WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT SOUL FOOD BOY?

check this out mateys! last week the lovely ladies in the nzgirl.com office had their umbrellas out coz ya boy was cooking up a storm! ooweee. i went for that good ole artery clogging island favourite for my dish: Taro and Corned beef. it was a bit of a risk coz i knew most of the gals at nzgirl would probably not have tried this before, and taro is definitely an aquired taste. but with a few gormet modifications *cough cough* the shit went down a treat! nah mean nah mean?

jacked from the nzgirl.com website.

Mareko's Corned Beef and Taro
Time to Prepare: The cooking time was mainly upped by the taro which took 20 minutes to boil. Any other preparation could be done within that time, so all around a quick dish to whip up!

The $$$: This is a very inexpensive and economical dish - we were able to feed the entire office, 12 people! All up it cost just under $30, which works out to be a measly $2.50 per serve!

Taste Rating: After being informed that generally taro doesn’t go down too well for first timers, we were all pleasantly surprised with what turned out to be a pretty scrummy dish (scratch those rumours of taro being yucky!). The fact we all went back for seconds speaks for itself!







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SAVAGE - GREEN LANTERN MIXTAPE

jacked from the dawnraid website

Savage continues his movement into America with a crazy collaboration Mixtape with New York's iconic DJ Green Lantern.

The new mixtape tilted "Coming To America" is currently being recorded and features classic and new material from the Samoan MC and new exclusive joints produced by DJ Green Lantern and performed by his Future Green artists.

"Coming To America" will feature throwback artwork to the classic comedy by Eddie Murphy + comedy surprises, so be sure to check back in as this unfolds!!

sweet brother noompsy!!!

URBAN PLAYGROUND TOUR!

Remember circa 2004 when a shit load of NZs hippety hop talent packed on to a super bus and toured in almost every city for the Hook Up Tour? aaaah the hook up tour ........ anyways, running along those lines is the Urban Playground tour, featuring a number of artists including yours truly! The tour kicks off this Thursday in Whangarei and will continue through a number of cities over the next couple of weekends. Check the poster above to see if your town is down for the urban playground. *cough cough* CHING CHING!

WHITE SUNDAY 2 RELEASE / AUCKLAND LEG!!

Mucho grando props for everybody that came out and packed the Zen bar on Saturday night for the Auckland leg of the White Sunday 2 realease / Feels Like Magic Tour which trippled up as the Savage farewell party. The gummi bear juice was flowing thanks to the good people at Alize and the City of Sails came out showed love that night. We will all be in Christchurch this Saturday at Coyotes, so if your in the neighbourhood, pop in for a cuppa.

ETHICAL - AGES TURN IN STORES NOW!

morning sports fans, make sure you make an effort to purchase the bros album. in all good music stores and online. nah mean nah mean?

SORRY QUEENIES!

"the fuck outta here with that bullshit!!"

better luck for game 2 guys! :) :) :)

MONTANA SIGNS PRODUCTION/PUBLISHING DEAL

A beast on the keys AND on the sample shit. Montana is definitely on some next schtuff!! HORSEMEN FAM BAM WAAAT!!

jacked from the dawnraid website:

"Acclaimed South Auckland producer DJ Montana of the Horsemen Family has signed a production and publishing agreement with Dawn Raid Music on the strength of his multi talented production skills. Montana produced Hush Mode by Alphrisk, Family Tribute by Savage, Bring It Back by Axeman and Good Times by Mareko featuring Frum Tha Stablez & Lyric from Horsemen Family - My Shout: The Album. If you have been lucky enough to score a copy of the Horsemen Family Alize mixtape you will find that this wonder kid has also produced a number of bangers on there. Currently Montana is producing material with Mareko for the new US Savage album.
"



Download "Horsemen Family - Get Down" from the Alize mixtape for a sample of his work.

PNC - Find Me Video.

heres the second vid from PNCs new album. produced by Dualnote from Welly? not too shabby at all!

Sheek Louch - "Good Love"

You know i got a soft spot for that east-coast-boom-bap-sample-based-street shit. remember when you would eagerly anticipate the release of an artist, get it the day it was released, play that shit in the car, at home, to your boys or where ever for like a year straight til you knew every aspect of that record? aaaah the good ole days. Sheek Louches "Silverback Gorilla" wasnt one of them, but it sure did come close. heres some flash back shit!

NEW FLOWZ!!

Saw the uso in Porirua in the weekend and was given STRICT orders to chuck his new video up on the blog,:) check it out , "Flowz - I Got My Eye On You feat. Joe Dukie"
off his solo album in stores now, chiggety check it out!

PTOWN / PALMY TOUR!

ahoy there mateys, big ups to all the lovely people of porirua and palmerston north that came to the show in the weekend. the shows were off the hook! was a messy state of affairs by the end of the night thanks to Alize, :) but no complaints!!

Suge Knight Bodied

saw this on hiphopnz.com. Cant bully people all ya life Mr. Knight. SoooWooooop!

Suge was at Shag nightclub when he began arguing with a man he had been talking with. Our spy overheard Suge say, "I want my money!" Suge and his peeps beat the guy to the ground, but the man landed a right hook on Suge's face, knocking him out for around three minutes.

We obtained these photos of a bloody Suge just after the incident.

Suge was taken to the hospital where LAPD officers arrived, but he refused to file a report.

SAVAGE - SWING REMIX feat. Soulja Boy Tellem

uh oh, im really gonna be fucked up now. i dont know whether to shake that ass and move it like a gypsy, or to superman that hoe and crank that robocop-aquaman-lionking-ryu or whatever the hell it is. But here it is sports fans, the official "Swing remix" featuring C4 Select favourite Souljah Boy Tell em.



CLICK HERE to listen to the shits.

SAVAGE Signs Major Label Deal With UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC!!!

SAVAGE’S SMASH U.S HIT ‘SWING’ SOARS PAST 100,000 SALES MARK IN LESS THAN SIX WEEKS WITH NO RADIO RELEASE

Taken from the official press release "(New York, NY – May 11th, 2008) Universal Republic Records has signed one of New Zealand/Australia’s top selling Hip Hop artists, Savage for a worldwide deal. The multi-platinum rapper’s grassroots hit “Swing” has swept the U.S. hip hop world with an incredible word-of-mouth digital buzz – leaping from #77 to #17 in one week on te iTunes Hip Hop chart (currently at #14) with virtually no radio promotion."

oooohhh hella jea!! we going sizzlers ... we going sizzzlers!

Aaradhna - Betcha By Golly Wow

gollllyyyy!! heres another batch of cookies straight out the oven. "Aaradhna - Betcha By Golly Wow" directed by the talented Ivan Slavov. I must say that i was suspect upon hearing Radz covering the oldies such as this one, but for a young vocalist in the game she definitely did it justice.

HYPER FIGHT COMP

Congratulations to my man Kevin representing the East Tamaki Rd shops in Otara for taking out the comp and winning that beast of a machine. i put this achievement up there with David Kirks World Cup win and Beatrices shot put titles. yours truly came third, but that is neither here nor there. ill upload some of the fights soon as i suss it out. hurr hurr. *yoga flame*

MARY J BLIGE DOWN UNDER!!

oohhh hella jeah! i was moved when i heard Boyz 2 Men were making their return to NZ, ive seen them perform before and they are the shit live. But hearing the news of the Queen of hip hop soul arriving to our shores, i told my secretary to hold all my calls and cancel my appointments............. yep. June 16, (a day after my birthday...*hint hint anyone*) Mary J Blige will be playing at Aucklands Vector Arena and Wellingtons Town Hall. The Vector is a big bitch, so lets hope she gets a good response.

Heres where i first heard of the lovely blonde headed lady. Father MCs - ill do for you. awww, so cute.

WHITE SUNDAY 2 / FEELS LIKE MAGIC PARTY REWA

The tour has officially kicked off and what better place to start than our own back yard in Rewa. big ups to everybody that stumbled out the doors of our party on Saturday night. the hometown showed love and it was an all round grand affair! kudos to Alize and Club 220 for the support. and to Shady1 and Montana for jamming the whole night when the resident dj was too wasted to show. yoooooou guys!! our next party is in Porirua on Friday 16 at Cruz Bar in Poriurua and Sat 17 at Scarfies in Palmy. so if your in the neighbour hood, bring a bib and taxi fare. CHING CHING!

"ETHICAL - Problem Child feat. Young Sid & Cyhpanetik" DOWNLOAD

Free download of "Ethical - Problem Child" feat Young Sid and Cyphanetik. off his Coming Of Ages Lp dropping soon.

DOWNLOAD HERE

SWEET N IRIE - Mama Dont Cry

heres the first installment from Sweet N Iries debut album. Directed by Ivan Slavov. Check it out. Be sure to buy the cd single as it has a remix of the track by Axeman and myself. nah mean nah mean?

SISTERS UNDERGROUND - In The Neighbourhood

Seeing that its NZ Music month and all, its only fitting i play some good ole hip hop out from the South. big ups to Ovadose, Lost Tribe, UPR, Radio Backstab, Pacifikan Decendants, Double J Twice the T, OMC, Semi MCs, DJ Sirvere, Fast Eddie, Jason Vaaka, and all other pioneering South Auckland hip hop figures.