Former Atban Klann member-cum-Black Eyed Peas frontman, Will.I.Am appeared out of nowhere during the 2008 Presidential election on CNN in holographic form. Oh yea, shit got real-real. Straight out of Star Wars, I have no idea what Will said on the show because I was too busy bugging out at seeing Will beam onto the CNN stage and then bum-rushing…
Yameen Photos from Thailand!
My homeboy, Travelin Matt hollered from Bangkok with some fresh new pix of the Yameen album making its Thailand debut: “I shot these at the Grand Palace and Wat Pra Kao (The Temple of the Emerald Buddha). The most sacred place in Thailand.” Word, duuk. Came out slamming! Check out more pix from Travelin Matt in Thailand in the Photos…
The Most Obvious Hiero & Souls of Mischief Shirt EVAR!!!11
I can’t believe no one has freaked this yet. So I was like, “Fuck it” and whipped them up type-quick in good old Illustrator myself. Based on the 2K / Experimental Jetset original, my take on Hiero & Souls of Mischief: I’ll pass em on to Tajai. Maybe Hiero will make them officially? Be sure to check out that Experimental…
Philadelphia’s Cue Records Closes Its Doors After 10 Years of Service
It’s a sad day for me, honestly. After 10 amazing years of providing unbelievable service and music in Philadelphia, Cue Records is closing its doors. Cue Records, located right off of Philly’s renown South Street on 4th, was not just a record shop with everything from hiphop, to dance to soul and funk (and even hardware and rentals!), but it…
Pass The What??! Two (Square) Roots Organix Videos Appear Online
Imagine my surprise this week when two videos from The Roots’ debut album, Organix popped up on YouTube? I have never seen either of these videos before. I even went to my man, Efertlis who ran TheRoots.com back in the day (pre-Okayplayer.com) and he never saw either of the videos either. The first video from The Roots that I ever…
New Music, New Pics
I posted a few new pics in the photos section. Just random things I found. But more importantly, new music is on the way. Working hard on some stuff right now and hope to have a few new things out in the new year. Stay tuned for more info on that. But it’s sounding pretty gravy so far.
Projecto 2501: Yameen & Tajai Interview, XLR8R Magazine
XLR8R Magazine Cover Story “Fusing Music with New Visual Media” Issue 46, December 2000 Interview conducted by Peter Babb In August of 2000, Tajai and I met with journalist, Peter Babb in Oakland, California to publicly debut our first collaboration together, Projecto: 2501 for a special feature in XLR8R magazine. We sent Pete an advance copy of the album and…
Yameen Featured on Jazzy HipHop + Cool Design
Props to Jazzy HipHop + Cool Design; a dope music+design journal based out of Japan. They gave me a huge feature on their site, I took a screenshot below: Here’s a link to the Japanese-language version of the page (the original) and here is a link to the Google Translate English version (does a pretty-pretty-good translation imo…)
New Yameen Photos from India!
Zach just shot over a ton of photos he took on his trip to northern India. They are really off the hook. From the Taj Mahal, to chillin on the roof with monkeys, to the Golden Temple of Amistar, it’s all super fly. Check em out on the Photos page.