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Pics from March 6th Greenhouse show @ Skullys
March 9th, 2010
Weds March 10th – Blueprint & Rare Groove in Dayton, OH
March 7th, 2010
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 giving away free autographed show posters (below) at the event:
Thanks for the support!
Greenhouse (Blueprint, Illogic, & DJ Rare Groove) Spring Tour Dates – Part One
March 4th, 2010
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 Maya
3601 S. Congress – Austin, TX 78701
12am-4am / All Ages
Sunday March 21 @ Highland Lake’s Marina (End of SXSW Boat Party)
16120 Wharf Cove – Volente, TX 78641
2pm-8pm / Ages 21+
Monday March 22 @ Limelight
2718 North Saint Marys St. San Antonio, TX 78212
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Cold Out Here Music Video Trailer
February 2nd, 2010
Rest of video coming soon. If you haven’t checked out the Electric Purgatory Part One EP yet, download the promo version below:
Thank you!
Pics from “Cold Out Here” Video Shoot Day One
January 24th, 2010
I haven’t blogged much the past few days because we’ve been busy preparing for and shooting a music video for the Greenhouse song “Cold Out Here” from the Electric Purgatory EP. The video will be premiered at 11pm during our free show this Saturday January 30th in Columbus OH @ Carabar. My friend Greg is directing/filming it and here are some quick shots:
New Greenhouse T-Shirt & CD Deal
January 21st, 2010
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 American Apparel t-shirt), plus The Electric Purgatory CD/EP w/ instrumentals, and an 11×18 electric purgatory poster for only $15.00.
Thanks for your Support! And yes, I do mail out all orders myself!
Short Documentary about The Who
January 15th, 2010In light of the Blueprint Who EP announcement, i figured i would post this (4 parts):
Dick Dale gives advice to aspiring musicians
January 10th, 2010Lots of jewels here for any aspiring musician out there:
For those that forgot who Dick Dale is. Peep him tell his Quentin Terrantino story:
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Jan 30th FREE Greenhouse (Blueprint & Illogic) show in Columbus, OH
January 6th, 2010
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 also have a bboy battle earlier in the night and debut the “Cold Out Here” music video on the screen there. If you live in Columbus or the surrounding area we hope to see you all out!
Any requests? Hit up the comments section and let us know!
Printmatic
Download “Still Shook” MP3 from “Columbus or Bust” Rerelease
January 5th, 2010
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 they were supposed to do and looking back we would’ve been better off releasing this album ourselves.
Columbus or Bust has been out of print for a very long time (mostly because we didnt want to risk them pursuing us legally) but as far as I know Raptivism isn’t even in business anymore, so we think its high time this record was released properly. So, in January we will be rereleasing a delux version of the Columbus or Bust. It will be available for the first time Tuesday January 26th on iTunes, and the delux 2CD version will ship from our site on the 26th. We will also release the promo version on the 26th.
The delux version will include revised artwork, all instrumentals, as well as a 11×17 poster, sticker, and maybe even some other promo that’s not listed yet. For now check out the below song to get a taste of what the album sounds like:
Download and help spread the word.
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FREE MP3: Grayskul feat. Blueprint “Blueskul”
January 4th, 2010
In 2005, shortly after my album 1988 came out, i was on the Scribble Jam tour with my dude DJ Raregroove, Mr. Dibbs, and Glue. The tour ended in Portland, OR but instead of driving back with everybody else, me and raregroove decided to spend a few days in Portland kicking it and then fly back to Ohio later that week. Considering everybody else on the tour was gonna be trapped in a bus for 2 or 3 days in route to Ohio, getting drunk everyday and kicking it in portland seemed like a much better option. So we played darts, went out, dug for records, and while i was there i recorded a song with my fellow rhymesayers brethren Grayskul. The song is called “Blueskul” and its produced by Coley Cole.
It was intentionally slated for their second album Deadlivers, but the song didn’t make the cut. Considering I hadnt heard the song since i wrote and recorded it (and had never heard a version with Greyskuls verses on it), i was was pretty happy they sent it to me last week. Either way the song is now 5 years old and since nobody has really heard it i figure i would give it to you all.
Here is a link to the song:
http://www.divshare.com/download/10028499-93a
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Weightless Christmas Sale – 20% Off Everything
December 16th, 2009
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 me via my solo debut 1988. However, I have many albums that aren’t available in stores nor through Rhymesayers and are exclusive to our label Weightless Recordings.
At any rate, we have a webstore and are going to have a holiday sale where everything is 20% off with the coupon “20OFF.” Not that our prices were high anyways; we charge 4.99 and 7.99 for all our CDs, but we 20% off that is a pretty decent deal. The sale lasts from now until 12/31.
As you all know, it costs money to put out records, especially in this era where record sales aren’t what they used to be. We are here pretty much because of a number of dedicated fans and supporters, not because any of us sell a ton of records. That being said, anything support you all can give in the way of buying CDs, Vinyl, and T-shirts goes a long way towards keeping Weightless, or any other independent label in business.
But enough of that. Take your ass over to http://weightlessmerchandise.com and check it out.
Thanks for the support!
Printmatic
Pictures from the Electric Purgatory CD release party
December 10th, 2009
Fresh pictures of the Greenhouse crew in action. All photos taken by Danielle Kline.
Click on the thumbnail to enlarge. From there you can scroll left or right through the album. Read the rest of this entry “
Greenhouse show with Raekwon, Capone, & Noreaga
November 23rd, 2009
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 then it’s pretty much on.
The delux version of the project comes with the instrumentals and an 11×17 poster. Pre-ordering from the weightless webstore right now for $4.99. We also have a deal where you can get a greenhouse hoodie, the cd, and poster for $25.
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Greenhouse (Blueprint & Illogic) CD Release Party – 11/28
October 27th, 2009
If you’ve been following any of my updates lately then you already know that I’ve been working on some new Greenhouse material with my Weightless compadre Illogic. We released the song “Gettin There” last week as a free download, and will be releasing the EP (Electric Purgatory Party One) that this song is featured on in November; the free version will be available on Nov 24th, the CD version will be in stores on Dec 1st. But if you live in Columbus you dont have to wait that long. We are throwing a CD release party on Saturday November 28th at Skullys in Columbus to celebrate this release.
The line-up is Greenhouse (Blueprint & Illogic), Kam Moye aka Supastition, Envelope, and special guest DJ J. Rawls. There are also going to be a couple more special guest appearances that will be on the official line-up, but this is an event that you don’t wanna miss if you live in the central ohio area, so mark your calendars!
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Greenhouse 101 with Blueprint & Illogic
October 26th, 2009For those that have questions about the Greenhouse project that Illogic and I will be releasing on November 24th, peep the above video. Enjoy and please help us spread the word!
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The beauty of hip-hop
October 23rd, 2009
I remember a few years back when I was on tour with Eyedea & Abilities, DJ Abilities and I were having a talk about sampling and hip-hop. And how the creators of many classic hip-hop songs were masters of sampling, and their knowledge of records was just crazy.
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Greenhouse (Blueprint & Illogic) in the lab – part one
October 19th, 2009
I figure I would repost this for the people who haven’t seen it yet. Illogic and I working on “Electric Purgatory – Part One”, in stores November 24th on Weightless Recordings. Will post a couple more of these in the coming weeks.
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FREE MP3 Download: “Gettin There” by Greenhouse (Blueprint & Illogic)
October 15th, 2009
As many of you know the first records i ever worked on were as a part of my crew Greenhouse Effect, from Columbus Ohio. Many things have happened and thru the years the cast has changed, and some people have come and gone. But since we started out with this Greenhouse shit as the foundation of this the weightless recordings movement, Illogic and I have decided to continue carrying the torch. We have been working on material together off and on for the past year or so, and will be releasing an EP called “Electric Purgatory – Part One” on Tuesday November 24th on Weightless Recordings. The EP will be the first in a two part series that will be completely free to download. The CD version will come with all the instrumentals and a free poster, and available at http://www.weightless.net.
So with that said, here’s a little something we decided to give to everybody as a way to get things rolling:
Download link is HERE
Please help spread the word using the icons below to post to whatever social network you feel necessary.
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DRINKING, DANCING, & NUNCHUCKS
September 17th, 2009I don’t have anything to say other than this is my dude Bob, playing with nunchucks at my favorite bar Carabar. Drinking and swinging nunchucks around in a bar with other drunk people is hard to not find amazing, especially when he clears the dancefloor and gets busy with it. Great stuff if you’re bored.
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VACATION IS OVER BLUEPRINT, BACK TO WORK
September 9th, 2009
My apologies for the lack of blogging over the past 4-6 weeks. Its not that I dont have things to blog about that i don’t think are interesting, its more that lately all the stuff i want to write about is about music. It’s very rare that i really wanna write about music and share perspectives or philosophy. I tend to think that me blogging about music can come off pretentious or arrogant.
And the entire reason i have been wanting to talk about music so much is because over the past 6-7 weeks i feel more dedicated to music than i have the entire 7 years that this has been my job. I literally have been doing almost nothing but music, and have been more happy about doing it than ever. I honestly feel like such a lucky person just to have the chance to do this job, that when i put things into perspective it made me feel like i hadn’t been working hard enough.
And as wild as this may seem I can honestly say that for the first time in my career, I want to be great. I want to do great music. Not just be dope, have fun, get pussy, make money and all that shit that comes along with doing it for a living. I really want to commit myself to it, and take it as far as my talent can take me. But with that ambition comes a LOT of commitment, which is where i am now. Read the rest of this entry “
FREE SHOW THIS FRIDAY 9/11 IN DAYTON
September 8th, 2009
I will be playing at Wright State University’s Fall Fest this friday 9/11 in Dayton Ohio. The show is FREE so please come out if you live in the area. The show runs from 11-4pm and i believe i play around 3pm. My weightless compadres Illogic & DJ Raregroove will also be playing.
(flyer and more details after the jump) Read the rest of this entry “
Blueprint “1988″ (video version download)
July 6th, 2009
Last year i did a little video for the song “1988″. It was basically a picture collage of all the significant things that happened in the year 1988 or were poppin in the year 1988. However the video version of the song is a slightly different than the album version of the song. I did this to make the song a little easier to perform and to have something special for cats to hear when they come to the show as opposed to how they hear it on the record. Since then I’ve gotten several requests to post this version of the song, so here it is:
LISTEN: Blueprint “1988″ (video version)
Here’s the direct download link:
http://www.divshare.com/download/7840866-633
The video can now be viewed in the sidebar.
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Synthesizer Fundamentals with Bob Moog
July 1st, 2009
The man in the above picture is Bob Moog, known as the father of the modern synthesizer. As much of a legend as he is in the world of music, and particularly electronic music, he isn’t exactly a household name. I have started learning more about him as I have started learning more about synthesizers, so i figured I would share this old video of Moog explaining the fundamentals of synthesizers. The real beauty of this video is how clearly and simply he explains concepts that seem so cryptic and difficult when other people try to do it.
Enjoy!
I’m on vacation
June 30th, 2009
Every now and then a brotha gotta take some time off, so that’s what I’m doing. Dipped out Saturday morning to beautiful Vancouver B.C. and have been loving it. I’m about 3-4 blocks from Downtown, and the same distance from the beach. Spending a week someplace like this is pretty fly. Everything is pretty much walking distance and I’ve been lampin hard as fuck drinking beers enjoying life, skydiving on everybody. The people here are extra nice.
This blog is basically to explain that although i didn’t blog yesterday, it was simply because I’ve been doing the vacation thing and my internet connection has been sketchy to say the least; this is what happens when you bootleg somebody else’s shit i guess. I’m taking pictures and I’m gonna blog about my observations of Vancouver hopefully over the next couple days.
Hope all is well with everybody.
if any of you are from vancouver and know of any cool events or dj nights going on this week let me know.
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Press Hop – featuring Allen Iverson
June 25th, 2009
If you’re a sports fan you’ll dig this. Hell, if you’re not a sports fan you’ll probably still find it entertaining. It’s just too funny to not post:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exOxUAntx8
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30,000 Pounds of Bananas
June 24th, 2009
As a person that makes beats, part of the job involves spending hours listening to old albums for things that are interesting enough to sample. I have thousands of vinyl albums at my house that range from rock, to classical, to soul, and everything in between. But i will keep it completely honest with you–I find that sitting and listening to records for hours on end to be the worst part of making beats. Its also kind of tiring because you have to pay attention all the time, because if you don’t you could miss one really amazing sample.
At any rate, I was listening to an artist named Harry Chapin today. I was actually in another room letting the record play, not even paying attention when the most amazing and rediculous song I’ve heard in a long time came on. The song is called “30,000 pounds of bananas”, and yes, the song is actually about 30,000 pounds of bannanas. The song is so bugged out that i had to record it and upload it so you can hear it. Its basically about the adventures of a dude driving around with 30,000 pounds of bananas in his truck, and its completely bizarre. It’s one of those songs that leave you shaking your head in amazement and confusion at the same time.
The record came out in 1974 so I’m sure my man was on some sort of psychedelic drug when he wrote it, and everybody around him must have been just as high to let him actually put it out. So my friends, here is Harry Chapin “30,000 Pounds of Bananas”. Please do yourself and listen to this song immediately, especially if you’re having a bad day.
LISTEN: Harry Chapin “30,000 Pounds of Banannas”
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Pictures from 6/3/09 show in Washington, DC
June 23rd, 2009
Here are a few of the pics from the DC show i played a couple weeks back taken by Oneviision. The show was good but next time I’m in DC I’ll definitely make sure Wale isn’t playing down the street at the same time. Tends to hurt turnout but all in all a good night. Shout out to my college homie John Burns for coming through in the clutch.
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Last Weeks Random Thoughts
June 22nd, 2009
I would probably have roaches if there was actually food to eat in my house. I think my house is where roaches go only if they wanna lose weight. Read the rest of this entry “
Ted Dibiase = Next Level Stuntin
June 17th, 2009
When you think about people stuntin and flossin, the images of rappers making it rain, and episodes of MTV cribs come to mind. But I would like to reintroduce you to a man who was putting all those dudes to shame in the 80s, Ted Dibiase “The Million Dollar Man”. Read the rest of this entry “
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