Peace fam

THANK YOU ATLANTA AND SPREAD LOVE!

Let me just say up front that Atlanta's SpreadLove meets JumpNFunk party at 595 North this past Saturday was oatmeal hoagie incredible... DJ Kemit, you are a gentleman and a scholar. You and Aisha's event production game is through the roof these days too. Speaking on behalf of myself and Mark, it was a severe pleasure to be there. Here's to continuing to bring Atlanta that raw when we get together on the wheels. Looking forward to returning the favor for you at Props on February 16th!
 

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THIS WEEK!

Heavy week for your man in NYC! Four different events, all with different looks and rationale...and y'all know me. Steady lookin' for the perfect beat...so we're gonna do our best to make each night memorable for it's own musical reasons...

Tonight we kick the musical week off at Toca Tuesdays at Sutra, with my man DJ Tony Touch ( Rock Steady Crew) and DJ June ( ScratchVision). Tony and his crew have been nice enough to make this month their "Master Of The Mix Celebration" month, hosting Just Blaze, DJ Scratch, DJ Jazzy Joyce, and myself tonight, so i'm amped to be a part of the celebration!

Tonight also marks the release date of Talib Kweli's "Gutter Rainbows", which we will be celebrating as well. Expect a nice serving of hip hop, beaks, reggae, and a few surprises from yours truly.

Tomorrow night the 26th of January, we get back to basics at Props with myself and DJ Akalepse manning the controls. As usual, we will have some unexpected video footage rolling, as well as Akalepse and myself going after those deep funk and soul nuggets alongside some hip hop, a pinch of R & B, some dance classics, and whatever else comes to mind like we always do about this time...

PROPS
at
Le Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker St
NY, NY
10pm to 4am
Free before 11, $5 until 12, $10 after 12 

Thursday night I am pleased to be playing The Official Afterparty for the screening of Fela! Live at The National Theater In London. The screening takes place at NYU's Skirball Center. The party is FREE.99 and it starts at 11pm in the main room at Le Poisson Rouge. To be clear, though this is not an official Jump N Funk event, y'all know what it is when it comes to me and Fela already... so come through and shake your nyash to some afrobeat tunes in honor of Fela...for free!

Friday night, Brooklyn get's the Li'l Ricky's treatment at Deity. This party has been a extension of my basement APT sessions. In that point, I may play ANYTHING, depending on the demeanor of the room and the kind of day I had before getting there. So far, it's been a sone groove Jack! So, here's to this Friday following in those happy footsteps! I'm definitely bringing some joints out the wax stash for this one kids...

368 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
10pm to 4am
10 beans entry
21+

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Me & my people at The Marksmen brewed up another infectious set of bangers for you to absorb in conjunction with the play...Love Afro Life!

Shouts to Gilles Peterson for the airplay last week! Oooooweee!

RECORD OF THE WEEK!
Niagara - Sangandongo 
from the Niagara self titled LP ( Germany, 1971)

Congratulations to Fela! On Broadway making it's European Debut at The National Theatre in London tomorrow January 13th, 2011, and on HD Broadcast Worldwide...Me & my people at The Marksmen brewed up another infectious set of bangers for you to absorb in conjunction with the play...Love Afro Life!

Rich Medina EPK

Pablo Slopscobar | Myspace Video

Here's to moving forward family. To kick off this year, I wanted to share my old EPK with you all.  Just reminiscing on the past decade, and it made me think about where I was 5 years ago. I'm about to make a new EPK, but my mans Pete Heacock and Sew did an amazing job on this one for me back in 2005. Joint got me a ton of work too praise God. Pete & Sew, thanks for taking this snapshot of my world while I was completing my first full length LP ( Connecting The Dots, Kindred Spirits USA /Studio Distribution 2005) . Here's to another dacade, and the possibility of working on the next one together gentlemen.

With that, i hope you enjoy this snapshot of where I was in life 6 years ago.  

Shouts to one and all who helped make the first ten years of the 21st century so memorable for me. Here's to many more indelible memories. Spread love and get some back this year. The first month of 2011's schedule follows. Dueces...