Start the YEAR off Right w/LyricsBorn, DEL & Pigeon John

Happy New Year, fammo! For my particular brand of rap nerd, Lyrics Born, Del the Funky Homosapien, Dan the Automator and Pigeon John would make the illest rap supergroup EVER...

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There's a pretty good chance you have never heard of Pigeon John and B-Twice, known collectively as Brainwash Projects, of the mighty LA Symphony rap collective. to my knowledge, the duo only released one full length album, aptly titled The Rise and Fall of Brainwash Projects, circa 1997 or so.

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All In by The Grouch & Eligh f/Gift of Gab and Pigeon John

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rough week... but I'm hangin' in there! here's my man Pigeon John of the mighty LA Symphony and Brainwash Projects with Weight of the World off his 2006 album Pigeon John and the Summertime Pool Party. Just what I needed to get my day started!
have a good one!
-gM

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Life Goes On by Pidgeon John and Abstract Rude

Playdough in the HOUSE, April 11th

long-time ghettoManga readers will remember when i couldn't stop talking about Dallas emcee/beatmaker Playdough. he's a record-breaking champion battle rhymer 'round these parts, more than competent maestro on beats, and as prolific as weezy f baby to boot! while on tour in australia (see what i mean?), Playdough recorded Goodonya with aussie goodfellas like DJ Flagrant and Nill Void, plus the usual suspects like Pigeon John, Con Safos, Freddie Bruno and Sean P. anyways, roll out to the Mokah Coffee Lounge in Dallas and witness this rap luminary do his t'ing, courtesy of the fine folks at ArtLoveMagic (for more info, go here). if you never heard him, go here and sample some cuts, cousin!
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beats from down under

long-time ghettoManga readers will remember when i couldn't stop talking about Dallas emcee/beatmaker Playdough. he's a record-breaking champion battle rhymer 'round these parts, more than competent maestro on beats, and as prolific as weezy f baby to boot! so why haven't we gotten a new record outta my man since 2006 masterpiece Don't Drink The Water? grindin' son...
while on tour in australia (see what i mean?), Playdough recorded Goodonya with aussie goodfellas like DJ Flagrant and Nill Void, plus the usual suspects like Pigeon John, Con Safos, Freddie Bruno and Sean P. Aussie's been bumpin' this EP for a minute, but now thanks to President Obama, you can preorder Goodonya at DUSTBRAND.COM and rock it too for twelve bucks! Goodonya drops in the YOU ESS AY December 17, fam... that's change i can believe in!
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blackalicious wuz here...

okay, ya'll... i owe you a BIG apology... i forgot to remind you about the blackalicous /Pigeon john/ lifesavas show (and i didn't even KNOW fatlip was gonna be there!!!)... my bad!
if you were there, you know that joint was the BOMB! i definitely spent my music allowance for the month (copped The Craft, Blackalicious' new joint AND The Rise and Fall of Brainwash Projects, the futuristic first [and only, i think] record of the dynamic duo that introduced me to the super-duperfly Pidgeon John), and boy, was it worth it!
Blacklicious' unrealisticly dope emcee Gift of Gab put on a heckuva show (his back-up singers were worth the price of admission alone!) and Chief Xcel is a classic party deejay as well as a fresh producer...

they did cuts from Gab's solo record, the groups new joint the Craft and the group's breakthrough record (and quite possibly my favorite record of all time [can anything really top Public Enemy's It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back?]) Blazing Arrow. Definitely the best show i've been to in a minute.

so anyways, it was dope. definitely the best show i've been to in a hot minute. i'll hip you it better next time.

holla!
samax.
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hooooooWEEEEE!

strangeFruit was the BOMB! due to too many artists ahead of them, the SFP set was too short, but MAN... it sure was fresh...

also, i found out that Blackalicious, LifeSavas, and Pidgeon John (in case you didn't know, all three are DOPE!)are coming to town in march! shaping up to be a great month, and it ain't even started yet!!!

holla!
samax.
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