the homeys Islands came through to good ol’ Durham, NC and being the Briefcase Rocker that i am/friends of the fam …. i got to fill the shoes of the various rappers (including myself in the past) that have got to grace the stage for a rendition of Where There’s A Will There’s A Whalebone, the album version of which features Subtitle and Busdriver.

i tried to mimic Subtitle’s way of handling this guest spot (after watching many youtube versions of him doing it) by remaining sort of “in the cut” and not letting anyone know it was going to go down, and then just popping up at the last minute right before it’s time for me to rip.

i went to a side mic so that Nick could still have the main one for when he comes back in, but for some reason it was dead. turns out neither the in-house nor the touring sound man had any idea what was going on, and cut the mic as soon as i went for it, thinking i was a party crasher. i end up on the main mic and proceed to get tackled by the local sound guy, who attempts to drag me off the stage while i am just beginning to spit, causing me to space on my pre-prepared lyrics and launch into a freestyle, never missing a beat even as i am trying to shrug the guy off. i guess he realized the band was cool with what was happening and he lets it ride, and he gets quickly dissed in my free, which ends up being rather aggressive as well as laudatory to Islands, who were definitely killing their set. turns out the freestyle went over great, better than my written lyrics could have (just a random verse from a Huevos classic) and after watching as many versions of the song as i could earlier that day, i was able to get the timing down perfect and everyone went nuts. it was rad. i received many pats on the back as well as apologies from both sound men, though of course the fact that they tried to shut me down made the appearance way more crev and exciting for the audience, so i’m stoked that it went down like that.

so I’m in london and since none of the english homies actually read my myspace page, (that has dates and news on it) none of said homies came to the show the other night with busdriver and myself. next time folks, I’ll take the time away from jumping on and off planes and fainting in clubs due to exhaustion to send you dudes engraved invitations. so you know that you are invited. shit was bonkers as fuck and there were enough girls there to where you pretty much HAD to make out with a sick bird or else your night was a wrap. thanks ladies and THANKS to Thugs N’ Hugs clique, Dante Fried Chicken, Young Chris, and everyone who came thru to see it go down. there were actually lots of folks there and they were dressed to the nines just to eat some bomb-ass chicken. I actually strolled all the way from london victoria station to old street (across town, I got to mob bucrevham palace and all that shit) just to eat some of this chicken and it was worth it. I also drank 4 pints of beer before I even saw an idea of the stage….
the picture above has nothing to do with london and everything to do with my younger brother from another mother and projectile blowedest alumn Nocando or no can do the lock, his new free EP and him touring with Haiku De Tat (aceyalone, abstract rude and mikah nine) pretty much all summer long. I’m proud of the dude and he’s bookending his exploits with the patient E.P. before he drops his alpha pup release later this year. he said he recorded 50+ songs for his new shit and he wanted to showcase some of this prolificness that rubbed off onto him from the previous generation that brought you such mainstays as murs, busdriver, the anticon crew and myself. young people who think record deals grow on trees and equate blog placement (along with myspace hits) to affluent price points, take notice.

here’s some behind the scenes footage of the high/on/off video shoot, along with some untreated footy that the homie dima the greek put together today.

now that I have kicked it for those 9 days, I intend to do a longer day by day blog on my myspace page, but I just wanted to say that russia definitely gets the thumbs up from the crev commando and I have officially christened moscow as “moscrev” due to the sheer cuttiness of the city and it’s inhabitants. it was snowing in april and it doesn’t take much to break the law and gain the cops attention, you just have to look like you have money or be friends with a snitch. 2-99 records gang definitely showed me the most hospitable time that could be shown and I greatly appreciate it. they had me sorted however I desired and shit here is SO expensive, I knew that the homies were going all out for a dude and that isn’t forgotten easily. the fans are WAY about it too! it may not be 1000 people in a 500 person room, but I had good times and ripped it in banging spots the whole campaign. the crev wave invasion has struck behind the iron curtain and the first servo payload hit target…..

as for what is going on around our compound:

1. (ladies first) the low leaf free download dropped on 4/20 and we weren’t smoking a lot of bud that day. I’m lying. the EP is banging and for all of you astute listeners, you may have heard some of the songs floating around,…
2. lazersword’s record should be almost done and dropping this spring/summer on innovative leisure (a new stone’s throw imprint) and the single (the infamous barn burner GUCCI SWEATSHIRT) is dropping on the scottish bang-centric label Wireblock, which brought you that Hudson Mohawke Ooops 12″ last year. what up to the lucky me homies…..
3. juan huevos is putting the mastering touches on his crev wave debut entitled “Treasure Bath” and the shit is a smoker. ever one to surprise, he has some of his timeless classics as well as some of that new-new that he will whip up over dinner and a bowl of dank. I made one beat on there too. banging….
4. meanest man contest is doing something interesting everyday and they usually update you on here before I do, so I will keep to that theme. however, eric is on a mission working on some new biz that will peel back some wigs…
5. my russian exclusive release “nerves of ice” is out and about but only 1000 were made and only 200 are meant to be seen outside of the iron curain and whatnot, so get at me if you wanna cop.
6. debmaster is working on a new record and ridd? from CVE and myself are doing a song for it. that shit is nutso.
7. I get sent new gajah remixes and random songs on the regs and all I can say is “hurry up and put an album together nick, before someone else bites you.”
8. we got a new crash overdrive EP n the works as well as a new crunc tesla EP that he has already turned in. that shit is wild as heck.
9. 4X4champion AKA Kofie of Rough Draftsmen prestige, has been hooking up the ill podcasts and random blasts on his keep drafting website that I STRONGLY suggest everyone check out. amazing content on it…
10. if you aren’t already his myspace friend and getting hit off with his daily blasts, debruit has a new EP that just dropped on musique large and is lighting up charts here and there. I imagine if I would have guested on his album back in the day instead of trying to hook him up with briefcase, I probably would actually be able to rap over his beats. this seems like a topic that I have to take up with his manager…..

we still have more in the deck and more in effect. now that winter has passed thru most of the world, we can get back on the block and back off the monitors a bit. I’m playing in london with busdriver and thugs N hugs this weekend, so if you are in the area then come thru…..

(oh yeah, before I leave I had to leave you with this. mighty murs is coming back to his roots…)