Wayne Warner x Azuka Present: Inspired By Gucci – This Friday Night Nov 13, inside Brassaii Lounge, Downtown Toronto.
Over $20,000 in Gucci Giveaways
Music By:
Wristpect x Charlie B x DJ Wikked
Shouts to one of my affiliates and sponsors, ‘RANSOM’ on continuing to make major strides in the game! The outdoors of the Great White North provide inspiration for the Fall/Winter ‘09 release of top knotch footwear products from Ransom by Adidas. The collection features mountaineer-influenced sneakers and boots including The Summit, The Creek, and The Dune seen here, among other releases.
View the rest of the collection by hitting ‘continue reading’ below..
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FORT Apparel is at it again, this time with a completely new version of the “416″ t-shirt design. If you want to see more of the line, or maybe even make a purchase, you can find it tomorrow at Stolen Riches (734 Queen St. West) or North Trooper (69 Yorkville Avenue).
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This is going to be epic.. Right after I’m done at the CMJ showcase I’ll be heading to BB Kings to watch a lot of the DJ’s I grew up listening to and studying pay tribute to Roc-Raida.. Check the legendary line up:
ROC RAIDA TRIBUTE – TABLETURNS REUNION
Featuring:
X-ECUTIONERS /X-MEN
BEAT JUNKIES: BABU, J-ROCC, RHETTMATIC, SHORTKUT
CRAZE, A-TRAK + ALLIES REUNION
Z-TRIP
DJ SCRATCH, ROLI RHO, IDEE, DJ DUMMY, SLYCE & SHIFTEE
SPECIAL MC PERFORMANCE BY:
D.I.T.C.
Hosted by KINETIC NRG & LORD SEAR
Music by Z-TRIP, J-ROCC & SPIN ONE
2009-10-22
11:00PM
Doors @ 10:30PM
$20.00 Advance
$25.00 Day of Show
* This show is part of the CMJ MUSIC MARATHONN. All CMJ badgeholders who enter will be asked to make a donation that will go to Roc’s family.
RANSOM by adidas Originals from Ransom Holding Co on Vimeo.
Congratulations to Matt George & everyone over at Ransom!
Introducing Season ONE: Ransom Footwear by adidas Originals. Footwear crafted to withstand a rugged lifestyle and made for individuals continuously searching for a life well-led and a good story to tell. Available world wide October 31st.
Check out this recent interview w/ Ajani.ca to find out why I do what I do, how I got started, and some of my future plans.. You can click on the pic below or hit ‘continue reading’ below.
Click below for the interview..
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Another one of my clothing sponsors just dropped its Fall/Winter 2009 line.. Ransom is proud to release their Fall/Winter 2009 collection now available at Ransom Holding Co. and online at Ransom.com. Along with new graphic tees, the new release consists of quilted overshirts, sock beanies, melton wool bombers, duck twill vests, washed selvedge denim, wool 5-panel caps, and herringbone chinos. For more check out www.ransomholdingco.com.
* Big shouts to the whole United Front crew
Via 1867 – Like any of the previous releases from Ideall Clothing, the Fall/Winter 2009 collection due this October features fresh designs — each in relation to “a scenario, influence or social commentary” within the life of founder/designer, Bryan Espiritu. The new collection will include crewnecks featuring the Bossin’ and Gigantic designs from the Spring/Summer collection. Another crewneck will simply feature the LL logo — the first piece to bare the staple logo. The collection will also feature tees that will include a flip on the Polo RL logo, a V for Vendetta-inspired design, and a design paying homage to the lives lost during the heaviest year of gun violence in Toronto. 2 new toques will also be released, along with a redesign of last year’s Die Enormous toque. Ideall Clothing is available at LiveStock Toronto and at www.ideallclothing.com.
* I rep for Ideall clothing all day every day. Get familiar with this company now.
MANIFESTO returns for their Third Annual Festival of Community & Culture from September 16th – 20th! Toronto will host events around the city with live musical performances, art exhibitions, a film festival, a professional breakdance competition, workshops, an artists’ market and a massive after party showcasing local, national and international artists in the hip hop community – this year’s headliners are REFLECTION ETERNAL [Talib Kweli & DJ Hi-Tek].
Check out some of the highlights from last year in the video below.
Manifesto ’08 Recap from themanifesto.ca on Vimeo.
The Clipse Interview at Livestock from WRISTPECT on Vimeo.
Form a while ago, back in January I believe.. The Clipse speak on various issues.
The folks over at Offshoot Communications are having a huge sample sale this Saturday May 30 at Toika.. Continue Reading for details.
Once again, I’ve been too busy to update the site consistently.. I’m trying my best, but when you are on the go as much as me, it’s often difficult to find a couple hours of free time to sit down and do this. No excuses though, here is the recap of my LA trip from April 24-27. Myself & my MC, Sir Lancelot flew out to rock a couple spots in Hollywood.. Pictures after the jump.
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Here is a long overdue re-cap of the west coast tour pt. 3 I went on a couple of weeks ago with my MC, Sir Lancelot. We played 8 days straight (Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon, Tue) across Whistler, Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, & Niagra. Here is a quick rundown of how it went down!
Tues Morning (Feb 24th)
Flew out of Toronto at 6am, and the idiot girl beside me on the plane broke my favourite pair of shades.. Great start. We got to Vancouver early Tuesday Morning.. Chilled out with DJ Tanner for the day & drove up to Whistler later that night to rock Savage Beagle w/ Faction Soundcrew. Whistler was good, as per usual, and I played sets back and forth with Tanner & DJ Arems. The vibes were big (it was Lancelot`s birthday the night before, so he decided to continue celebrating), it seems like everyone in that little mountain town is always out to just get drunk and have a good time. Right after, we drove back down the mountain to Vancouver, making sure to make a pit stop at 7/11 on the drive back. As far as the last pic in this set, I found these products on top of DJ Arems fridge – what the..!
Wed Afternoon (Feb 25th)
Wednesday Morning, we took a bus, which then drove onto a boat, which then sailed to the island of Victoria. Never before, have I been on a greyhound, which then proceeds to drive straight onto a boat, park, ride 1.5 hours across the water, get back on the bus, and drive off the boat.. Definitely weird, but also an interesting experience.. The boat itself was more like a 5-level cruise liner, complete with arcades, buffets, business lounges, and yes – used needle deposit boxes in the washroom :S The heroin problem is bad out there I guess.. After making it into Victoria, we checked in to the hotel, and played Felicita’s at The University of Victoria.
Thurs (Feb 26th)
We took the ferry ship back to Vancouver, cabbed it to the hotel downtown, checked in, went by the homie Hedspin’s crib where we got to preview some new remixes from Team Canada’s DJ Grandtheft. After kicking it with them for a bit, we went to Hunt.FM studio’s where I laid down another show/interview – which should be up in the podcast section any day now. Straight from the studio it was back to the hotel to shower, get ready, and then walk down Granville St. to Tonic Nightclub where we played Thursday Night!
Fri (Feb 27th)
I woke up earlier in the day and dealt with a bunch of emails/business at the hotel, & then just worked on music for the rest of the evening till we ended up making our way to dinner at The Cactus Club Cafe (my homeboy Matty’s god brother is the head chef – he hooked it up large!) The food, atmosphere, and service were all top-notch.. I can’t wait for this place to come to Toronto! After dinner, it was back to the hotel to get ready and head down to SHINE Nightclub, which we smashed on Friday Night..! After the club it was off to Korean Food with some promoters/friends, and then finally back to hotel at 5am.
Saturday (Feb 28th)
This was our last day in Vancouver.. We hit up all the stores/boutiques in the city: Dipt, Complex, A-Life, Goodfoot, Stussy, Livestock, etc. Big shouts to all of our sponsors for taking care of as usual! After doing some shopping we linked with the homies Flipout & Jayswing for dinner at GUU (very good Japanese spot in Gastown) which, to my surprise ended up being a LOT of GREAT food.. After dinner, we headed back to the hotel, got ready, hit 94.5 The Beat FM radio show with Jay & Flipout where we met up with GMAN, and then headed to Gossip Nightclub (Big Up Saturdays) to play from 12-2am. After that, we went by Stone Temple to meet up with Craig from Frontline & DJ Scene 1 to say whatup, before heading back to the hotel and calling it a night.
Sun (March 1)
Sun morning had to wake up early, pack up the mess of a room that was clothes, computers, cables, wires, etc. scattered all over the place, check out and make it to the airport in time to catch our 1pm flight to Calgary, where we were playing that night. Big shouts to our cab driver on the way to the airport, because if it wasn’t for his driving, we would never have made it to the airport in time.. We landed in Calgary around 3pm, got together with some old friends, and caught up over dinner after having checked in to, yes, yet another hotel. After dinner, it was off to Opus nightclub where we played Sunday Night. Ps. explain how we get to Milestones, and the damn sign in the door says `Closed For Spring Cleaning – Come Back In 2 Months` what the hell..
Mon (March 2)
Tour’s a wrap. Back to Toronto.. Rockwood Monday Night.. Yes, no night’s off.. On the flight I woke up to apple juice spilling all over my thigh/ass/leg which made for a really shitty plane ride back to Toronto.. As soon as we landed and grabbed our bags, we headed down to Rockwood Nightclub for Toronto`s local industry night which was packed – lot of new and old faces in the spot! I played a couple sets but in all honesty, was tired as helllll by this point!
Tues (March 3)
It’s now Tuesday, again..? Really? Geez. The whole week flew by.. We are in Niagra Falls every Tuesday for a New Residency @ Dragonfly Nightclub. Checked into another hotel, got ready, handled the club from 10-3, and finally got some SLEEEEEEEP.
We put in work.
Caught this on the homie Mick Boogie’s blog..
An inside look at one of my (and probably your) favourite rappers, business men, and icon’s in the game.
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Annnnd I’m off to The Guvernment for D’Luxe Lounge Saturdays. Peace.
I’ve been travelling and DJ’ing a lot lately – almost every day for the last few weeks..! In the midst of all the running around, my room has turned into a disaster zone. When this happens, my life usually tends to start getting chaotic and I hate it, as I am usually very organized.
Despite the images below, I am actually quite the perfectionist.. This mess has been annoying me for several days now and I decided to put it out there so I would deal with it and get things sorted out.
I also stumbled upon an interesting discovery while organizing some records.. Why the hell do I have 18+ serato records/control vinyl??
I should really sleep.. I need to be up in a few hours for a day full of meetings, and then off to Niagra for my Tuesday Night Residency at Dragonfly Nightclub [Casino Niagra]
My man Be from TheLegendsLeague is a not only a friend, but is also a business partner, a daily dose of motivation, an inspiration, and on top of all that, he just happens to be one of the illest designers on the planet. Yeah.. I said it.
His clothing line IDEALL CLOTHING is an extension of TheLegendsLeague movement, and has been steady snapping necks and attracting quite a lot of attention over the last little while.. Although still in it’s infancy, the line has already dropped some very heavy pieces, selling out at the few spots it is available at.
Fret no more, you can now purchase the goods online! We’re open for business! Don’t sleep!
So on Monday afternoon my homeboy Bobby Redef me up and we headed down to Livestock (edit: we stopped by Craft Burger first – aka one of the best Burger’s in Toronto.. Get familiar like Clinton Sparks and goto King & Portland and order a combo with onion rings) where N.E.R.D. were scheduled to make an in-store appearance before their concert/performance alongside Common later that night. Much love to the Livestock crew for bypassing us past a 2 hour lineup that wrapped around the building! After chilling inside for almost another two hours with the peoples Mensa, PhotoWill, Jose, Universal, etc. we finally got to build with the N.E.R.D.’s themselves.
Pharrell Williams, Shae, Fam-Lay & their management were suprisingly down to earth and receptive to the idea and concept of the the Bridging The Gap Mixtape series. After hustling some drops & building the relationship, Pharrell let me know he had some new artists to break.. So now it’s officially official! Yezzur.
Tdot to VA.. Hosted By The Clipse, Guest Starring N.E.R.D. & featuring exclusive music from the Star-Trak camp… Soon come. Let me wrap up this North Carolina mixtape with Little Brother, and then I shall begin on this project.. !
Man.. It is HOT as HELL out in LA.. Actually, it’s so hot, that we had to trek it to Home Depot and buy the biggest Air Conditioner they had.. ! Hahaha.. Shouts to Mannie & Utah! Link up when you guys are in Toronto!
Drove around the city for a while, taking in the weather and the sites, and then headed to a dope little Pizza spot called Village Pizzeria. Highly recommended…
Got to LAX Friday afternoon, and linked with THE dude out on the west coast, DJ Mike Danger! Hit IN & OUT Burger (definitely one of the best burgers I’ve ever had), went by Triumvir & Orisue’s warehouses, and then was off to DJ at one of the nicest clubs in Hollywood – Cabana Club!
