Matthew Africa’s Yay Game

My good friend Matthew Africa dropped the lastest in his long line of great mixtapes.  In the past, he’s done a fantastic job with the massive discographies of DJ Quik, R. Kelly, Gang Starr, and Too $hort (with yours truly). For his latest endeavor, he went after the Herculean task of whittling all of E-40′s work down to the best 40 tracks.  And, man, he really did!  If you’re a fan of great rappers, creative storytelling, or Bay slaps, you need this in your life.

DOWNLOAD “YAY GAME: THE BEST OF E-40″

You can also check Matthew on Twitter and Facebook

Pictures from 11/11/11 party

Thanks to everyone that made the 11/11/11 party such a great success.  It’d take all day to name everyone individually, but special thanks are due to:

The Red Bull Space for having us and Bushill’s USA for providing lots of booze.

Moma, Max Glazer, Mick Boogie, DJ Illo, Matthew Africa, Ayres & Cosmo for the great music and Donwill & Mike Baker on the hosting duties.

Namane for helping to make the whole thing happen & Matt Arlyck for keeping the crowds at bay & Kenny Rodriquez for documenting the whole thing.  You can see all of the photos here

And, much thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate with us!

The Rub NYE party

Ring in the New Year with The Rub & DJ Moma at Southpaw.  Buy them here now!

Press for J-Boogie remix

My remix of J-Boogie’s “Go To Work” feat. The Pimps of Joytime has been getting a lot of great press in the last couple of weeks.  Here’s some of the highlights:

URB, OkayPlayer, GiantStep , RCRDLBL, Hypetrak, SoulBounce, AlterHipSoul, RawDrive, StupidDope, Blind For The Kids.

In case you missed it, you can listen to and download the track from player down below:
J Boogie’s Dubtronic Science – Go to Work (feat. The Pimps of Joytime) (DJ Eleven Remix) by 11InchRecords

11/11/11 Party on Nov. 11, 2011

I’m been scheming on this party for MONTHS.  A chance to get some of my favorite DJs together in one place with some of my favorite people and celebrate a day when everything comes up elevens?  Yeah, I’ll take that.  Here’s the story:

Friday, November 11, 2011
The Red Bull Space – 40 Thompson Street (at Watts), NYC
Music by Mick Boogie, The Rub, Max Glazer, DJ Moma, Matthew Africa, DJ Illo
Hosted by Donwill & Mike Baker The Bike Maker
9PM-1AM, open bar all night, $11.

There are a VERY limited number of tickets available at www.eleven11eleven.eventbrite.com/.

Grab them NOW.  Because when they’re gone, they’re gone.

Premiere of remix for J-Boogie

My remix for the homie J-Boogie’s “Go To Work” (featuring Eugene Tamborine on keys) just saw its premiere on RCRDLBL.com this morning. They had a lot of nice things to say about it:

“This DJ Eleven remix of “Go To Work” by J Boogie’s Dubtronic Science is so outlandishly funky that it’s disappointing rooftop lounges aren’t still open to fully experience it. A sweaty apartment will do, though. There’s that sweet, fat old school synth bass, melodic squelches like De La Soul’s “Me, Myself And I” and a simple yet seductive refrain to just be there and dance. Boogie’s new one,Undercover, has more of this, and it’s out now on OM Records.”

Head on over here to download it for free.   Or check it out down below in the player.

Mike Baker album release at FAM

We’re celebrating the release of Mike Baker The Bike Maker’s new album at FAM (at Von – 3 Bleecker Street at Bowery) on Oct 27th.  Come through at 9PM to hear the album, stay all night to party.  DJ Tara will be joining us for a guest set and Dee Phunk will be hosting the fun.

Kutcorners on 11 Inch Records

Kutcorners’ debut with Curtis Santiago, “Diamond”, is hitting online stores tomorrow on 11 Inch Records.   Check the Soundcloud player for the original version, “Aviator”, and all the heat heat hot remixes from Waajeed, J-Boogie, Audience, DJ DRM, and She’s So Rad.

Kutcorners-Diamond by 11InchRecords

Senor Kaos & DJ Eleven

At the end of last summer, I was working on The Mulligans and reached out to Señor Kaos about doing a verse for one of the beats I was working on.  Not only did he do that first verse, he went back & recorded a second verse, put it on his “Señor Kaos Is The Most Interesting MC In The World!” project, and now has a video for the joint too.  Well gotdam!

You can check out the video, grab the song, and read the long version of how it all came to pass in Kaos’ own words right here.

Make sure you check out TheKaosEffect.com and grab “The Most Interesting MC In The World!”

ALIVESTOCKMIX BY THE FRESHEST

The homies from Vancouver’s The Freshest crew (Kutcorners, Seko, Marvel  & Rico Uno) just dropped their new mixtape.  And, true to form, it’s a great listen.  Listen in the player or grab it here.

ALIVESTOCKMIX by TheFreshest.ca