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Introducing…”TIME CRISIS”

Time Crisis - "Blue Lips" Music Video

Here it is, the highly anticipated debut of Fameless Fam's latest project and addition to the family: Time Crisis. The video is directed by our buddy Nicolas Heller, and it is for the first single from their upcoming self-titled debut album. The track is called “Blue Lips”. We hope you enjoy it… click the link below to watch.

Time Crisis - "Blue Lips" Video

Mark your calendars. Time Crisis drops September 14th. Now, Stay posted for updates:

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DJ Emoh joins Milled Pavement

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The Rejuvemaple Leaf Tour (Eastern Canada Edition) 2010

Rhymesayers Entertainment & Project Blowed present:

The Rejuvemaple Leaf Tour
(Eastern Canada Edition)

Abstract Rude
w/ DJ Tramlife

and  special guests:

Mindbender

Nilla

partyboobytrap

Magnum KI

Abstract Rude
Abstract Rude is a West Coast veteran of independent and underground hip hop. He like many other rap artists in the LA scene got his start at the Goodlife Cafe. Over time, his distinct voice and vast catalog has kept him working in the music business since the mid 90s releasing groundbreaking albums such as Project Blowed, South Central Thynk Taynk, Mood Pieces, P.a.i.n.t [battleaxe] & Haiku De Tat. As front man of his original group Abstract Tribe Unique (ATU) and collaborator with Freestyle Fellowship members Aceyalone & Myka 9, Abstract Rude has endeared himself to fans worldwide through consistent touring. Ab Rude's music has been featured in motion picture scores, TV and movie soundtracks, video games and on award nominated albums such as the Sublime Tribute cd/dvd. Abstract Rude's last lp was his 1st on Rhymesayers Ent. entitled Rejuvenation [released May 5, 2009], produced entirely by Seattle beatsmith Vitamin D. The Rejuvenation lp is an uplifting hip hop ride through the mind of one of "hip hop's most accessible healers." IN STORES NOW also on ITUNES AMAZON and fifthelementonline.com.
The summer of 2010 finds Abbey Rude releasing the heavily anticipated 3rd installment in his Making Tracks mixtape series entitled Steel Making Trax: the export.
Ab Rude also teamed up with Rhymesayers co-founder / Hiero Imperium artist Musab for a 7 song ep entitled The Awful Truth [summer 2010]. Both of them will be touring all summer in support of their ep & solo mixtapes. The Awful Truth Tour will begin on June 22 in Las Vegas @ Boomer's, then June 23 in Los Angeles @ Low End Theory and travel nationwide for 40 cities including 4 Rejuvemaple Leaf dates in Eastern Canada (without Musab), featuring different openers in selected cities. The last date will be in Las Vegas for 1st Fridays at Bunkhouse on August 6th. Visit Ab at rhymesayers.com/abstractrude.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?..v=m7Ze-OxAShs Nuff Fire (Video Remix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?..v=crlXMZTe9Gw Thynk Eye Can (Haiku d'etat Mix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?..v=DgMvNecANL0 Yep! (w/ ATU)

Mindbender
Mindbender is an original member of the dynamic duo Supreme Being Unit, that in '96 released a Canadian classic Mental Reverse/Spiritual Rebirth. Since then, Adhimu "Mindbender" Stewart has consistently created a completely new definition of MC. In 2004 he released the critically-acclaimed double disc Beautiful Mutant. By 2006, Mindbender completed a record-breaking fifth consecutive year as the host and organizer of Toronto's most popular and longest running open mic showcase, called In Divine Style. In 2007, Mindbender completed The Invisible Rhythm Showcase, his long-awaited experimental acapella album, and No More Mr. Fucking Nice Guy Volume 2: The Blasphemy Masterpiece concept mixtape/album. In the last few years, this one-of-a-kind rhymer released Better Late Than Never Made, an EP with Urbnet Records. Mindbender has stayed busy in 2010 releasing In Space, No One Can Hear You Rhyme, the long awaited follow-up CD with Supreme Being Unit rhyme partner Conspiracy. Also released in 2010, a collaboration album with Micill Shazaam WriteObeah. On the Rejuvemaple Leaf Tour of Eastern Canada, Mindbender will be doing his fan favs + debuting music from his brand new solo album Jupiter, produced entirely by Rich Kidd.
Listen to Mindbender's music @ www.reverbnation.com/..mindbender.

Nilla
Wise-beyond-her-years, NiLLa has gained valuable insight and experience to lyrically draw from, as she has moved from the East, to Canada’s West Coast and back again. Currently settled in Hamilton, Ontario, this up and coming emcee has gained much attention in the last few years, since dedicating wholly to her passion - music. In this time, she has shared some of her country’s top stages with a wide range of hip-hop’s finest, including but not limited to, The Alkoholiks, Masta Ace, Jus Allah, Zaki Ibrahim, WildChild, DL Incognito, Grand Analog, Icon the MiC K!NG, & Lee Reed.
These noteworthy performances, along with her 2009 independent debut album release From The Ground UP, NiLLa received immediate praise from both local and international communities, for her refreshing lyricism and production skills.
Upcoming musical projects for this unique emcee, include a wide range of collaborative flavour, true to her eclectic taste in music. This summer and early fall will have NiLLa touring, ready to surprise Rejuvemaple Leaf crowds and impress them with her lyricism and presence on stage. In the studio, she has been hard at work on a few separate projects. The first is with long time musical friend and producer, UnKnown The Pontiff (Toronto) entitled The Big Teaze which will be a 5-7 track EP released online for free in 2010. She is also busy collaborating with England’s own, DJ Rumage and punk/ska band Dodger’s, bassist, Luke Muldoon. These projects should whet any appetite and cravings her fans may have, before her second solo album is released in 2011.
NIlla is also actively involved within communities to positively influence the younger generations. Along with fellow emcee RaSoul, NiLLa co-founded P.E.A.C.E. (People Everywhere Actually Co-existing Equally), a world-wide movement focused on the necessity to spread messages of anti-violence and encourage positivity through the use of hip-hop music.
To hear NiLLa’s music, please visit her website at: www.nillamusic.com

partyboobytrap
partyboobytrap is easily one of the coolest names out there; read the word carefully and tell me if you can decipher its code. Musically, Ab sees them as a unique blend of Kool Kids & The Streets. Come party with them eh?
Virtue, Exquisite Corpse and DJ Emoh are rewriting the rules of hip-hop. Known collectively as partyboobytrap, the three artists are anything but an ordinary hip-hop tandem. PBT speaks to a generation of people cast aside by mainstream society. Virtue grew up in Calgary, he spent days and nights helping his family run the city’s first hip-hop shop Fameless Records & Clothing. Virtue eventually moved on to produce and release his first solo album, Good Will Hunting, while he was still in high school. Exquisite Corpse was raised in Philadelphia on an extensive variety of musical genres, nearly all of which are reflected in his production. Building off his drumming talent, Exquisite crafted a style of musicianship that reflected his eclectic taste, drawing off everything from soul to metal. Upon moving to Boston in 2007, Exquisite met Virtue while attending Emerson College, and the two began to merge their musical abilities into what is now partyboobytrap.
DJ Emoh joined in 2010 and was well-known for backing many of the big name acts that come through Boston. Emoh mastered his technique as one-third of the Deck Demons. DJ Emoh will be touring with the group and recording the finishing scratches on partyboobytrap’s upcoming project, Time Crisis.
Past releases include: 2008's partyboobytrap lp, also their sophomore full-length, Entrapment, which featured acclaimed contemporaries such as Mac Lethal and
Nobs. Partyboobytrap is currently hard at work on its third album with plans to evolve its innovative and enticing sound. Listen to PBT's music at entrapment.band.camp.com.
Learn more at www.famelessfam.com

Special Guests in selected cities include:
DJ Daffy Decks
Made Wade
DJ Realistic

Rejuvemaple Leaf Tour - Eastern Canada edition - AB RUDE  w/ DJ Tramlife
+ special guests: Mindbender, Nilla, partyboobytrap

July 15 - Toronto, ONT - Silver Dollar Room
[openers: Made Wade & DJ Daffy Decks]

July 16 - Ottowa, ONT - Ritual Nightclub

July 17 - Hamilton, ONT This Ain't Hollywood
[opener: DJ Realistic]

July 18 - London, ONT -  Club Elite

See You Up North!

New Interview at “Relax And Take Notes”

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"We here at Relax and Take Notes feel it’s important we spread the word on local acts that we feel are really doing big things. One of the local artists Tim and I have been really impressed with is DJ Emoh Betta. We first saw Emoh at an EPMD show thrown by the amazing Leedz Edutainment. Now I don’t mean this in a bad way at all but it’s hard to miss Mr. Betta. The first things you'll notice are the Pro Vegan stickers adorning his gear and his large gauged ears (a look I happen to sport myself). Then of course the next thing you notice is the fact that this dude has serious skills. After seeing him again at an amazing MURS show (put on by Leedz of course) we decided this was someone we needed to find out more about and get in contact with. With little searching you'll find DJ Emoh's name everywhere, this Dude has worked and worked with a billion other sick projects. We'll I contacted DJ Emoh Betta and he was cool enough to answer a few question for Relax and Take Notes. So here we have the first of what I hope are many interesting interviews."

-Ricky

What inspired you to start DJ'ing?

Rap/Hip-Hop has always been my favorite music since I was a kid, I'm 31 so I have been a fan for years, Run-DMC's first album was the first music cassette I ever owned and I think I was about 6 years old and my fathers friend gave it to me. My dad then bought me a new rap tape every week, so, I thank my father for getting me into hip-hop. He loved Run-DMC, Fat Boys, LL, and the last group he liked was House of Pain, haha. Anyway, I’ve always loved the DJ's on everything I heard, like, Jam Master Jay, Cut Creator, Premo, Mr. Mixx, Jazzy Jeff, Joe Cooley, and Richie Rich. There are so many DJ's to name but it wasn't till like '97 when i bought "Stylus Wars", "Hotsauce In The Dickhole", and "Underarms R Fun" by Invisbl Skratch Piklz and there where warnings on the cassettes saying "buyer beware: nothing but pure scratching!!" I also bought all the Turntable TV vhs tapes too. Hearing/watching those and the big rise of turntablism at that time (ISP,Beat Junkies, X-Men, 5th Platoon, Allies, Scratch Perverts, etc.) got me into Hip-Hop again full-time as i was deeply involved in Punk/Hardcore through high school friends. Hip-hop wasn't as great to me after '96 so I wasn't paying full attention to it. I still listened to it, but i thank Punk/Hardcore for opening my mind and expanding my musical taste. I think I started DJ'ing around late '98 and bought a vestax mixer and 1200's because they were the standard among turntables and being a scratch dj is what i wanted to do. At the time I had more punk records than hip-hop because all of my early rap stuff was on cassette besides a few classics. Indie Hip-Hop at the time was big so I bought doubles of some stuff and kept buying battle records, as well as visiting thrift shops and record stores and buying whatever I could find. I have lots of junk records among the gems.

Who are some of the artist that helped shape the DJ you are now?

As far as DJ'ing goes, I would say my biggest influence is D-Styles. His live shows, cuts, and beats are incredible and he has the raw/dirty sound I love. All of my inspiration comes from D, Ricci Rucker, Q-bert, Prime Cuts, Rob Swift, Mike Boo, Excess, and again there are so many dope dj's to name. Gunkhole, Ned Hoddings, and ISP are my all-time favorite groups/crews. The first crew i was in (Fader Fraggles) with Evaredy and Rick Flares, helped shaped me because we would practice together and push each other and we all started around the same time. I think all of the people i work with push me and helped shape me as a DJ. Filling in for World Champ DJ Shiftee as Awkward Landing's part-time DJ played a big role, and also working with Leedz Edutainment, and meeting other DJs through shows and networking. Joining the Deck Demons was an honor, E-ness and Slipwax are the illest muthafuckers on the cut and they inspire me every time we get down. Also all the mc's and groups i work with play a big role.

Who were some of the people that helped you get started playing out locally?

Before I moved to Boston i spent the first 25 years of my life in Lawrence, MA. The Merrimack Valley was where everyone i worked with was from. We used to set up little shows at Bull Moose Music and we would meet people who would get us other spots and then play house shows. At the time my friends and I were in a group called Invisible Men, and we had a side project called Soular Winds. Two of the mc's in Soular Winds were great friends and very close with Leedz of Leedz Edutainment. When Leedz decided it was time to start playing in Boston he threw his first "rap show" at All Asia in Cambridge and we were all on the bill. Since then Leedz has been promoting and booking shows non-stop and he has helped me out a lot. He was the biggest hand in all of it. Over time other people came into booking shows for me and my groups as well.

What’s the origin of your DJ name?

This is the question I have always been asked and this is the official written answer and I will forward people over to your blog when asked again.

When I was going to Punk/Hardcore shows i was into a lot of the "emo" stuff. Back then it wasn't a bad thing, it wasn't on TV, the radio, in malls, it was unknown. It was a type of hardcore/indie/punk music and there were many sug-genres like melodic hardcore, screamo, post-hardcore, indierock. I listened to the real shit like Owltian Mia, Indian Summer, Portraits of Past, and course Mineral, SDRE, Embrace, Still Life, etc. Those who listened know what i mean. A lot of my friends were into the tougher stuff and youth crew stuff like judge, floorpunch, bold, in my eyes, YOT, Cro-mags. I loved that too but everyone in the scene, called me "Emo Dan". People i didn’t know would say "you're Emo Dan right??" and the name stuck with me. When i started DJing, regardless of what name i chose people would still refer to me as "EMO". I was DJ Emo for a while and then emo music just blew up and i wasn't an "emo" kid. When i moved to Boston my mother did not want to live in Lawrence anymore and wanted to move back home to the reserve in Canada and i agreed it would be better for her with family up there. When she sold the house it was like i lost a huge part of my life. I lived in the same house for 25 years and it held a lot of memories. This is why i added the "h" to the name every knew me by. Emoh is Home backwards. So people could still call me Emoh, but the spelling means more. Al-Jay of Blak Madeen used to call me "MO as in Mo' Betta. It is because of him having a new name for me every set we did that my DJ name is Emoh Betta. There are countless flyers with my name spelled differently with aliases such as Emoh, DJ Emo, Emoh Betta, Emo Danza, Emodanzaextravaganza. But I prefer DJ Emoh Betta.

What kind of equipment are you rocking at shows lately?

It varies depending on the type of set, the length of a set and who it is with. Normally I use two Technic 1200's, Shure needles, and my Rane 56. I own a Vestax 05 with an Innofader as well but i keep it at home because it hums and makes noises. If it is a quick set I'll use One 1200, my mixer and my laptop with Serato. Dj'ing a whole show I'll use two 1200's. I often bring an SP-404 to shows as well because it is a dope portable sampler with crazy effects. Other than that i have a DR-202, MPC2000xl, and a loop pedal at home but rarely use them at shows. Someday perhaps.

Now I know you lend your DJ skills to a lot of different projects, what are some of the group projects you’re excited about working on right now?

I'm involved with a lot of different projects and artists right now. partyboobytrap's "Entrapment" is still new to me and i think people need to hear it, it's a beautiful album and it is out now on Fameless Fam. The Scribblenauts' (H.W., Redlist, and I) debut album "Low Light Turbulence" is finished and we should be releasing that soon on Delusional Records. Time Crisis (newest addition to Fameless Fam) has an album featuring us (partyboobytrap) all over it and that is almost complete. It will be the first official CD put out by Fameless Fam, as all of our other releases have been digital and free. Left Over Wine's second album is almost complete and should be done in the fall of this year. You can download our first album on my site as well as many other releases by other people. Blak Madeen's "Sacred Defense" has been getting good reviews and both, Yusuf and Al-Jay, are releasing solo albums on Leedz Edutainment this month. H.W. has a solo album, "Wall Papered Exit Wounds" and a joint album with Recaall, "When In Rome, Burn The City", and we are finishing those up. I just finished recording the cuts for C-Rayz Walz's new album "Feel Me" and it's coming in the near future. Ira Lee & Riddlore? have an album dropping this winter and I will be doing all of the cuts on that. Ira Lee is my best internet pen pal in the world. I am currently in the process of making a mixtape for Milled Pavement Records and I have officially been added to the Milled Pavement roster. I will be working on a mixtape for my homie Brzowski too. Lastly, for now, Falside and I will be releasing another "Meet' N Veggies" EP with a little more time put into it. We did the last one in an afternoon and rushed it, but people still love it, so we are cool with it.

What are some of the local acts you feel people should check out and support?

Deck Demons, Fameless Fam (partyboobytrap, Time Crisis, EJ3 Robot, Papa Bakes) The Scribblenauts, Left Over Wine, Scroll, FRKSE, Blak Madeen, Moshe, Falside and the rest of Poorly Drawn People, Brzowski, Madness2012, Outwrite, Defcon, Rite Hook, Amadeus The Stampede, Slaine, Big City, Sandbag, Jots One, Loud Neighbors, Recaall, 90sevan, DJ Shortrock, Human Speakers, DJ Evaredy, Beat Pervert, The Locksmiths, Mike Clouds, Moe Pope, Masstapeace, Will C, and of course Ceschi.. So many people doing their thing from Maine to CT.

I was a big fan of 2004's "Poor Me" is there any chance we'll see some more solo type Emoh in the near future?

Yes. There will be more. I will also be dropping an album and it will feature my favorite mc's.

Going to show as of late in Boston I’ve noticed such a difference in styles of hip-hop from show to show. What do you think it is about Boston that breeds such a diverse scene?

There are so many sub-genres in every type of music and with that comes the diversity. It's not only in Boston but everywhere. I am involved with every type of rapper in Boston and have DJ'ed many shows. Honestly I think the scene needs more unity, but it's hard when everyone wants to do their own thing or thinks they are better than the next dude. There is a bunch of garbage out there too. Rubbish. Being a college city there is going to be tons of different types of people with different approaches to music. Usually when shows are booked with Leedz, he kind of groups the shows with people with a sound that caters to the audience. Nerd rappers would be threatened at a "street" rap show. I honestly like playing non-hiphop shows because people are more receptive and aren't tired of hearing 5 dudes on stage grabbing there nutsacks yelling at the same time while the vocals are playing on the track. I'm not sure if i answered the question. Ha.

You can only listen to 3 hip hop CDs for the rest of your life, what are they?

That's tough. I'll name 6.

De La Soul "De La Soul Is Dead"
D-Styles "Phantazmagorea"
Kurious "A Constipated Monkey"
Gravediggaz "6 Feet Deep"
Third Sight "Symbionese Liberation Album"
AndrRomak "Beauty Is But Skin Deep"

What’s the last song on your IPod or that was on your car stereo?

Ira Lee - "Colour"

You got 5 acts; put together your dream hip-hop show.

Roughneck Jihad, Ceschi, MF Grimm, Ira Lee, and Posdnuos.
Hosted by Epic.
DJ'ed by Gunkhole (D-Styles, The Ruck, Mike Boo, and Ace)
Emoh on the guest list.

Which immortal wins in a fight? The Highlander or Flava Flav?

I don't know who or what the Highlander is, but Egg Shen would destroy both of them and Chuck D would be rapping Flav's lyrics to "I Can't Do Nuttin' For Ya Man"

Thanks again to Emoh for taking the time to do this interview! Be sure to check out the sites!

http://www.djemoh.com/

http://www.famelessfam.com/

http://www.milledpavement.com/

http://www.delusionalrecords.com/

Contact Ricky @ tnrblog@yahoo.com
POSTED BY RELAX AND TAKE NOTES... AT FRIDAY, JULY 09, 2010

Boston Phoenix – All In The Fam (The Fameless Crew Spice Up The Underground)

All In The Fam- by Chris Faraone

Halfway through my interview with the Allston-based alt-hop collective Fameless Fam about their upcoming showcase at Wonder Bar this Tuesday, Will from the posse's glitch-minded duo Time Crisis mentions that he went to high school in Pittsburgh with rising rap sensation Wiz Khalifa. Will isn't boasting or blasting his former classmate — he's just naming heads who rep the Western Pennsylvania scene that schooled him. But what's interesting is that tonight is the first time he's ever mentioned this to all his crew members.

Although I doubt that any of these guys went to kindergarten with the Game, that wouldn't constitute bragging rights around the Fameless compound either. Social as they may be when ripping house parties, these guys are tortured æsthetic snobs, as misfit at their schools as they are in a genre that's mired in cliché and virtually devoid of metacognitive perspective. Made up of bright young cats with eclectic palettes, Fameless hover miles above the pine box that suffocates so many artists. Indeed, they're the products of El-P's LPs, Lif's life, Del's delights, and Aesop Rock's fables.

On the Fam's latest project, Entrapment, Calgary-bred MC Virtue (who is in the subgroup partyboobytrap with Exquisite Corpse and DJ Emoh of Blak Madeen and Deck Demons) rhymes: "All swagger is half ego/So swagger don't mean shit to real people/The other half is what you can afford/Which is so empty to those who are living in a storm." Virtue: "There are a lot of people in hip-hop talking about shit that is trivial to real life. And hip-hop, at least the way I see it, is supposed to be a portrayal of real life — not all that fluffy shit."

Although the scene here has hardened in the past half-decade, with the likes of Slaine, Termanology, and Amadeus out front, it's appropriate that the fringe-hanging Fameless Fam — who represent six cities, four states, and two countries — convened in Boston. After New York and Los Angeles, the Bean emerged in the late '90s as the home base for experimental boom-bap. This is where subterranean champions like Esoteric, Mike Ladd, and Edan blossomed, and where such imaginative East Coast roughnecks as Vinnie Paz and Planetary planted early seeds. Not that that came as a surprise to these guys, for whom Boston is what Nashville is for aspiring country singers.

"There are many reasons I live in Boston, but one is that I was talking to Mr. Lif one time when he was up in Calgary on tour," says ringleader Virtue, who, like Exquisite Corpse, will soon enter his senior year at Emerson. "I told Lif that I might want to go to school in Boston and do radio there, and he told me that stations here like WERS were what got him into hip-hop. His telling me about how great the scene was made me realize that I could bring my music here."

But dreams don't always mirror plans. Virtue's posse have, no surprise, found most of their campus contemporaries to be out of step with their progressive tendencies. Their shows at spots like the now-condemned Unit 11 in Allston clicked, but the Fam were all but ignored by the legendary WERS rap program 88.9@Night, and that provoked them to drop the dis track "Radiocean," in which Virtue goes so far as to say that (gulp) "88.9 and JAM'N 94.5 merged."

"College kids can especially be frustrating when you're trying to promote a show," says shag-topped Fameless backbone and engineer EJ3 Robot, a West Palm Beach native who performs "live improvisational dance music" and produces for partyboobytrap and Time Crisis. "If I say we do electronic dance music, they say, 'You mean like Moby and Justice?' And as far as hip-hop goes, the only thing anybody knows is Kanye West, and that's definitely not what we do."

All the better. Fameless's music, which is infinitely dynamic and, believe it or not, melodically accessible, is perhaps the most interesting hip-hop popping in the Hub right now, and it fits well into a New England canon that includes such anomalous talents as Alias in Portland, Sage Francis in Providence, and Ceschi in New Haven. Virtue: "There are people everywhere who are doing similar stuff, but there hasn't been a strong presence here of that kind of underground hip-hop for a while. None of that really concerns any of us, though — it's not like we sit around and talk about what mold we fit in."

Read More: Boston Phoenix  "All In The Fam"

partyboobytrap on CCTV/Bandwidth TV

partyboobytrap was featured on Cambridge Community Television on Bandwidth TV. It was recorded on June 4, 2010. Peep the performance and crazy interviews.

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New Flyers.

C-Rayz Walz “Destroy” NEW VIDEO

Destroy (C-Rayz Walz) from Nicolas Heller on Vimeo.

Directed by Nicolas Heller
Produced by Eli Woodhall
Shot by Wes Tracy
VFX by Alex Amoling
Graphics by Gregory Matesich

Starring C-Rayz Walz, DJ Emoh Betta, Virtue, Outwrite, and Nicky Knuckles

This has been a Ricky Shabazz and the Boom Bap Boys Production.

Hold On (Video) – Blak Madeen w/Stucat

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