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…

[Troublesome '08 - The Chinese Connection]
Buy the CD. Support endangered ART. Have a blast while you’re doing it.
“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!




10 comments
May 16, 2008 at 12:26 am
djphatrick
COLIN! I’m flattered! keep making that dope music so I can have you on future volumes!
May 16, 2008 at 9:01 am
colinresponse
Cmon kid! You deserve this AND MORE for all the dope sh*t youre doing for API Amerikans and our expression. Power to the golden people (and all our brothers n sisters of color) bruhbruh! Keep enlightening the “Dummies.”
Peace&Blessings,
Sen
May 16, 2008 at 9:07 am
G-Mitch
I’m loving this shit mango! Damn, muhfuckas (including myself) need to be hearing the hiphop spit from the API bruthas and sistahs. I’m juiced to get a hold a this piece a thang mayne! Much love to Phatrick, yourself, Jei, and everyone else on their efforts.
Peace. G.
May 16, 2008 at 9:27 am
colinresponse
Good looks G-Money! Youve always been someone I love in Hip-Hop music because you respect good music regardless of who’s making it, and think wack sh*t is wack regardless of who’s making it. Lemme know when youre ready to begin recording sessions for the ish youve written mang. The world needs to hear you.
“Dream away…”
C+
May 16, 2008 at 9:30 am
colinresponse
p.s. “Dream Away,” is almost at 1,000 listens now, yo!
p.p.s We really need to do an O.P.T.I.C. / Halos collabo like yesterday.
May 16, 2008 at 1:06 pm
G-Mitch
Man, we are so MORE than ready to do that shit. Off top. Man I was writing my collabo piece in 2005 son! “Optic and Braindrops/Knock it til your brain stops…” and such. ahahahaha!
May 16, 2008 at 1:18 pm
colinresponse
u rap ur ass off. optic goes. lets do this.
C
May 18, 2008 at 8:34 am
Antonio
Dam das hella dope, imma hafta get me one of those @_@
and T.O.P. …
they some of the best stuff
hella good
May 19, 2008 at 12:21 pm
jay
yo, i really need to get my hands on this. you know us negroes like to sleep on some of that good ish.
May 19, 2008 at 12:25 pm
colinresponse
LOL. I’m sure if you holla at our boy adrizzle, he’ll either have one or know of how to get u one asap!
Thanks for stopping by. =) Have a blessed day Jay,
C