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.:Jermiside & DJ Low Key – Die Jerm Die:.

October 22, 2009 / / No comments

It’s been a minute since Jermiside (of Red Giants/Lessondary fame) first hit me up to help him out with his Die Jerm Die mixtape…I’d known dude for a while via Tanya Morgan (he was on a song on Moonlighting & two on Brooklynati), featured him on my Mixing In Action #2 tape back in ’06 and we’d kicked it for a minute on the Hiero tour so it was a no-brainer to get involved…Jerm’s concept for the tape was a lot darker than most stuff I work on (the title says it all…LOL), but it was appropriate for the times and the music was really dope so I put it all together in a way that hopefully tells a story and wraps up on a positive note, check out the tape for yourself and see what you think…

.:Jermiside & DJ Low Key – Die Jerm Die (tracked version):.

.:Jermiside & DJ Low Key – Die Jerm Die (untracked/podcast version):.

Shouts to Donwill, Von Pea, Ilyas, Che Grand, Spec Boogie, Aeon, Brickbeats, Kevin Nottingham, Mike Jaye, Rob Viktum, Plus Wun, Jamie Cooley, Dr. Mad, City Centric, Raj, Haweii, G.C., Stevie Beatbox, David Jules, DJ Grain & DJ Dozen for the verses, beats & help with the project.
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Thursday, 10/1 & Saturday, 10/3 -> Catch me DJing for Tanya Morgan, Che Grand & TiRon at A3C in Atlanta…

September 29, 2009 / / No comments

THURSDAY, 10/1 & SATURDAY, 10/3 -> Catch me DJing for Tanya Morgan, Che Grand & TiRon at SMKA Productions, Fadia Kader & the Smoking Section’s A3C Perfect Attendance event at the 5 Spot, alongside some of the best up and coming acts in hip hop.  J Cole, U-N-I, Kidz In The Hall, Mike Baker, Diamond District, Skyzoo & Fresh Daily are just a few of the other acts on the bill.  See, I told you it was some of the best new acts in hip hop.  Anyways, A3C is CRAZY & the lineup for the show is INSANE, don’t miss it.

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Upcoming Tanya Morgan x DJ Low Key shows in St. Louis, Kentucky & NC b/w Rob Viktum featuring Donwill & Friends – Aight, More Drinks EP

August 26, 2009 / / No comments

THURSDAY, 8/27 in St. Louis, MO -> Tanya Morgan w/DJ Low Key + more at the Basement at Atomic Cowboy (4140 Manchester Ave), Cost $7, starts at 10PM.

FRIDAY, 8/28 at the University of Kentucky in Lexington -> WRFL Back To School Throwdown featuring Tanya Morgan w/DJ Low Key, Loose Change + more at Red Mile Round Barn (1200 Red Mile Road), Cost $5 for UK students / $7 general admission, starts at 9PM.  All ages.

SATURDAY, 8/29 in Raleigh, NC -> Tanya Morgan w/DJ Low Key, Kooley High, Blount Harvey & DJ Ill Digitz at the Pour House (224 South Blount Street), Cost $7 for pre-sales, $9 day of show, doors at 9PM.   

P.S. While I’m gone this weekend, all of my weeklies will still go on the same as always, with some of my favorite DJs in Denver filling in for me.  Of course, Sounds Supreme will be holding it down at the Solution with a special guest DJ on Friday.  Then DJ Lazy Eyez & Amen will be spinning on Saturday at So Damn Down at Shag and I’ll be back on Sunday for Hapa Life (come by and hear about the shows over sake and sushi…LOL).

Last but least, speaking of Tanya Morgan, make sure you head over to RappersIKnow.com and download Don’s new project Rob Viktum presents Aight, New Drink featuring Donwill & Friends.  Below is the tracklist and a link for those of you too lazy busy to hit up FWMJ’s site.

 .:Rob Viktum featuring Donwill & Friends – Aight, New Drink:.

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Che Grand’s Everything’s Good Ugly is out now!!! Cop that shit!!!!!

August 26, 2009 / / No comments

Che Grand is a RIDICULOUSLY talented rapper and good friend (how else could we argue so much and still be down…LOL).  I’ve known dude for a little over three years and he’s been prepping his official debut, Everything’s Good Ugly, the whole time.  In fact, right around the time I met Che he actually completely scrapped Conceptus Opus, his original debut album, and started from scratch on EGU.  It’s been long trip, complete with numerous holdups, adversities and delays; so much so that Khal over at Rock The Dub even started a petition to get the album released earlier this year.  Well Che, all of the hard work and patience has paid off. Everything’s Good Ugly is one of the best releases I’ve heard all year and the overwhelmingly positive praise has been coming in from all over.  If you’re on my site, hopefully you already know Che and you’re sold on his music from our ’07 collaboration, Limited Edition:The Fixtape, but if not, head over to itunes and check out some samples of EGU before you cop it, you won’t be disappointed.  Last but not least, check out the tracklisting, production credit & latest single, “Gold Chains (Part Deux)”, below and stay tuned for more DJ Low Key/Che Grand collabs in the near future.

1. Bless’d ft. Jacob Soul – prod. by Big Neeze
2. Gift Wrap – prod. by Brian Brizzo
3. Swing – prod. by Brian Brizzo
4. Walking Under Ladders ft. Elucid & Spec Boogie – prod. by Illmind
5. Gold Chains Part Deux – prod. by PB
6. Too Much Too Soon ft. Colin Munroe – prod. by Colin Munroe
7. City On Fire – prod. by Big Neeze & PB
8. R E S T A R T (Original) – prod. by PB
9. Celebrate We – prod. by Wale Oyejide
10. People Bowling ft Tanya Morgan – prod. by Brian Brizzo
11. Crash – prod by Von Pea of Tanya Morgan
12. Girls Talk feat DbM – prod. by Aeon
13. I Know You Still Want Me – prod. by Aeon
14. Life’s Grand ft. N.icky (of Heavy) – prod. by Aeon
15. Large Hadron Collider – prod. by Suhburb
16. Chateau Gold – prod. by Brian Brizzo
17. Soraya’s Jam ft. Benny Sings – prod. by Benny Sings
18. Across The Sky – prod. by Suhburb

P.S. make sure you download Che Grand & DJ Low Key – Limited Edition:The Fixtape over in the mixtapes section if you haven’t already. It’s the official Che Grand late pass, the perfect addition to EGU & a damn good rapper tape if I do say so myself…LOL.  And  oh yeah, gotta shout out my boy Ryan over at Rype Arts, dude did both the EGU and Fixtape covers, check out more of his great work at RypeArts.com.

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SATURDAY, 7/25 -> Frank151 #37:The De La Soul Chapter Release Party at So Damn Down w/DJ Low Key at Shag

July 23, 2009 / / No comments
SATURDAY, 7/25 -> Come get a complimentary copy of the Frank151/De La Soul issue at So Damn Down w/DJ Low Key at Shag (830 15th St). We’re gonna be celebrating the 20th anniversary of the release of 3 Feet High & Rising by playing a ton of Native Tongues joints throughout the night (everything from Tribe to De La to Queen Latifah to the Beatnuts & more) & giving away copies of Frank151 #37 aka the De La Soul issue to the first 50 people.  As a HUGE De La fan, I can’t recommend this issue enough, check some samples below & come out early to get your copy at So Damn Down.  No cover / Music at 10 / 21+.

Rap De Rap Show: In this article, Dante Ross discusses his relationship with De La. “I will never forget the first show De La Soul ever did, however blurry the exacting facts surrounding the event are. I recently caught up with my brethrens—the De La Souls themselves—verified some of the hazy parts, and got my info fine-tuned. Here’s the 411. De La was the first group I was ever given the A&R responsibility for…whatever that means. Back then, it meant being the groups cheer leader / road manager / dude in the office they hung with. It mostly meant we made it up as we went along.”

Tasty Samples: “Everyone has their passions in life. For Maseo, it’s clearly music, and more specifically DJing and producing. For Jarobi White, original member of A Tribe Called Quest, it’s cooking. Frank151 got them together to ask a few questions about their respective passions, and to learn about their inspirations and influences. Speaking with these two old friends, it’s immediately apparent that they go way back and have a deep mutual respect. But most of all, they just crack each other up.”

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The Red Giants – Chain Reaction:The EP /// Jermiside & DJ Low Key – Die Jerm Die coming soon…

July 2, 2009 / / No comments

Brickbeats (1/2 of the production on Tanya Morgan’s 2 albums, featured on Ilwil – Beat Thieves 2 & more)

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Jermiside (as featured on both TM albums, the Fixtape, MIA #2 and the upcoming Die Jerm Die mixtape mixed by none other than yours truly & more)

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The Red Giants (go cop their self-titled debut album right now & download their new Chain Reaction EP for free below)

.:Jermiside & Brickbeats are the Red Giants – Chain Reaction:The EP:.

And stay tuned for Jermiside & DJ Low Key – Die Jerm Die, coming soon…

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Donwill as Don Cusack in High Fidelity tracklist…Check track 5…

July 2, 2009 / / No comments

Donwill of Tanya Morgan has a dope new project he’s working on.  It’s called Don Cusack in High Fidelity, check out the tracklist below. As far as what the album’s about, I’ll let him tell it:

The album ‘Don Cusack in High Fidelity‘ is a remake of the movie ‘High Fidelity‘ (starring John Cusack). It is one of my favorite movies of all times. I feel that the movie has alot of parallel’s to my personal life, so many that I’ve decided to cast myself in the role of Rob Gordon (Cusack’s character) for the duration of this project.

And here: Don Cusack is almost done and in honor of letting people in on the process to sneak a glimpse at the work in progress I put together a short snippet tape. You know just so you can see where I’m at and help motivate me to finish this damn thing. Its not all the songs from the album or nothing like that, just 5 of the joints that were the most finished.

As for the project being done, who knows. Sometime soon tho so that I can start finish my work with Von Pea and Brickbeats. More than anything it just needs to be mixed down at this point and there are a few people im still waiting on to finish a few songs but I wont name names… YET!

So here we go! The bold joints are the ones that are on the snippet tape. I didnt wanna give TOO much away but I wanted to let yall hear something. I decided to include the tracklist as it stands right now including features and producers for people who are into that sort of thing. Oh and the album is split into 2 parts. If that doesnt make sense then you dont know me or this project at all. Regardless I will be explaining it at a later date. Just enjoy this for now…

DOWNLOAD: Tanya Morgan Presents: Don Cusack in High Fidelity [Snippets]

THE MOVIE
1. Laura’s Song – Produced by Astronote
2. Top 5 Breakup’s – Produced by Brickbeats
3. Championship Vinyl feat the Lessondary – Produced by A-Plus
4. Ian’s Song feat Opio – Produced by Von Pea
5. Shake It Easy feat Peter Hadar & DJ Low Key – Produced by Martin Slo
6. December 27th – Produced by Donwill (ME)
7. Breathe feat Nicky Guiland – Produced by Neon Collars
8. I See You feat Ragen Fykes – Produced by Algorythm
9. Good feat Che Grand, Ced Hughes & Ragen Fykes – Produced by Aeon
10. Baby Wont You – Produced by Keelay & Zaire

THE SOUNDTRACK
11. P*ssy Rules the Worldfeat Mykestro – Produced by the Twilite Tone
12. Maybe You and I – Produced by Wale Oyejide
13. Girl Girl feat Kay & Uzoy – Produced by Aeon
14. Love Junkie feat Peter Hadar – Produced by Aeon
15. Fold Em feat Ragen Fykes – Produced by Keelay & Zaire

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Friday, 6/26 -> Exile & DJ Day rockin on 2 MPCs & 2 turntables at the Solution w/DJ Low Key & Sounds Supreme for FREE!!!

June 22, 2009 / / One comment
FRIDAY, 6/26 -> Don’t miss your favorite producer’s favorite producer Exile and his ridiculously talented buddy DJ Day as they come rock on 2 MPCs & 2 turntables at the Solution w/me & Sounds Supreme on the Funky Buddha’s rooftop (776 Lincoln St).  These guys are doing some of the craziest ish in hip hop music, re-creating classic records live, playing the MPC like an instrument and we’re lucky to have them join us at the Solution for free.  Gotta thank the Red Bull Music Academy for bringing out these guys out and the opportunity (don’t know about RBMA? check out RedBullMusicAcademy.com for more one of the coolest fusions of art & commerce I know of).  Anyways, check out the video below for a taste of the craziness that Ex & Day will be bringing to Denver, I don’t think any of us are ready. No cover / 21+ / Music at 9.
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Please vote Low Key in the 2009 Westword Music Showcase…Voting ends today at noon…

June 15, 2009 / / No comments

UPDATE: Voting ends on Monday, June 15th at noon MST. Please vote before then if you’re gonna vote.  Thanks again.

Yep, it’s Westword Music Showcase time and guess who’s nominated again (shouts to the nominating committee, I appreciate the recognition & Westword, Denver’s premier music/arts/entertainment magazine).  Last year, y’all blew me away and voted me Denver’s “Best Hip Hop DJ”, thanks again, you’re the shit.  And while I’ve never been foolish enough to think I’m the best DJ out of a field that includes heavyweights like Vajra, Chonz, Cysko Rokwel, Bedz & more, I’ll be geeked if you wanna vote for me again as I try to become the first back to back “Best Hip Hop DJ” winner yet.

The voting process is easier than ever and you can find the “DJ – Hip Hop” category towards the bottom.  Thanks again y’all, I appreciate the support.  And if you decide not to vote for me, I can’t be too mad, almost everyone nominated is a dope DJ and a friend of mine, props to all the good DJs around town.

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The homie Dunn the Signtologist on Common’s blog b/w Dunn’s DJ Low Key piece…

June 11, 2009 / / No comments

I gotta congratulate my boy Dunn the Signtologist for getting props on Common’s blog last week, dude definitely deserves the shine.  We’ve done quite a few events together over the years and I’ve mentioned him on here before, so hopefully you’re familiar.  If not, you should head over to his site ASAP and get caught up on one of the most creative cats I know.

Last but not least, Dunn laced me & Sounds Supreme with pieces to celebrate the 2 year birthday of the Solution back in February (thanks again Dunny, we’re honored), check out my piece below.

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