Check me out every Sunday at Noon....Tuesday at 10:00 PM....& Friday at 9:00 AM (eastern standard time) on XM 65 The Rhyme......for the best in old school hip hop & original breaks................................................................................................................
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Started DJing back in 84 when hip hop was a thriving culture where skills & creativity were a main focus of what we were doing. After a couple years of practicing in the bassment i took my craft to a local roller rink, and then to my first weekly club spot. Club Uptown in Worcester Ma. was the place......attracting crews of hip hop lovers from Boston, Springfield, Providence, Hartford......& other spots in the general area. At the same time i was putting together 4-track megamixes & producing tracks for different mc's which also helped me to gain more recognition via radio. Up until about 90 i had dj'd for numerous mc's and rocked shows with artists like......Bizmarkie, Big Daddy Kane, T La Rock, Poor Righteous Teachers, Run Dmc, Craig G, & the list goes on. In 89 i was invited to be in the New Music Seminar "d.j. battle for world supremacy" which helped me to make many industry connections that i would later put to use. I won first place in the Boston battle of the dj's the following year in 90.....& did a few more battles while my main focus was on producing. The same year while opening for a Run Dmc show i met Jamieson Grillo who invited me to spin on his radio show at WRBB in Boston......which ended up turning into a 5 year gig at the station, and also gave me personal connects with people at most major & independent record labels. Through Ed O G & the Bulldogs i met Joe Mansfield, who produced the majority of Ed's first LP. I found that Joe like myself, was also into digging for breaks much deeper than most people at that time......which led to an instant friendship. The following year in 91 i met & became good friends with Sean C through my friend Jamieson while at the CMJ Convention in NY. Sean was far behind myself & Joe as far as knowledge of breaks, beats & production......but he quickly accelerated and after a couple years we ended up forming the Vinyl Reanimators which was Myself, Sean & Joe. I produced the single "jungles of da east" for Scientifik in 94, which was released on definite records. This was the first record to have the Vinyl Reanimators name. We began shopping beats to A&R cats at most major labels but found most work was going to the more established producers. We ended up getting a few jobs but were disappointed as far as dealing with major labels. The following year in 95, Sean & I decided to move from Ma. to Brooklyn, NY. to be more involved in the music game. Shortly after is when i did the remix to "fast life" by Kool G Rap & Nas. Sean & I decided rather than trying to shop the remix to Epic which was the label G Rap was on......we would give copies on dat to all the top radio dj's like Marley Marl & Pete Rock, Bobbito & Stretch, Riz & Mayhem.......since we knew all of them. We were hoping that after creating a big buzz, that this would force Epic to pick up our remix. I used to be up in the Epic office with the promo people while numerous dj's called wanting a copy of our remix. As usual, the idiot A&R broad decided to use Salaam Remi's remix which made no noise whatsoever.......so we ended up selling our remix to a couple different bootleggers who put it out on white label releases. Unfortunately in early 96 i ended up having to move back to Ma. to start building a case to pursue a custody battle for my daughter as well as constantly look out for her well being. Shortly after moving back is when i produced "too complex/it's your life" for L Tha Head Toucha. We put it out on our own label which was Direct Records....& the response was overwhelming. Every major hip hop radio show from Ny to La & even overseas was killin it. I think we initially pressed 2,000 copies & sold through quickly.......but were stuck because we were always waiting for money to come back so we could press more copies that we already had orders for.......but i believe we ended up going through about 8,000 copies which wasn't too bad for an indie release. After that i did a couple more bootleg remixes with Sean........and then the whole custody game began in early 98..... which kind of pulled me away from the music, which was definitely the most difficult time in my entire life. Even though it was nearly impossible to concentrate or be musically creative during these times, i ended up doing a couple of projects that i didn't really feel 100% but did as a favor for some friends of mine. I'm happy to say that towards the end of 2003 i was awarded full custody of my daughter........which brought me such an incredible relief from the stress that you couldn't even imagine. So i immediately started getting involved again with the music........and kind of figuring out what i actually wanted to do. I ended up spinning with a rock band for a little while and also an old school crew of mc's which connected me to the local rock scene in my area. Through one of the mc's i linked up with a few incredible musicians. We were all involved with different bands at the time but when we first tried playing together it was like we had already been playing together for a long time. The band consisted of Drums, Organ/Keys, Trumpet & DJ. In late 2004 i also finally released a follow up vol. 2 to the original "traveling through sample land" which gained worldwide recognition amongst beat heads & vinyl diggers. I did vol. 1 in Feb of 93 and it is usually referred to as the original sample break mixtape......far before Kon & Amir....& Cut Chemist who are all friends of mine. I guess that pretty much sums it up. Many people have been asking for a complete Vinyl Reanimators discography.....so feel free to check it out above in the blog section .....1 (a few more still need to be added though).
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What up brutha, been a minute but jus sendin you a shout out. hope all is good withya. im out in cali again but tryin to get out there to visit fam so ill get atcha when its close, oh and shoot me the address man imma send u somethin i know youll like...Q HEF
Save the Date: Boston Unplugged Volume III: “ Walk Our Way”, A Tribute to Jam Master Jay on July 26th, 2009 at Harpers Ferry, Brighton MA from 8pm-2am. We are hosting this event in honor of Run DMC and Boston's own Aerosmith's first ever Rap and Rock collaborative song, "Walk This Way" which was released in July 1986.
If you would like email updates, please send email to peaceboston@gmail.com with "Keep me posted on JMJ Tribute" in the subject.
As the newly appointed Boston Representative of the Jam Master Jay Foundation for Youth, I plan to do this event up BIG!
2, Must have Credit Card so that if you want to use there phone, or order food or anything happens it comes out of your credit card,,
3, Van times on bring you to the event only will be from 12:30PM TIL 1:30PM only, If you miss that WINDOW of time you will have to wait for a CAP,
4, Van times going back to the HOTEL is only from 7pm TILL 9pm only right to your rooms,
5, I had a meeting with them and they are going to hold that discount cost for $109.00 with TAX is comes out to be $118.00. They are going to hold that price ONLY ONLY till JUNE 24, after that it goes back up to $150 each night.
So please order your rooms now, trust me cause every where else right now is crazy up there in cost!
Well good by for now and good luck and see you at BEANTOWN BREAKDOWN 2009 going to be FIRE!!!!!!! CRAZYFREDDY, SNAP & NBW ALLSTARS present... BEANTOWN BREAKDOWN aka BTBD 2009
2005 was crazy for us all in Boston Mass, I had to really think hard to make sure who I pick for this all star team, that they were ready to REP them selfs and Boston. They worked really hard for weeks. Cause I wanted them to prove to anybody and everybody that Boston Had real BBOYS and FLAVA up the ass.
So after you see this you will get HYPED cause we all been waiting for this DVD and now its coming on June 9, 2009, my homies from Cypherstyles.com So be on the look out!
I feel like i straight up dissed you bro for never calling you or anything but truth is that i think about your musik and dedication to the movement all the fucking time brotha. Imma try to make it to your wedding for sure. Im just trying hard to focus cause shit is pretty tough right now out here in P.R. but not bad though. Let us know when you have that Electro collection done and delt with cause imma shit on all those tracks. I've been boogie'n like crazy when im dolo but i need beats to rock 2 so i can get better. Anywayz... say wasup to Holly for me and the rest of the brothas and sistas im down with for sure...... peace and respect from the truth to the truth.... PEACE -Maxx
Please support Peace Boston at Boston Unplugged on April 23rd at Felt Night Club. We are trying to raise money to Start Peace this Summer. 9 to 11 PM Peace-A-Thon. Tell A Friend! Tickets only $10
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