- Thursday, January 27th

Tonight I'm off to spin in one of my favorite cities to play - Detroit, MI. Seriously, though I love going there and it's a great show every time I'm there. So if you're in the area definitely come check me out.

And while, technically not from The D... RIP Breed

If you're not in Detroit and you're in New York you might want to check out the documentary series presented by my homies from Ego Trip and my dude Dresski. They're showing a different "documentary films from the hip-hop era" for the next 3 months at the Maysles Institute up in Harlem. This month the feature is the epic 1970s Bronx gang feature "80 Blocks From Tiffany's."

I found this mix CD that I did back in 2000. I was going through boxes of mixes in preparation for the upcoming "History Of Hip-Hop: The 2000s" series that we're debuting in a few weeks. It's definitely a time capsule, a look back a really great time in music. I did this mix in one take, while taking phone calls while I left the mic open. This mix was done for my wife while we were in our "courting" phase. Anyway, it's funny so check it out:

Cosmo Baker "Inside Straight" (2000)

Inside Straight Intro

Planet Asia "Place Of Birth"

Masta Ace "Top Ten List"

Mark The 45 King feat. Common "Car Horn"

Network Reps "Simplsitic"

Group Home "The Legacy"

M. Boogie feat. Rasco "Bustin'"

DJ Revolution feat. Rasheed & Chief Kamachi "Forever"

Bumpy Knuckles "Bumpy Knuckles Baby"

D'Angelo "Devil's Pie"
DJ Revolution "Neva Come Close"

Encore "Sporatic"

Common "The 6th Sense"

DJ Krush feat. The Roots "Meiso" (DJ Shadow Remix)

Del tha Funky Homosapien feat. Hieroglyphics "Burnt"

Handsome Boy Modeling School "Holy Calamity"

Divine Styler "Divine Intervention"

DJ Shadow "The Number Song" (Cut Chemist Remix)

The Roots "Y'all Know Who" (Live Version)
The Roots "The Lesson III (It's Over Now)"
The Dominatrix Eats Breakfast Outro

- Tuesday, January 26th

- Breakbeat Tuesday: Okay I'll admit that I used to be a full fledged member of the "cool guys club." Yeah, I owned the Major Force Box Set, and I had a subscription to Grand Royal Magazine. Now I was definitely not one of "The Bitches" you heard? But in the late nineties when everyone had their finger on the pulse of everything "INDIE" I also had my finger on the pulse of everything "ALT." One of the bands at the time I really checked for was U.N.K.L.E. which consisted of James Lavelle (founder of Mo' Wax Recordss,) Tim Goldsworthy (went on to create DFA Records) and DJ Shadow (who went on to yell at kids to stay off his lawn.)

U.N.K.L.E. was cool, like really cool. Perhaps maybe too cool, because I would play it to people and they would look at me sideways. But I thought it was groovy, and smart, and the beats were crazy knocking. The first song on the Psyence Fiction basically has the right ingredients for a winning song: Hard drums, Star Wars samples and Kool G Rap... and Cosmo is happy.

Fast forward to 2005 and Hurricane Katrina basically became the most terrible thing that many of us ever saw. The dudes over on Soulstrut started up the Heatrocks Campaign (see below for more information about that, or click for the current Heatrock For Haiti campaign) and one of the records that was put up was Tullio De Piscopo's "Suonando La Batteria Moderna (Modern Drums - A Practical Guide)." I don't remember if it was my homie Matthew Africa who put it up for charity of if he bought it, but I've always wanted that record since I saw it out there. It's tough because it's like a $400 Italian record of drum instructions, and that's kind of a hard purchase to justify. But then again, cuts like these might make the case for dropping that loot.

Tullio De Piscopo "Medium Rock"

Tullio De Piscopo "Samba Carnival"

How you gonna tell me this dude don't got drums?

- Thursday, January 21st

This weekend I'll be in Canada getting Sheened with my homie 4th Pyramid - on Friday night at Wrongbar in Toronto and on Saturday night at Ritual in Ottawa. Check the Events Page for more info. It's going to be a groovy time for sure...

Speaking of "groovy times" my main man Eli Escobar and Stretch Armstrong have a weekly radio show on EastVillageRadio.com and it's one of the best things on the internet right now. It's called Delancey Music Service and it's (primarily) all sorts of great dance music as only these two dudes could do. Make sure to tune in and check out the show, or stream the archives.

This past monday Eli went in with a soulful disco / house / crazy original edits set in tribute to the late, great Teddy Pendergrass as well as to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday/ Kind of a crazy sick set, and you can download it right here.

Eli Escobar "Delancey Music Service - Teddy Pendergrass & MLK Tribute 1/18/10"

And yes, I am actually quite pissed off about the recent election in Massachusetts. Thankfully my friend and supreme blogger Will Caps posted something that both made me laugh and keeps things in perspective. A must read, here at TheStencil.com

- Tuesday, January 19th

- Breakbeat Tuesday - Today I'm reaching back and going to lace with one of my all-time favorite breaks which just happens to be included in the almighty UBB series: Kid Dynamite's "Uphill Peace Of Mind." The first time that I heard the song, I swore it was some crazy Thin Lizzy B-Side that was never released or something. It rocks HARD, but has that certain special funk and swing that attracts a dude like me. I don't really know much about Kid Dynamite but they were a group of Los Angeles based session players that were all over albums in the 70s, including playing with The Steve Miller Band. This is their one album though as a unit. Kind of interesting thinking about what made people discover this song though. It doesn't really reveal anything about the break when you first listen to it, but then once the song hits the 2:55 mark, ooh lawd. Talk about a neck-snapping beat. I know you've heard it in the past, "You've got the time, I've got the time." The way that John King hits the trap is a monster, and then the little piano vamp comes it, it's nothing but butter. Poor Righteous Teachers, Super Cat and Just-Ice & KRS-One sure thought so.

Kid Dynamite "Uphill Peace Of Mind" (Cream Records, 1976)

As good as the Kid Dynamite version of "Uphill Piece Of Mind" is I really don't think it comes anywhere close to how good the Lloyd Price version is. Of course everyone knows who Lloyd Price is, and although he's universally acclaimed and acknowledged I think in certain "real headz" circles he often gets overlooked. His early work was incredible where he put his own spin on the beat of his native New Orleans. In the late 60s and early 70s he was one of the first American R&B singers to start messing with Jamaican rhythms, and in 1976 he put out the completely slept-on "Music-Music" album. Now I don't know who's version came first but both this one and the Kid Dynamite version came out in 1976. But where that version is a slow stomping hard-edged rock song, Lloyd's version is an uptempo hard rocking SOUL song. But in true Lloyd Price fashion it touches on R&B, rock, funk and gospel. Really a banging song in any sense...

Lloyd Price "Uphill Peace Of Mind" (LPG Records, 1976)

Also, this past Sunday we had The Rub Vs. The Freedom Party at Brooklyn Bowl and it was a smashing success. Thanks to Tamir Z. Brown, Will Griggs, Greg Nice, Herbert Holler, DJ Cosi, Mark Smooth, Boogie Blind and everyone else that helped make it a success. Also, thanks to my man Kenny Rodriguez for coming through and getting some great photos (like he always does.) Check below for the link to his entire photo set of the evening.

Kenny Rodriguez Photo Set: The Rub VS Freedom Party 1/17/10

PS... Brooklyn TOOK IT. I'll leave it at that haha...

Heatrocks For Haiti: I know we're all partying and schitt is sweet and all that, but things in Haiti have gone from bad to worse. Below on the site you'll find some helpful links to charities that I'm suggesting you help donate to. Also, my friends at Soulstrut.com (whose forums I spend way too much time on) have started up a Heatrocks For Haiti record action. We did this when Katrina happened and ended up raising tens of thousands of dollars for charity and relief. It's really an interesting concept and thebest thing is that it takes something we're passionate about and applies it towards helping those in need. Please check out Heatrocks For Haiti.

On a somber note, Pest In Power Killah Sha...

Large Professor "'Maica Living" feat. Guardean Leep & Killah Sha (Gold Dust Media, 2008)

- Monday, January 18th

So I've teamed up with the folks behind Fela! The Broadway musical (you know, Jay-Z, Will & Jada Pinkett Smith haha... as well as my people at HHC Marketing) to help spread the word about the greatest musical to hit the stage in recent memory. This is truly a magical event, and I encourage everyone and their moms to attend. Fela! the musical is truly a magical show, and anyone that knows me knows how much I revere the legendary Fela Anikulapo Kuti. He stands as a giant in modern day history, not only in music but in human rights and political activism as well.

So tickets to the show are kind of pricey (like most Broadway shows) but you can use the following codes to get tickets at a discount rate. Do not sleep on this!

Discount off:

$60 (regularly $99) for Wednesday matinees

$75 (regularly $112 - $122) for all other performances

How to order:

1: Visit www.broadwayoffers.com and use code FEHHC107

2: Call Telecharge @ 212-947-8844 and mention code FEHH107

3: Bring a printout of this discount to the Eugene O'Neill Theatre at 230 West 49th Street.

Restrictions: All prices include a $2 facility fee. This offer is valid through 2/28/10. Not valid for Saturday night performances. Other blackout dates may apply. Each order is limited to a maximum of 8 tickets for this promotion.

- Saturday, January 16th

Anyone who knows me knows my love for James Brown. I mean, pretty much if you don't love James Brown well then you're fusked. There's so much to love about dude's music, and it's almost impossible to say that you have a favorite song by him - I know I can't say that. But I've always been partial to "There Was A Time." I remember hearing Butterball play the live version from Live At The Apollo II on WDAS back when I was a kid, and just being floored by the power and the energy of the record. The schitt puts you in a trance almost (especially when you play it all the way through with "Let Yourself Go.") As Dante Carfagna says, "This is for me still the first and last word when it comes to what funk is about... Untouchable." Agreed!

A few years ago I suddenly added "There Was A Time" to my DJ repertoire - and I don't mean I started playing the song, but I started singing the song in my sets as the finale. I'm not really sure how and where this started (maybe SXSW or maybe MJQ in Atlanta) but I ended up doing the whole song with the dances and improvising my own words and whatnot. I closed out Flow Festival in Helsinki doing it... fun times.

Anyway, for these performances I made a little re-edit of the song. I messed with the timing and the structure a little bit to suit my needs, and extended up the beginning and the ends and all that. I also created an instrumental version of the jawn for me to rock over, or something. They were put together pretty quick using Garage Band on a flight from Salt Lake City to Billings, Montana hahah... So enjoy!

James Brown "There Was A Time" (Cosmo Baker Re-Edit)

James Brown "There Was A Time" (Cosmo Baker Re-Edit Instrumental)

- Thursday, January 14th

The internet is already ablaze with people waxing poetic about the life of the truly one of a kind Teddy Pendergrass, and honestly I don't really want to add to all the noise. If you want to read a really good piece that really goes in, check out my man Paul McGee's Gold And Popcorn Blog. Paul is a gentlemen, a scholar, a TRUE music lover (who probably knows more about music than almost anyone I know) - which is something that happens more often than not with my friends in the UK.

But there's something about Teddy and his music that's such an integral part of my very soul, just as me being from Philly is intertwined in the very fabric of my self. Growing in Philly, musically we had Hall & Oates and we had Teddy P as our idols. That was it. So with his passing yesterday, we not only lost a musical icon, but also a true hometown hero.

I think that's why this one was hard for me. When James Brown left this earth, it was sad but he was old and it was his time. And I know that Teddy had 28 years of living in pain in his wheelchair, but it still doesn't lessen the blow. And it's not like when MJ passed, which was incredibly sad but also surreal in the sense that he was this figure that was so much larger than life. This one feels real personal. I was sad when Biggie died. I was sad when Kurt died (although I lied about that one and pretended that I wasn't.) And I'm sad that Teddy died.

There was no voice like Teddy. I remember my mom talking about him in the sense that he was THE SUCCESSOR of the "great voices" a lineage that you know goes back through Marvin and Sam Cooke and all that, and then she was like "After Teddy, who's there? Nobody." DJ Scratch mentioned on Twitter last night that he doesn't want to see the eventual Teddy tribute with half assed voices like Trey Songs of Chris Brown trying to sing those tunes. They just can't - nobody can. Maybe Johnny Gill, or maybe Jaheim (if he stopped being a pussy and sang on some real tunes.)

Anyway, Rest In Peace Teddy Bear! You'll be missed, but of course your music and legacy will live on. Here's a couple Teddy tunes that can't be slept on, but usually get overlooked in the pantheon of his work. Enjoy!

Teddy Pendergrass "I'll Never See Heaven Again" (Philadelphia International, 1979)

Teddy Pendergrass "Believe In Love (Phat Phili Mix)"  (Elektra, 1993)

I'm going to take a sidebar here: all this thinking about Teddy Pendergrass, and in particular the music that one experiences as a kid, how it becomes such force in contributing to the development of who you are as a person, I got to thinking about the Break Genesis. I'm not sure who coined the term (it may have been my man Jonny from Good Records or it may have been my homie from The Bay DJ King Most) but it basically describes the particular moment when one gets sprung on this music thing. In particular, this digging "thing of ours."

I don't know what really put me on. Without question my first favorite record was Elton John's "Bennie And The Jets" but I don't think it was that. Yeah, Newcleus "Jam On It" was my jawn in grade school, and I learned all the words so I could rap at the lunchroom table, but again I don't think it was that either... Then I had to take it back further.

This was the first record that I owned. It's Marlo Thomas & Friends "Free To Be You And Me" and it's a collection of childrens songs sung by an all star cast. I played this record until the grooves were dull. I memorized the songs and the melodies and sung and danced to them at home and at school. I think this record here was the one that gave me the spark.

This was probably my first exposure to Michael Jackson. The version on the album is sung by Diana Ross, and it's great, but it doesn't come anywhere near the flavor that this version with MJ and Roberta Flack. To this day, hearing this song sends chills down my spine.

This was my other favorite song on the album. The album credits the group singing it as "The Sisters & Brothers" but I believe that it's actually The Voices Of East Harlem, a 20+ member vocal ensemble from Harlem that was formed in the early 70s. They worked with people like Curtis Mayfield, Leroy Hudson, Ralph McDonald and were featured on the Soul To Soul Soundtrack. Without a doubt this was probably my first encounter with "the funk" haha... If anyone knows otherwise about this group, please feel free to let me know. The version below is a little different than the one that's featured in the film - it goes a little bit harder and actually has a cool little Sly & The Family Stone style vocal break in the middle of it that I like to mess with in my DJ sets.

Sisters And Brothers "Sisters And Brothers" (Bell Records, 1972)

JUST AS AN FYI - I'll be making the switch over to Wordpress soon, at which point the site will be heavily advanced with all sorts of cool things and new schitt and whatnot, as well as being a lot more easy to navigate. Best of all, you'll be able to leave comments (or in Eli Escobar's case, snide remarks.) But until then, if you would like to leave comments (which I highly encourage) please hit me up pon Twitter @cosmobaker

- Wednesday, January 13th

- Breakbeat Tuesday: Okay, in true Cosmo fashion, Breakbeat Tuesday is on Wednesday this week, thanks for Verizon Fios for screwing my whole scene up yesterday and having me wait around the house for 4+ hours, only to find the problem was on there end. I guess that's why I pay them the big bucks hahah Sigh...

So back in the day, when I was just a fledgling digger, I found that there's a certain skill set that you develop in order to know what exactly you want to pull from dollar bins that might have the heat on it. You learn pretty quickly that if you're looking for a particular sound, then grabbing any record that has dudes with afros on the cover might end up biting you in the ass (you actually would be better off grabbing that one with the freaked out hippies.) But on the strength, probably the best set of clues that you cold look for is the lineup. If there's a certain record that you really like, see who plays bass on on, and find that guy on other records. Or keys. Or drums...

Idris Muhammad is considered by many to be one of the funkiest drummers of all time. He had a distinct way of playing, the slight lag and double-up on kicks, his knack in getting his snare to pop a certain way, and the way that he stayed in the pocket so tough. I'm sure a lot of that has to do with him being a New Orleans native and their unique Second-Line style of drumming. My dude Joy used to come down to Philly from Harlem and would bring all his pops records with him back when we thought we might just be starting a rap group. One of those albums was Idris Muhammad "Peace & Rhythm" album and from the moment I put the needle on "Brother You Know You're Doing Wrong" Idris became that guy I would look for on the back of records. And in those days, I used to buy a lot of records, man...

Fast-forward to 2008. Me and DJ Ayres were playing at the Shambhala Music Festival out in the middle of the wilderness in British Colombia. It's kind of like the Canadian version of Burning Man and, considering that I never really went to raves when I was younger, it was a completely new and eye-opening experience to me anyway hahah. So we were up there for 3 days, having played the first night, and then a couple nights to check it out. Saturday night we were hanging out with Smalltown Pete, Skratch Bastid and Wax Romeo, we were all psyched to see DJ Nu-Mark play a set in the "Ewok Village" - SERIOUSLY this place (which was outside) was designed just like the Ewok Village, everything built into the trees, mad walkways between these treehouses and whatnot. It all all added to the intensity and the absurdity of the weekend. Anyway, we were all feeling it and went to see Nu-Mark and kind of expected him to play some indie rap music and some funk 45s and whatnot - boy were we surprised. He absolutely leveled the place playing the most party rocking set I had heard all year. Absolutely flawless, and the one word I should use is "classy" (and on the strength if you ever get a chance to see the homie play live then do it!)

Halfway through Mark's set he did this thing with these drum breaks and me and Bastid were bugging off of it, and we both were like "I know this but I don't know it this schitt is so ill oh my god let's go..." Turns out it was Rusty Bryant's "Fire Eater" - a record that I have but haven't listened to in years - featuring the one and only Idris Muhammad. You kind of have to have this record. A Soul/Jazz classic, the heavy break(s) comes in 9:36. Schitt is kind of mega in so many ways...

Rusty Bryant "Fire Eater" (Prestige Records, 1971)

A couple months later I played Shine Nightclub in Vancouver and I remember dropping the break from "Fire Eater" in the middle of my set. It was pretty fresh. Well. it turns out that my homegirl Nina Mendoza (who was spinning the the back room that night - if you in Van City, check her out) actually found a photo gallery from that night. Click here for the full set of pictures.

Here's to hoping that everyone in Haiti is okay. People, find something to do to help, no matter what and no matter how small or large. Help your fellow man and woman in their time of need. Apparently one of the biggest hurdles that Haiti will face is a lack of clean water during the recovery and rescue of people. Please visit the following links to some groups where you can help:

International Action

Doctors Without Borders

Yele Haiti

Fonkoze

Lambi Fund Of Haiti

Partners In Health

Quixote Center - Haiti Reborn

And an easy way to text $10 to the Red Cross in Haiti

- Monday, January 11th

Okay so this coming Sunday is The Rub VS Freedom. Much respect to them Freedom dudes, but come on... I mean COME ON. Check this, right? You want to come at the kings you best not miss.

This one goes out to Herbert Holler, Cosi and Marc Smooth:

- Friday, January 8th

Big shout to everyone that came out to The Sheenic Route last night at APT. Flicks and videos soon to come, but big ups to Tamir Z. Brown, Greg Nice, Guy Route, DJ Chela, DJ Esquire & DJ Boogie Blind AKA the secret third member of Sheen Bros. for holding it down proper last night.

It's a busy weekend for me so I'm just gonna leave you with these treats...

Bronx Flavor, son.

Love this. Big up that dude...

Not mad at this at all...

Graffiti Analysis 2.0: Digital Blackbook from Evan Roth on Vimeo.

- Tuesday, January 5th

- Breakbeat Tuesday: So for the past several weeks I've been raiding the rock crates for some breaks, but for this week's installment I figured I would go back to the essence of this whole breaks thing and hit you with a true classic Ultimate Break & Beat.

First about the Ultimate Breaks & Beats - For those of you who don't know, The Ultimate Breaks & Beats series was a bootleg compilation of records that was put together by "Breakbeat Lenny" Roberts... So I posted this entry and then my good friend and old roommate Konrad hit me up to set some of the record straight. About Breakbeat Lenny, directly from Konrad:

"As much as Lenny was a motivator behind UBB, Stanley Platzer was the breakbeat guru. He was the guy behind the counter of the Music Factory record store on 43rd and Broadway, back when Russell Simmons was still hustling incense in Times Square. he was this old kind of crotchety guy, typical old school New Yorker for the time. I used to go there as a kid in the early 80's and you could find Grand Wizard Theodore on any given day grilling Stanley about records. He was a machine... you could describe just about any obscure part of any obscure record from the late 50's into the late 70's and he knew what it was and exactly where in that sandcrawler of a shop you could find it. As the story goes, Lenny had the idea to take these records that the bronx record boys were buying and make a compilation. Stanley reluctantly agreed to Lenny's proposal and street beat records/UBB was born. That was maybe 1984ish. Then the hunt was on, Stanley became THE breakbeat authority after that until he died. His daughter was poised to become the breakbeat queen but the shop (and the block) was closed in the very late 80's and the rest is Distory. Now it's where ABC's morning show is shot (or was it on the opposite side of the street where Planet Hollywood is? my memory is failing me!) This is the legacy of Guliani no one talks about...but don't get me started!"

Thanks, dude! So these these were the songs that all these "Bronx record boys" - Afrika Bambaataa and Grandmaster Flash, Hollywood, Flowers, Pete DJ Jones - were buying and were playing. This collection of songs - all with pretty notable breaks - ended up becoming the Ultimate Breaks & Beats, and they were as diverse as possible, with funk records, disco, rare latin records, calypso cuts, new wave, even songs from The Rolling Stones and Tom Jones. But they all were accepted under the blanket classification as a UBB. They put out many volumes of UBBs, and eventually directly from the StreetBeat series, producers in the 80s dug for beats and samples and ended up using the series to sculpt the sound of hip-hop. Pretty dope if you ask me. Lenny Roberts died not too long ago (and I believe Biz Markie ended up with Lenny's incredible collection) but his legacy lives on. And as a DJ, I've always thought that it was an integral stepping stone in the development in your craft - to learn these breakbeats inside and out. Like if you call yourself a DJ and you don't know your UBBs, I don't what to say to you, son...

Orange Krush was a group that was founded in the early 80s and was one of the very first records that Russel "Rush" Simmons ever had his hands on. The group consisted of bassist Larry Smith, drummer Trevor Gale and guitarist David Reeves. Larry was the former bass player from the sweet soul group from the South Side of Chicago, Brighter Side of Darkness. Trevor was the drummer for the Leroy Burgess group Convertion. Together they put out what I consider to be one of the finest early 80s proto-hip-hop songs ever, 1982's "Action." From the opening 8 quarter notes, which seem custom made for a DJ to cut, the song is propelled into a very unique funky groove that is very different from the funk and R&B of the time, but isn't quite a rap record.

The group disbanded after this, but all went on to secure their legacy. David Reeves renamed himself Davy DMX and became the DJ and guitarist for Kurtis Blow. Most notably, Larry Smith went on to produce records by Whodini, Jimmy Spicer, and most importantly, the first Run-DMC record. Arguably one could call Larry Smith one of the most important hip-hop producers of all time, specifically because of his innovations with drum machines and programming.

Orange Krush "Action" (Mercury, 1982)

With sadness, one of the greats has left the planet... Willie Mitchell, Rest In Peace. Your genius will truly be missed, but your legacy will continue to live on, especially in the millions of people who were probably concieved to your production on all them Al Green records.

Al Green "I Wish You Were Here With Me" (The Right Stuff, 1975)

Jean Plum "Here I Go Again" (Hi, 1976)

Syl Johnson "Concrete Reservation" (Twinight, 1969)

Willie Mitchell "Groovin'" (Hi, 197?)

- Monday, January 4th

The Rub this past Saturday was crazy - actually I think it was the best one that we've had in a quite a while. Not to sound cheesy but there was so much love and the family vibe was popping off like crazy. That's thanks in no small part to both DJ Chela and Sammy Bananas for coming through and rocking the set proper-like

 

Making today's update short and sweet, I've updated the monthly Top Ten List and this month we feature a very special selection from a very special person - my wife. She made several mixes as gifts for people this year and they came out great, so I decided to use a cross-section of her selections and post them up as the TTL. Pretty great selection of music, if I do say so myself. She's got pretty good taste haha... Hope you all enjoy.

- Friday, January 1st

Yeah, 2010. There's something that just sounds pretty "right" about that number. I'm pretty psyched about the year, and the future in general. I'm an optimist anyway so there's really no other way that I can be haha...

Here's a cool write-up about me in the latest issue of Time Out New York. Thanks to my man Bruce for helping to put this together. It features my Sheen Bros. "Scumbag Funk Vol. 2" mix as well as highlights my upcoming Sheen Bros. monthly at APT that starts this month. I'm also featured in the latest issue of Penthouse magazine, but I have to figure out how to showcase that up here in a proper manner.

 

By the way, photos from The Rub New Year's Eve party  HERE & HERE.

Speaking of Sheen Bros., me and 4th Pyramid are bringing out show to the APT as a monthly. Lots of groovy schitt. I'm very excited about this...

We recently did a Sheen Bros. interview for the (dope as hell - like for real) bag company Tucker & Bloom that talks about our getting together as a group, the process of how we do things, our philosophy and all of that. Check the interview right here.

Here's a copy of the last "It's The Motherf**king Remix Volume 3" for free download. Free stuff is good...

 

Download - The Rub "It's The Motherf*cking Remix Volume 3"  Mix CD

1. Archie Bell – Any Time Is Right (Apt One Remix)
2. The Wise Guys vs The Jets – Wise Crush (Platurn Remix)
3. Kid Sister vs Justin Timberlake – Damn Girl (Sammy Bananas Remix)
4. Afrika Bambaataa vs Breakout – Planet Rock Unplugged (DJ Ayres edit)
5. Kool Keith vs Switch – Papa Large (Matthew Africa Remix)
6. Big Daddy Kane – Raw (DJ Day Remix)
7. MSTRKFT feat. N.O.R.E. & Isis – Bounce (A-Trak Dub)
8. Notorious B.I.G. - Party & Bullsh!t (Cosmo Baker Remix)
9. B. Hamp vs Puff Daddy – Do The Ricky Bobby (DJ Protege Remix)
10. Wale – Chillin (Skratch Bastid Remix)
11. Kanye West – Champion (Nick Catchdubs Remix)
12. Lloyd vs Commodores – Girls Around The World (Skinny Friedman Remix)
13. ODB vs Rhythm Heritage – Got Your Money (DJ Eleven Remix)
14. Pase Rock vs Axwell – Get Money (Emynd Remix)
15. C&C Music Factory – A Deeper Love (Morsy Remix)
16. The Supremes – You Keep Me Hangin’ On (DJ Eli  Remix)
17. Stevie Wonder – Fingertips (Pase Rock Remix)
18. Jonny Blaze – Let’s Rock This Joint
19. Tittsworth ft Kid Sister & Pase Rock – WTF (Sammy Bananas Remix)
20. Funky Green Dogs – Fired Up (DJ Ayres & Nadastrom Remix)
21. Subfocus – X-Ray (Tittsworth Remix)
22. Diplo & Buraka Som Sistema – Inna De Ghetto
23. Benga & Coki vs Project Pat – Night (Smalltown DJs)
24. Mr Vegas vs Ludacris – Hot Wuk (Nick Catchdubs Remix)
25. The Specials – Ghost Town (Sake One Remix)
26. Lil Scrappy – Money In The Bank (Ross Hogg Remix)
27. Ghostface & Raekwon – Freek’N U (DJ Eleven Remix)
28. Marvin Gaye vs Groove Theory – Sexual Theory (DJ Day Remix)
29. D’Angelo – Girl You Need A Change of Mind (DJ Eleven edit)
30. Waajeed – Jeedo Suave
31. B.O.B. vs Marvin Gaye – I’ll Be In the Sky (B.Cause Remix)

Here's some cool videos that were unearthed by my homies who run the Megawords Magazine out of Philly (Nope whattup!) and they're these amazing videos that portray Philly gang life in the 60s. Amazing footage and imagery that's completely compelling to watch. Apparently it's a documentary called "The Jungle" but that's all I really know about it. Big props to these dudes on finding this goldmine. The style and slang is just completely unfugwittable. Seems like this probably takes place in the vicinity of the old Richard Allen Homes...

Speaking of the Richard Allen Homes, here's a classic Philly joint, that still gets burn in my private mind garden... Richard Allen Mob stand up!