Question

(With all due respect to Justo - Rest in Peace Brother - who I met in 1994 and always respected...)

How in the hell is there a "Mixtape Awards" and Rapid Ric is not nominated in one category?

Dude has been putting it down hard for the past few years but this year in particular has taken it to the next level. Chalie Boy tape, Magno tape, All Flows, etc... Not a dud in the bunch.

Dude actually mixes unlike a good 30% of the folks who have been nominated. Dude gets exclusives that really are exclusives, not just record company leaks.

Everything he does is real and he is killin' it right now. Spinning overseas. DJing for Chamillionaire, Slim Thug and Devin the Dude to name a few. His crew, the Whut it Dew Family are HANDS DOWN the best MC's in the south. Hand's down.

Yet and still dude ain't nominated for nothin'.

And there's only four people in the "Screwed and Chopped" category. Watts, OG Ron C, Ryno and Slice. Now I cut for all four of them. But how you gonna not have DJ-D in there? Street Pharmacy? Big Chance? Come on now man. DJ-D just did the whole Rap-A-Lot catalog it seems AND HE ACTUALLY MIXES!

He's not pushing buttons on a computer.

Man, I honestly don't care about awards show, but duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuudes are you insane? I think a special category needs to be created or maybe just a lil acknowledgement needs to be given to Rapid Ric, a young brother who is truly changing the game.

Bang's Birthday Party

Awwwwwww man it went down Saturday night. I rolled with the Wolftown Committee out to the Perfect Rack and checked out one hell of a showcase in celebration of my man Bang's birthday.

ALSO CLICK HERE TO HEAR RAPID RIC AND CHAMILLIONAIRE TAKE OVER THE SEMTEX SHOW ON BBC 1XTRA THIS PAST FRIDAY! THEY KILLED IT. RIC AND CHAM PART IS THE LAST HOUR.

Anyhoo...


The birthday man hisself, BANG!




Charlie Berry and Cl'che


Murder 1, Dope E, K-Rino and Justice (middle)


Grit Boys came on first and killed it. They did like 10 songs it was tight.










Then Gorilla Squad put it down real hard as well.




Great Scott killed it too. First time I have seen him perform, I think.




And King Tutt too. He's no joke.


Finally got a photo of Jai Boo from the Wolftown Committee! They will be here till Friday. If you work in the rap game out here and want to be heard overseas, you need to holler at these folks. They're everywhere.


So nice I had to snap it twice.


King Tutt!




Moufs of the SOuf killed it as well and are starting to make some noise out here for real.








That's a mighty peculiarly placed bottle and I am not sure how it got there.


Cl'che performed like she was in front of 50,000 people at the Astrodome or some shit. Killed it!








And was joined by Dougie D, Showtyme, Charlie Berry and more.


As evidenced by photos such as this. Sort of.





And our headliner for the evening, K-RINO!



Man it's always a pleasure to see K-Rino in concert. His catalog is so deep and he pulls from every album and just slays it. Also I like the way he dresses better than most other rappers. He's way more on my level man. I feel this dude. As you already know.





Bomber jackets and Loc's > diamonds and furs.

And MattSoReal said that. Picture me rollin' like Pac ya bitch. (Pimp C said that, more than once).