On Some Nova Scotia Black History-ness

Interesting. Bust this...

H.G.B.O.H.F.M.

first demo from the forthcoming...
Magnificent Peach Trees ep
from us.

June Gift Mix 'B'

rhyme blitz instrumental by bwlp
taste test by m mac
benny & the jets (cover) by biz markie
waterworld by muneshine
shoe game by ben kartwright
one note rap by shingo2
outtta love by souled
don't sleep by oddissee featuring invincible and finale
dimlite quiz tears by all city dublin
overdrive by muneshine featuring supastition

checka, checka, check it out.
also, i'm kinda diggin the rap game played by black thought and skillz where you swap quatrains by starting off with a couplet from a song by another artist.
if you catch me out there, i'm up for a game of that...

i'm encyclopedic and the negligent will get burned!!
(tee, hee)

go for yours.

-b.p.p.

And this too

Muneshine "Globetrotters" from tj derry on Vimeo.

Canada's GOT one...Muneshine.

I'd tell you all i could, but why when this man does it best his damn self!
www.muneshine.blogspot.com

How could i have slept on this one?

i kid you not this is a classic. too much good stuff done right on this isht.

Walking Through North Beach...

It's the first day of Summer.
The Bay Area got a G O R G E O U S one.
It sorta started with the lovely weather type of thing a couple of days ago actually... a fine time to pass these burners by on a leisurely stroll through North Beach in SF....hit up MoMA, E' Tutto Qua (for some downright all-the-way-live Italian food) with some homies from Chicago. SF represented well this day.

So Happy Father's Day all y'all.
For myself, I took my son out to a secret locale along the Cali coast...we maybe saw 4 people at this beach that is a MISSION to get to: tide pools, litter-free sand, surprises (startled a doe) and a windy little ride through Nicasio and Mount Tamalpias, saw a group of fisherfolk snag a 3 foot shark out of Tomales Bay....
Ahhhhh...heaven.
Yup. Happy Fathers Day.
Now...about that vocal that needs hittin' up...
I'm audi.

-b.p.p.

P.S. and a Happy (belated) Juneteenth folks!

Over and Out

recently there have been a few changes at the d'oiseaux recordings; birds who like pomegranate camp. it's time to get low with our current project: Magnificent Peach Trees. if you've gotten into the craziness that is recording and following your dream of building some semblance of what's in your head into real life- you know...it gets a little nutsy. throw a kid in the mix and a recalcitrant baby mama in there and you can get straight strained.
lucky for us hip hop goes on for days... with or without us, per se.
so while we get our p's and q's in our EQ, i'll be dropping gems and whatnot here on the daily about anything else other than what we're doing.

call it b.phlecksi parmella's little diversion, if you will.

there is nothing more frustrating, yet wonderful at the same time to live with a soul right in the middle of yourself, have a son who sees it like it's plastered across your torso- and you be the only two on the planet who see what's in the making. people can talk all day about the mother child connection- but the father son thing in this day and age is completely underrated.

maybe you get that i'm doing it for my boy. but i'm doing it for his father. you got one shot, yo. you gotta come true. especially now. we live on the planet with some people who have tapped some serious truth to make the aural soundscape a beautiful wondrous place. And we want to add to that.

so wish us worktime, no luck needed, while we crack open our brand of hip hop that we will introduce as The Magnificent Peach Trees recordings.

here's a lyrical taste, so you know we're not faking the funk:

"well, i never

blazed the wrong mic
hit the wrong man
got to steppin quickly
project da dream brand

watched and moved
reacted to winds of change
strange refrains
wherever they might land

little here. smidge a bit when it’s wrecked
streaked cheeks joy to behold be direct
dropped hip hop reams over years
takes place traced long disappears"

-from, They Ain't Know


yeah, well, you know. we're at it.

until tomorrow,

-b.phlecksi parmella along as frank niao for BWLP

And this is WHY j rocc....

From the true school
Here's some like 9 years ago wonder sh&t to put a few folks in they place.
What inspires you?
There is are shorts to success: hard work, determination, and perseverence to go with all that talent.

And To Ya' Feet Y'all...Rock On!

gotta say 'word life' to this.
but here's the thing.
i grew up in Richmond, California up around this time and this sneaker thing was truly going on over in Cali at the same time.
the only difference was the whole kit coordination thing revolved around hip hop dance known as poppin' or boogaloo.
sure, NY was an infuence; the Berkeley Hat Co. kept fresh Kangols and fly ski caps on register in the 70's and 80's, but Cali was puttin it down for hip hop too.
i mean kids were DOIN' it, right around our way, when Planet Rock came out- just as fresh on the dance floor as today's boogaloo mash-ups that make up today's straight gigs.
you had a captive audience of crews already in place as NY got shine for innovating their own style.
now don't get me wrong, i'm not trying in any way to suggest that NY wasn't forefoundin' and all, but what often goes unmentioned is the way inner cities all across the country had style and flavor ready made to adopt what was coming out of NY.
were kids battling in dance before break dance? of course.
was hi-fi important in predominantly African-American and Latino culture before hip hop, of course.
there are elements of style that laid the groundwork for hip hop all across the country.
but it was NY where that magic coalescence of the scratch, party rap, graf, funky breaks, the mega p.a. and the moves people did (of all colors and cultures, by the way) ALL CAME TOGETHER under the monniker of hip hop.

what i love about NY being one of a handful of ground zeros in the U.S. for culture is, you got a whole lotta' folks down to archive mad aspects of hip hop AND a whole lotta' movers and shakers STILL MAKING SH%T happen on the regular.
where you think all those household b-boy names WENT?!
ken swift, rock steady crew, africa baambataa, futura 2000, doug e. fresh,....
look any of 'em up.
i bet you ALL of the original heads- now into their 50's and 60's some of em' (yeah, dog- you gonna get there too, if you're lucky!) are putting in work to make sure that future generations are clear about the history of hip hop culture and some of the many ways it all began.
and equally important- how it grows and manifests to this day. i mean we got doctors, lawyers, business owners, CEO's, and check-writer's in general, who grew up in hip hop.
it's in evolving out from EVERY generation on Earth right now...yes, the kid's including jazz heads we are losing every year like Freddie Hubbard. WHICH IS WHY WAX POETICS (yes, sigh, outta NY) is so GOTTANG IMPORTANT. anyone reading this postng, if you haven't seen a copy of this truly gifted magazine, must go right out and put your hands on one- not online, but a physical copy somewhere where fine magazines are sold!


one of my personal passions is the jump rope discipline in hh culture, with an emphasis on Double Dutch. i had the privilege of befriending the man who first organized the pastime into a competitive sport, over in Harlem, Mr. David Walker.
he passed last year.
and his annual Holiday Classic double dutch competition at the Apollo was a memorial dedication.

i'll be doing what i can to kick skipping culture, skills, and tangents around this often missing element of hip hop culture.

on the regular.
no need to keep spillin' here, we gotta lil' bit of a Summer ahead of us.

-b.phlecksi parmella
"life leaking without peeking so everyone
can move left and...to the right flow
my rhyme book can effervesce
out, let it go"
(from bpp's Last Emcee)

Yo, Canada?! Like DAT?!

yup. this is just a smapshot. y'all muh'fu%$'s don't know Canada, yet.
we put an hour in ya life so worth it, we dare you not to play it more than once in your playa...

Set List June 2009 bwlp
what’s next on your daily, edition
diamonds on my neck by griploc, life song by violative cause featuring riddlore, 2009 beatbox wildcard skit by julie dales, probably by elaquent, cream of wheat by wordburglar, live at pop montreal demo by more or les & dj killa jewel & fresh kils, brahmas for breakfast by erthtonez featuring ominous, never know by wahash beats, i’ll be in the sky remix by m mac, whispering your name by temsynn-lee, toothpaste by birdapres, shut your light by daxflow of the flowaz, live freestyle at mix103.7 northern spotlight by balance, soldier remix by sha prince, high - the richardson by nestor wynrush, smooth by c.jay, featuring brelynd & just, remeniss by flip da lip featuring mandi lambert, evil wishes by ina, nova trip by scarlem d, fin.

peep the link to the right.

And now...

so glad summertime is just around the bend....
latest jams, Saint Germain and Next Uplands at
www.myspace.com/hiphopmakenice

look forward to what's cookin' in the Canadian edition.
it's gonna be on b l a s t.
we just been a lil' busy.

'bout to wreck a whole lotta shop.

"..what he go, natural notions
what she got exists.."

here's a few flicks from around our way....

cue it up for a wee dance.