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My homie DJ Buckwild put together this video with highlights from Shine On at StoopidFresh from February 10th. Again, this was such an amazing night.
Last Tuesday at our J. Dilla tribute Shine On during StoopidFresh Tuesdays was amazing. The TV Bar was packed was from what I was told the biggest party the bar has since they opened under the TV Bar. The ran out of their fully stocked beer at 12:30am. The vibe was amazing all night as both rooms were bumping. House Shoes and DJ Dez held down the big room with all the guest performances while me and Sicari rocked the small front room. At the end of the night, me and Dez even rocked the small room with a crazy array of dance music like we do every Tuesday. Now that everyone came out and checked out the joint, please come back often so we can continue to house great event like this. Ma Dukes and a few other of J. Dilla's family were in attendence and we were able to raise over $3300 for the Yancey Family. Special thanks to House Shoes, Dez, Sicari and all the performers, Adrienne, Ali, Kirby, Tank, Joe, Burn Rubber, DSE @ Grand, PublicMediaGroup, Fusicology, and the whole staff at TV Bar for helping make such a beautiful night come true. Apologies to Nic Notion since we were unable to get his video dedication to J. Dilla played on the TVs at the bar - maybe we can get that YouTube'd.
If anyone has any pictures or video from the event, email me at kfresh [at] rensoul.com. I'll post pictures on the site as they come. The above picture is from Piper Carter, she has a ton of pics on Facebook. I'll post some soon. And here's some video footage from the event.
Next Tuesday, February 10th, marks the third anniversary of the passing of J. Dilla, so that night we'll be celebrating the life and legacy of the this Detroit legend as a part of StoopidFresh Tuesdays at TV Bar. Along with the usual residents myself (K-Fresh) and DJ Dez, House Shoes will be flying in for the event, and DJ Sicari of Elements Gallery. Me and Sicari will be holdin' it down in the small front room while House Shoes and DJ Dez will rock the big room with special performances from Slum Village, Black Milk, Phat Kat, Guilty Simpson, Finale, Big Tone, and 5 Ela. The cover for the night is $5 minimum with $10 suggestion donation with all money going straight to the Yancey Family. All Dilla, all night. Spread the word and lets make this a special night.
For this week's StoopidFresh Tuesdays at TV Bar, we celebrate the birthday of resident DJ Dez. His birthday is actually on Wednesday January 7th, so when midnight hits, its time to crank the party up a notch. Anyone thats been to a DJ Dez birthday bash in the past knows he goes superhuman on the decks in celebration so come out, support, and help us turn the party out.
StoopidFresh Tuesdays w/ DJ Dez & K-Fresh
TV Bar
2554 Grand River
Detroit, MI
10pm-2am | 21+ | $5
Drink Specials: $3 domestics, $4 well drinks.
OK! My lack of updates recently has a good reason. I was working on this new weekly I just started. It's called STOOPIDFRESH and it goes down every Tuesday at TV Bar in Detroit. The spot is real dope and I brought on DJ Dez to do the night with me. It's a hip hop night infused in a dance party of soul, funk, and electronic music. We trying to give Detroit back a spot for anyone who loves that real hip hop. We've been lacking this and this is all for your, so please come and support. We can't wait for anyone else to do anything for us. We have to be proactive and build something for our own, so have faith and come party with each week.
Starting, December 9th, we will have drink specials each week. Specifics on that to be announced. Plus we will have loads of free giveaways from Stones Throw Records (t-shirts, posters, vinyl, etc). I'll always be posting information about giveaways, special guests, along with pictures or whatever from STOOPIDFRESH here on the site regularly.
StoopidFresh Tuesdays
TV Bar
2554 Grand River
Detroit, MI 48021
21+ | 10p-2a | $5
TV Bar is located at 2554 Grand River in Detroit, a couple blocks down from the Motor City Casino. Its a real dope spot with a bunch of flat screen TVs in both rooms (hence, the name). Its a real comfortable place with a lot of places to sit, even couches. We plan to have hip hop related movies and music videos playing on the screens in the near future.
With venues dwindling in Detroit that will support our scene, it's important to support nights like this early on, because you never know when another spot will get the axe for us. And support other spots like Elements Gallery on Michigan Ave (across from Slo's), THC in Hamtramck (formerly Lush Lounge), or Oslo on Woodward because these are spots ran by our people in our own music community. They belong to us. And if you can't come out to a night, supporting is as easy as telling someone else that doesn't know, handing out a flyer, or reporting a MySpace bulletin, among many other ways. No one else is going to help us so its time to to it on our own just like any pioneers of our city's cultural movements have in the past.
Additional support from PUBLIC MEDIA GROUP (Thanks JD for the flyer design) and FUSICOLOGY
LINKS: K-FRESH MYSPACE | DJ DEZ MYSPACE
On Friday, the benefit party for People's Records was crackin' seriously. Thanks to everyone that came out and all the DJs (DJ Dez, Brian Gillespie, Sicari, Uncle Paulie, Benny Ben) that spun for the night. Everyone had fun and People's Records owner Brad Hales thanks everyone dearly for all their help and looking to have the store up and running in a new location before April 1st. Stay tuned for more details.
People's Records, one of Detroit's most beloved vintage vinyl record stores, got destroyed from water damage during the huge fire at the Forest Arms Apartment building where the store is located. On Friday, March 14th at Northern Lights Lounge, we're throwing a party to help raise money so that People's Records can reopen bigger and better as soon as possible. People's Records is the place that every musician or record lover of all kinds in Detroit go to find those gems. All proceeds go to People's Records and vinyl donations are also being collected. We are asking for a minimum donation of $5 with a suggest donation of $10. If you would like to make an outside donations, please email djkfresh@rensoul.com.
The lineup for this evening will include yours truly K-Fresh, Brian Gillespie, DJ Dez, DJ Sicari, and People's Records owner Brad Hales. Please come out and support a great cause. Northern Lights Lounge is located at 660 W. Baltimore in Detroit.
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 On Friday, April 20th of 2007, Rensoul.com celebrated its sixth year in existence at Northern Lights Lounge in Detroit. The highlight performance of the night was a live freestyle J. Dilla tribute from the brokefunk masters John Arnold and Jeremy Ellis along with DJ Dez, and guest emcee appearances from Slum Village and Phat Kat. This was the first time I put together a real event for myself. I always did something in conjunction with other people’s nights, thus they got more of the credit still for the total enjoyment of the party.The idea for this night was a throwback to an idea on how I wanted to do my fifth anniversary, which never happened. Back in the Fall of 2005, I got the idea to do a fifth year bash for the following March, and I knew what I wanted to do. I wanted to fly J. Dilla back to Detroit to headline the show. As a special bonus, I wanted to have John Arnold and Jeremy Ellis open up the show with DJ Dez and House Shoes spinning. We could have packed anywhere in Detroit – Alvin’s, Saint Andrews, 5th Avenue, etc – with that line up, and I was even thinking about orchestrating a Slum Village reunion at some point of the show. I didn’t have much money to my name at the time and wasn’t too educated in throwing shows, so I knew I would have to take on an outside investor and other help. My idea was set until pictures started surfacing on the Internet from the J. Dilla & Friends European Tour showing Dilla performing on stage very sickly and in a wheelchair. While others were optimistic that his health was getting better, I knew in my heart that it was his final run so I scrapped the idea for the show. As everyone knows, Dilla passed the following February. In hindsight, if I actually planned the show still, we would have had one hell of the setting for a monster Dilla tribute a month after his passing. Fast forwarding to 2007, I personally am DJing more in Detroit, mostly trying to help keep Dilla’s musical legacy alive. After a residency at Shelby Street News was ruined by violence and playing a string of terrible parties, I needed a change. One Friday night in February I went down to Northern Lights Lounge for CPM’s Hook & Sling party and got really drunk with some friends of mine. That night I was chatting with the bar’s manager Keggar about the demise of my residency, and he asked if I wanted to throw a party there. Two hours later, I knew what I wanted to do for the party and the following Tuesday we confirmed the April 20th date.Within a week of confirming the date, I presented John Arnold and Jeremy Ellis with the idea of doing a J. Dilla tribute in the same vein that they do their amazing freestyle brokefunk sessions. Live beat building using MPC’s, keyboards, guitars, and other crazy electronic gadgets. They loved the idea and actually soon became nervous about it all. The idea of having John and Jeremy do a Dilla tribute came from my friend David during a discussion back in January about the lack of Dilla celebrations planned for the week of his birth/death in February. So I revisited this idea for my sixth year anniversary. The energy in the room that night was amazing and everyone had a great time. As for the performance, I’ll just let the video do the talking. - K-Fresh |
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| "Eyes Up", "Strip Club", and "Fuck The Police" "B.B.E. (Big Booty Express)", "Dollar", and "Look Of Love" (w/ Slum Village) "As Serious As Your Life Is", "A Day Wit The Homiez", and "The Red" "I Don't Know", "Jealousy", and Donuts medley "Conant Gardens", "Rico Suava Bossanova" "Come Get It" (w/ Elzhi), and DJ Dez spinnin' |
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