Trip the Lights: Beat Root 2.6

Last week Thursday, August 21, 2008, the Lightsleeper Crew held the second edition of the Beat Root Qualifying series for this year @ Easy Music Center downtown (Corner of King Street & Keeaumoku Street). My friends Shaun Castro, Philippe Anthony and myself entered this beat battle along with Everybody Knows, Portuguese Sausage Fest,  and newcomer The Hap. Also had dope showcases by Slapp Symphony and Maleko & Optimus Rhymes.

The dudes @ Easy Music recorded footage from the battle, and within a week posted them up on their YouTube. Those guys did their thing with the videos: multiple angles, taking the sound off the soundboard, etc. Dope stuff. Here’s the footage of beats from my homies Phil and Shaun’s beats, and mines as well.

The match-ups were: Portuguese Sausage Fest vs. EK, Stutterin’ Stan vs. Philippe Anthony, and The Hap vs. Shaun Castro. Portuguese Sausage Fest, Stutterin’ Stan and The Hap moved to the Semis.

Shaun Castro, Philippe Anthony and EK battled for the final spot in the Semis, with Shaun moving on.

The Semi-Finals matched up Portuguese Sausage Fest vs. Shaun Castro and Stutterin’ Stan vs. The Hap, with Portuguese Sausage Fest and the Hap going to the Finals.

In the finals, The Hap battled Portuguese Sausage Fest, with Portuguese Sausage Fest coming out the victor. So we got Lael and Portuguese Sausage Fest going to the Finals early next year, with four more qualifiers to go to find out who will join them.

They will be holding the third installment next month @ Easy Music on Thursday, September 25, 2008 from 5-7pm. Competitors include: The Hap, ILL Turner, DJ Cozy, Pakman, and Joe Gosalvez. They need one competitor right now, but I’m guessing by the time anyone reads this Kav will find that final guy. I can’t enter this one, due to Solid Foundations class at GBC, but I’ll definitely enter in the ones after this. So be on the look out!

Support Kav and the LightSleepers‘ efforts, he’s keeping these events going definitely for the love and for the youth.  And support Easy Music. They’ll get you the equipment you need.

Here’s some vids of our beats. You can check the rest here.

Stutterin’ Stan: 1st Round

Philippe Anthony: Sudden Death Round

Shaun Castro: Sudden Death Round

-STAN

Foreign Exchange – Leave It All Behind Teasers

Danggggg…

I just saw these teasers today.

This album is gonna be bananas!

This album is gonna be bananas!

I remember Juando letting me know about Foreign Exchange all the way back in ‘04 when I lived in Chicago, Illinois. I copped “Connected”  @ a Best Buy near my house, the only copy they had.

First listen, fell in love with Nicolay’s production and Phonte & Co.’s lyrical. Still listen to that album on a regular ’till this day.

But, man oh man, are Juando & I looking forward to this one later this year. Sure to be a classic! KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN!

-STAN

A Solid Foundation…

My favorite Hillsong.

Your love brings me to my knees again
We’re gonna bring an anthem of love
We’re gonna live for you
May your love become my every thought
I wanna know the sound of your heart
I wanna live for you now

Like it says in the song…God, may your love become my every thought. Even with the emotions, the feelings, the sin that is in me. Let that sink in, Lord. Your love overcomes all.

Thank you for redeeming me. Thank you for all the good things and bad things.

God you are love.

-STAN

Honozooloo!

Danggggggggg. This is do dope!

My homie Aaron, photog extraordinaire. Put together a video of photos he’s taken for the past 6 months or beyond. 7 minutes. Over 7,000 images.

Look closely you’ll see a certain someone in the video quite a bit. Starts with an S and rhymes with tan. Haha.

Aaron is always creating, designing, and all that. Talented dude.

Check out his website, honozooloo.com.

Pce. God bless.

-STAN

Hipsters Don’t Know: Nola Darling

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Nola Darling

Pretty Gritty Mini Mixtape

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Vocals by Nola Darling

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.ZIP Archive52.5 MB

Nola Darling is a new female Hip-Hop/R&B/Reggae duo from New York. They came out with the world’s first ever “Mini-Mixtape,” a new format in which to release music.

Too many original songs to be classified an EP… Not enough sampled tracks to be labeled a mixtape…. Too random to be considered a concept album…Not miscellaneous enough to be categorized a compilation… too soon to be the greatest hits…too late to be a single… too dope to be dubbed anything but a “Mini-Mixtape.”

Some really good original songs, remakes, and remixes. Check it out. A Dope female duo. i think you’ll be hearing the names around soon enough, when they come out with a full length project.

Click on the download link to listen. Enjoy. Blessings.

Just lettin’ you hipsters know.

-STAN