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You may know him from the group Hip Hop Kclan through Project Blowed, you may know him from any of his 22 releases since 1996. Now you know him as the newest member of the Isolated Wax crew.

Thanks Dave Dub

Blowed

Tabernacle MCz – West, West ft. Aceyalone

via Aceyalone, PIK

thnx Lauren

A prep freestyle prior to the anniversary show that took place on the 30th.

Peace to Conga.

Part 2 after the jump. Funny shit.

Promo battle that went down in LA as part of Grind Time’s West Coast Division. Scribble Jam champ and West Coast battle veteran NoCanDo takes on 3-Time Lounge Battles champ Madness from Orlando

Before Busdriver was receiving awards and the key to the city from Avalon, Pennsylvania and making catchy tunes like Avantcore and Unemployed Black Astronaut, he was the understudy of Ridd and NgaFsh of the Chillin Villain Empire (CVE) who look and sound like they were born to tear shit up in these videos. I think this is the first video I’ve actually seen of Wreccless. Thanks to Anticon, Atak, and a couple of other good sources for putting me on to Project Blowed, Afterlife, etc.

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Live @ Beat Non Stop, LA, CA
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Jamm Messenger Divine

Experienced musician: experience with drums including all percussion. Performances Include: Horace Tapscott, Chick Corea, Bennie Maupin, Billy Childs, Billy Higgins, Lowell Fulsom, Perry Ferrell, Watts Prophets, Alkaholics, Freestyle Fellowship. Leadership skills: led hip-hop/jazz band (Underground Railroad) organized bookings, tours, finances.

Experienced Producer: Pharcyde, Freestyle Fellowship, Medusa, Acid Reign, Volume-10, AC Alone, Olmecca, and Jah Orah, Rifleman , Bus Driver,T-love,Suga B ,and 2 Mex. Recording Engineering for , Eyrkah Badu , Madlib , Georgia Anne Muldrow , Dudley Perkins , George Clinton , and Disney Studio Projects.

Technical skills: Consoles: Neve VX (s), Flying Faders. SSL G series, Mackie D8B, set up and tear down sessions, soldering, patchbay, session documentation, studio etiquette, attention to detail. Computer skills: OSX, Windows XP, Pro Tools HD, TDM, Reason, Digital Performer, Ableton Live, and Waves DSP, Foley, and sound design. 2003 Journeyman Certificate, Musicians Institute RIT Program. (Outstanding Student Award recipient) 2004 Music and Multimedia, Pasadena City College

New music from Otherwize, from an upcoming album titled “Half Monster Half Amazing”. Otherwize > every other emcee in the room.

How the f are we supposed to be excited about certain so called buzz generating artists when we still have cats like Otherwize alive and well? Peace to Giovanni Marks, visit Otherwize

Strange video of Busdriver (Project Blowed, CVE, Epitaph) being honored by the Borough of Avalon, PA. Video ends with Busdriver accepting the key to the city and a slick rhyme by Busdriver talking about what you just saw. via (via)

Mentioned in an earlier post, This Is The Life is a documentary film revolving around the legendary Good Life Café and the many artists it has influenced throughout the years. The 25-track CD features a bunch of rare live performances from the likes of Ellay Khule, Mikah 9, CVE, Freestyle Fellowship, Aceyalone, Abstract Rude and more! buy soundtrack, more info

Welcome to the Good Life Cafe, where emcee specials have been served up with style and extra flavor since 1989! To own this is to own some of the earliest known freestyles, live sets and soundbites of Project Blowedians ever made available and not heard anywhere else for quite some time. Extremely rare recordings by Aceyalone, Hip Hop Klan, Mikah 9, CVE, Medusa, Abstract Rude and more! Big thanks to Rifleman for personally supplying us with this nice little bit of history and Omid for helping restore the quality! H-E-A-T!

01. Power of the P=SIN
02. Nobody (Live) Aceyalone
03. Abstract Rude
04. Hip Hop Kclan Live Role Call
05. Ellay Khule Live
06. Rifleman Up * Away Live
07. Chali Tuna Live
08. Unity Committee Live
09. Alpha Omega = Figures of Speech
10. Mikah 9 Live
11. Spoon Iodine Live
12. CVE Live
13. Live Ngafish Acapella
14. Farmer John Hymnal & Darkleaf
15. Akilee AKA Allah Culture
16. Misia and Allah Culture
17. Sesquipedelian Live
18. Freestyle Fellowship Live
19. Ganja K
20. Volume 10 Live
21. Hip Hop Nation
22. Aceyalone & Trend Live
23. Of Mexican Descent Live
24. Capitol AK Live
25. Abstract Rude Live

see also:
This Is The Life, Documentary On The Movement That Exploded From The Good Life Cafe, Coming To A Film Festival Near You

More from the Freestyle 101 series. Link (good looks Frank)

Comin’ straight outta the L.A. underground, Thirsty Fish represent real hip hop to the fullest. As part of the Project Blowed collective (which includes Freestyle Fellowship, Aceyalone, Abstract Rude, Busdriver, and more) Thirsty Fish have been schooled in the fine art of freestyling from years of battling and ciphers in legendary Leimert Park. And all that hard work has clearly paid off as members Open Mike Eagle, Psychosiz and DumbFounDead tag-team freestyle with ease, like they were born with mics in their hands.

Has it been 13yrs already? Sounds like these two shows will be really dope. Features the likes of Aceyalone, Abstract Rude, Myka 9, Thavius Beck, Prince Po, Nocando and more! Link

mysp*ce.com/projectblowed

Project Blowed 13th Anniversary Show 12/26/2007 9:00pm-Until
The Little Temple Bar
4519 Santa Monica Blvd.
Silverlake, CA 90029
Tickets available now @ http://losangeles.going.com/projectblowed13

Project Blowed 13th Anniversary Show 12/28/2007 9:00pm-Until
The Ice House Lounge
650 S. Main St.
Las Vegas, Nevada

Seems like a great move for Abstract Rude and very similar to the one made by Del The Funky Homosapien and Def Jux. Hopefully, everything will work out and he can finally get the recognition he most certainly deserves. link (via)

Tell us about the new record.

You know its been interesting. Though I’ve had a few cool campaigns before, this’ll probably be the most thorough as far as trying to get the most out of this whole independent scene. The cats at Rhymesayers seem committed to trying to do as well they could do with this project.

Are you working with any of their producers?

Not for this particular record, well sort of because I’m working with Vitamin D for this record ( but no Ant, etc.). I knew about [Vita] through this crew he used to be down with called Source of Labor from Seattle back in the day. They used to come out to all the Project Blowed events back in the day. Then I found out that he co-produced Gift of Gab‘s solo record with Jake One. I was happy and honored to get a chance to work with him. He gave me like sixty beats to listen to, and I quickly saw that there was a whole world we could explore. Really it’s been two years in the making. Mainly that’s because of location and the way that we’re doing things. We’re both busy dudes trying to stay at it.

A lot of cats were rapping back then and a lot of cats have come and gone since. How is that you think you were able to maintain a state a relevance after all these years?

Well you don’t necessarily have to make a thousand songs. Some people make the same impact off of ten. Not to say that me making a thousand makes me more noble, other than the fact that it gives me a lot of practice (laughs). There’s a lot of different routes and paths to get to the same goal that we all have which is to get your music heard, get your message out there and making a living doing it. When you come form that underground school, there’s an emphasis on not compromising what you’re about. Somehow me and other cats like Acey, 2Mex, Busdriver, Awol, Medusa, we’ve somehow done all those things and stayed active enough to stay relevant and spread out wide enough to keep it fresh and stay out there. Its also about understanding what its really about, which is connecting with fans and staying true to the brand that you put out there even as you evolve. It’s also about putting stuff out there all the time. You got the solo records, the ATU stuff; the mix cd’s that I’ve put out, the Haiku D’Etat stuff the A-Team stuff, Codename Scorpion and all that. It’s about diversifying. Just following a natural path. A lot of that stuff was just freestyled and we just stumbled into it. And luckily we’ve been fortuitous.

see also:
Del’s 11th Hour Pushed To ‘08, Coming Out On Def Jux

Nocando, Rheteric and Dumbfoundead talk about battlin’ for money, their Project Blowed influences and their upcoming releases. Link

Celebrating the release of his new album The Soundcatcher, DJ Vadim is touring with Project Blowed co-founder Abstract Rude and Yarah Bravo throughout the US and Canada. Link

10/03 Nelson, British Columbia @ Hume Lounge, 10pm
10/05 Victoria, British Columbia @ Lucky Bar, 8pm
10/06 Vancouver, British Columbia @ Richards On Richards, 8pm
10/11 Seattle, WA @ Nectar Lounge, 8pm
10/12 Eugene, OR @ John Henry’s, 8pm
10/13 Portland, OR @ Fez Ballroom, 10pm
10/14 Bend, OR @ Domino Room, 8pm
10/16 Mount Shasta, CA @ The Wayside, 10pm
10/17 Arcata, CA @ Jambalaya, 10pm
10/18 Santa Cruz, CA @ Moe’s Alley, 8pm
10/19 San Francisco, CA @ Mighty, 8pm
10/20 San Diego, CA @ Kava Lounge, 10pm
10/21 Los Angeles, CA @ Knitting Factory, 10pm
10/23 Fullerton, CA @ Continental Room, 8pm
10/24 Tucson, AZ @ Solar Culture, 8pm
10/25 Mesa, AZ @ Blunt Club, 10pm
10/26 Houston, TX @ Grab Bar, 8pm
10/27 Austin, TX @ Emo’s, 8pm
10/28 Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater, 8pm
10/30 Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Room, 8pm
11/01 Tallahassee, FL @ Beta Bar, 8pm
11/02 Atlanta, GA @ Apache Café, 8pm
11/03 Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall, 8pm
11/04 Richmond, VA @ Alley Cats, 8pm
11/07 London, Ontario @ Alex P Keaton, 8pm
11/08 Toronto, Ontario @ Drake Hotel, 8pm
11/09 Hamilton, Ontario @ Pepper Jacks, 8pm
11/10 Montreal, Quebec @ Sala Rosa, 8pm