The latest single off the homie Class' latest album is 'Quit While You're Ahead' with an all Canadian line up of Maestro Fresh Wes, Choclair and Moka Only. Dope, dope track.
Beleeeeedat. Jigga brings out Drizzy to rock 'Successful' at his recent show in T.O. You know you done made it when Jay's your hypeman.
The new Skyzoo video. Shit is fresh. Good look on the Emilio apperance.
So after all the Bangs hype, we gotta get back to the real!
Peep the latest leak from our mixtape, The Soul Movement Volume 3, which is dropping on November 10th! This joint, The Last Hope, is quite possibly my favourite on the mixtape, it features Notion and it's our take on the Drake and Kardinal Offishall joint off Drizzy's first mixtape. Holla. Oh and did I mention it's mixed by Mick Boogie & Terry Urban?
So this is how dedicated The Movement Fam are to bringing y'all the exclusive. After checking out the Phrase gig and witnessing the above performance in person, I rushed home to upload the footage, not realising that an 750mb+ file takes damn near 3 hours to upload. So I set it up, bounced to the TQ gig (which of course didn't happen) and came back to find the Mac sleeping and the video upload cut off at 95%. Goddamnit. So myself and Theory set it up again and at 5.21am, we have it.
Shouts to Snob Scrilla for doing this for the dude. Show was cool, the popcorn thing was fresh, heads seemed to know what was going on.
Remember that this is the ONLY live footage of the first Bangs gig EVER on the internet and The Movement Fam gave it to y'all first!! Boom!
Apparently the best part of the recent BET Awards.
Nicki Minaj, Buckshot, Crown Royyal, and Joe Budden.
Wale, Gsan, Nipsey Hussle, and KRS-One.
Mos Def, Black Thought, and Eminem.
If only it were that simple...
Freshhhhhhhhh.
Anyone who has frequented Brunswick St in the past year or two would have almost certainly noticed a poster or scribble on a chalkboard about Simon Wright and/or The Eclective. We were lucky enough to open for the boys at the Evelyn Hotel last year, and the whole band are great guys and very talented musicians.
After travelling up and down the east coast of Australia touring, the boys managed to get in the studio and bang out their debut EP. This coming Monday 2nd November (Cup Day Eve) will see Simon and the band launch their EP at the Evelyn (351 Brunswick St, Fitzroy), so if you're in Melbourne, get on down!
Simon managed to slip me a couple joints from the upcoming EP, the smooth 'You Don't Know' (which I'd heard before in the live format) and the laidback, jazzy 'Holding On'. Really hanging to hear the EP in full, so I managed to catch up with Simon to have a chat about what's been happening in the world of the Eclective...
Hey Simon, how's things man?
Real good Cee, Summer's comin' and things are happenin'. I love this time of year.
So every time I hear about you, you're somewhere in the country, touring. What's been happening lately?
Well actually the band has been layin' low lately. We've been in the studio finishing off the EP and in the lab workin' on some new material. Basically gettin' ready for a big summer.
I know you've been playing your ass off for years with a variety of bands and musicians, so you're finally dropping the EP! Tell us about it.
Yeah man, it's been a long time comin'. My first band "The Wright Brothers" released an album, but since then I haven't had a solid enough project to warrant the investment. The time I've spent in Melbourne putting together "The Eclective" has been amazing so far and we all felt it was time to start working on the next level. The band are all very focused at the moment. The EP itself is a collection of what we've been getting up to since "the Eclective" first began, it's eclectic obviously as tha'ts what we are all about. There's are elements of funk, soul, reggae, latin and of course Hip Hop. "Choi", the producer, has done great stuff with it. We wanted to capture as much of the live element as possible as ultimately that is where our strength is.
What's the line up for the band for this project? Have you played with these guys for a while?
Yeah this is the official "Eclective" line up these days. Hasn't changed much in the past year:
Drums - Travis Constable
Bass - Owen Downie
Keys - Andrew Vollmer (He also did a lot of the Sax on the EP)
Guitar - Tristan McCoppin
and Myself - lead vocals, acoustic guitar and MC
We also had a few friends come in for sessions including:
Candice Monique and Kate Kelsey Sugg - Backing vocals
Nick - Trumpet
Ivan "Choi" - Percs, bits n bobs (He also produced it)
Oscar O'brian - Trumpet
Gus Rigby - Sax
You've got the big launch for the EP at the Evelyn, next Monday 2nd November. What can the people expect from the show?
This will definitely be our best show yet. We are launching a bunch of new material, as well as remakes of our old favorites. We have spared no expense on sound and lights and our supports are both amazing, "Direct Influence" and "Unleash the Nugget" two of my favorite upcoming Melbourne acts. The night is goin' to be great fun!!
I've always been curious, especially since your style is so varied, but who are you main musical inspirations?
I've been inspired by so many people over the years and all of them are very different. I'd have to say my biggest musical influence has been my father. He was giggin' around while I was a kid. I didn't realise until recently how much that influenced my music and life in general. Other than my old man, though:
Ben Harper
Michael Jackson
Stevie Wonder
Common
Talib Kweli
Bob Marley
Fat Freddys Drop
De La Soul
Jimmi Hendrix
Muddy Waters
........ so many more
Do you plan to tour the country off the back of the EP?
Yeah we have an east coast tour planned for Dec/Jan and down to Tassie in Feb. Then hopefully over the west coast late Feb.
What's next from here? Are you working on any other projects?
My focus is with the "Eclective" 100% at the moment. I'm writing a lot and the whole group has really come together of recent. We're looking at getting professional representation and try crack the Aussie festival circuit. From there we'd love to get over to Europe. The next EP is already in planning, so just keepin' it movin' really
Any other gigs coming up or residencies we should know about?
Well it has not officially been released yet but we return to the Evelyn for our Monday night residency straight after our EP release. We have taken a couple of months off there to finish the EP and write some new material, but we are lookin' forward to gettin' back there for summer.
Hit us with your contact details so the people can get at you!
www.groovecollective.com.au
MySpace
Facebook
So the homie Jermiside been dropped his long awaited mixtape, Die Jerm Die, with DJ Low Key on deck. Shit is a heater, Jerm is a beast on the mic so he doesn't disappoint. Another quality release from the Lessondary crew. Look out for more of Jerm on upcoming Movement Fam releases!
DOWNLOAD - Jermiside - Die Jerm Die (tracked version)
DOWNLOAD - Jermiside - Die Jerm Die (untracked/podcast version)
Shad - The Calling from 360 To Nowhere on Vimeo.
Spotted @ The Audacity of Dope.
The homie Jermiside is murkin' it. Seriously. This is the unofficial video from Shad's joint off the Danny Diggs EP, dopeness.
If you ain't know, get the fuck to know.
You thought the art of battling was dead? Far from it.
Earlier tonight I watched one of the biggest battles in a long time - Thesaurus VS Illmaculate (of Sandpeople fame).
They teamed together to win tournaments in both the World Rap Championships and the notorious Scribble Jam. This time they went head to head. Check it out below.
Pato Pooh is an emcee out of Stockholm, Sweden who speaks both Swedish and Spanish fluently. Luckily (for us) he chooses to use English for his raps.
The video for the track Follow Me, which features Adam Tensta, is an ode to 8-bit video games of old. Heaps of references to classic Nintendo games to be found below.
Oh, and the production and flows are bananas. Check it.
Lindsay Lohan, before and after. 20 years old on the left. That was three years ago. On the right is how she looks now.
I'd still hit it.
Click for a bigger view.
First the Hall of Fame acceptance speech, now this. I knew he wasn't a saint, but the amount of stuff coming out right now about how of a dick Michael Jordan is in real life is kind of surprising. How come nobody said anything earlier?
ESPN's "The Sports Guy" Bill Simmons, probably my favourite sports writer ever, has a chapter in his upcoming book about the discrepancy between Jordan's real life personality and his public relations persona. Book comes out October 27th and I've got that shit on pre-order. Can't wait.
Let me start off by saying I hate that bloody Border Security show on TV. The fact that it rates so highly is a testament to a lot of the prejudices in this country that nobody is willing to acknowledge but everyone (read: the media) is happy to exploit.
Anyway, peep this for a bit of comedy gold. Is it good that the ads are better than the shows sometimes?
Travis Barker on the drums is always insane. This is the kind of live instrumentation craziness that is needed at all Hip Hop shows.
There's a Bun B verse on the end of this one as well in which he mentions Slaughterhouse. No idea if this is from some proper remix of the track.
"We Were Once A Fairytale" - Kanye West Dir: Spike Jonze from Yooj‽ on Vimeo.
Haven't seen this yet, should be interesting...
OK, just watched this. Wow. What drugs are these dudes on? This is actually kinda cool in an arthouse kinda way. Apparently it was pre-MTV Awards meltdown too. Check it out.