The homie Bambu gets down with the infamous photographer Estevan Oriol and drops another West Coast heater. Catch the boy on tour with the Blue Scholars at a city near you!

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From his forth coming album Short Changed L.A.’s Bambu dives deeper into the issues of domestic relationships. He highlights in the music that not all things go correct when it comes to love. A strong subject for a song that is all honest, and all together real. Props to the homie DJ Phatrick for flippin’ Adele on the beat.

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My dude Bambu is KILLING it. And what make’s this track even doper (besides having Strong Arm Steady’s Krondon on this cut) is that my boy Chris AKA Paper Son made this gully ass beat. L.A. all day. Stand up.

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Preview track off of the upcoming mixtape my boy Bambu and the soul assassin himself DJ Muggs. L.A. all day.

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Oh how I love that song. Anyways… if you in LA you know what to do! & if you aint you know what you NEED to do. Peep the official statement after the jump. & once again major Jedi Respecognition to the entire Fat Beats staff!

Fat Beats is excited to present yet another send-off worthy of their hip-hop legacy. Following the recent close of their New York location and a successful string of in-store performances from such artists as Just Blaze, DJ A-Trak, Pete Rock, and DJ Premier, Fat Beats is planning a week long series of in-store performances and music industry panels for to close out the Los Angeles location. These in-stores will provide an opportunity for fans to celebrate the legacy of one of the strongest music brands in the company of their favorite artists, while learning about the history of Fat Beats and what the future holds for the music industry. Everyone is welcome to come and all events are free.

Today marks the official start of the week and a half long in-store series for the Los Angeles location. This location will host artist performances every day starting this weekend until it closes its doors for the final time on Saturday, September 18th, 2010. Additionally, the Los Angeles Fat Beats location will be selling limited edition commemorative t-shirts, as well as discounted music and merchandise. Says owner, Joseph Abajian aka DJ Jab, “California has supported us since day one and we’re looking forward to putting on great shows for our final week.”

The schedule for the Los Angeles location is as follows:

Tuesday, September 14th: Trek Life, Percee P & Mellow Man Ace & others
Wednesday, September 15th: Tiron, Ayomari, Bambu, Tunji, & others
Thursday, September 16th: Producer Showcase – Exile, Rhettmatic, HouseShoes, Shafiyq, & others
Friday, September 17th: Kurupt, Bishop Lamont, Dilated Peoples, EM Eiht, Ras Kass, Planet Asia, Affion Crockett, Funkdoobiest, Strong Arm Steady, & others
Saturday, September 18th: Special guest DJ’s and performers all day
*FINAL DAY* Sunday, September 19th: DJ’s Showcase – DJ Revolution, Rhettmatic, J Rocc,& others

Despite these farewells, Fat Beats will continue doing what it does best – bringing hip-hop to the people. Fat Beats Distribution has been renamed FB Distribution and continues to work with both independent and major labels. Likewise, Fat Beats Records is pllaning rleases from a number of artists from their impressive roster, including ILL BILL, TruMaster/KRS-One, Black Milk, Trinity, Sha Stimuli, Q-Unique and more. The company’s online store, FatBeats.com, which carries everything available in their retail locations and more, will remain the number one destination for hip-hop fans for all their music needs. Though these two landmarks may be closing, Fat Beats’ persistence during tough times for the record industry proves it is still very much alive and well.

This new video by L.A.’s Bambu shows how sometimes the game changes folks as adulthood and parenthood come clashing into a G’s life. I’ve seen all my heroes and friends change up their perspectives as they got into their 30′s and started having kids/families. We’re still the same ol’ hood kids inside, just a bit wiser. Purchase his music at Beatrock.

My homie Bambu does it again, and this one snuck up on me. Straight off his new EP Paper Cuts Bam speaks on the continual change of the urban landscape through gentrification and racism. And always making it fam business he has emcee Pro-Brown of the Blue Scholars get down on a verse. And some legit eskrima in action? Shit, slow down homie.

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Bambu – The Queen Is Dead

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New video from my boy Bambu off his third LP Exact Change.

Ex-gangbanger, ex-Marine, Bambu has been a voice for L.A. and Filipino freedom fighters everywhere.

I’ve known Bam for a long time and he doesn’t front with his words and actions.

Big ups to OKAYPLAYER.COM for giving my boy some love!

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