DRUMMERS DELIGHT: "Pretty" Purdie & Kon

<span style="font-size:100%;">Oh sh*t! How about the "world's most recorded drummer" Bernard Purdie brought together with my homie, Kon (<a href="http://lichiban.blogspot.com/2008/05/my-homies-rule-too-kon-amir.html">previously featured here</a>) by Red Bull Music Academy for a night of musical experimentation? Here is a little background info on <a href="http://www.bernardpurdie.com/profile.htm">Bernard "Pretty" Purdie</a>...this man is a living legend! Sadly, the video is just a teaser.<br /></span><p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">"Which musician did Aretha Franklin definitely NOT want missing from the line-up when she recorded her most inspired albums at the beginning of the seventies? Who provided the back-beat for Steely Dan's "Aja", and for whom have Isaac Hayes, Donny Hathaway, B.B. King, "Sweet" Lou Donaldson, Joe Cocker and Hank Crawford reserved that stool behind the drum kit? The list is incomplete, it must be, because no other drummer in the last three decades has seen the interior of a recording studio as often as Bernard "Pretty" Purdie. The 57 year-old native of Elkton, Maryland has laid down the beat on over 3000 albums to date."</span></span></p> <object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/H4OmpC5LlWs&hl=en"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/H4OmpC5LlWs&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="344" width="425"></embed></object>

DRUMMERS DELIGHT: "Pretty" Purdie & Kon

Oh sh*t! How about the "world's most recorded drummer" Bernard Purdie brought together with my homie, Kon ( previously feature...

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THE PRICE OF STARDOM: Tattoo Hall of Fame

Imagine one day you'll reach the degree of notoriety that your face gets immortalized on someone's hairy body part. Ol' Dirty Bastard x foot fetishist [left]. Chewbacca [right] lands on a..hmmm....calf, I guess. I wanna see this monster calf with the hair grown back.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ARGD1DEwCFwoI6XEwpcuUil1M1eO3kr9S49IeP4MB_HkzYdDY4St4Ll-MOMmhOwVsS8P669zDPh483ow6D_7eu3ePvN0hra6t5nLmrtVhS1DTFNvG4fOPLX5x81thhmuzJmLXbBq-zI/s1600-h/tattoo-odb_l.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207170856943095970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ARGD1DEwCFwoI6XEwpcuUil1M1eO3kr9S49IeP4MB_HkzYdDY4St4Ll-MOMmhOwVsS8P669zDPh483ow6D_7eu3ePvN0hra6t5nLmrtVhS1DTFNvG4fOPLX5x81thhmuzJmLXbBq-zI/s400/tattoo-odb_l.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW14aNzGMTvjSXK7Je6hYdWA6w1y6mZpZ2flUJMTtDEk52fdhsxOnnra92WwXMpPnNQGXkeZUZMYJgHaUWUCQ-BkcPxn9plCFPIpOkqrzPFlatw-Ona7eJrmJSZlhdKvePuWVpglNrwis/s1600-h/tattoo-chewbacca_l.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207171902309753458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW14aNzGMTvjSXK7Je6hYdWA6w1y6mZpZ2flUJMTtDEk52fdhsxOnnra92WwXMpPnNQGXkeZUZMYJgHaUWUCQ-BkcPxn9plCFPIpOkqrzPFlatw-Ona7eJrmJSZlhdKvePuWVpglNrwis/s400/tattoo-chewbacca_l.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixwUzPw-9RfXZFmaslfPzsb2i2l67zK4CO8CgJjKK-IakYnETMce7XiMuEXenpfli9qH3hyphenhyphenPtywcXtuMed79eKKDq24PnDShT4auMEwwmTC45INJqLE5FAocOm2R5UHCtG6ENFPjvEImk/s1600-h/tattoo-swayze_l.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207186169359875538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixwUzPw-9RfXZFmaslfPzsb2i2l67zK4CO8CgJjKK-IakYnETMce7XiMuEXenpfli9qH3hyphenhyphenPtywcXtuMed79eKKDq24PnDShT4auMEwwmTC45INJqLE5FAocOm2R5UHCtG6ENFPjvEImk/s400/tattoo-swayze_l.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" /></a>No he didn't! This gotta be the winner: Swayze Chippendale Centaur with a double-helix rainbow!! Check the original SNL video that must have inspired this masterpiece...you can see where the artist got the idea of turning Swayze's lower haf into a centaur.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><object height="323" width="512"><param name="movie" value="http://d.yimg.com/static.video.yahoo.com/yep/YV_YEP.swf?ver=2.2.2"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="flashVars" value="id=2084391&vid=307603&lang=en-us&intl=us&thumbUrl=http%3A//us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/sch/cn/v/v0/w902/307603_400_300.jpeg&embed=1"><embed src="http://d.yimg.com/static.video.yahoo.com/yep/YV_YEP.swf?ver=2.2.2" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="id=2084391&vid=307603&lang=en-us&intl=us&thumbUrl=http%3A//us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/sch/cn/v/v0/w902/307603_400_300.jpeg&embed=1" height="323" width="512"></embed>Source: EM and Kon, thank you again for pointing this out.<br /></object>

THE PRICE OF STARDOM: Tattoo Hall of Fame

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GET INVOLVED: a FORUM on the Sean Bell case

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe7sBwJRukbT_T1y897qzAl62qI7xpM2VURnoRoCMS5ITq7HTUpWI4UzK75eOnX2Cch-t4QrpZ0oAgiuOt1TPMfZ3qqdddZP5ErxjZ1xDyq53GNNEFdyyTJYTrz3dI2g95juVUYTqb2DE/s1600-h/police%2520brutality%2520meeting%2520flyer%5B1%5D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206270373480032834" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe7sBwJRukbT_T1y897qzAl62qI7xpM2VURnoRoCMS5ITq7HTUpWI4UzK75eOnX2Cch-t4QrpZ0oAgiuOt1TPMfZ3qqdddZP5ErxjZ1xDyq53GNNEFdyyTJYTrz3dI2g95juVUYTqb2DE/s400/police%2520brutality%2520meeting%2520flyer%5B1%5D.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" /></a>Check out this special forum that Fort Greene Peace of Brooklyn has organized regarding the Sean Bell case and police conduct in general. FGP hopes the forum will explore ways to reduce police profiling and the police use of deadly force. <div><br />Also, if you would like to stay involved in issues ranging from military recruitment in high schools, the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, or interested in supporting refugees in Sudan, check out <a href="http://www.brooklynpeace.org/events/index.html">BROOKLYN FOR PEACE</a>, a network of Brooklyn residents — parents, neighbors, and educators — alarmed by the growing militarism of our society and its effect on our lives and our children's future. You can support one of BFP's projects by donating supplies to Sudanese refugees stranded in Chad:<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Collect Supplies for Darfurian Refugees in Chad<br /><br /></span>Brooklyn For Peace is sending desperately needed supplies to the refugee camps on the Chadian border through the Darfur People Association of New York. Over 200,000 refugees fleeing the genocidal violence in Darfur have crossed the border into Chad, where they are living in refugee camps with scarce resources.The camps are in need of <b>warm weather clothing, school supplies, and powdered milk</b>.<br /></div>

GET INVOLVED: a FORUM on the Sean Bell case

Check out this special forum that Fort Greene Peace of Brooklyn has organized regarding the Sean Bell case and police conduct in general. FG...

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iRECOMMEND: Escort, The Herbaliser & Dego of 4 Hero

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN1EyB3Q_F17tvUJpmrwRAdQkcAOxjUovfOon8p4j3Q8x7ZOSePGrTX417q8zpyuoJGybNPcjOj5vEBW3oylFPJqrOQqT24IupW5JH7qHGBwaZNrnQH2iv0YwSHqWdPLwCgUrMWTdeGKQ/s1600-h/gif.gif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206274283381029234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN1EyB3Q_F17tvUJpmrwRAdQkcAOxjUovfOon8p4j3Q8x7ZOSePGrTX417q8zpyuoJGybNPcjOj5vEBW3oylFPJqrOQqT24IupW5JH7qHGBwaZNrnQH2iv0YwSHqWdPLwCgUrMWTdeGKQ/s400/gif.gif" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 273px; height: 354px;" /></a>daymmm, how about some of London's best, The Herbaliser and Dego from 4Hero in the house....or to be precise, in the Brooklyn Masonic Temple!<br /><br />If you love the bouncey nu-jazz, broken beat, future soul and any of its offshoots or dig the cinematic hip-hop that has become the trademark of The Herbaliser, come check out what's the buzz is all about.<br /><br /><br /><br />Coincidentally, my friend Kon was showing me the brand new video of Brooklyn-based <a href="http://www.myspace.com/wearescort">ESCORT</a> right before the show, but I didn't connect the two until only after. It's hilarious! Video editor, Irvine Coffee did a dope job on this one.<br /><br /><br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qqRDct1IDI8&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qqRDct1IDI8&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object>

iRECOMMEND: Escort, The Herbaliser & Dego of 4 Hero

daymmm, how about some of London's best, The Herbaliser and Dego from 4Hero in the house....or to be precise, in the Brooklyn Masonic T...

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"WE ARE": Lichiban X Jelsen Jargon collab!!

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh947Pq2y10d7xXaBXwcZW7kyMgC7LbXyWMlJLhH3vNYY_o-ynPzRgrF95JEWTPUFFcSCC3yE6xoPVH9PKwdFRf7hT485X1H37TG5b8u6x_C1MEFWi8L-Uu6BBnaShMVckLZ0BkbJUroYM/s1600-h/web_flyer_limbo.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200812985058377762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh947Pq2y10d7xXaBXwcZW7kyMgC7LbXyWMlJLhH3vNYY_o-ynPzRgrF95JEWTPUFFcSCC3yE6xoPVH9PKwdFRf7hT485X1H37TG5b8u6x_C1MEFWi8L-Uu6BBnaShMVckLZ0BkbJUroYM/s400/web_flyer_limbo.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 414px; height: 337px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD0pFKrkpECFwYOlQKmPKgLU7mmNCxaPtQk_3CpcUX-aEiTpNL-QxNrGz8FbVhPj-PD7mnNYifZzzmXVydzPoinFj12qp_brQUhLsJKJMUa0OKoWyXngfzhy5p9pU6a0ioaWIpfGPSXuM/s1600-h/jelsen&liBK.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200693967219638242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD0pFKrkpECFwYOlQKmPKgLU7mmNCxaPtQk_3CpcUX-aEiTpNL-QxNrGz8FbVhPj-PD7mnNYifZzzmXVydzPoinFj12qp_brQUhLsJKJMUa0OKoWyXngfzhy5p9pU6a0ioaWIpfGPSXuM/s400/jelsen&liBK.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 330px;" /></a><br /><br />Here is the follow up on my collaboration with my buddy and fellow artist in crime, <a href="http://lichiban.blogspot.com/2008/03/my-homies-rule-too.html">Jelsen Jargon</a> for THE WORLD AT LARGE // LOVE WITHOUT BORDERS SHOW that our friends, <a href="http://www.tlmphilly.com/">The Love Movement</a> are curating in the <a href="http://www.limboarts.com/">Limbo Gallery</a> in San Diego. The show's proceed will benefit <a href="http://www.ihfonline.org/"><span style="font-style: italic;">The International Humanity Foundation</span></a>, a San Diego-based 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that provides free education and community leadership development, as well as operates orphanages and famine feeds, for the poorest of the world’s poor in Indonesia, Thailand and Kenya. I have been involved in several benefit shows in the past and am always ready to contribute my art to the CAUSE. Read more about the show <a href="http://lichiban.blogspot.com/2008/04/love-without-borders-art-show-in-san.html" style="font-style: italic;">here</a>.<br /><br />Jelsen is bad! Here is his brilliant typography he just drew off the top of his head. It reads WE ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE FUTURE. We worked hard on this for 4 nights in a row.<br /><a href="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/jelsenscr2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/jelsenscr2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" /></a><a href="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/jelsenscr.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/jelsenscr.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 322px; height: 213px;" /></a><br />step one...I did the portraits<br /><a href="http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/?action=view&current=lichibanxjelsengirl2.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/lichibanxjelsengirl2.jpg" style="width: 653px; height: 453px;" /></a><br />step done! <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">coloring was real fun...</span>.[photo: Stephanie Land]</span><br /><a href="http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/?action=view&current=lichibanxjelsenGirl.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/lichibanxjelsenGirl.jpg" style="width: 654px; height: 476px;" /></a><br />I picked Jelsen's childhood portrait<span style="font-size:85%;"> <span style="font-size:100%;">to draw. </span>[photo: Stephanie Land]</span><br /><a href="http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/?action=view&current=jelsenbaby.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/jelsenbaby.jpg" style="width: 654px; height: 488px;" /></a><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDGvxKBVTtTc3ibpBg9Q_mpl-lZSp-yga3drgNXaGNfpO00JNXG5W7pXFlpnQMwubJGuDnaBGIqWyhFiDHzakAoBHeuGsIEOEkJcJEghC-1mf6WWNqGYiPunS2sYrISg-jvgHoApOTeN8/s1600-h/jelsendrawing+copy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200695822645510130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDGvxKBVTtTc3ibpBg9Q_mpl-lZSp-yga3drgNXaGNfpO00JNXG5W7pXFlpnQMwubJGuDnaBGIqWyhFiDHzakAoBHeuGsIEOEkJcJEghC-1mf6WWNqGYiPunS2sYrISg-jvgHoApOTeN8/s400/jelsendrawing+copy.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" /></a>I wanted to see him communing with his childhood self. I love drawing kids and nothing boosts one's creativity more than getting reconnected with one's inner child...kids are constantly creating and their imagination is WITHOUT BORDERS. Imagine having rediscovering that kind of flow again!<br /><br />I love collaborations..I always learn something new from my colleagues and get the creative juices flowing even more abundantly. Thanks, Jelsen!<br /><br /><br />Check Jelsen's post about our collab on his <a href="http://courtesy-of.blogspot.com/2008/05/we-are.html">blog</a>.<br /><br />By the way, hit us up if you'd like to commission us (we can work with larger scale pieces too).<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>

"WE ARE": Lichiban X Jelsen Jargon collab!!

Here is the follow up on my collaboration with my buddy and fellow artist in crime, Jelsen Jargon for THE WORLD AT LARGE // LOVE WITHOUT B...

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iRECOMMEND: Golden Ladies & HAPPY FEET

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-IKNKjEQudqX8Az7Br-CCgU25xwjPhb1cP_CXTYaKkbZDVEH1EVVkAByG4wXiYAI_b-wvnjEgXLIIOnzQmUTbiVIgcAax23vANxdhSaYSaewzdju2v2-18-50eVYXnk-jyf6S0nHx6E/s1600-h/goldenladiesmay24.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202198386889244786" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-IKNKjEQudqX8Az7Br-CCgU25xwjPhb1cP_CXTYaKkbZDVEH1EVVkAByG4wXiYAI_b-wvnjEgXLIIOnzQmUTbiVIgcAax23vANxdhSaYSaewzdju2v2-18-50eVYXnk-jyf6S0nHx6E/s400/goldenladiesmay24.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyOF_wESsT8vfCTIDXQi9mXs4mPX8SRi28AXt08fyVTDuhTtbjqx50HJ1ZSlD3IwOvWMQLkGN69FmvV339M93dkTFvACavFfi5FcbV36Xfc24JAv0P4ySQjzithnAFJXbsddOqd98e8WU/s1600-h/Happy+Feet+08+flyer.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202198399774146690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyOF_wESsT8vfCTIDXQi9mXs4mPX8SRi28AXt08fyVTDuhTtbjqx50HJ1ZSlD3IwOvWMQLkGN69FmvV339M93dkTFvACavFfi5FcbV36Xfc24JAv0P4ySQjzithnAFJXbsddOqd98e8WU/s400/Happy+Feet+08+flyer.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" /></a>Check out the GOLDEN LADIES show featuring some of my beautiful friends, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/sarahwhitesol">Sarah White</a> (also my blog partner on <a href="http://wronglips.blogspot.com">WRONGLIPS</a>), Caitlin Meissner and Fly Lady Di bringing the Venus vibe on Saturday, May 24th.<br /><br />On the 25th, put on your favorite dancing shoes and get busy on the dancefloor. Tunes are provided by two of NYC's favorite deejays, Rich Medina and Bobbito Garcia, who are known to throw some of the best parties in the city.

iRECOMMEND: Golden Ladies & HAPPY FEET

Check out the GOLDEN LADIES show featuring some of my beautiful friends, Sarah White (also my blog partner on WRONGLIPS ), Caitlin Meissner...

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MY HOMIES RULE TOO: Kon & Amir

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8JIwScVggMsLoYMa9WeblCAID-ST4n6_fI3adSAoG6uZyM3wok3VbZmshBH4uTIHbKOt_eYwyefE8z1jByM8mDuYj4gWTGAmDNkP67Jks-F7ttUVexko22ab4Rwnjz9-6H7b6dKkLTK0/s1600-h/bigroyalcrown.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200343235895279538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8JIwScVggMsLoYMa9WeblCAID-ST4n6_fI3adSAoG6uZyM3wok3VbZmshBH4uTIHbKOt_eYwyefE8z1jByM8mDuYj4gWTGAmDNkP67Jks-F7ttUVexko22ab4Rwnjz9-6H7b6dKkLTK0/s400/bigroyalcrown.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" /></a>My crown couldn't be more appropriate for this feature, as these two friends of mine have been proclaimed Kings of Digging by London-based <a href="http://www.bbemusic.com/">BBE Records</a>, one of the most respected independent music labels out there. Though they always add the disclaimer 'it was BBE's title, we don't call ourselves Kings of anything', these homies definitely rule. If you need to know anything about rare disco, soul, boogie, jazz, or afrobeat records, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/konandamir">Kon & Amir</a> are two of the peoples you should turn to.<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />KON</span></span><br />crate digger, producer, flow expert, disco! jockey, serious night owl///////////////////////////////////////////////<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOAXxkS0dumxL7-7nA_j7gl2i8nCfNrEBb6qJ-hraOn0kpkC5EpynLZNV4oWSnfEhxtt4421M8mPJMSI-QSePs6AZdo-FfJfdSXhrnJXKVjveLmwKGvLty9sslxC0TCeAf526NFGphry8/s1600-h/konspinning.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201085560862851122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOAXxkS0dumxL7-7nA_j7gl2i8nCfNrEBb6qJ-hraOn0kpkC5EpynLZNV4oWSnfEhxtt4421M8mPJMSI-QSePs6AZdo-FfJfdSXhrnJXKVjveLmwKGvLty9sslxC0TCeAf526NFGphry8/s400/konspinning.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 344px; height: 352px;" /></a>WHAT DO YOU DO? - professional ass mover<br />TRUE BEAUTY IS… effortless<br />BEATS… to the rhyme a the rhyme i get paiiid<br />TRUE SEXY IS…making me harrrrrrd<br />MUSIC IS MY… religion<br />ART DOES NOT… cost anything to make yet... its so luxurious<br />MY NIGHTS ARE…my days<br />THESE 3 TURN ME ON…class, taste, drive<br />SELF-KNOWLEDGE …is the key to clear perspective<br />ENOUGH OF …jive ass turkeys running shit<br />MY CREATIVITY IS…free<br />TRUE POWER IS…letting go<br />LIFE CAN BE THE...best friend you never knew<br />TO LOVE IS TO…not hold back<br />I'VE GOT FLOW BECAUSE….im good to GO GO GO go go go goooooooooooo<br />THE WOMAN OF THE FUTURE…never grows old<br />WHERE CAN WE REACH YOU? 1 800 WAX JUNKY<br />WHAT'S NEW FOR 2008? all the old shit you never heard..whats new is old<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">AMIR</span></span><br />crate digger, music expert, DJ, Waxpoetics label manager///////////////////////////////////////////////////<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH0on9Sd8EuMXsRWp7wBkDaRjdtvbagVJU6N8JIdGMz7wtLG42jqvKm8qxgZ0VSsvHVv0f8HnwQscBwfhVBZ8WswHE_GmNziRm7PafkeZkH0UWwOvfjFEsPl_uci6ER2t3Q2uhGo299K8/s1600-h/amir4blog.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201091835810070594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH0on9Sd8EuMXsRWp7wBkDaRjdtvbagVJU6N8JIdGMz7wtLG42jqvKm8qxgZ0VSsvHVv0f8HnwQscBwfhVBZ8WswHE_GmNziRm7PafkeZkH0UWwOvfjFEsPl_uci6ER2t3Q2uhGo299K8/s400/amir4blog.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" /></a>WHAT DO YOU DO? when I first get up every morning is make some coffee for the caffeine addict in me!<br />TRUE BEAUTY IS…like climbing the Flatirons in Boulder, Colorado..truly beautiful and breath taking!<br />BEATS…dope beats give me goose bumps<br />TRUE SEXY IS…the confidence one has in oneself<br />MUSIC IS MY…stress reliever and escape from reality..hahaha<br />ART DOES NOT…have to be a Monet or Van Gogh, but true art is whatever the soul wants to express at any given moment!<br />MY NIGHTS ARE…are full of brainstorming of ways to make the Wax Poetics label pop and planning what Kon and I are going to do next!<br />THESE 3 TURN ME ON…a woman's beautiful smile, eyes, and hips!<br />SELF-KNOWLEDGE …is knowing that there is a higher power than all of us<br />ENOUGH OF …the medium tees and skinny girl jeans for men!!!!!<br />MY CREATIVITY IS…stems from the heartache and pains I have had in life as well the the blessed moments in my life.<br />TRUE POWER IS…knowing there is nothing to fear but GOD<br />LIFE CAN BE THE...cruelest joke sometimes<br />TO LOVE IS TO…experience heartache and pain as well ultimate in pleasure<br />I'VE GOT FLOW BECAUSE….I got it like that..hahaha<br />THE WOMAN OF THE FUTURE…is one that lets her inner beauty shine far and bright...oh yeah, and she can talk about any topic in life with confidence<br />WHERE CAN WE REACH YOU?amirontrack@gmail.com<br />WHAT'S NEW FOR 2008? Kon and I are planning to gig more together and I want the Wax Poetics label the most talked in 2009...oh yeah, would love to settle down as well...hahaha<br />+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvT3tqjKmbgaU8JsKj8H7maOwyn7S03uIPPPq5h8opJlcYvspy_PbhcXMK1bWA3XP7SCB6QIqMTK-CkSM2G4-BuL1FfOZIqj5M5_r-YfvLEcFu4BieScYypxbUg4MULFdF1DRh5Sxgl9c/s1600-h/ontrack6.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200683328585646018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvT3tqjKmbgaU8JsKj8H7maOwyn7S03uIPPPq5h8opJlcYvspy_PbhcXMK1bWA3XP7SCB6QIqMTK-CkSM2G4-BuL1FfOZIqj5M5_r-YfvLEcFu4BieScYypxbUg4MULFdF1DRh5Sxgl9c/s400/ontrack6.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" /></a> <span class="bodytext">The story of Kon & Amir began back in 1996 when the two met at Biscuithead Records, while digging through crates of obscure gems from the 70s. They discovered that not only did they have the same passion for music and collecting vinyl, but they also had a particular passion for breaks and beats, so the two decided to put a CD together; thus, the first ONTRACK mixtape was born. Amir was working at Fatbeats at the time, and people slowly started to get hooked on the Kon & Amir mixtapes. </span>The legendary J Dilla was one of the fans of the ON TRACK series.<br /><span class="bodytext"><br /></span>I've been listening to Kon & Amir's <span style="font-style: italic;">ON TRACK</span> series for years and been lucky to get educated in rare soul, disco and boogie grooves by my homie, Kon. I had ON TRACK 6 on heavy rotation for years...it is definitely one of the most treasured collections of rare breaks and beats.<br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3LvogBdOhbbWpZwQ3oVdaLRQZUStKfHzhU-y87ANSl7A7ralUvVTBAupp9iz6JfUAOO0E2ZeKUthiiwco-N0l6bmgraiU1b_fTlJdifwyKEhkqxGuSVEGMOShzBn3DAgbG496w_xFiK0/s1600-h/konmint.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201115874742026322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3LvogBdOhbbWpZwQ3oVdaLRQZUStKfHzhU-y87ANSl7A7ralUvVTBAupp9iz6JfUAOO0E2ZeKUthiiwco-N0l6bmgraiU1b_fTlJdifwyKEhkqxGuSVEGMOShzBn3DAgbG496w_xFiK0/s400/konmint.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" /></a>"Since first putting it down together in 1997, the duo has released a total of ten albums; six <span style="font-style: italic;">On Track</span> installments of critical acclaim, another album called <span style="font-style: italic;">The Cleaning</span>, an album appropriately titled, The <span style="font-style: italic;">Kings of Diggin</span>’ along with DJ Muro from Japan, and most recently, the first and second part of the Off Track series on BBE Records. Some of the most respected names in the game, including Shady Records, Diamond D, Dr. Dre, Capitol Records, Pete Rock, and Lord Finesse have sought their record knowledge and digging services.</p><p><br /></p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgROd2j5uK-54YWUzMHt-sHmz5QIfzztdqoYrFrBBgDcp5oExqtx0V1MgocYcou8DL-DEaBqwfy7iZIy_NGBbtWlFL33fu-B51_DR61nM3_jDb0sOh-i_Z8nSd3hyvs8VztfFmMYwQkm94/s1600-h/firekonandamirwebcd9.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201116016475947106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgROd2j5uK-54YWUzMHt-sHmz5QIfzztdqoYrFrBBgDcp5oExqtx0V1MgocYcou8DL-DEaBqwfy7iZIy_NGBbtWlFL33fu-B51_DR61nM3_jDb0sOh-i_Z8nSd3hyvs8VztfFmMYwQkm94/s400/firekonandamirwebcd9.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" /></a></p> <p>Most recently, Kon & Amir accepted a five record deal with BBE/Rapster to begin the Off Track series, which builds off the successes of their highly respected On Track series. Unlike the On Track series, which featured short snippets of samples and breaks, the Off Track double disc series features full versions of some the best and rarest audible gems in their entirety. On one disc, Kon serves up extraordinary dance music (modern soul, boogie and disco) while Amir rounds out the sonic odyssey with rare, private press jazz and afrobeat selections from the 70's on the other disc."</p>After the highly acclaimed first OFF TRACK, finally the second installment of the series dropped last month. On Side One, Kon is still killing it with the disco and boogie tracks. My personal favorites are Angelo Tinsley's sexy "Get Down With Me", Wood Brass and Steel Band's complex "Long Live Music", Jay McGhee's groovy "Turn Me On", Phillip and Lloyd's tight dance track "Keep on Moving" and the Fabulous Conti Family's "You've Got Me Going Baby", which recalls memories of summer, youth and being in love .... definitely gets me going. Go to the<a href="http://bbemusic.com/data.pl?release=BBEMP3098"> BBE site</a> to download or listen to the tracks. Kon has a blog where you can download several of his mixes for FREE! <a href="http://www.playin4keeps.blogspot.com/">Check it</a>.<br /><p><br /></p><p>On Side Two, Amir is sharing some serious heavy-hitters as well. The intro, Rastafarian preacher, Ras Michael & The Sons of Negus's "Boma Yeah" from Jamaica sets the mood with a pretty deep reggae tune, then follows a journey through some rare Latin rhythms and obscure afrobeat anthems. I loved Honore Avolonte et L'orchestre Black Santiago's "Assounon Dje Dokoli", the sexy "Hello There" by Theodora Ifudu, Track 8 by Bentho Gustave Titiou Poly Rhytma, an afrobeat gem with some super fresh breaks for bboys, Earl Rodney's Caribean heartwarmer, and William Onyeabor's dope track "Something You'll Never Forget" evoking 70s blaxploitation soundtracks. (Not surprisingly, since the Nigerian William Onyeabor studied cinematography for many years, and started his own Wilfilms music label and to set up a music and film production studio in the 70s.)<br /></p><p>This record got that sexy vibe, you can keep around as the soundtrack for the summer. Serve it with dancing shoes.<br /></p><span style="font-size:78%;">[photo: TONE]</span><br /><a href="http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/?action=view&current=l_41edb1601343d77096711414a1013227.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/l_41edb1601343d77096711414a1013227.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">[photo: TONE]</span><br /><a href="http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/?action=view&current=FIRSTDRAUGHT.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/FIRSTDRAUGHT.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 398px;" /></a>

MY HOMIES RULE TOO: Kon & Amir

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