Here’s some pics from my recent trip out to NYC a few weeks back.

Baby I’m Yours Pump Edit Baby I’m Yours {Pumpichulo Edit} by DJ PUMP

Photos courtesy of Case Bloom & Kenny Rodriguez

If you’re anywhere near Toronto on July 17th you won’t want to miss this!

Thursday, July 17th,

TORONTO TEMPERS present: 151PROOF

featuring COSMO BAKER (the rub, NYC)
hosted by and live performance by 4TH PYRAMID

and DJ’s:
MAYSR (KOPS Crew, Montreal)
CAFF (Toronto)

Inaugural T.O. launch party for FRANK151 Book (The Jet Set Edition)

Free giveaways all night including t-shirts courtesy of SHMACK clothing, CDs and the newest issue of FRANK151 all FREE

Jude’s official B-Day Extravaganza

Tickets: $10 (Door only)
WRONGBAR 1279 queen st. w

Check it out brand new 4th Pyramid produced by the legendary 45 King (Producer of “Stan” & “Hard Knock Life”)! Brought to you by the fine folks at Scion. Hot house remix by Fool’s Gold recording artist Sammy Bananas (Certified Bananas). Release also features tracks by Wale & Pase Rock and a ton of dope remixes.

DOWNLOAD HERE

Track Listing

1. 45 King vs. Wale – Roof 90 bpm
2. 45 King vs. Wale – Roof (DJ Ayres Remix) 111 bpm
3. 45 King vs. Wale – Strings 100 bpm
4. 45 King vs. Wale – Strings (In Flagranti Remix)-126 bpm
5. 45 King vs. Pase Rock –The 900 Number (2k8) 107-bpm
6. 45 King vs. Pase Rock – The 900 Number (2k8) (Eli Escobar Remix)-123 bpm
7. 45 King vs. 4th Pyramid – P-Y-R-A-M-I-D 115 bpm
8. 45 King vs. 4th Pyramid – P-Y-R-A-M-I-D (Sammy Bananas Remix) 123 bpm

Crafty veteran meets brash newcomer. It’s a timeless cinematic formula, but SCION AV has done it a little differently this time. 45 King, producer of “Hard Knock Life,” “Stan” and dozen other hip hop classics, plays the role of the old-school champ, dropping four jewels from his bottomless stash of beats. The youngsters are represented by man-of-the-moment Wale, crowd controller Pase Rock and 4th Pyramid, with In Flagranti, Eli Escobar, DJ Ayres and Sammy Bananas doing remix duty. Peep the plot:

DC native Wale, fresh off sessions with Ronson and Kanye, is a natural to bless a downtempo 45 King special. “Roof” lays a bossa guitar on a menacing bass and 90 BPM drums as Wale manages to fit both Manute Bol and Luc Longley into his sinuous street-level rap. The Rub’s DJ Ayres takes his 111 BPM remix of “Roof” straight to the party, disco style, with live bass, synth snares and plenty of cowbell.

“Strings” is really the only appropriate name for this cello-strewn 100 BPM beat, but don’t expect Beethoven. The trademark 45 King kick and snare are in effect, and Wale’s lovesick lyrics skate the rails and ledges effortlessly. The boys of In Flagranti aren’t having any of this love business, though. They like it dirty. At a blistering 126 BPM, their “Strings” remix spits metal guitar and hi-hat shreds over a sawtooth bass line.

Def Jux survivor and T-Dot repper 4th Pyramid takes a track that Grand Puba would’ve loved and turns it out on “P-Y-R-A-M-I-D.” 45 King’s horn-filled bouncy 115 BPM groove is a throwback, but it seems like Sammy Bananas didn’t get the memo. His “P-Y-R-A-M-I-D” remix slams the tempo to 123 BPM and burps rude bass and bits of pitched vocals for a thoroughly 2008 vibe.

You can put down the dictionary, the definition of “anthem” is 45 King’s “900 Number.” The ageless roof-raiser that cleared DJ Kool’s throat gets twin 2k8 reworks, with Pase Rock showing the party people how it’s done on the mic over the original 107 BPM beat (try to follow his head-spinning song references) and NYC veterano Eli Escobar coming with a jacking 123 BPM remix that slices the signature sax line over a crunchy electro bass.