GIVE THANKS

Happy Thanksgiving and I pray you have a great holiday during this time. I have a lot to be thankful for, but right now all I can think about is the digital recorder my brother in law let me hold. Its been I don't know how long since I made a mix cd or posted a podcast. The only means of recording I had was the input on my computer that's jacked up and only records the left channel and my cassete deck that hasn't  worked for maybe 10 years or so.

Now that I got this component, I'm back in business. Now when the ladies at my kids school ask for a work out mix or a Christmas CD or an old school this that and whatever, I can be like BAM!!. Now I need to get some ink for the printer to make some cool labels and ting! Oh! Yo! I told you I got my cards made right? See?

Now I can't make any excuses. Look forward to my soundcloud poppin and nuff more things before 2012. You see me? I know you can see me now.

A Niceness

CHHHHHHUUUUUUUUUUUUUNE

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SOUND CLASH MATERIAL# 10. Courtney Melody - Bad Boy

Impressive tu Ras

Little John - Smoke Ganja Hard

Not afraid of lashing ...

John Wayne-Call The Police

Its me It's Me It's Me ...

Admiral Bailey & Chaka Demus - One Scotch

Dooba Dooba Dooba

#COKNISTRONG

Let me just explain myself real quick yeah? My speech is fueled with the queens English,  the motherland's patois, the Hip Hop slang and the Rasta code so pardon me if you lose me. Just refer to the aforementioned references and compare phrases. So whe mi ah say? Basically my birthday was Wednesday the 23rd of February and I turned 44 aka my earthstrong aka my birthstrong bka my COKNISTRONG. 44 is culture culture all being born to build and destroy according to Supreme Mathematics. I take all that stuff serious. My culture culture is Raggamuffin Hip Hop. That sounds mad corny to me however it is what it is as they say.
Histrionics as they may, I just know that It seem pon that day deh I go mad love from all corners. Text, Twitter, FaceBook, corners, etc. mad love was just heading my direction. Hundreds people hit me off no exaggeration to give me a birthday shout or whatever. Filled up my love cup no doubt. I was floating by on a natural high.
Right now I'm broke as all get out and I had the intention of getting a cake and bringing it to work to celebrate with my compadres, but I couldn't back it. As blessings go, one of my dudes supported a box of fresh fresh donuts!! Thn after work my man Steve complimented my six of Guinness with a bokkle of Strawberry Stoli. I got charged and got online to play some music for whoever would rope in. I knew The Beatminerz was comin on later. Even though I was zu, I was conscious that they was comin on. I'm nothing if I'm not loyal. The show was fun as you can see on my Ustream channel.

COKNISTRONG COKNIWEEK
I was bugging out wit the acronyms for CoknI on twitter buss em : #COKNISTRONG #COKNIWEEK

Iron Gold along with the CUTTER.

The thing I love probably most about DanceHall is the fact how we did so much for Hip Hop and never beg no recognition. We stay true to our format and its so communal that anybody who catch the vibe run with it and flex and nuh even have to give props to who dem getty from. I'm not like that and I would hope more of us would give respect due to the old school crew. So I just want to thank Bammy Man for being the illest if the only human beatBox comin outta the dance and the original buthcher Cutty Ranks for crafting raggamuffin style in my book. Nobody voice like his. True Burro have that tone of voice but Cutty just too nuff widdit. Enjoy the video though ...

LEGALIZE IT

Sammy Levi - Come off The Road

This is my era. Tears upon tears

Alexei Sayle - Ullo John! Gotta New Motor?

THIS IS HOW I GOT ME NAME

Sizzla & Ninjaman live in Jamaica 2006

I Got It Now

Its been over a year (still can't believe it) doing this Ustreamness. Its been all that I thought it would be. I play what I wanna play for people all over the world. Met some cool folks and I'm learning from a great network of DJs that we call ONE NATION RADIO. The Most Dangerous @DJMELLSTAR, @BOOGIEBLIND, @DJ_SKINNY, @SISTASTROKE, @DUMMYTHEDJ to name a few who inspire me and have shared their music.
One of our listeners Dooks P from the UK actually gave me some advice about how to format my shows, He simply asked if zi ever thought of a theme? The thing is, I pride myself on not playing predictable formats, but just so that I don't lose anybody including myself, I will share with you the DECENT SOMETHING LISTENING GUIDE.

Sundays at 7PM EST 4PM PST I do my Reggae program. I start with the intro chune "PREPARE" by Luciano and from there for the first half hour I play JAH-centric music. This is music that glorifies the Creator. My ideal is biblical in which you seek the LORD first and then everything after. I used to practice RastafarI and Islam and even though I am Christian I haven't canceled out my allegiance to Rasta or Allah. My belief is Ras Tafari is Christ in His Kingly character and Allah means more than our concept of God. Much bigger than our human physical understanding. (Pardon me for proselytizing. We can talk about that on a later date.)

The next 15 minutes I play some crucial roots music. The intro song is "Roots" - Bob Marley. After that on the East it oughta be 7:45 so I start play pure 7" 45s for the next 15 minutes. My joints rep my whole show as I juggle from Ragga to Rocksteady to Roots to Dub to Ska to Classics. At the top of the hour its FIRETIME at 8PM so its time to shake off the crosses and have a good time for a half then its all about ROCKERS (Lovers Rock, Rocksteady, Classics and the like.)
Glory to GOD I have been getting great response. Thanks again Dooks P, Richie Criss and my wife and Queen for helping me structure the program.

On ALIVE ON ARRIVAL Mondays 2PM EST I set it off with GOSPEL (Not the stuff that made you wanna leave church but the stuff that make you wanna got to church in the first place. LOL) Then I don't where I go from there but I trust the LORD that I wind up there. Please send me any requests or critique. Its all for you! decentsomething@gmail.com

SALUTE

Sinus is a Minus, Plus it Sucks!!!

Real quick. I been sufering for bout 2 weeks with severe sinus congestion and drainage. Its wack as hell. I be having a conversation with a colleague or client and my nose would run like Bolt. Its the worst. I'm getting allergy shots form my doc, but I don't love that. I truly believe there's a cure in the herb. If you have any answers to how I can be cured naturally. Please hit me up at decentsomething@gmail.com Thank you and I'll talk to you later man.

Downtown Top Rankin

Every Thursday in Lower East Side Manhattan my peoples Deadly Dragon Sound do a thing called Downtown Top Rankin. On the 27th of May I was graced to rock with them the night I hit NY. My cousin  Phil [@MrArchersNYC] came with and caught about 3 trains from Queens to get to the LES.

The night was beautiful and the crowd was diverse as me nuh know wha. I reunited with my bredren J Debeck[@jDeadlyDragon], my man Scratch Famous [@deadlydragon], my boy Mr. K and my sista Queen Majesty [@thequeenmajesty]. Big up my man Ademola [@molarola] and Select came through there people making it a One Love Jamdown.

NY York Trip

On the 27th of May I went to NY all courtesy of my cousin @Mr ArchersNYC who I affectionately refer to as Phil. I had a gig when I arrived with Deadly Dragon Sound at Happy Ending in the Lower East Side. The event was an intimate reggae affair. Selectors Scratch Famous, Queen Majesty, Mr. K, and J Debeck represented magnificantly. I wasn't too bad either. Salute.
I planned my trip in a way that I wouldn't be burnt out an that  wouldn't miss certain folks. Only things I was scheduled for was the gig with Deadly Dragon Thursday, live broadcast with the Beatminerz on Saturday and their birthday party at club Sutra on Sunday. Since I didn't have anything pressing on Friday, I thought I would just chill and got to Cambria and see my old school crew and the houses I grew up in. I hadn't been out there in 20 odd years and its the illest feeling walkin down the block where you learned to ride a bike, used to trick a treat on. It was a good feeling. Went to my old PS and IS which they have changed to MS.
The Ave hasn't changed. Its still hustly. Had a gotta slice of pizza and my favorite soda GUINNESS.

Walking down the Ave seeing races I haven't seen from when reminded how diverse the environment I come from is and is probably why I'm so crazy. Also I think I saw four fights in a day and 3 car accidents. One cat screamed on a girl saying "I'm supposed to be scared of you because you have an ugly face?!" I LOVE NY! New York, Jamaica and England are the only places I know where you can go to the store and buy one beer or up to five out of the six pack if you wanted to. Can't do that in TX . Well not in Dallas (maybe Houston). Still.

BEATMINERZ MIXMASTER WEEKEND MEMORIAL DAY

"IT'S SUMMER BUT WOMEN TAKE OFF
THOSE DAMN GLADIATOR SHOES" MIXMASTER WEEKEND www.DaBeatMinerz.com


THURS. May 27
12PM DJ EVIL DEE
 2PM MR WALT
 4PM CRAZY DJ BAZARRO
 6PM DJ BOOGIEBLIND
 8PM DJ GOLDFINGER
10PM DJ MELLSTARR

FRI. May 28th
12PM SISTA STROKE
 2PM DJ ESQUIRE
 4PM LV
 6PM DJ WAYNE SKI
 8PM DJ SKINNY
10PM DJ FLAMBOYANT
SAT. May 29th
12PM DJ DEZ
 2PM DJ LAW
 4PM CRAZY DJ BAZARRO
 6PM COKNI O' DIRE
 8PM DJ DUMMY
10PM BREAK BEAT LOU

Then whence Sunday come pon the 30th its all about the  BEATMINERZ BIRTHDAY BOOM DANCE TO BLURZNAHT!!!

Start Time:	Sunday, May 30, 2010 at 10:00pm
End Time:	Monday, May 31, 2010 at 4:00am
Location:	SUTRA
Street:	16 FIRST AVENUE (BETWEEN FIRST & SECOND STREET)
City/Town:	New York, NY
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ADMISSION FREE!! GET THERE EARLY I'M TELLING YOU! NOT A GOOD LOOK BEING LEFY OUT A DOOR LIKE A CRUFF

I'm Doing ME- What am I doing?

yea man I like that song by that nigga. Decent Something Sunday was unexpectedly better than I thought it was gonna be. I started the day getting everybody up and ready for church, then my me and the queen had a "discussion" before we went in the church house. I already took the kids into their Sunday School situations so the wife and I could worship without distractions. You know kids like to go to the bathroom and carry on various shegry and nuh love sit still. Anyway, the Queen and I were having a hearty talk and then when we got into the sanctuary the pastor (Dr. Tony Evans) was beginning to get down and his first words were on point with where we were spiritually.
Basically there is power that we have authority to access and engage, but we don't. We may want this or that and pray for it but we were enlightened that what the LORD has for you has already been given we just outside of the spiritual reality of what's going on like the matrix you know?
Pastor Evans gave the perfect illustration of the electric company that has already put power into your house, but you call them and say, "TURN MY LIGHTS ON! TURN MY FRIDGE ON! TURN MY TV ON!" The electric might hang up on you because you buggin. Its  not their job to turn on what you been provided with. Its ON YOU to make a move to get it on.
Marinate on that and I'll probably speak more on that on REIGN CHECK Tuesday. GOD UP!