Luckily Stones Throw writes blog posts so I don’t have to…I can tell you that every time I speak to Madukes, she is completely humbled and appreciative that people all around the world work to keep her son’s spirit alive.

J DILLA: BEHIND THE BEAT
Stones Throw joined with the J Dilla Estate to produce this poster of the 2005 photo of Dilla at work, photographed by Raph Rashid.
http://sthrow.com/jdilla

BEHIND THE SMILE: J DILLA’S DONUTS
A clip from the video that turned into the cover of Donuts, with a back-story from the director.
http://sthrow.com/donuts

THANK YOU JAY DEE
Streaming audio from the definitive J Dilla mixtape by J. Rocc
http://sthrow.com/thankyou

on their Flickr. (liking Cas’ hat)  They are still on the road in all sorts of different configurations, check the dates here.

New Peddlin’ Jazztronica! Podcast available for FREE DOWNLOAD to get your week started off on the right beat !

http://djchickengeorge.podomatic.com/

1. Wax Tailor – Ungodly Fruit
2. Josh One feat Aloe Blacc – Risin’
3. Nightmares on Wax – The Sweetest
4. Madlib – Testin Me (Instr.)
5. Strange Fruit Project – Soul Clap
6. Marc Mac presents Visioneers – Rollin’ for the Ride
7. Mos Def – There is a Way
8. Fort Knox Five feat. Akil Dasan – Blowing Up the Spot
9. Gang Starr – Words I Manifest (Remix)
10. DJ NuMark & Pomo – Lola
11. Zeph & Azeem – Come One Come All
12. Sergio Mendes feat. Q-Tip and Will.I.Am – The Frog
13. Eric Sermon feat. Marvin Gaye – Music
14. Eric B. & Rakim – I Know You Got Soul
15. Lyrics Born feat. the Poet of Rhythm – I Changed my Mind (Remix)
16. Nick Nack – Do You Believe Me ? (DJ Chicken George presents: The Swed.u.s.h Connection 2)

photo by Chris Hondros

You may have heard by now…Kool Herc, innovator and father of Hip Hop has suffered through a medical crisis.   Like  most independent musicians, his medical bills are outpacing his ability to pay.   His family has set up a site if you would like to help or get more information: http://www.djkoolherc.com/

He says, “Del used to tell me about this track with 2 Pac but I’d never actually heard it til today”.

FIFTY24SF Gallery in Association with Upper Playground presents: “MORE” – A collection of new work by INSA

Upper Playground and FIFTY24SF Gallery are pleased to announce London-based graffiti, conceptual, and fine artist INSA’s first solo exhibition in San Francisco opening on February 3rd, 2011. The exhibition is appropriately titled, MORE.

Within the new body of work in MORE, INSA explores themes of aspiration and expectation, wants versus needs, and happiness versus success in his most comprehensive study to date. Using exaggerated symbols of sexuality representing the commodification of both everyday life and underground subcultures, INSA examines the illusions of seduction while employing his own iconic brand of aesthetic allure to draw the audience in. INSA’s new work revels in lurid excess, embracing the insatiability of consumerism and highlighting the duplicity of morality and enjoyment.

Followers of the artist will be familiar with some of the themes displayed in MORE. INSA, constantly involved in interesting new projects, recently gained worldwide attention for his piece “Anything Goes When It Comes To (S)hoes,” (more commonly referred to as his “Elephant Dung Heels”) which were exhibited at Tate Britain in London. He has also been a pioneer in the world of graffiti on the Internet with his visually stunning, labor intensive “Gifitti.” This is all in addition to INSA”s continuing insatiable need to cover any surface with his signature “Graffiti Fetish” pattern.

MORE will feature 9 new provocative works, with INSA utilizing media such as sculpture and lights adding to the “glamour” of his work. The exhibition will also feature an exclusive SF edition of INSA’s classic “Heel” print and a selection of photographic prints.

MORE will run at FIFTY24SF Gallery from February 3rd, 2011 – February 28th, 2011

April 2, 2011. Full lineup announced (click flyer to go to their site):

I’m not sure how we missed this, but our favorite hip hop content providers have a rather large site with archival Ego Trip info, music, vids, and random hip hop thoughts.  Case in point: Gabriel Alvarez presents a pictorial: 12 Girls Wearing Rap Shirts.

Sorry, we’ve been somewhat snoozy about keeping up to date with Aesop et al happenings, here are some recent vids from the the 900bats blog they’ve been doing:

Rob Sonic Answers Important Questions:

Aesop Doing “None Shall Pass” at ZeroFriends (someone recently asked me if he was still rapping…uh, yes)

Cage doing “Blood Boy” at ZeroFriends

We’re honestly so thankful and amazed that we have customers in Brasil…Mochilla will be screening Timeless in São Paulo February 9th, 10th, 11th and in Rio De Janiero Feb 16th, 17th, 18th, hope you can make it out! (click image to enlarge each flyer).