BIG DADDY KANE~The Meters~Questlove~LAW~James Ajax Baynard~etc

Girls, Calm down, calm down....
YES, I finally got a pic with one of my favorite MC BIG DADDY KANE!!!
It was his 43rd Birthday party in Dumbo on Sep 23rd (altho his actual Bday is on Sep 10th), only invited people came,we heard it was from 10:30pm. 
We were there way EARLY, only 15-20 escort girls who were dressed sexy mini skirt with high heels and a few DJs, few guests include Kane's brothers were there. Then actually superstar Big Daddy Kane and his people came around 1AM...Somehow DJs played new school for this OLD SCHOOL SUPER STAR's Birthday party... hey, we dont dance with new schools! Some drunk guys and sexy young girls danced, finally when I heard old school started, the actually old school lover already left for bed time...>< ohhhhh Ohhh. OHHHH!

Anyways, we enjoyed the show once started with Dana Dane whose career began as part of the Kangol Crew with fellow MC Slick Rick, to whom he sounded markedly similar, although Slick Rick's English lilt was actually genuine , it was full of love to this beautiful legend. He was still handsome. So its all good.
Please check out this legend, BIG DADDY KANE who started his career in 1986 as a member of the rap group the Juice Crew with  Biz Markie,  Marley Marl, history ---> www.officialbigdaddykane.com/

The left picture that I am posing is taken by hiphop photographer MIZ at the party... I like this picture so as many people ;-)
Thank you Big Jeff for inviting me always!!! Love hanging out with you!!!!!!


One of theFunk shows that I went in this month was... THE METERS on September 15th 2011! it was @Brooklyn Bowl on Questlove's DJ night with Yameen Allworld from Philly.
When I got there, just Questlove sat in with THE METERS and played the drum hard with this funk legend!
The Funky Meters is an American funk band based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Meters performed and recorded their own music from the late 1960s until 1977. You must heard their famous soungs such as <<Cissy Strut>> ! Some are really nice songs still some are used for hiphop and R&B samplings.---> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Meters
After the show till 2AM, Questlove and Yameen Allworld jammed <<SOUL TRAIN NIGHT>> with Funk and 80s music! That was actually great night with good food and great company <3


Then I also went to see one of the P-Funk all satrs member L*A*W concert @ Bitter End.It started late night and honestly I was tired already but nice seeing LAW and his friend, amazing trumpetter, James Ajax Baynard.
He is polished his skill while making many recordings in the 70's and 80's with the Delite Records recording group "The CROWN HEIGHTS AFFAIR". He has also made mane secular records with such groups and artists as DENROY MORGAN *<<I'll do anything for you>>, JOCELYN BROWN *<<SOMEBODAY ELSE'S GUY>>, L.L. COOL J *<<MAMMA SAID KNOCK OUT>>and many others!
Once this James showed up, the show went one level up! His appearance was something...looks like an old school pimp tho... lol He danced well with LAW and that was all cool show!They played from original to P-Funk, Prince and more!!!I introduced Lafayette to those Funk legends at Bitter end and hopefully something great music come out from this connection also!!!
L*A*W will perform with P-FUNK and George Clinton on Oct 8th in Mohawk Funk Festival!!! Lets go~~~!!!!!!!!

Cold Crush Brothers~Jazzy Jay~Pharoahe Monch~Robert Glasper~Dawn Penn~ and more

Pharoahe Monch!!! at the RPM show @Drom 08.30.2011 with my dear friend, Robert Glasper Experiment.
This is for a movie called <RPM> and my favorite piannist, Robert Glasper is making soundtrack. He is an amazing pianist who played for many many amazing artists like, Maxwell ( I went to see Maxwell concert at Madison Square Graden last year and didnt know he was in the band!;-)), Q-Tip, Lala Hatheway ( I saw Robert and Lala gig at Blue Note...Oh that was sexy...), Roy Hargrove, MosDef, Roy Ayers and Pete Rock, Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West, Erykah Badu and more...
Check his site for his amazing works, http://robertglasper.com/
Glasper’s first album, Mood, was released by Fresh Sound New Talent in 2004, after the pianist’s stints playing in bands with guitaristsRussell Malone and Mark Whitfield, bassist Christian McBride, and trumpeters Terence Blanchard (Bounce) and Roy Hargrove. The album features six original compositions by Glasper alongside versions of “Blue Skies,” “Alone Together,” and Herbie Hancock’s “Maiden Voyage,” featuring guest vocalist Bilal. Glasper has said that his arrangement of the Hancock tune was inspired by the Radiohead song “Everything in Its Right Place.”<He has worked with Bilal and Mos Def as musical director, Q-Tip (The Renaissance), Kanye West (Late Registration), Meshell Ndegeocello (The World Has Made Me the Man of My Dreams), J Dilla, Erykah Badu, Jay-Z, Talib Kweli, Common, Slum Village and Maxwell, with whom he toured extensively on 2009’s BLACKsummers'nighttour.>
And soon his new amazing album to come, you gotta check it out!
This day's special guest was this amazing MC, Pharoahe Monch!http://www.pharoahe.com/
Amazing show, Pharoahe MC and Robert's funky piano...wow!!!I really enjoyed that night although it was not a great day for Robert as he lost some important things...sorry! It was great seeing Igmar Thomas, Meghan Stabile, Danny Castro, and Jill Newman at this show!!!
<Digger's Delight: DJs Jazzy Jay, Lord Finesse, GrandMaster Caz + Red Alert> 08.23.2011
Legend Kool DJ Red Alert...Thank you for your performance and being one of the founding fathers of Hip-Hop music and culture!...http://www.kooldjredalert.com/

It was my friends, Jazzy Jay/Lord Finesse's DJ event in Harlem with Red Alert and Grand Master Caz. Of course Cold Crush Brothers members came out, like dear JDL!  
I have know him a while now but I hadn't seen his performance till this special day at my spot, Sutra Lounge NYC.

 <Cold Crush Brothers @Sutra NY 09.02.2011> It was somthing...I felt great vibe from those legends!Thank you thank you thank you!

Time to time, we see each other at Sutra and always he is nice to me...last night I saw Cold Crush Bothers on the TV-Vh1 for interview. I do appreciate this great warm friendship with legends always...thank you for your love!

If you don't know about cold crush brothers, please check this out!http://www.coldcrushbrothers.com/
Also my friend, DJ Jazzy Jay. Ohhh I wish I can work with you one of these days soon as you always giving me positive music! Thank you for your love to Hiphop.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazzy_Jay
DJ Lord Finesse http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Finesse has come to my Sutra event for support also with my loving MC Sadat X from Brand Nubian, Afu-ra, Mikel Banks and more! It was such a beautiful night, and Funky DJ Spinna thank you very much for throwing such a funky night!
We did our 1st event at Sutra with respectable my dear DJ Rich Medina...wow that was really hard work for me but OMG! So much fun and So much Love night! Check on his tour schedule, this man is always busy for great stuff!!! http://richmedina.com/
<Ghetto Metal at SOBs with Bazaar Royale and legendary reggae singer Dawn Penn 09-13-2011> I met Raye 6 after her performance for Ghetto Metal, I hadn't seen her really long time but it was great seeing her at SOB's! And she is always looking amazing... My drummer Bro, T-Bone used to play for Raye 6 and this events host, Bazaar Royale before, and T-Bone took me to their gigs sometimes but since T-Bone is touring with Public Enermy, I didn't go see them much but it was great meeting them all at Ghetto Metal! Also this night special guest was Legend singer Dawn Penn!!! http://www.dawnpennonline.com/
♪NO~NO~ NO~~~~!you dont love me and I know now~~♪♪♪  remember this song???
 And after Ghetto Metal I went to see Questlove DJ for fashion week after party @Griffin in Meet Packing Area. I was invited by dear friend Balewa (Rich Mason) but somehow the security guy at door was so a**hole and couldn't get in at all...expecially our hiphop clew, we were having difficult time to get in, then I met my Bro, Jeru The Damaja too! But still we all needed to wait outside...then Questlove came out...!!!The party was done!Damn damn...
So we all went to Sutra for Sutra owner, Sista Ariel's birthday with my girl friend DJ June and Tony Touch Toca Tuesday. Tony wasn't there on this day as he was in S.America but so many of my hiphop family came out and gathered together. Jeru was there, JDL came out with his wife and Big Jeff, (always love my Bro), VooDoo Ray, Danny Castro were of course there as this is their party, my boy Supreme (thank you for being my great friend), DJ Peace, Pesu-kun and more and more....I met Questlove's MC~Yameen Allworld~A Tribe Called Quest-Jarobi White~Dead Prez Fam,Umi ~Mazzi...all and all...It was a big love night from all of them and ended up danced till late (5am)...
What a beautiful music life!!!

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LA~LV Funk Journey w/Quaze from PFunk/Snoop,Traffik Noize, Brother J, Lil Pimpin, and more...

LA was waiting for me coming down to experience its wild life!

See, I believe everything happens for the reason. I was told that I would be in LA for anything in September, and here I was, I had a great chance to be in LA.
This is all becoz of MOTHERSHIP CONNECTION, <P-Funk> and George Clinton!!!

I could join the project for Australian Singer Traffik Noize and Quazedelic (Quaze) form P-Funk all stars/Snoop Dogg producer.
Do you remember the movie-<Undercover Brother> with Eddie Griffin, Dennis Richards,Chris Kattan and Snoop Dogg? 
You remember the soundtrack of that movie <Undercova Funk> with Snoop Dogg and Bootsy Collins? Thats it! Thats it!!!

"Undercova Funk (We Got The Funk)"
Written by George Clinton (as George Clinton Jr.), William "Bootsy" Collins, Jerome Brailey,
C. Broadus and Stanley Mark Harris
Produced by Quaze
Performed by Snoop Dogg featuring Mr. Kane, Bootsy Collins, Quaze and Fred Wesley
Snoop Dogg appears Courtesy of Doggy Style Records / Priority Records
Mr. Kane appears Courtesy of Doggy Style Records

Please check out Quaze amazing Mixtape--->> http://worldwidefunk1.podomatic.com/entry/2011-07-10T10_32_00-07_00

First day-I finally got LA at 7PM after having difficulties in NY to get on the flight due to the weather problems... LA was warm although NY was already ready for Autumn-Winter...

We went to recording Studio that is managed by Quaze/his cousin Josef Leimberg who is a Jazz trumpetter/producer straight from LAX airport. James Brown, George Clinton, Bilal, Snoop Dogg, Bootsy Collins, P-Funk members and more people visited this studio and I was there sitting hearing their music!YES Moment!;-)

Second day-After we had Quaze amazing hand made Yammy brunch, they did some making beats session in the Quaze vacation house, we moved to Studio in LA again. That was amazing experience, making footage and meeting up from many young talented producers to legends like Brother J from X-Clan and his clew like Producer LuX. As they are from NY, we talked about the differences between NY and LA life and people. So as LIFE! It was great talk.

It was such a great meeting with KEIKO TSUKADA-san againnnnn! She is a famous hiphop writer for Bmr and more!!!Great to catch up with her again in LA! Thank you so much for your limited time to share with me...I really appreciate it, Keiko san!!!It was great to see Keiko-san and other artists hooked up and be in the circle too~!I hope something great comes out from this connection too.

Third day, again they did some beats session and moved to recording Studio for Traffik project and met some producers there again like MC Chill from original rapper/producer-C.M.W!Had a Jam night at the studio and we had a great time there again...Quaze is such a talented producer!

Forth day, it was sunny fine day....on September 11, we decided to go to LAS VEGAS! Its only 2-3 hours drive from Quaze vacation house, we passed desert, sand , sand ,sand... then LV showed up in middle of no where!We got our hotel-Hilton, then our room number was #1911... on September 11? No kidding!

On the way to our hotel we were joking about the billboard about Australian tribute to BeeGee's Show!

You dont believe this, on the monorail we were talking about going to see BeeGee's show as we had no idea what to do. Then the guy sitting in front of us was a manager, Michael Clift for this show!!!Then more over, this manager is from Melbourne Australia so as Traffik!!!Isnt this something?

Again positivity connects and bring positivities! Be who you are no matter what, no matter where!Then Better life and connection would come to you from them!!!

Well well, I felt LV is such a EGO city, Sin City, Pimp City...I experienced a lot of first things there...!!! It was whole different vibe from Atlantic City in NJ. Vegas is Vegas, serious sin vibe is going on...I guess the city is sounded by desert not by Ocean like Atlantic city thats why all the Ego and Sin vibe stays there, not to be released to the earth or air...hmmm...

Its all good, I had a great time and learnt a lot about USA, about west coast and made me think a lot about my life. In a way this experience opened my eyes up a bit, then reminded me what I forgot about people's life.

Hanging with Lil' Pimpin from (Snoop) Dogg Pound and others at his studio and hang with Limousine car was something...made me really think about women's life.

I know I cant be so serious about things time to time, I just let myself enjoy the moment no matter what.

Fifth day on the way back to LA, the car was overheated so I eneded up missed my flight back to NY.

But you know what, I could see and pray for Tupac where he got shot in Vegas right around the MGM a day before the day he was killed 10 years ago which is September 13th.
I just watched the Movie <NOTORIOUS> that is about Notorious B.I.G the day before I left NY for LA and Vegas and had been thinking about East side and West side Hiphop. Then in that movie, I saw this Tupac's accident and B.I.G's Murder...I even didnt think I would be these important places for hiphop in this trip but this experience made me and educated me a lot musically and historically about US Black cuture.

And from the car we saw one of the members of PFunk house. I could speak to him on the phone as he was on the road with George Clinton, I wish he were there in Vegas to put my life funk up more ;-) haha...

In the car, we had great conversation and learnt each other a lot in positive way. We heard great songs and felt positivity for all of us.

All and all I really enjoyed my stay in LA and Vegas.

Thank you very much for having me there, Quazedelic and Traffik!

And It was great nice meeting all of the people in LA and Vegas!!! 

I will come back soon fosho~~~!!!