Myspace Artist Of The Week: Preacher Man Proof

www.myspace.com/preachermanproof

For this week we got Preacher Man Proof formerly known as Proof Positive... Who is one of the original members of Rapskallion Official (Familia).. together with Jeff Demarco and Krazykyle.... Proof Positive and Dj Arbie 1 also formed a group called Spolarium.. they already recorded some tracks.. But the project didn't materialize... Since Proof went back to California... Check out his site and listen to his new tracks...

Blind Rhyme Comp. Audition Results

LEFT EYE BLIND from Taytay Rizal
DEE from Cavite
FLICT-G from Mandaluyong City
NUMERHUS from Marikina City
SUNDALONG PUNET from Tondo at Malabon
LAPIANG MALAYA from Pateros
LOWBEE from Sta.Cruz Laguna

Sila po ay ilalabas at ipapakilala sa isang makabuluhang album na sa tingin koy
makakatulong mag angat ng lebel sa musikang atin nang niyakap at minahal. Abangan din sa youtube ang performance ng mga nanalo para malaman din kung pano at bakit sila ang napili.
Kung kasing galing nyo lahat ng papalit sa henerasyon namin, nasa mabuting kamay na
ang Hip-Hop sa pilipinas. Dahil sa pito lang ang napili at hindi sampu.

MAGKAKAROON NG "BLIND RHYME AUDITIONS part 2 " para sa natitirang 3 slots.

Date and Venue will be announced later.
Registration will start on March 3,2008
for early registration: look for Lanie ( tel# 3841946 )
c/o Tapsi ni pasing- kainan ni joseph strata
Ground Floor, Strata 2000 Building,Garnet Road,
Ortigas Center,Pasig City.
(beside PLDT emerald avenue)
Monday-Saturday (7AM-7PM only)

-Denmark (Blind Rhyme Prod.)

Event This Week:

Feb. 29, 2008 (10 PM)
Hip-Hop-an sa Route 196
Route 196 Bar- Katipunan,QC
Performances By:
Turbulence
AMPON
Monique
Peoples Future

Philippine Hip-Hop Awards 4

http://www.philippinehiphopawards.page.tl/VOTE-NOW.htm
Click On the Link To Vote

Watch Out for PULP Magazine's April Issue this is gonna be the Cover

Classic Drop: "Mahiwagang Nunal" -Vincent Daffalong

Dj Arbie 1's Vinyl
Copy that is being sold @ E-bay
http://cgi.ebay.ph/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220191251882

Classic Drop ? it is the segment here at SoulSonic that was changed to Old Skool Fridays.. Now were gonna use it again just for the sake of our excitement... Coz we can't wait until Friday to post this lost gem that was found on Dj Arbie 1's crate.. This is one of the earliest pinoy rap on wax.. released in the 1980's... and if you want a copy for your collection we found a guy on e-bay selling it.. with the bid starting at 600 php.. and for those who are not into vinyls you can just listen to it here at SoulSonic !!!

Old Skool Fridays: "Tayo'y Mga Pinoy"- Francis M.

Click on the Image for Track Download

Time pass by so fast .. and another Old Skool Fridays has come.. and another People Power (EDSA Revoultion 1) anniversary will be commemorated this coming monday...That is why even though we just recently featured Francis M. on our last Old Skool Fridays... we still decided to put him again this week with his Tayo'y Mga Pinoy track.. just to be in tune with People Power 1... This track was included on his classic and very rare 2nd album "RAP is Francis M." that was released in 1992 still under Octo Arts Records.. This album can be considered his best album ever.. it contains 10 tracks...most of them are political or conscious rap. and with DJ MOD, Jimmy Antiporda & Francis M. himself in charge of the production and arrangement of the tracks made this a powerful album...

Khen Magat Interview

Khen Magat of Serpientes is arguably the most prolific rapper in the local freestyling circuit. Not only can he deliver rhymes right off the dome, he does it incredibly fast... without getting tonguetied! Winning Andrew E's "Philippine Rap Olympics 2003" with his group Serpientes, Khen has found himself on the roster of the Philippines' largest and longest-established record distribution, "Dongalo Wreckords." Earlier last year, he was featured on Andrew E's "Clean" album. Now, four years after being discovered, Khen releases his first solo work, an E.P./Mixtape aptly titled "The Filipino Freestyler". Very humble and down to earth, and only at 19, the M.C. takes some time off to sit down with us and chat a bit. With a flow reminiscient of Gloc-9 in his prime and as catchy as Andrew E. in the golden age, the only question is if you can keep up.

SOL: So nandito kami ngayon with the "Filipino Freestyler" Khen Magat. What's good, fam? Musta ka diyan. Salamat sa oras.

Khen: Ayos lang bro.

SOL: Ayt, so eto na. First question. Paano ka napalapit sa Dongalo Wreckords? Bakit yun ang pinili mong label na lapitan?

Khen: Una sa lahat napapabilang ako sa grupo ng Serpientes kasama si Jaman at G'neam-C.Sumali po kame ng Philippine Rap Olympics 2003 at pinalad na manalo. Talagang pangarap na namin maging Dongalo artist simula palang nung binuo yung grupo namin.

SOL: Ambilis mong magflow man. Anong techniques para dun? Andaming nagsusubok since pinauso ang stilo ni Gloc-9 pero konte lang ang nakakapull off. Does it come naturally or prinaktis mo bago mo naperfect?

Khen: Lahat po ng tao nagsisimula sa wala. Nagkataon lang po na nakahiligan ko na talaga magrap and it doesn't come naturally. Practice makes perfect. Lahat naman ng bagay nadadaan sa tiyaga at sipag.

SOL: Ah ok. So, may mixtape kang nilabas. "The Filipino Freestylist." Anong maeexpect namin dun? Anong klaseng mga tracks? Hardcore ish? Love songs? Lyrical tracks?

Khen: Yung mixtape ko po merong 10tracks tapos may iba't-iba akong tema ng mga kanta mula sa "Kung Wala Lang Tayong Anak" na medyo personal hanggang "Pagbulusok" kasama si Cruzzito Uno ng Kruzzada. Meron pa po akong mga kanta na kasama ang ibang artist ng Dongalo tulad ng Phatnasty Crew, Jolly Brilliante, June Jhunkie of Razzamanaz, Don G. Belgica, si Santo ng Delubyo ng Pasay at Asero ng Kurubat Clan

SOL: Ah, narinig ko na nga yung kantang "Kung Wala Lang Tayong Anak." Maganda yung kanta. Anong inspirasyon para doon? Tungkol ba sayo? Sayong mga magulang? It does seem like a really personal track.

Khen: Ito po ang pinaka paborito kong kanta sa mixtape ko. Ito po ay tungkol sa aking mga magulang at alam ko pong makaka-relate ang mga tao sa kanta na'to.

SOL: Medyo lumalaganap na ang rep mo sa local rap scene. Nakita na rin namin ang ibang mga freestyle sessions mo. Paano ka nakakaisip on the spot ng masasabe na napakabilis? Kasi, to be honest, ikaw lang ang nakita ko na nakakapagfreestyle na ganun ka bilis. May pre-writtens ka ba o talagang lahat on the spot?

Khen: Marami pong salamat sa complement! Mas una po kase akong natutong magfreestyle kaysa magsulat ng kanta at nakahiligan ko po talaga ang mabilis na flow kaya po siguro ganon.

SOL: Anong mga advice mo sa mga newbie freestylers? Ung tipong gustong magbattle.

Khen: Just put your heart in to it at magpraktis lang ng magpraktis. Tulad ng lumang kasabihan pag may tiyaga may nilaga.

SOL: Wise words man. So sino ang mga influences ni Khen Magat? Growing up with the rap scene, sino ang mga artists na pinapakinggan mo from the local and international scene?

Khen: Ah marami po. Sa local scene si Kuya Andrew E., Pooch, GhettoDoggs, Salbakutah, Kruzzada, Don G. Belgica, Jawtee, Damuho Squad, EHP, Romy Diaz Crew, Thug Rhyme at lahat ng Dongalo Artist. Sa international scene naman si 2pac, Eminem, Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes, Canibus, B-real, Iron Solomon, Biggy, Bone Thugs and Twista.

SOL: Nice picks. Malupet yung si Iron Solomon. Bihirang may makatalo dun sa freestyle battle. Hmm.. Kung makakapagcollab ka with ANY rapper sa Pinas o kaya Internationally, sino ang pipiliin mo?

Khen: Natupad na po ang isa kong pangarap na makasama sa kanta ang King Of Rap na si Kuya Andrew E. At sana makasama ko din po si Pooch ng GhettoDoggs. Ahhmmm ahhmm international artist? Bone Thugs and Twista.

SOL: Ah, word word. So what's next for Khen? May studio album ba na lalabas? Are you going solo from your group Serpientes or are you guys still together?

Khen: Hindi na po kami maghihiwalay ng grupong Serpientes. As of now I'm doing my own thing. My mixtape is out ngayon. Ginagawa namin ang Delubyo ng Pasay mixtape kasama ko dito ang mga local MCs ng Pasay.

SOL: Whats in store from Dongalo sa 2008? Anong mga malupet na projects ang in the works?

Khen: Marami po. Sa mga albums - yung Pentagon Album, .Andrew E. Classics (Remixx) at yung Dongalo Rap Awards Compilation. Sa mga mixtapes naman yung kay Oman B. of EHP "Walang Panget sa Mixtape," yung kay Don G "Sa Pagsara ng Pinto" at yung "Plataporma" mixtapes, sa Kruzzada yung "Kame Ang Kalye", ThugRhyme "Higanteng Munti", Romy Diaz Krew "Pwede Kaya Sa Radyo?," Madkilla of Salbakuta "Reggaton Man", Salbakuta "Wans Agen", Andrew E. "ReMixxMySh*t Vol.1," Vigilantes "Pinaka-Hate", at yung Dos Bulakenyos "Astig Pero Duwag Vol. 1".

Ngayon labas na po ang mga mixtapes na Damuho Squad "Simpleng Manyak", Jaw-Tee "Pussy", FuzBuzLow "Hawaiian Bebot", Khen Magat "Serpientes", A-Syan "HipHop Ang Hilig Ko", Andrew E. "Banyo Queen LIVE World Tour", Andrew E. "X-Mas Mixx-Tape", RP. Niggaz "Para Sa Lahat", Rabis Agenda "Batang Freestyle".

SOL: Dami ah. Parang uulan ng rap albums haha. Salamat ulet Khen! The Filipino Freestylist mixtape out now. Get a copy para malaman niyo what all the hype is about. O kaya type in Khenmagat sa Youtube to check out this freestyler in action. Any last words or shout outs?

Khen: Payo ko lang po sa mga nakikinig ng mga kanta ko at sa mga nangangarap na maging rap artist lalo na ang mga kabataan: Huwag niyo lang pababayaan ang pag aaral niyo kase ito lang ang kayamanan na hindi kayang nakawin sainyo. Kase katulad ko kahit nagrarap ako nag aaral at nagtatrabaho po ako. Kase sa eskwelahan niyo lang matutupad ang mga pangarap niyo... at huwag na huwag kayong makakalimot sa itaas.
Maraming maraming salamat po kay Kuya Drew, at kay Ate Mylene sa pagtitiwala po s'akin. Sa lahat ng mga artist at bumubuo at sumusuporta sa Dongalo Wreckords Worldwide at sa bumubuo ng Soulsonic. Much love and much respect...Khen Magat of Serpientes.

Note: His Mixtape is now available you can place your orders at Dongalo Wreckords website...

Here is a Video of his performance from Dongalo Rap Awards

Tippin The Scales

Here's the Link for the Exclusiv Free Download of Utak Lapis At Papel (Bagong Tasa Remix) or Just Click on the Image..

http://rapidshare.com/files/91522510/6_-_God_s_Will__Hotnixx__B-Roc___ANE_-_Utak_Lapis_At_Papel__Bagong_Tasa_Remix_.mp3

Come to 32nd STREET The FORT on FEB 20 and witness the launch of the highly anticipated indie release from Turbulence Productions "TIPPIN' THE SCALES". This CD includes favorites "Tilt Your Cap" by N9 and GW, "Utak Lapis At Papel (Bagong Tasa Remix), "Whoa (PINAS Remix)" and more. FREE ENTRANCE !! FREE ENTRANCE !!

Performers for the night:
TEAM GRAE
Hotnixx
GW
Nimbus9
Blue Battallion
TEXT
Aero
People's Future
TEAM FIRM
DJ Excaliber
Dj Traumatik
LDP
F.O.F and more!

Come early and purchase a CD and win T-Shirts from MusikLokal.Com and chains by Royal Elastics!

Merchandises on the launch: CDS & SPECKS SHIRTS

Dj Spinbad in Manila!

One of the top Dj's in the East coast in the USA is scheduled to do a one night gig here in the Philippines in Feb.27 at Embassy The Fort. Spinbad is part of the dj crew COLDCUTZCREW and also Dj's for HOT97. Minsan lang tayo madalaw ng magagaling na Hiphop Dj's so wag natin palampasin to! Check out his track from DJ JS-1's album and you will know what we're talking about.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/7614141741a7b9/

Born Agen Lover presents: Valentine's Quickie Mixx 2008

Make Rap not war!! Here's another Soulsonic freebie! Let's drop the hatin' for a minute and let's get down to this Quickmix from Born Agen Lover featuring your favorite OPM Rap ballads. Good selection from the old to the new and also some hard to find jams from Brownstyle, Bass Rhyme, Syke and more mixed nonstop!! Oh we're very sure all the motels will be packed again this Valentines!

Here's the tracklisting:
1)Ngayon at Kailanman- D-Coy, Rp and Janno Gibbs
2)Ayoko nang umibig- Brownstyle feat. Mad Frick of PD
3)Mahal na Mahal kita- Apokalipsis feat. Mikerapphone
4)Panalangin- Legit Misfitz
5)Before U- Sureshot feat. Dash
6)That's the way Love Goes- Rap Asia
7)Fallin- 4 East Flava
8)Simpleng Tao- Gloc9
9)Ikaw lamang- BassRhyme
10)Usahay- Syke
11)Mahal kita- Andrew E.

Download na!!
http://rapidshare.com/files/91559272/bornagenlovermixx.mp3.html

Video Break: Kanye Live Performance

Best Hip-Hop album of 2007? Medyo divided kami dito sa SoulSonic, pwede rin kasing Blue Scholars, medyo ok din yung Chamillionaire. Pero sa performance level no.1 yata si Kanye West ngayon. Sana ganito lagi ang live Hip-Hop shows natin.(Hiphop Awards committee are you watching??) This is from the Grammy Awards performance by the Louie Vuitton Don himself..Lupit!!

Hip-Hop Unity: A Dream or Reality ?

Ever since the legendary borough battles of Queens and the Bronx with MC Shan and KRS-One, a rivalry has always existed in the ever changing landscape of Hip-Hop from dissing each other on wax like the controversial Canibus,Wyclef and LL Cool J name calling and N.W.A. vs Ice Cube (even went as far as Dr.Dre VS Eazy-E.);Hip-Hop became the battleground for MC's to settle beef or bragging rights on record. It even went as far as claiming lives of some: Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. Were their deaths worth such rivalry between the Bad Boy Camp and Death Row Organization ? This Started the infamous East-West beef that went overboard, and groups like Westside Connection, Mobb Deep and Capone-N-Noreaga released songs contributing to the segregation of coastal hip-hop. From borough, coast, camp to inner-city beef (504 Boyz dissing the Hoy Boyz for Lousiana supremacy) rappers and MC's created a battlefield through lyrical trashings, such disunity for ego's sake or territorial pride sacrifices the unity of a culture, for the whims of a powerful few.
But why would Hip-Hop artists, often at the mercy of record labels, settle for notoriety by dissing others on their album. Chino XL released an album dissing rappers, politicians and people in showbiz and others as a gimmick, to enhance the metaphors he wrote for his songs. Others like 50 Cent's "How To Rob" wasn't intended to diss emcees in the lyrics, and y got stabbed at a club by one of the rappers in his song. So even as far as riding "Diss" records for gimmick-value might not be safe after all, since some take lyrics as against them very personal.What draws a line from dissing directly and using the diss as a critique? KRS-One takes his to a more general level, first by omitting certain wack rapper's name and substituting general words like "MC's with no skills" for example. Ultimately, no one is dissed, and with their own judgment should decide if the do fall under the category or not.
Sure enough, dissing is not the only harm done to hip-hop unity, but the loose foundations of many hip-hop organizations. Those bred by money, and that alone, tend to destroy each other within the organization. Bad Boy ran a loose ship to which some of their artists were forced to retire or shop for another label. Another is the serious love-hate relationship of mainstream hip-hop and the underground counterparts. The mainstream looking at the underground as penniless. Lyrical complex MC's strictly for the backpacking, cipher b-boy crowd, while the underground views the mainstream as commercial garbage, using recycled beats for profit, Such artistic differences already create a standoff and disunity in hip-hop. Instead of respecting the choices of each sound. the two try to tear each other apart and see who is the last one standing.
Hip-Hop in the P.I. is no different, many groups of MC's belonging to their respective camps fragment hip-hop unity by dissing other camps. This traces back to the tribal mentality of most of the Filipinos, going way back before Legaspi colonized the Philippines. Each group having a different sound looks down on those who are different. Like the pre-Hispanic Tribes, they waged wars based on the different headdress a tribe had, or the tattoos they were recognized for.
Many blame each other for hip-hop's slow growth in the P.I. when in fact the real issue is the "crab" mentality of the artist and their supporters. If an MC were to shit on all other MC's in the P.I. in one song, all the potential listeners already shut off their ears to those crews due to that one dissing MC.
The bottom line is effort and the maturity of artist to extend a hand of peace, instead of a diss. There is so little to lose and more to gain by maintaining a unity in the hip-hop community. especially here in the Philippines, where hip-hop is still neglected and respected by the media, record labels and others. When abandoned by the powers that be, severing ties between artist is like abandoning hip-hop for the sake of personal greed and ambition, which will only take one so far. With hip-hop in still infant stages in the P.I. it still needs all the help from everyone that believes they are part of the community. In order to develop, hip-hop must first struggle to survive against the elements bent on destroying it. With that frame of mind, only then can hip-hop unite and still stand against non-believers.

Contributor:Decypher

Note: This piece was originally published on "SoulSonic Newsletter" September 2000 (Issue Six) we post this because we think that even this article was written 8 years ago.. the topic or content is still relevant up to this day...

New Album: Lazy Boy Blues- Skarm

For orders, contact 09182973862 or 09157869912
The CD comes in a nifty CD envelope and includes "Lifeless (remix)" as a Bonus Hidden track.Skarm is a member of the Independent Rap Group/Label AMPON.
http://amponcamp.com/

Events this Week:

Gloc @ UP Fair
Feb. 11, 2008 @ UP Diliman

Dongalo Valentinez Party
Feb. 14, 2008 @ "Aryan Theater" (Remedios Taft,Malate) 9 PM
with
MADKILLAH OF SALBAKUTA
DJ TRIGGAH, OMAN B., JOLLY AND MORE ..
-TINY AND COMPANY (STAND UP COMEDIANS) AND MORE SUPRISE GUEST ...

TV:
Andrew E. will be guesting on Wowowee this Tuesday (Feb.12) 12 Noon

New Video: "Pakibulong" - Lamarga ft. Krazykyle

here is the New video from Krazykyle's Rapskallion Familia-Batangas City representatives "LAMARGA"

Old Skool Fridays: "Ito Ang Gusto Ko"- Francis M.

Click On The Image for "Way Of The Tongue" Track Download

For this week installment of Old Skool Fridays we got Francis M.'s "Meron Akong Ano" that was released in 1993.. under Octoarts.. In this album he introduced his band KANABIZ... who is responsible for the music on the entire album.. where live instruments is used on all of the tracks... and that makes this different from his previous albums (YO & RAP is Francis M.)... This album received commercial success with the help of Royal Tru Orange jingle "Ito Ang Gusto Ko" that was also used as TV Commercial with Francis M. on the Advertisement itself... but aside from "Ito Ang Gusto Ko" other notable tracks are Meron Akong Ano, Ayoko Sa Dilim, Nilamon ng Sistema & Ubos Biyaya makes this a classic album... Now the Question is.. when or will do labels gonna Re-Issue/Re-Master pinoyrap albums... I Hope so... Peace

Myspace Artist Of The Week: Ill-Literacy

www.myspace.com/illliteracy
www.ill-literacy.com

Here is a group of young talented spoken word artist from California and their only female member is a Filipina.. who's already been featured on MYX (US).. check out their site and listen to their tracks...

Summer is Here !! DJ PONGA'S BACK2DAGRILL (SUMMER BBQ MIX 2008)

http://rapidshare.com/files/88555856/back2dagrillmixx.mp3
(Tracklisting available upon request)

Summer is here and once again it's time to gather the Homies and the Panochas for a BBQ excursion. Thanks to "Dj Ponga" who provided this official "Summer Mixtape" for Soulsonic. Featuring the latest tunes from Snoop, Pitbull, YinYang, Sean Kingston, Souljah Boy, M.I.A, Neyo and some cool Mashups from the self-proclaimed "Kilabot ng mga Kolehiyala", Dj Ponga. His last Mixtape ,"80's Dynamite Hitz" was also another favorite here in Soulsonic. So ano pa? Eto na, Download na !! Habang libre pa!

ILL-J Exclusiv Interview !!

ILL J is a name known in the local Hiphop scene as an Emcee. There are many titles that are thrown around. Gloc-9 is the tongue-twisting king. Loonie is the lyrical/punchline kid. Mobbstarr is Hip-Hop royalty. Mike Swift is Legendary. But ILL-J is THE definition of an Emcee. One that has delivered both in quality and swagger.
Here's a Insightful interview with SVC's ILL-J. Check out also a teaser from his upcoming 2nd album coming real soon! Here's "Mindblow", ILL-j's latest track.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/721794089c40fc/