The Lost Cause 1.5 / March 14, 2009 / 7pm / Bldg. 12 @ Waikele Shopping Ctr. (Formerly Ashley Furniture)
Gonna be a part of this event tomorrow. Super last minute, but I’m gonna try to play beats and some music here.
A fundraiser for my friend Shaun O’Brien to raise money for Compassion International Philippines Mission Trip. $5 donation will be taken at the door for this event. Shauno will be leaving for this trip later this month, so it will be an awesome going-away dance party for him. Haha. Dope art, music, and what not. It’s going to be a fun event. Just read the above flier for more info and the artists featured.
Beat Root Grand Championships 2009 @ The Loft (4.11.09)
Excited for this event! It’s been a minute since I’ve heard some beats. Beat Root winners Lael, The Hap, OSNA, TKO, DJAH & Kazu the Gonzo will be bringing that hot fiyah. Also, performances by NMB, Nabahe, Slapp Symphony, Rhyme Da Old Man, Bless’dChill, Creed Chameleon & New Jacks. Please come out and support at The Loft on April 11th. Starts at 9pm, ends at 130am. Presale tickets on-sale at Easy Music Center, In4mation, and www.eleshawaii.com. $5.50 on-line and $5 at the other spots. Or just purchase them at the door for $7.
Also, Lightsleepers with the help of Slapp Symphony helped compile a CD of beats from numerous producers of past Beat Roots. With every paid ticket the first 100 at the event will get the CD FREE. The Beatroot Sampler features Sentric, Lael, Joe Gosalvez, Slapp and many others as well. I am truly blessed to also be featured on this CD. Thanks Kav.
BR Sampler
Free is always good but with a collection of beats from past Beat Root producers, it’s sure to be a reason to come in early.
The sixth stop out of eight on the Red Bull Big Tune competition stops over tonight at it’s birthplace, Seattle.
Big Tune is the vision and venture of DJ/producer/emcee-Vitamin D and Hip Hop visionary/event producer – Jonathan Moore, which started in 2004 with the purpose of bringing emerging and established producers/beatmakers ino the limelightt. After three years of hosting successful battles in Seattle, they partnered up with Red Bull. The event bloomed from a beat battle into what it is today… a dynamic national producer program.
So far, winners from the battles have been Illmind (runner-up: Ritz) from the Philadelphia battle on May 21st, Marc Garvey (runner-up: Hitmaker) from thes Oakland battle on May 29th, Sound Mob (runner-up: EQ) from the Houston battle on June 25th, and 14K (runner-up: Frank Dukes) from the Detroit battle on July 31st, and C-Sick (runner-up: Rob Bates) from the Chicago battle on August 21st.
Other regional battles will be hosted in Washington, DC, and Los Angeles, CA. The top two producers from each city will square-off in December 2008 at the Red Bull Big Tune National Championship.
The winner of the National Championship will receive custom studio equipment and an opportunity to collaborate with a recording artist of his/her choice in the prestigious Red Bull Recording Studios in Santa Monica, CA. Last year’s Red Bull Big Tune National Champion had the opportunity to select between esteemed artists Young Buck, Redman and Talib Kweli.
Once it’s done, I’ll let you know who won the Seattle battle.
For now, check out redbullbigtune.com for the past results and video episodes from each battle. It’s legit.
Yes, tonight is the night of the last groundUP show of the year. I guess it’s starting right now since it’s 8pm.
I’ll be getting off of work @ 9pm, so I’ll be there after 9 of course.
Look out for Shaun Castro & Eukarezt @ the show. The got some dope stuff on sale.
Eukarezt will have limited edition t-shirts for sale, only 22 of them. $20 with a free print of one of his new paintings.
Shaun Castro has the “Looking Down on Giants” tee, designed by him and printed by Prolifik. Shirts will be $20, but if you would like to support above $20, he’ll definitely be glad to receive. Money will go towards his trip to Philippines to be trained as a campus missionary in October. He doesn’t have much time, so please support. Also, he will have artwork for sale at the show. This will probably be the last show he’ll be part of, so please come out and support.
Design Significance: David and Goliath, what a crazy story! David was a young shepherd, who was full of faith and spoke it out before he got into battle with Goliath. He fully trusted in God, knowing that He is the One fighting the battle. Please check out 1 Samuel 17 for more insight. David is depicted standing on the word “looKing” but when you look at it closely i capitalized the “k,” so David is actually standing on the “King (of kings).” Red was chosen to represent the blood of Christ… and he chose grey for the giant, because when we fight and struggle against the enemy, we usually do so in the grey areas of our lives.
Also, I will be selling beat CDs at the show for $5. Mostly new stuff with some old gems. Look out for me, and get a copy. I only got 20 of them that’s why!
Anyways, come out and support the artists and the homies. It will be fun.
Did I mention DJ Liger & DJ Memoir are gonna have a DJ Battle?! Haha.
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.
The sixth stop out of eight on the Red Bull Big Tune competition stops over tonight at it’s birthplace, Seattle.
