DJ CHUCK & WANJA present DIGITAL UNDAGROUND 4 and 5 (FREE DOWNLOADS)

WORDS FROM THE HERO

The Wonderful Wanja hit me up Somewhere after the 2nd Installment of her Mix Series w/ DJ CHUCK "DIGITAL UNDERGROUND" ....and no.....We arent Talking about SHOCK G.... No Humty Dance here, tho "All around the World is the Same Song" is such A Good Theme for this post being that That cats from all over the Globe came together on these dope mixes........(FUN FACT: TUPAC used to be A Backup Dancer for Digital Underground) hahaha not many people knew that, but being from TAMPA BAY I tend to be A Huge fan of D.U. or at least SHOCK G......

"UNDERGROUND AIRPLAY".... The name Ring A Bell?.. Well, for all those hiphop heads older than 25 whom actually were fanatic's of the culture doing the mid to late 90's, you will remember when Echo 1st started making shirts (before MARC EKCO changed the spelling and went mainstream) He used to sell the Dopest T-shirt Designs Ever and w/ Every purchase you received A dope HipHop Mixtape (CASSETTE) called "UNDERGROUND AIRPLAY" hahahaha but In these days, nothing is original which is not a bad thing, it is just the way it is. So i've learned to accept the fact the people on opposite sides of the Earth come up with the same great ideas Every second....which has absolutely nothing to do with this post or the mixtape other than the fact ..."Digital Underground" Reminded me of "Underground Airplay" just A common name hahahahaha I just have not thought about those ECHO mixtapes in a while and the name brought back some dope memories. Enough of Nostalgic moments down BoomBap memory lane tho, Lets get into the Reason I am not working on music at this very moment! =)

I've been hearing about Wanja for a pretty long time now via her show. "I still Love H.E.R. show" so it is A Honor to be a part of her and chucks movement. She has a wonderful heart, Amazing Taste and keeps great company (see the pictures at end of post) hahahah.

I ended up submitted 3 tracks for VOLUME 4. and in the spirit of Project: REACH, with doing so I submitted tracks I did with other Artist So not only am I getting out to more ears but those artist whom I love and Respect are getting out there as well....

The tracks I selected are 1.) "Blood Rush" which is Buff1 & myself . 2.) "I wont stop" which is Mishoo the Drumkit & myself produced by Comfort fit and last but not least 3.) "Love is complicated tommorow" which is St Mic, Unknown and Myself. which worked out really well cus it seems Wanja wanted to get St Mic involved anyways so.... All is good! ! ! ......

Digital Underground VOLUME 4 (Intro/Snippets) by dutchmassive

"The fourth and fifth volumes of my mixtape series "Digital Undaground" are done. Due to a short hiatus that DJ Chuck went on we decided to bless you with 2 tapes, instead of one, to make up for the long waiting period. So we call this one the Independence day Edition, very fitting, since we are all about supporting independent Hip Hop.

We’re excited to let you hear both of the tapes for free. Look out for upcoming artists from all over the US and other countries, including features by the likes of Big Pooh, Chino XL, Dutchmassive, Roc C, Supastition, Baatin, OneBeLo, Elzhi, Buff1, Skyzoo, The Away Team and many more.


Download Volume 4 here:

http://www.divshare.com/download/7905374-10c

And Volume 5 here:

http://www.divshare.com/download/7905155-f5f

Also, Please Visit www.myspace.com/digitalundagroundmixtape
to get the latest news on this mixtape series.

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DJ CHUCK & WANJA

The idea for the "Digital Undaground" mixtape series came up in November 2007. Wanja, host of the I still love H.E.R. radio show, had been supporting talented unsigned artists, who she often came across on myspace.com, ever since she first started her radio show and so she was the right person to ask when DJ Chuck was looking for a partner to make "Digital Undaground" reality. "Digital Undaground" is a mix of different artists, who show their skillz over original beats. All these artists have been found on MySpace.com by the producers themselves.
If you ask them why they are doing this, they will tell you that to make a change in Hip Hop you need to get busy yourself, instead of complaining about its state! The purpose of thise mixtape series is giving talented, upcoming artists the exposure that the mainstream media wont give them, because they dont have big labels backing them up.
The primary goal was to have nothing but outstanding songs on "Digital Undaground", no half steppin allowed! And this has been done 100%.

• www.myspace.com/digitalundagroundmixtape
• www.myspace.com/istilllovehertheshow
• www.myspace.com/weloveher09
• http://twitter.com/istillloveher

Dj Chuck and Wanja are already keeping an ear out for the line up of Volume 6 and take your submissions at digitalundaground@gmail.com


PREVIOUS DIGITAL UNDAGROUND MIXES BELOW =)

Download Mixtape | Volume 1

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Download Mixtape | Volume 2

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Download Mixtape | Volume 3

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THE HOBBYSHOP HERO
Extended Fam Photo's

WANJA - PRO-NOUNCED "VON-YAH"

BUFF1 & WANJA

WANJA & LEAF ERIKSON

WANJA & APATHY

WANJA & ILLA J


* If you’d like to be featured on one of the upcoming tapes please submit your material at digitalundaground@gmail.com

Peace, HsH

HsH Artist spotlight - Meggs (Art / Aerosol / Design)

Artist Bio - MEGGS

Growing up in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, Meggs’ early artistic development was influenced by the cartoons, comics & sci-Fi films of the 1980’s. Fuelling his vivid imagination and creating a passion for superheroes, fantasy characters and bold colourful graphics, such as those found on toy packaging and video covers. This soon developed into a passion for skateboarding culture and interest in graffiti art and graphic design.

Several years after completing a Bachelor of Design, Meggs becoming frustrated with client based design work and began exploring his personal artwork on the streets, particularly in the form of stencilling during 2003. Meggs quickly developed a recogniseable style of complex stencil images and paste-ups, as well as exploring character based work with underlying themes of inner demons and duality. Early works such as the ‘devil kids’ and ’spew blobs’ become familiar aspects of the back alleys and laneways of Melbourne’s CBD and surrounding suburbs.

In 2004, Meggs joined forces with artists Sync, Rone, Phibs, Reka, Wondalust & Meek and became a core member of the ‘Everfresh Studio’, a unique collective of street/graffiti/gallery artists who are recognised as one of Australia’s most progressive and prolific street art collectives. Sharing skills, knowledge and passion Everfresh are renowned and respected for their collaborative styles in group murals and exhibitions, as well as accomplished solo artists with their own unique strengths and styles.

Meggs’ work continually references the nostalgia of childhood heroes and villains, exploring the notion of ‘duality’ and an on-going question of morals, rights and authorities. Reflecting on personal experience Meggs produces energetic depictions of heroes, villains, and subverted collages of pop culture symbology.

Spreading his street work as far as Paris, London and Tokyo, Meggs has also contributed to numerous group exhibitions both nationally and internationally. His work has more notably been sold through ‘Artcurial Auctioneers’ (Paris) and is included in the ‘National Gallery of Australia’s’ (Canberra) permanent ‘works on paper’ collection. Continually evolving his painting style with a continued passion for graffiti and character painting, pop-art and abstract expressionism has led to Meggs being well recognised as one of Australia’s pioneering street to gallery artists.


In 2007 Australia’s Victorian State Government passed the ‘Graffiti Prevention Act’. This legislation extended the government’s zero tolerance approach to Graffiti and provided police new authority to search any person, vehicle or object they suspect to possess a Graffiti implement, within close proximity of public transport.
Ironically, this legislation was passed while Tourism Victoria was using Graffiti and street art to promote Melbourne Tourism on television and web advertisements. Melbourne’s laneway’s are a big drawcard for tourism and it is undeniable that the diverse artwork is part of the city’s broader cultural appeal.

Graffiti and street art will never disappear. Despite the State Government’s negativity, there are well documented social contributions and benefits provided by many artists, cultural tourism being one. Unfortunately these are only recognised when it is conveniently leveraged for commercial gain.
‘Crime & Charity’ depicts the frustration Megg’s feels in the face of this hypocrisy. The characters depicted in his artwork are hybrids of guilt and innocence, both frustrated and persecuted for being part of a culture that is simultaneously celebrated and condemned.