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Paxico Records Limited Edition Cassette Tapes

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the hours. when story’s are told, little is written of the hours. the writer malcolm gladwell describes the process of attaining mastery in any given field as a discipline. one that takes, at the very least, 10,000 hours to achieve. 10,000 hours of constant mistakes. constant doubts. constant frustrations. constant starts. stops. and incompletions. while there are those who get a glimpse of that, very few truly achieve it. maybe it’s because of the toll that the path to mastery takes on you. it’s something akin to a monastic order. practicing the same thing day in, day out. it’s the difference between a new + trendy sushi spot in downtown LA and Jiro Ono’s modest sushi stall in the Ginza ward of Tokyo. tucked away at the bottom of a stairwell in a subway station, Ono’s nondescript shop is easily passed up. there are no outwards signs hinting at a master dwelling within. but those who know, know. the sushi that he and his staff prepare - day in, day out - is simply the best. you can taste the work in it. all of those hours mixed down to one bite. just the same, you can taste the work in Sebb’s music. Hussle Crowe. the scientist. a craftsman who spends countless hours in a lab, hidden in a basement in Lausanne, Switzerland, just off Lake Geneva. it’s a most unsuspecting location for a musical master to be situated. it’s not the mecca that LA has become. and certainly not the cultural center point that is NYC. but it serves it’s purpose. and those who know, know. if you know how to hear it. and what to listen for. then you get it. take Gladwell’s 10,000 hours. multiply that a few times. add in some authenticity. a whole bunch of sacrifice. a brain that’s equal parts simple + complex. two golden ears and one monstrous creative drive + output. there you have it. that’s the recipe. that’s Sebb Bash. Sebb’s ‘Imports’ project on @alanthechemist’s ALC imprint is now available on Bandcamp. vinyl available via @fatbeats. cop that. #sebbbash #imports #ALC
this evening. #LettuceTurnUpThaBeets #Imports #Edition celebrating the release of my our brother @sebb_bash 's latest masterpiece. get familiar. audio & live footage to be released soon📢 #lighterthievesunited #LTU #beatsInbklyn #inviteonly
finally, finally made it back to my happy place after four months of waiting and recovering. getting up the stairs at Roosevelt Ave. station wasn’t easy but the strain was well worth it. prior to my accident, i always made time for myself to go on a ‘self date’. those normally involved me getting a newspaper and riding the E train to this part of Queens to my favorite restaurant....Krystal’s. some folks might hate. sure, Tito Rad’s might have a more solid reputation and more expansive menu. but this place feels like home. more precisely, it feels like one of the many living rooms of my many Filipino friends’ grandmother’s homes i ate in when i lived a few years in Guam as a young man. it also feels like many of the places i ate while traveling to Manila + Cebu. maybe it’s the Filipino soap opera’s, with the touching commercials in between of nannies and domestic workers sending out heart warming messages to their families back in the PI. or the uncles in the corner drinking Red Horse and playing cards. or the occasional karaoke parties upstairs. i dunno. i just love this spot and am happy that i’m healthy enough to continue to come back. i haven’t eaten much red meat or chicken the past couple of months. but it was dope to come in, have them remember me, inquire about where i’ve been and ask me for my regular: chicken adobo, two scoops of rice and an extra bowl of adobo sauce on the side. bless up. stop through if you ever get a chance. #queens #woodside #queens #littlemanila #krystalspastryshop #pinoy #filipino #chicken #adobo
i’ll be digging in my crates and spinning a selection of gems that i’ve dug up from around the world this saturday at @secretprojectrobot in support of @awesometapesfromafrica. i’m truly humbled that he asked me to join him and it really does bring us full circle. we first met at SXSW 2011. @byggie was helping run @okayplayer’s online jazz mag called ‘The Revivalist’ and they had done up an early interview of ATFA. we’ve been keeping tabs on each other ever since and seeing his idea grow into the adventure that it is now has been so amazing! the show is sold out online, but i hope to catch some of you there. i don’t blend or mix like that.....but i do enjoy selecting those things that move my soul. hope that you enjoy it if you happen to get in....and hopefully there will be tix at the door. bless.... #awesometapesfromafrica #secretproject
recovery playlist. selection forty six. cormega. ‘the testament’. came home to a very special gift yesterday. most people don’t know that @iamcormega ranks as one of my favorite all time writers/figures in hip hop. from the first time i heard him (see: funkmaster flex’s ‘60 mins of Funk’ for his timeless freestyle that first got me) i’ve always connected with his authentic way of telling his story on the mic. his track ‘the legacy’ is actually one of my favorite songs. period. QB hip hop raised me musically + spiritually on so many levels. amongst all of that lore surrounding Queensbridge, Cormega sits central to so much. recently he’s been selling signed + sealed copies of ‘Testament’ via his IG page. this album is special for many reasons, but most importantly because it was supposed to be his debut album in the 90s. Def Jam ended up shelving it, but he eventually bought the masters and released it on his own Legal Hustle imprint in 2005. i was disheartened to see that folks were buying these pieces of history from him (at a very reasonable price) and then turning around, marking them WAAAAAAAY up on Discogs and listing them for sale. i reached out, inquired on how many he had left and how he wanted to be paid. he asked for my address and then.....nothing. radio silence. two days later this arrived. the good Brother sent it on the strength. a true testament to who he has always represented himself to be. Salaams and Salute King. this means so much. Bless.....
playing a few records with my #thepvsh #lighterthieves #paxico family. going live now. ・・・ We live on the internet tonight con @thepvsh on @instawaxx make sure you lock in! Lotta stars in the house tonight. 10-12am ☕️🌬🍃
a true brooklyn king and a living, breathing piece of hip hop history. salute + respect to @freispeech. been trying to get him over for the longest and i’m so happy that we could finally make this connect happen. and i’m especially happy that he brought that mpc live through for me to demo.....cause i’m fairly certain that it’s gonna be my next purchase. bless up, Brethren, and thank you for your positive energy and encouragement. ps... @cavwins i gave him that bear hug for you 👏🏾👐🏾✌🏾❤️
it’s always a Blessing to session with good people that you are a fan of. i’ve been following @doit4theboppers for a minute and never officially made his acquaintance until after the @beathausshow 5th anniversary party. he was playing something that he rhymed on for a homie out of his phone and it had me stop right in my tracks as i was leaving. wow. i listened for all of like ten seconds and was like, ‘send this to me yo!!!’ he did....but i didn’t recognize who he was till the morning after while running down the track again. looking forward to building with this young King. the fact that he’s a Taurus (like me) and uses #maschine (like me too) makes me that much more excited. goodness all around.
did it. thank you thank you thank you to all who came out to share in a beautiful night. thank you to @freshdotdaily. thank you to @beathausshow. thank you to those who watched out for and took care of me. thank you to those who listened to and absorbed what is so often an isolated experience. can’t say when the next time out will be....but for those who came, i hope that you enjoyed the night as much as i did. #lighterthieves #lighterthievesunited #fieldresearch #paxicorecords #beathaus
finally made it back. missed my @a1recordshop family. thank you as always @yamashefo for the ear + the gems. much love to my sister @niarasterling for coming along to dig a little, build a little and make sure i didn’t fall. this return meant a great deal to me. #a1recordshop #OTR #LTU
@freshdotdaily recounting how @whoisjr slayed pumpkinhead (r.i.p.) playin’ the dozens after a show in new brunswick. let me tell you. i love this brotha right here. i woke up early to go to the gym this morning and sensed that he was back in town from Oakland. texted him. he was. asked him to come to the gym with me. he did. energetically this man is a rare breed. one of the tried and the true. true family. and a King. from right here in Brooklyn. he gots rights to this. and i never, ever, ever confuse the privilege that it is that i get to participate in this forum called #blackmusic that he was born and bred in. and neither should any of you. five years ago, Fresh tapped my shoulder at a @paxicorecords #powwaw and said, ‘i’m starting a beat party. i want you to play.’ it was my first time ever playing any of my music in a public setting. i had only sold beats up to that point. he came to the crib a week or two later, pointed out which joints i should play and that was it. i was the first beatmaker to rock a @beathausshow set. in @chuklegarcon’s basement. five years later, they’re still pushing. and keeping in tradition, i’ll be rocking the opening set at 8:00. it’s gonna be live. join us at @littlefieldnyc tomorrow for an amazing night. with @pudgemental @ewonee_ @blackspade + #dibiase. doors open at 7:00 and you’re gonna wanna be there early. bless up, Fresh. bless up, Beat Haus. #beathaus #5thanniversary #littlefieldnyc
back in 2011, my wife @byggie was the editor-in-chief for @revivemusic’s online magazine #therevivalist, partnership with @okayplayer. i heard about this dude who had traveled to the continent and brought back some amazing music on cassette....which also happened to be the medium that he used to DJ. i checked out some mixes of his and instantly got hooked. i had soooooo many damned questions. i told my wife about him and she ended up doing an interview of him. not long after we went to see him playing at the fader fort during SXSW 2011. i was struck by how kind and genuine he was. there’s a real authenticity there and i’m not certain if that story gets told as much as it should.....though i know it shines thru in the music he stands by. shout out and respect to @awesometapesfromafrica. been rocking with him for close to a decade and it’s been beautiful seeing his idea grow in the way that it has. it was also a nice closing of circle for to be able to open up for him. that was a lot of fun. but maaaaaaaaaaan. those gems he dropped?! goodness gracious. salute, my friend. thank you for letting me share and study last night. that was a much needed lift. thank you to everyone who came through too. it was mad packed and i appreciate the energy. got to reconnect with some beautiful folks. bless. #awesometapesfromafrica #secretprojectrobot
rarely spin out. but i am today. playing sounds that i like @secretprojectrobot tonite in support of @awesometapesfromafrica. starting at 10pm. eventbrite is sold out but there should be space at the door. be well. hope to see you all soon. we about to go on a lil trip. #secretprojectrobot #awesometapesfromafrica
the hours. when story’s are told, little is written of the hours. the writer malcolm gladwell describes the process of attaining mastery in any given field as a discipline. one that takes, at the very least, 10,000 hours to achieve. 10,000 hours of constant mistakes. constant doubts. constant frustrations. constant starts. stops. and incompletions. while there are those who get a glimpse of that, very few truly achieve it. maybe it’s because of the toll that the path to mastery takes on you. it’s something akin to a monastic order. practicing the same thing day in, day out. it’s the difference between a new + trendy sushi spot in downtown LA and Jiro Ono’s modest sushi stall in the Ginza ward of Tokyo. tucked away at the bottom of a stairwell in a subway station, Ono’s nondescript shop is easily passed up. there are no outwards signs hinting at a master dwelling within. but those who know, know. the sushi that he and his staff prepare - day in, day out - is simply the best. you can taste the work in it. all of those hours mixed down to one bite. just the same, you can taste the work in Sebb’s music. Hussle Crowe. the scientist. a craftsman who spends countless hours in a lab, hidden in a basement in Lausanne, Switzerland, just off Lake Geneva. it’s a most unsuspecting location for a musical master to be situated. it’s not the mecca that LA has become. and certainly not the cultural center point that is NYC. but it serves it’s purpose. and those who know, know. if you know how to hear it. and what to listen for. then you get it. take Gladwell’s 10,000 hours. multiply that a few times. add in some authenticity. a whole bunch of sacrifice. a brain that’s equal parts simple + complex. two golden ears and one monstrous creative drive + output. there you have it. that’s the recipe. that’s Sebb Bash. Sebb’s ‘Imports’ project on @alanthechemist’s ALC imprint is now available on Bandcamp. vinyl available via @fatbeats. cop that. #sebbbash #imports #ALC
the hours. when story’s are told, little is written of the hours. the writer malcolm gladwell describes the process of attaining mastery in any given field as a discipline. one that takes, at the very least, 10,000 hours to achieve. 10,000 hours of constant mistakes. constant doubts. constant frustrations. constant starts. stops. and incompletions. while there are those who get a glimpse of that, very few truly achieve it. maybe it’s because of the toll that the path to mastery takes on you. it’s something akin to a monastic order. practicing the same thing day in, day out. it’s the difference between a new + trendy sushi spot in downtown LA and Jiro Ono’s modest sushi stall in the Ginza ward of Tokyo. tucked away at the bottom of a stairwell in a subway station, Ono’s nondescript shop is easily passed up. there are no outwards signs hinting at a master dwelling within. but those who know, know. the sushi that he and his staff prepare - day in, day out - is simply the best. you can taste the work in it. all of those hours mixed down to one bite. just the same, you can taste the work in Sebb’s music. Hussle Crowe. the scientist. a craftsman who spends countless hours in a lab, hidden in a basement in Lausanne, Switzerland, just off Lake Geneva. it’s a most unsuspecting location for a musical master to be situated. it’s not the mecca that LA has become. and certainly not the cultural center point that is NYC. but it serves it’s purpose. and those who know, know. if you know how to hear it. and what to listen for. then you get it. take Gladwell’s 10,000 hours. multiply that a few times. add in some authenticity. a whole bunch of sacrifice. a brain that’s equal parts simple + complex. two golden ears and one monstrous creative drive + output. there you have it. that’s the recipe. that’s Sebb Bash. Sebb’s ‘Imports’ project on @alanthechemist’s ALC imprint is now available on Bandcamp. vinyl available via @fatbeats. cop that. #sebbbash #imports #ALC
this evening. #LettuceTurnUpThaBeets #Imports #Edition celebrating the release of my our brother @sebb_bash 's latest masterpiece. get familiar. audio & live footage to be released soon📢 #lighterthievesunited #LTU #beatsInbklyn #inviteonly
this evening. #LettuceTurnUpThaBeets #Imports #Edition celebrating the release of my our brother @sebb_bash 's latest masterpiece. get familiar. audio & live footage to be released soon📢 #lighterthievesunited #LTU #beatsInbklyn #inviteonly
finally, finally made it back to my happy place after four months of waiting and recovering. getting up the stairs at Roosevelt Ave. station wasn’t easy but the strain was well worth it. prior to my accident, i always made time for myself to go on a ‘self date’. those normally involved me getting a newspaper and riding the E train to this part of Queens to my favorite restaurant....Krystal’s. some folks might hate. sure, Tito Rad’s might have a more solid reputation and more expansive menu. but this place feels like home. more precisely, it feels like one of the many living rooms of my many Filipino friends’ grandmother’s homes i ate in when i lived a few years in Guam as a young man. it also feels like many of the places i ate while traveling to Manila + Cebu. maybe it’s the Filipino soap opera’s, with the touching commercials in between of nannies and domestic workers sending out heart warming messages to their families back in the PI. or the uncles in the corner drinking Red Horse and playing cards. or the occasional karaoke parties upstairs. i dunno. i just love this spot and am happy that i’m healthy enough to continue to come back. i haven’t eaten much red meat or chicken the past couple of months. but it was dope to come in, have them remember me, inquire about where i’ve been and ask me for my regular: chicken adobo, two scoops of rice and an extra bowl of adobo sauce on the side. bless up. stop through if you ever get a chance. #queens #woodside #queens #littlemanila #krystalspastryshop #pinoy #filipino #chicken #adobo
finally, finally made it back to my happy place after four months of waiting and recovering. getting up the stairs at Roosevelt Ave. station wasn’t easy but the strain was well worth it. prior to my accident, i always made time for myself to go on a ‘self date’. those normally involved me getting a newspaper and riding the E train to this part of Queens to my favorite restaurant....Krystal’s. some folks might hate. sure, Tito Rad’s might have a more solid reputation and more expansive menu. but this place feels like home. more precisely, it feels like one of the many living rooms of my many Filipino friends’ grandmother’s homes i ate in when i lived a few years in Guam as a young man. it also feels like many of the places i ate while traveling to Manila + Cebu. maybe it’s the Filipino soap opera’s, with the touching commercials in between of nannies and domestic workers sending out heart warming messages to their families back in the PI. or the uncles in the corner drinking Red Horse and playing cards. or the occasional karaoke parties upstairs. i dunno. i just love this spot and am happy that i’m healthy enough to continue to come back. i haven’t eaten much red meat or chicken the past couple of months. but it was dope to come in, have them remember me, inquire about where i’ve been and ask me for my regular: chicken adobo, two scoops of rice and an extra bowl of adobo sauce on the side. bless up. stop through if you ever get a chance. #queens #woodside #queens #littlemanila #krystalspastryshop #pinoy #filipino #chicken #adobo
i’ll be digging in my crates and spinning a selection of gems that i’ve dug up from around the world this saturday at @secretprojectrobot in support of @awesometapesfromafrica. i’m truly humbled that he asked me to join him and it really does bring us full circle. we first met at SXSW 2011. @byggie was helping run @okayplayer’s online jazz mag called ‘The Revivalist’ and they had done up an early interview of ATFA. we’ve been keeping tabs on each other ever since and seeing his idea grow into the adventure that it is now has been so amazing! the show is sold out online, but i hope to catch some of you there. i don’t blend or mix like that.....but i do enjoy selecting those things that move my soul. hope that you enjoy it if you happen to get in....and hopefully there will be tix at the door. bless.... #awesometapesfromafrica #secretproject
i’ll be digging in my crates and spinning a selection of gems that i’ve dug up from around the world this saturday at @secretprojectrobot in support of @awesometapesfromafrica. i’m truly humbled that he asked me to join him and it really does bring us full circle. we first met at SXSW 2011. @byggie was helping run @okayplayer’s online jazz mag called ‘The Revivalist’ and they had done up an early interview of ATFA. we’ve been keeping tabs on each other ever since and seeing his idea grow into the adventure that it is now has been so amazing! the show is sold out online, but i hope to catch some of you there. i don’t blend or mix like that.....but i do enjoy selecting those things that move my soul. hope that you enjoy it if you happen to get in....and hopefully there will be tix at the door. bless.... #awesometapesfromafrica #secretproject
yesterday was absolutely glorious. walked to von king park wearing only shorts and a t-shirt. helped @byggie host a powerful gathering of women at our place. pulled a tarot card that TOTALLY matched with where i am at in life right now. finally returned to @nublunyc to see my family there. and saw my brother @pudgemental absolutely destroy the room. c’mon. this brotha played frank zappa in the club like it was nothing. today might be dreary, but i’m still filled with warmth from the tremendous outpouring of love + inspiration that i witnessed yesterday. ya’ll be well and stay warm out there too....wherever you may be. track: ‘valerian root + catnip tea’. made by me. #spring #brooklyn #bedstuy #beats #igbeatclub #maschine #mpc3000 #lighterthievesunited
rooftop’s the mandatory move with weather like this. being a taurus, i’ve always felt an energetic shift within my being during this time of the year. as my birth season + month approaches and the temperature grows warmer, i feel a surge in physical strength. really looking forward to may today. hope that you all got to experience some of this marvelous weather today. track name: ‘nite moves’. produced by me. #spring #brooklyn #bedstuy #beats #igbeatclub #maschine #mpc3000
recovery playlist. selection forty six. cormega. ‘the testament’. came home to a very special gift yesterday. most people don’t know that @iamcormega ranks as one of my favorite all time writers/figures in hip hop. from the first time i heard him (see: funkmaster flex’s ‘60 mins of Funk’ for his timeless freestyle that first got me) i’ve always connected with his authentic way of telling his story on the mic. his track ‘the legacy’ is actually one of my favorite songs. period. QB hip hop raised me musically + spiritually on so many levels. amongst all of that lore surrounding Queensbridge, Cormega sits central to so much. recently he’s been selling signed + sealed copies of ‘Testament’ via his IG page. this album is special for many reasons, but most importantly because it was supposed to be his debut album in the 90s. Def Jam ended up shelving it, but he eventually bought the masters and released it on his own Legal Hustle imprint in 2005. i was disheartened to see that folks were buying these pieces of history from him (at a very reasonable price) and then turning around, marking them WAAAAAAAY up on Discogs and listing them for sale. i reached out, inquired on how many he had left and how he wanted to be paid. he asked for my address and then.....nothing. radio silence. two days later this arrived. the good Brother sent it on the strength. a true testament to who he has always represented himself to be. Salaams and Salute King. this means so much. Bless.....
recovery playlist. selection forty six. cormega. ‘the testament’. came home to a very special gift yesterday. most people don’t know that @iamcormega ranks as one of my favorite all time writers/figures in hip hop. from the first time i heard him (see: funkmaster flex’s ‘60 mins of Funk’ for his timeless freestyle that first got me) i’ve always connected with his authentic way of telling his story on the mic. his track ‘the legacy’ is actually one of my favorite songs. period. QB hip hop raised me musically + spiritually on so many levels. amongst all of that lore surrounding Queensbridge, Cormega sits central to so much. recently he’s been selling signed + sealed copies of ‘Testament’ via his IG page. this album is special for many reasons, but most importantly because it was supposed to be his debut album in the 90s. Def Jam ended up shelving it, but he eventually bought the masters and released it on his own Legal Hustle imprint in 2005. i was disheartened to see that folks were buying these pieces of history from him (at a very reasonable price) and then turning around, marking them WAAAAAAAY up on Discogs and listing them for sale. i reached out, inquired on how many he had left and how he wanted to be paid. he asked for my address and then.....nothing. radio silence. two days later this arrived. the good Brother sent it on the strength. a true testament to who he has always represented himself to be. Salaams and Salute King. this means so much. Bless.....
playing a few records with my #thepvsh #lighterthieves #paxico family. going live now. ・・・ We live on the internet tonight con @thepvsh on @instawaxx make sure you lock in! Lotta stars in the house tonight. 10-12am ☕️🌬🍃
playing a few records with my #thepvsh #lighterthieves #paxico family. going live now. ・・・ We live on the internet tonight con @thepvsh on @instawaxx make sure you lock in! Lotta stars in the house tonight. 10-12am ☕️🌬🍃

 

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