So I had to shout-out the homie Phatty, aka DJ Phatrick (formerly of Native Guns) because he just dropped a fresh-ta-death new mixtape (and Broken Halos is all up in there, sun!). Asian American Hip-Hop for Dummies is a blend of SEVEN Hot 7 @ 7 – APEX EXPRESS RADIO Hip-Hop mixes.

APEX EXPRESS is an Asian Pacific Islander Public Affairs & Culture Radio Show in the Bay Area. It airs Thursday evening at 7PM on KPFA 94.1FM. DJ Phatrick is a DJ/host at APEX Express and represents truly for Asian Pacific Amerikan Hip-Hoppas with his wisdom, witty interviews and socially conscious (bullet)train of thought. DJ Phatrick spins his ARSE off as a DJ, rockin’ everything from Native Guns, Kanye, and Jiggaman to Sly Stone, Roberta Flack and James Brown. Until meeting Phatty, I had no idea there was another Asian kid out there who listened to or even knew of Tower of Power! Yeetadee.

Asian American Hip-Hop for Dummies has bookoo Native Guns and Blue Scholars (always a good thing) as well as verses from Jeimil and yours truly, Nate Krooks, Emassin, The Pacifics, Mountain Brothers, DJ Honda, Typical Cats, Dan the Automator, Skim, RJ, Jupitersciples & Lyrics Born. It was an honor to be included on this mixtape and I damn near sh*t myself (T.M.I.?) when I heard ”A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius,” from The Literary Ca(n)non album mixed in after Kiwi, absolutely destroying the Jus Blaze/Fat Joe “The Incredible,” instrumental.  

Rumor has it that DJ Phatrick and my Spoken Word Jack-of-all-trades-brother-from-another-mother, Adriel Luis are working on a collaboration effort, aptly titled PRETTY BOUYANT. With Phatty’s taste for music with enough bass to make Barrington Levy uncomfortable, and Adriel’s superfulous wordplay and gully mind mechanics, I’m expecting a Chinese-Amerikan version of Gnarls Barkley mixed with Madvillain, Saul Williams and DJ Spooky. Checkout iLL-Literacy’s website for more details…


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“And I don’t need no hook for this sh*t…”

Senbeez

p.s. Come hangout at the Namu Bar in SF every 2nd & 4th Thursdays of the month. “Devils’ Pie,” GOES and is hosted by DJ Phatrick. Trick n’ Treat DJs, A 22oz Asahi and an order of deep fried calamari makes me smile inside. Thursday is the new Friday. Meet me there cuzcuz!