Buff State needs to come up off that money and get Tiger the goods all ready!
Funky President (People it’s bad)
“Stock Market going up, jobs goin’ down..it ain’t no funky job to be found/
Taxes keep goin’ up…I drank from a glass and now I drink from a paper cup, it’s gettin’ bad/
People, people, we gotta get over, before we go under…
James Brown wrote “Funky President” in 1974, and 34 years later, still nothing much has changed. Speaking of “CHANGE,” how about watching the smooth footwork of Obama, the originator of the Campaign for Change.
A Mighty THANKS to “V” at Xtreme Wheels in Buffalo for contributing the skateboard decks that will be used as giveaways at the ART OF HIP HOP 3 event on Sept. 26, one of which I personally customized.
1, 2, 3…IN the Place to Be!!!
Live and in full effect, in exactly two weeks, Hip Hop will step back inside the Albright-Knox Art Gallery with a fresh pair of Shell Toe A-Dogs. For those of you that are slang-challenged, no pets allowed!! A-Dogs is an expression used for a pair of Adidas, so get a pair and be there!!!
This year will be Bigger, Better and Deffer! We’ll be featuring some of Buffalo’s hottest talents, breakers, graff writers, dj’s and emcees with lots of fun and giveaways. Did I mention that the event is FREE! What other event in Buffalo can you be safely entertained by dope, authentic, original hip hop music and go home with prizes and giveaways without ever having to spend a dime?!
Props to TrevThorne for the handy-mac work on the flyer.
You HAVE to check out this video. It’s clean, safe, non-offensive, yet funny as heck! It also leads into my story below.
My good friend Tom aka Mr. T aka Poppi gave me a cd a couple of weeks with good recommendation. The cd turned out to be 14 songs of some of the most incredible music I’ve heard in years. Tom’s nephew, all of maybe 18 years old, wrote, sang and played every instrument on the cd. Again, let me tell you, it is just one of the most incredible bodies of work I’ve ever heard. His voice is signature, rhythms are catchy and grooving, and it leaves you with such a good feeling.
Anyways, there is this one song that I really love, where he sings this one line “I don’t want obsession..any more than you dooooo…(repeated). He’s like kickin’ about this girl and how he wants to take her out and how pricey gas is, and how he would buy her a necklace and a well deserving dress if he could afford to etc. The entire time I’m singing it loudly in the car, just loving the track. So yesterday Continue reading
(Maybe the people that FEAR a black president, think that The State of the Union Address will look like this)
The Election is heating up as we approach the day where the United States can finally change the dirty bedsheets that George has slept on for the past 8 joints. We can finally get rid of the dirty underwear, socks and other unmentionables from the countries that he has slept with, cheated on, slutted out and pimped and move toward a CLEAN HOUSE! A master bedroom makeover.
By the title of this blog, you know who I’m favoring. And the nerve of anyone saying, “Oh, you’re voting for such and such because Continue reading
Check out the flyer above for what should be one of the dopest exhibits to hit Buffalo in years. The good people at Hero, located on 93 Allen St. in Buffalo are preparing to host a show unlike any other in the art community. Buffalo has been recognized Nationally for years as a “hotspot” for arts and culture, and this year Hero will take it to the next level by hosting the first Custom Vinyl Toys exhibition called “This B.U.D.’s for you!”
Roughly 30 artists or more, some reaching as far away as the UK (Doktor A: his piece shown in the picture above) were provided with a blank white toy called a BUD, about 9 inches tall, for which the artists were to express their artistic fantasies upon, creating rare, one-of-a-kind pieces or art. No rules applied, outside of doing what you do best as an artist. I had a sneak peek at some of the submissions, and just from the brief glance at only maybe a half-dozen BUDS, I can tell you that this show is not to be missed.
Speaking of sneak-peeks, below is a shot of the BUD i created. “Untitled”
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