My Philosophy

Much as I hate to give any ink to the company that drains my scrill
every month, please pay your damn Comcast bill just so you can get your
blog-scouring game proper—otherwise you’ll miss out on the new
debut single from Sportn’ Life Records’ Spaceman, “This Is That
Fire,” produced by none other than Jake One. Space is
headlining his first show this Friday, February 13, going down
at Chop Suey with JFK, Scribes (it’s his 21st birthday!),
Sol (it’s the CD release for his very promising debut album,
The Ride), BYC breaking, and BeanOne on the decks.
Do the right thing.

Which, by the way, gets a li’l more difficult the next night. Does
this ring a bell: “Aw naw, hell naw, man/Y’all done up and done it…”
That’s right, Nappy Roots—who dropped their debut,
Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz, some seven years ago—are
coming to rock the Nectar stage February 14. Our guy on the fly
Sonny Bonoho is touring with the Nappys, so he’ll be in the
house, as well as Direct Supply (featuring Kevin Gardner,
best known for lacing E-40 with beats).

That same night, though, is also the jump-off of the big birthday
weekend (fifth, to be exact) of everybody’s favorite mysterious hiphop
clan 206 Zulu. Bless up to all of y’all—King Khazm,
Kitty Wu, Big Zo, Rob Nice, everybody! 206 Zulu
are doing it real REAL big for their fifth, so they’re bringing you the
very best, and incredibly, it’s all FREE and all ages, so
everybody can come out and say “happy birthday.” Throw on the
beads, Bambaataa headdresses, all of that—DJ, cue
up that “Zulu War Chant.”

First up, on the 14th, while you and the fambam are soaking up
Festival Sundiata at Seattle Center, with its Zulu-led youth workshops,
live art expos, and film festivals, stop over at the Vera Project at
8:00 p.m. for a steel-hard lineup: One Be Lo, Dim Mak,
Khingz, D.Black, and Siren’s Echo all rocking.

The next day, Zulu has teamed up with Paulskee and Master
Culture to bring you the 2009 Mighty 4 Seattle, featuring
some truly all-star, all-world B-boy talent battling it out—and
if you’ve never seen Massive Monkees battle, you need it in your
life. It’s going down in the futuristic environs of the EMP Sky Church
and also features performances from Dyme Def, Orbitron, and
They Live!. There’s also the momentous occasion of the
long-awaited return of Kutfather, as he, 206 Zulu’s own King
Khazm, DVS crew, and Supreme are all getting honored
in an award ceremony. Maybe Kut could be convinced to rock “Neva
Scared”? What? New-booties, check the classic Walkman
Rotation comp circa 1998 if you haven’t heard that one—and
respect your elders, boy!