Thanks to everyone that came out last Boys & Girls w/ Saul, myself, and Squid Vicious. What a great night! Someone did make off w/ our guitarra though (picture below)! If you or anyone you know has it, please return to El D this Sat...no questions asked. You will be rewarded w/ one of El D's famous Mule cocktails.
Now onto business! We have a special edition of Boys & Girls lined up for this Saturday! 12th Planet will be gracing us w/ his presence for his San Diego debut! Over the last few B&G events, I'm sure some of you noticed we've been mixing in some Dubstep tracks. This may be a new genre to some of you and to others not so much. Either way, 12th Planet is sure to cause dance floor havoc throughout the bar this Saturday w/ this sound. He's already been coined "America's First King of Dubstep," and has been touring relentlessly throughout North America. His production and DJ sets are setting the trend for this new sound, so make sure to come out and see him in this intimate of a venue before he completely blows up and you have to pay $20 and fight your way through a 700 person club.
Check out 12 Planet's profile ASAP. Plus, click play below to hear his remix of MSTRKRFT & John Legend's anthem of 2009 - Heartbreaker.
For guest list consideration please email asalter1@hotmail.com or El Dorado directly.
Hey friends, the time has come for me to share my own music with you! Tonight at Young Guns I present my own music project called Bubblegum Sci Fi. I'm very excited about this project because it will be the platform for which I will release original music and remixes on a larger scale. Although I will still be djing, I'm going to play some original music and remixes that I hope will someday define the San Diego sound. As some of you may know, I recently finished a remix of Passion Pit's "The Reeling' and its been blowing the roof of Young Guns in the past couple weeks. For those that havent heard it, you can check it out here. Special Thanks to Gabe Vega for edit the original video to fit the remix!!
First off, thanks to everyone that made it out to Boys & Girls a couple Saturdays back w/ French legend Alan Braxe! That was serious fun. Check out the video a few posts down to witness the mayhem. When I asked Alan if he had fun, he said Boys & Girls and his gig in LA (Discotheque) were 2 of the best shows on his tour, which included SF, NYC, and Chicago to name a few.
Transition: We have a pretty dangerous crew/night put together for this Saturday's edition of Boys & Girls at El D. Saul Q...the man needs no introduction. This Sat he'll be losing his B&G virginity as he and I battle it out on the decks. The Hi Ball Kids will be hosting and losing their B&G virginity as well. Just a forewarning, I don't know anyone that party's harder than these guys. Up and coming youngster Squid Vicious will be opening up w/ a solid selection of indie jams. And of course Norton, photographer/entertainment extraordinaire, will be doing what he does best: snapping shots, taking shots, drinking PBR, and getting loose. Note to self: You can't use "getting loose" in every post.
Segue: Get to El D early on Saturday and prepare for a nice hangover Sunday. Contact me, asalter1@hotmail.com, or El Dorado directly about guest list options.
Kin Folk, Hope everyone has had a good summer. Over here at GFS we're real ready for the fall. The changing of the seasons, the turn of the tides... Don't get me wrong, I love me some Wind N' Sea shore break just like the next guy. My general beef with summer though, is that it seems the season mandates even the most grown of folk dress like children. You know, short pants and flip flops... Now that fall has arrived a man might get the chance to wear some wool, perhaps even a bit of tweed. And it's definitely time to put some leather under our feet, isn't it? Man up, yeah? Don Draper says 'Yeah'.
So to follow up our Stones Throw Showcase summer series and celebrate the advent of a new season we've got some of our biggest and most exciting events of the year lined up for October, starting with this:
The staff here at the GFS offices have been working on procuring this particular event since the very day Grown Folk Shit started (almost an entire year, incase anybody's counting). Trust, it's a very special occasion, this exclusive Maseo dj set, not only for us here at GFS, but presumably for anybody out there who has any degree of appreciation for hip hop. I don't imagine that a De La Soul primer is required here, being that they are among the most widely recognized groups within the genre world wide, along side A Tribe Called Quest, Gang Starr and perhaps a few others. I am, however, going to use this space to put forth a concept and personal belief, to which everyone is welcome to respond (via comments): - De La Soul, has more truly great albums (beginning-to-end-Illmatic great, not In My Lifetime Vol. 1-I-love-3/4's-of-the-record-but-could-do-without-the-Blackstreet-cameos great) at a total of four ('3 Feet High And Rising', 'De La Soul Is Dead', 'Buhloone Mindstate' and 'Stakes Is High'), than any other hip hop group in history (excepting Boogie Down Productions, with a total of five - 'Criminal Minded', 'By All Means Necessary', 'Ghetto Music: The Blueprint Of Hip Hop', 'Edutainment' and 'Sex & Violence' - perhaps six, should you want to consider 'Live Hardcore Worldwide', the live album... An anomaly of a catalog which, surprisingly, if any artist in hip hop is ever going to contend with, it's going to be Ghostface). It's a concept which provides evidence enough to argue that De La Soul is perhaps the greatest hip hop group of all time. Relative to one's perspective, four great albums may not seem like a tremendous benchmark. Compared to artists like The Beatles or The Rolling Stones, each with over ten beginning-to-end great albums in their catalogs, a single digit number such as four may seem unaccomplished. But let's be sure our perspective is adjusted properly to compensate for the field in which De La is working... The greatest of hip hop groups all plateau, at least within their recording careers, at three studio albums. Insert your favorite hip hop group here and apply... Eric B & Rakim - 3. Public Enemy - 3. Run D.M.C. - 3. A Tribe Called Quest - 3. Gang Starr - 3. Jungle Bros -2.5, maybe 3. M.O.P. - 2.5. The Beatnuts - 2 full lengths and an E.P. Pete Rock & C.L. - 2. The closest contender would have to be EPMD with flexible total of somewhere between 2.5 - 3.5 ('Strictly Business' and 'Unfinished Business' are both beginning-to-end triumphs... Most everybody seems to love one of either 'Business As Usual' or 'Business Never Personal' and have mixed feelings for the other). The De La four album benchmark stands up even in the realm of solo artists: Slick Rick - 3. Kool G Rap - 2. Jay-Z - 1 and the aforementioned 3/4. Big Daddy Kane - 1. Biggie - 1. Nas - 1. One approaching competitor here would be, as previously mentioned, Ghostface with a debatable 3.75 ('Ironman', 'Supreme Clientele', 'The Pretty Toney Album' and 'Fishscale' all seems pretty perfect to me, but the middle two often provoke dissenting views, to say the least). As of press time, however, it appears that Ghostdini has taken a sharp left turn to become the (singing) 'Wizard Of Poetry', perhaps clouding his future... Anyhow, point being... Pos, Dave and your dude Mase are one of the greatest of all time, if not the very best. For nobody's sake but your own, please don't miss this shit.
Something we've yet to even mention, Maseo is a bona fide, no joke, official disc joc and record collector. Money is nice on the mic too. According to his bio, Mase made his debut as a dj at age 12. Snap! Here's a recent (Aug 09) live set of his in two parts: Part 1 is classic hip hop. Part 2 is funk, soul and breaks.
While you're at it, enjoy this...
...and this: Earlier this year dj & producer J Period released this pretty incredible Native Tongues dedication program for his True Elements show on Scion Radio. The show is filled with mad entertaining interviews with various Native Tongues members. Below is a link to a portion of that program with Dave and Pos of De La Soul discussing how they first were introduced to hip hop and how they connected with Maseo and Prince Paul to form De La - The origins of De La Soul interview with J Period on Scion Radio
Again, for your sake, we would like to recommend that you catch a ticket for this Thursday's Grown Folk Shit party with Maseo NOW. Tickets are available right here and at the top of this very blog.
Really, y'all. the guy was a class act. Total pro - the following video is only a piece of the action, cuz dude set it off. Show him some love and buy his music. Better yet, sound off on his myspace and request that he returns to SD/ELDo -- hopefully, next time he'll be with 'friends'
Shake/stir first three ingredients (vodka, juice, bitters) with fresh ice in a mixing glass. Strain over more fresh ice in a hi-ball glass (or mason jar, like we use at eldo). Top with ginger beer and garnish with the mint sprig and lime wedge. Serve with a big smile!
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