del, acey & lyrics born at the Red Bull Em See “Road to 8 Mile” Rap Battle Event last night in SF

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20 years have passed since the Groove Merchant record store opened up on Haight Street in San Francisco and became the launch pad for the Ubiquity family of labels: Luv N’Haight, CuBop and Ubiquity.

The label will be celebrating this anniversary in multiple ways including an art exhibit at Guerilla Art Cafe in Berkeley opening June 25th, 2010. The show will focus on a handful of the Bay Area funk and soul artists whose music has been re-issued on the Luv N’Haight label. The art show will include paintings of, and inspired by, Darondo, Eugene Blacknell, Sugarpie Desanto, and Twilight, the latest addition to the Luv N’Haight family. The Guerilla Cafe art collective will be painting, and a video montage of vintage footage will be created by Ubiquity Recordings artist Ohmega Watts. Throughout the length of the show Guerilla will be hosting special events featuring guest appearances by the musicians and DJ sets playing their sounds.

OPENING RECEPTION
FRIDAY, JUNE 25
5-9PM

GUERILLA CAFE
1620 SHATTUCK AVE.
BERKELEY, CA 94709

and…

SATURDAY, JUNE 26

Fatsouls and On The One present: Classique
PROJECT ONE
251 Rhode Island St @ 16th St.
9PM-2AM
$5 RSVP / $10 Door

A special one off event celebrating and spinning the deep and jazzy vibes of the classique San Francisco club scene with special DJ selectors:

Andrew Jervis (Ubiquity Records)
Paul Craven (On The One/Le Jazz Hot NYC)
Capitol A (2000black/Galaxy Group)
Said (Fatsouls Records/We & The Music)

CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE

RasCue is a man who has given so much to the Hip Hop Community, both locally and internationally as an Emcee, DJ, Producer, Host, as well as a member of Various Blends, Urban Umpires, and Cali Agents.   Well what most people don’t know is that he recently fell victim to a kidney disorder called Renal Chronic Kidney Disease. So RaCue has to go for long Dialysis treatments 3 times a week and is on 7 different medications to stay alive until they figure out a better way to treat him. But due to these sky rocketing hospital bills, he has been struggling to support himself and his young daughter through these rough times. 12 DJ’S Coming together to Support one of our own. Please join us for this celebration of life and witness the impact of a small act of kindness and love.. feb 26th at Paradise Lounge, 1501 Folsom,  SF. $10 Donation.

Pics from the opening are all over the web, but Viviane took some nice close ups showing the detail…

Exile x Teeko Impromptu Jam Session – Elbo Room (SF) from Dirty Science on Vimeo.

Our buddy Jonathan Kim shot this video while in SF with Exile at sound check for his gig at Elbo Room last week.   He says, “As I came into the venue, I peeped Exile and Teeko jamming out on their respective equipment, and I was impressed to say the least.  Teeko has been making some noise with his group F.A.M.E. as well as recently working with Mark Ronson in NY for his upcoming album.  It was great to see them come together and create come amazing music together.”