Man! WOW! I can’t front I knocked them down man. I killed it with the beats! But that ain’t the reason I’m writing. Follow me now!

For ya’ll that know me like that, you know I was born in New London, Connecticut. And you proooobably know that shit can get tricky in the city, ie shootings, haters, crime, corruption, blah blah, blah. Well, after my experience at the Urban Arts Festival this past Sunday 7/13, I’ve gotta say that New London IS OFFICIALLY BACK ON THE MAP!!!

For real man, the atmosphere was real chill: Extra Hip Hop! The homie Cope 2 from New York (excuse me if your a graf head and already know), LEGENDARY Graffitti artist, Came through and put a piece up on the side of my mans store! Local graf artists were there throwin the dopest shit NL has got to offer on Canvas. And shit WAS SELLIN! LIKE OFF THE SHELVES QUICK SELLIN! Buyers ranged from young 20’s to young 40 somethings.

B-Boy Crews were in full effect. There was a bad ass contest in the middle of the street (by the way like 4 blocks were shut down) Lenolium was out. Cardboard. It felt like I was growing up on state pier road all over again man. I even had to Cop them Big Daddy Kane Pumas day of just to keep up, lol! (FAT SHOUTS TO MUSE SHOES DOWN TOWN NEW LONDON).

These Cats UNI from Inglewood made the trip out and SLAUGHTERED THE STAGE! If you never heard of them, check them on the myspace. Super dope! Or you can just weight a sec. They got a video on Mtv 2 now! Big Ups to Y-O and Thurzday for comin thru!

Yeah yeah we opened for them and crushed it in front a thousand+ easily! But it was what those a thousand were: we had like 2 – 4 year olds buggin from My BACKYARDIGANS Beat with the block kids who might have had an altercation or to with the law (will update later. TOO hard!), we got it in with the 8 – high school age kids with the Hish School Musical Joint (see HSM on my player. Dope!) I had that gwop for hip hop heads always but for the parents, I had some al green samples and I played a slow jam I made that had everyone rockin (Ashley Get that track done! They love it! You know what I’m talkin bout ;) ).

In closing, I really didn’t shout this event too much cause I was worried about the turn out. And honestly, I LET EVERYONE DOWN IN THE URBAN MUSIC COMMUnITY for holdin’ out info! MY Bad! But for real, this is some shit that heads need to get in on. It was realistically like the Newport Jazz festival except for hip-hop. I kid you not! Yo! I’m still buggin off of how it turned out. It was incredible! Infact they were short a c-note on my payment. I told them keep it all and give me a pair of kicks instead. That’s right! Whiz did a show for some kicks, LOL! I ENDORSE THIS JOINT WHOLE HEARTEDLY. And not even because its my city. When next years event comes around, I will definitely let ya’ll know. And honestly, even if your in albequerque, if you like Hip-Hop you should try to make the stop, artists try to get on the line up. It WILL be a good look! Promise. And tell ‘em whiz sent ya.

Peace