The Rub San Francisco was at a dancehall / hip-hop party in a GULLY neighborhood in San Francisco. But it was packed and a ton of our people came out. This is XJ (Local 1200), Cosmo and DJ Fuze (Digital Underground/Tupac/Luniz) with King Most and some other folks in the background.
The Turntablelab instore in LA was fun. He we are with Tony out in the streets.
He we are in the store with the homie DJ Pubes. Blu Jemz got the gasface for being in the studio the whole time we were in LA.
Brother Reade, Bobby Evans, DJ Feadz & Uffie (Ed Banger) got the crowd good and sweaty before we went on at Cinespace in LA. Feadz (middle) MURDERS it on Pioneer CDJs.
Roxy was in the building! Our fam gets around – she had an Oxy Cottontail show in LA the same night we rocked and came over afterwards to dance.
Them Jeans (L) promotes and DJs at Cinespace with Steve Aoki every Tuesday, and he put us on at his party. He kills it on every level.
I smashed my Serato records at the end of the night and one of them miraculously formed the Wu-Tang symbol. This is a sign that we have to play all Wu-Tang at Canal Room on Saturday (with El Michels Affair – the synergy is amazing).
More pictures at The Cobrasnake.
When we’re on tour we average about 5 hours of sleep per night. A typical day is wake up at 10, get to airport by 12, land at 4 and drop our bags off at the hotel, eat something and go to soundcheck at 7, dj from 11-3, get paid by 4 and try to go to sleep by 5. That doesn’t sound too bad until you do it every day for weeks on end. I know, boo hoo.
Smalltown DJs own a club, a clothing and record store, a shoe store, and a record label in Calgary. We went out for two weeks with them last year on the Northern Exposure tour through all of Canada plus Brooklyn and Philly, and in March they are coming down to SXSW in Austin and WMC in Miami, plus a gig in DC. They are the funniest dudes I know. Mike (left) was gooned in this picture.
In Alberta they were selling brass animals on the side of the road. L-R Smalltown Pete aka Canadian Football Pete, Cosmo “Cook Coffee” Baker, and me, the Little Man of Hate.
In Billings, our dude Jimi Scott got a Rub banner done up at Kinko’s. I left it on a plane roughly 10 hours after he gave it to us. So far we have lost a cell phone, a microphone, an M-Audio digital recorder, a Money Studies roller bag (which was recovered broken), a whole bunch of CDs, and I’m sure some other shit I’m forgetting.
Still it’s all worth it. I can’t imagine doing anything else for a living.
Some pictures from Edmonton here.
The Rub was this past Saturday at Southpaw. This is DJ Eleven & Cosmo Baker. Jazzy hands!
DJ Premier came through and rocked with us. He was our surprise guest. Nobody in the crowd knew he was gonna be there. That’s me on the right.
Primo was real heavy on the mic, hyping up the crowd with each song. He played for an hour and a half and the club was complete pandamonium.
Cool Disco MC Spankrock came to party but he was happy to do a song.
Nick Chacona killed it with house and reggae in the basement. Huge thanks to Mark Lowyns, and apologies to everyone who didn’t get in (come earlier next time!).
Check all the pictures here.
The Rub – August, 2003 with DJ Fuse & Sake One
Mixcloud has all 31 years of our expansive ‘History of Hip-Hop’ series.
Mixcloud – The Rub’s History of Hip-Hop
Downloads Here
This time capsule approach to each year uncovers a slew of already forgotten gems. Ayres says it best: ” I think that hip-hop has this canon of “old-school” jams that get played at parties and make it onto “greatest of all time” lists, but over time the canon shrinks, and you’re left with a bunch of songs that represent current tastes rather than what was good at the time. As a DJ this can be frustrating, because we don’t want to be limited to Biggie, Tupac, Tribe, etc. We love those artists and but also feel there are lots of other great forgotten artists who were maybe less influential but still have records that will rock at a party. So I hope the series can do something to push back against that narrow-mindedness, or forgetfulness, or whatever you want to call it, that shrinking awareness that happens over time. It would be a shame if in 20 years the Throwback at Noon show was comprised of only Eminem, Drake and Lil Wayne…”
If you are looking for tracklistings, check the History of Hip-Hop category listing on the far right for a listing for each year!
Mixcloud – History of Hip-Hop 2000-2009
Posted: March 7, 2000 Filed under: History of Hip-Hop, MP3, Rub Radio, The RubWe are ever so fortunate that Mixcloud decided to post all 31 years of our expansive ‘History of Hip-Hop’ series. This week, it all culminates with their posting of the 2000’s.
We’re looking for a Rub takeover on the Mixcloud homepage, so please be sure to take a few moments to listen, while at work or at home, to reacquaint yourself with the past decade of Hip-Hop.
Mixcloud – The Rub’s History of Hip-Hop
Downloads Here
This time capsule approach to each year uncovers a slew of already forgotten gems. Ayres says it best: ” I think that hip-hop has this canon of “old-school” jams that get played at parties and make it onto “greatest of all time” lists, but over time the canon shrinks, and you’re left with a bunch of songs that represent current tastes rather than what was good at the time. As a DJ this can be frustrating, because we don’t want to be limited to Biggie, Tupac, Tribe, etc. We love those artists and but also feel there are lots of other great forgotten artists who were maybe less influential but still have records that will rock at a party. So I hope the series can do something to push back against that narrow-mindedness, or forgetfulness, or whatever you want to call it, that shrinking awareness that happens over time. It would be a shame if in 20 years the Throwback at Noon show was comprised of only Eminem, Drake and Lil Wayne…”
If you are looking for tracklistings, check the History of Hip-Hop category listing on the far right for a listing for each year!