Some guy named Ninoy Brown is doing an introduction to weblogging workshop, NEXT THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009 at Liwanag Kultural Center in Daly City, CA. 7:00pm-9:30pm.
Existing in the culture Hip-Hop is to take part in the ever lasting art of battle, so it was only a matter of time before someone had to re-up the show on the battle writes. So for the warrior in all of us B-boys and B-girls, Alien Ness has given us the privilege of insight into how judged battled should or could be approached in his oh-so cleverly titled, “The Art of the Battle“.
I myself have not had the chance to read up on it, but once I do you will be damn sure I’m gon’ write a full academic review coupled with my own experiences. And if anyone is in question about how legit Ness can be about his battling, let’s just say you can be crushed by the weight of passport alone.
P.S. Speaking of experience, here’s a nice little battle between me and my crew the Illest Villains (Stampede, Sumo Rock, and Mighty MAD) against a crew so nicely named Squishy Invaders (Squishy Dociouvs + Space Invaders - Ray Roc, Saewl, and Darth Flavor) from the semi-finals of a jam this past weekend. Guess who won…
I’m not huge fan of V-day, but I’m a huge fan of lovin’ and the music that goes along with it:
The After-Party is DJ Mark Marcelo’s follow-up to acclaimed 90’s R&B pre-party mix Scrunchies & Headbands. The After-Party lays out the soundtrack of the post-party, club-to-the-bedroom, late-night rendezvous.
Includes songs from: Janet Jackson, R. Kelly, TLC, Sylk-E. Fyne, Subway, Intro, H-Town, Jodeci, Brandy, Color Me Badd, 112, Adina Howard, Genuwine, Mint Condition, Silk, Mya, and then some. You get the idea, right?
Happy Valentines Day! Download the low-endurance version (50 minutes instead of 70) for free. The songs just play out shorter.
Without a cliche’d year end list for 2007, FOBBDeep tried to do something about it for 2008. After all, wasn’t it the “year of change”? That change on this blog would be futile attempt to do our own version of Village Voice’s Pazz and Jop (our version: Fazz and Jopp) and tried to create something collective for voices who tend not to be included in elitist music press. We hit up a couple of folks, whose music opinions we respected, for their ballots of top albums and songs of the year After only a few submissions from folks [1], including only 1/3 of the in-house writers for this blog, it was decided that the creation of an alternative to an “alt magazine”s list didn’t work for us.
Ya boy Mr.Mad has been on a bit of an upswing in the B-boy world lately. So much so that I’ve gone and booked a trip to the one and only Rock Steady Crew 31st Anniversary in New York. And to go along with this Hip-Hop pilgrimage I will also be in Boston for the Floor Lords 27th Anniversary, making for one monumental trip in which I intend to be battling and cyphering all along the way. At the end of all this there will be a FobbDeep/Illest Villains inside exclusive look at the birthplace of Hip-Hop.
Going along with this, I’ve noticed the majority of my posts are about B-boying or involve some critical review of B-boying being portrayed in popular media. I guess that breaks down to me always attempting to articulate what it means to be a B-boy. Luckily I came across this clip made by one of my homies from Skill Methods Crew, Moshen. I think it does very well in accurately portraying the diverse philosophies and approaches to the art of B-boying. It’s definately worth watching and includes a bit of my own B-boying influences (Profo was a mentor and UCB was an old session spot).
P.S. About the whole “Breakdancing vs. B-boying” thing, it’s a very complicated relationship and Ninoy pretty much nailed it on the head. However, that is not the whole story and would make this post meticulously long to talk about it. So to sum it up, real B-boys don’t really mind using the term ‘Breakdancing’, they’re just elitest about who doesn’t seem like a toy when they use it.
P.P.S. Big shout to Paulskee of Rock Force Crew/Mighty 4. He’s a big supporter and we’ve had the chance to chop it up with this proud Pinoy a couple of times and reflect on the importance of the Pilipino community in the Hip-Hop scene. Much respect.
No promo, but uh… I hear the FOBBDeep fam got y’all crackin’ this Thursday and Friday night:
I don’t usually like to promote nightlife events here because all too often these events are hyper-elitist and involve way too many too-cools-for-school sword fights or just flat out play the same weekly mix of Lil’ Jon’s and The Neptunes’ greatest hits (don’t get it twisted–I love Lil’ Jon and The Neptunes). Moreover, I’m not into the striped-collared-shirt uniform some clubs force men to wear. I’m more of a fishnet tanktop and leather chaps kinda guy.
However, these events are kinda close to my heart if you know what I mean. Good times, people, and music keep me moving.
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