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As old man winter continues to strengthen his hold on our collective asses, the good people at Weightless Recordings have decided to bring back one of the most popular merch items, the Greenhouse hooded sweatshirt.  These have been out of stock since Greenhouse‘s spring tour with Killah Priest, but they are officially back and in [...]

Here’s some unexpected things that you can expect to find: 1. Digital & physical goods – however you want it, we got it. we ship everywhere 2. Back catalog – everything I’ve released since 1999 will be up in either digital format, physical format, or both.  For those that have been with me since the [...]

I’ll admit that this is news that probably excites me more than most, but Daft Punk is doing the score for the entire new Tron: Legacy movie, due out in December.  This excites me for two reasons: first, Tron is an 80s cult-classic and second because it’s fucking Daft Punk for crying out loud! Truth [...]

Between overdosing on turkey, college football being on television for 24 hours a day, and family members stressing you out, Thanksgiving can be a stressful holiday.  We know you want to chill with your family and take some time off work, but we also know that feeling wears off fast and it’s not soon before [...]

Audible Hype is really good blog.  I was put onto it maybe 9-10 months ago and read it faithfully.  Naturally, it’s a huge compliment for me to be featured on the website and contribute to its main focus, which is to provide tools and insight for independent artists.  Please check it out the interview, and [...]

If you live in the Central-Ohio area, please mark your calendars.  On Saturday August 28th DJ Rare Groove and I will be performing at the Tribez Vibez festival in Bellefountain, OH along with a TON of other good acts.  We play at 10:15 pm sharp.  Full-sized flyer w/ full line-up after the jump: Share

Date: Saturday, August 21st City: St. Louis, MOVenue: The Atomic Cowboy/FoxholeAges: All-Ages WelcomeTime: 4pm-3amCost: $10/$20 I’ll update this post when I know my stage time.  From how it looks I’ll be playing right before The Cool Kids, which i imaging will be somewhere around midnight. Thanks for the support! Share

(click album cover to download) Latimore Platz – Smokey Part 1 The debut instrumental project by producer Latimore Platz, ‘Smokey Part 1′, is a tribute to the work of Motown legend Smokey Robinson and is now available for immediate FREE download.  Click the album cover to download.  Peep the trailer: You like Smokey Robinson…you like [...]

For those who live in Columbus or the surrounding area, I’ll be playing a set this Friday August 6th @ Carabar in Columbus Oh.  The show is free and all ages are welcome.  The show is in celebration of Carabar’s 5-year anniversary, and there are a few other bands playing as well.  If you know [...]

  I’m sure you already have seen what’s going on with the September-October with Atmosphere Tour but here’s a few more in August: Friday August 6th in Columbus, OH @ Carabar – 5 year Anniversary show – FREE admission, all-ages Saturday August 21st in St. Louis, MO @ Atomic Cowboy/Fox Hole (hip-hoppers holiday festival) Saturday [...]

In preparation for the release of my solo album Adventures in Counter-Culture and the first single from the record, I have the fortunate opportunity to tour with my good friends Atmosphere this fall.  This tour was announced this past weekend, and presale tickets are starting to go on sale now.  Expect me to be performing [...]

If you live in Columbus or the surrounding areas, please mark your calendars! The CD release party for Electric Purgatory Part Two will be held next weekend Date: Saturday July 24th, 2010City: Columbus, OHVenue: SkullysAddress: 1151 N. High StreetAges: 18+Lineup: Greenhouse (Blueprint & Illogic), Toki Wright (Rhymesyers), Zero Star, & StoneCraft Hope to see everybody [...]

I posted about this last week but wanted to post a quick reminder about this show tonight in Fargo.  The lineup is Blueprint & DJ Raregroove, Kipp G & Meandyoucrew, Big Zach from Kanser, and many others.  Peep the flyer for the full line-up.  It’s ALL AGES so please come out if you’re in the [...]

  Here’s the info on my upcoming show in Sioux Falls.  I’ve played there a bunch of times but never headlined, so i guess it’s high time that me and The Groove did our thing. Shouts out to Kipp & Jason for making it happen.  Hope to see yall out! Date: Saturday July 10th @ [...]

Blueprint and DJ Raregroove in July: Saturday July 3rd – Sioux City, IA @ Party in the Park Fest (FREE)Thursday July 8th – Eau Claire, WI @ House Of RockFriday July 9th – Fargo, ND @ The VenueSaturday July 10th – Sioux Falls, SD @ Club DavidSaturday July 24th – Columbus, OH @ Skullys (greenhouse [...]

Me and my homies are throwing this Jam.  Michael Jackson died on June 25th last year so it’s only right we have a proper throwdown in his memory.  If you live in Columbus, hope you all can make it out.  If you’re looking for something to do in Columbus directly after Comfest (which ends at [...]

All has been quiet on the home-front, while we took some time to decide when we were going to release the next Greenhouse (Blueprint & Illogic) EP, but we’re happy to announce the decision has been made.  Electric Purgatory Part Two will be released Saturday July 24th.  Part Two features guest appearances from Aesop Rock [...]

Blueprint, Illogic, and DJ Rare Groove will be playing Friday April 8th (TOMORROW NIGHT), at the Li Po Cocktail Lounge in San Francisco (Chinatown).  The address is 916 Grant Avenue (at Washington St) San Francisco, CA 94108. This show was just added thanks to the homies Dez and Knobs.We were already gonna be out in [...]

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Additional West Coast Tour dates added: Wednesday March 31st – Palm Springs, CA @ Space120120 South Palm Canyon. Palm Springs Ca 92262 Monday April 5th – Riverside, CA @ Mission Tobacco Lounge3630 University Ave. Riverside, CA Thurs April 8th =  Park City, UT @ Star Bar268 Main Street Park City, UT 84060 Sat April 10th – [...]

Yup. You heard it right. For all my people who live in the Dayton/Fairborn/Xenia/Yellow Springs area, me and the groove will be playing a show this Wednesday March 10th at One Eyed Jacks.  Please help us spread the word since its only a few days away.  Peep the flyer for the event. We will be [...]

For those wondering if/when would Greenhouse (Blueprint & Illogic w/ Dj Rare Groove) would be touring this spring, here’s the update. Yes, we will be touring, opening up for Killah Priest of the Wu-Tang Clan. Below are the first half of the tour dates.  More dates will be announced shortly. Saturday March 20th @ Ruta [...]

Sorry i haven’t been blogging much lately. Wanted to announce the next Greenhouse show in Columbus.  Saturday March 6th @ Skullys playing with the legendary Prince Paul.  Hope to see everybody out! Thanks for the support! Share

  First, Weightless Recordings would like to thank everybody who has picked up the Electric Purgatory EP so far, especially those who also picked up the Greenhouse Hoody + CD combo deal.  Since spring is arriving soon, we would like to announce the next deal which is a Black & Silver Greenhouse T-shirt (printed on [...]

  A couple years back i released a free ep called Blueprint vs Funkadelic.  It was something i did for fun in the studio and to kind of pay tribute to a band who i had recently rediscovered thru the wonders of vinyl.  A lot of artists and producers do “mashups”, where they take existing [...]

    Saturday January 30th – Columbus, OH @ Carabar – FREE SHOWThursday February 25 – Champaign, IL – venue tbaFriday February 26th – Minneapolis, MN @ The Triple RockSaturday February 27th – Madison, WI @ The Annex Bitch, its Greenhouse! Hope to see you all out! p.s. as always if you havent peeped the [...]

  I’ve mentioned this on Facebook and on Twitter a few times before but this is the official announcement and flyer for it. Saturday January 30th, 2010 @ Carabar (115 parsons) in Columbus, OH.  The line-up is Greenhouse (Blueprint & Illogic), Apocalypse Inc, All Eyes Path, and DJ Johnny Cashola on the turntables.  We will [...]

  Back in 2005 Greenhouse Effect released a record called Columbus or Bust right around the same time that 1988 came out.  Because we wanted to try to get better distribution situation for the record we licensed it to a label called Raptivism records.  Boy was that a bad idea.  Basically, they didn’t do anything [...]

    As many of you know, I run a independent label called Weightless Recordings based out of Columbus, OH.  We’ve been putting out records since 1999 and our artists include myself, Illogic, Envelope, Zero Star, Greenhouse, and DJ Rare Groove.  Many people first heard of me via Soul Position, and some first heard of [...]

  Yup.  You heard it right.  Friday December 11th @ Al Rosa Villa. Also, tomorrow (Tuesday November 24th), we will be releasing the free version of the new Greenhouse EP, Electric Purgatory Part One. You will be able to download it from here, printmatic.net, weightless.net. I will post the link in the morning and from [...]