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R.I.P. Grand Master Roc Raida

Today marks a sad sad day for DJs worldwide. First we lose a music legend, then a fellow DJ who tore up the clubs, and now a personal friend of ours Grand Master Roc Raida has passed. We are not sure that an official statement has been released, but we know that our friend is no longer with us.

We are still in shock and not sure how to respond to this sad loss.

Our heart felt condolences go out to you and your family. You will be in our prayers.

R.I.P. GM Roc Raida

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AUGUST 26, 2008

Greetings everyone,

As some of you may know, I’ve spent the past year and a half working on my debut solo album, Solitude, along with a brand new live show (turntables, synthesizers, visual elements, showcase sets, etc). The album contains guest appearances from Royce da 5′9″, C-Rayz Walz, Ill Insanity, Rites of Ash and more. The intended single is called The Right which features Jean Grae & Wrekonize. Unfortunately, this song WILL NOT be on the album due to an inability clearing one of the video game samples but feel free to check out the video and download the free MP3…

…Also, check out the album press release below for the full track listing and information to be used for public writings. Anyways, I bring you the official premier of my video so enjoy it and make sure to rate it, save it as a favorite, blog it, bulletin it, etc. Thanks again and be sure to mark your calendars. Peace. –DJ I-Dee

DJ I-Dee - The Right (feat. Jean Grae & Wrekonize): Click to Download MP3 from Z-Share

To make it short and sweet, since I am still recovering from the hours or working at DMC, here are the results…

DMC USA Supremacy champ = SPS from Orlando FL

DMC USA Team champs = The Angry Ex’s/Drunks Crew (Etronik and Lodus) from CA

East Coast DMC champ = ‘97 DMC champ DJ Slyce from NJ

Also invited to battle in the DMC USA Finals on Aug 30…2nd place Emm Are, 3rd place DJ Solo and 4th place DJ Esquire.

Congrats to all who participated! It was a great event!

XOXO - Marilyn!

Here are the official flyers for the first Gong Battle of the year!
Wednesday May 14
Knitting Factory
DJ sign up and doors open at 9:30pm
ALL AGES
$15 at the door
Hosted by Lord Sear and Lord Finesse
Music will be provided by Boogie Blind
Performance by Joel Ortiz

You know I’ll be there and you know my short self will be making my way to the front and center!!!

Today temperatures hit the mid 70’s, and tomorrow it’s goin to be nearly 80!!! OMG you know i’ve already got my toe nails done BUT my finger nails AREN’T matching! ANYWHO with the spring comes all these exciting releases, new projects, just a bunch of new things. Let me fill you in on the things I’ve learned these past few weeks.

*A-Trak has been workin hard with the Fools Gold Tour so to fill in Craze is DJing for Kanye West
*One of the hardest working DJs I know, DJ Neil Armstrong from the 5th Platoon is currently the official DJ for the Heart of the City Tour. YES that’s the Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige tour!!!
*DJ I-Dee has been hard at work on his album.
*DJ Fat Fingaz has getting those gigs here in NYC.
*DJ Complex released a mixcd called Touchy Feely which I should have a lil more info about in a week or so, but by the title alone you know it’s goin to be a baby makin mix.
*ILL INSANITY released their album Ground Xero and have been touring like crazy.
*The track “Terrorism” from Rob Swift’s last solo album War Games is going to be in Academy Award nominated director Morgan Spurlock’s second film “Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden”. FYI the film that Spurlock was nominated for was “Super Size Me”.
*Roc Raida’s Gong Battle will kick off it’s East Coast heat on Wednesday May 14 at SOB’s!! Don’t worry I will be posting all about this in another week or two! West coast date TBA!
*NYC Tools of War Park Jams kick off June 5 with Turntablist Sessions in Queensbridge.

AND LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST… the biggest most awesome thing that could happen to the turntablist community happened just a few weeks ago!!!! DMC World announced their new DMC US events coordinator…..Christie Z-Pabon!!! YES Christie the woman in charge of DMC US when CRAZE brought the DMC WORLD TITLE HOME 3 years in a row. Make sure to hit up Christie if you can make a regional happen in your city… right now the cities confirmed are San Diego CA, Hartfort CT, Philly PA, New Orleans LA, Baltimore MD, Chicago IL, Portland OR… NYC is on July 23rd… US DMC FINAL is already set for August 30 in NYC!!! For any more info contact Christie Z-Pabon at toolsofwar@gmail.com

I promise next week will be a more exciting post… this was all info that I just HAD to share…. how excited are you about DMC!?!?!!!! ooo wait hold up I’m hella excited that the first Turntablist Session is the day AFTER MY BDAY with none other than 5th Platoon night… yes Neil Armstrong, Daddy Dog and Roli Rho all in one night =)

So Miami was great. We met with countless incredible DJs and made some cool connects to move MixRev back into the world of the DJ. So let it be said MIXREVOLUTION.COM IS BACK AND WE ARE HERE TO STAY!!! WORD TO BIG BIRD!!!!

So here are the first 3 videos I cut up from Last Week’s Footage. Enjoy and check out the new YouTube discovery I made. Just add &fmt=18 to any video and it shows up in it’s original quality with now loss. Cool huh?!!! Enjoy. More videos to come and the complete footage will be on the site by week’s end.

A Buddy just showed this to me right now and I had to post it. I think this was amazing! It is probably old to some of you but it is new to me.

Enjoy and Pass it on!!! Leave your thoughts below!!!!

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!!!

XXXXX
-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!!

OK OK I’m NOT FROM BROOKLYN but I couldn’t think of a better title for this entry. FYI I’m from the birthplace of Hip Hop… the South Bronx… SOUTH SOUTH BRONX!! I’ll stop now I’m gettin carried away, but DON’T FRONT YOU KNO I GOTCHU OPEN!! Ok that was really the last one… they were just flowing out of me like word vomit. Moving along.

SOOOOO, I’m sitting here listening to my favorite DJ Neil Armstrong mixCD Sweeet reading through emails and I said to myself “CRAP Marilyn go write that blog about the Sales!” After going through drama trying to log in, damn you wordpress, I AM HERE! You know why I will rock your socks today because not only do I have some awesome goodies to tell you about, I HAVE A CONTEST to tell you about, a contest like no other!!

To commemorate the 10 year anniversary of the 5th Platoon’s existence they’ve teamed up with a few people to bring you the following:
THE 5th PLATOON x ADIDAS B-Ball Equipment Sample Giveaway
PICK UP the 10 year anniversary Tee for a chance to win 1 of only 5ive LTD Ed Sample pairs of the BBALL EQUIP kicks & 1 pair of the Final Version in your size!!
RAFFLE WINNER ANNOUNCED APRIL 4th 2008

$30, orange or white designed by the good people at UNDR-CRWN and sizes Medim to 3XL!
For more info and to pick yours up go HERE. Make sure to hold on to that TAG it’s your raffle number!!!

Next item on my list is here just in time for Valentine’s day! Whether it’s for that lovely lady in your life or just a treat for yourself these next two items are PERFECT FOR ANY MUSIC LOVER. Make sure to put that order in by FEBRUARY 7th the latest so that you can get it in time!!

To pick up yours click here
You cannot go wrong with these sets. When the Sweeet series set was released a few years back you know i brought mine with the quickness AND it came with a tee and an awesome cereal box designed especially for the set by UNDR-CRWN ! I love these mixCDs so much that i own two copies of them each. Each is unique, tells a story through music and the song selection is full of classics, remixes and mashups that will have you cheesing it for days. WarmFuzzy is from the ALL OUT KING series in which Neil proves his AOK status in puttin together yet another mixCD to make babies to!! The last track… classic!!!

I’ll be back to hit you off with a few 5th Platoon videos i found around the way AND to let you know about an amazing tour that’s going down in a few SELECT US cities. Will one of those cities be yours?!?!?!?! OOoOOO MAN!

January is gone… like me….

So I know everybody and their grandma are all talking about how cool Guitar Hero is. Well I have fought temptation and decided not to buy it, for fear that I will lock myself up in the office playing it 24-7. I’m already having a tough time with COD 4. BUT WHAT IF THEY ACTUALLY MADE A DJ HERO GAME??!!? Witness below…