In everlasting Memory of..... Dorothy Jean King (06/10/1941 - 12/07/2009)
WORDS FROMTHEHERO
Since the Age ofmyspace / facebook / twitter- the world is only a moment away. I've noticed in the past 3 years more so than ever that once A Celebrity or Musician passes away it becomes custom to immediately send your regards via posts, comments, tweets, blogs, etc. Tho I must admit alot of very influential artists have moved on these past years, a few of them that have impacted my life greatly and people make T-shirts, Graphic Design Photo's, Songs, etc...
There is absolutely nothing wrong with that but for some reason I always feel a little off kilter by this because I am always reminded that every second, people all around the world are loosing the most important people in their lives and they don't get the ......... I dont even know what to call or how to put it, but it always bothered me.
I was just made aware from A very close friend and extremely talented DJ that Another close friend of mine lost his mother last evening and my heart immediately sank into my stomach. Those of you whom follow my music will know this person as super emcee and producer"Mudd"of theJazz Addixxbut I know him asCorey King.
He is the Genius behind 95 percent of theJazz AddixxProduction and Vocals. He produced "Love was Complicated" as well as added the 3rd classic verse. He also produced the beat for "Get It On" which was A track featuring Fresh Daily and Myself (Dutchmassive) off of Muneshines pre-album titled "Big Man on Campus" as well as many songs I have not yet released.
The Reason I am posting this is because the music of Corey "Mudd" King and Brian "Dj Ragz, as well as Mike "St Mic" asleft such a huge imprint on my life and has helped me get thru so many troubled times that I had to give thanks, love and absolute respect to the mother of such A soulful and inspirational son. Tho, I didn't knowMS Dorothy Kingpersonally other than the times I spoke to her while trying to reach mudd. She has impacted my life greatly and im so sincerely sorry to know that such a wonderful guy is going thru such a painful situation. I wasnt and still are not sure if putting this out there is something I should be doing but it is being done with a crazy amount of love and good intentions. I invite you to listen to all of the songs in the YOUTUBE boxes below. If you are already A JAZZ ADDIXX FAN than you know whats up, If you are a 1st time listener then I am positive you will be FAN from here on out.
If you want 2 drop Mudd A line, you can do so via - Corey "Mudd" King @Facebook
I've also included A few links that will take you to places you can check out new music, as well as older material and also some spots you can get ahold of the physical CD's as well as the mp3's being people are always asking me where they can find more music from theJAZZ ADDIXX.
WORDSFROMTHEHERO In 2005 , I was Blessed to meet some of the most talented musicans whom all became close friends of mine. Of that group, I met Brian (Dj Ragz) and Corey (mudd) whom combined formed the ultra Classic Duo, The Jazz Addixx! Thru that relationship I was introduced to another Amazing human by the name of ST/MIC.
During that time, I was living with Fan, turned best friend/roomate, Will Widdoss who became my Favorite Wordsmith of all time, next to Median. I started working with the Jazz Addixx on the reg, and began to do the same with St MIC. Unfortunately my personal life took precedent over my musical endevours at the time at all the amazing Plans we had ended up only surfacing as a few collaborations. Of those are the two songs you see below.
“SILENT HILLS” (A Hobbyshop Hero Top 10 of 2009 Track)!!!!
Virginia-based emcee, producer, dj and working engineer ST/MiC’s 2008 release, “Life’s Work” made it all the way to Japan on Yanase Pro with a featured display at the Tokyo Tower Records. Now, with his sophomore full-length release, "Honest Music," ST/MiC once again spills into your ears, your mind and your soul with thoughtful lyrics, deep-seated beats, and overall production that make you drop your head with a cathartic sigh as you attempt to take it all in. You will not only savor production by ST/MiC, but also the infusion of great artists including:Mudd of Jazz Addixx, The Unknown, Tomorrow's Yesterday featuring Ralph Real, 4th Pyramid, Phase Logic, TEFLON, The Custodian of Records, J Spitz and Crenshaw. Lyrical additions include: C-Rayz Walz, Arsun F!st, Muneshine and Mina as well as Timeless Daimyo countrymen - Mudd, Bliss One and The Unknown. All turntablism performed by DJ Ragz and ST/MiC. Your ears need to hear this. Your mind needs to contemplate this and your soul needs to feed on this. "Honest Music" is poised to deliver!
Recent reviews for "Honest Music": "ST/MiC emcees in addition to getting on the production side of things. Any number of double threats boast of an unmatched acumen in these two distinct disciplines, but not too many can deliver" - URB
"That's yet another thing that I find intriguing about ST/MiC, for the most part this album is almost completely void off all negativity: no cusses, no frontin', playin’ the gangster role...it is what it is... Honest Music" - WhenTheyReminisce.com
"ST/MIC comes upon us with his sophomore effort Honest Music. Based on this effort, ST/MIC ain't messing around this year." - PotholesInMyBlog.com
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Track listing:
1.) Honest music (intro) Produced by Tomorrow's Yesterday and Ralph Real. Scratches by DJ Ragz 2.) Make The Call Produced by Mudd. Scratches by DJ Ragz 3.) To Say Produced by Mudd 4.) Too Much Produced by Mudd 5.) Keep It Low Produced by Crenshaw. Scratches by DJs Ragz and Skruff 6.) What It Do Produced by Mudd. Scratches by DJ Select 7.) We Kings featuring ARSUN F!ST Produced by ST/MiC. Scratches by DJ Select 8.) Silent Interlude Produced by ST/MiC 9.) Silent Hills (1 of HsH Top 10 Tracks of 2009) Produced by The Unknown 10.) Walk This Place (how long) Produced by J-Spitz 11.) Rust featuring BlissOne Produced by ST/MiC 12.) Every Time I Leave featuring Mudd and Muneshine Produced by Phase Logic 13.) Sleepin featuring Mina Produced by TEFLON 14.) Nothing More Than... Produced by The Custodian Of Records. Scratches by ST/MiC 15.) Desire and Drive Produced by ST/MiC. Scratches by DJ Select 16.) The Making Of Haste featuring BlissOne Produced by The Unknown 17.) WindSprints featuring C-Rayz Walz Produced by 4th Pyramid 18.) Honest Music (outro) Produced by Tomorrow's Yesterday and Ralph Real
All recording, editing, mixing and mastering by
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ST/MIC
Soulfully inclined producer, MC, and turntablist ST/MiC (pronounced "saint mike") was a musical prodigy at a young age, learning to play the bass, guitar, and drums all by the time he was 14. In high school, he shifted from live instruments to sample-based electronics and DJing, and studied under house-dance remixer and producer Holmes Ives. Using the spelled out moniker "St. Michael," he cut his teeth as a DJ on the East Coast's electronic dance scene, performing his hip-hop and drum'n'bass productions throughout the 90s. His first release on wax was the drum'n'bass cut "Scared Before," issued by Random Recordings in 1998. He also made many appearances on mixtapes by frequent collaborator DJ Ragz, one-half of hip-hop group Jazz Addixx. Though he released more recordings in the 2000s, including some low-key EPs and collaborative projects with rappers the Unknown and other half of Jazz Addixx, M.U.D.D., he devoted his time to honing his production and audio engineering skills, and he eventually settled down in Virginia. In that time, he was responsible for mixing down songs for Skillz, Rass Kass, C-Rayz Walz, Cris Prolific (featuring artists such as: Guilty Simpson, Baatin of Slum Village, Illa J, Phat Kat, Black Milk and More) and, of course, Jazz Addixx. In 2007, Australian-based Vibra Online issued ST/MiC's first full-fledged effort, the MP3-only On My Days Off, an instrumental LP combining edgy, angular drum'n'bass with relaxing, downtempo soul ( Later Officially Released by AudibleObjects). The decidedly hip-hop album, Life's Work, featuring guest spots and production by the Unknown and Jazz Addixx (among others), arrived a year later on Domination Recordings. A few months later a Japanese Import version of "Life's Work" was released on CD and vinyl by Yanase Pro Japan.
About the release:"Life's Work" was 3 years in the making before ST/MIC decided it should just be a snapshot of what was really going on in his life at the time. It's really a combination of all the moods and feelings associated with that time period. There are a lot of retrospective moments as well. Some mellow vibes and also some darker, more powerful and driven tracks. Although ST/MIC did a good deal of the production on the record, it would have never manifested into what it's become without all of the great artists involved. There was production by The Unknown, DJ Ragz and Mudd. Guests include The Unknown, Jazz Addixx(DJ Ragz and Mudd), DutchMassive, TAMU, Distruck, Primo The Cinematic and Flaco. So That's it. Honest music. Enjoy!
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Meet the Artist: ST/MIC
1. Please introduce yourself? Peace, My name is ST/MiC...or saint mike for those who don't know.
2. From where? Earth. It's the blue one... yeah, third in.
3. Music influences? Not sure if i should be specific or vague here..
I love Jazz, Some favs are Coltrane, Davis, Horace Silver, Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Stan Getz Etc..
Soul of course, Some Rock, Classical. Hip hop, or did i even have to mention that. Everything really is a musical influence for me. traffic, the couple arguing at the table in the cafe over there, my children laughing. you know, life. It sounds good to me!
4. Debut appearance? Man... as a lyricist..ok it was this house party right. Ragz, Mudd.. yall remember this? See i started off as a DJ and my crew and i threw a lot of small club events and house parties... anyway long story short.. i grabbed the mic at this house party and spit this 48 bar piece i had written (first rhyme ever) and heads were like "what the F#$k?!" anyway, after that i was on a few DJ Ragz mix tapes..i did a joint with The Embassy Click called "I See You".. It built from there.
5. What have you released so far? I did a drum and bass release on wax back in like '97 or '98 on Random Recordings. A few indy releases. "Ronin EP", I did an EP with The Unknown. MUDD and I had a EP out under the name Exact Change..it was called "two cents". i had an Instrumental album out on this Australian Label Vibra Online (you can get the download on my myspace page myspace.com/stmic)... and the album I'm about to drop "Life's Work" on Domination Recordings.
6. Do you produce? I do. I started as a DJ, Then added producing. and i figured, everyone else in the world raps... why not me..i guess
7. Best moment for you in hip hop? The days my 2 sons were born... respectivly.
8. Any plans for a tour or shows in the near future? Indeed. I would like to do a Europe/Japan tour early Summer '08. Hit me up if you wanna book me! I'll do US shows when ever some one asks me to. I'm just not gonna set up and promote my own shows any more. Did that for too long and it got real old.
9. What's next? Everything that comes after right now. (also, more music... Hit me up if you want to work)
10. Shout outs? My Family, DJ Ragz, MUDD, Unknown, DJ @ Domination, Distruck, Olly Stones aka Olly Ox Grill, Bliss (Daneyeam), Headrush.. The whole Embassy Click, DutchMassive, all of the other people I know, Just cause i didn't type the name, it doesn't mean i don't appreciate you. Be-
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 HipHopMixtape (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! ! ! ......
"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.
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 thisemixtape 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%.
Now available for free download is The Domination Mix (Don't Holla) Vol. 2 by DJ Y-NOT?. The mix features past, present and upcoming joints from the Domination Recordings family.
Side A J-Zone Intro Shorty Raw "Gotta Go" Dr. Butcher & Understanding "In This World" Butta Verses feat. Lucian "If I Die" Moka Only "Run & Find" The Heart & Brain "Mbodiment" Seven "Where Da Rydaz At?" Eddie Meeks "Fist Fulla Biscuits" Supastition "Worst Enemy" Spacebound feat. True "Styles Unbreakable" Jazz Addixx "DOPE" Praverb "Dead 2 Sin"
Side B Stacy Epps "Floatin" ST/MiC feat. Dutchmassive & Jazz Addixx "Love Is" Ron Contour "Flaunt" Laws feat. Majik Most "Everyone's a Critic" Cadence of Raw Produce "Creative Commerce" Storm the Unpredictable "Please Forgive Me" Remix Arsun F!st "So Alive" Dutchmassive feat. Median & Von Pea "Betterman" Clan Destined "Never All Ways" Jack Flash is Dead? "Questions" Saint feat. Dumi Right of Zimbabwe Legit "About Time" Count Bass D "In Search of" Majik Most feat. Celph Titled & Dutchmassive "Back on the Map" PFM feat. The Hoverock Massive "Splatter"
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