Thursday, February 25, 2010
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
NELSON "NEL" FIGUEROA SOLO SHOW
what a night . it turned out to be a great night even if it took us a while to get there but we made it . the exibition was on the south side of the island about 3 hours from where i live but we made it. the gallary was awsome great lighting and it was a big place ive been to many places where the lighting was poor and small his paintings lightened up the place with beauty nel truely gave his best . coming from a graffiti back round that was the least you were going to see . we did fell out of place for a min until writers from mayaguez and aguadilla showed up . you know we did our best to show nel our respects even if we ramsacked the cheese and wine . lol over all the event was a plus and the people were great god bless nel and much respects
BLEN 167
PRODUCER BLES
Born December 1st,19??, the island of Puerto Rico marks the birth place of Eli Rios, also known as "Bles" or "El Bendecido".
Showing first signs of natural talent for music as early as 2 years old, his father, a widely acclaimed violinist in his time as well as an accomplished piano player/song arranger & composer, was heavily involved in Latin Jazz, Afro - Carribean & Salsa music since his early teens. His mother, a singer and an avid piano player currently teaches music to kids in the elementary school level. His grandparents are a guitar & singing duo who have been performing in churches all over the world for over 30 years. Thanks to the generations before him, a solid foundation was set, convincing him to pursue success in a career in music.
He learned to play the violin at the age of 4, attempting to follow in his fathers footsteps, but this only lasted until the age of 9. It wasn't until his freshman year he decides to pick up a pair of sticks and joins his high school band, where he easily picked up playing percussion instruments. The drums, congas and bongos among his favorite. Ascending to section leader by his sophomore year, he lead many performances with his school's concert & jazz bands, quickly gaining admiration from his peers for his electrifying drum solo performances which featured at several music festivals. He was 15.
Despite of being raised outside of the U.S., a young Bles identified himself with what became to be know as the hip hop culture around the age of 9 (the late 80's). "Hip Hop came to me easy. It was easy to relate. What people don't know is that it (hip hop) has lived in PR since even before its birth, in my opinion. Part of its essence has & will always live here."
His first taste at beat-making came during his early teens when he'd join local freestyle cyphers to listen in. His friends would rap and he 'accidentally' discovered the art of beat boxing by mimicking one of his favorite beats. The rest was history. "I was always the sound fx guy at school", he laughed. "I'd be that annoying dude bangin on the desk with my pencil and fist or beat boxing while the teacher gave lectures." Accepting this new gift of crafting beats with his tongue, enlightened him on a new mission. "I realized from that point on that this is what I wanted to pursue, this is what I wanted to do."
With this set in mind, he left the island at the age of 18 and relocated to Orlando, Florida where he attended Full Sail, a school of the Entertainment Media, graduating in 2003 with a degree in Audio Engineering and Recording Arts. He moved to Miami shortly after with intent to land an internship gig at a studio. Although the internship never came through, it was in Miami where he polished his production skills, spending countless days and nights in his studio perfecting his craft. "It was then when I discovered my sound, kind of solidified it, gave it an identity," referring to his eccentric, unorthodox approach at music. "I don't really like to say I have a style. I've been told I do have a signature sound, but i don't feel no two beats have ever sounded alike. And it's not that I even try to avoid that. It's just that when creating, I don't think, I just feel. I'm constantly re-inventing myself and have never been interested in the sound of the moment. I don't care what everybody else is doing, I simply do me how only I know to do best."
He has since featured his production on hand-picked projects and mixtapes to date, including legendary spanish rapper Mexicano 777, up and coming rap phenom Cosculluela, underground hip hop icon Babalu Machete, Miami's Charlie Bronze & Poe Boy's Plus Givens to name a few. His first full album-mixtape project, a collection of latin, soulful, experimental instrumentals titled BLES TRU MENTALS, dropped on his birthday, December 1st of 2009.
For Bookings:
bles787@gmail.com
aqui el link to DOWNLOAD Bles Tru Mentals: http://www.mediafire.com/?ogjdqym514u
Sunday, February 14, 2010
SIETE NUEVE
Entre Carolina y Santurce vivió su infancia al son de ‘‘Salsa Gorda’’, música afro-dominicana, jazz y Hip Hop. Su nombre artístico es Sietenueve. Su propuesta musical al interior del movimiento de Rap en español, está matizada por la letra de conciencia social y las influencias musicales que escuchó de niño.
Para la década de los noventa, Sietenueve comienza su despunte en el movimiento subterráneo del Hip Hop boricua, formando parte del colectivo musical Conciencia Poética. Fue en este colectivo donde el rapero estableció contacto con la información de corte político. A partir de este momento, Sietenueve entendió que el cambio social no es una frase que se queda en los libros o en la boca de los políticos de turno, sino que es un pensamiento dinámico, una filosofía de vida que podía ser transformada en música.
El mc domínico boricua ha representado la bandera musical del hip-hop puertorriqueño por los últimos años y sus producciones musicales han sido catalogadas como clásicos del hip-hop latino, el artista se ha presentado en salas tan importantes como el Lincoln Center of Arts en New York en el 2005 cerrando una actividad memorable para la cultura hip-hop mundial , “ The International Hip-Hop Exchange”evento en el que se presentaron varios exponentes del género de diferentes partes del mundo, igual ha sido el primer rapero latino en actuar en el “Carnegie Hall” en una presentación con el reconocido jazzista puertorriqueño David Sánchez, como si fuera poco fue seleccionado con una delegación boricua para cerrar la Tercera Cumbre de Hip-Hop internacional 2007celebrada en la ciudad de Caracas en Venezuela, fue el primer exponente de hip-hop en abarcar los mundos musicales del Jazz ,el hip-hop y nuestra música afro antillana en Puerto Rico, presentando su propuesta en una gira por la isla con el compositor y músico William Cépeda , la cual fue muy bien recibida por el exigente público amante del Jazz en el Puerto Rico Heineken Jazz Fest 2004,siendo uno de los temas escojidos para la producción musical del evento reconocido mundialmente.
SieteNueve nos brinda en su música una extensa variedad de sentimientos musicales bautizados con el clásico sonido del hip-hop de la epoca dorada del Rap.
Su lírica de contenido social y su compromiso de cambio es una característica que distingue a SieteNueve de los demás raperos en la isla siendo uno de los pioneros de la música independiente del país.
Ha sido catalogado como la contraparte del fenómeno del reggaetón en Puerto Rico por la revista reconocida mundialmente“THE SOURCE” en Marzo del 2003, provocando una serie de controversias al respecto, trayendo un nuevo tema al foro de la música urbana hasta el momento. Su primera producción discográfica EL PRO-GRESO es catalogado y reseñado como un clásico del hip-hop latino por la escena hispano parlante y su segunda producción “TRABUCO” no fue la excepción reseñado en Noviembre del 2007 por la revista HIP-HOP NATION de España como una de las mejores producciones de hip-hop en español de todos los tiempos.
SieteNueve nos presenta una inmensidad de sueños y respuestas sociales desde la perspectiva de éste joven padre de 28 años de edad , de la barriada Villa Palmeras en Santurce Puerto Rico, un puertorriqueño de ambos padres inmigrantes dominicanos, SieteNueve ataca líricalmente, el prejuicio, el genocidio, la brutalidad policiaca, el abuso político del sistema hacia los menos agraciados y rescáta nuestros valores y nuestra cultura resaltando la belleza de nuestras llamadas ”comunidades Especiales”.
Comprometido con sus raíces afro caribeñas SieteNueve es un defensor nuestra raíz Africana en la isla, dejándolo claro en la mayoría de sus temas.
En su segunda producción titulada: “TRABUCO”, el joven artista le hace homenaje a grandes figuras que son importantes en su vida y en su carrera como lo son: Don Tite Curet Alonso a quien dedica el tema Betún Amable resaltando la importancia del compositor y el cariño que vive el pueblo que baila su música, también le hace tributo al Rapero VICO-C en el tema Homenaje al Filósofo en un bien elaborado viaje sobre los temas de antaño que le dieron vida al filósofo del rap, en el tema Guasábara nos trae una amalgama de mensajes de diferentes partes del mundo en contra de la Guerra.
Ha colaborado con diferentes artistas entre ellos son: William Cépeda, Andy Montañez, Charlie Sepúlveda, David Sánchez, Jerry Medina, Oscar Cartaya, Godfader, Gombajabari, Intifada, Velcro, Randy Acosta(Cuba),Grupo Obsesión(Cuba), Boca Floja(México),Crisálida, Cultura Profética, Jim B.(Islas Canarias,España) entre otros.
PONCE, MAYAGUEZ
DYCE, FLAE (FLAVOR) OREZ, BLEN 167 MAYAGUEZ
BAD6, KLAS, BLEN 167 PONCE
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Thursday, February 11, 2010
DEFINITION OF A HATER
DEFINITION OF A HATER BY MAYA ANGELOU
A hater is someone who is jealous and envious and spends all
their time trying to make you look small so they can look tall.
They are very negative people to say the least. Nothing is ever
good enough! When you make your mark, you will always attract some
haters…That’s why you have to be careful with whom you share your
blessings and your dreams, because some folk can’t handle seeing you
blessed…
It’s dangerous to be like somebody else…
If God wanted you to be like somebody else, He would have given
you what He gave them! Right? You never know what people have gone through to get what they have.
The problem I have with haters is that they see my glory, but
they don’t know my story… If the grass looks greener on the other side
of the fence, you can rest assured that the water bill is higher there
too!
We’ve all got some haters among us! People envy you because you can:
Have a relationship with God
Light up a room when you walk in
Start your own business
Tell a man / woman to hit the curb (if he / she isn’t about the right thing)
Raise your children without both parents being in the home
Haters can’t stand to see you happy, Haters will never want to
see you succeed, Haters never want you to get the victory, most of our
haters are people who are supposed to be on our side. How do you handle
your undercover haters?
You can handle these haters by:
Knowing who you are & who your true friends are *(VERY IMPORTANT!!)
Having a purpose to your life? Purpose does not mean having a job. You can have a job and still be unfulfilled. A purpose is having a clear sense of what God has called you to be. Your purpose is not defined by what others think about you.
By remembering what you have is by divine prerogative and not human manipulation. Fulfill your dreams!
You only have one life to live…when it’s your time to leave this earth,
you ‘want’ to be able to say, ‘I’ve lived my life and fulfilled
‘my’ dreams,… Now I’m ready to go HOME! When God gives you favor, you can
tell your haters, Don’t look at me…Look at Who is in charge of me…’
A hater is someone who is jealous and envious and spends all
their time trying to make you look small so they can look tall.
They are very negative people to say the least. Nothing is ever
good enough! When you make your mark, you will always attract some
haters…That’s why you have to be careful with whom you share your
blessings and your dreams, because some folk can’t handle seeing you
blessed…
It’s dangerous to be like somebody else…
If God wanted you to be like somebody else, He would have given
you what He gave them! Right? You never know what people have gone through to get what they have.
The problem I have with haters is that they see my glory, but
they don’t know my story… If the grass looks greener on the other side
of the fence, you can rest assured that the water bill is higher there
too!
We’ve all got some haters among us! People envy you because you can:
Have a relationship with God
Light up a room when you walk in
Start your own business
Tell a man / woman to hit the curb (if he / she isn’t about the right thing)
Raise your children without both parents being in the home
Haters can’t stand to see you happy, Haters will never want to
see you succeed, Haters never want you to get the victory, most of our
haters are people who are supposed to be on our side. How do you handle
your undercover haters?
You can handle these haters by:
Knowing who you are & who your true friends are *(VERY IMPORTANT!!)
Having a purpose to your life? Purpose does not mean having a job. You can have a job and still be unfulfilled. A purpose is having a clear sense of what God has called you to be. Your purpose is not defined by what others think about you.
By remembering what you have is by divine prerogative and not human manipulation. Fulfill your dreams!
You only have one life to live…when it’s your time to leave this earth,
you ‘want’ to be able to say, ‘I’ve lived my life and fulfilled
‘my’ dreams,… Now I’m ready to go HOME! When God gives you favor, you can
tell your haters, Don’t look at me…Look at Who is in charge of me…’
Monday, February 8, 2010
BLEN167 (feb )
my febuary start . hopefully ill rock one more. i love silvers !
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Saturday, February 6, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
KEVIN (NAC143 NAK1) SANTOS
KEVIN SANTOS
NAC143/NAK1/
Born in the South Bronx in 1964, NAK started his love for art by reading Marvel
comics.He started drawing SPIDER-MAN and other Marvel characters as a kid, and was influenced by the vivid color of Marvel’s great covers from the 1970s. In 1976, he moved to Roosevelt Island where he met "DAZE" who introduced him to writing style. He trekked daily to Intervale Ave in the Bronx to take pictures of train pieces. He met HENRY CHALFANT @Intervale who was also taking pictures of pieces.Henry asked, where he could find other writers and NAC, directed him to the bench@149th street and the Grand Concourse to find other writers.(YES,YES,YALL,P.277).
He soon soon started DJing after attending parties outdoors in Queenbridge Park. In 1979, moved to Betances Projects@143rd in the South Bronx and found out the hospital he was born, formally stood in place of the Betances buildings . Immersed himself in "Poppin and Lockin" with his cousin MR.WIGGLES and FABEL(Paser) and were known as Electric Company. Formed all Puerto Rican Hip Hop crew "FANTASIZING 5" and did his first train Piece in 1979, A NAC/DAZE/CYA WITH A KEL /CRASH/BLS production, . He did masterpieces with CRASH,KEL,COS,QUIK DAK2,PASER(Fabel) and painted productions alongside DONDI,NOC,SHY147,REPEL,KASE2,BASE2. He left writing in 1982, and worked as a Bookkeeper for LORD&TAYLOR and FORBES Inc.
In 1990, He attended FORDHAM UNIVERSITY Majored in Communications(FILM) and walked on to the Men’s TENNIS & SQUASH TEAM(DIVISION 1). By 1993, He earned a partial Scholarship and gave back to his Community working summers teaching Tennis for the New York Jr Tennis League. In 1995, his Squash Team captured the Division D championship.
He worked Production on Commercials, Film, and Music Videos.
I'M BACK !
SEPT 2001,spray painted American Flag canvas in Union Square Park as part of a 9/11 Memorial.Co-founded Ground Zero Arts, art to memoralize 9/11; gathered donated construction helmets and created masterpiece on them for the "Missing Show" @ NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM(6/02).
SEPT 2002, Founded MADHATN(myspace), writing style on mesh hats and clothing, live on the streets of Soho,Nyc and Times Square. 3/03 Added legendary Bronx writer BOM5/MW/RSC and FREQ(STENCIL ART) to the crew. Together they tagged and have done masterpieces on over 30,000 hats..
APRIL13, 2004.NYTIMES/Metro section P.1- Wins a lawsuit against NYC to make it legal to paint on clothing.
Currently painting live in SoHo with Bom5.Bringing original 80s flavor writing style and clothing to the people.
when you meet some old school train writers they tend to be on a ego trip. i met nak in 2002 or was it 2001 at a zulu aniversary in the bronx 170street university . i was in from pr to see the inventos premire at the h2o movie festival. meeting him was cool. humble and mad busy . he was rockin hats like crazy .i think we spoke for like 30 min. and banged off like 20 hats . i spent most of the time talkin with sien who was a old friend . whom was rockin some airbrushed shirts . looking at both . do there trade it was interesting to see the diferent styles of painting clothing . before miskeen and ecko etc etc . there was the old school way of doing your gear . now i walk into stores and see the same styles of clothing but commercialy made in factories . it sucks how companies steal ideas from hip hop to make some loot. the whole purpose of this is when ever you see a painted jackets (commercial) think of hip hop . when ever you see a painted trucker hat . think of NAK AND BOM 5 . true pioneers in graff much respect
BLEN 167
BOM5 MW
BOM 5
Born in the SOUTH BRONX.
Raised on 174th STREET and HOE AVENUE.
Became 174SPIDER and ran with THE SAVAGE SKULL.
Learn rocking from HOLLYWOOD, MIGHTY MIKE, CHULO, SNAKE and TONY AMORE.
Started my own rocking crew called “WE ROCK”.
Got involved in WRITING (GRAFFITI) thru SMILY149(RIP),
And my cousin CHINOMALO174 (MTA).
Learn WILD STYLE thru my mentor BILLY167 (RIP) and REPEL (SLICK INC.).
Got the name BOM76, and then changed it to BOM5.
Got out of the gang life and into HIP-HOP thru AFRIKA BAMBAATAA’s first jam on unity.
Got down w/ZULU NATION, got card and learn to B-BOY
(BREAKDANCE) from ROBBIE ROB, SIMMONS, BEAVER, and SISCO KID.
Got down with ZULU KINGS.
And DJING(MIXING RECORDS) thru DJ.SALSA, SEE2, AFRIKA ISLAM, DISCO WIZ, JUNEBUG, JAZZY JAY,
GRANDMASTER CAZ and EDDIE CHEBA.
Also started to DJ with SOUND MASTER DISCO/ZULU NATION.
Got down with my boys BATCH and ABY, first SALSOUL then TBB (THE BRONX BOYS).
Thru TBB met SPY and learn more B-BOY moves.
Chill with JIMMY LEE, RIP7, WEBO, MONGO ROCK, KARATE CHINO, RUBBER BAND, BOSCO (RIP) and EZ-MIKE.
Got down w/ROCK STEADY CREW w/RIP7 thru JOJO and JIMMY DEE.
Got nasty and started my own B-BOY crew called “READY TO ROCK” with my cousin MACHO ROCK (RIP).
Got busy rockin’ hard at the JAMS.
RIP7 and I became B-BOY partners and we called ourselves TWO TUFF BREAKERS.
Started my own graffiti crew MW (MAD WRITERS) and my brother BANEONE as Vice Pres.
…THEN AFTER AWHILE THINGS STARTED TO FADE-OUT…
Present Time started my own clothing line BOMIN’ GEAR and design company MECHANICAL WARFARE.
Rocking my own program called “OFF THA WALLS” (teaching kids graffiti art in a positive way).
Also work for COCA-COLA doing GRAPHIC DESIGN and MURALS.
Started a business with OLD SCHOOL friend NAC143 called MADHATN’ specializing in AIRBRUSHING and GRAFFITI ART on MESH CAPS AND CLOTHING.
Lecturing on my life of growing up in the BURNT-DOWN-BRONX.
Traveling around the world, spreading the love of HIP-HOP CULTURE.
…MY LIFE WAS A STRUGGLE BUT I KEPT IT REAL…
…HIP-HOP IS A LIFESTYLE, GRAFFITI IS AN ART…
BOM5, MW INC.
I FIRST MET BOM ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO IN 147 SCHOOL YARD IN THE BRONX . TRUELY A HUMBLE PERSON . I MET BOM THREW A UW WRITER NEV . ALOT OF MY INSPIRATIONS CAME THREW LOOKING AT HIS PIECES AS I SHOW BELOW . I WAS ALWAYS REALLY ATTRACTED BY THE COLOR PATTERNS IN HIS PIECES . AND TILL THIS DAY STILL USE THE SAME STYLE . SOME CALL IT BITING I CALL IT PAYING MY RESPECTS . THANKS BOM FOR THE BIO A TRUE MASTER WRITER!
BLEN 167
Born in the SOUTH BRONX.
Raised on 174th STREET and HOE AVENUE.
Became 174SPIDER and ran with THE SAVAGE SKULL.
Learn rocking from HOLLYWOOD, MIGHTY MIKE, CHULO, SNAKE and TONY AMORE.
Started my own rocking crew called “WE ROCK”.
Got involved in WRITING (GRAFFITI) thru SMILY149(RIP),
And my cousin CHINOMALO174 (MTA).
Learn WILD STYLE thru my mentor BILLY167 (RIP) and REPEL (SLICK INC.).
Got the name BOM76, and then changed it to BOM5.
Got out of the gang life and into HIP-HOP thru AFRIKA BAMBAATAA’s first jam on unity.
Got down w/ZULU NATION, got card and learn to B-BOY
(BREAKDANCE) from ROBBIE ROB, SIMMONS, BEAVER, and SISCO KID.
Got down with ZULU KINGS.
And DJING(MIXING RECORDS) thru DJ.SALSA, SEE2, AFRIKA ISLAM, DISCO WIZ, JUNEBUG, JAZZY JAY,
GRANDMASTER CAZ and EDDIE CHEBA.
Also started to DJ with SOUND MASTER DISCO/ZULU NATION.
Got down with my boys BATCH and ABY, first SALSOUL then TBB (THE BRONX BOYS).
Thru TBB met SPY and learn more B-BOY moves.
Chill with JIMMY LEE, RIP7, WEBO, MONGO ROCK, KARATE CHINO, RUBBER BAND, BOSCO (RIP) and EZ-MIKE.
Got down w/ROCK STEADY CREW w/RIP7 thru JOJO and JIMMY DEE.
Got nasty and started my own B-BOY crew called “READY TO ROCK” with my cousin MACHO ROCK (RIP).
Got busy rockin’ hard at the JAMS.
RIP7 and I became B-BOY partners and we called ourselves TWO TUFF BREAKERS.
Started my own graffiti crew MW (MAD WRITERS) and my brother BANEONE as Vice Pres.
…THEN AFTER AWHILE THINGS STARTED TO FADE-OUT…
Present Time started my own clothing line BOMIN’ GEAR and design company MECHANICAL WARFARE.
Rocking my own program called “OFF THA WALLS” (teaching kids graffiti art in a positive way).
Also work for COCA-COLA doing GRAPHIC DESIGN and MURALS.
Started a business with OLD SCHOOL friend NAC143 called MADHATN’ specializing in AIRBRUSHING and GRAFFITI ART on MESH CAPS AND CLOTHING.
Lecturing on my life of growing up in the BURNT-DOWN-BRONX.
Traveling around the world, spreading the love of HIP-HOP CULTURE.
…MY LIFE WAS A STRUGGLE BUT I KEPT IT REAL…
…HIP-HOP IS A LIFESTYLE, GRAFFITI IS AN ART…
BOM5, MW INC.
I FIRST MET BOM ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO IN 147 SCHOOL YARD IN THE BRONX . TRUELY A HUMBLE PERSON . I MET BOM THREW A UW WRITER NEV . ALOT OF MY INSPIRATIONS CAME THREW LOOKING AT HIS PIECES AS I SHOW BELOW . I WAS ALWAYS REALLY ATTRACTED BY THE COLOR PATTERNS IN HIS PIECES . AND TILL THIS DAY STILL USE THE SAME STYLE . SOME CALL IT BITING I CALL IT PAYING MY RESPECTS . THANKS BOM FOR THE BIO A TRUE MASTER WRITER!
BLEN 167
PUERTO RICO CLEAN TRAINS
PUERTO RICOS CLEAN TRAIN MOVEMENT IS VERY YOUNG LIKE THE SYSTEM . ONLY A SELECTED FEW HAVE DONE THE DIRTY DEED . THERES ONLY ONE LINE IN PUERTO RICO AND ITS A SHORT ONE WITH ONLY ONE YARD AND ONE LAYUP . IT HAS BEEN HIT BY US AND EUROPEAN WRITERS . THERE IS A LONG GOING BATTLE ON WHO IS GOING TO KEEP CONTROL OF THE LINE . SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST. THE LINE IS RAPIDLY CLEANED . THERE IS A 90% THAT IT WILL NOT RUN .
THE TRAINS HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEN BY WRITERS FOR
NOW BECAUSE OF ON GOING
BEEFS AND BATTLES FOR THE METROPOLITAN STREETS OF
PUERTO RICO. THERE IS A CITY PLAN FOR 4 ADDITIONAL LINES IN DIFERENT TOWNS OF THE ISLAND . SO WE WILL EXPECT MORE CLEAN TRAINS BEING ROCKED.
