Dr. dusty Fingers

TAKE A TRIP!!!!

2009-07-24T18:08:00.000-07:00

EXCLUSIVE PODCAST FOR THR FOLKS OVER AT BEATSNCRATES.COM.. ON THIS 1 WE WANTED TO GIVE SOME OG'S JUST TO HELP THE KATS WHO AINT KNOWIN. AND TO RIDE WITH THE ONE WHO KNOW...PLEASE BELIEVE ALL SELECTIONS ARE VINYL ORIGINAL PRESSINGS NO RE:ISSUES.... 1NCE AGIN BIG SHOUT 2 THE HOMIE AARON OVER @ BEATSNCRATES.COM.......

THE YOUTUBE EP.

2009-06-09T17:57:00.000-07:00

CHECKOUT HVW8.COM FOR THE NEW FREE DOWNLOAD BEATTAPE FROM///J1///

DAM-FUNK LIVE w/ MASTER BLAZTER

2009-06-09T17:53:00.000-07:00

WE BELIEVE IN THE FUNK....

2009-05-27T13:30:00.000-07:00

WE WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME OUT TO THANK ALL THE 4FATHERS OF THE FUNK AND ONE OF THE MAIN PLAYERS IN THE MOVEMENT...WAS THE MAN HIMSELF, STRAIGHT OUT OF DAYTON OH.////ROGER TROUTMAN////. SALUTE BROTHA....

HOW LEGENDS ARE MADE!!!!

2009-05-22T22:27:00.000-07:00

GOT TO GET THIS RECORD...

2009-05-18T15:20:00.000-07:00

WE LOVE JAZZ!!!

2009-05-15T13:35:00.001-07:00

NEW PODCAST GROWEYEZ - "45 YALE STREET"

2009-05-14T15:47:00.000-07:00

THIS IS A PODCAST OF ALL 45'S I FOUND WHILE BACK HOME IN SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS AT MY GREAT-GRAMMA'S HOUSE... SEEIN' THE FAM IS ALWAYS NICE BUT FINDIN HEAT LIKE THIS IN YA GRANDMOTHER'S ATTIC... PRICELESS! SO HERE'S A TASTE OF MY FAMILY'S SOUL... HOPE U ENJOY!

45 Yale Street - GroWeyez
TRACK LISTING:
1. THE TEMPTATIONS - RUNNING AWAY (AIN'T GONNA HELP YOU)
2. LITTLE SISTER - SOMEBODY'S WATCHING YOU
3. KING FLOYD - GROOVE ME
4. BOBBY WOMACK - WOMAN'S GOTTA HAVE IT
5. THE DELLS - MEDLEY: CAN SING A RAINBOW/LOVE IS BLUE
6. ALFRED "PEE WEE" ELLIS - LITTLE GREEN APPLES*
7. MIKE & THE CENSATIONS - A MAN AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A MAN
8. JERRY BUTLER - JUST BECAUSE I REALLY LOVE YOU
9. STEVIE WONDER - DON'T KNOW WHY I LOVE YOU
10. THE DELFONICS - I'M A MAN
11. MARVIN GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL - YOU'RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY
12. RONNIE DYSON - JUST DON'T WANNA BE LONELY
13. THE EMOTIONS - SO I CAN LOVE YOU
14. EARTH, WIND, & FIRE - CLOVER
15. THE FRIENDS OF DISTINCTION - I NEED YOU
16. DONNY HATHAWAY - LITTLE GHETTO BOY
17. MOMENTS - SEXY MAMA
18. THE THREE DEGREES - MAYBE
*RECORD SKIP... THE BEAUTY OF WAX!

INVESTIGATE.....

2009-05-07T23:31:00.000-07:00

THIS 1 IS 4 THE HOME TEAM....

2009-05-05T21:04:00.000-07:00

NEW MUSIC FROM///J1///

2009-04-23T19:36:00.000-07:00

THIS IS JUST 1 TRACK FROM A NEW PROJECT I'M WORKIN ON...TITLED THE YOUTUBE EP..ALL THE SOUNDS YOU HEAR WHERE TAKIN FROM CLIPS FROM THE SITE... THIS IS A TRIBUTE TO ONE MY HEROES..(((STEVIE WONDER)))...TITLED "STEVIE" ft. SONIA BLUE ON THE VOCALS... I HOPE YOU ENJOY AND STAY TUNED FOR THE EP COMIN SOON...

stevie.mp3 - J1

A DOUBLE DOSE OF SOME SUGAR....

2009-04-21T01:18:00.000-07:00

SO MUCH LOVE 4 THE QUEEN!!!!

UKNOWWESTILLPIMPIN....PIMPIN!!!!

2009-04-20T02:52:00.000-07:00

GENIUS SHIT!!!!!

2009-04-11T15:28:00.000-07:00

SALUTE TO THE BIG HOMIE(((DJ HOUSESHOES)))

2009-04-10T18:02:00.000-07:00

Thank You Jay Dee / Free Your Funk from MASSCORPORATION.COM on Vimeo.
KING JAMES AVAILABLE ON I-TUNES....HOLLA

WOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

2009-04-09T00:44:00.001-07:00

MAN I GOT TO GET THIS RECORD!!!!!

2009-04-03T15:29:00.000-07:00

2009-03-30T21:23:00.000-07:00

THAT'S RIGHT YA'LL ITS THAT TIME... ATTACK OF "THE DEER" IS HERE.... BEATTAPE FROM J1 14 JOINTS STR8 OUT THE MPC.. HOPE YOU ENJOY IT AND PLEASE SEND US THAT FEEDBACK AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK..... MAN DOWN..CODE 10...HOLLA

.http://www.hvw8.com/site/2009/03/30/attack-of-the-deer-free-download/

THIS IS NOT RIGHT!!!!!!

2009-03-30T19:42:00.000-07:00

“Yo!

So this is the beat Charles Hamilton CLAIMS he created. In short, when I was in Austin to perform and check out SxSW, I caught his set. He performed one of his tracks, ‘Shinin,’ which I thought was dope. However, come to find out the instrumental that he used for that track is a beat I produced a while back. After he was done performing, I let him know that I produced the beat and asked him where he got it from. In the back of my mind I know that the only place he really could have gotten it from was off my MySpace page. When I told him I produced the track and liked his lyrics, he still continued to say that HE produced the track with some dude….FALSE. He said he cleared the sample and that he is the one singing ‘Shinin’ in the background and also that his homeboy was playing the keys on the track.

Now mind you, the background ‘Shinin’ vocals that he claims he laid were not laid in the studio at all. I know this because I sampled them by singing directly into the MPC.

Basically, the Frankie Beverly & Maze sample at the beginning is from when I put the beat up on MySpace. The whole point of putting that part in the track was to show that I was about to produce, from that part, my own version of the sample. So, if you don’t hear the Frankie Beverly & Maze sample in the MP3 I am sending you, that is why.

Peace,
Black Spade aka Stoney Rock”

Black Spade responds to Charles Hamilton
by Mademonarchs

CATCH ME IF U CAN....

2009-03-26T15:46:00.000-07:00

A SUITE 4 MA DUKES....

2009-02-23T15:04:00.000-08:00

I TRULY BELIEVE THAT LAST NIGHT WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST MUSICAL MOMENTS I HAVE EVER WITNESSED..... THE VIBE WAS STRONG...SO MUCH FAM IN THE HOUSE...2 MANY NAMES TO NAME... YOU JUST HAD TO BE THERE.... I CAUGHT THIS POST FROM THE HOMIE///PROH MIC/// AND I THINK HE GAVE A DOPE BREAKDOWN OF THE NITE....THIS WAS HISTORY....REAL TALK....
THANK GOD I WAS THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This shit was incredibly FILTHY. If you missed last nights performance of the "Suite For Ma Dukes" Orchestra you truly missed something special. Me being a producer, I can't even explain what I was feeling watching this orchestra do MUCH justice to Jay Dee's catalogue. These cats were playing shit off his beat tapes, Welcome to Detroit, Donuts, and various cuts he did with other artists as well as songs he sample from artists like Herbie Hancock, Amad Jamal and Gap Mangione. And the special guests (Bilal, Posdenous, Talib, Common, Amp Fidler, Dwele) sealed the deal. Extra super big-ups to Miguel Atwood Ferguson for arranging and conducting the music in a way that showed just how great Jay Dee was. He gave the beats bridges and preludes and what not giving them an even more musical feel.You can tell Miguel really felt the music spiritually.

Here's the set the orchestra played:

-Anitiquity
-Nag Champa
-Find A Way
-Fall In Love
-Welcome To Detroit Intro (WOW! I couldnt believe they came with this)
-Donuts Intro- Alternate version (this shit was too nasty)
-Dont Nobody Care About Us (with NO drums. I think this was Miguels favorite track)
-Jealousy (I believe they played the O.G sample then the S.V. version)
-? (I couldnt figure out what Dilla beat was being played here)
-The Official (first they played the O.G. version. Then the Jaylib one)
-Untitled (No words could explain this. These cats was even doin the drops. "You know you ca-can't stop...ca-can't quit", RIDICULOUS! They even played the "Fantastic!" interlude that comes right after this song)

THEN the features started coming out:

-Runnin' (Diana Moreira sang the lyrics to the original sampled song while Bilal, Amp Fidler, Shafiq Husayn did background vocals.
-Dont Nobody Care About Us (WITH Karriem Riggins on the drums. WHEW!)
-A.N.G.E.L (Dwele came out and sang the lyrics.)
-Reminice (They played the original sample then Bilal came out and killed the song it as usual).

Then they finished the night off with:
-Stakes Is High (They played the Amad Jamal version 1st then then the original De La version and Posdenous and Talib came out and performed it. Then they brought all the guests back out and started chanting "VIBE!"....."VIBRATION!"

This shit was like church LOL. I think I even forgot to list a couple more beats but you get the gist of it.

This type of shit only happens in LA.

WHERE WAS U?

THE FUNK.....

2009-02-21T14:37:00.000-08:00

NOW THIS IS SOME BULLSHIT....

2009-02-19T02:46:00.000-08:00

Friends and associates,
As you may have heard through the grapevine by now, Daptone was broken into last night. Unfortunately, there was a lot of equipment (mics, pre-amps, monitors, turntables, guitars, amps, computers, etc.) stolen and damaged. It is going to take us a while to go through everything and take full stock of what was stolen, and we are not supposed to touch anything until the cops come back to collect fingerprints so we can only guess what's missing from some mic drawers and cabinets.
And, no, we did not have insurance. We had been shopping around with different companies earlier this month but had not signed a check, so nothing was insured. We are working on replacing the gate in front, installing an alarm system, and getting insurance, but it is President's day so it's not going as quickly as we would have liked.
Nydia's computer was stolen (which wasn't backed up) and the modems/ phone system was ripped out, so we'll be relatively out of commission for a few days.

I would like to ask for everyone's help first in keeping an eye out for all of our stuff showing up on ebay/craigslist/local music shops, and secondly (and more realistically) keeping an eye out for good deals on headphones, mics, pre-amps, etc. I could really use a heads up on any kind of studio package for sale or studio equipment to be possibly bought or borrowed as soon as possible. We have a session scheduled for Friday to lay down some music for (I know this sounds
surreal) Rod Stewart, and I'm going to have to get the studio running by then. I know I'm going to need to find headphones, cables, mics, and pre-amps by then. I'm not sure what else yet.

List of gear and Gabriel Roth's letter continued below...
FROM GABRIEL ROTH

Upon first glance we are definitely missing:
Fender Super Guitar Amp in case
Fender Deluxe Guitar Amp
A whole bunch of headphones and wires
Nydia's HP laptop computer
One Desktop MacIntosh Computer
One Purple Audio API style lunchbox with four Purple Audio Biz mic pre-amps
2 Yamaha NS10 monitors
Vintage Harmony Rocket Guitar
One steel string acoustic guitar
Martin Tenor sax in a gig bag
Technics 1200 turntable
Ion USB turntable
Teac Receiver/stereo amp
Sony dual deck CD burner/player
All of our modem/phone system stuff was ripped out and taken.
A whole bunch of condensor and dynamic microphones (I still need to figure out exactly what's missing) The power supply for my Trident console was tossed and the board was moved (probably not gently) so the status of that is still questionable.
A baldwin organ was tossed and is probably broken.
Lacie External hard drive
Over the next few days, as we sort out the rubble, we are going to figure out what else we lost.

We are putting in a roll down front gate, alarm system, and finally getting our insurance happening this week. We are also going to hire a security guard to watch the house for tonight as the cops and alarm guy seemed pretty confident that they will be back with a truck now that they've seen what's in here.

Thanks for keeping eyes open for us. AND PLEASE PASS THIS MESSAGE ALONG TO ANYONE YOU THINK MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP US.

Thankfully, we all still have our health, ambition, tape machines, and sense of humor in tact. You can slow us down, but you can't stop us. Sleep well knowing we here at Daptone will continue to...

Keep putting Soul up,

Gabriel Roth

P.S. On a lighter note, it seems like the burglars did drop a few items in order to lift Alex's old safe out of here, which was VERY heavy, VERY unwieldy, and also VERY EMPTY

THANK YOU DR. BOB....

2009-02-18T00:30:00.001-08:00

NEWNESS!!!!

2009-02-13T14:43:00.000-08:00

MORE COMIN SOON FROM THE TEAM....STAY TUNED YA'LL

THANK GOD 4 GOOD MUSIC....

2009-02-10T22:57:00.000-08:00

WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET BLESSED WITH SOME SPECIAL JOINTS FROM THE FOLKS @ MOCHILLA & ART DON'T SLEEP..
THESE ARE SOME EXCLUSIVE JOINTS FROM THE PERFORMANCE "A SUITE FOR MA DUKES" FEB 22ND @ CAL STATE LA....
WE HOPE YOU ENJOY... AND NO DOUBT....WE LOVE DILLA....
.
1.find a way - http://www.sendspace.com/file/wqhkyt
2.anitquity
3.fall in love
4.nag champa - http://www.sendspace.com/file/zehsur

with the help of ArtDontSleep and Mochilla, Carlos Nino and Miguel Atwood Ferguson have produced a four song orchestral EP of music originally produced by James "Jay Dilla" Yancey. the pair will also perform the EP, along with other Dilla compositions, with a 36 piece orchestra at a live concert in Los Angeles on February 22nd with the help of VTech

the EP is now available on iTunes and will be on sale physically on April 1st.

proceeds from the EP go to Ma Dukes

iTunes link - http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=302734357&id=302734353&s=143441

embedded button for EP on iTunes -

for more info on how to help Ma Dukes- http://rensoul.com/madukes.php

SALUTE TO THE ALMIGHTY::KAIDI::

2009-02-04T18:19:00.000-08:00

WE HERE AT THE COALITION WANT TO SHOW SOME LOVE TO A BROTHA WHO'S BEEN HOLDIN IT DOWN FOR YEARS WITH COUNTLESS AMOUNTS OF MATERIAL...AND JUST AS MANY ALIASES...HE IS A DEFINITE GENIUS THAT HAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SOUL...HE'S WORKED WITH ACTS SUCH AS: 4HERO//BUGZ IN THE ATTIC//DKD// SILHOUETTE BROWN///AND MANY OTHER SESSIONS THAT HE'S PROVIDED THE VIBE!!!! WE LOVE HIS MUSIC AND WE HOPE THAT YOU DIG IT..AND GO OUT AND COP SOME OF HIS WORK.....

AND THEN WE DIP!!!!

2009-02-04T13:49:00.000-08:00

HVW8...PLEASE BELIEVE!!!!!

2009-02-03T20:24:00.000-08:00

EVERY SAT LA...WE GET IT IN!!!!!

2009-01-31T12:40:00.000-08:00

HISTORY!!!!

2009-01-20T21:43:00.003-08:00

THE TIME IS NOW!!!!

WE LOVE DILLA!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-01-06T23:32:00.001-08:00

THANK YOU BROTHA......

HVW8..SUPERSESSIONS VOL. 1

2008-12-23T11:35:00.000-08:00

_________________________________________

Podcast coming soon from this beautiful day of music.
Stay tuned 2 HVW8. COM

(From L-R)
Computer Jay, DâM-FunK, & J1
HVW8 Supersessions | 12/21/08
Photo courtesy of: MAX (Solidstatela. com)

Thanx 2 EVERYBODY who came thru.

More L8R.

PEACE TO THE GOD...

2008-12-20T20:00:00.000-08:00

WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK FOR THIS IS THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE GIVING YOU THE LOW-DOWN.....THIS IS WHERE THE FUNK COMES FROM...SIMPLE AND PLAIN/////THE DRUM/////

WE LIVE THIS...........

LATE NIGHT SHIT!!!!!

2008-12-19T01:11:00.000-08:00

::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::LIVE MUSIC:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

MUSIC FROM THE///TUES. NIGHTSQUAD///

2008-12-16T12:53:00.000-08:00

AS PROMISED TO YOU LAST WEEK... WE JUST CHECKED THE BOX AND CAME UP ON A BRAND NEW LEAK FROM///THE SQUAD///
THE TRACK IS TITLED "TIME'S INFINITE VERSE"... A TRACK FROM THEIR UPCOMIN DEBUT LP "WE R THE SQUAD"... IF YOU PEEPED THE VIDEOS THEN YOU KNOW THESE KATS GET DOWN FOR REAL... SO MAKE SURE YOU KEEP IN TUNE WIH THESE KATS AND HIT EM UP @(((MYSPACE.COM/TUESNIGHTSQUAD)))....HOPE YOU ENJOY IT........PEACE!!!!!!!!!!

TUES NIGHTSQUAD
ESTEBAN ADAME.... KEYBOARDS
ANDRES TORRES...GUITAR
BRIAN AKIO MARTINEZ....BASS
J1....DRUMZ

Times Infinite Verse - Tuesday Night Squad

TUES NIGHTSQUAD...

2008-12-11T16:52:00.000-08:00

CHECK OUT TUES. NIGHTSQUAD ONE OF LA'S DOPES FUNK///JAZZ OUTFITS...THESE KATS HAVE THEIR DEBUT ALBUM DROPPIN SOON....SO MAKE SURE YOU STAY UP FOR THAT... WORD IS THEIR GONE BE HITTIN US OFF WITH SOME LEAKS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS....HERE'S SOME FOOTAGE OF THESE KATS DOIN A SESSION WITH///ALOE BLACC// @ THE WORLD FAMOUS WESTLAKE STUDIOS...IN LOS ANGELES.....

MYSPACE.COM/TUES.NIGHTSQUAD

THE BIG HOMIE!!!

2008-12-09T13:50:00.000-08:00

THE COALITION WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO SHOW SOMW LOVE TO A TRUE FUNKSTA, AND THE MAN WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGIN THIS NU MODERN FUNK SOUND TO THE MASSES.. HIS NAME IS///DAM FUNK///BRAND NEW ARTIST SIGNED TO LA INDIE POWERHOUSE STONESTHROW...HE HIT US LAST YEAR WITH THE//BARON ZEN "BURN RUBBER RMX" WHICH QUICKLY BECAME A CLASSIC FOR THE ANIMAL KINGDOM...NOW HE'S HITTIN US WITH HIS INSTALLMENT OF THE RHYTHM TRAX SERIES...GETTIN US READY FOR HIS FULL LENGTH LP "TOEACHIZOWN"... GAME RECOGNIZE GAME...THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE HOMIE.......

FUNK IS NOT A FAD....THIS IS LIFE...AT IT'S FUNKIEST INDEED.....

CAN I GET. SOME HORNS!!!!!

2008-12-05T11:53:00.000-08:00

AND THEN THERE WAS......

DOWNBEAT...L.A.

2008-12-02T18:44:00.001-08:00

WE WANT TO THANK ALL THE HOMIES///PROH MIC...DIBIASE....PUDGE....SNOWMAN/// FOR COMIN THRU AND MAKIN THE 1ST DOWNBEAT A TRUE SUCCESS... THE MUSIC WAS BANGIN AND THE BEER WAS FLOWIN SO IT JUST ALL ADDED UP TO A DOPE NIGHT... IF YOU AINT KNOWIN THE///DOWNBEAT/// IS A PARTY THAT IS STRICTLY PRODUCER BASED...THE GOAL IS TO BRING LIKE MINDED DOPE INDIVIDUALS TOGETHER TO JUST VIBE AND ENJOY THE ART OF DIGGIN AND MAKIN BEATS(THE FORMAT WENT LIKE THIS 1ST ROUND;;;;;;3 ORIGINAL JOINTS FROM EACH KAT;;;;;;2ND ROUND;;;;;;;2 JOINTS FROM THE ALBUMS THEY GOT ON THE TRIP TO THE RECORD STORE;;;;;3RD ROUND EACH KAT GETS THE SAME JOINT AND WE GET TO SEE HOW EACH ONE FLIPS IT....BOOM LIKE THAT)...THERE WERE SOME DEFINITE HIGHLIGHTS.... DIBIASE BANGIN THE TAPE PLAYER....PROH'S ROCKY FLIP...SNOWMAN'S CHOP GAME...AND PUDGE'S STARGARD FLIP...BUT THERE WERE SO MANY OTHERS YOU HAD TO BE THERE TO TRULY FEEL THE FUNK....YA DIG!!!! WE ALSO WANT TO THANK ALL THE FOLKS WHO CAME OUT AND SHOWED LOVE....THESE ARE JUST SOME FLICKS FROM THE NIGHT...ALSO GOT A COUPLE OF DOWNLOADS OF THE ///STARGARD FLIP/// FROM....SNOWMAN & P.U.D.G.E.... BIGGUP TO THE HOMIE..ROBSHOT.... FOR ALL THE PHOTOS....SEE YOU AT 2ND EDITION

NILES AKA THE OX....P.U.D.G.E. EMCEE....PROH MIC

PROH MIC

DIBIASE & P.U.D.G.E.

DJ REEMYCKS

THE NITE WAS A SUCCESS INDEED... 1NCE AGAIN THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY INVOLVED...AND MAKE SURE YOU STAY TUNED FOR THE DETAILS FOR THE 2ND EDITION GOIN DOWN JAN 31ST...WE GOT 4 MORE NEW KATS STEPPIN UP TO THE CHALLENGE...
:::::::::CHECK OUT THE FREE DOWNLOADS FROM THE HOMIES///SNOWMAN (JACK SAMPLE PROS.) P.U.D.G.E. (BLX VJC BNB)::::::::
FIRST WE GONE HIT YOU OFF WITH THE ORIGINAL SONG JUST SO YOU CAN HEAR WHAT THE OG SOUNDS LIKE. THEN WE'LL HIT YOU WITH THE JOINTS FROM THE HOMIES....ONCE YOU LISTEN YOU'LL TRULY UNDERSTAND...THIS IS NOT A GAME...WE AINT PLAYIN!!!!!
THREE GIRLS - STARRGARD
Stargard - Jordan Rockswell
Sensous Essence - P.U.D.G.E. EMCEE
YEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!

2 FOR 1....

2008-11-26T16:59:00.000-08:00

GAP MANGIONE "DIANA IN THE AUTUMN WIND"

JAYLIB "THE OFFICIAL"

SLUM VILLAGE "FALL IN LOVE"

DAFUNKYTURNTABLIST.....

2008-11-19T14:54:00.000-08:00

WE HERE AT THE COALITION ALWAYS TRY TO BRING REALNESS TO THE LIGHT... SO THIS EDITION WE WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO THOSE NOT KNOWIN////DJ TEEKO/// THIS BROTHA AND HIS CREW(((4ONEFUNK))))///MAX KANE///DJ BCAUSE/// AND MISTA B///ARE DEFINITELY ONE THE FUNKIEST DJ CREWS ON THE PLANET... (UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A WORLDWIDE TAKEOVER WE DEAL WITH...YA DIG..) I HAD THE HONOR TO KICK IT WITH TEEKO THIS PAST WEEKEND.. THERE WAS THE SHOW @ THE GRAND STAR JAZZ CLUB. WITH A LINEUP OF TEEKO...CONTROLLER ONE....COMPUTER JAY....KEYBOARDS....ANDRES TORRES.....GUITAR...AND J1......DRUMZ...YOU HAD TO BE THERE TO EXPERIENCE... LIVE @ THE MOTHERSHIP WE CONNECTED... THEN THERE WAS TEEKO DJIN AT ONE OF THE COALITION'S FAVORITE WEEKLY JOINTS////FUNKMOSPHERE///WITH THE BIG HOMIE////DAM FUNK/// THIS WAS A INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE TO WITNESS THE GAPS BEIN BRIDGED IN THE STATE AND YOU CAN REALLY FEEL THE FUNK CAN SOLVE ALL THINGS...PLEASE BELIEVE THIS IS SERIOUS BUISNESS......WE GOT A CHANCE TO SIT DOWN WITH TEEKO AND ASK A COUPLE QUESTIONS TO SEE WHAT THE BROTHA HAS INSTORE WITH HIS PROJECTS THE 4ONEFUNKBAND....AND F.A.M.E.... IN THE FUTURE......

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR SOUND?
TEEKO: SOOPERGROOVALISTICALFUNKALATAPUS....

WHAT PROJECTS ARE YOU WORKIN ON RIGHT NOW?
RIGHT NOW WE GOT THE 4ONEFUNKBAND (MAX KANE...COLIN BROWN....P DUB)

THE 4ONEFUNK BAND IS NOT YOUR TRADITIONAL LINE UP WITH THERE BEING 2 TURNTABLIST 1 KEYBOARDIST AND A DRUMMER HOW DO THE PEOPLE REACT TO THE MUSIC WHEN YOU PLAY OUT LIVE?

IT'S DIFFERENT FOR THE LISTENER BUT ITS DOPE BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THEM THINKING AND TRYIN TO FIND OUT WHERE EXACTLY ALL THE SOUNDS ARE COMIN FROM.. BUT THE WHOLETIME THERE'S STILL A GROOVE THAT ALLOWS THE CROWD TO FEEL THE VIBE...

NOW WE SEE THAT YOU'RE ROCKIN THE NEW VESTAX///CONTROLLER ONE/// WERE YOU ON OF THE KATS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONCEPT OF THIS NEW TURNTABLE?
YEAH I WAS PART OF THE TEAM TO HELP BRING THE CONCEPT..BUT ALSO...D-STYLES...MIKE BOO...AND RICCI RUCKER AKA THE RUCKAZOID.... WERE ALL RESPONSIBLE TO HELP IN FINE TUNING AND STAYIN UP WITH VESTAX TO MAKE SURE THAT IT ALL BECAME REAL...

YOU ALSO MENTIONED F.A.M.E.... WHAT'S THE CONCEPT OF THAT PROJECT?
THAT'S BASICALLY THE PRODUCTION SQUAD CONSISTING OF MR. MALAGUTI...COLIN BROWN..MAX KANE AND MYSELF

YOU GUYS WORKIN ON AN ALBUM?
SOON COME.......

ARE THERE ANY OTHER PROJECTS YOU GOT COMIN THAT YOU WANT TO LET THE PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT?
YEAH WE GOT THE LIVE @ BRUNO'S ALBUM...FEATURING THE JAZZ MAFIA W/ MIKE BOO AND TEEKO....RECORDED OVER 2 NIGHTS LIVE NO OVERDUBS (RAW SHIT!!!!)

JAPANESE RELEASE WITH KENNY BROOKS.......
2ND SOLO ALBUM FROM TEEKO (CHECK THE 1ST///MY SOUND STATION///)
AND THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED DEBUT ALBUM FROM///THE 4ONEFUNKBAND///

WELL THERE IT IS JUST A LITTLE MORE INFO ON THE BROTHA AND WHAT HE' GOT COMIN UP...STAY UP WITH THE WHOLE SQUAD, IF YOU'RE EVER IN THE BAY AREA MAKE SURE YOU CHECK THESE KATS OUT IF YOU GET THE CHANCE ...ALSO DONT FORGET TO HIT EM UP @
MYSPACE.COM/4ONEFUNK
4ONEFUNK.COM

:::::CHECK OUT THE FREE DOWNLOADS THAT TEEKO LACED US WITH::::::.YEEEEE!!!!!!!!!

Masked Mombler - Teeko Feat. Kenny Brooks
The Sun Also Rises - Teeko
Light UP The Darkness - Teeko

THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE......

2008-11-13T13:48:00.000-08:00

THE HEATH BROS. "SMILIN BILLY SUITE"

THEN YOU FLIP IT.....

NAS "ONE LOVE"

LOADING UP 4 THE DOWN BEAT!!!

2008-11-10T14:32:00.000-08:00

JUST TO LET IT BE KNOWN...THE GOAL HERE IS TO BRING LIKE MINDED KATS TOGETHER AND BUILD A VIBE THAT'S NOT ON SOME FAKENESS...SO WITH THAT BEING SAID WE HAVE AN EVENT COMIN SATURDAY NOV. 29TH... THE DOWN BEAT LA!!!!!! TRYIN TO BRING TOGETHER SOME OF LA'S DOPEST BEATMAKERS( PROH MIC..DIBIASE...P.U.D.G.E....SNOWMAN) TO CREATE A NIGHT OF GOOD VIBES AND ORIGINAL MUSIC SO WE WENT TO ONE OF OUR FAVORITE SHOPS///RECORD SURPLUS///AND WE GAVE EACH KAT 5 DOLLARS AND WITH THIS MONEY HE'LL GET THE///WAX///TAPE///VCR///DVD/// WHATEVER THEY WANT TO GRAB FROM THAT WAS UP IN THE BELOVED DOLLAR SECTION @ THE SURPLUS...THIS WAS A GOOD TIME IT WAS COOL TO GET ALL OF THEM TOGETHER JUST VIBIN AND CHECKIN OUT RECORDS AND TO SEE EACH KAT CATCH A VIBE(YOU COULD ALREADY SEE THE WHEELS TURNIN!!!)...THE SET UP FOR THE NITE IS WE HAVE 3 ROUNDS

1ST ROUND: 3 ORIGINAL BEATS
2ND ROUND: 2 BEATS FROM THE RECORDS FROM THE DIG
3RD ROUND : EACH KAT GETS THE SAME TRACK AND WE GET TO SEE HOW EACH ONE FLIPS THE JOINT

AFTER DIGGIN THRU THE RACKS...THESE KATS WAS GRABBIN TAPES...LP'S..45'S...IT WAS DOPE... THEN EACH BROTHA HIT UP THE LISTENING STATIONS TO CHECK OUT SOME OF THE TREATS....

THANK YOU TO RECORD SURPLUS IT ONE OF THE DOPEST SHOPS IN L.A. 4SHO THE STAFF OVER THERE ALWAYS SHOW US LOVE..AND THEY ALWAYS GOT GOOD RECORDS...(ON THE FLOOR OR UP IN THE DOLLAR SECTION)...WHICH HAPPENS TO BE MY FAVORITE SECTION...

BIGGUP T THE PRODUCERS(PROH MIC//DIBIASE//SNOWMAN//PUDGE) FOR COMIN THRU AND REALLY BEIN APART OF THE EVENT THAT JUST MAKES IT ALL STRONGER WHEN WE ALL COME TOGETHER AND GET DOWN 4 THE REAL.... THIS EVENT IS FOR THE PEOPLE SO PLEASE COME OUT AND SUPPORT...THE DOWNBEAT LA....SAT NOV 29TH @ REHAB PROJECTS...2324 COTNER AVE LOS ANGELES...CA

THE FINAL CHAPTER!!!!

2008-11-05T12:13:00.000-08:00

YES YA'LL AS PROMISED HERE IS THE PODCAST... THIS ONE... LIKE WE SAID IS STRICTLY THE WAX THAT WE GOT IN THE CITY... WE HOPE YOU ENJOY......PEACE....

THANK YOU S.F. PART 3

2008-11-04T16:24:00.000-08:00

NOW THIS WAS THE FINAL STOP OF THE DAY...(AMOEBA SF)... WE DID TAKE A BREAK FROM DIIGIN TO GRAB SOME FOOD WITH SOME OF THE FOLKS BIGGUP TO (COLIN...GERM...TEEKO...BILLY BONES).. FOR THE 2ND ANNUAL 4ONEFUNKTION LUNCHEON....GOOD TIMES 4SHO. BUT AFTER THE BOMB MEAL AND A MUCH NEEDED SMOKE BREAK, WE GOT BACK TO BIZNESS AND CHECKED OUT THE SPOT... NOW I KNOW TO THE REAL HEADS I DON'T HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING, BUT IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN THIS SHIT IS LIKE WAL-MART FOR RECORDS....CRAZY!!!!!

HERE'S SOME OF THE RECORDS WE GOT FROM THAT SPOT... SALUTE TO THE HOMIE IVAN IT'S BEEN A WHILE AND IT WAS GOOD TO CATCH UP WITH AN OLD FRIEND... 1NCE AGAIN NOT GONE LET YOU SEE EVERYTHING WE GOT... YOU KNOW YOU GOT TO KEEP SOME TRICKS UP THE SLEEVE...

THERE IT IS YA'LL JUST A LITTLE BIT OF INSIGHT ON HOW WE GET DOWN HERE @ THE COALITION...AS YOU SHOULD KNOW WE HOPE TO KEEP BRINGIN YOU REAL SPOTS FROM EVERYWHERE(WORLDWIDE)...WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS SERIES WE GOT MORE IN STORE 4SHO SO STAY UP WITH US... AND MAKE SURE YOU STAY TUNED FOR THE PODCAST COMIN WITH ALL THE RECORDS WE GOT FROM THIS TRIP... THIS WAS A FUN TRIP INDEED GOT TO SEE ALOT OF GOOD FRIENDS AND GOT TO ENJOY 2 DOPE CITIES(DIDNT GET A CHANCE TO HIT OAKTOWN THIS ROUND)...BUT WE WILL BE BACK SOON... UNTIL THEN...THANK YOU S.F.

THANK YOU S.F. PART 2

2008-11-03T16:04:00.000-08:00

HERE WE GO YA'LL...SO THE NEXT SPOT WE HIT UP WAS GROOVE MERCHANT NOW THIS SHOP IS NO SECRET TO THE REAL HEADS WHO COME TO TOWN TRYIN TO FIND THAT HEAVY RARE JOINT THAT YOU'VE BEEN LOOKIN FOR OR JUST COMIN UP SOME 45 HEAT THIS SHOP HAS A GOOD SELECTION KINDA SMALL BUT THAT MAKES IT EASIER TO FIND THE HEAT....HERE'S SOME FLICKS OF THE SPOT AND SOME PHOTOS OF THE RECORDS... I COPPED SOME JOINTS THAT I AINT GONE SLAP UP HERE JUST TO SURPRISE SOME FOLKS WITH SOME TREATS,,,,,

AND THIS 4 YA'LL WHO AINT KNOWIN IS A COLLECTION OF RARE PROMO RECORDS THAT WERE STRICTLY FOR RADIO DJ'S ONE FOR EACH MONTH THAT'S WHY THERE TWELVE OF THEM...AND ONE OF THESE ALONE IS HELLA HARD TO FIND OF COURSE THE HOMIE CHRIS AT THE MERCHANT HAS ALL OF THEM.... THIS STORE IS SERIOUS....GOTTA FALL THRU HERE WHEN YOU'RE IN TOWN...

HERE'S A SHOT OF THE HOMIE (OWNER)...COOL CHRIS THE NAME SAYS IT ALL THE KAT KNOWS HIS SHIT...AND THE REST OF THE STAFF AINT NO JOKE EITHER...STOP IN THURS. AND HOLLA DJ BCAUSE (4ONEFUNK)...BIGGUP TO ALL THE FOLKS AT GROOVE MERCHANT WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE TREATS...THIS IS ONE THOSE SHOPS THAT YOU FEEL BETTER AFTER YOU LEAVE LIKE YOU JUST CAME FROM CHURCH....IN OTHER WORDS...CLOSER TO THE REAL!!!!!!
HERE'S SOME THE RECORDS WE GOT FROM THE SPOT....DONT FORGET PODCAST COMIN WITH ALL THE JOINTS FROM THE DIG..
GOTTA HIT YA'LL WITH FLICKS FROM 1 MORE SPOT (AMOEBA SF)... AND THEN WE'LL BLESS YOU WITH THE SOUNDS...

AND THERE IT IS YA'LL STAY TUNED FOR PART 3.. WHICH WILL BE LAST INSTALLMENT FOR THIS SERIES...AND INCE AGAIN WE WANT TO THANK THE HOMIES @ GROOVE MERCHANT........

THANK YOU S.F. PART 1

2008-10-31T17:35:00.000-07:00

THIS WAS A DOPE TRIP 4SHO.. GOT THE CHANCE TO HIT UP SOME COOL SHOPS AND MEET SOME EVEN COOLER OWNERS.... THE RECORDS WERE CRAZY EVERY PLACE THAT WE HIT HAD GOOD RECORDS... WE EVEN HIT SOME OF THE SPOTS THE NEXT DAY...AFTER THE SHOWS.... THIS IS IS JUST A PEEK INTO SOME OF THE SPOTS AND SCENES FROM SAN FRANCISCO.... RECORD SHOPS (ROOKY RICARDO'S...GROOVE MERCHANT....AND AMOEBA SF)
DAY 1:
THE FIRST PLACE WE HIT UP WAS ROOKY "RICARDO'S" RECORDS THIS SHOP ALWAYS HAS GOOD FUNK AND SOUL EVEN THE JAZZ SECTION IS BANGIN..WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GO IN THE DAY HE JUST GOT A COLLECTION OF OVER 70,000 45'S IN GOOD CONDITION... THIS WAS NUTS RECORDS EVERYWHERE IT WAS A LITTLE OVERWHELMING AT FIRST BUT WE CAME OUT WITH SOME DOPE CHOICES AND A COUPLE WERE SUGGESTIONS FROM///RICKY/// HIMSELF...WHEN YOU GET TO SF HIT UP ROOKY'S 4SHO...LOWER HAIGHT (FILLMORE&HAIGHT)
HERE'S SOME OF THE JOINTS WE COPPED THAT DAY!!!!

HERE'S A LOOK AT SOME OF THE JOINTS WE COPPED THAT DAY!!!!

tHIS IS A PIC OF THE MAN HIMSELF "RICKY" WE HERE AT THE COALITION WOULD LIKE TO THANK HIM FOR ALL HIS HELP... HAVIN A GREAT STORE...AND FOR KEEPIN VINYL ALIVE!!!!

STAY TUNED FOR PART 2...wE'LL HAVE MORE FLICKS FROM ANOTHER DOPE SPOT ALSO GOT THE PODCAST COMIN EARLY NEXT WEEK STRICTLY WITH ALL THE WAX COPPED ON THE TRIP......

CLASSICNESS ON ALL LEVELS!!!!!!

2008-10-22T18:52:00.000-07:00

JUST TRYIN TO KEEP GIVIN YOU THAT GOOD....INFO......YA DIG....THIS MESSAGE WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE COALITION......

MORE DOWNLOADS COMIN AT YOU THIS....STAY TUNED......

THANK YOU RECORD SURPLUS!!!!!

2008-10-21T18:23:00.000-07:00

ONE OF THE DOPEST SPOTS IN LOS ANGELES TO GET THAT GOODNESS...AT THE RIGHT PRICE....REAL TALK THE DOLLAR SECTION IS THE SHIT.... THE WHOLE STAFF IS HELLA COOL AND HELPFUL.. THEY ALWAYS HIT YOU WITH THAT JOINT YOU DIDNT EVEN KNOW YOU WAS LOOKIN FOR.... BIGGUP TO MIKE JR.. AND THE REST OF THE FAM OVER AT THE SHOP.... THEIR ANNUAL BLOWOUT SALE IS COMIN SOON SO IF YOU'RE IN THE AREA YOU SHOULD CHECK EM OUT.....

YOU GOT TO SEE THIS!!!!!!!!

2008-10-21T15:36:00.000-07:00

DOIN IT TO DEATH...AUTOGRAPHED BY ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE BAND... WTF!!!!!!

SALUTE TO THE ORIGINAL OHIO PLAYA!!!!!

2008-10-21T15:31:00.000-07:00

WE HERE AT THE COALITION WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO PAY OUR RESPECTS TO THE MOORE FAMILY...THE MAN WAS A TRUE LEGEND WHO WAS NOT AFRAID TO EXPRESS HIMSELF TO THE FULLEST...THANK YOU FOR ALL THE INSPIRATION YOU WILL MOST DEFINTELY NEVER BE FORGOTTEN....

California Soul

2008-10-18T12:58:00.001-07:00

IN THE SPIRIT OF THE NEW "HEADPHONE HEROES" EP RELEASE WE PRESENT TO YOU SOME GOOD OL CALI SOUL... A CALIFORNIA CLASSIC THAT RIDES THROUGH THE AGES. BE SURE TO CHECK FOR THE EP ON iTUNES.

CaliSoul - Alex Lee

California Soul - Gerald Wilson Orchestra

PICKS FROM THE COALITION...

2008-10-17T19:29:00.000-07:00

TOLD YOU WE GONE COME WITH THAT HEAT...THIS TIME WE JUST WANTED TO SHARE A PIECE OF WAX FROM EACH MEMBER JUST TO GIVE YOU A VIBE OF WHERE WE TRYIN TO COME WITH IT...NO STYLE IS OUT OF BOUNDS WE SEARCH FOR GOOD MUSIC...FIRST AND FOREMOST...PLEASE BELIEVE!!!!!

BIGGUP TO///REEMYCKS///GROWEYEZ///BEAZY///& J1/// FOR BLESSIN US WITH THESE SELECTIONS WE GOT THE DOWNLOADS COMIN AT YOU...DONT TRIP...WE R THE COALITION.....

Hollywood Hot - Eleventh Hour

Sunny - Jose Feliciano

JOY - Isaac Hayes

Erotic City - Prince

WE CANOT KEEP HAVIN THIS!!!!

2008-10-17T17:45:00.000-07:00

DONT WORRY THE REAL KIDS IS GONE KEEP IT MOVIN....

GETTIN DOWN 2 BIZNESS...........

2008-10-16T15:57:00.000-07:00

WE HERE AT THE COALITION TAKE NO SHORT CUTS INTO GETTIN DOWN TO THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE...AND MAKIN SURE WE CAN HIT YOU OFF WITH THE REAL... THERE'S NO TELLIN WHERE WE'LL END UP....::::PHOTO EVIDENCE:::::::

STAY TUNED WITH US 2MORO....WE WILL EXPOSE SOME OF THE JOINTS THAT WE FOUND AND PUT THEM UP FOR YOU FOR :::FREE DOWNLOAD:::: (LUCKY!!!!)

We've Only Just Begun!!!!

2008-10-16T13:43:00.000-07:00

Thats right we are here now....This blog is strictly dedicated to the kats who have a love of good music of all kinds(FUNK...JAZZ...LATIN...SOUL...REGGAE...HIP HOP)...And through this we hope to expose you the reader to what you're in search of...///THE REALNESS////... Well dont trip we got you.. Stay tuned with us every week as we bring to you free downloads.....international record spots.....articles.....photos....and more insight on the music and the artists who create it.. We hope you enjoy and always know that our goal of this is to play our part in////KEEPIN THE FUNK ALIVE!!!!/////