
CLICK IMAGE TO VIEW Brenk Sinatra is back with yet another set of dope visuals to pair with the extreme dopeness that is the 'Gumbo 2' release. the video itself is infact fanmade but Brenk and the guys at MPM must have liked it so much they have put it out there for all to see. so enjoy and let it 'Hit U'. Brenk Sinatra • Twitter • Facebook • Bandcamp • More Info at MPM Records [...]

CLICK IMAGE TO VIEW Brenk Sinatra and crew celebrate the release of Gumbo 2 in Vienna. "This one's dedicated to my fam and everyone who came down to Pratersauna to celebrate the release. Here's to you, Bam Oida!" Brenk Sinatra - Gumbo 2 (Pretty Ugly) is available on LP and as download. - Brenk Brenk Sinatra • Twitter • Facebook • Bandcamp More Info at MPM Records [...]
CLICK IMAGE TO VIEW Second Installment from that composer "Brenk Sinatra" for the newly released album 'Gumbo 2' Handled by Melting Pot Music (MPM). Peep the theme on this here dope vid!... Ghea Keep... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Not to be confused with " Gumbo Mobsters " - I've been listening to Louie's Man Up Band Up mixtape a lot lately. Although I stand by my characterization of his first tape, Boss Shit , as a Chicago classic, I've got to be clear that he's come into his own in the past year, that this stuff is a huge step forward. ( Boss Shit also has the disadvantage of sounding extremely 2007 - including freestyles over "Crank Dat" & "Buy You a Drink"). But his flow just has a distinctive flavor & I can't [...]

King Louie - "Loud Pack," from Dope & Shrimp, 2011 In September, 2007, King Louie released his first tape, Boss Shit . It's a Chicago classic, a relentless record of exuberantly lyrical trap rap. It's the kind of record that, a year from now, everyone will pretend they'd been down with from the beginning. It's also the kind of record some folks will claim was the artist's only classic release, the Reasonable Doubt treatment, as if anyone was fucking with Jay-Z outside the tri-state prior to "Hard Knock Life." [...]

Brenk Sinatra is your favourite producer's favourite producer. The Wien-Kaisermühlen homeboy is a mystical figure. A Westcoast rap fanatic and hardcore producer, Brenk is one of the most complete European beatmakers. You can't pinpoint his sound but you know immediately that it's him when you hear a Brenk production. Westcoast Gangsta-rap and grimey Detroit rap are as present in his music as sweet soul from the 60ties + 70ties. On Sep 23, the Viennese beatsmith returns with „Gumbo II (Pretty Ugly)", the follow-up to his slept on instrumental masterpiece „Gumbo" (Supercity, 2008). Added to [...]

I've been keeping my lips zipped on this one for some time now, so it brings me GREAT pleasure to finally announce... MuuMuse, along with GUMBO NYC, will be presenting GUMBO POP at The Canal Room in New York City on Friday, September 16, featuring performances by Chris Salvatore , Neon Hitch and Girls Aloud 's Nadine Coyle . AAAHHHHHHH!!!! Yes, Muusers-it's true! MuuMuse's very first showcase! New York, NY – GUMBO NYC and MuuMuse.com present [...]

The folkworld is rich with young artists these days, and with their heroes and forebears; head out to any major summer festival, and you'll find the full mix, from long-established sixties folkies to mid-career singer-songwriters my own age, from second- and third-album folkies in their late twenties working hard to prove that they have the stamina and talent to sustain the buzz to emerging newbies who tend towards the young and the restless. Less common, however, is the musician or band that breaks into the scene later in life. It's an oft unspoken [...]

In the late 1970s I worked as an entertainment reporter and columnist for a small Southeast Texas daily newspaper. The Port Arthur News was close enough to Houston, Beaumont and Lake Charles (cities with venues that could host major concerts) that promoters and record labels often sought us out to help promote an upcoming concert. We had this executive editor, a family man and apparently a heavy dude in his church, who called me into his office one day. He said: "Kiss is coming to play in Beaumont. Many people in my church are upset, and [...]

If I were to make a list of ten things that I missed most from the States, eight of them would be food. (The other two would be my family and college football on the TV). And the food that I miss most is Southern food - biscuits and gravy, collards, proper fried chicken, hush puppies, corn bread, fried okra, barbecue so tender that it falls apart in your mouth. Waffle House. After a week that started with the Antipodean Death Plague and went downhill from there, I was in need of some serious comfort food. With dinner [...]

Down With Disease > Low Rider > Down With Disease - Phish 11.23.97 - Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem NC With the rumors flying about Phish announcing more tour dates tomorrow, I thought I would highlight a Phish show this week for "Being There". Can you ever get enough of Fall '97? I sure can't. After two legendary nights at Hampton (the best Phish Hampton shows in my humble opinion), Sparkz and I traveled southbound to Winston-Salem, North Carolina to close out our three day pre-Thanksgiving [...]