May 11th, 2009 | 
Author: Some video footage of Friday’s set @ The Lucky Dog
Dope Wortown / Hip-hop cultural blog “Hulk Hate Time Travel” checks in with a report from Fridays show at the Lucky Dog.
Big ups to Brother Menelik Ebna la-Hakim and the crew for coming through. I have to warn you, their blog is crazy addictive and whenever I click through I lose track of time.
Show pics and synopsis after the break:
Some work put in this week getting ready for Friday night’s show @ The Luck Dog.
Shogun stomps fools
Weekend highlights included getting 2 new mixes done for “Insomniaddict” ( 12 of 17 done, 71% finished ) and watching SHOGUN finally show up in the cage and knock Chuck into retirement. Don’t get me wrong, I respect Chuck for what he’s done in the UFC but Shogun was nasty when he was on in Japan. Man, I miss PRIDE… those productions were sick. If you’re a fan of MMA and haven’t had a chance to check it out I highly recommend renting or checking some DVDs. The Grand Prix are a good place to start. R.I.P. PRIDE … the illest fight org. Anyway back to music. I saw this a few weeks back and said WTF?! I just couldn’t wrap my head around it.
Soulja Boy and Fabolous April 29 2009 K.A. Promotions presents Soulja Boy, Fabolous, Red Café, and NyneWest Performing LIVE at The Hanover Theatre! This show promises to be one of the greatest hip-hop performances ever to hit Worcester, MA. Ticket prices: $25-$43; Meet & Greet Passes Available
??? The HANOVER THEATER is a local theater that brings in plays, broadway shows and occasional one off gigs of more diverse nature. Though they have occasional offerings outside the norm; their objective is to bring the “arts” to the city. Now, I understand wanting to expose various arts to it’s patrons and give platforms for things outside the norm…. but I have to wonder what went into the thought process in booking SOULJA BOY as the first headlining hip-hop show at the theater. Do they believe SOULJA BOY is indicative of modern hip-hop artistry? If you would have told me this would happen speculatively; I would have said you were trippin’. Curious to me… but either way I’m hoping this OPENS the doors to more opportunities to see Hip-Hop at the Hanover (not the opposite).
So I just got a new mix back the other night (“Sex is a Weapon”) and it was super dope. The original rough had a pretty nasty vibe but the new mix really made it extra menacing. Seriously - listening makes me want to punch a penguin square in the beak! 10 songs done, 7 more to go and we’re off to get “Insomniaddict” pressed up.
Mixing is a funny thing the way it influences how you hear things. A lot of modern hip-hop is real pristine, clear, and clean. Early 90’s stuff was pretty warm and gritty. You wouldn’t want to hear 36 Chambers mixed like a T-Pain joint … it would lose a lot of it’s character. (plus I might kill myself)
Since most of my music was recorded guerilla style in my own bunker; we’re mixing it proper with a dirty, grimy type mix. I like to think of it in terms of a painting. You could have an ill piece; but the frame that you put it in can play a big role in how it ultimately is perceived.
Well mixing is the “frame”.
And I’m going with this model for my music:
Yup – redesign is finally LIVE!
New look and theme goes with the ill artwork for the LP which is just around the corner. ( No, seriously! ) The old site wasn’t cutting it anymore, plus I had been wanting to add more features and ways to interact with heads. The old site was lame static info … zzzZZZZzzz … a sleep inducing snorefest. By namesake I can’t let that happen, so I cheff’d this up to try and do it justice.
Remember the old Coes Knife Company building before they built the park? Abandoned, overgrown, and invasive to the environment around it. Had that strange crumbly giant red rock cliff that was probably the result of some chemical dumping. The site almost seemed like an industrial crime scene. It compelled you to explore it. You knew you probably shouldn’t be there, and you were probably being exposed to remnants of toxic waste. But you just had to check it out anyway.
Yeah … this site is like that.
