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Dj Craze’s Bass Sessions LA was this past weekend. all in all good times were had by all those who came. We did some good interviews which should be up soon. My favorite sets of the evening would have to be by Treasure Fingers and Klever! Klever arrived in LA at midnight and got to the venue at 12:45 and spun an insane set.

Thanks to Danny from United for inviting us out and good look on the extra lights and SUBS. That BASS was insane! Check out my home videoness above!

Ok so I didn’t go to the Staples Center last night. Should have but I was too lazy to leave the house this weekend. But the above moment was the highlight of a beautifully peaceful weekend. The Grammy’s, in it’s 50th year, are always entertaining, not sure why there was so much classical representation. It was interesting to see Herbie Hancock win the Album of the Year Award. I hope he Rock’s It! Pun intended. Oh and Jerry Lee Lewis made me want to cry.

All in all though Kanye killed it, Daft Punk made the track a new original! What more can I say?!! Nothing!

Well at least out West things are warming up a bit, so I think it is time to drop the top and take a cruise up PCH! Pop in some of this weeks latest mixes and enjoy!

Here you go!

The latest Clipse/Re-UP gang mix tape is here, click on the pic to get it:

Discobelle just posted up their latest in their Mixin’ It Up series. It comes to us via DJ EXCEL & MC ELIXIR from SKRATCH MAKANIKS / Philadelphia, Pistolvania! Get the mix by clicking on the pic below! I love this one! And head over to DISCOBELLE.NET for the track listing!

Enjoy!

Ok! So this is going to become a new weekly post for myself. I hope a few of our other contributors add to it too! I get hit up every week with new songs and mixes from Artist and DJs all over that may not always enter your radar. These are Indie/Underground/D.I.Y. dudes who I think deserve some spins at gigs or on mixtapes, that you won’t hear on the radio! These tracks will be cross-genre too! I don’t have any particular favortie music, aside from the good kind. Check them out and tell me what you think! All feedback is greatly appreciated! So click below to get some FREE MUSIC!!!
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So I have just moved to a new pad, 1 mile from beautiful Main St. Huntington Beach, CA. Ok enough rubbing in, now onto the post. So I have no internet yet, have to wait till Thursday and I have been slacking on my posts and my reader. I came across this old post from the Billionaire Boys Club/Ice Cream blog. It’s the first hip-hop tour I have been excited about in a while, (Rock the Bells doesn’t count, it’s a festival).

Also I am sure many of you have heard it but N3RD are up to the futuristicness again with their new joint, Everyone Nose! Listen to it HERE if you haven’t yet!
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N.E.R.D.- Everyone Nose

There’s toooooooo much going on in this city that never sleeps… FASHION WEEK, Primaries, and The Giants! This New Yorker is still on her Giants high… it might be super gloomy weather here in the Big Apple but The Champs made their way through the Canyon of Heroes and to City Hall today!!! Props to the NY GIANTS 2008 SUPERBOWL CHAMPIONS!!!

Anywho I just quickly wanted to pop in and remind y’all to GO OUT AND VOTE! I may not be one to get super political but I do know that we have something that some people die for… the right to vote.

On a very sad note a Texas DJ from the Clever Monkeys Crew passed away over the weekend while heading home from a gig. R.I.P. DJ Frantic (5-1-76 to 2-2-08). I might not have known him personally but it’s always sad to lose someone in the DJ community. Our deepest condolences go out to his family, please keep them in your thoughts.

I am also really sad that after a miscarriage which has to be one of the most difficult things a woman has to go through the man who got the girl pregnant left her. Yes I’m talking about Lily Allen and Ed Simons of the Chemical Brothers. I might not know all their business but I find this super sad because she lost their baby.

When I figure out how to post videos I will be posting some of my favorite routines. Anyone have any suggestions???

X is unique letter. There aren’t too many words that begin with X… may be a few names, but overall how often do you get to use a word that begins with the letter X? I personally use X’s alot because I’m always X-ing and O-ing my lovies, yes I’m ultra girly like that ppssshaaa! Moving along, in the world of DJ/Turntablism/Skratch when you think of X what do you think of??? THE X-Men, X-Ecutioners and all of the amazing DJs that through the years have been apart of the crew. Some of my favorite DJs come from this crew, I’ve been lucky enough to meet, interact and even interview a few of them. As much world wide fame as these men have they’ve always remained approachable, down to earth and humble. I cannot begin to tell you how into these DJs I am, I’m on that nerd status! You know the one where you have ringtones, and caller tunes from music these DJs have made, oooh man a password of mine is even a title from one of the X-ecutioner’s albums not even a short title too a super long one hahahaa.

Like everything else in life the X-ecutioners have seen their highs, rough patches and differences through the many years, members have come and gone, but they will always remain one of the greatest crews to ever get on the turntables. A new chapter in the X-ecutioners story has started. Last year, DJs Rob Swift, Total Eclipse and Precision came together to form a new group, Ill Insanity.

L-R: Precision, Rob Swift and Total Eclipse

These three DJs have come together to form Ill Insanity, and they’re more than just three turntablists who have won battles, they’re also party rockers, crowd movers, and innovators. Ill Insanity’s first album Ground Xero is set to drop on February 12, 2008. I was able to catch their debut NYC show last fall and let me tell you it’s fun. Fun because it’s not just 3 DJs skratching and beat juggling, doing a little trick here or there, it’s three amazing DJs tearing it up. Aside from doing group routines they also do solo routines and my favorite part the party rocking definitely had the crowd moving!

Guitar Center and Rane have come together to bring to a few lucky US Cities the Ill Insanity Ground Xero Tour! This is an ALL AGES FREE EVENT, so if you live in one of the cities they’re stopping at make sure to be there, bring a friend, a brother, sister, neice, nephew, cousin, neighbor’s kid!! It’s important to expose today’s youth to talented DJs such as these, KEEP THE ART FORM AND MUSIC ALIVE! Props to Fat Beats and Scratch Academy for supporting this tour as well.

Here are the 5 Guitar Center’s Ill Insanity will be at:
*Monday 2/11/08 Guitar Center in Brooklyn, NY w/ Evil Dee
*Wednesday 2/13/08 Guitar Center in Atlanta, GA w/Jaycee
*Sunday 2/17/08 Guitar Center in Miami, FL w/I-Dee
*Thursday 2/21/08 Guitar Center in San Francisco, CA w/Apollo
*Sunday 2/24/08 Guitar Center in Los Angeles, CA w/Hapa

For more infomation about this tour check out the site that Guitar Center has put together for Ill Insanity!

The Ill Insanity website is currently in the works but in the mean time check out their MySpace for other tour dates, videos and music!

I hope that your Ill Insanity eXperience is as awesome as mine. Make sure to hit me up with your throughts, pics, and footage of them killing it in your city!!!

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-M

PS- If anyone is going to be at the Miami date make sure wish our friend DJ I-Dee a HAPPY BIRTHDAY, well a belated one since he turned 21 this past Monday the 28th of January!!