Thursday 30 October 2008

THURSDAY THROWBACK...

Due to the aforementioned charger debacle, i missed my usual 'Classic Shit On A Tuesday' post..
so fuck it, here's Throwback Thursday's...title works better anyway....

still one of the best females in the game...









































APOLOGIES...

Sorry for not posting frequently recently...long story short, I had a gig at the weekend, and someone was talking my ear off while I was packing up my things, and I forgot to pack my charger...and its been a nightmare to get that shit back....so I've had no power for my lappie...so check back in a couple of days for more fun sheeeeeeeeeeeeit.

until then, I know I'm late, but here's this weeks walking blog....

Saturday 25 October 2008

WTF PART 2WO....

JENNIFER HUDSONS MOTHER AND BROTHER SHOT DEAD IN THEIR HOME.
Her sister and 7 year old nephew are missing too...
The worlds got a lot of people making it a wicked place.....

Read the full story, swiped from TMZ.

Friday 24 October 2008

WTF?????

NIGGAS WIT PURSES....LMAO
Not really my thing music wise, but i second their statement...man handbags? man purse? fuck off!

Tuesday 21 October 2008

THE MIXTAPE 18/10/08

CHECK OUT SATURDAYS SHOW JUST GONE...NEW MUSIC FROM WILEY, EMINEM
IT'S A HIP HOP/RNB SHOW, I WILL POST A COUPLE OF THE WEDNESDAY HIP HOP SHOWS AS SOON AS I GET TIME...

HOUR 1NE

HOUR 2WO

LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF THE SHOW...I'D REALLY LIKE TO KNOW.

NEW WILEY JOINT...

PRODUCED BY MARK RONSON
full version soon come....




thoughts?

Monday 20 October 2008

CLASSIC SHIT ON A TUESDAY...PART THR33

Seeing as Heltah Skeltah's new album D.I.R.T. (Da Incredible Rap Team)
dropped at the end of last month, I think its only right to keep it Boot Camp today...

This shit brings me back to quite a few years ago, the WHOLE Bootcamp Clikk came to London to perform at Alexandra Palace...the promoters were greedy as fuck!!!! tryna charge like 25 quid for a Hip Hop show in the mid 90's...was unheard of...maybe that's why there was only like 30 people tops rattling around 'Alli Pally' BUT the show was crazy!!!! not only was it the 1st time B.C.C. were in London, The legendary Roger Troutman (the dude where T-Pain got his WHOLE style from R.I.P.) and his group Zapp performed a full live set as if the palce was heaving with punters...everybody was professional and gave it their all.
Great fuckin show....
How did I get in? I was on the list...but my people around that time would use the age old pass scam, failing that, the doors would get rushed and failing that, the venue would get broken into, whether via an unattended entrance or via the roof....yeh I said it...big up to the man dem (and some girls too) you know who you are...I remember another time, a couple of my boys broke into the forum via the roof while Pete Rock & C.L Smooth were performing, and they actually watched the show above their heads on stage!?!?! anyway, pardon my digression....

Lastly, before we get into the vids, check out the Hip Hop show on kiss every Weds as myself and Ted bang out 30 mins of Hip Hop classics every show 21:00-23:00....hit us up @ totalkiss.com/shorteeblitz/bigted

Without further ado... I present to you, The Boot Camp Clikk


HELTAH SKELTAH: OPERATION LOCKDOWN



THE FAB 5 (HELTAH SKELTAH & O.G.C.): LEFLAUR LEFLAH ESHKOSHKA
still don't know what that means....



SMIFF AND WESSUN FT O.G.C.: SOUND BWOY BUREILL



SMIFF AND WESSUN: BUCKTOWN



BLACK MOON: I GOT CHA OPIN (RMX)



BLACK MOON: HOW MANY EMCEES



WHERE IT ALL STARTED FOR BOOTCAMP...
BLACK MOON: WHO GOT THE PROPS



ONE OF THE ILLEST COLLECTIVES IN HIP HOP AND THEY'RE STILL GOING STRONG TO THIS DAY....THE WORD FOR TODAY....LONGEVITY!!!!!

Friday 17 October 2008

WALKING BLOG PART 5IVE...

I'm a little late this week but The Mayor of NYC is back with his latest installment of the walking blog...




get the first 4our eps HERE
and HERE

Thursday 16 October 2008

Chris Fountain's Birthday

A couple of months ago I was asked to spin at Chris Fountain's birthday party in Leeds.
If you're a fan of the Hollyoaks show, you'll know who I mean.
I was thinking, keep it commercial etc, just make sure everyone was covered.
But then I got requests from the birthday boy for some Grime, Bashment and Hip Hop.
He even asked me to do my Benga blend which I was shocked about...dude knows his onions.
So I got busy, Chris and his peeps were rocking the 'Willie Bounce' and the 'Dutty Wine' (even though I don't think guys should be doing that dance...at all!!!) so I kept the heat going up until I handed over to my boys, D.J. Luck & M.C. Neat.
I wish I could've stayed and enjoyed the party, but I had to get back to my house, shit, shower and shave and be at Heathrow for 6am for my flight to N.Y.C. (more about that in a post coming to you soon)

Shout out to Colin Francis, Luck and Neat, Cheema and Jazzy J who spun on the night also.

Not forgetting Mrs Fountain and of course the Birthday boy...cool people.











The Birthday boy aka Justin Burton











Hannah Tointon aka Katy Fox










Not sure who dude is on the left...Gemma Merna, Kevin Adams & Nick Pickard










D.J. Luck










Nick Pickard

OK, SO I DIDNT WIN...

Just got back in from an evening at Wembley Arena where the 13th annual M.O.B.O. Awards were held.

After getting my hair cut, which actually took longer than anticipated...shout to Lawrence, we ended up talking about industry politics, dj's music, life etc....I got home, showered, changed kissed my son goodnight and I was off, to sit in traffic for 2.5 hours all the way to Wembley.

I got to the venue, usual madness, 1000's of people dressed up to the nines in the latest and skimpiest (ladies, I appreciate all of that) garments.

After finally locating the car park and the young lady who had my V.I.P. ticket, I bypassed all the people who were outside, either waiting to collect their tickets, tryna blag someone else's tickets or 'tryin a ting' at the door.

Once in, I was informed before I even got to my seat, that the winners of the categories were not in fact me.

So I do the rounds of the people I know and like from my industry, (there's not that many, TRUST ME) namely other dj's and a few others with whom I have utmost respect for.
Anyway, a few dj's are giving me the shrug their shoulders 'like bwoy' look as if they heard the worst news ever. LOL

Because there is a industry and dj grapevine that informs everyone what is going on before time, so if they know, I'm thinking the winners must've known too.

The hosts for this evening were the legend that is Rev Run and ex Spice Girl, Mel B who showed the neccessary amount of leg-age. They did a good job in my opinion.












John Legend opens the show with his hit Green Light.

The 1st category, Best U.K. Female went to our girl Estelle which the whole crowd was ecstatic about....










2nd category was Best Album and Leona Lewis took that one, the crowd goes wild....until they find out she's not actually there....then they set the tone for the evening, by booing their hardest.

Taio Cruz takes the stage with 'Like A Star' and does his thing and is quickly joined by the Sugababes showing NUFF leg-age.













Best Newcomer Chipmunk took that one easily as he made A LOT of noise last year and this year.
He beat Skepta, but Skepta is not really a newcomer, mainstream are just finding out who he is though...










Best Reggae act: Hands down, Mr 'Gangsta For Life' Mavado had the place going nuts...til they found out he wasn't there, so the boos started again, obviouslythey were'nt booing Mavado, I think they were actually booing M.O.B.O. but that was quickly quashed by 1xtra's Dancehall resident, Robbo Ranx who explained he was on the 'Gully Side' and he was thankful of his award.

After a few more awards, Estelle took the stage to killed it with American Boy and Substitute Lover.










Best Hip Hop (best Hip Hop What? artist? album? song?) went to Lil Wayne, love him or hate him, it was his year. But then he wasn't there to accept the award either, so the booing commences.
Jay Sean Tried to defend it, citing him as one of the, or the 'Best Rapper Alive' (to you maybe mate...not hating in the least! he's good, but not THAT GOOD....if it's about the record sales, then where do M.C. Hammer or Vanilla Ice fit in with that argument then? but i digress....another time...)

Best Gospel goes to Jahaziel which he was the only person I heard of in that category, so big up! NOT beacause he was the only one I've heard of, he's a good artist period.


Best Video: Leona Lewis-again, more boos. Collecting the award on her behalf was 80's pop annoyance Sinitta, who seeing that Robbo Ranx did well to silence the chaos earlier, thought she'd try to do the same, with her...'When Simon and I discovered Leona...'bullshit. BOOOOOO!!!
2 things...
1: Didn't Leona WIN X Factor? and wasn't THAT how she was discovered?? and,
2: No one cares what you have to say really, so just say 'Thank you, on behalf of Leona' or words to that effect and stop tryna beg fame from someone else's talent.
Phew, anyway....

Flo-rida took the stage and performed his hit Low.
At that time, I put a call in to KISS fm to let the listeners know what had gone on so far as Ted was flying solo tonight, while I went to Wembley.












So here comes the category I was waiting for, up until I got there anyway....

Best Club D.J. Westwood, Boooooos.
I was thinking, 'wait a minute' he's one person who's actually here...I guess the people have spoken for real.

He was pissed! I would be if that happened to me....

After Chris Brown took Best RnB and ladies lost their fucking minds, the boos ensued when they found out, you guessed it...

Estelle won again with her worldwide hit, American Boy, which took the Best Song category.

Then Craig David jumped on stage when the 'A Milli' beat drops and he does his double time rhyming thing which got the crowd going, even though it was in the fakest, most embarrassing American accent...ain't he from Southampton???
But he had The Stryderman to show him how its done, while fully reppin where he's from.










Best Male: Dizzee Rascal...he wasn't there either, so again, boooos.
The award was picked up by Semtex, who tried to talk to the people over the boos, but to no avail.

Jay Sean did his thing with his live performance.

Up next, the other category I was waiting for....Best Radio D.J.
Trevor Nelson, Trev's my dude and an all round nice guy, no one had a problem with him taking that award, whatsoever.

But, when they read Westwood's name with the other nominees, a crazy amount of boooooing.
I'm like whoa...

Estelle and John Legend do their thing on stage, there were a few more awards given out, and the evening was starting to wind down. Plus my energy was running low, I held out on lunch as I thought we were getting food on our V.I.P. table, we had wine, dried banana chips and raisins and other dried fruit.....










I didn't win, but I had fun, I really don't do this for awards anyway, sure, it's nice to be recognised, but I do this because I love the music...everything else is...meh...











Liz McClarnon










D.J. Spoony










Treble T & Sucio Smash










Noel Clarke










Treble and his BIG WATCH










Jazzie B (THE LEGEND)

Sunday 12 October 2008

PUT YOUR WEIGHT ON IT










I found this mixtape from 2002.
It was for one of my many tours in Australia.

I was kinda too heavy on the Shortee Blitz jingles, but hey...

ENJOY

Friday 10 October 2008

ABOUT FUCKIN TIME...

WIPES TEAR FROM EYE....

IT'S GOIN DOWN THIS WEEKEND.....











IF YOU'RE IN LONDON THIS WEEKEND AND YOU LOVE HIP HOP IN IT'S TRUE ESSENCE... BE THERE!!!!!

CLICK HERE FOR TIX.... GONNA BE SICK!!!!!!

TO WHET YOUR APPETITE...

THE GODFATHER!


Just stumbled across this tribute show we did 2 days after the passing of the most important man in music (yeah I said it!!!!).
I was thinking I should wait until the 27th for the 2nd anniversary of his passing...but nah, you NEED to hear this...
We heard the news on Boxing day, Ted got his vinyl together, I got busy recording what vinyl I had at the house to my serato (98% of my records are now in storage...sniff) and I think we did a good job seeing as we had to prepare on Boxing day...we tried to cram as much as we could into the 2 hour slot which included adverts. (which I edited out)
So sit back, do what ever you do to relax and take it all in...

Just imagine if James Brown never existed...what would Hip Hop sound like?
Fuck that, what would music in general sound like?
Jeez....


Comments please!!!!

Hour 1ne


Hour 2wo

Thursday 9 October 2008

MAY THE 4ORCE BE WITH YOU

WELCOME BACK 4ORCE
MIND THA GAP ANTHEMS V2 IN STORES NOW!!!

MIXTAPE....

I just realised that people cant hear the shows on totalkiss.com if they're not in the u.k.....
if you dont get to hear how i rock it on a regular basis,
here's the 1st hour of the mixtape mixshow from about a month and a half ago, enjoy...

Tuesday 7 October 2008

CLASSIC SHIT ON A TUESDAY...

I woke up this morning with the urge to hear and see something classic...
What better way to start than my favourite Hip Hop artist/joint of all time....



...and oh yeah, he'll still kill almost anyone on a live show to this day!!!! who wanna argue?

Here's some proof....






see the standing ovation from his peers at the end? rispeck!

Probably the best posse cut ever.....

LOL at Kane not havin the cowboy costume...while everyone else followed instructions...

Monday 6 October 2008

WALKING BLOG PART 4OUR...

Here's part four of Mazzi's (S.O.U.L. Purpose) weekly blog...he's an artist, he works for Def Jam in the promotions dept, he co hosts the thursday night Hip Hop show, Squeeze radio on
W.K.C.R. 89 tek 9fm (whattup Sucio Smash and Timm See!!) he is a devout muslim (prays 5 times daily...oh, Eid Mubarak to all my Muslim's out there!!) and is out all day and all night capturing what is going on in the rotten apple...this dude knows NOTHING about sleep...kudos.




To catch the 1st 3 eps click HERE.

Saturday 4 October 2008

SOUTHPORT #43

GONNA BE A BIGGUN......

















ACTS INCLUDE, DE LA SOUL & GURU'S JAZZAMATAZZ....
HURRY UP AND GET YA TIX...(IF THERE'S ANY LEFT)

CHECK AVAILABILITY HERE

Thursday 2 October 2008

DJ VADIM....


I just heard about this...
my love and thoughts go out to him and his wife Yarah Bravo...

I hope that you will understand that the only reason i am making this public, is because i believe in the power of the people!!
And i believe in collective thought.If we all challenge our energy towards something we can make it happen.

WE ARE THAT STRONG!!!

There is no easy way of sharing this with you...
so i'll just go ahead and do it.

Vadim has been diagnosed with Cancer!!!(If you would like to know more about it, please google it. As i do not want to delve into it here. The name is: Ocular Melanoma / choroidal melanoma and it is a very rare type of cancer).This has obviously been a shock for all of us.

I hope everyday that i'll wake up and it's all been a bad dream...

I can't help but feel anger and frustration, as it's so hard
to accept that this has happened to such a good man!!!
Not only someone so extremely talented!!!But someone so healthy, so young, so fit?Someone so kind, so loving, so funny?

A friend of mine said to me the other day,
''Maybe this type of thing happens to the real good people, just
because they are the ones who are strong enough to survive through something like this??''Yeah maybe?

I still don't think it's fair.But whatever the reason may be.

I know one thing....

Vadim is a fighter!!
He always pushes himself to the limit...

And i will be there pushing for him when he can not.ALL my energy and presence is now channeled in Vadim's direction to help him get better!!He is by far one of the most incredible and inspiring people i know.And i am truly blessed to have met him!!!!

And so is everyone who has ever been touched by his music and his presence!!!!!So many times has he had my back and lifted me up when i was down!And i wish now that we can all do the same for him!

All i am asking from you, is to create a proactive boomerang
....WORLD WIDE and please pray for him! Help him heal!!
Send him all your energy and love, and think intensely about him
surviving, recovering and coming back stronger!!!

Musically he has many more shows to rock, many more albums to finnish.And so many more adventures to go on...the world needs him!!

Fuck..... i need him!!!

Please take your time out to light him a candle and think
about him in the most positive colorful light....starting NOW!!!
Shower him wit LOVE!!!! Telepathically, spiritually, verbally...in which ever way!!!

Cause we have the power to do so!!For the past few weeks i been trying my absolute hardest to get him the best
treatment available. And making sure he is strong, spiritually, mentally and physically for whatever is ahead. I remain positive!!! And try to instill that positivity in him....daily!!!But right now there is not much more i can do. It is time to give him over to the doctors.

(Physically, but not spiritually!!)

He is in hospital now. And will have an operation tomorrow, (friday 26th of September 8am UK time) , i can not tell
you exactly how long he will have to stay in hospital. But i hope not for too long.

so....Friends & Family...

Know this...we are powerful, our thoughts are powerful,
so if we challenge our energy towards him when he is going
through this chapter in his life.
I know that our collective positive energy and light will help him through this!

...i know this might not have been the most eloquent letter
i've written...but i was not entirely sure how to convey these news to
you, so yeah i just wrote it the best i could considering the situation.

Thank you for reading...

Yarah aka Captain Love Bubble

VOTING CLOSES THIS SUNDAY....
















Sorry to harp on about this people, but if you wanna vote for ya boy Blitz, for the Best Club DJ and Best Radio DJ categories


VOTE HERE ...as many times as you want...(30 min intervals or so)

thanx again...