With the help of On the Floor Productions and our man Wes Flexner, we’re super excited to be a part of the RJD2 show next week in Columbus.
Click here to purchase tickets online. You can also get them in Columbus @ Mags and Roots.
Check out Clinton Reno‘s screenprinted poster he’s done for the event:
MP3:Mhz freestyle 98 on the Stretch Armstrong & Bobbito Show 89.9
Writing about the MHZ is weird for Donewaiting.com cause, do I say…RJD2’s rap group. Do I say the late Camu Tao’s rap group? Copywrite’s?
Regardless, on what would be the rock fan’s reference point, the Mhz spawned a good chunk of what Columbus Hip Hop became nationally recognized for.
The above freestyle was from when Tage, Camu and Copy apprearred on Stretch & Bobbito. We had been for years savoring bootlegs of the infuential NYC radio show.
I mean Columbus rappers were on the same show that had become infamous because of Big L and Jay-z freestyles? The same show that broke Wu-Tang’s first single?
I just being amazed how many times they said Columbus during this program. Still bugs me out listening to it now.
It was like….”Bobbito knows where Columbus is…no way.”
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Tagged Camu Tao, Copywrite, jakki, MHZ, RJD2, stretch armstong & bobbito
(Directed by Thom Ghunt)
One of the funniest videos in a minute..
. RJD2’s-Let There Be Horns is a good sign that RJ’s new record, The Colossus, will be, well, good. The Colossus drops 1/19.
I like the shitty look RJ gives the bull. Ima guess this isn’t the last we have seen of the bull.
Regardless, you can catch RJ @:
Donewaiting.com’s 7 Year Anniversary Line-up in Columbus on Friday, February 5:
RJD2
HAPPY CHICHESTER
DJ DETOX
THOUGHT COLLECTIVE
KENAN BELL
$15
Tickets available in Columbus at
Magnolia Thunderpussy
1155 N. High Street
Columbus,Ohio
43201
614-421-1512
Or you can buy them online.
Reno poster coming soon.
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Tagged DJ Detox, donewaiting 7 year anniversary, Happy Chichester, kenan bell, npayshint, RJD2, thought collective, thought set
MP3:RJD2 – Games You Can Win (featuring Kenna)
RJ’s first single ,off of his upcoming album The Colossus out 1-19-10, draws upon a pretty trust-worthy adage, play only “Games You Can Win”.
Two applications come to mind:
LIke don’t play dice with people that have more money than you because they will play big bank take little bank.
or
Like, you took the girl to Bono or whatever the new pizza jump-off is. You got your cardigan and button-up on. Now, you would like to put on the “Stapleton Sex” Ghostface song with all that raunchy stuff.
But that won’t be romantic.
So you throw this song on, and be charming. Turn Dareejening Unlmited on the flatscreen and whathave you.
The song itself features Ethiopian-born perenial star of the future Kenna who has worked with the Neptunes, Lupe Fiasco and the Cool Kids in the past.
The song is alot less crass than my analogies.
(Hence the cardigans and charm.)
The lyrics actually have some decent advice like “hold your cards close like you have a glass chin”.
A Nicolay remix is rumored and someday there will essays written exploring songs like this and groups like Foreign Exchange as natural progression for Hip Hop doods. Right now it does’nt really have an outlet that’s defined its context besides the Okayplayer message board.
Stay tuned to RJ’s Electrical Connections every Monday for new songs. Last week he gave away an unreleased Soul Position song..
RJD2 will be playing the Donewaiting 7 Year Anniversary 2-05-09 at Skullys, here in Columbus, Ohio.
RJD2 is headlining Donewaiting’s 7 Year Anniversary February 5th in Columbus and we couldn’t be more delighted.
In the past our anniversary’s line-ups weren’t slouchs. Last year’s event was the start of a pretty good year for quite a few of the performers:
– Envelope became CD101’s favorite rapper.
– Adulture moved to Chicago and formed a disco- house group Le Principle which promplty signed to Tommy Sunshine’s Brooklyn Arts label and will be on comps with Felix da House cats.
– And of course DW bloggers Two Cow Garage jumped on tour with The Hold Steady. That’s just one year.
What about Blueprint and Brainbow? The various Fat Possum groups. Sinkane? DW has been quite blessed with the artists that fuck with our site
While we are real proud and honored to have such good talent willing to play our showcases, obviously RJD2 is our biggest show yet. RJ bounced to Philly from Columbus a good while ago. Since then he became the “next DJ Shadow” to the point you could argue that Josh Davis is in RJ’s shadow. Doods done Hip Hop classics. RJ’s remixed Radiohead.
In addition to his released catalog , the Clintonville kid’s music has provided licensed sound scapes for everything from a Rodney Mullen skate video to the Emmy-award winning TV show Mad Men.
Of course y’all know the name.
RJ has sold out the Wexner and Skully’s every time he has played since moving. Despite being one of the most critically acclaimed and musically successful people ever to graduate from Fort Hayes, RJ has made it a point to never lose contact with his friends and family in Columbus.
He eats at Surly Girl with his BFF Liz Lessner.
Dood still plays music with old roommate Derek Dicenzo
Rj organized a benefit for his father when his pops was injured in a bike accident. And the superproducer marched in the Daymon Day Parade a few years. Irregular Dood still stays grounded doing regular people things.
Just last week he recommend “Global Brain” by Howard Bloom to me. Book is blowing my mind.
The Donewaiting showcase at Skully’s will double as the release party for RJ’s new album The Colossus which hits stores January 19th. Is that MLK Day?
More details about this album and the Donewaiting showcase will be revealed as we near the February 5th show.
Why are we talking this early about it? Well Pitchfork leaked RJ’s tourdates yesterday. Even misspelled Skully’s(shucks). So we figured the cat was gonna get out of the backpack anyway. Lock-in to DW and RJ’s website.
PS: Brooklyn anniversary show to be announced soon, too.
Above is a trailer showing the MHZ alumini, RJD2 making a cobbler for some British guy for a VBS show called “Electronic Indpendence” thats prolly about making music with Eletrconics at your house.
Beside baking for blokes, RJ’s been putting lots of good things on his website.
Y’alll been following Monday Madness on RJD2’s website RJ’s Electical Connetions? Every Monday, the Fort Hayes Graduate gives away records, MP3’s, as well as talks tv and in general offers anyone even with the mildest interest in RJ’s music incentative to look at his website.
(I check it right after my email, facebook and donewaiting.)
I stole this mp3 from it today
RJD2’s new album Colossus drops January 19th.
RJ dropped a limited boxset last week: Continue reading
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Editor’s note: “Overlooked in Ohio” is a new feature in which we ask an Ohio-based artist, music enthusiast, etc. to tell us about a few bands (past or present) from the state of Ohio that deserve some love. Our first installment comes courtesy of Jerry Dannemiller, guitarist/singer in Moviola and director of marketing and communications at the Wexner Center in Columbus. (Not to mention a past contributor to NPR, Magnet and a host of other publications.)
Blank Schatz; photo by Jay Brown
Blank Schatz (Findlay, Ohio, early 1980s): When punk rock was still something weird and foreign and only happened in big cities, the brothers Butler were kicking out the jams in my hometown of Findlay like it was the Lower East Side. I saw them only a couple times in high school and then in Columbus opening for the likes of Live Skull and (a very early) Flaming Lips. Musically, they fell somewhere in the neighborhood of Die Kruezen or a more earnest Black Flag. It hasn’t aged all that incredibly well, but back then, in the desolate environs of northwest Ohio, it was music to my green ears.
Wolverton Brothers
Wolverton Brothers (Cincinnati, late 80s, still active): My admiration for the Wolvertons—as people and as artists—knows no bounds, if you haven’t heard them, you would do yourself well to scrounge up any of their six records. Part Anglo-80s skronk-surf, Beefheart-ish mushmouth, and high-speed boom-chicka-boom, Tim, Billy, Todd, and Jay are the rarest of entities: raw, unaffected by trend, and original to a fault.
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Hey folks, im writing with some pretty big news in the world of rjd2…. I’ve had a busy year, and have waited what seems like an eternity to talk about this stuff. I wanted to have a little music to put on the table as well, so you don’t think im just some windbag that’s wasting your time blabbing away left and right. So much has changed in the last 12 months, so lets just get to the point:
After much legwork/lawyer hours/busting ass, I announce to you that I have started my own record label, RJ’S ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS, and the first signing is…….RJD2!!! I am now a free agent, working for myself. Been a long time coming, and it is truly one of the most exciting moments of my career. The hardcore completionists out there may know that I have previously done some “smaller” releases on my own, under the label Bustown Pride. That was small peanuts; this time out, I have FULL worldwide distribution through The Orchard(world digital, US physical), and K7 everywhere outside of the US (physical). Furthermore, I also have acquired the first 3 RJD2 releases for my label; my first 3 babies-Dead Ringer, The Horror EP, and Since We Last Spoke. But that’s not all…. Continue reading
Waxploitation has released another awesome benefit album for Darfur featuring a lot of donewaiting.com favorites. 100% of the profits from the release go to Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), Human Rights Watch and Oxfam America. Order the album here.
Tracklisting:
1: Black Moth Super Rainbow – Happy Melted City
2: The Decemberists – After the Bombs (Live Version)
3: Devendra Banhart – White Reggae Troll
4: Diplo – Wassup Wassup (Exclusive Samim Remix)
5: Federico Aubele – Luna Y Sol
6: Gnarls Barkley – Mystery Man
7: LCD Soundsystem – Starry Eyes Original (Causes Exclusive)
8: My Morning Jacket – Highly Suspicious (exclusive VHS or Beta Dee Jays Remix)
9: Matthew Dear – When She Don’t Need Me (Causes Exclusive)
10: Mum – Asleep in a Hiding Place
11: Neon Neon – I Lust U Feat. Cate Le Bon (DJ Eli Escobar Remix)
12: Richard Swift – Wastin’ M’Time
13: RJD2 – Wherever
14: Sharon Jones & Dap-Kings – It Hurts to be Alone
15: Tim & Eric – Petite Feet (Exclusive Devlin & Ghostdad Remix Feat. Sylvia Gordon)
The Wexner Center had a Factory themed party called Andyland that enlisted perhaps the only superproducer in the age of internet/touring fame that is from Columbus, former Huntington Bank teller and Columbus State Calculus student, RJD2. The superproducer turned songwriter that will be the only instrumental hip hop producer that will be acceptable to sample in the year 2032 because he played instruments and organized the songwrites in loop friendly increments on his last recorded release The Third Hand. The superproducer did not bring a band nor engage in fancy turntable combination arrangements for this this gala. The superproducer was here to play music off his turntables that were hooked up to the Serato computer program channeled thru his mixer for Ladies in waiting, Handsome suitors, townies with charisma, hustlers and general patrons of the arts.
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Tagged andy warhol, andyland, columbus hip hop, DJ True Skills, RJD2, wexner
