Start the day off Right w/FOOD ONE and DJ Mahf

Greetings from Hustleville... Here's a quick turntable session by the Mahfood brothers, DJ Mahf and FOOD ONE (aka GhettoManga Award-winning illustrator and muralist Jim Mahfood)...

everybody knows how I feel about our good friend, the deejay, so even this quick snippet is fun for me... especially since it features a comicbook artist I like on the ones and twos...
holla!

-samax. 

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Start the Day off Right w/ DJ Jazzy Jeff & Ayah

Good morning, party people! Here's some of that smooth isht from the mighty DJ Jazzy Jeff and vocalista Ayah to get your Friday (and weekend) off to a good start...


I never heard of Ayah before, but Jazzy Jeff is in that "name you can trust" category, so I had to peep this. To download this song Notorious, click here.This is the first shot off their upcoming album Back For More which drops on July 12th, if the notes of this youTube video can be believed. so anyways, while I'm talking about Jazzy Jeff:
THROWBAAAAACK!!!

Have a nice day!
holla!
samax.  
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start the day off Right w/ some hip hop violin...

One of my Facebook friends posted this yesterday, and I've been rocking hip hop violin joints since, via the magic of the youTube...


of course, the pioneers of this isht for me is the two man team Black Violin, who I first discovered a few years ago...

here's a few joints from them


and here's that chick Miri Ben-Ari with Styles P

So yeah... have a great day!
holla!
samax.  
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Pete Rock speaks on his favorite comics

Stussy catches up with the mighty deejay Pete Rock, who speaks on his love of comics, revealing some of his favorite characters.


Stussy x Marvel - DJ Pete Rock from Stussy on Vimeo.
Chocolate Boy Wonder (interviewed here at New York City's Forbidden Planet) deejayed the Stussy x Marvel launch party at Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles. The Stussy x Marvel Series 1 (The Ultimate Teamup) is available now at Stussy.com (US and EU online), Stussy Chapter Stores and select retailers. Series 2 (Special Edition Artist Series) will be released on May 6th.

click here for more pics & info on the Stussy/Marvel collabo. props to my dude Menace who slid me the intelligence.
holla!
-samax

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The Mahfood Brothers help keep your Hood Pass Intact!

Saint Louis natives FOOD ONE and DJ Mahf hold down their hometown with quality freestyle art and scratching...

If you've been reading this blog very long, you already know I cuts for GhettoManga Award winning cartoonist, muralist and illustrator Jim Mahfood aka FOOD ONE, but you might not know I also dig the work of his brother DJ Mahf! When the cool kids were still on mySpace, I was known to bump his remixes and blends on my profile regularly... anyways, the Food brothers activate their wondertwin powers on some "shape of... form of..." isht in this bit of youTubery. Get more DJ Mahf's basement scratch action here. You can also click here to read more of my posts featuring the various works of FOOD ONE.

holla!

samax.

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Mygrane McNastee + Erykah Badu =DOWNLOAD THIS

My first exposure to Mygrane McNastee was on that free Mutant Emcee mixtape I posted recently. Obviously, it was dope enough that when I saw this joint, I snagged it to share with you...


this is a Mygrane's run at the classic Badu burner The Healer (from her record New Amerykah Part One). For all my deejays out there, will someone please mix this with the Pharoahe Monch version and email it to me? I'll make you famous...
yeah, so anyways, please enjoy this with my compliments...

holla!

samax.

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Big Sean, Black Rob, Blame One, Copywrite, DJ Q-Bert, Celph Titled & BuckWild and more on CWRadio

Conspiracy WorldWide Radio has a loaded show this week. The Creative Minds Special features interviews with G.O.O.D. Records' Big Sean, Black Rob, Blame One, Copywrite, Celph Titled & BuckWild, PLUS the legendary DJ Q-Bert comes on to talk about the state of turntablism in 2010.

part [1]


but it's not just a talk show, fam... if you love hip hop, these dudes spin plenty you never heard, from established artists and underground cats alike.
part [2]

enjoy...

holla!

-samax.

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