What It Do

I fell off this week. I didn't post hardly anything, will get back on the grind for next week.

Friday

• Rose and Thom of Sweatheart on Trading Places - this can only be awesome 10 PM on TLC
• Redman at the Troc
  
• Brendan Bring'em dj'ing at Media Bureau *recommended* dope new friday jawn
• Strawberry mansion presents Magic City with Oh! Murder and KT from Broadzilla at Fluid
• House music all night long with AB Logic and Brian Anderson at Siam Lotus (931 sp. garden)
• Japanther is playing. I feel like I've heard of them before so I thought you would like to know
• Designer Drugs at Sals
  
• Innerpartysystem at M Room with teh Swede and the Intern Bryon

Saturday

• The Flat has been postponed and moved to a new location, first jumpoff is the 15th.
• M.I.A. at E-factory but word is shit is sold the fuck out
• After the party is the afterparty. Mad Pussy and special performances. Tix are 8.99 and about to sell out.
• Elsewhere. Steve Bloodbath and Hurrah at Medusa
  
• Sorted! at the Barbary

Sunday

• Sundae at La Veranda
• Socket with the RDN twns at Barbary
  

DJ Jon Doe - Itch FM 11/27/07

Jon Doe out of ATL with another mix on Itch FM from 11/27/07. A little bit of everything for the hip hop heads. Starts out with Freeway, some Lil Brother, "Cormega, Guilty Simpson, Marco Polo and Talib Kweli."

• DJ Jon Doe on Itch FM - 11/27/07

MeetJonDoe.com (via Spine Magazine)

I am just so happy to have Baltimore Club in my Life

Last post of Mix Tape Month bitches so hope every one has enjoyed the free shit. I think next month might be free Indy Rock CD month of hell. We will see.


So last post gotta give away some shit I worked on myself right. This is the first 5151 mix series CD that me and Di1 repacked for the man Benja Styles and have been getting it out on a national level. Second mix will be out in December featuring the one and old D DJ J Sega, whassupp mang. Baltimore Club Music Vol 1 is one of the hardest hitting Baltimore Club mixs that I own that just covers all of the classics and runs the gammut of the best shit. If you need an intro to non internet Baltimore club this is it. No Cousin Cole, no Bird Peterson, No Rub dudes, No Titsworth, no second wavers, just straight up old school heads like Scotti B, King Tut, Rod Lee, Dj Mook, Dj Ice, Dj Class (still my fav bmore producer), Boo Man, Kw Griff (how is your import repress record sold out again at TTL, i need that footstompin), and the man Dj Technics. (insiders tip, I am pretty sure that Dj Technics sold his back tracks to a record presser in the UK so you should see a lot of his back tracks coming out soon, including shit by Griff and Jimmy Jones, pretty exciting for you vinyl heads.)

So this summer I was going over to Dwizz’s house in South Philly and just walking down the streets in his neighborhood you could hear this mix every where. Shit was just blastin from block parties to peoples cars and out of peoples houses, that’s when I decided to press it for a wider audience. I just want to share my love of Baltimore Club Music. I mean shit is blowing up but more and more people need to hear this shit. It’s the dopest shit in the world.

Anyways I have no really good stories about this mix except it might have been playing when we got pulled over by the Maryland State Police this summer. But that’s on some other shit.

Email 5151List [at] Gmail with subject "You can't wu tang better than me" if you want this in your life. These kids kill it:

Throwback Fridays - Good Day

This album is one of favorite albums of all time. I just pulled it out and started listening to it again. So good. How did Cube go from this to Are We There Yet???????

Snoop Dogg - Sensual Seduction

Tom Jonze posted this when it was Sexual Eruption and was hating on it. Watching this video completely erases the slight hesitation I had when I listened to it. This is still Snoop at his finest. This is such an incredible video. It is bringing back so many great songs like I Need a Freak, every Rick James song, some Isaac Hayes, classic Prince and more. Do you Snoop. Do you.

Cure for depression?

Killadelphia or Brotherly Love?

hate to bring y'all down today but this looks.....interesting......

Mad Pussy / MIA Afterparty

Oh snap M.I.A. is sold out. The after party is at Transit featuring a homecoming for Low Beezy aka Low Budget. Low B has been on tour as M.I.A.'s tour DJ and is ready to come back to tear the fucking club up. Official guests include Pase Rock, not this Pase Rock, DJing who has been DJing for Santogold, Dirty South Joe and the 6'6" assassin of White T's Dan the motherfucking Swede. Guest performances all night long, come on I could give you three guesses and you should be able to guess who might show up. And since you asked for it, there will be free PBR until midnight. Plus Brendan downstairs and house music all night long upstairs with Dirty. It seems like forever since Low Beezy has been in the city and its kind of true after having the luxury of being able to see him erry Thursday for awhile. Apparently the last time was at Bamboo in June. Right, so buy your tix now for $8.99 here.

• Here's pics from the Spank Rock ridiculousness last weekend courtesy of 2.1.5.

Holla, can't wait.

Redman 11/30 at the Troc

Funk Doctor Spock will be at the Troc this Friday. Stop by Pedestrian, 252 South Street, today and pick up half price tickets.

Pedestrian (Thanks, Young Harrison)

Mix Tape Month Ghettotek Mixing With Detriots Dj Surgeon

Missed a week so you might see two posts like whoa whoa whoa whoa...

So like earlier this year I went to this warehouse party off of Delaware avenue and was like totally totally faded. Dev79 and Stumbul where spinning all night and shit was pretty ghettotechtastically tastical. Anywho this party is like the shit. Straight up muterhfuckers are to drugged out and banged up to do anything but stand in place and "dance" more like flap back and forth. This is another night that I had my camera and was taking all types of crazy pictures hopefully Di1 will post the ones he didn't put up on Flicker that make that place a reality. We found this high heel shoe in the middle of the road and was taking pictures with it all night. I think their was even a time when I had a beer in the shoe as cushie and was drinking out of it.

So the main reason I was at this party till like 4:30 in the A.M. doing thangs in the bathroom with that girl who told me she wanted to dj like Hollertronix just with out the Crunk since thats corny (yeah she basically missed the whole point of hollertronix) was to see Detriots own Dj Surgeon. This dude is just an underground force in the ghettotek scene. Dudes style is just straight hard ghettotek shit. Best part is that he keeps it really old school by keeping his records bpm'd at around 135 so when you DJ his shit you have to push it up to like 145 and you keep that hot ass speed up vocals and drums sound. Just reminds me of days when I first found out about ghetto house and speeding up records to the upper 140's instead of a lot of the tracks coming out now that start at 140.

So this is some rare ass CD I got from dude called Ghetto Tech Mixin Phase 5 Beyond Ghetto. Now what makes this mix interesting is that he does pull away from the more technoy aspect that he is know for. In this mix you are gonna get a lot of the midwest classics from Funk, Godfather and some special Surgeon blends but thats not the best part. So its kinda like that Atrack CD, lots of hip hop accepellas over ghettotech tracks and other reworks, he also has this really funny breakdown to all the sucker ass Dj's who can't scratch over fast records. Reminds me of the days of ISP and when Magic Mike was putting out booty records on Mo Wax with scracths over them already,not really sure how people dance to this but I guess its for all the dudes in the warehouse at 5 am. Plus this record you get to hear how ghettotech dj's spin Baltimore club. These dudes just push the bar up to like 140 to 145 making Bmore go right back to its roots in breakbeat hardcore. Shit is fucking nasty. Its just a whole new way to interpret those records. I mean I am all into doing crazy shit with djing but I don't think I could ever push Bmore records up that high. Surgeon drops Rod Lee's Dance My Pain Away and it almost sounds like Rod Lee is to fat and out of breath trying to keep on beat and he has to go shoot Emily Rabitt in the butt after she picks him up from his house to drive him to the studio even though she stopped booking for him.

Extra Bonus Databass 062 Boss Up Ep of three year old hip tracks ghettoteked out.

Send me an email to get this.

Editor: Send an email with "5 AM OR trip" to 5151List [at] gmail to receive this mix. See pics from that night here. My personal favorite of the set.

Blentwell Roundup

If you're not familiar with Blentwell, its Del.icio.us dedicated solely to bookmarking DJ mixes. Users tag and link to their favorite mixes on the interwebs. Top genres include house, electro, techno, hip-hop, funk and more. Heres a listing of some of my favorite mixes of the past week or so.

• DJ Baby Daddy Live at Freakbeat - Ghetto house and bmore (via DiscoEx)
• Sidestep - Mixtape Numero Uno - Latin flavored party beats. (via Sidestep)
• Local Hero - Dumpster Diving 2 - Volume 2 of Dumpster Diving (via Trash Menagerie)
• DJ Tuco - Bitch Fight (in the Snatch Palace) - This one wins on name alone. bmore and fidget house (via Mean Bucket)
• Top Billin - Megamix - Mix of all Top Billin remixes (via Top Billin)
• Impaakt - Drum Motherfucker Drum - Bmore etc (via Impaakt Virb)

Blentwell

Sale at Digital Gravel

Digital Gravel is having a "Cyber(Black) Monday" sale. Woohooo, shopping buzzwords!!!1!1!

What It Do

Hows those turkey sandwiches? Mmm, tryptophan. Dance away the stuffing and the pie this weekend.

Friday

• Straight Dope with Dave Mass at the Khyber
  
• Say Goodbye before he leaves for the Army
  
• Bleached Black High School LSD Dance Party with Designer Drugs
• Thieves Like Us - Drugs in My Body (Designer Drugs Remix)
• The Turnaround vs Immediate - psych-soul party at the Barbary (Frankford and Delaware)
• By the way dinosaurs like soul too
• Brendan and Jes One at The Mansion til 3:30
  
• Pool party in AC with Dubfire and the beautiful Jewelz Dancers
• This is what "611 Records" is up to now

Saturday

• Spank Rock Rock Rock and Taxlo DJ's at Transit.
• Buy $5 tickets here
• Oh Murder! Girls at the Khyber

Sunday

• Sundaes at La Veranda
  

Black Friday Sales

Fun fact: According to Wikipedia, the term "Black Friday" actually originated in Philadelphia. It was first put into print in 1975.

• 30% - 50% off t's, shoes and more at Made to Order
• 30% off entire store at Pedestrian
• 30% off at Deep Sleep today and tomorrow for 1 year anniversary
• 30% - 40% off at WTHN
• Philebs has a roundup of other happening places to go, mostly for the ladies
  

Busta Rhymes & Dilla - Step Up

New mixtape coming from Mick Boogie featuring Busta Rhymes over J Dilla production. Check the first single "Step Up". Pick up Dillagence this Tuesday at MickBoogie.com

• Busta Rhymes - Step Up (produced by J Dilla)

Bonus: Download the Mick Boogie - Lebron 5 mixtape featuring Jay Z, Kanyeezy, Nas, 50, Lil Wayne, Wale and more. Get it here or here.

MickBoogie.com, MickBoogie.blogspot.com

The Flat

Starting December 1st, there will be a new destination to pick up or sell your wearable designs. The Flat is a bi-weekly designers market at the Neighborhood house in Old City. Tables are $100/space or $90/space for 4 consecutive weeks.

Contact The Flat on MySpace or at TheFlatPhilly.com

Throwback Fridays - All I Need

No frontin.

What It Do: Thanksgiving

Wednesday

• Ghostface at the Troc


• Let Me Ride at Sals with Seclusiasis (Dev79 and friends) (I think this one wins on flyer)


• White T's DJs Emynd and Bo Bliz at the Ruba


• Brendan Bring'em, Jes One upstairs, DJ Dirty and Steve Bloodbath downstairs at the Mansion - Open bar 10 - 11. (19th and Sansom)


• Party it up because tomorrow is all about eating, no 5151 tomorrow, will be back on Friday.

Freeway - It's Over

Remember this track? Its the one with jabs at Kanye and Just Blaze. Or not.

Freeway - Still Got Love

Free At Last out today!

Freeway - Lights Get Low

Free At Last is out today. Go buy that for real.

The Real Superfly

I don't care if you loved it or hated it... Anytime Hollywood gets there hands on something "based on a true story" it would be wise of you to know the TRUE STORY. Check out the New Yorkers story on "American Gangster" Frank Lucas published back in August 2000. We put it out there at four in the afternoon, when the cops changed shifts. That gave you a couple of hours before those lazy bastards got down there. My buyers, though, you could set your watch by them. By four o'clock, we had enough niggers in the street to make a Tarzan movie. They had to reroute the bus on Eighth Avenue. Call the Transit Department if it's not so. By nine o'clock, I ain't got a fucking gram. Everything is gone. Sold . . . and I got myself a million dollars. Read the rest here... THE NEW YORKER AND FRANK LUCAS

Spank Rock at Transit Saturday

Spank Rock Rock Rock at Transit this Saturday for Mad Pussy. Awesomeness to the next level with Taxlo DJs Dave Nada, Cullen Stalin, Chris O, & Simon Phoenix and Broadzilla and Dirty and Brendan. Drink specials 10 - 1 and only $5 if on the list. List is capped to 500 people so sign up now.

Example - You Can't Rap

Yo this is Casi posting in segs post. Watch this cause its like in a play in real life.

What It Do

I am so not ready for this cold, or thangsiving or the holiday season or any of that. Where has my year gone? I am looking forward to Carnival though. But for real, fuck this cold stuff
Ongoing:

• Fresh Melt Water sale at Pedestrian
  

Friday

• And Dim Sum at the Khyber (56 S. 2nd)
• The Good Life at The Mansion with Jes One and Excel upstairs while the Hot Cops (Nick the V and Stumble) will be downstairs. $4 drinks til 12, hot jams til 3:30.
  
• Making Time with no guests whatsoever at Pure (1221 St. James)
• Housed - house music all night long at the Arts Garage (1516 Parrish)
  
• Minimal techno at Inciting courtesy of Foundsound
• Kiss n Fly at Level - Its Designer Drugs and Shawn Ryan, seems like a good idea
  

Saturday

• Bounce with White T's DJs Emynd & Bo Bliz at the Barbary
• Barbary is dope. I'm really excited about it, plus its round the corner from
  
• Mad Pussy with the Motherfucking Rub
  
• Beats & Rhymes at the Khyber (downstairs) live beat competition

Sundae

• Sundaes at La Veranda
• Dirty was killing it last night after John Redden
  
• Socket with the Rdn's at Barbary.

UPDATE: I hate when I leave stuff out that I want to mention

Fresh Melt Water

So we've mentioned Fresh Melt Water a few times on here before, most recently in the Blaqstarr - Shake it to the Ground video, and now their fall collection is out and it looks dope. By far, my favorite is the God Saves the Seeds design. Fresh Melt Water are composed of two designers who met in Philadelphia. FMW is completely founded, printed and designed by these two, no outside work, no outside printers, just FMW. Be sure to stop by Pedestrian (252 South Street) this weekend and if you pick up to FMW tees, you get a free 198Faux tee. Check their website at FreshMeltWater.com and pick up their full high res catalog here.

Spank Rock at MTVu Woodies

So remember when I mentioned yesterday about Spank Rock and his altercation with Jared Leto and El-P? See video above. Spank Rock Rock Rock Star. I just find this hillarious, I kind of don't want to post it cause of the end but it's Jared Leto and El-P so it's funny. Watch it while it's up.

Blaqstarr ft Rye Rye - Shake it to the Ground / Crazy Leg Wit It

Holla! Now available on iTunes and vinyl and all that. Shout out to Fresh Melt Water and I <3 SNKRS. Also, if you look real close you can see Casi G.

Blaqstarr, Rye Rye, Mad Decent

Dizzee Rascal - Flex

Dizzee's Maths + English is a really dope album through and through. Download Flex now for only .99 from Amazon.

A-Trak Attack Dirty South Dance Rap

So this CD is kinda ballin out but its like two years two late. A-Trak comes to the table compiling tons of really hot electro cuts blended with hip hop acapellas. Maybe its just cause I understand how people make this shit now that makes it pretty uninteresting instead of the days when it would be electro cuts underneath the actual rap songs. With Serato, Ableton, and any other digital djing component its pretty easy to lay the southern hip hop accapellas over these electro records. I shouldn't even say records, I should say mp3's. Either way he does some pretty good blends with Hustlin Hustler which pairs Rick Ross and SMD. It actually sounds like Rick Ross is riding the beat and not just layed over it (man thats some shit I haven't thought about since my underground hip hop days). Actually the really real stand out is "Call that girl a Margherita" which is probably due to my deep affection for Italo, Pitbull and how A-Trak blends it into that TTC track. I remember when the Unclassics records were dropping and this was like my official intro to Italo with this track by Margherita. It totally reminds me of this girl Alexus who I used to hang with who was totally into this space disco sound and we used to freak out to shit like this when it would get played. Like when Dan the Swede would get on the decks and drop some shit like this and you put your shoulders down and do that two step bounce and swing your arms back and forth.. Shit I probably sound like a fucking idiot right here. What evers. Yeah so it goes into that TTC track that is blazing. If only I cared enough to figure out what the fuck they are saying. I just like saying Cuizzi Cuiz when I am really drunk. But I gotta give major props on the outro which is a My Love routine which I think if I heard in the club I would probably try and punch some one, but technically its pretty cool. I mean if I wanna hear some dj cutting up shit like hard core in the club its gotta be on some ghettotech records. Like when Disco D (RIP) cuts up "Hoes In This House" that shit would make me wanna keep dancing and freakin the shit out of some girl, but A-Trak on some let me show you why I won DMC 4 times before I was 18. Pitchfork gave it an 8 out of 10 so email me and get this shit.

Art work by obey which is some clothing company that does something but is notorious for ripping people off for some odd reason.

Actually the best part of this mix is the "Shout out to all the artists whose music I used on this CD. Go Buy their records!"

Email 5151List [at] Gmail with "Dirty DMC" to receive A-Trak - Dirty South Dance

Throwback Fridays - Chessboxin

The Wu post I did yesterday got me digging out 36 Chambers. Also anyone have that computer game back in the day where they would actually fight when you took a piece? I think it was called Battle Chess or something like that? I loved that, I wonder if there is a newer version.

UPDATE: I found it! I'm going to download this now.

Dexterous Or Crafty In The Use Of Words

Cunninlynguists is not only a sexual innuendo but a really dope southern Hip Hop group. They have evolved from playful childish wordy tricksters to certifiable southern soulful artists. Deacon the Villain and Natti handle the MCin and touch on heartfelt topics well-suited to the Kno's emotional production style.
They got a new album coming out called Dirty Acres (you can pre-order it here with the instrumentals included.)
Check out a tune featuring ever-entertaining Devin The Dude on their myspace page
Download their tune "Mexico" below.
Cunninlynguists - Mexico featuring Club Dub

The Barbary

So Jhn Rdn bought The Barbary a former punk rock etc club and is turning it into a club of awesomeness. Think Johnny Brendas plus Fluid or thats at least how it sounds to me. From The Inquirer:

The downstairs Barbary will be for monthly events, and Redden challenges "DJs and promoters to come up with ways to make their parties better than they've been at any other venue." Upstairs, set to open next year, will be a "dive bar" venue of a different name that will have booths, food and a jukebox.

"In my ideal world, the club would be a worker-owned syndicate where profit would go to support the abolition of the prison system and fund radical social movements," Danielle Redden says.

For now, though, brother and sister will settle for making the Barbary a dance-and-hang space "where people feel comfortable having meaningful social interactions, where people can experience joy," Danielle says.

Tonight is the grand opening with a whole slew of DJ's. Saturday sees The Bounce with Emynd & Bo Bliz and The Barbary MySpace is now updated with the next week of shows.

RCRD LBL & Justice feat Spank Rock and Mos Def

So the music industry has no idea what to do with itself. Blogs, mp3s and torrents have taken over, so what do you do? You create a blog/label funded by sponsors and give away the music for freeeeeeeeeee!!!

Well, we'd like to welcome you to RCRD LBL, a brand new music site where all of the downloads are both free AND legal. In a world where many people get their music for free, we wanted to create a site where bands we loved could put their music out there for free AND get paid for it. RCRD LBL is a new model and an experiment, putting great music out there for free and with absolutely no DRM

So with that, comes their first post featuring a Benny Blanco remix of Justice D.A.N.C.E. with Spank Rock and Mos Def lending their lyrics.

• Justice - D.A.N.C.E. ( Benny Blanco remix featuring Spank Rock and Mos Def

RCRD LBL

RZA Breaks Down Kung Fu Samples

Wired has an interview with the RZA as he breaks down which movies he sampled for each song's kung fu elements. Also, if you haven't picked up The Wu-Tang Manual: Enter the 36 Chambers, Volume One and you are into the Wu at all, you need to stop what you're doing and go buy it now. Seriously, Casi G has it and I started reading it and I was completely floored. I felt like it was 1997 all over again listening to "It's Yours" after getting the double album for Christmas or 1993 and watching the Wu video for the first time all bug eyed being like WTF is this??? Wu Fans you ready for December 4th? Eight Diagrams and the Ghostface album Big Doe Rehab. I can't figure out whether that is incredible or a terrible marketing move. If you can't get enough RZA watch RZA gets schooled in chess by a 16 year old.

Wired Interview, Download full interview

Spank Rock Interview

Oh man, I so wish I was the Woodies this past week. Spank Rock performed with a whole stage full of girls in bikinis. Ran wild in the media area stealing drinks from the gothamist blogger who continues to blog only about said incident for the next 15 minutes and then live blogging and talking shit in ALL CAPS and then nearly got into a fight with Jared Leto. Needless to say Spank Rock stole the show like normal on and off stage. Jared, what happened? Speaking of which anybody heard from Claire Daines? Last time I heard her name was in the Prada store in NYC where she was running around barefoot trying on shoes. Also to top it all off El-P was seriously wasted and "bashes Spank Rock". Is this bashing? I think he just hates rap music. Bwahahahahahahaha.

Freestyle Color Mix Tape Winner

Yo its freaking Mix Tape time so lets get into it. So out of the slew of emails I got last week I am picking out Dana Z. representing Glenolden PA. Yeah I see you Glenolden. I have no freaking idea where that is and I kinda don't want to know (not hating just stating). So Dana keep an eye out in your mail box for this CD, I gotta mail out records tomorrow any ways. Then you can put it on and write your own story and send it in for me to post. Hopefully it will be something like "I put this CD on and all I could think about was how dope Casi G is and how much I want to make out with him in the upstairs bathroom of transit."

New mix tape for giveaway today....