Beat Junkies..."For the Record" 20 years in the game

West Coast hip hop history isn't complete without a chapter on the World Famous Beat Junkies. This summer, I turned my back for a minute and missed the Beat Junkie tourkick-off at the Echoplex in June. But, the tour is headed your way...here's the tour schedule.

• Hip Hop Kemp,  Hradec Králové, Czech Republic 17th August
• Royal Arena,  Biel/Bienne, Switzerland, 18th August
• MC Theater , Amsterdam, Netherlands 19th August
• Jazz Cafe, London, UK 23th August
• Nouveau Casino, Paris, France 24th August
• Cassiopeia , Berlin, Germany 25th August

• Mighty, San Francisco, CA 30th Sept.
• Brooklyn Bowl, New York City, NY 21st Oct.
• more U.S. dates to come.

Luckily, I can share this documentary to commemorate the Beat Junkies' 20th anniversary released by clothing label, LRG. Thanks for the schooling and amazing interviews!

The 14-minute video that outlines the history and influence of this influential DJ scratch crew from California with commentary from DJs Jazzy Jeff, A-Trak, Peanut Butter Wolf and Q-Bert.

The Beat Junkies - For the Record from LRG on Vimeo.

LRG also released a Beat Junkie snap back baseball cap and t-shirt for all the DJ heads out there.

All-City, All Genres 8-8-08

LA's legendary Peanut Butter Wolf is doing it again. Next week, Wolf is performing a mammoth 8-night session across Los Angeles to follow-up last year's sell-out Gospel-themed seven night performance ending on 7-7-07, and his Heavy Metal DJ set held on 6-6-06!



Billed as "888", this year's event is all about the Leos in the house as Wolf performs from August 1st-August 8th in an 8-day celebration of 8-8-08. But here's the difference...Peanut Butter Wolf is DJing an all music video set on each of the nights with 8 different genres of music. And of course Wolf's signature "No song or video will be played twice!" will be in effect. Get there early! It's gonna be a roadblock.

8/1: Disco videos- Firecracker Block Party @ Grand Star
8/2: Oldies videos - Funky Sole @ Jimmy's Lounge
8/3: House video - Do-Over @ Cranes
8/4: Boogie videos - Funkmosphere @ Carbon
8/5: Party rock videos - Dim Mak Tuesdays @ Cinespace
8/6: Reggae videos - Dub Club @ The Echoplex
8/7: Hip Hop videos - Rootdown @ Little Temple
8/8: Movie music videos - private party (Details to be announced)