BackTRACKin': Simply Red- "Money's Too Tight To Mention"

No really, It is. I love this song. Everything about it. They're talking about Reaganomics. Maybe I should make a recession-proof recession song like this one. Or Maybe I already have...

Outside Lands in SF This Weekend

Last year I had the "chance" to go to the opening night of San Francisco's Outside Land's Festival.

I got to will call and to my surprise, there were TWO tickets... no just the one I was counting on. As I walked away from will call, a sudden impulse of greed struck me. I ran into my homie who couldn't get in... I sold him the extra ticket. I then thought about the amount I could make on my remaining ticket. The Dark Side overwhelmed me and *poof*... the other ticket had been sold. As I walked away, unsure of my decision to take money over music, I suddenly became sure.

I WAS AN IDIOT.

The whole reason I came was to see a group I had never seen before.
A group I had been a fan of for over 10 years at that point.
A group that doesn't get out this way much.
A group that had purple lights flooding the night sky over Golden Gate Park as they performed my favorites off of OK Computer... Yes. I sold out on RADIOHEAD.

I still feel bad about it because I have yet to catch them live. Still.

So here it is again. Outside Lands has come back around, and although its Radiohead-less, I'm going to make sure I'm there. Mainly because I'm performing with Amp LIve for a couple shows.

The first is an Outside Lands night show at The Independent with Street Sweeper Social Scene this Friday at 9:30pm.

The second is at the Festival on the Experience Stage from 4:30-6:30pm on Sunday.

SF I will see you there! For SURE this time!

Exclusive Interview with Spin Earth!!!

Me and Theophilus London

Spin Earth Got a chance to catch up with me on A-Trak's 10,000 lb Hamburger Tour in San Francisco... They caught me on a good day, pretty informative, hahahaha. Check it out!

THURSDAY!!! DJ Quik & Kurupt x Kev Choice x Trackademicks!!!

Anyone that truly knows my musical inclinations knows that DJ Quik is in my Top 5 of artists of all time. So the fact that I am on the same bill with him has me JUICED.

The one thing that I can say about him is that he has always been ahead of the curve, able to do what others in his genre could never think of doing. Back in middle school I remember watching PBS right before Reading Rainbow was about to come on, when all of a sudden "Quik's Groove III" came on as the soundbed for the station ID!

Working with musicians like El Debarge and Raphael Saadiq, as well as a high level of live instrumentation, have only helped solidify him as a pioneer of sophisticated grown-folks gangsta rap music. Did I mention Suga Free?

If you're in NORTHERN CALIFORNIA and you ain't at Ruby Skye in SF this Thursday, that's when you're lost... In Life.

Holler!
-Trackadeezy!

SXSW SAFARI @ GRUV with Tittsworth, Dave Nada, Bird Peterson and More!!!

FREE with RSVP HERE!!!

Friday 3/20
5-9pm
GRUV
101 W. 5th

[Re]Up: The [Re]Mixtape Vol. 2

This is looooong Overdue. Apparently the zshare link for "The [Re]Mixtape Vol. 2 had been broken for some time due to some zshare issue. So now, power has been given to the people- Choose ya own damn download service! just make sure you download, ESPECIALLY if you haven't heard it before.

I am currently in the midst of working on another FREE offering in promotion of my upcoming Fool's Gold 12" for "Enjoy What You Do" b/w "Topsidin'" feat Moxmore, so be on the lookout... And one day, if I'm feeling generous, I MAY throw up The [Re]Mixtape Vol. 1... If you are lucky enough to have it... feel free to spread love across the land.

Have a FRESH weekend!