FRESH Movement: Future Funk & Emanon

In the past few months, Oxnard has been making some noise in the youth dance circuit. Major props go out to Byron Bucao for putting it down for the kids and reaching out to his peers in the industry to help show that dance is a positive outlet for success.

With the help from SoRealCru, Emanon, has produced a well edited clip of some of their latest sets.



A member of Emanon, Miles "Baby Boogaloo" Brown, hit the big screen with his buddy Bailey "Bailrok" Munoz as the dynamic duo of Future Funk on America's Got Talent.



Enjoy the FRESH linkage!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I4ZUNhISG4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJXwa2Zjp8c

FRESH Event: H4: Hip Hop Has History Presented By: Culture Shock Los Angeles

The fam with Culture Shock LA has their 5th annual Hip Hop Dance Conference. CSLA is all about teaching fundementals. They bring together the veterans in the game and enlighten kids about how dance is so powerful. Flat Top, one the poppers that I truly admire is going to teach.

Support the FRESH event!

http://cultureshockla.com/

Best in the West II Showcase

Best in the West 2 will be featuring a serious amount of talent all sharing the stage February 19th at the Oxnard Performing Arts Center. From MTV's ABDC's Season 3 winners QUEST CREW to Turntablist's IF2 front men P-Trix and Spinobi to Youtube piano sensation David Sides to O-X's very own WILDCHILD of the Lootpack to one of my favorite crews Culture Shock LA. Damn it's really going down this weekend. ALL proceeds will be benefitting the Autism Speaks foundation and American Red Cross for Haiti Relief. Good cause, good karma, good show. check all the videos to see some of the featured performers. Another year and another showcase by my boy Lew. Good job to the whole crew on this one.



Quest Crew

David Sides

Culture Shock LA

KABA Modern Legacy

P-Trix of IF2

Spinobi of IF2

EMANON/UNDECLARED

Miles Brown of Future Funk

SPAM BOYS

For tickets hit up
www.eTix.com
or
Oxnard Performing Arts Center Box Office
(805)486-2424
for VIP seating contact
Bestinthewestshow@yahoo.com

Disco Dynamite-Blu&Mainframe are Johnson&Jonson are New World Color

It's been in the works for this video for a minute, and I've seen the snippets of this for the past year via Mainframe. What better way to release this track on Presidents Day. Blu looking like a young Obama.

Disco Dynamite from A.C.R.O.N.Y.M on Vimeo.

In celebration of the new label, New World Color (Blu and Mainframe), they released the E.Q.E.P.
Get it right here. Good start to the new year for these fellas, they will be making noise for the 2010.
01 Mainframe – Knock Em Out J (off the E.Q.E.P.)

02 Mainframe – That Sh!t f. Blu (off the E.Q.E.P.)

03 Mainframe – Dum Dum Dum (off the E.Q.E.P.)

04 Mainframe – Larry King (off the E.Q.E.P.)

05 Mainframe – Time Of the Month f. Gonja Sufi (off the E.Q.E.P.)

06 Mainframe – Fux De Lux (off the E.Q.E.P.)

07 Mainframe – Patty Cake f. DJ Bianca G, Bob Smiles & DJ Ricky (off the E.Q.E.P.)

08 Mainframe – Brand New Pharmacy f. Dirty Paper (off the E.Q.E.P.)

09 Blu – Razor Blades

10 Blu (as GODleeBarnes) – Wish Me Luck (Instrumental)

FRESH Tribute: The Legendary King of Pop: Michael Jackson

MJ has definitely touched many people in this world. His musicality, powerful stage presence, and just his raw talent over the past 50 years has influenced the best in the game. These past few days I've been reading testimonial after testimonial of how big of an impact MJ had their lives. He straight up set the standard for what he did and pushed folks to reach higher and only get better at their craft. Forget all that negative media about him that drives ratings up, lets just remember him for his pure greatness. I can go on and on about MJ's FRESHNESS...but I'm going to post some of the best things I've seen pop up on the web about the King...

Enjoy the FRESH linkage!!!

Dwele - Raw MJ Tribute (peep his t-shirt at the end...)



Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough (Original Demo 1978)


More links to come...

FRESH Artist: Nathan "Flutebox" Lee

Nathan's performances definitely blew my mind when I first heard them. As far as beat boxing goes, to be able to play an instrument while doing your craft makes it all the more dope. Support this raw piece of talent coming straight out of the streets of London, UK!

Enjoy the FRESH linkage!!!

Dig Deeper at: myspace.com/nathanfluteboxlee

Entourage Sneek Peak to Fresh New Series

Wanna know what our commander in chief watches when he's not solving the world's biggest problems? That's right, Entourage. Here's a sneek peak of HBO's Entourage starting July 12.



Here's the season 5 Last episode recap
...After another late night drowning their sorrows, the guys gather in Vince's mom's kitchen in Queens as she demands to know why her son can't play the lead in Gus Van Sant's latest feature: Page Six says that Joaquin Phoenix dropped out. But when E calls Ari, he informs him Gus isn't a fan; the director even refuses to have Vince audition. Undeterred, Eric goes to Gus's office to try and get Vince a shot. Meanwhile, Vince's mom surprises him with a welcome home party and he and the guys catch up with friends and family. Drama continues to give Turtle a hard time about the mysterious calls he's getting, but Turtle refuses to say anything until Drama grabs the phone away and Jamie-Lynn comes clean. After waiting all day, E finally catches Gus and convinces him to watch Vince's footage from 'Smokejumpers.' Ari balks, but manages to get the footage to Gus, who calls E and Vince, impressed, but not enough to cast him. At the end of his rope, Vince fires E, blaming him for his career failures. Furious, Eric heads back to LA. When Vince gets a surprise offer from Martin Scorsese to star in his next film, Ari points out that it's actually due to E - since it was Gus who slipped Marty the 'Smokejumpers' takes. Back in Hollywood, E won't take Vince's calls so he returns to mend their friendship in person; with a group hug in Eric's office, the boys are back in business.

Fresh Tech:Scratchophone

So if the QFO isn't portable enough for you, and you feel the need to rock the scratching skills in a drum circle, here it is:Scratchophone.

The Scratchophone is a portable Scratch instrument, featuring a turntable, a special tonearm, scratch mixer, and a pair of speakers. It can even be used with a cordeless power supply.
It is an instrumental unity for scratching: all in one, portable and autonomous !
The Scratchophone can be carried and used virtually anywhere in a wide variety of applications:
jamming with friends, playing live on stage and even scratching in your sofa
Professsional features like the exclusive tangential micro-tonearm for non-skipping scratching,
the unique rotary fader box to play in any posture and an ultra-high torque direct drive
set it apart from other products for Scratch DJs.

More info right here..I'd love to try this out..looks solid.

The Dead Weather...Fresh Alternative!

Jack White's new super group, The Dead Weather, formed in Nashville just this year but their music sounds vintage, authentic and downright infectious. Consisting of The Kills' Alison Mosshart (vocals) , Queens of the Stone Age's Dean Fertita (guitars), Jack Lawrence of The Raconteurs & The Greenhornes (bass) and Jack White of The White Stripes & The Raconteurs (drums/vocals), the group brings a dark thumping sound that leaves you wanting more. On July 14, Dead Weather will release their debut album called Horehound. Their debut single "Hang You from the Heavens" is available on itunes and the group recently performed the song at The Tonight Show with Conan O'brien.

FRESH Artist: RED

So Jay-Z said auto tune is dead right? Well, besides the fact that it's been played out, he probably saw these clips. Back story on this West Coast cat , Red, is that he was freestyling outside of the HVW8 offices, someone caught it on their phone, and now this homeless dude has fresh producers lined up to work with him. Last word on this guy though is that he is locked up, but it doesn't mean he can't make the music...inmates are getting an earlful of Red's bluesy flows.




Red - The Man Without the Machine’s first single, I should tell ya momma on you, with remixes by CHOPS and Dam-Funk, will be out July 23rd on iTunes.



Stay updated to Red's situation right here. Lets hope he comes thru and records material and shuts all this autotune madness down.