It's like Vegas fool. San Francisco and the Bay Area rappers, producers and DJs all get together for one good cause, to get drunk as fuck and make good music. Gurp City consists of hip hop pioneers such as DJ Quest and DJ Eddie Def to underground legends like Bored Stiff and Sacred Hoop to freestyle champions TopR and Conceit...pretty much every alcoholic rapper in the Bay Area of California. The Gurp Fam keeps growing and innovating rap music with artists like Trunk Drank, Z-Man, Fist Fam, Grand Invincible, Fay Dog, G-Pek, Eddie K, DJ Marz, Bullet Proof Space Travelers, Bullet Proof Scratch Hampsters, DJ Cue, Brandon B, Luke Sick, Iron Fist, Thuggy Fresh, 6 Feet Deep, DJ Mathew Africa, 4oneFunk, DJ Teeko, DJ Max Kane, DJ Mista-B, DJ B. Cause, DNAE Beats, Boac, The Makai, Third Sight, The AlterBoys, MC Oroville, Illsquad, Live Human, Lords Crew, Alex Pardee, Zero Friends, Big Sammy, DJ Raw B and Fatees.
Get off work.
Go to Spindig for happy hour
Hit Zocalo for pupusas.
Hit up the Mishap/Topr’s birthday show for Gurp n Rap
Roll out to the Night of the Remix for Gurp n DJ’s
(Maybe) hit Farolito for late night grub
Go home and pass out.
wake up and repeat.
Holla if you wanna roll – thuggyfresh{at}gmail.com
TopR is turning 30 on Friday and is performing at the Mishap Science Fair. Mishap is on some shit with their mainey theme parties. Come out to 12 Galaxies in the Mission, SF and buy TopR a wine cooler for his birthday.
One of Gurp City’s finest artists, Aye Jay has been grooming a protoge for the past 6 years. His son Cohen has been collaborating with well known artists for a minute. His pieces were revealed at his first art show a few weeks ago in Chico, CA at Crux Gallery. Next up for 6 year old Cohen is his first visit to Minneapolis, Minnesota with his dad to open his next showing at First Amendment Arts gallery June 16th and 17th.
First Amendment Arts is proud to present “Dessert,†the collaborative art of
6-year-old Cohen Morano.Much like the title of the show, the art has no
grand illusions to be anything but a sweet feast, but for the
eyes rather than the taste buds. When asked about why he named the show as
such, he simply replied,“Dessert is really good.â€From the age of two (with a little help from dad, Gangsta Rap Coloring Book
artist Aye Jay), Cohen’s watercolor paintings have traveled the globe to a
“Who’s who†of modern art, spanning graffitists, fine artists, printmakers,
tattoo artists, as well as clothing and toy designers. Once in the artists’
possession, they have carte blanche to do whatever they wish to one of
Cohen’s watercolors before shipping it back to eager little hands.What has come back has been nothing short of stunning, from Barry McGee’s
intricate pen work, Shepard Fairey’s iconic stencils, Chris Ware’s animals
on parade, to Mark Ryden’s interpretive use of negative space. With the
number of pieces now well over one hundred, artist Jack Davis (of Mad
magazine fame) called Cohen “another Ralph Steadman.†Other artists involved
in the show include Juxtapoz regulars Bigfoot, Kaws, and Gary Taxali, Ego
Trip’s Brent Rollins, rappers Rammelzee and Z-Man, gig poster giants Art
Chantry and Frank Kozik, and Burlesque’s own Aaron Horkey, Todd Bratrud, and
Mike Davis. While these collaborative pieces will not be for sale, this is a
very rare opportunity for Twin Cities art enthusiasts to come see work from
all of these artists in the same place at the same time.
Topper took the stage after taking sake shots and drinking a few wine spritzers with Boac and the infamous DJ Quest at Mighty SF for the Versus magazine release party. As usual, the crowd rushed to the front and eventually a B-boy circle was created for everyone to act a fool. Best dancer by far was Pastime. Quest killed it on his solo scratches, prompting DJ Platurn to get on stage and get the crowd to give an encore of props and applause. Check this footage from “Topper’s in Town.”
I know a few fools were snapping pictures at the show. Check the comments for links to their flicks.
Tonight at Club 6, Conceit will be opening up for Tash from the Alkoholiks. Also on the bill are Styliztik Jones, Original Sin, Fameus, Savion, Pablo Scratch and the Local 1200s. The show is hosted by Fran Boogie.
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He heralded the use of the hallucigen on Retired’s “Burn Drunk Hours” but then back-peddled in his support of the drug on Brougham’s “Don’t Speak English” (“You don’t really trip, you just lose your shit”). Well, kids it looks like he’s back off that black pyramid gel again, or was it the liquid micro-dot. Maybe this track can serve as a good reason why it’s good that he’s just mostly off that purp these days. Can you see Gizzer Butler and Ozzy nodding in the background egging him on as you listen? Like all of Luke’s music it helps to get on gurp before you listen to enhance the sensation. Fucking loadies! Doug Surreal is relocating the Motel Crew to Reno, NV to undergo intense narcotic training and rap warping… the Motel thing is growing like that funky green stuff on the back of your neck from that flea market chain you be wearin’!
Beat Sauce Radio is throwing a show at Poleng on May 31st featuring Sacred Hoop. A lot of dope rappers and DJs will be preforming at this show, but the Hoopsters are guaranteed to steal the show. Zion I, Zeph & Azeem, Jern-Eye, Raw B, J-Boogie and DJ Diversify will have to keep up. Come out!
4OneFunk and Strangeface are back again and invading Poleng to make it Hurt So Good. If you haven’t seen 4OneFunk’s hyphy orchestra then you are sleeping. Rush One from Strangeface will host the show, which will also feature Bay vet Spank Pops. STRAAAANGE!
The bay has had ridiculously nice weather lately and MOP has had ridiculously nice raps for years. SergDun was probably on gurp one night and decided to put two and two together. Come out and take part in the chain-snatching contest. MOPITP will also have a guest appearance by the infamous pleather couch from No Respect Studios, in which everyone has passed out on at one time or another.
NOTICE: The 40 Oz Show will be taking next week (6/29) off for some much needed rest and relaxation in an undisclosed locale. Tune in to West Add Radio 93.7 FM SF, CA next Wednesday for a classic from The 40 Oz vaults; podcast subscribes are just gonna have to make this one last longer. It’ll be worth it — The 40 Oz Show SUMMER JAMS SHOW is on for Wednesday June 6, so be sure to check back for your soon-to-be favorite summer mix.
Until then… Same day service means it’s all piping hot freshness, and it’s always 100 percent dope. All new for May 23, 2007, it’s The 40 O Show. Get it while it’s hot…
Click the boombox-bagged 40 bottle at the top to download the whole show as one mp3. Better yet… Subscribe to The 40 Oz Show weekly podcast: Copy and paste this link…
http://the40ozshow.podbus.com
…into your media player’s podcast window. Or just search the iTunes store’s podcast section for The 40 Oz Show.
Do you have any live video of an old Gurp City Show? Have you made a video clip and used a Gurp City affiliated song as the soundtrack? Humped an ottoman with MC Oroville playing in the background? If you have, we’d like to feature it on Gurpcity.net. We aint payin for it but we’ll make sure you get the crdeit you deserve. Holla ej{at}gurpcity.net with your links and we’ll get them up. And if you cant get your video off of a tape we’ll do that for you too. Send us anything.
Check out the lil video I made a couple years back with an old G Pek beat.
R.I.P. No Respect Studios Oakland.
I can’t seem to find enough free time lately to do this every week, so again, here are the last two weeks’ shows.
Coming soon — THE SUMER JAMS SHOW!! Don’t get too far away kiddies…
Click the boombox-bagged 40 bottle at the top to download the whole show as one mp3. Better yet… Subscribe to The 40 Oz Show weekly podcast: Copy and paste this link…
http://the40ozshow.podbus.com
…into your media player’s podcast window. Or just search the iTunes store’s podcast section for The 40 Oz Show.
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Being recognized for your drunken antics has proved to be counter productive for some, however not for the homies in Strange Face. The SF Weekly has just given respect where its due by naming the rowdy bunch of kids The Best Drunken Rap Group in San Francisco.
Best Drunken Hip-Hop Group
Strange Face
www.myspace.com/strangefacefam
Bay Area hip-hop artists are either pill-poppin’ purveyors of the hyphy high life, or knit-cap wearing pseudo-intellectuals who spout the obligatory “Fuck Bush!” in order to rouse the slightest bit of crowd response. San Francisco’s Strange Face collective is neither. Instead, they spit raw raps, guzzle jugs of Carlo Rossi, and write odes to their muse: booze. Their singlemindedness is best illustrated by albums such as Conceit’s “Wasted Talent” and TopR’s “Cheap Laughs for Dead Comedians.” Strange Face earns respect from local hip-hop heads for “gettin’ gurped” and drinking 40s outside of clubs with fans and still rocking a mike better than most do sober. The network of emcees, DJs, producers and artists includes founder Conceit, Wordsmith, Rush, Optik, BOAC, and turntablists 4OneFunk. You can find them any given weekend performing at bars and clubs, or buying cheap booze at your local liquor store.
Much props to the boys, good to know all that hard work has finally paid off. So now in order to celebrate this monumental occasion Boac has sent me an exclusive rough mix from the upcoming Million Bucks collabo between him and Conceit aka the “Deonte Bradley” of rap (yeah Conceit I went there). Peep out “Kick Snare” up top and post your thoughts in the comments. Don’t hesitate to send it out to all your friends, enemies and the down low hoes your girl doesn’t know about on Myspace. And for those of you who like to post Myspace bulletins get some extra code here.
Last.FM has been around for a while now but its been blowing up the Web2.0 world as of late. So if any of you loyal Gurpites have Last.FM profiles go to the Gurp City Label page and show us some love, post pictures, add tags & comments, Im sure you know the deal. Check out the streaming player, we’ve got some classic cuts in there, and we’ll be adding more tracks real soon. Get the code for the player from this message board link to copy & paste it in your blogs, facebook, myspace pages etc… stay focused. -Thuggy
Gotta love how Topr gets top billing on this one. I can only imagine Topr blowing his lid when he saw that flyer. Nonetheless the Gurp City fam bam will be out to support this week at Mighty to get some free drank, watch Topr rock shit and watch the new Security Security video directed by Nic Hill of “Piece by Piece“ fame, and also guest starring Big Max from the 40oz Show (subscribe to this shit you beezie). Be there
Check out the Christmas-Lights-In-Your-Bedroom version HERE.
if you cant make it to the show check back here later in the week and I’m sure we’ll have the video up.
