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Well, for those of you used to the snazzy design of our reviews, we apologize for this one. We had so many pictures and so much that was done for this show, it would have been a lil more than a dilemna to try and save the format. It will be back though. First off, Mofoz Visualz would like to thank everyone who made it out to these events, and everyone who helped out with the promotion and execution of these events. It could not have been done without the hard work of the Mofoz team (which has grown quite a bit lately), DJ Mik One, Killa Kut, Quenetic Storm, and last but not least my boy Remix (behind the scenes monster), who saved the day a few times. A shout out to all our sponsors that made this show a reality-please support these businesses. Motive 807, Champion Scion of Austin, Red Stripe, Urban Timez Magazine, and the San Marcos Scene. With that being said, we have the reviews below, as well as many, many, photos in 3 different galleries: Promotional Party, Graffiti Expo, and Concert. Enjoy. If a picture is worth a thousand words then... PROMOTIONAL PARTY Thats right, you know the way us Mofoz like to party, so we had a few promotional gatherings a week before the show. We had an Electric Mayhem afterparty on Wed. night followed by a Thursday afternnoon suare at Motive 807. Electric Mayhem, is the weekly San Marcos DJ set headed up by Word Association members-Chief and Dj Crown. We decided to have a gathering of like minded Wed. Night partygoers and let them know more of the upcoming weekends events. Thank you Red Stripe.
P.S. Drop by Motive 807 with a 21+ ID and have a beer with Fahad (while supplies last)
CHAMPION SCION GRAFFITI EXPO The idea of this show was to create a little unity in our large, thinly spread TX hip hop scene. In doing so, we aquired the talents of San Antonio artists SHEK, ILLEGO, SUPHER, CIEN, EEK, and DUO and had them alongside Austin favorite, SLOKE to create some nice designs on canvas to be raffled off later at the evening's show.
DJ Mik One, Killa Kut, Quenetic Storm, and Remix ventured in from Houston to mix, scratch, cut, slice, dice, once, twice, and thrice on the turntables. Monster Energy donated drinks for the cause, and everyone was a little peppier throughout the day as result of that. Thanks Monster-we needed it. Mofoz Visualz was also on hand to showase artwork by Mdiddy, new Mofoz designed shirts, San Marcos Scene magazines, and some of the coolest shoes you will find in TX from Fahad over at Motive 807. Big Thanks to Norm at Champion Scion, and SHEK for coordinating the Graf show.
The Scion community came out to support the event as well. A mini car show started in the midst of things. The promotional Champion vehicle and the XB with lambo doors and air ride were both crowd favorites; believe that Dustin was right there to capture it all on camera.
CARIBBEAN LIGHTS: V-Zilla, Word Association, and Savvi Finally, the concert was getting started--we had sound (whew), art, performers, and a crowd. Success no matter how you cut it. The club was wrapped with all the graffiti pieces from the day's artists. We also had Mofoz multimedia, Prhymemates' Clogged Caps 3 (San Antonio graf DVD), and Kinetik Cinematix' Subterranea (Houston underground DVD) projected on the clubs screens throughout the night (after the Rockets embarassing loss to Dallas, anyway-next year guys). Kinetic Cinematix' Kris was also on hand to videotape the show. Savvi hopped on the mic and tore through a set sprinkled with gems from his debut Hueston Chronicles album. He was later joined on stage by Equality, and joined in on an acapella that had many in the club listening intently and nodding approvingly.
Next up on stage was San Marcos' answer to hip hop in the form of Word Association. Word Association (to those not familiar) is a collective of solo artists and groups that come together to support and add to each others performances and projects. Spread the Word.
Word Association did the thing, had the crowd moving, had the momentum going and definitely left the stage scorching for the monster of the H-town underground, V-Zilla. Zilla took the stage with his man Chico and his crew S.W.A.T. to make sure that Austin heard him. Zilla's stage show was nice and packed full of energy that could parallel a five year olds' after a chocolate binge. Zilla be killin 'em, and this night was no different. Zilla laced the crowd with hits from Lockdown Sessions, and even dropped some new songs from his forthcoming CD. His crew SWAT also took the stage and knocked some listeners ears unconscious with their stellar wordplay.
The nights headliner which was scheduled to be a freestyle battle, actually morphed into an all out freestyle cipher that included Zilla, Savvi, Word Association , SWAT, Justin Bardic, and Metatron. The freestyle session was the icing on the cake of the weekend's events and was highlighted by GT Garza's freestyle about the (at the time) very recent Rockets loss.
As the night rounded up , we raffled prizes including graf from the very talented artists of the day, cd's and shirts, as well as a "vase with a hole on the side" from our friends at Puffin Paul's in San Marcos. Aside from the Rockets loss, a rainy night, questionable sound at times, and almost a weeks worth of sleep deprivation, the show was a success and we look forward to putting on more in the future.
If you missed the show than you missed the most flawless execution and greatest hip hop ever assembled, and if someone tells you otherwise, it's because their senses could not handle the perfect zen which was our show...or we could be lying, but c'mon, would we lie to you? Be sure to check out all the pics and spread the word that Mofoz Visualz won't stop. |
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