HAPPY ANNIVERSARY BEATROCK MUSIC!

Just Bombin Films
San Francisco
December 11, 2010

BOONDOCKS "It’s A Black President, Huey Freeman"

For all those who still have illusions of Obama as a progressive president.. Thank you Aaron McGruder.

PROP 19

A cartoon that represents the real debates going on right now. VOTE on Tuesday, November 2nd!

POWER STRUGGLE documentary

A new documentary on the life and music of Nomi from the hip-hop group POWER STRUGGLE. From Africa to the Midwest to the Philippines, this film chronicles Nomi's life journey and personal transformation through political awakening.



Shot and edited by Eric Tandoc
Interviewed by Tadashi Nakamura

You can purchase POWER STRUGGLE's new album "REMITTANCES" at:
beatrockmusic.com
iTunes
CD Baby

The Committee @ Break The Silence

The original MCs of The Committee reunite for a performance at One Imagination's Break The Silence open mic in Downtown Long Beach on July 29, 2010.

The Break The Silence open mic series takes place every last Thursday of the month at Pizza Pi on Broadway & Lime in Downtown LB..

ENTER THE DREAM JUNGLE

These guys have a future in acting...

BEATROCK ARTIST KOLLECTIVE presents
"PORTRAITS OF THE PROLETARIAT" art show

featuring
BAMBU x RHYTHM NATIVES

Dream Jungle Tattoo
Long Beach, CA
Saturday, July 24th 2010

MASS MOVEMENT TV - Live at the BBQ July 3rd 2010

MASS MOVEMENT RADIO on MMTV
Recorded Live at the BBQ, ReVision's house
July 3rd 2010

Rockin on the 1s and 2s:
KRISSFADER x ET x ROOTS x ReVISION x INTELLECT x JEDI

Live art by:
STUTTER x ROOTS x ZOO SQUADRON x everybody else!

SOUNDS OF A NEW HOPE LIVE REMIX

SAVE THE DATE!
Friday, AUGUST 27th 2010

JACCC Plaza
224 S. San Pedro Street
Little Tokyo, Downtown LA

LIVE VIDEO REMIX of the documentary SOUNDS OF A NEW HOPE

With LIVE PEFORMANCES integrated into the film featuring: Kiwi, Power Struggle, Shining Sons, Krystle Tugadi, Gingee, Vicoy Bagongsigaw, and more...

http://soundsofanewhope.blogspot.com

GINGEE @ TEKNOGLORIOUS

GINGEE performing at the TEKNOGLORIOUS E3 Convention Afterparty
June 16, 2010

FREE DOWNLOAD of "The Rhythm Inside Me":
http://soundcloud.com/gingee

California Taking Note from Arizona

Santa Barbara Immigration Check Point

Lakers,
Chris G.

POWER STRUGGLE Interview on REMITTANCES

POWER STRUGGLE interview with MASS MOVEMENT TV about his new album “REMITTANCES”

Be sure to cop it this TUESDAY, MAY 18th, available in stores and online at beatrockmusic.com!!!

Directed by Tadashi Nakamura | Shot & Edited by Eric Tandoc

SHINING SONS - BEATROCK SWEATER

DOWNLOAD HERE

Introducing GINGEE

Last night I was chillin with Thee Dope Show and told him about a show at The Airliner, featuring Marjorie Light, aka DJ Gingee. I got her FB invite for the “Heart-On” event and it said she’d been preparing for this night for the past 4 years.

I’m glad we went, cause her show blew my mind! Marjorie is a straight up one woman band. She was singing, rapping, DJing, scratching, playing guitar, and rocking on traditional Filipino and Vietnamese instruments over her own beats made on Ableton. She’s extremely talented and gots hella skills on the kulintang! Best of all, her lyrics are progressive and empowering!

Watch out y’all for the newest Pinay phenom from LA!

-ET

Let's hit up some charming shops! Let's buy some antiques!

If the Lakeshow keeps playing unselfishly, efficiently, and aggressively like they did last night, then we're taking the ship! If not, I'm scurred Kobe's gonna actually have to take this guy up on his offer:

Lakers,
Chris G.

D-STYLES the World's Greatest Scratcher

i was digging through an old hard drive last night and found this footage i shot of D-Styles back in 2001.. shout out to A.J. from Xylophone Films!

i must have watched these 2 minutes of madness hundreds of times. nobody even comes close to being as vicious on the cut.

haven’t heard D in a minute. hopefully i’ll catch him at Low End Theory one of these Wednesdays.

-ET

Trilogy Screening in Austin

All three of my films will be screened together for the first time at the Association for Asian American Studies Conference tomorrow in Austin, TX! It'll be my first time in Texas, so of course I'm going to surround myself with a hotel full of Asians.



-Tadillac

Erykah Badu - "Window Seat" Video

Badass Erykah!!!!! Here's the first video off Ms. E. Badu's New Amerykah Part Two (Return Of The Ankh) due to drop on March 30th.

The "Inspired by Matt and Kim" credit in the opening of the video is in reference to the "Lessons Learned" video by Matt and Kim. At least Badu didn't try to hide the fact that the idea is off the bit. As much as I would rather watch Erykah over and over again, the filmmaker inside of me can't help but admit that the concept and execution is done better in this one...


*pause* Maaan, what the hell am I talking about! I'm bout to watch Erykah again!

-Tadillac

Future States at SFIAAFF

While I was in the bay last week the homie Kori (the Cheddar Path) asked if I wanted to hit up the "Future States" short program at the San Francisco Int'l Film Fest. Not being a sci-fi dude at all and remembering that the last time Kori talked me into going to something I ended up wasting a day in NYC looking at unicorns and dragons in a museum, I was skeptical. But unlike the Mythical Creatures exhibit, I dug it.

ITVS got 11 youngish filmmakers and asked them "to take the current state of affairs in the United States, and extrapolate them into stories of the nation in the not-so-distant future."

These three were my favorite...

PIA by Tanuj Chopra

Mister Green by Greg Pak

Silver Sling by Tze Chun

-Tadillac

Paul Valery Music Video by Blue Scholars

Fresh off their recent shows at SXSW, Blue Scholars just put out a video for "Paul Valery", a track they dropped last week. You can download the track here.

-Tadillac

FREE DOWNLOAD - Otayo Dubb - "So Opinionated" Mixtape

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So Opinionated by Otayo Dubb (Co-Deez/The CounterParts) gives listeners a taste of what is yet to come - Otayo Dubb’s debut solo album. Much more than your typical mixtape, this 14 track gem is rich with hard hitting original production that creates O’s unique melodic sound. With writing that captures the voice of the Bay Area streets and storytelling that will make you fall back in love with Hip Hop, So Opinionated gets listeners in tune with 'Tayo's unique perspective. He is witty, talented in his gift of gab, and oh so opinionated. So please check out Otayo Dubb's So Opinionated mixtape, brought to you for free by Beatrock Music and TD Camp of Hella Records.

Preview it here:

FULL TRACK LISTING:

Otayo Dubb - So Opinionated (mixed by TD Camp)

1. Get Mine

(prod. by Tahaj The First)

2. So Opinionated ft. Tahaj The First

(prod. by Tahaj The First)

3. Raise'em Up

(prod. by DJ Envoy, cuts by Gammaray)

4. Can't Stop ft. Akil & Spank Pops

(prod. by J.London)

5. 'Round The World ft. Jallah Keys

(prod. by Danimals)

6. Fine Tuning ft. L.E.G.A.C.Y.

(prod. by Dirty Bird Beats)

7. The Dealership ft Akil, Tahaj The First and Hudathawt

(prod. by Toba)

8. What Works

(prod. by TD Camp)

9. Whataday

(prod. by Chrono Khalid)

10. No Doubt ft. Pep Love and LB

(prod. Pep Love, cuts by DJ Zeph)

11. Mainstream ft. Tahaj The First and Sakima

(prod. by Otayo Dubb)

12. Cycle Love (Remix)

(prod. by Danimals)

13. Blow My Mind ft. Tahaj The First

(prod. by TD Camp)

14. We On ft. Tahaj The First & Jalalah Keys

(prod. by Tahaj The First)

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