By Aaris A. Schroeder Editor-In-Chief Sometimes it takes a movement to get a reaction from society. It also takes just one person to start the whole thing. This is what AWKWORD solo artist based in Stamford, CT who is currently working with Gr8 Skot [formally of The Arsonists] and formally of indie hip-hop group Sub-Way … Continue reading »
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Equipto “Calling it Quits”
Equipto “Calling it Quits” Solidarity Records By Aaris A. Schroeder Equipto is one of those Bay Area hip-hop artists that has been around for quite a long time. He has gotten his shine the last few years and now is retiring from music to pursue his growing business as C.E.O. to “Solidarity Records.” One of … Continue reading »
BOAC Sees Sunspot, Living Legends…Skywalkin’
By Aaris A. Schroeder Editor-In-Chief January 28, 2013 San Francisco, CA-based hip-hop producer and emcee, BOAC has his life laid out before him, mainly due to his humbleness and skill-set in the music industry which is mainly self-taught and D.I.Y. Blending his experience as a child playing and recording music on his SK1-Casio back in ’86 and … Continue reading »
Kensho Kuma: Bay Area Emcee Explains Asian Hip-Hop and His Life Experience
By Aaris A. Schroeder February 26, 2013 Born in Yokohama, Japan and moving with his family to the United States in ’85, Kensho Kuma, hip-hop enthusiast turn Japanese-American emcee and 6th grade teacher in Oakland, CA has some of the best lyricism techniques and boom-bap beats around the Bay Area. Kensho Kuma has been emceeing … Continue reading »
World Lounge Radio All-Star, DJ Alex J. Pumps it Up with East Coast Flair
By Aaris A. Schroeder Editor-In-Chief February 17, 2013 Hailing from New Jersey, Johnathan Alexander, also known as DJ Alex J. began his journey in ’96, and has DJed and produced for some of the best at Authority Studios such as Doodlebug [Digable Planets], Moka Only, Don Will [Tanya Morgan] and LMNO [The Visionaries]. Recently coming … Continue reading »
CFO Spends Quality Time on the Business of Music and Fashioning His Hip-Hop Career
By Aaris A. Schroeder Editor-In-Chief February 2013 Sacramento, CA native; Carmichael, to be exact; says hip-hop producer and emcee Spencer Williams AKA Spends Quality, is where this down-to-earth and hardworking industry head began his journey into the world of entertainment. It all started in the late ‘90s when Spencer was 14-years-old and his classmate, Derek … Continue reading »
Sacramento’s own Jae Synth Producer turned go to Video Director talks about his successful transition
Bronx, NY born, Jae Synth has been involved in the local entertainment industry in Sacramento, CA for many years has taken a turn since ‘04 from music making and engineering into video production since his experience at The Academy of Arts in San Francisco, CA. “I went to film school in ’04 – The Academy … Continue reading »
Deep Rooted History of Freedom Farms in America and Sacramento
By Aaris A. Schroeder July 16, 2011 Arriving to the garden on 4th and 39th Ave. in Oak Park, one of ten other “Freedom Farms,” I see Program Manager Kory Grant Clift making three fresh new beds for summer time vegetables and pulling weeds from around a varietal of lettuces. Clift explains to me that … Continue reading »
Blazin’ the Trail for Drum N’ Bass Hip-Hop
OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY FOR BLAZE By Aaris A. Schroeder August 9, 2011 Rebbecca Gerhardt, also known as Blaze has been through it and back. As an emcee and a transitional nomad, this young lady has gone from poetry to singing to rapping by the age of 15-years old. Her travels are deep and her life is … Continue reading »
Stimulate Your Life: Rebecca Knoblauch on Photography
By Aaris A. Schroeder August 9, 2011 In the oversaturated business of photography, one person, Rebecca Knoblauch has been able to get through to the other side and she is not stopping there. Knoblauch is best known for her involvement as a photographer in the regional hip-hop community however her passion in photography started at … Continue reading »
