Beat Swap Meet #16 was it? I lost count awhile ago. During the lead-in and the weekend I was regretting a little bit staying at home, because LA had, in succession, Erykah Badu on Thurs, Spinna and J Rocc All 90s Party on Fri and then Madlib’s Medicine Show on Sat. I didn’t go to [...]

           
And listen to those breaks gettin slapped by the Djs.

The Freestyle Sessions 14th Year jam was a perfect ending to the last (kind of, I’m done anyway) weekend of summer. At the the end of BBoy Week, after a week of different battles and jams all week long in Los [...]

I went and checked out the LA-area stops of Cut Chemist's ”Tunnel Vision” tour this week. For shows on a  Tuesday and Wednesday night, the turnouts were nice and the performances were on point. 
Cut, Mr. Lif, Paton Locke, Edan, Myka9, Hymnal, Deantoni Parks, Blackbird, Chali Tuna all came and repped. It was cool, and Cut made the point a [...]

Spent the evening last night at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery where Cinespia was screening Monterey Pop, which is a film from 1968 about the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. I had already seen this film, but something I learned last night that it was this film that really launched Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and the [...]

Long Beach Funk Festival 2010  Funkin' good times Saturday, August 7th for the 2nd Annual Long Beach Funk Festival.  And free to zoot. I mean, boot.  Perfect weather, perfect crowd, great music and great art. Before the show, I thought I was most excited to see Jimmy Castor And The Bunch, just because of the [...]

Lucent L'Amour At The Shrine Los Angeles This event was promoted and toted as a "Visionary Love Fest", held Saturday the 13th, going to 4am on Valentines Day.  I was drawn to this event and felt like I had to go due to the incredible lineup of artists who were showing and doing live painting [...]

"From Percee P's surprise acapella performance.. to Alchemist strolling through so nonchalantly.. to Ras G telling me he really came up on some good records.. to Gaslamp Killer never missing a Beat Swap Meet.. we are very thankful for Los Angeles." -Beat Swap Meet
The Beat Swap Meet, where Socal's vinyl fiends, beat heads and loop [...]

Paulskeee, Master Culture & J.U.i.C.E. Present…Mighty 4 Humboldt
 
Workshops/Performances/1v1Battles $500
Hosted by Vietnam
Judges – Lil Rock – Nabiky – Bboy Yuri – BBoy Rexecution
DJs – Abel – Lu-Man – Kenzo – Jus Jones – Casey Macem – Mighty J-Sonic
Performances by BP&Odds, L Scatterbrain, Franco
Live art by Kufu

$7 w/ canned food. Kids under 12 free.
All canned good will [...]

Felicia Khong Presents: "For The Love Of Music", her new line of paintings.
Felicia is an amazing painter, a graphic designer, a singer, a dancer, a pianist, a drummer, a photographer and videographer. She is a member of the 4-sister girl-group Jazmin, which recently gained nation-wide exposure appearing on MTV’s Top Pop Group as one of [...]

Mystik Journeymen, Scienz Of Life, Skeme Team, Masterminds, Strict Flow, Turntable Anihilists – S.O.B.'s 2000
It's really a damn shame we didn't take more pics from this show, as it was a collective of a ton of heads we used to listen to during that time.  If I remember correctly, this was the Mystik Journeymen's/Living Legends [...]