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Friday 30 November 2007

MeltFace

Yep. Welp, Shit. Last Night MY GROUP Melt Banana came back through town forcing me to miss Rapid Ric at Venue and Special Ed and YZ at the Engine Room. Hoping both went off smashngly, but I can't miss Melt Banana when they come around. Seriously, Melt Banana trumps pretty much everything for me. Don't know bout 'em? Better ask somebody. They are like rock and roll mad scientists. Here's a few flicks.


















RAW POWER!

Also for some reason I didn't put the flicks from Ghostface up yet. Below please to find them. They're not the best representation of the show cuz I was feeling lazy on said night and wasn't feeling like shooting much. Nor did I want to fight the crowd to get to the front. But yeah man, word to DJ Ayres that shit was off the chain!
(SLICK RICK DEC. 18TH SEE FLYER BELOW!)


DJ Ayres in full effect!


Squincy saved the damn night. One of the turntables would not work and everyone was sent into a panic for 5 minutes until the man magically pulled one out of his hat. I mean trunk.


Carlos Garza aka DJ Styles and The ARE (who just produced the latest Lil Kim single and is now a Trackmaster) - Two legendary Houston producers.


LADIES IN THE HOUSE SAY WHOOOA!




See, I was feeling lazy...


Didn't get too close but suffice it to say, the show was GREAT! Man, I had low expectations for it to be real with you. I'm a Ghostface fan and all that, but was a lil leary as to how he would deal with the band. Like, a lot of rappers can't get over the set track mentality that comes wiht performing to a CD so often. Man, Ghost actually led the band, improvised a bit, went with the flow, let things go in weird directions, it was dope man. He was fully immersed in the sound and brought forth a great show. Dude really is top notch.

And rappers should just have bands. It's 2007. Get a band.


Ayres contemplates the meaning of "Back Like That"








FATAL FLYING GUILLOTINES (I thik Ghost gave them a shout out, word to Roy)


Photographer Jordan Graber - see his work on Chron.com


THE FLY!












Maurice Bobb and Karton Zawalo!


Rob Quest in the haze


Rob Quest and Lin YEEEEE THIS IS A BIG PHOTO FOR MEEEEE!


Fly and Khalief


TH' FUCKIN' TRANSMISSIONS!


Photographer Brandon Holley and Head

Already then young soldiers, do not miss out on the next big free Scion event coming to our area. SLICK RICK WITH PERCEE P!!!!!




GO TO www.scion.com/livemetro to RSVP NOW!!!!!!

Thursday 29 November 2007

Rapid Ric on BBC 1Xtra!

CLICK THIS LINK HERE TO HEAR RAPID RIC AND DJ SKULLY GO HEAD TO HEAD ON 1XTRA!!

WORD TO DJ SEMTEX!



1Xtra brings you a brand new show featuring the world's biggest DJs, alongside stars of the future.

This week's mix is a transatlantic face-off featuring heavyweight hip hop from two of the most slept-on DJs either side of the pond.

In the red corner, hailing from Northampton, UK is former UK DMC champion & Klashnekoff's selector, DJ Skully weighing in with an explosive mix of UK and US joints.

In the blue corner, direct from Houston, USA, weighing in with a bag of dirty stanking southern bangers is Rapid Ric aka the Mixtape Mechanic and Chamillionaire's DJ.

Seconds out, round one!

Tracklistings
DJ Skully in the mix

Big Pun Feat Fat Joe - Twinz (Loud)
Jay Dee - Pause (BBE)
Keith Murray - The Most Beautiful (Jive)
A Tribe Called Quest - Once Again (Jive)
Little Brother - Light It Up (ABB)
Nas - Halftime (Columbia)
Tragedy Khadafi - True Confessions (White)
Method Man Feat Mary J Blige - You're All I Need (Def Jam)
Helta Skelta - Lefleur Leflaur (Priority)
Nas - Nas Is Like (Columbia)
Lowkey - Freestyle (White)
Roots Manuva - Witness (Big Dada)
Task Force - Graph Da Bus Up (Lowlife)
Klashnekoff - Murder (Skully Special) (Kemet Ent)
Verb T & The Last Skeptik - Heaven (Silent Soundz)
Kyza - Lights Out (Kemet Ent)
Jehst - Alcoholic Author/Skully Special (YNR/Lowlife)
Dj Mentat Ft Skinnyman - When I Give My Heart To You (Beat Asylum)
Skriblah - Angels Beside Me (White)
Scorzayzee - Final Destination (White)
M9 - Freestyle (White)
Beat Butcha & Skully - Skratch Skit (White)
Fallacy - Scream Back (White)
Terror Squad – Lean Back (Instrumental)

Rapid Ric in the mix

DJ Drama feat T.I, Yung Joc, Young Jeezy & Twista – 5000 1’s (Grand Hustle (Atlantic)
Scarface - Girl You Know (Def Jam)
Gorilla Zoe - Hood Figga (White)
Jay Z - Blue Magic (Def Jam)
Hot Dollar feat Rick Ross - Streets On Lock (White)
Webbie feat Lil Boosie - Independent (Trill/Asylm)
Lil Wayne – Gossip (Cash Money/Universal)
Twista feat T-Pain - Creep Fast (Atlantic)
DJ Khaled feat Trick Daddy, T Pain, Rick Ross, & Plies - I'm So Hood (Koch)
Gucci Mane feat. Ludacris - Freaky Gurrl (Asylum/Atlantic)
Big Kuntry feat T.I - That's Right (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)
Yung Joc feat Gorilla Zoe - Bottle Poppin (Bad Boy)
Lil Keke feat Chalie Boy - I'm a G (White)
Devin Tha Dude feat Snoop & Andre 3000 - What a Job (Rap-A-Lot)
Hurricane Chris - Playaz Rock (White)
Kanye West Feat Lil Wayne - Barry Bonds (Mercury)
Playaz Circle feat Lil Wayne - Duffle Bag Boy (D.T.P/Def Jam)
Boss Hogg Outlawz feat Slim Thug – Ridin’ On 4's (White)
Al Fatz - Came Down (White)

Tuesday 27 November 2007

It's Like This and Like That

There's a lot of ways to do this music thang thang, here's two of the ways I like to see it get done. The Cosmo Baker way and the Rapid Ric way.

TWO NEW TAPES!

Both different but still the way things should be done.

Cosmo Baker "... I'd Rather Marry Oprah..."



1. Brand Nubian “Allah Hu Akbar”
2. Dark Sun Riders “Time To Build”
3. Rakim “Shades Of Black”
4. Common “Ressurection (Large Professor Remix)”
5. Yomo & Maulkie “Black Folks Watch Out”
6. Poor Righteous Teachers “Easy Star”
7. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth “Mecca And The Soul Brother”
8. X-Clan “Grand Verbalizer What Time Is It”
9. Big Daddy Kane “Word To The Mother (Land)”
10. Lakim Shabazz “No Justice No Peace”
11. Latee “This Cut’s Got Flavor”
12. Poor Righteous Teachers “Shakiyla (Jrh)”
13. Brand Nubian “Wake Up (Stimulated Dummies Remix)
14. X-Clan “Fire & Earth (100% Natural)”
15. Divine Styler feat. The Scheme Team “It’s A Black Thing”
16. Gang Starr “Step In The Arena”
17. YZ “Thinking Of A Master Plan”
18. Chill Rob G “Court Is Now In Session”
19. Eric B. & Rakim “The R”
20. Boogie Down Productions “Blackman In Effect”
21. Zhigge “Born Black”
22. Boogie Down Productions “Jack Of Spades”
23. The Stop The Violence Movement “Self Destruction”
24. KMD “Nitty Gritty feat. Brand Nubian”
25. The Jungle Brothers “Acknowledge Your Own History”
26. Public Enemy “Show ‘Em What You Got”
27. Public Enemy “Bring The Noise”
28. Hard Knocks “Thoughts Of A Negro”
29. 360 Degrees “Pelon”
30. Intelligent Hoodlum “Black And Proud”
31. Lakim Shabazz “When You See The Devil Smash Him”

CLICK HERE TO STREAM
CLICK HERE FOR PODCAST

And that boy Rapid Ric is back with WHUT IT DEW RADIO!



I don't have a download link for you as of yet, but look for it in the streets and other secret places.

1- Whut It Dew Radio Intro- Rapid Ric
2- David Banner Cosigns
3- Paper Planes- MIA/ Bun B
4- Chamillionaire Cosigns
5- Never- Scarface
6- Sleeping Giant Freestyle- Gerald G
7- Callin Em Out Interview- Pimp C
8- Talkin Smart- Project Pat/ Pimp C
9- La LA LA- Lil Wayne
10- Dope Boi Dime- 4IZE/ Killer Mike/ Marc DeCoca
11- We Still Here Flow- Chalie Boy/ Gerald G
12- Gettin High- Trae (Life Goes On In Stores Now)
13- I Know Why- Gucci Mane, Pimp C, Rich Boy
14- Down In Da Dirty- Ludacris/ RIck Ross/ Bun B
15- Mr 512 Flow- Gerald G
16- Model- Archie Lee/ Slim Thug
17- Umma Do Me- Rocko
18- Pimp Mode- Chamillionaire/ Bun B
19- Same Shit- Killa Kyleon/ Mistah FAB (Prod. By Young Samm)
20- Way It Goes Flow- Gerald G
21- Paper Chaser- Playaz Circle/ Phonte of Little Brother
22- Hello Brooklyn 2.0- Jay Z/ Lil Wayne
23- Beat Da Trunk Up- GT/ Slim Thug/ Killa Kyleon
24- Ball With Me- David Banner/ Chamillionaire
25- Trill Nigg*s Don't Die- UGK/ Z-RO
26- We Doin It- Big Mike/ BG
G TRACKS
27- I Got Money- Stix/ Young Buck/ Sparkdawg
28- Fresh Out Da Box- Greg G and King Mike
29- What U Say- Powerbroker ENT's Young Mabooda
30- Ridin Dirty- Kyle Lee/ Fade Dogg (Prod. By Dolla Bill)
31- Dress Code- S.O.S.A. So San Antone (Cocked & Locked)
32- How U Love Dat- J Kapone/ Tomar Williams of Carnival Beats
33- Mississippi Freestyle- Donnie Cross

Another classic.

Monday 26 November 2007

YZ AND SPECIAL ED IN HOUSTON THIS WEEK!

IT'S GOIN' DOWN! Legends in the city!





Thanks to everyone who came out to Ghostface last night. Show was off the chain, photos coming soonish.
HOOOOOOOOOWWWWWW?!?!?!?!

I think I've suddenly lost my ability to bloggggggggggg!!!

I don't have anything interesting happening to me recently that doesn't involve the privacy of other people (which means I can't blog about it), and my life has settled into a flat boring plateau of comfort.

OKOK I know...

I shall blog about my (closer) girlfriends!!


Here's their birthdays:


MARCH

Kaykay: March 11th

Eileen: March 8th



APRIL

Qing qing: April 2nd

Shuyin: April 19th

Huifen: April 23rd

Gillian: April something (it's not stated on her facebook -_-)


JUNE

June: June 1st

Rosalyn: June 20th

Wanyi: June 21st

Eekean: June 21st



FUNNY HOR?! It appears I can like my girls to be either from the star signs Pisces, Aries, Taurus or Gemini!

Of course I have other female friends who didn't fall in these signs but I guess I'm not that close to them as those mentioned here.

My female friends are all mostly born in the first half of the year, and almost all my closer guy friends are born in the second half (with the exception of maybe Ming)...

I wonder if the astrology horoscope shit works, or maybe it's just a coincidence? Do people who have their birthdays close to each other tend to have similar traits?

Do your friends have birthdays all close to each other?

Food for thought.

Speaking of food, I'm now fucking fat! I'm like 45kg, which is a 2 or 3 kg disparity from my usual of 42/43, and I'm telling you that 45kg is fucking fat for my height!!

CCB.

I saw Shuyin yesterday and she is DAMN skinny lor! I can see her ribcage all! She went to Shanghai and thought she'd binge there so she asked the doctor for appetite suppressant pills, and in the end she didn't binge in Shanghai so she now looks like a chopstick lor...

I told Mike my intentions to go get those pills too, and to my surprise he told me he also has those pills and he got them for his first trip to Singapore when he was super scared that I would think he is fat!

So just now, I ate a pill, and kuku bird! It doesn't work lor!

According to both Shuyin and Mike, the pills are supposed to:


- Increase your heartbeat rates (coz metabolism increases)

- Give you insommia (very unfortunate side-effect)

- Obviously make you not crave for food



Not only did I fall asleep on my bed 2 hours later (took a short nap) with an indifferently beating heart, I woke up to raving hunger pangs (at 2 am when I ate a full dinner at 8pm) and ate 8 egg tofus and 4 deep-fried spring rolls (which I cleverly ta bao-ed from Kelvin's bdae catering).

WHY DOESN'T IT WORK FOR ME!??

I'm super upset lor!

Am I destined to use photoshop to lose weight for the rest of my life??



At that rate of eating no wonder fat...


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I know what else I can blog about!

I shall blog about typical reader comments which pissed me off recently...

I'm not quoting them word for word but these are the essential meanings to what they said:

1) You can lie about staying in a condo but I know you are not! Your room's layout is exactly the same as mine, and I stay in a HDB flat! And your princess room is so small, it can't be a condo.

.........

Excuse me, but why would I lie about staying in a dumbass condo? It's just a two-room condo in the very end of Singapore - it's not bloody Beverly Hills, so the puny bit of prestige is not even worth my effort to lie.

I've openly told everybody before that I used to stay in a 3-room flat in Teban Gardens, the armpit of Singapore, so why would I have a change of character and decide to lie about my lodgings?

It really pisses me off when people accuse me of things due to their own stupid ridiculous presumptions. Pisses me off even more when other stupid people believe these stupid people!

I'm sorry that your room is the size of my Princess Room, but I'd like to inform you that the "Princess Room" is only one-half of the rather large master bedroom...

Ok this is going nowhere.


2) I can't believe we are paying you but you are still not blogging after so long!


PAYING?

You mean like giving me MONEY?

SHUT THE FUCK UP, BITCH.


When did you ever pay me ANY money at all?

All you did was to read this site due to your own boredom/kpo-ness, and I DON'T OWE YOU ANY-FUCKING-THING.

If you don't like my tardiness in blogging, just fuck off, will ya?

I hope you get herpes.



3) Mike hasn't left you yet?


Nope... If he ever does I'll be sure to write about it, so you all can gloat and be marginally happier than what you usually are... because your own life is so miserable and sad. Sucks to be you, huh?


4) You (and Qihua) totally look like prostitutes blah blah blah.


Oh wow, you are SUCH AN INSULT GENIUS! I said I was mistaken for a hooker, and therefore, the insult you should say is that I do look like a hooker!

*roll eyes* Oh my, I am so hurt!

I don't care if you think I look like a hooker.

Girls would say that because they are incapable of dressing up like Qihua and I did, or even if they did, it would look shitty coz they are butt-plug ugly.

Guys would say that because they know that hooker-resembling or not, girls like Qihua and I would never fuck them, and it makes them bitter to see self-confident, vain girls.

That's why I always say, ugly people with self-esteem issues are the most annoying.


5) You are so ugly next to Qihua. You are so fat and fake and she is so pretty and natural.


When I told Qihua about this comment, she laughed and said she'd like to tell you guys that she has on eyelash extensions, hair extensions and of course make-up, so what's there to be so "natural" about?

I think it is very ludicrous that these unknown netizens have the nerve and audacity to comment on famous people's looks, because you are probably a sad, timid low-life in real life who would never even dare to speak to me.

Am I right? Would you tell me in my face that I am ugly, and not have me not have the immediate ready retort that you are hideous yourself?


I also don't care that you think Qihua is prettier than me, which she is... and there is nothing much I can do about that, unless I splash some concentrated acid on her face, which I won't because if she turns ugly she'd stop being so vain and I'd like her less.

What's your point in making an obvious comment like that? Are you trying to hurt me? Ruin friendships, perhaps?

It won't work, coz I only care that Mike thinks I'm hot and that I think I'm hot, so those two are satisfied and thus, nothing else really matters! :)

I understand the pleasure of insulting me though, because let's face it, if tomorrow Britney Spears has a blog too, I'd love to insult her and know that I am important enough to make someone as famous as Britney feel hurt.

Me, insignificant Wendy, managed to evoke emotions in the famous Britney Spears!

Complimenting someone is uncool and probably won't get you any attention; insults on the other hand might get you a reaction and not only seems outspoken and brave, but also sort of praises yourself at the same time (ie saying someone is stupid is also saying you are cleverer than that person)!

Insults are the no-brainer choice.

Whatever, dudes.


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Some photos I edited sorta for facebook.

Kaykay and I dressed up as Fafi!!

You won't believe how vain we are lor... We were du lan that we missed Halloween (and a chance to dress up), so one day, I just decided to jio Qihua to come over and take photos and she did... bringing with her an entourage of wigs, socks, and even a box of candy canes and a purple puff for what she called "props".







Lookit! My crazily thick eyelash extensions that have lasted for more than 2 weeks now! Never drop at all!! Call Carragheen at 68849924 if you wanna do too. There are different types of lashes (from $62 to $130) so if you want mine make sure you let them know you want Xiaxue's lashes.





Matchy matchy socks we bought in HK













I'm not including Kaykay's individual shots coz I want more attention on me, thanks! (at least I admit it lor...)

Random shots:





With Mike... in the second pic he took me out for fine(ish) dining! Which is very uncharacteristic of him... I love you bb!!



With my smelly bff



Me, photoshopped to death

Please don't ask me where I bought my colour contacts hor! You'd be horrified (and rather impressed) to know that I DID NOT WEAR CONTACTS AT ALL.

The light brown colour is purely done by photoshop. :D

Li hai or not! Just goes to show you can't trust any photo online at all!