THE SHAKEDOWN

(I swear there’s a download link for a free song at the bottom of this post)

I’m about a month behind on this one.  (Had some technical issues with the bolg, and I’m just getting caught up).  Anyways… T Lopez:  I first met her when she was with Soluna, and I was on the street team at Hot 92.3 (Shout out to the Hot Squad, and thanks to Ronnie Jr for this nine year old picture!!)

Then… When I started working in television, for SiTV, and I edited this show called The Drop.  T Lopez ended up becoming one of the hosts:

Now I work on this show called LatiNation. When we were looking for a new host, T’s name came up, and of course she had my vote!

So pretty much, she’s like family now. Our careers have crossed paths several times close to the last decade.

OK… enough back story… The point of this is to tell you about her new record. She’s been signed with Cash Money Records for a little while, and I’m happy to finally see something coming out. Its a pop record, you can dance to it, her vocals are on point, and there’s a guest spot from Lil Wayne. That’s pretty much the certified radio stamp of approval right there. Download it!!! Pass it on!! If you’re a DJ.. then play it. If you’re a listener… request it!!! Just click below to download it.

DOWNLOAD: T LOPEZ – Breathe ft. Lil Wayne

My homie X-Man hit me up yesterday with a link to his groups new video. If you don’t know about The Milky Way…. Get familiar. Check the video out:

The other day, for my day job, I had the pleasure of interviewing Mellow Man Ace and his son Cazal Organism. Together they formed a group called The Zzyzzx (Yes like the road). You should all know who Mello Man Ace is. I’ve only heard a few track so far, but his son does all the production. Cazal is 15 and already on point with the beats. Check this one here.

I played this song last Saturday at The Falls. Its still stuck in my head. Song is dope… video… not so much.

Brothers Uv Da Blakmarket – Livin’ In Da Bottle

I first heard of The Far East Movement years ago.  They were a dope ass Hiphop group.  One of the dudes hit me up on myspace.  Then I met their DJ at the time, (Hapa… which is one reason why I’m now at Scratch LA).  Kept in contact for a little bit, but I’m pretty bad about things like that.  Didn’t hear from them for a little while, and then they came out with a whole new sound.  Don’t get it twisted though… Just cause they’re not “that kind of hiphop” anymore, doesn’t mean that I’m not diggin what they’re doing.  Off the recent album, Rocketeer is my favorite track.  Here they are performing it on Conan:

Had to give em props on this one. In a way it kinda reminded me of old Roots shows where they go though a medley of classic Hip Hop tracks with Rahzel. Granted, this was a little on the corny side, but it was still pretty entertaining, and I had throw up a hand up with a HipHop salute when they dropped Tribe, and the Roots own track. Schekitout…

For the day job, I just edited a piece on Anjelah Johnson. All of a sudden I’m a fan. Her good energy just comes across the camera. Be on the look out for when the piece airs on American Latino. Its the first piece I’ve cut with a comedian that’s actually funny. In the meantime… here’s the already classic bit that shot her to fame.

Here’s my set from Rehab Radio on Ustream earlier this week. I’m on for the first hour of the show, and DJ Robshot comes on right after. He did a dope set with some classis G-Funk. I did 3 short sets for the first hour. Each one themed. The first one is New Edition vs. New Kids on the Block, the second set is Wu-Tang vs The Alkaholiks, and the last one is Joe Bataan vs Sergio Mendes. For some reason the ustream feed started acting up mid set, and everything plays slightly slower then its supposed to sound. So… because of that, I ripped the audio and fixed it up a little bit. You can download that here:

DJ SHAKEE LIVE ON REHAB RADIO (mp3)

I’ve known this dude Chuey since about 2002 or 2003…   He’s kinda done a lot.  You should google him if you’re interested.  His ustream show has had guest DJs, artists, big name, no name, up and comers… check it out sometime.  A few weeks back, he had me come in and rock a set on an all vinyl night.  Dirty records, skipping needles, lack of practice, not hearing songs in a long time… but still.. gotta love the fact that its all wax, and not everyone has the shit that I’m dropping. I was lagging on putting up… but here it is now!!  I come on around 1:05:45.  I’ll have the audio posted up at some point.  but for now.. check it out here.