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I have arrived and I bring with me gifts of the most thowed. First off I would like to thank my boys for allowing me to come through and big shout outs to my peeps in hanoi. Whoop they asses.

1st up, Pelican. Thats all that needs to be said.

Most people don’t know that lil tiger has a wooden leg, it happened during a tricyle accident back in ’98 … don’t ask.

Who am I? Kill yourself.

Sooooo Weeee to the big Hell Billy. Firey William, know what I mean, Vern?

I simply must share that Mr. No No…. now where did I put it….

I’m broad minded, but as the case unravels, it seems as if she might have been asking for it, which leads me to this:  How much does she have to ask before you give it to her? What, she punch you in the stomach? Slap you upside your head? Kick you in the nuts? Do you still go chivalrous? My thinking? She better run.

Pink Cookies remix, will the classics ever die?

I’m gonna end it here, because I need to go slap the shit outta one of these muthefooks… I’ll get back at chas…

The homie Matt Sonzala at SXSW just unleashed the official Hip-Hop roster for the music conference this year. In his words:

Below you will find the schedule for all the OFFICIAL hip-hop showcases happening at SXSW 2009. There’s so much happening officially, and of course if you do a little digging around you’ll find that there’s plenty of all day and all night parties this year that feature a lot of hip-hop. But I work with SXSW Officially, so I wanted to make sure you know just how much hip-hop is coming to Austin next week, and why. …

The shows run Wednesday March 18th – Saturday March 21st. Every night, multiple venues. It’s really goin’ down.

We’ve got the whole schedule for you after the jump » Read the rest of this entry »

Every year on March 9th DJ Mister Cee dedicates his “Throwback at Noon” radio show on Hot 97 to the memory of Christopher Wallace. No yellin’, no call-ins… just straight butter classic cuts by Biggie Smalls.

Big shout to the Gracie Chavez & the D.I.R.B. Crew. And yes, we will be Doin’ It Real Bigger this Saturday.

Dj Gracie Chavez & Jef Cashless Rocking the party in the Main Room @ Block 21

and in the Howard Hughes Room:
DJ Pooks & Drew

2420 Washington | 21+ | Free! | No dress code.

Bonus: Peep the lil write up on ya boy, Cashless, over at Gracie’s site, DustyCrates.com.

Jef Cashless spinning Funk, House, Hip Hop, Modern Soul, Disco, etc.
Tonight, March 6th.
@ The Flat
1701 Commonwealth St | Free!

Via Mad Decent

I wasn’t the biggest fan of the Baile Funk/Funk Carioca scene that popped off a few years back. Had it been anything like the FOB trailer and not a gang of sweaty hipsters in headbands? I woulda been down like four flat tires.

If you’re in Austin for SXSW, you can catch the U.S. Premiere of the full length with a Q&A with Diplo afterward.

4:00 PM, Saturday March 14th @ The Hideout Theatre
10:00 PM, Thursday March 19th @ The Paramount Theatre

For 20 years, a subculture has emerged under society’s radar. Favela On Blast tells the stories of sex, love, poverty and pride for Rio’s marginalized people. They have their own language, style and heros. It’s a music that’s fast, heavy and violent like the city itself. This film is a flash of a few lives of charismatic people that relate to the funk music and a retelling of the subculture itself.

Funk superstars like Deize, Tigrona, Mr Catra, Duda Do Borell all make an appearance. And traficantes, funkieros, mothers and fathers, workers and students in Rio all have a part to play in funk culture. Its kinda of like the bass that ate rio mixes with Edward Scissorhands.

Nas – If I Ruled the World (2009) feat. Marsha Ambrosius

This rehash couldn’t hold the jockstrap of that candle that couldn’t be held up next to the original cut. This track also demonstrates just how far Nas has veered from his legendary Illmatic beat selection ethos.

Via Smirnoff Signature Mix series.

I’m not sure why the flyer says “Tonight”, but here are the actual details:

MKTArtist.com & Dj Sly Foxx Present the Estelle & Kid Cudi Afterparty.

With Neon Collars, Dj Sly Foxx & Jef Cashless
@ The Houston House of Blues Bronze Peacock Room
1204 Caroline Street @ Dallas in downtown Houston
Houston, TX 77002
9PM-?AM | FREE!

Bonus: Estelle & Kid Cudi? That’s a mad disparate line up, son. Becky, Chad and ‘nem are gonna be rubbing elbows with the G&S set. Throw some light bright hipsters in the mix and it’s gonna be a strange night. Jussayin’…

March is upon us and that means a lot of things – It’s Spring (again), March Madness, bewaring the Ides of March (St. Ides or not), South By South West, Winter Music Conference, St. Patricks Day, Dentist’s Day, Doctor’s Day, Toast Day, and Tater Day. But more importantly, we’re serving up our first installment of this month’s WELFARE. Hopefully you’ll find a little something in our offering to accompany your every day this March and beyond.

(Click the song names to take you to the off-site sharing pages where you can download the tunes. For detailed instructions on how to navigate the sharing sites where we host our files, we’ve got instructions at the end of this post)

empanadamn | Snow way

The-Dream “Walkin’ On The Moon” (Feat. Kanye West)
I was a non-believer when I first heard The-Dream. Then I saw him perform at Hot 97’s Summer Jam ’08. Having a crew of hot, back-up dancers kinda helped seal the deal. At any rate, here’s a cut off of the soon to be released, sophomore album Love Vs. Money.

The Foreign Exchange “Daykeeper” (Feat. Muhsinah)
I used to work in a law firm years back, and was on a project with a group of folks, one of which was a law student (again, cue Lost Boys’ “Renee”) whom I wrote off as an entitled b*tch because she was blonde, highly edumecated and, to top it off, attractive. The group conversation veered onto the topic of music, which I really don’t enjoy talking about with the layman. A co-worker mentioned to blondie that I was a DJ, to which responded with much intrigue, asking about the type of music I was into, and so on. She nodded with agreement, and started rattling off her favorites which included bunch of R&B, soul, Okay Player affiliates, and the like. Homegirl was a sheep in wolf’s clothing. At any rate, she recently hit me up and asked me if I heard The Foreign Exchange’s album Leave It All Behind, and shared a few of her choice cuts. Coincidentally, they are performing this Sunday at Highline Ballroom in NY, so check them out.

The Rachels “Lloyd’s Register”
I first heard The Rachels blaring inside the Sound Exchange (R.I.P.) in Austin, Texas on an afternoon when I probably should have been in class. I was captivated by the soul of the album, though delivered in modern classical form. I can’t remember who was working at the time, but he turned me onto the group. This song is probably my favorite on the album, as it plays through a cycle of emotions leaving me with a lump in my throat.

Archie Whitewater “Cross Country”
I don’t know how I acquired this one, but I’m glad I did. And somehow it always finds its way to my playlist set to shuffle. After talking to my mom this past Sunday telling me about the 80 degree weather for the week, it makes me want to be cross country. Peep the xylophone action.

Morcheeba “Fear & Love”
I found out about Morcheeba from a postcard that got mailed to my parents’ home over summer break from college. On the postcard there was a small, blurry picture of a girl that looked like Björk. Hoping it was a side project of sorts, I HAD to investigate. I called a toll-free number on the postcard and heard a snippet of Trigger Hippie, the lead track for their debut album Who Can You Trust? and was sold. So, unrelated to the Icelandic pop star, two brothers with a jazzy-pop songstress carried the torch of the UK downtempo movement and was met with a positive response over yonder. I couldn’t get with their 3rd album and beyond as they went for a polished pop style, and just felt too Gap for me.

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cashless | Spring Yang in this thang…

Geeneus – Peace of Heaven feat. Sacha
The first time I heard of Dubstep and UK Funky producer Geeneus was on the remix on DJ Wonder’s “What (have you done for me lately)”. He had an anthem with his remix to Benga & Coki’s “Night”. He hits my radar again (big shout to Dayta), with “Peace of Heaven” off his 2008 release, Volumes: One.

Marsha Ambrosius – Cloud 9
When Floetry broke up, that didn’t stop Marsha Ambrosius from continuing to make good music (no G.O.O.D. Music). She’s back at it with her latest mixtape, Truly Yours. Although I can’t say that I enjoyed the mixtape in its entirety, I will say that “Cloud 9” is still that crack. Enjoy.

Drake – Successful feat. Trey Songz
Hi, internet. Can we stop talking about Drake yet? Obviously not. This gets major bumpage in the ride, even though I do turn it down really low when riding through the hood.

Erykah Badu – Real Thang (Astronote Remix)
So it’s a new remix to a song that is in no way new. Who cares? Because when Astronote put his foot in it, it regained that new track smell.

Stevie Wonder – My Cherie Amor (Beatnik & K. Salaam remix)
For some reason when I first snagged this track, I coulda swore that said “Salaam Remi remix). My mind is playing tricks on me.

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dj lil tiger | is it spring yet?

Jay Sean – Tonight (Crazy Cousinz Remix)
Another fire remix from the Crazy Cousinz crew. (UK) Funky that I’m all about these days.

Shea Soul – Playing Tricks (Faeda Remix)
Another (UK) Funky tune for you, this one a sick soulful production from Faeda. Heavy broken house feel to this one. Love the vocals, too.

La Roux – In For The Kill (Skream’s Let’s Get Ravey Remix)
Props to Wesley and Elz for this one. They’ve been telling me about this tune for a while, and I finally got around to checking it out. The vocals really haunt me. Dubstep type shit with a throwback feel.

Erik Rico – Wonderful
Soulful uptempo stuff from the multi-talented singer, musician, producer Erik Rico, who has a very forward approach to soul music.

Gil Scott-Heron – Lady Day and John Coltrane
If you’re in a funk, Gil Scott-Heron got the remedy for you. Classic tune from his brilliant Pieces of Man LP.

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jd | some springy ish — because I’m ready for it

Black Star – Respiration (Dr. Luke Remix)

Eddie Senay – Cameo

Marvin Gaye – Music Feel the Soul

Three Times Dope – Mellow But Smooth

George Benson – Footin’ It

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Don’t forget to check out our Welfare archives.

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** DETAILED DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS **
We host all our Welfare downloads off-site, so what you need to do to download them is to click on the song name in the post, and then look for a download link on the page that that takes you to.

We mostly use divShare, so for divShare follow these steps to download the songs:

– Click on the name of the song. That will take you to a divShare page.

– On the divShare page, on the right-hand side, there should be a link that says “Download Original”. Click that link.

– That will take you to another page that says something like “You will be redirected to the download page in 15 seconds”. If you just wait a little while, the file will automatically download for you. Or, you can click on “Skip This Ad” at the top right of that page, and the file will start to download right away.

That should do it.

If the file is hosted on some other site besides divShare (like ZShare or MediaFire or something) then just look for a link on that site’s page that says download. When you click on the download link, it will probably do something similar to divShare and make you wait a handful of seconds before it starts the download (or offers a specific link to the download).

Hit us up in the comments if you need further instruction. We’re here to help. Thanks.

The Blue Room Music Group is putting on a showcase at SXSW this year, featuring a gang of talent from across the country.

Presented by TheBMRG
Hosted by Crop Diggie and Spinner T
March 20, 2009
Prague Night Club
422 Congress Ave
Austin TX

To get a taste of what to expect, peep the Hip-Hop Radio III mixtape put together by DJ Protege and hosted by Feddi Man, both representing Austin to the fullest:

FREE DOWNLOAD HERE

Hip Hop Radio III Mixtape Track Listing:

Feddi Man (ATX) -Bang! Bang!
Proton (ATL) – Laptop
Chief (Detroit) – Cold Turkey
Thad Reid (VA) – The Reason
Question (SATX) – My My My
Buff 1 (MI / LA) – Dream Streets
Now On (MI / LA) – All You Ever Know
A.Pinks (NYC) – Held Me Down
Donny Goines (NYC) – Ricky’s Story
Dirty (ATX) – Life Is What You Make It
Kriminals (ATX) – What You Waitin Fo’
Fresh Daily (NYC) – Video Gamin