Ski Beatz - 24 Hour Karate School

Ski Beatz, previously known as "Ski" has been laying down hot tracks for quite some time now.  You may know his work from Jay-Z' debut album (Reasonable Doubt):  "Dead Presidents", "22 Two's", "Politics as Usual" and my personal fave "Feelin' It".  He also worked with Camp Lo on their debut album Uptown Saturday Night and produced their hit "Luchini (This Is It)".  Ski now comes to us with a new mix tape titled 24 Hour Karate School.  It boasts such artists as Jay Electronica, Mos Def, Curren$y, Jean Grae and many others.

The vid below includes the title track

24 HOUR KARATE SCHOOL TEASER from Creative Control on Vimeo.


Hip Hop is Alive ladies and gents!!  It no longer lives on our radios and featured in flashy ads in Times Square....but it is alive!!!  GETCHUSUM!!

Sketchism

Possible character sketch for a project I'm working on.....more to come...keep checking back in, and thanks for looking and reading

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Blast of the Day!!

Don't Sweat the Technique was the last album released by Eric B. & Rakim in 1992.  The album featured some classic unheralded bangers like "The Punisher","Know the Ledge" (featured on the Juice Soundtrack as "Juice (Know the Ledge)"), as well as the title track, "Don't Sweat the Technique".


The title track, known for its jazzy hook utilizes the following samples:


Section 1.Soul

Kool and the Gang
Kool and the Gang: (De-Lite 1969)
* "Give it Up" (Drums)
     Eric B and Rakim - "Don't Sweat the Technique"

Mayfield, CurtisBack to the World: (Curtom 1973)
* "Right on for the Darkness"
     Eric B and Rakim - "Don't Sweat the Technique"

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Section 2. Jazz
James, BobTwo: (CTI 1975)
* "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" (Drums)
     Eric B and Rakim - "Don't Sweat the Technique"

Young-Holt Unlimited (Trio)Born Again: (Cotillion 1971)
* "Queen of the Nile"
     Eric B and Rakim - "Don't Sweat the Technique"

Samax is Killin it

My dude Samax (pronounced Suh-MAX) is doing his thing with this Herman Heed strip.  Peep the work dude is flexing on this strip here. 

For more info, check out his blog at ghetto Manga.

We got Logos too!!!

Here's a preliminary logo design I've been working on for a client (sans the "AJC ink" watermark)

Thanks for looking!!