Mondays......oh, and some music too....

Wow, only 2pm GMT....Mondays sure drag on....

Had to take my car to the local Honda dealer to sort out my wing mirror, after some degenerate decided to kick it off the other week. Thanks for that....

Last week was nice and warm. I actually managed to rock a T-shirt over here and not get cold....and then it snowed yesterday and has done for most of today.....isn't the UK wonderful?

Also, that Akai MPD32 isn't out until the end of the month - Crap....

Apart from that, It's looking to be a dope month for music. My boy Khal from Rock The Dub put up a whole heap of goodies on Friday for you to check out. I'm not going to list them individually because it'll take me till next week, but you can grab them all here.

Weekly Mix will be up soon though - hold tight!

Akai MPD32

Akai just released their latest Midi controller over here in En-ger-land...

EDIT: Scrub that, you'll have to wait another 3-4 weeks....

Just ordered mine today, and I gotta say it looks like a lovely piece of kit. I've been wanting to use a Midi controller with Serato Scratch Live as well as Ableton to make my DJ sets a little bit more interesting for some time now, and after doing a bit of research, opted to wait for this to be released. I'll be able to assign/control a variety of things such as cue points, loops, load/unload deck, pitch bend, etc - all without touching my laptop. It'll serve me well at venues where I'm not able to use a TTM57.

One of the great things about this controller is the note repeat function, which is found on the MPC units. On top of that, you have 3 banks for each of the 8 faders and 8 rotaries, and 4 banks for the pads. That's a lot of Midi-assignage....

I'll post up some pics/videos as soon as Mr. Postman delivers it....

DJ Cable's Monthly Mix - March 2008

Apologies for the slight delay in posting this up (I know it's now April!)....It's been a bit of a busy week!

Anyhow, here's this month's mixtape - the concepts behind these monthly mixes are basically all the joints that have been making noise on air, in the clubs, and on t'internet. You can either stream the mix or download it from the Zshare link.

Download here

Tracklisting:

01. Fat Joe – That White
02. Hot Rod Feat. 50 Cent – Chase Da Cat
03. Outkast Feat. Raekwon – Royal Flush
04. Dogg Pound Gang – Cheat
05. Snoop Dogg Feat. Pharrell – Sets Up
06. B.O.B Feat. Amy Winehouse – Grip Your Body
07. Jay-Z Feat. Timbaland – Ain’t I
08. The Game Feat. Ya Boy – Big Dreams (Remix)
09. Tyga Feat. Lil Wayne & Gata – Exquisite
10. Ray Cash – Itz Me (Whop It Out)
11. Lil Wayne – Lollipop
12. Lil Wayne Feat. Corey Gunz – Millie (Remix)
13. Juganot – I Don’t Give A What
14. Dizzee Rascal Feat. UGK – Where Da G’s (El-P Remix)
15. Baby D Feat. Gucci Mane & Shawty Lo – In The Freezer
16. Busta Rhymes – Lights Camera Action

There's going to be about 1000 of these pressed up, which will be dropping later this month....If you want a hard copy on CD, with the artwork, etc - Gimme a shout! It'll be the 1st in the 'Hip Hop' series of Mixtapes that I'll be putting out.

If you've missed out on January & February's mixes, you can cop them here:

Click here for January's Mix

Tracklisting:

01. Missy Elliott - Ching A Ling
02. Busta Rhymes - It's Over
03. Super Barrio Bros - Game Over
04. Bangers & Cash Feat. Amanda Blank - Loose
05. Juganot Feat. Swizz Beats, Busta Rhymes, Fat Joe & Reek Da Villain - En Why Ceequal
06. Sheek Louch - Good Love
07. Ghostface Killah - Super GFK
08. Kanye West Feat. R. Kelly - Flashing Lights Remix
09. Cassidy Feat. Swizz Beatz - My Drink 'N My 2 Step
10. Kanye West Feat. Chris Martin - Homecoming
11. Statik Selektah Feat. Red Cafe, Termanology & MIMS - Bam Bam
12. Statik Selektah Feat. Big Shug - Punch Out
13. Re-Up Gang - 20K Money Making Brothers On The Corner
14. Lil' Wayne - I'm Me
15. Ludacris Feat. Rick Ross & Bun B - Down In The Dirty

Click here for February's Mix

Tracklisting:

01. Lupe Fiasco Feat. Snoop Dogg - Hi Definition
02. Rampage - Pump It Up
03. Bump J Feat. Peedi Crakk & Gillie Da Kid - Pretty Girls In the VIP
04. Kidz In The Hall - Drivin Down The Block
05. The Cool Kids - Action Figures
06. Snoop Dogg Feat. Too Short - Life Of Da Party
07. Ryan Leslie Feat. MIMS - Diamond Girl Remix
08. Rakim - It's Nothing
09. Dem Franchise Boys - Make U Mad
10. Bun B Feat. Sean Kingston - That's Gangsta
11. Shawty Lo - Dunn Dunn
12. Shawty Lo Feat. Ludacris, Young Jeezy & Plies - They Know Remix
13. Kardinal Offishall Feat. Akon - Dey Know Freestyle
14. Flo-Rida Feat. Lil' Wayne - American Superstar

Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions? Holla....

Nike SB "Michelangelo" Dunk Lo & Reebok Elephant Pack

Oh boy, oh boy!

I actually went out and bought a pair of Court Victory pumps last weekend (mainly due to the fact that I was never allowed a pair as a kid - Mum thought they were bad for your feet?!), but this new pack from Reebok makes me want to part with even more of my hard earned cash....The elephant print treatment (mainly associated with the Air Jordan III) has also been given to the Pump Omni Lite & the Ventilator models....





Available now at select Reebok dealers....

Moving on swiftly - I kinda gave up on Nike SBs when they started doing silly shit like the "3 Bears" pack, and the "Taxi" series. But this sneak preview of what's to come this year may put my faith back in them....



Supposedly inspired by the TMNT character - no word on a release date as of yet.

Cowabunga dudes....

Bobby Valentino in Colchester this Saturday (5th April)

Yep, it's official....Bobby Valentino will be performing at Route Nightclub in Colchester, Essex (UK) this coming Saturday....Best get there early, as it's most likely gonna be full up with screaming Essex girls....

With support from yours truly and the usual residents....

Kanye West Feat. Chris Martin - "Homecoming" Music Video

Official video for "Homecoming". I Preferred the "Good Life" video, even if it's just for checking out Angel Lola Luv....Anyhow, nice to see Common making a cameo appearance.

Seems Kanyeezy & Lil Weezy are running this rap ish for 2008....

G-Unit - "I Like The Way She Do It" (Download)

The 1st official single off the new G-Unit album. Well worth a listen - this beat knocks....

Dirty version, with No DJ drops....

Listen/Download here