Culture Nurture Ep. 19

OPM is dead!? Fuck that! We keep on churning ill music.

Bambu and Mastaplann finally unveils the music video for their collab track Welcome To Manila. Witness sights from our nation's capital and clips from their successful Homecoming concert.

Here's the debut music video of Dash Calzado a.k.a. MC Dash, Return of the Phunky Juan. Yeaahh! Be on the lookout for the album Return of the Phunky Juan, y'all!

And we're presenting once more, Sige Lang from Quest. Why? Cause this music video's chilling right now at the top spot of Myx Daily Top Ten, y'all! Let's give it up for Quest, Turbulence Productions, FlipMusic and Happy House Manila.

It's that time of the year, y'all! THE Clothing is inviting everyone for their 3rd year anniversary on September 8. Time to rock Cubao X once again! They've got new dope gear, DJ sets, and fun contests for us next week. Peep all the details here. And here's their video teaser for your viewing pleasure.

And also on September 8, rap battle scene's spotlight is on Calabarzon. Emcees clash on Kamalig Bar in Rosario Cavite for this one. Support, y'all!

Culture Nurture Ep. 18

Events barrage as usual, y'all!

Sining na Naglilingkod sa Bayan cooks up a fund raising gig for the farmers that were badly affected by the disastrous monsoon rains. Let's all head to Freedom Bar in Anonas, Quezon City this Friday and be part of the cause. And look at the lineup for the night, for sure we're up for some hella good music.

This Saturday is August's last so y'all know what it is. Time for another Wordplay sesh! Heads converge at The Deck, Ronac Art Center for poetry and fun. For those who wanna know more about Wordplay, check out www.WhenInManila.com and www.wonderscribbler.wordpress.com writer Marla Espiritu's blog entry here.

And the war that FlipTop started this year is finally down to its last night. On August 31, Juan Tamad and Harlem (Schizophrenia) clashes with Shehyee and Smugglaz (Team SS) for the final match of the Dos Por Dos Tournament. 

And to further leave B-Side into ashes, the country's illest battle emcees take the stage and etch another colorful chapter in rap battle's history. Beatbox Philippines also hosts their first 2 on 2 beatbox battle at FlipTop.

Make sure you cop them tickets that's on presale right now, 'cause they're gonna be 700 bucks at the gate. Check out SSO Clothing Line at facebook for all the details.

Culture Nurture Ep. 17

A fresh new music video and a dope sale for y'all today!

LDP drops their latest gem, Taking Backkk The City. And for a li'l history, here's some words from Sir B-Roc:

"Taking Backkk The City was a Soulfiesta initiative some two years ago. Taking Backkk The City was conceptualized as a digital memorabilia of Kase, one of the freshest grafitti artists in Manila accompanied by his works and three songs from LDP, AMP and Nimbus9 x Gap respectively. Its pretty crazy how it took awhile to materialize and the songs are still alive and Kase, has grown from being a graf artists to being an entrepreneur in standardizing urban Manila."

Meanwhile, it's Christmas in Pasig this time of the year. Calle gives us a treat with their sale. Cop a deck with your one grand, score some Vans shoes on discount, and a whole lotta more. Head to their shop in Buting, Pasig City this coming Saturday or Sunday.

Culture Nurture Ep. 16

Coupla events coming our way, y'all!

GudVibes Clothing and FlipTop battle emcee BLKD came through with their collab shirt. Release is this Saturday, August 11. Come over and hang out with FlipTop Calabarzon's BLKD, Icaruz, Rapido, Papew, Batang Rebelde, Mizayld and Aklas.

Vito Crew is hosting a hip-hop night at Big Bad Wolf this coming Tuesday, August 14. Be there and witness performances from People's Future, RBTO. August Wahh, Lyrically Deranged Poets, DJ SPNZ, and the Wordplay fam. Takits!

Seen Scene Ep. 10

Got a few snaps for y'all today. This one's a dope exhibit that I managed to peep on it's last night.

Sisa Lleses' show "Amateur Theories" opened up last July 19 with a dope night courtesy of Vito Crew. Too bad I didn't manage to head out to Big Bad Wolf that night.

Nevertheless, here's her works. If y'all would recognize, some of them pieces were used as album covers for some of them VC albums.