Tonight you can catch me at the Amble Gallery in Old City, Philadelphia for the THESE COLOURS DON’T RUN art show.

My man DJ Phsh (Tu Phace, Dice Raw, The Gathering) will be rocking alongside me for this one. You know we do so don’t sleep.

Immediately following, I’ll be heading over to the Walnut Room at 17th & Walnut to play for the rest of the night.

If you have a membership, I want to see you in the spot.

On another note, check this guy out…

He’s tooooo much.

Tonight is the September edition of ill! Makaniks at The Barbary.

The drink specials are on as always and we will be recording tonight’s session for a future release. Come get down with us, if you’re in the area.

ill! makaniks
DJ Skipmode & DJ Statik
Thurs. Sep 11th
@ The Barbary
(951 Frankford Ave. & Delaware Ave)
9pm-2am
FREE COVER

Rest in Peace to DJ Primo from Brazil who’s untimely passing shocked a bunch of around the world this week.

Also, check out this video for some refreshing hip hop.

Indianapolis was a stone groove.
Was nice to touch down there again. It’s been years.
Peace to Metrognome, Alpha, and the gang out there who showed us mad love.

Once again big up to DC. My folks always treat me so great down there. Much to love to Kat, Evelyn, Posey, Stylus, and Jamil. Famalam foreal.
Also, one love to Mike Stewart from Philly who won the Tag Records MC Competition. He is nice with the freestyle. And to all my cats in both DC and Philly who didn’t participate because you’re above battling, don’t respect Jermaine Dupri, don’t understand how a bodyspray company can have a record label, etc.: Just know that your concerns made you miss out on a fairly easy $5000 check.
Crazy shout out to Tamir for the invite to Chocolate City. Hope you enjoy them CDs fam.

Speaking of DC, I haven’t watched BET in God knows when. The reason is because there is nothing being aired that appeals to my demographic. That is, intelligent black people who want to be educated while being entertained. For us, I recently heard that Percy Miller (yes, Master P) is getting his Bill Cosby on and developing programming that is aimed at a discerning audience of color. The network, BBTV, will feature health and fitness; animation; financial planning; reality TV; sitcoms; dramas; movies; “responsible” hip-hop music and videos; politics; sports and entertainment news; educational children’s shows; and teen and family programming. BBTV’s advisory board’s members include Denzel Washington, Derek Anderson, DJ Kool Herc, and Will Smith among others.
I will surely start watching TV again once this launches. Big up to Percy and hook a brotha up with a job, my mellow!

READ MORE HERE!

Yoooo,

This weekend was a doozie. Working double shifts everyday from Thursday to Sunday for Tag Records then playing the after party for the Neighborhood 2 Neighborhood Chaka Khan performance. Oh yeah, I apologize to any readers who were looking forward to seeing me perform with Hezekiah. Since their entire production was running over 3 hours behind, they decided to cut our set as well as Bilal’s and a few others to accommodate Chaka on time. It was wack to have us waiting all day in the sun listening to openers and then not even allow us to get on stage but hey “that’s the way the cookie crumbles” (c) Bruce Almighty.

The jam session at LeRoy’s made me feel like I was in 1998 Philly. Big up to all the folks to came through to bless the mic including Jaguar Wright, Black Ice, Chinah Blac, and Hezekiah.

Today, I kept running around to tie up loose ends before leaving tomorrow early for Indianapolis. To any folks in the area, come on out and check us. We don’t come to that particular market frequently so I’m looking forward to it.

Tonight, I ate a fish platter and read that the Million DJ March in DC was a bust. Not surprised.

Then exchanged video links with some friends. This one is an oldie but goodie.