DL Bavu Blakes Latest Radio Show! Bavu's Revue!

It goes down every Wednesday on KAZI (Someone tell them folks to get on the internet please!) and it's always jammin'. Bavu recorded the show this week and sent me a Sendspace link and the playlist and I think you should jam to it RIGHT NOW!

Check the playlist and download the show please...

BAVU'S REVUE PLAYLIST 5-27-09

FAITH EVANS - BACK TO LOVE
TEISHA MARIE - MORE IMPORTANT
CHOKLATE - THE TEA

PPP FEAT KARMA STEWART - LUV AFFAIR
KEYSHIA COLE FEAT EVE - NEVER
SY SMITH - B SIDE LOVE
JILL SCOTT - GOTTA GET UP (ANOTHER DAY) FEAT 4HERO
AMERIE - WHY R U
CHRISETTE MICHELE - MR. RIGHT
ANTHONY DAVID FEAT ALGEBRA, PHONTE - 4EVERMORE

CREW 54 FEAT ROCHELLE TERRELL - LIL MISS SUNSHINE
MAXWELL - PRETTY WINGS
INDIA.ARIE FEAT MUSIQ - CHOCOLATE HIGH
CHOKLATE - SUN'S OUT
BLACKLISTED INDIVIDUALS - DANCE SUCKA
ESTELLE FEAT CEE-LO - PRETTY PLEASE

CHARLIE WILSON - THERE GOES MY BABY
TEENA MARIE FEAT FAITH EVANS - CAN'T LAST A DAY
LAURA IZIBOR - FROM MY HEART TO YOURS
ROBIN THICKE - SIDESTEP
THE WARRIORS - JUS' ONE
LECRAE - DON'T WASTE YOUR LIFE

PURPLE CROWN - SYSTEM
TRUTH UNIVERSAL - RESISTANCE RECITAL
ZOSER - WIND BLOWS
D ROSE & DJ COZMOS - BEAUTIFUL WORLD
D-MADNESS FEAT YADIRA BROWN - PLENTY

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD BAVU'S REVUE!

14 Page Arrest Warrant for Willie D

Damn, D...

Click here to see the 14 page arrest warrant...

I still am not counting my dude all the way out yet though...

Thanks to my dude Push for finding this and sending it over.

A Real Reason to Make a Blog

My man Marcus Farese just started a blog, not on some hip-hop shit, but on some real life shit.

And real life is real...

Click here to check FAMILY OVER EVERYTHING - The Blog.

Thanks Bun B!

Just saw this interview with Bun B on Vibe.com and he gives a shout to AustinSurreal/HoustonSoReal.

Thanks Bun! Also fuck the DaVinci code and Illuminati.

FINALLY! A new podcast from AustinSurreal.com

Man for real, I know it's been a long time, but FINALLY WE BACK! The NEW IMPROVED AUSTINSURREAL.COM PODCAST!

MASSIVE HITS 2009!!!



It's really real. If you saw how I made this thing, you'd laugh at me. All this software available and I practically did the shit analog. I mean, digital, but in the most ridiculously wrong way possible.

Yes I know I need a windscreen, type thing, whatever you call the shit that makes me not sound so sss'y and soooo ppp'y. Poppy I guess is the word, just poppin' all over the place. Anyway, I'll post a tracklist in a day or so, for now it's a surprise. Basically this podcast is a collection of the TOP AUSTINSURREAL.COM MASSIVE HITS OF 2009 THUS FAR.

That's what it is, a countdown of sorts of MASSIVE JAMS!

Please download this, DO NOT STREAM IT, download it and listen to it on your own thang, ok? Burn it on a CD, jam it in the car, whatever. Just peep it on down, my latest podcast.

CLICK HERE NOW TO DOWNLOAD - NOT STREAM - AUSTINSURREAL.COM'S MASSIVE HITS 2009 PODCAST! ALL MASSIVE HITS!

And lemme know what you think, yes I know the sound could be better, and it will next time, I think. But yeah, check the MASSIVE HITS!

FRIDAY TONIGHT! LADIES NIGHT AT THE SCOOT INN!

A bit different from last months Ladie's Night, this was more a night conceived by my boy Rufus at the Scoot Inn, rather than a rap show, we just having a party. There's some VERY special guests lined up to come through tonight so it should be quite a show and of course Team Fabrication are gonna wreck shop! Word to female DJ's on a Friday night. Let's party...

This Saturday - SOLE + Perseph1 - Scoot Inn Austin!

It's really goin' down! You already know Perseph1 is HoustonSoReal fam.

And Friday night it's Ladie's Night once again at the Scoot Inn with Team Fabrication DJ's and special guests, including but not limited to Perseph1!

So yeah, come thru the Scoot Inn all weekend.

Pachanga Latin Music Festival May 30th in AUSTIN!

YES! It's goin' down and they even have a stage for the kids!

Click here for all the info! They just announced a FAMILY PASS special deal. So check it out. Family friendly and such. I plan to be up in here for sure. TOP NOTCH TALENT!

Someone cares...

Even if MTVU doesn't give a shit what happens to the youth of today, there's a few good folks out there fighting the good fight, helping to get something positive out to the masses. Word to Matthew Newton (and big thanks to Dana Meyerson for linking us!) for his piece on Invincible's "Ropes" video. We wrote about it a bit before here at AustinSurreal, but Matthew did a much better job. Check out the post and see the video on his site if you haven't seen it already, it's powerful.

CLICK HERE TO READ MATTHEW NEWTON'S PIECE ON INVINCIBLE ON HIS MENTAL NOTES BLOG.

And Invincible tells us to be sure and check out the Hip Hop For Mental Health site.

What are YOU talking about in your raps today rappers??? Your car ain't gonna help me or anyone else dudes, straight up. Check this out and learn something.

Also keep your head up, and such.

(Dana - thank me later for posting your Twitterati Address!)

Some Willie D Updates

All quite interesting. Word to my man Joro in Helsinki for the investigating. He found some great links.

Also this:

ORDER IN BULK AND SAVE BIG!!!

OK That was out of line. I feel horrible over here thinking about not only one of the most important voices in southern rap ever, but a good friend. This shit is insane. Anyway peep it:

This is the site where he was allegedly directing folks to after luring them on ebay.

Fraudwatchers.org thread about Texas Wireless.

A lot more info on the Examiner site than in any other place I have seen.

And here is a statement from the DA.

Scheisser.

Willie D Update from Isiah Carey

From Houston newsman Isiah Carey's blog:

ISIAH CAREY said...
Willie D will be in federal court today (Friday) at 10 am. He will be on the 7th floor in Judge Malloy's courtroom. If you're a fan and you want to show support you may just show up...the federal court house is in downtown Houston on Rusk at Bagby.
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Man I wish I could just up and drive to Houston right now. If I would have read this last night, I might have. To support the legend, the pioneer of this whole genre, the man who brought the souths mouth to the mainstream, and scared the hell out of said mainstream.

Ah, those were the days.

Anyway man, you can also click here to see Channel 2 in Houston's report on the situation complete with video footage of Willie D being led out of the court/jail/whatever that building was, and commentary by my man John Lomax.

This shit got my mind playin' tricks on me. I had to say it... I really hope he didn't do this bullshit. If he did though, we ALL need to think about how our legends, and our pioneers, and our musicians and artists who paved the way for all of us in this business to make money and feed our families are treated and have been treated.

I mean, this is not the first time, and won't be the last, but I hate to see legendary artists who made such a contribution to our culture go out like this. Obviously broke and desperate.

If indeed the man even did this shit.

But seriously folks, I know too many broke, musical pioneers. Fuck the whole music industry, I'm pissed now. I mean, again.

NOOOOOOO! They got Willie D! Shit...

My bro done got arrested. Let's hope the Clean Up Man can clean up THIS mess cuz it looks real messy. Man, and that's my bro for real. Shit...

Houston Press on Willie D

KTRK on Willie D



Supposedly he was selling iPhones and electronics online and not sending out the product? Like some sort of online scam? Willie D is a lil crazy, sure, but he is not stupid. I have known him for many years. This really does not sound right. I know dude has real investments, and he is not an idiot, that is for sure. Um, this just does not sound right. What the fuck indeed.

FREE WILLIE D!

Learn a Lesson from NORWAY

I DONE TOLD Y'ALL A LONG TIME AGO WE COULD LEARN A LESSON FROM NORWAY.

Now quit crying about Socialism and get to work on fixing US.

“The strongest man is he who stands alone in the world,” he said, quoting Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen.

2.5 Weeks Later...Art City + Ladies of Rap Killin' it on Down Night

O.K. So here's the story. Just over 2 weeks ago, we did our first show featuring all female MC's, save for Devin who came in as like the special guest host for our first one, and then the next day I had to pack for Europe and the next day I left for Europe. See below if you don't know how I'm talm bout.

So I put all these photos on a jump drive and planned to resize and post them from my laptop, but um, yeah, I left the jump drive sticking outta my home computer for two weeks. Anyway, so yeah, below please find the photos from the Art City event and from our Ladie's Night show at the Scoot Inn. My wife put together the childrens stage, where I DJed Children's Music for 2 hours, and well, it really went down!


As evidenced by this photo. Eva, Elena and Ziggy PLAYING!


Also eating snow cones of course.


As evidenced by these photos.


My wife on the right.


This girl performed right after my set, so I guess I opened for her.


And of course this lady painted faces.


And art was everywhere. I shoulda done a better job at documenting, but alas...


Rebecca was in the place! Excited for Art and Children's Music.


This thing...


These...


And then yeah, we played.

OK So then that night, we headed over to the Scoot Inn where Devin the Dude and his Coughee Brothaz (why they brought no Sistaz, and never bring any sistaz, I have no idea), Jean Grae, Invincible, Perseph1, Staci Russell, Eyeris and Latasha Lee all performed and KILLED IT! I think we broke alittle ground this night showcasing some of Austin and Texas and the world's finest female hip-hop talent.

My question is this though, why were none of the local female MC's who weren't booked on this show, at the show? Real talk that's gonna reflect on y'all for future bookings. You can't even support this shit unless you are on it? That's pretty wack. We all have things to do, but y'all get on my ass all the time to do all this shit, and you can't even come drop $10 for the cause. Me and Jimmy Dean BOTH lost money on this show, cuz we felt the cause was important enough to spend on, and the local MC's just laughed at us really.

But next time I see them they sure as fuck will have something they want ME to do. Yeah, thanks.

But I'm not one to complain cuz real talk that show went down, and while we could have used a couple hundred more people, the 400-500 that were there had a great time.

And were treated to one of the best hip-hop shows this year in AUstin so far. And yeah, we've had Ice Cube, KRS, etc.


The legendary Mr. Cree aka Crop Diggie on the wheels. We need a female DJ though. Who is wreckin'?


Lolo held it down tought on the hosting and promotional tip. She put a lot of her heart into this show. And it showed.


Latasha Lee is one of the voices behind Carnival Beats and Carnival Beats is THE production team behind almost every Texas based rap song that you know (Still Tippin, Sittin Sideways, Barre Baby, etc). She came out and staright whooped fools with her raw emotion and incredible range. She should really have next out here.


And she brought flowers on stage. Nice touch.


My lil homey Eyeris moved back to New York yesterday. Boo on that, but she's a really fun MC with her own style and a lot of heart too. She will probably do better in NYC, I don't know. Actually, I don't believe that, actually.


Oh yeah, the HoustonSoReal style screwed and chopped photos have returned. I forgot to replace the batteries in my flash, and well, now I can't even find the charger to my camera itself, so yeah, it's a quandary. But honestly, I kind of like all these photos. Fuck it.


The lovely Staci Russell is also a force to be reckoned with on this scene here. What a voice and what presence! Good to see her on the solo tip real talk.




Then of course my lil cousin Perseph1 came up from Houston and we had to put her up on the show. I have no idea how this girl remembers her lyrics, there's so many of them! She's like a wildfire out of control inching up on the city.


Then OF COURSE my current favorite MC INVINCIBLE hit the stage one deep and just WRECKED! I mean, this woman is one of the realest ever.


You have got to go get that Shapeshifters album. Surely it's on iTunes, or down to your local record shop. Something. It's the most essential purchase you'll make this year.




THE LEGEND! JEAN GRAE! Also one of the Top MC's of all time in my book. One of the greatest writers ever in hip-hop and one hell of a performer.


Was great to reunite with my real homey for real.


She really does not ever need to leave the stage, ever. Just keep killing it, bringing it to the people and such.






Thanks for the flash dude.


Then this dude wanted a picture of his head.


Then my dude showed up. Again.


Then Invincible sold some merch.


Then Devin met Jean Grae.


Then Jean Grae went off pretty hard on a dude and then we left. The End.

Also we ate Fuddruckers on a Sunday morning. THE END.

YES WE CAN! Queen Majesty Now Has a BLOG!

http://queenmajesty.blogspot.com

And it's SoReal of course! Check it out and lock it in and such. Jams for days already...

ATX: Destiny By Design: Bedichek Kids CD Release Party!

Man this is one of the coolest after school programs I have ever heard of. It's not just some "hip-hop class," these kids actually make music and learn production and all that from the ground up, with the help of some of Austin's top producers, dj's, mc's and community leaders.



This week some of the students are having a CD Release Party and they would like to invite YOU.



Hey, other Austin sites, please repost this!

Photos from Devin's Camera - Europe Tour 2009!

We gotta head to the venue soon, in Helsinki now, bout to do the last show of the tour. Here's some photos from Devins camera, but check 'em again in a bit when I add captions and some commentary from das Dudenheimer....


Berlin from the stage


Our Berlin Posse!!!




Me wearing Yarah Bravo's glasses at her request




Keyza Soze and I bout to hit the Autobahn to Munster


Skaters Palace in Munster - where I twisted my ankle for those of you keeping score


Devin the Dude and the man as boy




Devin's first piece! Ha!


Looks real good, I know, but it got old QUICK!

Then of course on to Bergen where we made many stops to see our people!









Mats, Young H - who had a track on the Landing Gear album and Leca!




Dude, Me and Slava in the studio


eg e fra BERGEN BERGEN BERGEN!


What is in this bag is most certainly not healthy


And the chips SUCKED and the shit cost like $12 each.


DAN GREENPEACE ON THE WHEELS IN LONDON!!!!


Jamie of the Trill DJ's


Sway is the man and REALLY looked out.








Gothenburg!

Then we took the train from Gothenburg to Copenhagen. Very nice break from planes.



I was just looking at the pictures and learning how swine flu is spelled in every language.




Our good friend Heidi Elizabeth in the house in Copenhagen!! Thanks so much for all your help Heidi!


Heidi worked with us at SXSW this year. Can't believe we have no photos of Ganzemueller in Kaiserslautern...


DJ TYPHOON! Thanks to you my man! What a great night!




Copenhagen Crowd





Oh yeah, they have these in Denmark


And these...



Security Fuzz


Then in Stockholm Devin had his first Swedish Meatballs

And this was our dude behind the bar!



BASBUDET!






Mapei on the couch


DJ JOHANNA B!!!!!!!!












Mapei Dancing




Okl P live on stage in Oslo




Oslo Crowd!




Onkl P & Devin




Fancesca made the flyer!


Our great friends in Norway Junn, Jeanette and Vibeke!


Also our great homey SPLIFFY!

Yeah so this was the Oslo afterparty, at the point where I said ENOUGH and got up and went to the hotel for a few hours sleep. Now in Helsinki paying for it....

MORE LATER!