Freestyle Fam Making Moves, Cig Dropping Bars, Joe Josh Laying Beats

FREESTYLE FAM

Freestyle Fam are some the illest and most talented rappers you'll ever hear period. Their latest project, called, First & 15th, will see The Fam releasing a new song for FREE download every 1st and 15th of the month. Check out their first release below.

Freestyle Fam also released a new single on iTunes today, "Here We Go." Check it out and DOWNLOAD IT HERE.

Keep up with Freestyle Fam at their newly updated website - http://www.freestylefam.com/

CIG

CiG is in the studio cooking up a new album, but along the way is sneaking out tidbits of what's to come. 

Watch him kill it in this freestyle.

JOE JOSH

Check out what Joe Josh is doing over in his studio. Cranking out almost a beat a week, contact him if you need a producer.

BROKEN RECORDS COLLECTIVE

Dropping soon, the "No Mercy Remix" by CiG, SiK Boi, Vinny Jett, and Anthony M.

BROKEN RECORDS MAGAZINE

Broken Records just released the issue in almost a year. It is a relaunch and Internet transition for the publication. View it and DOWNLOAD IT FREE.

Link Drop- New Music, Free Music, and More!

OMNIA
Check out Omnia's first official music video. I've done two shows with her in the past, extremely talented and nice!


"Grace" Official Music Video



http://omniamusic.bandcamp.com/


Michael Giordano (It's Not Over)
Mike took everyone's favorite Jeremy Lin and dropped the bass on them!



Not From Concentrate
Vote for this S.I. ska/punk band for the Warped Battle of the Bands!
http://warped.battleofthebands.com/u/notfromconcentrate


Broken Records Collective Artists


The Rappers of BRC 'Stay Schemin Remix'

Vinny Jett and Justin from POF remix Atmosphere's classic song, 'God's Bathroom Floor Remix.'






Also be sure to check out Broken Records Collective's first show. INFO HERE

Big Update: Free music from the Collective and more!

CIG CiG's first music video. "I Want to Go Back" off of Back Against the Wall. Filmed and directed by Jen Santori. Music Video : CIG I Wanna Go Back from Jennifer Santori on Vimeo. Download the track for free as well! Broken Records Collective Rappers Check out Freestyle Fam, CiG, Eric D'Alessandro, Vinny Jett, and Justin from POF's remix of "Stay Schemin." Download it for free here

FigureHead

Listen to and download a new track by FigureHead called "Accept the Change."

Process of Fusion

The band is now on iTunes, buy the album here!

http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/process-of-fusion/id502681045?ign-mpt=uo%3D4

Also, support them at the Break Contest!

http://www.facebook.com/events/288660437867357/?ref=ts

Also be sure to check out, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Taking-Steps-Be-The-Change/304219856292665?sk=wall&filter=1

Update - Music, links, and Broken Records Collective!

Lets start off with the links


Just launched my Record Label, Broken Records Collective. Please follow all the links, and help me get the word out.

Created by Kristen Solis

http://www.facebook.com/BrokenRecordsCollective
https://twitter.com/#!/BR_Collective
http://brokenrecordscollective.bandcamp.com/ - MUSIC PAGE


Check out three of our rappers videos!


Eric D'Alessandro "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3"



CiG "No Church in the Wild & Stay Scheming Freestyle"






SiK B of Process of Fusion "Bonfire Remix"



Also, be sure to like Broken Records Photography


K SCOTT
K Scott has some nasty beats he wants to show you all, check them out here.


PROCESS OF FUSION
Process of Fusion had their album, Connections, reviewed by the Christian Music Review Blog. Read that here.

Also, check out the photos from their show at The Stone Pony, taken by photographer Laura DeSantis Olsson.
http://www.ldophoto.net/data/web/processoffusionstonepony/index.html


SPREAD THE RUMOR...kinda



BACKSLASHES & BAD IDEAS/WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS



VERBATIM
Check them out on Facebook and listen to their first recorded song, "Desire & I."


FOUR NIGHTS GONE
Come to their album release show, more info here!


MUSIC AGAINST BULLYING
This show is very important! It is in memory of recent suicide victim Amanda Cummings. Please come out and support her friends and family.


More info here


RUNNING ON SWEETS BLOG
Read my girlfriend's blog on fitness and running here.
http://runningonsweets.blogspot.com/


XO
 OX - Life I Live by RatherUniqueMusicGroup 


JON SANTOS RECORDING
My band's producer is having a sick deal on recording. See below.

Music Videos and New Releases, Check Them Out!

PROCESS OF FUSION
Watch Process of Fusion's cd release show on their documentary



Read their album review on Ticket Shack here


FREESTYLE FAM
Freestyle Fam Destroy a Lil Wayne & Drake beat, check it out!



SIK BOI
Also, if you could be so kind and give a listen to my own remix of a Drake & J. Cole song "In the Morning." It's available for free download!

ALI

Check out this single by my boy Ali. He kills it on the production and verses.

FOUR NIGHTS GONE

Here's Four Nights Gone's, new single "Crash and Burn" available for free download on Bandcamp.

JON COMIS
Covers Paramore's "Monster"



GORILLAZ COVER

Lastly, this is just awesome

Huge Mega Update!!!

Band Spotlight
If you've never heard of the band Moving Mountains, I suggest you look them up immediately or read the interview I had with their singer Greg. Doing an album review Waves is on the things to do list. Anyway, check out their new video for "Cascade" below.



Another band that has been brought to my attention recently is, The Body Rampant. I was sent their music video for "Sativa." They recently released their new album, Transient Years on April 5th. I'm not sure who they remind me of yet (which is a good thing), but they have that same Moving Mountains feel to them. I guess for the time being we will go with Armor for Sleep meets a melodic Taking Back Sunday. Check out their very interesting video below.



A'tris song of the week
As usual, I will remain faithful to my buddy Mason of A'tris and update you all on the song of the week project. Can you believe they are up to week 21 already? Keep up the good work boys! Check out 20 and 21 below.






Playdough Releases New video
Don't worry my hip-hop heads, I have something for you too! Check out Playdough's new video for "Ya Heard" featuring Mr. Dibbs vs. the Black Keys. Read my interview and review of his album here.



Jon Santos of Fallzone Releases a Teaser
My favorite producer, Jon Santos of 1176 Studios, gave us a little promo of what's going to be on the new Fallzone album with a backyard BBQ rendition of "Dance with Me." Give it a listen below.

Oh yeah, and this too



New Episode of Hollywood Girl
Speaking of Jon Santos, have you seen the show he works on, Hollywood Girl? Congratulations are in order because Hollywood Girl will soon be featured on a local channel out in California. Courtney Zito, keep up the good work! Watch the new episode below.



Process of Fusion
Last but certainly not least in my heart, check out my band in the Aquarian Weekly (click that). Special shout out to Dave Incognito for the hook up. Also, for anyone wondering on the status of the new album, it's almost here. It is completely finished, we are just in the process of creating artwork and getting some background stuff taken care of. Listen here for the first two singles.


Also, check out a side project of mine with singer/songwriter Matt Beck, called Cross Town Rivals. Listen to our first single "Fool Me Twice" here.

Some Shameless Promotion

I love music. I love games. I made a rap song over a video game beat! In perhaps one of the last great Sonic the Hedgehog games made, Sonic Adventure 2, there was a tune called "Humming Baseline." I found it, I rapped it, I conquered it.

Oh yeah, remember Myspace? Click here for the song!

Now go pull out your Dreamcast or Gamecube and find that beat!

Found here- http://crash-fm.deviantart.com/art/SONIC-ADVENTURE-2-POSTER-136926266

About me

I have a regular "about me" section, but that pertains to me standardly. This is a whole new adventure, so I'll write a whole new "about me" pertaining to why I'm doing this.
I've been wanting to blog for a long time. I just never knew what to do it on. I've dabbeled with the likes of Xanga, Myspace, and Facebook, but never found them as useful means of expressing my thoughts. Then I take a class I thought was going to be newspaper reporting. Turns out the class was changed to blogging 101, and my main objective would be to create a relevent blog. Eureka! As I pondered the infinite possibilities of what to write about, I hurt myself because I thought to hard...but then it hit me! LET'S TALK ABOUT MUSIC!!! (Sorry, those are my excited caps).

So let me tell you important stuff now "Hey ya'll what up, lemme tell ya bout me. I'm Justin, the illest and flyest MC. Cause when I rock the mic we start the party..."- SiK Boi aka me.

Ok, so basically, I'm a musician. I started as a punk rock drummer and vocalist when I was in 8th grade. I soon grew bored of this, and was not very successful. I enjoyed writing the songs much better, but had severe stage fright, and a crackling voice. What do I do? I went to college, and gave up on my dream...until I started rapping. I was intrigued by the idea, and realized I wasn't half bad. Then I started drumming, and rapping at the same time. It was a cool gimic thats novelty wore away when everything became too basic. Eventually me and my friend Pat formed my current band PROCESS OF FUSION. I abandoned the drums for the sake of a better drummer, and I now share lead vocal duties. After a few lineup changes, mainly drummers, we have the squad that I will do battle with everytime I play a show. I'd say we are pretty well known on the island, and I hope to branch out and grow from here.

Ok, but you still haven't answered about why you are qualified to write this blog? I figure, I know most of the bands on S.I., or have at least seen or heard of them. I've toured the Cup every week of the summer, and have gotten to know many wonderful and talented people. I have been in a bunch of bands doing various things, and I have about 400 cds ranging from N'SYNC to Eminem to some kind of Death Metal. I love music, it is my life, and I hope to make it until I am no longer around. I want to leave my imprint on this earth for something. With that being said, it will not come easy, so I have to garner the attention in whatever way I can. I want this site be the jump off point to any aspiring artist or just big music fans who want to stay in touch with the locals. I think that's enough for now...