The bar/club Park 77 (77 Cambon Drive San Francisco, CA 94132) located by SF State campus, hosts a Saturday night party with rotating guest DJs called Saturday REWIND: The Chicken Coop. For this upcoming Saturday March 29th the featured guest DJs will be local San Francisco Bay Area DJs Benny Flan and Mista B (4OneFunk). TMG got a chance to get a few words from them about how their approach DJing a party, thoughts on the San Francisco nightlife scene, and more. Benny …
Month: March 2014
De La Soul finally dropped their free mixtape, Smell The D.A.I.S.Y. (Da Inner Soul of Yancy). Jay Dee’s real name is James Yancy. The beats were taken from his old demo tapes. With the blessing of Dilla’s moms, Maureen “Ma Dukes” Yancey, De La took the demos and reworked some of their classic material over the instrumentals. Their tape serves as an ode to Dilla and a reminder of his prolific production. It also serves as promotion for Ma Dukes’ J Dilla …
When I read the news that Wu Tang’s upcoming 20th anniversary album A Better Tomorrow is going to be released along with a one of a kind collectors item double disc album The Wu – Once Upon A Time In Shaolin, it sounded like a big joke to me at first. According to the Forbes article The Wu – Once Upon A Time In Shaolin double disc will be encased in a hand crafted silver and nickel box done by British-Moroccan artist Yahya, with plans to display …
They on some electric-Jazz-funked-up soul tip. Black Jazz Records’ collection of artists and music totally makes sense. They were from The Bay Area, a place rich in untold Jazz history and LSD awakenings. According to LA Weekly, the 70’s record label’s master tapes were for sale on Craig’s list until Snow Dog Records scooped them and reassured their preservation. Calling it “Black Jazz Radio,” music connoisseur Gilles Peterson delivers a “rare groove” mix comprised of some of his favorite jams …
On March 10, 2014 at Lehigh University Dr. Angela Davis and rapper Nas were guest speakers discussing the Prison Industrial Complex. Coming together for this discussion panel from two seemingly different worlds, Dr. Angela Davis; revolutionary, activist, academic, and Nas; rapper, songwriter, actor, entrepreneur. Their discussion was titled Incarcerated Justice, and it was moderated by Dr. James Peterson. Below is the full video of their discussion, which starts around the 33 minute mark. Dr. Angela Davis & Nas speaking on the Prison Industrial Complex (Video) …
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