Here is just a taste of the items we will have available to raffle and auction at the “For The People: Help Save Haiti Event”.

My big homie Bun B has donated the AJ 23 Finale that was only available in 23 accounts world wide. The last color of the last of the numbered Air Jordans. Holy Shit. Bun signed the box and sent me a pic.

My big brother Danny Boy of House of Pain and La Coka Nostra has donated a pair of the infamous HOP Adidas Campus. The designer of the shoe and founder of HOP has also signed the box! If you missed it last St. Patty’s day… here is your chance to get yourself right.

My good people at Mitchell & Ness has donated a Chicago Bulls Michael Jordan Limited Edition 1984-1985 authentic rookie jersey. 1 of 1,264! This jersey represents the moment the game of basketball changed forever. Want it? Come through!!!

The New Balance 574 Clips pack was one of the most limited and sought after set of shoes of 2009. Well guess what? My friends in the PR department at New Balance have donated the set of 4 for the event!

Nike SB and Supreme partnerships are always incredible and most wanted. Our people at SB have looked out once again and have donated the red and green Supreme Bruin! We also will have a couple pairs of Blue Lobsters to raffle off.

For The People: Help Save Haiti Event has joined forces with Good Wood NYC to create these incredible pieces exclusively made for our event. These pieces will be available for sale at the Goodlife in Boston on Sunday night (peep flyer in previous post).

Only 15 pieces available in black and 35 in natural wood and feature the quote “L’Union Fait La Force” (Union Makes Strength) which is featured on the Haitian flag. The back features the Brek.One “B-Man” logo holding a cleaver to represent our partnership.

We will also have tees available at the event featuring the same artwork.

Most of us live in a world where a really bad day consists of morning commute traffic, a slow line at Starbucks or being the 25th in line at a 24 pair sneaker release. We, including me, sometimes take for granted the blessing we are allotted on a daily basis.

Regardless of the location, the horrible tragedy that has taken place in Haiti should open our eyes to real pain and hardship. Many of our friends and colleagues have yet to locate their family members who were affected by the natural disaster. My family in Puerto Rico is but a few hundred miles from where the earthquake hit. I could have easily been someone trying to locate my grandmother— the thought is surreal and makes me very sad and uncomfortable.

At Concepts I have friends I work with directly affected by the tragedy so this has hit home. Another friend of mine, Brek.One – who is Concepts family, is also Haitian. We have decided to work together to do our part with the resources we have. I have reached out to friends in my industry to donate some cool product for our event. We will raffle off most of the product with some pricier rare stuff auctioned off.

This is all going down this Sunday night at the Goodlife in Boston (location details on flyer).

Please join us to bring awareness and raise cash funds for OUR people of Haiti. I want to emphasize the RAISE MONEY part. Buy as many raffle tickets you can and donate as much as possible at the door. It is for a great cause and everything counts.

Brek.One, The Bladerunners and Devlin will be providing the entertainment.

Special Collaboration with Good Wood NYC: Limited edition “Help Save Haiti” pieces to be sold at event.
Special Collaboration with Quinton: Limited edition “Help Save Haiti” snap back cap to be sold at event.

Product donations by:

Concepts
New Balance
Nike SB
Mitchell & Ness
Bun B of UGK
Dr. Romanelli
Danny Boy of House of Pain / La Coka Nostra
ILL BILL / La Coka Nostra
Paul Middleman of Stussy
Puma
Diamond Supply Company
Columbia Sportswear
Sorel
Maestro Knows
St. Alfred of Chicago
Mark Batty Publisher
& more….

We hope to see you there…. again, emphasizing the bring money part!!!

“…DETROIT!”

My family from Detroit came through last week because they were (…this section is secret…) and its going to be amazing. Burn Rubber is fam and are quickly becoming one of the best shops in the Midwest.

For everyone that asked me who Ro Spit was when the joint I produced featuring him, Bun B, Big Sean and Curt@!n$ was circulating — they are one and the same.

Peep their site HERE and Ro’s site dedicated to his music HERE.

If you missed the joint we did, peep it here:

“Number One” featuring Ro Spit, Curt@!n$, Big Sean (Good Music) and Bun B (UGK)

The Motley Crew

Ro is so cultured….

Rick glasses game it ahead of mine….

SLAP!

Big thank you to “la mia famiglia Italiana” over at Gourmet for this special holiday treat.

Jon, Lucci and Greggy take Italian cuisine serious, so serious I’m surprised I didn’t get a loaf of soft bread to soak up the sauce.

Merry Xmas to my Gourmet Family!

Spit Supreme is family and is deadly with the pen. I’ve seen him come up from a young high school kid fucking around with rap to a laser focused grown man not fucking around with rap. He’s not fucking around with ya’ll. His debut has been carefully crafted and this first drop is a great representation of what you’re going to hear. Paul Mighty and Dj Manipulator give Spit a canvas he can bang over. Spit Supreme is just that, supreme and this song proves just that.

Info: www.kindadusty.com

The first single from Spit Supreme’s (Worcester/Boston, MA) upcoming album “Slave to the Game”. After going back to the drawing board numerous times, Spit Supreme is finally crafting his next release. “Slave to the Game” is the culmination of years of hard work and determination. It is through those years that Spit Supreme has managed to work with artists from many different organizations and regions. Through his experiences, Spit is now in the process of creating music that reflects the world around him. “Slave to the Game” will be released
soon after 2010 arrives.

Spit Supreme – Rap Game

Cage’s “Depart from Me” tour came through Boston on Friday which features my homeboy Yak Ballz and was opened by my brother E The Real.

Yak Ballz has been touring in support of Cage’s new album and has been tearing it down rocking classics, currents and I even heard him flip a couple of instrumentals (bodied an RJD2 beat!). Yak has just put up his new site YakBallz.net where be blogs about his travels and day to day stuff. He has an upcoming EP on Def Jux called “Gas Galaxy” with the title track available for free on his site.

Guess what? Yak has a Cannon G10 too. You know what kind of conversations camera nerds have? Shutter speed, ISO settings and controlling level of flash! This camera is fuckin ill.  Above pic is a product of messing with settings I never heard of…

w Yak and Cage – Weathermen Album coming soon.

You all know Paul Mighty. Here’s the science on him— If I am considering robbing a bank, before I even verbalize it, he has a mask on waiting for me in the car. Its scary how on point he is.

My brother E The Real opened up for Yak and Cage rocking joints off of the new Nite People album. He had the crowd totally zoned into what he was doing. It was crazy! E’s is a genius but not in the weird “rain man” way. New music on the way!!

I know you know this guy!!

Social Light Sounds Press Release:

Remember the days when underground Hip Hop singles were found only on vinyl? The classic 12 inch format with an A side and a B side.  Dirty versions to blast through your stereo, clean versions for your mom’s favorite radio station, instrumentals for Emcees to rock over, and acapellas for DJs to cut and mix.  We miss those days too!

For all the Hip Hop nostalgics, Social Light Sounds and The Butcher’s Block have teamed up to release an exclusive “Digital 12 Inch” as a Free Download.  It features three new tracks from Nite People’s lead vocalist E The Real and Massachusetts producer Paul Mighty.  This release includes everything you would expect from a 12 inch single on vinyl.  Instrumentals, acapellas, dirty, and clean versions.

Side A kicks off with the title track “Small Talk”, where E breaks down why small talk gets on his nerves and the mindless dialogue people are subjected to in everyday conversations.  Paul provides an up tempo beat laced with hard funk, steady drums, and a psychedelic guitar riff.  The second track of Side A is called “Key To Success”. E brings a relentless flow over a vintage style of production from the Mighty one.  Raw social commentary and witty wordplay rides over a sharp break beat while the scratchy horns blare out of the speaker.

The B side includes a guest appearance from Worcester, MA Emcee Spit Supreme (Rawkus 50, All Elements) who goes back and forth with E The Real in a never seen before bar structure called “4, 2 1’s”.  The beat rides smooth and complements the lyrics creating a classic soundscape.  Guaranteed to make your neck hurt!

Now that the 12 Inch is digital, blast the dirty version in your iPod, include the clean version in your mother’s next podcast, freestyle over the instrumentals on your lab top, or remix your own versions. Enjoy!

FREE DOWNLOAD (CLICK HERE)

Peep E The Real doing his thing….