Posted by: Grip Grand On
March 11th, 2010 at 7:36 pm
Rare picture of Grip Grand, Outkast, and assorted naked ladies (Source: New Orleans Daily Picayune)
Grip Grand “A New Drug”/Outkast “13th Floor/Growing Old”
So, I was cleaning out my closet (if anyone knows a good skeleton-disposal service, hollerate me) and I found this demo. Before I made the “beat” for A New Drug (a song that can be heard on my Facebook page, among other places), I recorded the lyrics over one of my favorite beats of all time, Outkast’s “13th Floor/Growing Old” (ATLiens is the best). Read the rest of this entry »
There are a LOT of amazing musicians out here in SF. We have been blessed to do shows with a lot of them and it seems like in the last month a whole bunch of people dropped videos… Hey we even dropped a video. And if they didn’t drop a video last month, then they dropped a video at some point. I really wish i was more on my game and could give each of these videos their own shine. I promise in the future to have better coverage of these other fine acts in SF. For now. Take a lil trip into YO! RoutineFly Raps and peep these videos from some of our favorite bay area cohorts.
While the legendary Guru makes what is hopefully a swift recovery following his recent heart attack, I wanted to show my support for one of my favorite artists during this difficult time. Hence, the song above. Very few groups have been as influential to hip-hop, and to myself personally, as Guru, DJ Premier, and the monumental Gang Starr foundation. Peace and prayers to Guru, Primo, and their family and friends. Stay up and hold your head, y’all.
Much love and respect,
Grip Grand
PS–This song will also be available on my upcoming mixtape in advance of the new Grip Grand & MF Shalem album release. Stay tuned…
Posted by: Haji P On
February 23rd, 2010 at 4:04 am
Oh snap! Well, would’ya lookie here…I done put out an album! What? Whats that you say? Is it good? Well, I dont know. Do you enjoy music thats dynamically incredible, just as much as it is freakin’ outstanding? Well, if you do…then I gotta say, in all humility…this album is pretty great. I cant take all the credit tho, I just made up the words. DJ MF Shalem allowed the production. But, dont take my word for it. There it is…right there…go’on and get you some.
In the weeks leading up to the release of Neighborhood Kid, RoutineFly.com and Haji P released a serries of songs called Home Repair, which were songs recorded durring the Neighborhood Kid sessions but are not on Neighborhood Kid. These songs are all available for free as some incentive to check out the final product. Sticking with the album format, all of the songs are produced by DJ MF Shalem, and each song has it’s own cover art!
Posted by: Haji P On
February 18th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
In reverence of my previous environs, the extremely kind folks at The Fold Clothing remixed my “Home” logo and affixed it to an all american made, cut and sew t-shirt. Thats some classy ish. Designed by graphic artist/ music & film producer D1, this coveted piece of cool people clothing celebrates some good ol’ southern, backwoods, countryfied, greens ‘n grits goodness. Yeah, you like that. Dont you? I hope you do. If not, what do you know about gear anyway? You probly still wear Fubu jereseys and Jnco pants. Loser.
Anyway, the shirts will be available soon, BUT, only in an extremely limited run…and by that, I mean 10 ( #Willywonkash*t). Stay tuned to hajip.com to figure out how and when you can cop one’uh deez…
here’s a hint…you’ll probly have to get the album.
Posted by: Rob Rush On
February 10th, 2010 at 3:19 am
RoutineFly and Richie Cunning are proud to present the official video for “Richie Cunning’s Day Off”, shot and directed by Trevor Traynor (www.trevortraynor.com / www.ishooteverything.com). The video is filmed in a grip of locations including but not limited to; someone else’s limo, a matinee showing of “More Than A Game”, and a cave. The song itself is available on Richie Cunning’s “Late Night Special” mixtape as well as Rec-League’s “Season Two” compilation, both released in December of 2009. Richie Cunning’s debut album “Night Train” is available now on Routinefly.com as well as iTunes, Amazon and other fine internet music retailers.
Posted by: Haji P On
February 3rd, 2010 at 1:53 pm
Well, here we are…a mere twenty days from the release of the album; pending the date you actually read this. In which case, its up to you to do the math, and we’re a mere_____ day(s) from the release of the album. In any event, I can only imagine you’re waiting with bated breath, and the anticipation is a real dickwad. Thats how I feel too. But what exactly are you waiting for? Just another rap album? Just another combination of beats intermingled with some cute lil’ wordy words? Absolutely! This, similar to most rap albums, is just an imposition of the authors presumed life relevancy, masked behind a series of jovial rhythms and a mildly decent application of a number of literary devices. However, and I quote, *ahem* “This sh*t right here, nigga! This sh*t right here…” This sh*t right here is faaaantastic!
Posted by: Rob Rush On
February 3rd, 2010 at 2:37 am
Richie had an interview with SF Weekly a week after the Night Train release show at the Elbo Room. Click Here to view it, or, just read below…
Some San Franciscans make a Mission burrito run as soon as they return to town. Rapper and producer Richie Cunning just takes a deep breath and says, “Oh, thank God.” He loves the city’s air enough to give it a shout-out on his debut LP, Night Train, a record with a Blue Note look and a Golden Age hip-hop feel. “There’s definitely a different smell in different parts of town, but there is always the air,” he explains. “In a literal sense, it’s not so much the smell as the texture, the moistness of it.” Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by: Grip Grand On
February 2nd, 2010 at 1:27 pm
I don’t remember if I ever put this up here, but the amount I care about that is dwindling even as I type. I did this track way back while recording at the Look Records Masterplex. As you may recall, I put down a couple of verses over some at-that-time-unreleased Madlib beats. One of them got sampled by Madlib for his Percee P remix project, while the other was thrown into the vaults, never to be heard from again. Until now…or until whatever earlier time I already played you this cut. But you get the idea. Enjoy the following one-verse non-song over a famous producer’s beat that may have since been used by someone for something else!
