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ERIC BOBO & DJ RHETTMATIC MIXTAPE

Its crazy man… just crazy. Willie Bobo & my pops are 2 professional percussionists in the game who have been puttin it down for yearrrrrrrrrrrrrrs with all the latin jazz greats & always were building. Flash fwd… Willie’s son Eric Bobo has been doing shows with Rhettmatic for quite some time now. The homies  Ungrammar & Michael Grammer had em @ his Changing Same party not too long ago & they kill’ed schitt. Alas! They have made a dope mixtape for us & are giving it FREE!!! So get on with the git & get it!

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DOWNLOAD BOBO MEETS RHETTMATIC – THE MIXTAPE [BMR]

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GROOVE SUITE PRESENTS…((( gLoBaSouLtroNiCa )))

The Homies Melanie ThatGirl and CHATOS 1013 (Ungrammar) hooked up this Fresh Sound Sampler to promote a fresh monthly party called Groove Suite going down tonight. Enjoy this fresh mix and if you’re in the South bay come Check out the fresh Line up of dj’s keepin you moving tonight.

(((((( gLoBaSouLtroNiCa ))))))
a groove suite sound sampler

Track Listing , Flyer and Dl on the other side!


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NOSAJ THING | LOW LIMIT | SQUARE WEEZY [[[TONIGHT]]]

December 4th, 2009, San Jose once again will be host to The Changing Same Music and Arts Series at the Agenda Lounge This will be The Changing Same’s 2 year anniversary, which was launched in 2007 at San Francisco’s club Mighty. Co-founded by Ungrammar, The Changing Same’s headlining artists that night for the launch were Prince prodigies J DaVeY along with Platinum Pied Pipers. Since then, Ungrammar has stayed the course with the mission of what The Changing Same is all about – presenting emerging artists that are at the forefront in the future realm of Soul, Electronica, Latin and post Hip Hop sounds – or can we say new sh!t!

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Peep the jump for major info & major heat from the illest in the game …

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GROOVE SUITE 11/13 [SJ]

Ungrammar is doing it right again tonight with this months Groove Suite. Stone Throw/ The Do Over’s Aloe Blacc outta my hometown L.A. will be in the house along side Shred One of Brooklyn Circus, Massive Selector’s Proof, The Peoples Be Brown & residents ThatGirl & C1013. Every Suite is sweet! Come get down “wit the git down” & move your feet!

More info after the jizzump…

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THE CHANGING SAME

Ungrammar is back @ it again with another dope party for you to enjoy! San Jo’s finest The Bangerz will be showcasing the reason why they are named as such. If you have never seen The Bangerz rock a crowd with their unique sound & steez, then I highly encourage you to be here this Friday! Also on the bill is Eric Bobo son of one of my pops homies in the latin jazz game, Willie Bobo… (my pops used to tell me this joke back in the day… he’d be like… “If Willie Bobo married Bo Derek… then what would her name then become?”…yeah, pops is corny like that)… as well as the percussionist for Cypress Hill, as well as the Cerritos power ring rockin’ Rhettmatic of the World Famous Beat Junkies. If you know your schitt & are in the bay, then you need to be up in this piece!

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SHAFIQ HUSAYN | OM’MAS KEITH | SA-RA | LIVE [SJ]

You know one of Blind I’s faves are the ever so brilliant and boundary pushing Sa-Ra Creative Partners. Two thirds of the crew Om’Mas Keith & Shafiq Husayn, who is droppin’ his solo schitt on the 6th and NOT to be slept on, will be in the house like an appliance droppin that next level science! Ungrammar does it again by bringing out only the illest to the bay. Your presence is required if you live on that other side of the musical fence where the soundtrack TO THAT side of the fence is Shafiq & Om’Mas.

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See you there.

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THE CHANGING SAME PRESENTS: NOSAJ THING

My homies Grammar and Tommy of the Changing Same are bringing you that good music San Jose. Constantly. So this Friday prepare yourself for quite the musical journey as Nosaj Thing rocks your mind.

Already praised by Flying Lotus, Mary Anne Hobbs, and the like for his beautiful compositions on his debut album Drift, everyone in attendance is bound to have an aural treat.

Also backing him up will be the amazing Free the Robots, making his return to San Jose as well as the 408’s hometown hero Goldenchyld.

$7 Pre-sale tickets @ grammer.newsense@gmail.com

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BLIND I | CONN5 | UNGRAMMAR PRESENT ?UESTLOVE & HOUSE SHOES LIVE [SJ]

Fahrenheit, Ungrammar, Conn 5, BlindIForTheKids invites you to this special edition of The Lounge. The Lounge pushes along with an appearance by the one the only….

?uestlove
The Roots | Okayplayer | Philadelphia

+ Special guest opener

House Shoes
Detroit to LA

Limited $8 Pre-Sale Tickets Available at: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/78899

Questlove DJ Sets are a pleasure to experience everytime out. It allows a nightclub going listener to get open to sounds not usually displayed in that arena. Questlove’s first appearance in San Jose was back in July of 2003 at the infamous weekly jump off called ‘STANK’ at the more or less infamous Agenda Lounge. So lets call this one a 6 year anniversary of that monumental night. 7 times more to San Jose since, his sets are always different – all the more to take a chance and come out.

As the opener, DJ Houseshoes will set the night off right. His first time to San Jose, lets all give a warm southbay welcoming. You can cop his current mix project “King Jame Version” dedicated to his hometown brethren J Dilla at Streetlight Records on Bascom Ave. More on Shoes’

Detroit’s HipHop ambassador to the world…. Four time winner of Best Hip-Hop DJ in Detroit. Relocated to Los Angeles in 2006…. Ran Detroit’s Hip Hop scene for over a decade. Released the highly sought after JayDeeUnreleased in 1997… Released PhatKat’s Dedication to the Suckers 12″ in 1999… The House Shoes Collection Vol.1 : I Got Next followed in 2004… and Loungin’ Vol. 1 : Live at the Buddha Lounge in 2005… Loved by many, Hated by few… Make sure to peep the podcast at www.shoeshouse.podomatic.com…

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WIN TICKETS TO SEE FLYING LOTUS | FREE THE ROBOTS | GOLDENCHYLD + TEEKO LIVE!! [SJ]

The good folks & friends & Ungrammar have given us 2 tickets to bless the Blind I faithful yet again with a chance to see a dope show this Friday in San Jose! Blind I fave Flying Lotus will be in the Zae for the 1st time rockin bass heavy soulful rhythms for San Jo’s freshmakers along side Free The Robots, The Bangerz’ Goldenchyld & 4OneFunk’s Teeko on a 4 turntable set up & the homie Basura from MissingToof.com This will be a monumental evening for San Jo. Everyone on the bill is gonna fuck your head up with the beautiful sounds they will be displaying & I aint even lying!

If you live in the bay or will be in town this week, then ENTER TO WIN!!

send all entries to submit@blindiforthekids.com

GOOD LUCK!!

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