Most of us live in a world where a really bad day consists of morning commute traffic, a slow line at Starbucks or being the 25th in line at a 24 pair sneaker release. We, including me, sometimes take for granted the blessing we are allotted on a daily basis.

Regardless of the location, the horrible tragedy that has taken place in Haiti should open our eyes to real pain and hardship. Many of our friends and colleagues have yet to locate their family members who were affected by the natural disaster. My family in Puerto Rico is but a few hundred miles from where the earthquake hit. I could have easily been someone trying to locate my grandmother— the thought is surreal and makes me very sad and uncomfortable.

At Concepts I have friends I work with directly affected by the tragedy so this has hit home. Another friend of mine, Brek.One – who is Concepts family, is also Haitian. We have decided to work together to do our part with the resources we have. I have reached out to friends in my industry to donate some cool product for our event. We will raffle off most of the product with some pricier rare stuff auctioned off.

This is all going down this Sunday night at the Goodlife in Boston (location details on flyer).

Please join us to bring awareness and raise cash funds for OUR people of Haiti. I want to emphasize the RAISE MONEY part. Buy as many raffle tickets you can and donate as much as possible at the door. It is for a great cause and everything counts.

Brek.One, The Bladerunners and Devlin will be providing the entertainment.

Special Collaboration with Good Wood NYC: Limited edition “Help Save Haiti” pieces to be sold at event.
Special Collaboration with Quinton: Limited edition “Help Save Haiti” snap back cap to be sold at event.

Product donations by:

Concepts
New Balance
Nike SB
Mitchell & Ness
Bun B of UGK
Dr. Romanelli
Danny Boy of House of Pain / La Coka Nostra
ILL BILL / La Coka Nostra
Paul Middleman of Stussy
Puma
Diamond Supply Company
Columbia Sportswear
Sorel
Maestro Knows
St. Alfred of Chicago
Mark Batty Publisher
& more….

We hope to see you there…. again, emphasizing the bring money part!!!

“…DETROIT!”

My family from Detroit came through last week because they were (…this section is secret…) and its going to be amazing. Burn Rubber is fam and are quickly becoming one of the best shops in the Midwest.

For everyone that asked me who Ro Spit was when the joint I produced featuring him, Bun B, Big Sean and Curt@!n$ was circulating — they are one and the same.

Peep their site HERE and Ro’s site dedicated to his music HERE.

If you missed the joint we did, peep it here:

“Number One” featuring Ro Spit, Curt@!n$, Big Sean (Good Music) and Bun B (UGK)

The Motley Crew

Ro is so cultured….

Rick glasses game it ahead of mine….

SLAP!

One of the area’s most slept on MC’s is at it again… The Rhyminal teams up with Mr. Peter Parker for another banger.

Download the new mixtape at

http://www.sendspace.com/file/6p8aan

Big thank you to “la mia famiglia Italiana” over at Gourmet for this special holiday treat.

Jon, Lucci and Greggy take Italian cuisine serious, so serious I’m surprised I didn’t get a loaf of soft bread to soak up the sauce.

Merry Xmas to my Gourmet Family!

Check out the video I shot for Boston rapper XL (formerly of the Kreators), titled Zip Codes. Featuring Bugsy as well as several cameos from many other Boston based rappers, the video is the second single from XL’s forthcoming album Beast Coast.

Spit Supreme is family and is deadly with the pen. I’ve seen him come up from a young high school kid fucking around with rap to a laser focused grown man not fucking around with rap. He’s not fucking around with ya’ll. His debut has been carefully crafted and this first drop is a great representation of what you’re going to hear. Paul Mighty and Dj Manipulator give Spit a canvas he can bang over. Spit Supreme is just that, supreme and this song proves just that.

Info: www.kindadusty.com

The first single from Spit Supreme’s (Worcester/Boston, MA) upcoming album “Slave to the Game”. After going back to the drawing board numerous times, Spit Supreme is finally crafting his next release. “Slave to the Game” is the culmination of years of hard work and determination. It is through those years that Spit Supreme has managed to work with artists from many different organizations and regions. Through his experiences, Spit is now in the process of creating music that reflects the world around him. “Slave to the Game” will be released
soon after 2010 arrives.

Spit Supreme – Rap Game

Dropping recently over at Antonio Ansaldi, and also on line at www.antonioansaldi.com, are a new line of t-shirts. My favorite of the bunch is the Mr. T shirt, so if you like what you see, check out the website where you can cop it and many other Antonio Ansaldi items.

Available on line everywhere and at iTunes, is Boston based MC, Singapore Kane’s debut album. One of the best lyricists to come out of Boston, Kane has thus far, released mix tapes and been featured on other artists albums. Check out his first album and support some underground, quality hip-hop.

While in Vegas at a Nike VIP party I had a chance to see DJ Premier do his thing live. Growing up on the East Coast Premier was “That Dude”. There is no mistaking a Premo beat. The heavy drums, the soulful samples, the ability to draw from other hip hop artists lyrics to make the beat and sample speak without him using his own voice. Premier has always been someone I have looked up to in hip hop and having the chance to meet him and watch him spin was an honor.

In no order, here are a few of my all time favorite Premo beats.

Like I said this is just a handful of the hundreds of tracks that Premo has done that moved me.

Fellow BLC member Tyler Tufty is going to be featured in a new skate video called “You Gotta Get That”. In true BLC fashion the homey Tyler crushes a beer in the trailor. Also featured in this video is Concepts team skater Dan Murphy. Good shit gentleman.

Also be sure to stay up on the YGGT Blog at www.yougottagetthat.com