Writing by Sonny James on Monday, 26 of October , 2009 at 8:03 pm
This weekend was a load of fun. Friday night I went to Soulville at Elena’s in West Philly to hear the 84 crew and DJ Cash Money killing the all 45 set. Always good to hang with famalam. Afterwards, I went to Fluid to celebrate my man Oronde’s birthday. Anyone who is a regular at Fluid knows Oronde pretty well. We’ve been friends for about 10 years now and it was great to come hang on the homie’s birthday.
Saturday night I rocked the house at the Walnut Room as per usual. Big up to all who came through including my friends Bunmi, Scipher, DJ Phsh, Scanz, and even Bill Bellamy who stayed the entire night kicking it with everyone who wanted to share some jokes and take some photos with him and his crew.
Sunday night we did the Atypical Noise Makers event at the Painted Bride which was mostly friends and family. Mad fun to do something different in Philly. Hezekiah, Ryat, and I each did short performances and shared our creative process with the audience. Here’s a short clip of some of my video set courtesy of the Freekugly Lifestyle Group.
Expect some more video DJ sets from me real soon!
I recently mentioned that the SUPERDOPE! party moved to Raven Lounge. Here’s a quick video promo that leaked on the net recently. Big up to the homies, carrying the torch and providing something new for Philly. And check out the launch of their new site today! SUPERDOPESITE.COM
This week you can catch me at Z-Bar on Thursday and Walnut Room on both Friday & Saturday for the Halloween Activities. Boo!
Writing by Sonny James on Wednesday, 7 of October , 2009 at 11:49 am
Tonight you all can join me at Vango at 116 South 18th St. I’ll be holding it down for DJ Aktive while he’s out doing the tour thing with Mario. Get money bro.
This Friday, I’ll be DJing along with the young homie in training, DJ Phsh and TuPhace for the Philadelphia Fashion Week Fall Show. If you were fortunate enough to get tickets, I’ll see you there. Get there early as I start the show off at 4pm with the students’ lines from Philadelphia University.
Speaking of DJ Phsh, SUPERDOPE has returned and is better than ever at the new venue. Thank you dudes for moving the party. I always enjoyed myself but always felt like something was crawling on me when it was happening at ONE. Such a wack venue.
Finally, peep the new video by The Roots below. It’s been a while since these cats released something new so I had to share it.
Writing by Sonny James on Monday, 24 of August , 2009 at 10:23 am
What a week! First off, one love to all the folks who came out to check Mr. Lif and I in Boston and Pittsburgh this past weekend. The shows were mad fun. Big up to all the folks who supported the merch, especially. For the first time, I brought out the official Mr. Sonny James T-Shirts and people were very supportive. Nice one. While I was away, my man, DJ Phillee Blunt held it diggy down at The Walnut Room. Thanks dude. Within the past few days, I’ve been to back and forth to NYC, DC, Philly, Boston, and Pittsburgh playing and enjoying events. Here are some pics.
Q-Tip & Tracy
With Hezekiah in NY
Flygirrl & Tracy
The Abstract
Flygirrl Has a Message
Fun With Tracy
Stinky
Rich Medina Rocks
Rich Medina
Get me Outta Here!
Huh!?!?
Rhonda & DJ Stylus
N’Dambi
DJ Phsh
Superdope!
Finally, for those of you that missed my appearance on the Afromentals Mixshow with DJ Jamad last week, here is the download of the full 2 hour show. Enjoy it and spread the knowledge.
Hour One
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Hour Two
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Writing by Sonny James on Monday, 27 of July , 2009 at 4:35 pm
Congratulations to the legendary DJ Jazzy Jeff for making it into this game. Usually people overlook his contributions outside of Philly but I’m glad to see this was not the case on DJ Hero. I cannot stop playing Guitar Hero with my kid and this game right here is sure to have me locked in front of the TV for plenty of sleepless nights. Oh boy… Check it out…
This past weekend was something else. The homie DJ Aktive and I had loads of fun at Bunmi’s birthday party at Fluid. It was out of hand at one point. Great food, cake, tequila, and plenty of women shakin it. What more could the Boom ask for? We may even have to do something on the regular. Very successful event. The following night at The Walnut Room was no different. It was great to see al the familar faces in the place and my mellow Fame One held me down on the mic as well. It was one of best nights I’ve had in a while. Let’s keep on keepin on. This week I’m in the studio working on mixes for this Illvibe Record and doing a guest mix for DJ Jamad’s Sirius show. Always a pleasure to do the thing with the homie Jamad. This Wednesday, I’ll be performing with Hezekiah & Amanda Diva at Silk City then heading over to guest DJ with my lil bro DJ Phsh at his insane weekly throwdown, SUPERDOPE. Be there.
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