Thank You PHIFE DAWG!

In 1996 I remember being backstage at the Smokin Groove Tour on it's stop in Milwaukee. Hours before the show start I see Phife walk out of one of the tour buses. He's wearing a Greenbay Packers jersey, green shorts, green Nikes, and one of those old school "Cat in the Hat" hats(green & white). He "pimp walks" away,Phife Dawg style! Later that evening,I caught up with him and asked if he could sign a few of my Tribe records including the new released "Beats, Rhymes, & Life" Lp. In amazment,he snatched the Lp out of my hand and begins to study it. He told me it was the first time he had seen his new Lp in it's vinyl form. That was kinda cool.

I'm happy i got to see A Tribe Called Quest perform several times over the years. One of my earliest memories was seeing them at LOLLAPALOOZA in 1994 with George Clinton and the Beastie Boys.

I was honored to be able to see them reunite in 2010 for the Rock The Bells Tour. I caught the New York and Los Angeles shows. It was the best Tribe shows i've ever seen to date.

I got to open up for Phife the last time he performed here in Phoenix. The show was packed and classic as usual. He rocked lots of his solo joints, some newer unreleased songs, as well as the classic Tribe jams.

In Feb 2014 I was in Michigan for some family stuff and it just happened to be "Dilla Day" in Detroit. Phife was a guest host. He performed "Bend Ova", spoke about his experiences of befriending and working with J Dilla, and premiered the video for his latest song "Dear Dilla". The crowd went crazy!

Thank You PHIFE DAWG!

The Kali Tribe

Some of the hardest underground rap out of Milwaukee in the early 90's. This is the only group that i own the Vinyl,cassette,and Cd releases of. Formally known as Def Kali,I remember a show at the Unicorn in downtown Milwaukee where Dj Lando Lan murdered the show on the turntables. You need this rare 12" in your collection.

   

Eye Candy-Patrice Rushen

Considered to be one of the worlds top R & B and Jazz pianists, this sista needs nothing more then my last name.  Since that will never happen i'll settle for staring at her album covers and rocking her tapes in my walkman.

When Sugar Hill Records Ruled The World

Dj Spotlight-Dj Louie Loo

 

How did you get into dj'ing? I started out as a b-boy I used to make my own pause button tapes until I saw DJ Rondike & Sondance from the Rock City Crew. Then my grandma bought me my first set of Technics SLD1's and a Gemini 2000 mixer and I never looked back. What is/was your favorite digging spot?   There were so many spots in New York that are not around anymore, but I would have to say Jimmy's Music World. Jimmy's was the best. They had huge bins of LP's that were 5 for $1. Cats didn't have a lot of money back then so you could go in there and drop like $20 and walk away with a lot of stuff you never heard of before. I caught a lot of gems there.   Then there was Downstairs Records. That's where everybody used to go to get breaks in the 70's. One side of the store was all 45's. you could find anything in there on 45.   Then you had Bleeker Bob's. They were in the Village so they had a lot of different stuff in there,Rock,Jazz, they had everything. They just closed down last year.   Also,you had JR's, The Colony, Barry's Records. There were a lot of mom and pop shops too. Share a cool digging story.  Back in the days I asked one of my boys who was also a DJ for the name of a certain break and he told me to find it myself. So me and my man F.G. took off to the record shop. When we got there I tried hummin' the song to the guy that worked there and he looked at me like I was crazy. There was this dude in there who was also looking for breaks and he asked us if we were looking for breaks and we said yeah so he told us he was down with Zulu Nation and he was a DJ. Then he said "follow me and grab everything I grab" so I did, and little did I know he had put me on to all the Bambaataa sureshots at the time. From that point on they started calling me little Bambaataa. What dj/record collector do you admire and why? Bambaataa because he always introduced something new at every party.  If you could meet anyone,living or dead,who would you meet? James Brown. I would like to know what the hell he was thinking when he came up with those tunes. Songs like "Make it Funky". I wonder what ideas were going on in his mind. Can you imagine being in those sessions? The vibe had to be crazy! His horn sections were insane. Dj's like myself love "Funky Drummer" but that was his least successful record.  Clyde Stubblfield  said he hated that record. They left a show and went straight to the studio to record that song. James never gave those guys a break.  What are some "holy grails" in your record collection?  I have a few but I'll just name two.    1- Seven minutes of funk(with the bongos)45    2- Planetary Citizen 45                                                             Louie Loo & Jazzy Jay If you could be someone else for a day,who would it be? Dj Whiz Kid. He was so ahead of his time with the cuts. He was nice. What was your greatest dj moment? When I rocked up in Kingsbridge with Kid Capri, I played "Rocket in the Pocket" and the place went bananas. Mind you this was when nobody knew what "Rocket in the Pocket" was. What was your worst dj moment? Can't really say I had a worst moment. What's next for dj looie lou?  Right now i'm doing the 45 circuit, get at me!

Linger Longer Lounge

It goes down this wednesday 2-24-16. All Vinyl!   All Night!!   Free!

Mixtape Spotlight-Kid Capri 52 beats

This is the first OFFICIAL Breaks mixtape, the one that started the trend. Mixed & cut up by the "best that ever did it", my favorite dj KID CAPRI. Enjoy.