Ya’ll know Blockhead, right? Ninja Tune recording artist, Yameen remix collaborator, one half of Party Fun Action Committee…Well, add Internet O.G. to that list. My man has been blogging before it was even called “blogging” (shouts to alt.rap and rec.music.hip-hop, hoooo!) and now he finally has a website of his own and the shit is straight up hilarious. Phat Friend…
Thangs
Miscellaneous things Yameen finds and posts up.
Building a Cheap, Energy-Efficient HTPC & Classic Gaming Emulator Box
Over the holiday I set out to create a small, energy-efficient home theater PC (HTPC) that would sit diminutively under the TV and play all of my HD movies, music and video game emulators. So how did I do it? Peep game: The Prerequisites Affordable if not outright cheap (Sub-$400) I wasn’t interested in putting too much money into this…
Cue Records Pic for the Heck of It, 2004
Found this pic of Cue Records in my Polaroid archives. Summer 2004. BAM!
A Decade of Releases
It’s pretty bugged to think back ten years ago and reminiscence on how these albums were conceived, worked on and eventually brought to life. Here’s some of my favorite full-length releases from my output over the last ten years. Projecto:2501 (November 2nd, 2000) We started the decade not with a whimper, but with a bang: 2000’s Projecto: 2501 featuring me…
New Mobile Website Launched
Upgraded the website today with a mobile version for “touch” devices such as iPhone, iTouch and Android smartphones: When you visit the blog, the website will detect you are on a touch-based mobile device and automatically display the mobile version for you. What’s great is if you prefer to view the regular website, you can easily toggle back and forth…
Chuck D in the Phillies Cap in the Fight The Power Vid, Nahmeen??!
WORLD SERIES, BITSCHES!! Bring on The Spankees! » See Also: Phillies Phinale
Beyonce Has One of the Best Websites of All Time!
Hilarious… » http://kanyelicio.us/http://www.yameenmusic.com
DWNTWN Skateshop Grand Opening, San Francisco
Stopped by the grand opening of skate supply and boutique shop, DWNTWN last night and said whatup to to the homie Leland and his business partner Roughneck Johnny. Managed to grab some photos: Lucky for you, other people were on-hand taking some amazing pics with something other than a cameraphone, and that’s what links like this and this are for.…
Shing02 “Contact” Lyrics
In 1999 we got up with Japanese MC, Shing02 to record the song, “Contact” for the Projecto: 2501 album. Shing0’s verse is entirely in Japanese, but I just came across the lyrics translation he provided. Here it is, peep: If existence itself is a part of fate, Then is our music merely a faithful reproduction Of a completed work from…
Pixel Pusher
Just a quick look at some of the fun stuff coming up. Sneak-peek stylee, nahmeen? More soon.