We invite you to our first event, a collaboration effort with Boom Bap Friday and Calle. This one's titled The Coalition: A Skate and Hip-Hop Celebration.
Check out the poster above for all the details. Then here's a video invite to make sure y'all come through.
The month starts with Bambu's album dropping out tomorrow. And for more excitement, here's an album sampler from the ill cat.
WCKD will have a reprint of their notorious Wicked Life shirt. And it's special this time around, as the black edition was supposed to be an Abra exclusive but will now be sold in limited quantities. Go check out all the details in their facebook page.
October 13 will be a grand event for hip-hop's four elements. Wall Lords will commence at B-Side on 12 pm, followed by DOPE MNL on 7 pm. With graffiti, rap battles, bboy battles, and hip-hop music going down under one roof, this will surely be a historic date.
And lastly, Abra's first music video as a solo act is finally out. A collab with Thyro and Jeriko Aguilar, Gayuma will surely make you laugh till the very end. Peep the video, spot today's hottest hip-hop acts joining the fun, and share this joint to all your friends.
FlipTop Battle League is on the road again next month with FlipTop
Central Luzon’s Aspakan. Head out to Party Piknikan in St. Jude, San Fernando, Pampanga as lyrical warriors battle it out on
October 6.
The Purveyr fam gives out an early Christmas present with their
fully-loaded contest prizes. Latest gear from today’s illest brands plus 6
issues from Clavel will be handed out to three lucky winners. Click here to know
more about this contest.
And finally, the much-anticipated “The Pharmer’s Guide to Higher Ground”
has been released by The Pharm. And the best part is, this album is up for free
download. So click here and drown your ears with the latest lyrical assaults
from Skarm, Liquid, Flexx and Lloyd.
Standards Manila releases their maiden graphic tee, FRSTPLCRS. Be on the lookout for the second video and unreleased details.
It Was Written does it again! While we're still recuperating from the previous episode's flames, IWW was on it again. The Capital G fam join Mike Swift and Heez on this one.
And Capital G is celebrating their first year anniversary, y'all! Head to their store at Robinsons Galleria this week for some mad fun. Just check out the poster for all them details.
Wordplay heads to Big Bad Wolf once again this September 11. Vito Crew plays host as always and DJ SPNZ and DJ Buddha will be the sound providers for this one. See you on Tuesday!
It's laughter galore again for the second episode of The Zaito Show. This show always deliver so make sure you watch each installment
Konektado also released the latest episode of It Was Written. This one's a breathe of fresh air for IWW. Easily one of my favorites, hands down.
It's Friday, y'all! Make sure you go out and support all them dope events tomorrow night.
WIP Caps will be launching the second installment of one of their most iconic caps, Corruption. This run's dubbed the Corruption Paisley and a party will ensue at complex in Alabang Town Center on September 15. Be there!
The Internet has a new resident courtesy of the almighty Astron. Make sure y'all stay tuned to www.purveyr.net/ for all them dope updates in style, art, music, design and lifestyle. Y'all can stay tuned by liking www.facebook.com/Purveyr or following @Purveyr on Twitter.
B-Side just posted this month's schedule for Boombap Friday. The fun starts tonight so make sure you head out to B-Side. And take note of Boombap Friday on September 21 as MC Dash launches his music video for Return of the Phunky Juan. That night's also laden with performances from loads of sick emcees.
And lastly, Subtle Scheme Clothing just posted their steezy lookbook for their September Release. Check out the rest of the set here. Suporta Schema!
What's good, y'all! Here's some updates that y'all need to know.
Soulfiesta drops a gem today with Fly Space from Kristyles, Rjay of LDP and JOLO.
Head over to www.soulfiesta.blogspot.com for all the fun.
Subtle Scheme came up with a coupla beasts to decorate your chest.
Watch out this September as they release their new designs.
Six The Northstar, Elemento and Bent Lynchpin graces the stage of Subflex on September 12.
Head over to B-Side Wednesday next week for some out of this world eargasmic exploration.
I've been waiting for this one, and y'alll should never miss it, too. Duende: GapXNimbus9 will rock Big Bad Wolf PH for Big Bad Nights: In the Belly of the Wolf with Vito Crew on September 25. Regularly check out VC's facebook page here for all them updates.
What's up! How's your weekend so far? Hope you're having a good one!
Let's start this entry with an event update. To keep y'all stoked for next week's ruckus at Cubao X, here's the teaser for THE Clothing's anniversary release. Yeah, it's ok to drool and salivate. Now make sure to be there, aight.
Yeah, September's one cool month to cop gear from your local hustlers. Especially from Chief, where you can score steez from The Beach Pack at a lower price. Suporta, kap!
It's a different kind of Tuesday night at Big Bad Wolf this September 4 as Vito Crew gives us another treat. It's kinda late at night already and honestly, I'm too lazy to think of something to say right now so here's how VC describes the experience that we're up to on this one:
"A casual and laid back session of original productions and beats by some of Manila's very own bedroom beatmakers curated by the BuwanBuwan Collective.
Glitch-hop/abstract-hiphop/future trap/neo soul/ambient/breakbeat/experimental/
electronica/idm/dubstep/drone/noise and everything in between. . .
Visuals by id'lakech
Performances by:
The After-School Special
Projectile Projections
LikeAnimals
August Wahh
Binspants
Similarobjects
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!
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.
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.
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!
The latest from fellow indie brands and some hip-hop goodness for y'all!
ThreeDown's lookbook for their latest release is now up, y'all! Support my bros here! Click here to witness dope steez.
Astron's finally revealing his baby! Come through this Saturday for Chief Clothing's Open House. With beats, booze, and barbecue, we're in for a treat for sure. Plus they're unveiling their Fall Collection, so make sure y'all attend.
Konektado comes through once again as Mike Swift and J-Hon kicks it with the KRUMPINOYS dance crew. Keep on killing it! Konektado all day!
Here's Bambu and Prometheus Brown with "At It Again" y'all! This duo never fails to amaze! I've heard they might be having a show here in the Philippines this coming October. Alam na!
Got a coupla events and a coupla videos for y'all today.
It's time for another round of rap battles from the world-famous FlipTop Battle League. The Dos Por Dos Tournament inches closer to its finale as the four remaining teams spit what they've been up to lately. There's also a battle of contrasting styles in Aklas versus Apekz and a first-ever-in-the-history-of-rap-battle 5 vs 5 bout. We're also bound to witness two beatbox battles and dope dj sets. See you there!
We're also due for another serving of Wordplay and it will go down this Saturday 8 pm at The Deck, Ronac Art Center. And to support the movement, we came up with a video invite for y'all. Takits!
Another jaw-dropping skate video is out in the web! Watch Idris Vicuña's masterpiece and witness Filipino skateboarding at it's finest.
Last but not the least, peep People's Future's latest music video. "This Girl, That Lady" is their collab project with Monique and is for all them ladies out there. Mad props!
The hottest joint from It Was Written so far and a coupla upcoming shirt releases for y'all today.
Mike Swift, J-Hon and Gloc-9 rocked Cubao X last week. This episode's straight fire, y'all! Mad props to this three heads.
Them bros from Threedown Clothing just made heads drool with a teaser for their upcoming release. I know you're as stoked as I am on this one.
And lastly, we've made a video teaser for our upcoming release next month. We've collaborated with one of the country's dopest, whether on killing tracks or conquering rap battles. So for all hip-hop heads and fans out there, better save up for this one.
A music video and coupla sick events for y'all today.
One of today's best musicians, Quest once again inspires with his song "Sige Lang." Gotta include this in your rise-up-and-shine playlist, y'all!
Heads from all over will congregate on Cubao X Friday next week as THE Clothing treats us to a block party. With surefire amazing performances and DJ sets, live art, a shirt release and skate events, y'all should make sure to head to this party. This one's hosted by homie Rjay of LDP and his girl Veronica.
And lastly, what's a Go Skateboarding Day without a Vans skate event? World Trade Center will host multitudes of skaters on the 23rd for them events, prizes, and band performances.
We've got the hottest music and clothing news for you today.
For y'all hip-hop fans, Turbulence Productions just made you a huge favor. They posted their previous projects on soundcloud! Ain't that sick? Go check out www.soundcloud.com/turbulenceproductions right now. Here's all their tracks for your listening pleasure.
Fresh off his latest album, aero. drops another music video. Here's "Drinking Man's Hip-Hop" directed by Gap of People's Future. I was at Ill Labs when they were recording this joint and it was all mad fun.
Illegitimate Kings just dropped their latest. I'll just post Mr. Soulfiesta's words on this one:
"ILLEGITIMATE KINGS releases its newest shirt, dedicated to the people determined to excel in every stage and face odds. June is now upon us, half way through the year, start of the next school year -- time to fulfill what we said we'd do when the year first came in. To my peoples going through struggles, suit up - God planted you in this earth to realize your worth. Go and get it, you can only fail so much. Pursue your goals without stepping on people and respect your enemies, respect jealousy, respect hate, respect the competition. They know how good you are."
How's it going, y'all! A new music video and a dope event are what's good this week.
People's Future just dropped a music video for their song "Ganito Ganyan." Check out Vito Crew's gnarly trio dropping their verses while watching what's going on here and there.
One of this year's illest events is going down on Saturday. Head down to Sarten Cafe in Antipolo and be a part of Spoken Herb for "an exploration of forward-thinking ideas in music and art." Come and be enveloped in underground hip-hop, jazz, dub, ethnic, sound design, spoken word and world rhythms as your eyes feast on live art, handricafts and art works.
We've got only one but very important matter to talk about today.
Following the oppression that skateboarders in The Fort and Intramuros have experienced lately, steps have finally been made for some much-needed attention to the situation. A facebook page have been started to empower skateboarders in addressing this matter and finding steps to hopefully build a skate park somewhere in the Metro.
Make sure to like www.facebook.com/letussk8ph to join the movement. And to educate the masses and the authorities, Vans Philippines and welovepost.com started a series of video documentaries. Here's part 1 entitled "Hoodlums."
FlipTop Battle League invades Mindanao once again and they will bring the fun to Tagum, General Santos and Davao City on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, respectively. Dope performances and heated battles will leave them cities smoldering for sure.
And also on Friday, Kampo Teroritmo will serve some hard-punching hip hop music. Let's all head out to Skarlet Jazz Kitchen that night and grab a copy of their two-year-in-the-making album, Teknika Brutal. A sick lineup of guests makes this night extra special. Peep the video below for more details. Bawal sa tanga!
