.THEHUSTLE.

2010-05-02T16:42:00.000-07:00

Hey whats up everyone. It has been a while since we've been on here...between Practice , Writing new tunes and everyday life it has been kind of hectic trying to stay up to date on here. We apologize and will be sure to be more on to of things - lol.

Well we have some pretty exciting gigs coming up and hope you all can make it out to them. Our first 2 are on may 22nd. The first one is a fundraiser for maysie's farm. Be sure to go to http://www.maysiesfarm.org/farmfest.html for more info.

Our second gig is the same night but in Philly at The Blockley Pourhouse With our friends Philadelphia Slick a great Hip Hop band from Philly. PS will be releasing there E.P. This night. Sure to be a great day & Night. See you all there!

Kingspin's Fo Reels? A Video Mixtape!!!

2010-04-28T16:26:00.000-07:00

Fo Reels? A Video Mixtape!!! from Fo Sho & Tell on Vimeo.

What up Hustlers!

Many of you know me as Kingspin, the DJ who hasn't rocked the stage with Kuf & the gang for quite some time due to relocating down to Nashville, TN last fall.. But definetly missin' my philly famm and thought I'd post the latest body of work I created for y'all to geek out on the internet to!... "Fo Reels? A Video Mixtape!!!" is basically a set of my audio/visual DJ craziness that you can now stream on your TV and maybe even jumpstart the dance floor at your next house party with! It's a bunch of my most favorite random fun stuff slickly woven to entertain y'all for roughly an hour straight! Enjoy!

Tracklisting:

1. Fo Sho & Tell Intro
2. Dusty Springfield- Spooky
3. Tittsworth- WTF (Sammy Bananas remix)
4. Gangpol & Mit- Stand on Waste
5. Mr. Oizo- Cut Dick (inst.)
6. How I Met Your Mother- Video Resume
7. Liquid Liquid- Optimo
8. Arrested Development- Tennessee
9. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros- Home
10. Nashville Teens- Tobacco Road
11. D-Jay- Hard for a Pimp (feat. Shades of Grey)
12. Dolly Parton- Jolene
13. Dave Chappelle & Fwend- N*gga on the Side
14. Shades of Grey- Possible Possibiliy (inst.)
15. Pat Benetar- Love is a Battlfield
16. Duran Duran- Electric Barbarella
17. Forbidden Zone- Bim Bam Boom
18. Ruckus Roboticus- I Dig Chicks
19. C2C- DMC Jazz routine
20. Triplets of Belleville- Belleville Rendez-Vous
21. Lion Tamer- The Chase
22. St. Vincent- Bang Bang
23. Nancy Sinatra- Bang Bang
24. Rye Rye- Bang Bang
25. Green Velvet- Everybody Wants (feat. Kid Sister)
26. General Larry Platt- Pants on the Ground
27. Ludacris- How Low
28. Savage- Swing
29. Busta Rhymes- Break ya Neck
30. Shiny Toy Guns- Major Tom
31. Revenge of the Nerds- Lambda Lambda Rap
32. Shades of Grey- Go Ape (inst.)
33. Queen- We are the Champions
34. Monsters vs. Aliens- Beverly Hills Cop
35. Parks & Recreation- Parents Just Don't Understand
36. Yaz- Situation (inst.)
37. Shades of Grey- Chicken or the Egg
38. Freaks & Geeks- How Funky Is Your Chicken?
39. Tapeheads- Roscoe's Chicken
40. Mad TV- IPad
42. Survivor- Eye of the Tiger
43. Manny Pacquiao- Sometimes When We Touch
44. Shades of Grey- That's Right a Love Song (JJC Alpha Juno Remix)
45. Isley Brothers- That Lady
46. In Deep- Last Night a DJ Saved My Life
47. Fo Sho & Tell Outro

.The Hustle Hits The Note.

2010-03-17T21:32:00.000-07:00

Hey whats up y'all - I hope all is well
So The Hustle rocked World Cafe live twice in the past week Both shows were downstairs and both shows were packed. It was lovely both nights. Monday was a benefit for Haiti...Feat.such artist as Bilal , Meek Mills , Dice Raw , Jazmine Sullivan , Kindred & Chubb Rock...A crazy Line up.
We will have pics and Vid Posted soon.

This weekend The Hustle will be rocking at THE NOTE in West Chester. This is sure to be a great night of music The Hustle will be opening up the night. The Last Emporer and Fat Daddy Hasbeen will be having there CD releases and Closing the night.
We look forward to seeing you all there & Rocking the Spot!!!
PEACE

.WORLD CAFE LIVE.

2010-02-21T21:59:00.000-08:00

Hey whats up y'all
SO we rocked rockwood this past sat night and had a blast - Thank You to everyone who came out and shared the night with us. We have a two week break before rocking out again. In these two weeks we will be practicing hard and working on new tunes for the World Cafe Live show.

Be sure to come out for a Great night of Live Hip-Hop

New York City

2010-02-06T18:30:00.000-08:00

What's up Y'all

So our Tin Angel gig went well we had a blast in Old City , The only bad part of The gig was the Fact that Our Lead Vocalist LaRu didnt make it.

LaRu came down with the Flu and was not able to make The show

She tried her hardest but the sickness really got the best of her.

LaRu is recovering now and will be up & kickin' in no time & ready for our next Gig.

Our next gig is in NYC at RockWood MusicHall. RockWood is one of our Favorite places to rock. The Venue is very Intimate and The sound is Amazing.

Be sure to come Rock out with us on The 20th!!!

See you there

.PEACE.

THE TIN ANGEL

2010-01-24T08:22:00.000-08:00

.Hey whats up Everyone.

This Friday Night Jan 29th. The Hustle will be Performing in Old City Phila.

We will be rocking with MetroSonics a Dope Hip Hop band out of New York

Be sure to come rock with us for a great night of music in Philly!!!

Please grab Tickets ASAP The Tin Angel fills up Quick!!!!

http://www.tinangel.com/tickets.html

FRIDAY JANUARY 29TH - 10PM

THE TIN ANGEL- 20 S. 2ND STREET PHILADELPHIA
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.VIDEO FROM CHAPLINS.

Chaplins

2010-01-24T08:17:00.000-08:00

Good time in Spring City!!!

We had a Blast Perfoming at Chaplins - Such a Great Venue.

The Vibe is Great The sound is Great and everyone is there for music and you dont have to worry about loud bar conversation going on while you are playing..LOL

Thank You to everyone who came out and rocked with us.

We look forward to coming back out there soon!!

2010-01-12T03:48:00.000-08:00

Wow The First Show of the New Year & what a show it was!!!

We would like to Thank You all for coming out and making it a Beautiful Night.

V.kent opened with a great set followed By Doodlebug (Cee Knowledge) who Killed it!!!

We hit the stage next and had a blast the whole Vibe of the night was excellent.

The venue was Packed SOLD OUT. Thank You Philly!!!

We look forward to seeing you all at the Next show!!!

FRIDAY NIGHT!!!

2010-01-07T14:20:00.000-08:00

Hey What's up Everyone- Welcome to the New Year!!!

We hope you all had a Great New Years & have a wonderful 2010

- This Friday Night we will be Rocking at THE WORLD CAFE -

It is sure to be a Great Night of Music.

We have V.KENT Opening The Night

Then the world famous DOODLEBUG OF DIGABLE PLANETS Performing

Then *THE HUSTLE*

GOODMUSIC GOODTIMES & GOODPEOPLES

Be sure to get your tickets & get there on Time!!!

.PEACE.

.World Cafe Live.2010

2009-12-03T11:26:00.000-08:00

Hey whats up everyone - I hope you all are well
Wow...We are already in December - Time truly does flyyyy
2010 rite around the Corner.
We (The Hustle) Probably wont be playing again until the New year unless a last minute show pops itself into our schedule
being as though it is a busy season for some of the band members work field and study study study time for other band members we are gonna just write new material during December and then January 8th we have a Lovely Show at the World Cafe Live!!!
This show is with Black Landlord who is an Excellent Band and The WCL is an excellent Venue so be sure to come join us for an Excellent Night!!!

LOL Enjoy your holidays and have fun with The Fam & Loved One
until next time.........

.PEACE.

.Video.

2009-12-03T11:18:00.000-08:00

.The Hustle Vids.

Thanksgiving Bash!!!

2009-11-24T05:47:00.000-08:00

Hey Everyone

Whats up I hope all is well and I hope you are enjoying your week.

I hope you all enjoy this holiday time and are sharing it with friends and family. We all have things to be Thankful for so be sure to give thanks even if you don't celebrate the holiday!!!

We (The Hustle) Are throwing a Holiday Bash This Friday Night In the manyunk/Roxborough Area at a new Venue Called The Blinkin Lincoln.

A nice intimate Venue with a nice area for dancing so You can work off the Turkey and Biscuits..LOL

The Blinkin Lincoln - 473 Leverington Ave. 10pm!!!

The Hustle & Rok Bottom Band will be Performing live

www.myspace.com/thehustleband & www.rokbottom.com

See You there

Peace

The Hustle Hit NYC

2009-11-04T15:00:00.000-08:00

Hey whats up everyone - I hope you all are well.

This Friday Night The Hustle Will be in NYC Performing at RockWood Music Hall.
This Venue is one of our Favorite spots to Play. The Atmosphere and Vibe are Great The Sound is excellent and the People ROCK!!!

We will be Performing at 11.30 and go until about 1AM

Be sure to get there on time or early - The Room Fills up FAST!!!

See you there

PeacE

ROCKWOOD MUSIC HALL - 169 ALLEN ST. Lower East Side. NYC

Philly Fashion Week Vid Part.1 & Part.2

2009-10-26T09:20:00.000-07:00

Philadelphia Fashion Week.

2009-09-30T08:45:00.001-07:00

Hey whats up Y'all

So it is Wednesday Chilly and feeling like fall. I love it ;)

We are gearing up for practice 2morrow and a DOPE show in a little over a week from now. Before our show at John & Peters we hadn't rocked in about Month so it feels good to be back in the swing and on stage!!!
We rocked in New Hope and Had a Blast it was Def one of our funnest shows!!! We look forward to Rocking out there again. Our next show is Oct 10Th This is sure to be a Great Time - It is for the 1st Annual Philadelphia Fashion Week. We will be Headlining on Sat Night at 8pm be sure to get your tickets early - If you Love Fashion & Music this is the perfect spot for you to Party!!! You get more info on the event at

www.philadelphiafashionweek.org

See You There - .PeacE.

Saturday Night Oct 10Th - 8pm Performance.

23rd St.Armory - 22 South 23rd st. Philadelphia P.A.

The Hustle Hits New Hope!!!

2009-08-31T18:18:00.000-07:00

Hey whats up everyone - I hope you all are well.
So we had a great & Busy Weekend 3 shows and tons of FUN and FOOD...lol Video coming Soon.

Well our next show isn't until the 25th of September so we will be taking this time to write new tunes and work on a new Set!!!
We look forward to seeing you all soon!!!

Have a Great Week.

2009-08-29T07:59:00.001-07:00

SATURDAY AUG 29TH - COME ROCK WITH US.

ALL AGES WELCOME!!!
WWW.STIRFRYPRODUCTIONS.COM

The Hustle Vidz

2009-08-26T08:49:00.000-07:00

The Hustle In Manyunk.

2009-08-24T14:12:00.000-07:00

Hey Hey Whats up Everyone. I hope all is well.

So our Johnny Brenda's show was a BLAST!!!

Our first time Playing the venue and we Loved it.
We look forward to getting back in there again and rocking! The benefit we played for also reached there Goal of raising 25,000 bucks Plus some!!! so Congrats to TIM on that.

This week we are Rocking in MANYUNK at Kildares

Be sure to come join us for a fun night of Music.

4417 Main st in Manyunk.

Philly Philly .Show Time.

2009-08-16T08:22:00.000-07:00

Hey whats up everyone I hope everything is going well and you all are enjoying your summer.
We have Been busy this summer writing new tunes , Practicing and just enjoying the summers relaxing vibe. We are curently out of the "Shining Star" new Single but will have it available on Line in the upcoming weeks. We are shooting to have our next Single done and ready to Present to you all very soon as well. Keep checking back for Info on the Release.

This Upcoming week we have a Show in N.Libs This is gonna be a FUN show we will be Rocking at Jonny Brenda's for a Cancer benefit After Party. Be sure to come support a great cause and Enjoy a Great Night of Music!!!

Saturday Night Jonny Brenda's - Girard & Frankford.

2009-07-27T00:13:00.000-07:00

Hey whats up y'all - So Another Great weekend.

We rocked in Roxborough Sat Night with Rok Bottom and his New Band along with Tom Copson jr. who did a two song set Promoting his new album - Great Album be sure to grab a copy.

The Hustle also released some New Music
-SHINING STAR-
We gave out 75 free CD'S at our Blinkin Lincoln show Sat and starting next week it will be available for free download!!!

make sure you go grab it off our Myspace site. We are looking forward to these upcoming weeks as we will be getting some New Dope photos of The Band & Working on A Video. Be sure to stay tuned in. Have a great week.
.PEACE.

2009-07-24T07:49:00.000-07:00

Hey whats up everyone
So this Weekend is a special one. We will be Celebrating Big C's Birfday..lol

Big C (Cary moses) is one of The Hustles good friends & Fellow Hustler who is Usually selling our Cd's for us at our show. I am sure if you have been to a show you know him!!! Come Celebrate with us
This Saturday Night July 25th @ The Blinkin Lincoln 6080 Ridge Ave. The manyunk/Roxborough area
See you there.
.PEACE.

Snipes & more

2009-07-12T19:24:00.000-07:00

Hey whats good y'all - I Hope all is well.
So we had a great time this weekend The Snipes farm Show was a Blast alot of good people good bands and The overall Vibe was Lovely. the rain held off pretty much all day but unfortunately the band who put the whole thing together didn't get to perform because by the time there set rolled around the thunder and lightning caused a ruckus. Thank You to MIXXTAPE for putting it together though and gathering food for those less fortunate!!!

So here We have put together a little clip for those of you who couldn't make it....Enjoy

Our next show is this Friday out in Oaks with our Friend ROK BOTTOM

The Perk - Friday July 17th - 10pm. 400 brower AVE OAKS PA.

.SEE Y'ALL SOON.

.SUMMERTIME MUSIC FESTIVAL.

2009-07-04T06:26:00.000-07:00

THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT DAY OF MUSIC BRING THE FAMILY OR COME WITH FRIENDS AND ENJOY THE BEAUTIFUL SCENERY OF SNIPES FARM

THE DAY WILL BE FILLED WITH GOOD MUSIC GOOD VIBES AND OF COURSE GOOD PEOPLES!!!
.SEE YOU THERE.

PLEASE CONTACT US FOR TICKETS!!!

JULY 11TH - THE MIXXER @ SNIPES FARMS

Contact for Tickets - kufie7@yahoo.com

Holiday Weekend

2009-07-02T14:25:00.000-07:00

COME JOIN US FOR A HOLIDAY WEEKEND DANCE PARTY AT THE NOTE IN WEST CHESTER PA.

A DJ WILL BE SPINNING HITS ALL NIGHT AND THE HUSTLE WILL OPEN UP THE SHOW WITH AN ENERGETIC SET!!!

COME STaRT YOUR hOLIDAY WEEKEND OFF WITH A FUN NIGHT OF GOOD MUSIC & GOOD PEOPLE AT A GREAT VENUE!!!

THE NOTE - WESTCHESTER PA 142 E.MARKET ST

2009-06-29T01:25:00.000-07:00

Hey whats up ya'll So we had a pretty full weekend

Two shows 2 States 1 day.

Our day started in Roxborough at

Gorgas Park for the 10th annual summer music festival.

The Sun was shining & the park was filled with people & families enjoying the weather , food & music. We were the second band to get things started we played about a 35

minute set and ended our set with a tribute to Micheal Jackson (Rock With You).

After ending our set and talking to some of friends and

new people we met we heading to New York where we had a gig at midnight. Most of the band got to New york by about 8 or 9 and grabbed food and relaxed for a quick second before Performing.

We were performing at The RockWood Music Hall which is one of our favorite spots to perform. The Rockwood is a very Intimate tight spot in the Lower east side of New york. We went on around Midnight and Performed for about an hour...wow what a fun set. The whole spot was into the music and made it a fun filled night alot of good vibes.

This was our 3rd show with the new line p and felt really good

we are getting tighter with each performance.

Our next show is This Friday July 3rd at

The Note in West Chester (142 E.Market St.)

The note is a very cool spot Excellent sound and very nice atmosphere

We are excited to be rocking there.

Come join us and kick your holiday weekend off real nice!!!

.PeacE.

The Hustle Performs at 9PM!!!

2009-06-22T07:39:00.000-07:00

2 Shows & New Music!!!

Hey whats up Ya'll

We are excited to announce our two upcoming shows & excited to have New Music available.

We will be giving out 50 free Cd's of our Single "Shining Star" to the first 50 people at our show Sat night in NY after the 50 are gone you will be able to get The song online.

We will be Rocking in two different spots this Upcoming Saturday!!!

PA & NY

1st show will be in Roxborough Pa at Gorgas Park

ALL AGES - FREE EVENT

WE PERFORM AT 6PM!!!

THE 2ND SHOW is at Rockwood MusicHall

WE PERFORM AT MIDNIGHT!!!

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL.

2009-06-15T21:47:00.000-07:00

KUF KNOTZ HOST...

EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT

ALL AGES WELCOME

8PM TO MIDNIGHT

THE BLUE BANANA CAFE

ON SOUTH ST. BTWN 2ND & 3RD.

Update.

2009-06-13T17:57:00.000-07:00

Hey whats up everyone. I hope all has been well.

So The new line up Played our first gig june 7th and had a Blast it felt great to be Rocking'.

We broke the ice in West Chester at the Super Sunday festival. Our next Gig is coming up we are doing a double gig. The first one is at Gorgas Park for a music festival. We go on at 6PM. Later that Night we will be in NY at Rockwood Music Hall. Philadelphians come party outside for free & New Yorkers come Party Inside No Cover just a donation Bucket!!! See ya'll SOON.

Oh Yeah We are almost finished with two new recordings...

EXCITED WE ARE!!!

Shades of Grey- All They Do Is Dis LP...Now Available on Itunes!

2009-06-02T09:14:00.000-07:00

how goes it yo?
This is DJ Kingspin from the Hustle ...for those who don't know, me and my girl Laura recently recorded a full-length album under the pysodonym "Shades of Grey", and today it officially releases on the Itunes music store. Off our own indie label Fo Sho & Tell, there are 14 tracks that'll make ya hand clap as well as love tap the person behind ya!

1. IntroDuce
2. Short Story
3. Crazy Baby
4. Mile High Bump
5. Dirty Tricks
6. Remote Control
7. Movin' Up The Line
8. She's Fallen In Love With a Monster Man
9. WTF
10. Shot O'Clock
11. Square Dance Romance
12. Chicken Or The Egg
13. Late Night Sing
14. Definition Ammunition

Buy it here & Enjoy!

2009-06-01T15:07:00.000-07:00

Blog # 11.

EXCITMENT!!!

This Sunday is our debut as The New Hustle & I am so ready to rock the stage. I feel as though Its been way too long , but I know all Good things come in time and preparation is Key. Here is our setlist and we will be rocking two sets get there on time!!!

** 11AM **

see you there.

Super Sunday Festival

Gay st , West Chester Pa.

.PEACE.

2009-05-30T01:09:00.000-07:00

Blog # 10.

Hey whats good ya'll so I haven't been on here in a few days...My past week was a bit crazy. After me being in and out of the hospital for teeth problems I was rite back in , but this time visiting my Nephew Moe(Pooba) who had a major Emergency surgery. Thank God he is recovering remarkable. Moe cut a major artery in his arm and it had to be replaced by an artery from his leg...yes a major surgery..But Like I said he is healing and doing great now & is back home and itching to go out Already...lol

So Tonight (Friday Night 5/29) I did an Improv show with Tommy Copson Jr. and a few other cats at The Fire It was a good time A mix of straight up Jam Band and Hip Hop it felt good to be on stage rocking and got me even more excited to get back on stage with The Hustle I feel like its been forever..lol.

Tue. 5/26/09 Welcome to Copson Land

2009-05-26T12:03:00.000-07:00

5/26/09-Hello to all—Tom Copson Jr here—You know the guitar player from the wonderful band called “The Hustle” I read Kuf’s last blog about the other members of the band might have something to report about their holiday weekend. Well guess what people of the Hustle Blog land world—I have plenty to tell about my weekend. So here is the play-by-play holiday weekend according to me…

Friday: Completed my clinical social work duties and left work early for the weekend to work my new (Welcome to the Cosmic Square) CD layout. I also completed a couple of new tunes for my side project—The Lizards from Mars. The one tune was written from an Indian Raga called “Zodi” and here are the notes D, E (flat), F, G (sharp), A, B (flat). C (sharp), D. I love this particular scale because it has so many tonal possibilities as well as chord progressions-it makes me smile every time I play it-YAY.

Saturday: My girlfriend Melissa Herman had a birthday party at my house for one of her good friends. After I had some birthday cake and food I proceeded to play “Call of Duty 3” with my friend Dave on my playstation for about four plus hours. I can play “Call of Duty 3” for hours at a time until my eyes start to bug out. I also wrote another cool Dub tune around 2am called “Dub Town”
Sunday: I had an amazing Sunday rehearsal for Lizards from Mars side project with my friend Jake Leschinsky. Jake is the bass player from a great new Philly band called Swift Technique—go see them play this Thursday 9PM @ Time 1315 Sansom Street, Philly. Kuf and I are going to sit in on Thursday. Any who—Jake and I got through about eight tunes and played for about three hours! We played some of my tunes from my upcoming CD and two Jake’s songs (one was another killer Dub tune). I would say it was a productive Sunday for music.

Monday: I watched movies all day and visited my couch with Chinese food—The Spirit, New Indiana Jones movie and Wally E.

Now wasn’t that a fun filled holiday day weekend—peace out—Tom Copson Jr

2009-05-24T18:49:00.001-07:00

Blog # 8.

Hey whats up Everyone

I hope your enjoying the weekend.

I dont really have anything exciting to report since my weekend has been pretty slow and lazy.

I was hoping one of my band members would have a good story or two to post as I am sure they are enjoying some memorial weekend activities.

Our Singer La Ru had a birthday Sat Night Happy B-day Ru

I think some of the other members did the shore thing.

I will actually probably be the one who writes on here the most...LOL

The other members have pretty hectic schedules between Law School , Selling properties , Delivering Packages being a Social worker & DJ'ing parties & weddings & being in the band they have little time to spare but I am sure once in a while you'll get a good story or two out of them. So that leaves ya'll stuck with me...which is great for me- its funny I love writing and that is what I pretty much do all the time...So one would think that I would be a great writer , well there is a difference in writing songs and writing.LOL.

I just give this fair warning because my blogs are probably very scattered and broken I kinda write the same way I talk... I also usually write in all caps..lol

My band members are always like "damn kuf your usually so laid back but in all your emails your yelling at us"...lol - So I made a conscious effort to write in Lowercase for these blogs.

I apologize ahead of time & I will work on my grammer.

This was prompted by a funny email I received today here is part of it >

"Just wanted to drop a quick note. I checked out the blog, very cool (but as a teacher I am seeing a lot of grammatical errors, youngman)!;)"

A---l you rock!!! Thank You for the feedback!!!!

Its always Funny in Philadelphia...

2009-05-23T03:34:00.000-07:00

Blog #7.

Well Tonight I decided I wouldn't go out instead I would just relax and heal...It got to be around 2 am and I was restless so I figured I would go for a stroll..wow good thing I had my camera in my pocket..lol I encountered three things I caught on cam a couple I didn't get any documentation of one included a cop kissing some girl behind bushes..Yes..I tried to catch it , but I didn't want any problems with the Police Ya know...

anyway here is what I caught

- EnjoY-

Feelin' Good ya'll.

2009-05-22T19:08:00.000-07:00

Blog #6.

WOW...woke up this morning to the sunshine and feelin' fine!!!..yeah so Today was my first morning of the week waking up with no pain. I had a double root canal yesterday which definitely is the most pain I have experienced in a while , but today the pain is gone The swelling is still there but has gone down alot so I am happy. The Hustle had practice tonight we usually do every Thursday , but do an unfortunate event that took place we

moved it to Friday. I can't even explain how excited I am to perform with the new line up. Practice was amazing and the New songs and Old ones transformed sound fantastic

we also listened back to the stuff Beats & Shakemore layed in NY...Dope.

So yes I am enjoying the fresh breeze and the vision of the great things to come. No Jersey shore for me this weekend , but for all of you who are going be sure to be safe and Enjoy It!!! I am pretty good on the tan side of things and plus I don't really do the ocean thing ya know especially if I cant see whats under my feet...hehe.

*Peace ya'll*

Happy Memorials Day Weekend

2009-05-20T19:36:00.000-07:00

More Pain & Percocets

BLOG #5.

Yep its Wednesday night and I am at home when I had planned on going to silk city. I just got home not too long ago from Bryn Mawr Hospital Once again. I ran out of percs so I wanted to get a refill but couldn't get one unless I actually went to the hospital and talked to the doc , but once I got there they told me I had to resign myself in to the E.R. yep more money!!! After being questioned about how I ran thru the percs so fast & treated like a druggie I was told to go wait in the lobby because they didn't have room for me in the patient area...? really..wow anyway I was in too much pain to get upset. I finally saw a doc and he gave me a script I got it filled and now I resting until 2morrow when I go see the Dentist Hurry up and get here 2morrow!!!

.PEACE.

Percs , Pain & No Sleep...

2009-05-19T19:00:00.000-07:00

Blog #4.

Ouch!!! 1.30 am on Tuesday Mornin' & I am in PAINNNNN

My tooth is trying to force tears out of my eyes...Why oh Why...Man I just know I gotta do something So I head to the Bryn Mawr Hospital ER. I had been taking Motrin all day & tried some Clove oil , but neither of two were really doing the job and this was an all too familiar pain. Not to long ago I had the same thing happen in which I went to U of Penn at 3.40 in the morning and waited until about Noon to be seen...

With good reason though someone got rushed in while I was there who had been shot and ended up dying There. - R.I.P

(So upsetting & reminded me to be Thankful I was just there for a tooth)

Back to the Story , So I get to the hospital sign in and wait for about 20 minutes before being escorted to the patient room I ended up waiting there for about an Hour and a half I guess since it was just a tooth I was not top Priority. I also overheard the doc say oh just a tooth I will

take him later...Damn Doc I know its just a tooth but Pain don't discriminate it Irritates...lol (cheesy I know but I'm a rhymer..)

Anyway I finally get seen and given some Percs & Antibiotics and told to go see a dentist ASAP...So I get my scripts filled and start Poppin' the Percs...Nice no more pain but I gotta get the tooth worked on now so I am on mission to fin

d a cheap but good dentist...LOL

Oh yeah I had to cancel a show as well..That sucks but my Homie ROK BOTTOM stepped up and filled the spot for me..

Thanks Mang'

WWW.MYSPACE.COM/ROKBOTTOM

.PeAcE.

2009-05-19T04:35:00.000-07:00

.Yonkers Bound for New Sound.

Blog# 3.

So its Saturday morning Shakemore , Beats & Myself are up early ready to go. Today is our trip to Yonkers N.Y. to start tracking for The n

ew Hustle Album/Singles.

Beats & I get ourselves together after a while and end up leaving Philly around 11am. We find it to be smooth ride pretty much the whole way u

p...oh wait then we hit traffic..lol. After sitting in traffic for a while we finally arrive at our destination and make our way inside. Walking into the house I got an automatic sense of comfyness which is very Important when working on music. I knew beats had the same feeling by the way he

plopped on the couch and dug rite in like he was at home...lol. We sat and talked to Jonny

(the owner of the Studio/House) for a while while waiting

for Shakemore He had to work so didn't get to leave Pa until around 1.30pm as we waited for Shakemore I was able to talk and get a feel of Jonny who turned out to be a great dude as well as an excellent engineer.

Jonny is an old friend of Beats & Shakemore from there college days & the days of

"Who's The fat guy"

WTFG is an Incredible band that Shakemore and Beats were a part of.

Shakemore & beats hooked the whole thing up.

Oh... Back to the story So once Shakemore arrives we hit the store so brad can get some

energy (sugar)

After getting energized up we loaded everything in & Set uP.

Time to get Started!!! Beats banged drums around for lil' bit finding a good sound & Shakemore warmed up before recording Oh yeah they didn't want a regular ol' metronome sound so we attempted to do snaps & claps as the metronome. After laying that down the recording began!!!

Oh did I mention there were a few activities to get the mind stimulated for the Players before they rocked out. Day 1's session lasted about 4-5 hours. As Ice Cube once stated

"Today was a good Day"

-Day 2 Yonkers sessions-

Day two and we are ready to rock out feeling well rested well atleast they did I was beat I didnt sleep well I ended up jumping on the train and hitting New York city to hang out w/Kristan last night not returning back to Jonny's until 7.30 am - yeah great Idea Kuf...LoL , But I wasn't playing any instruments so it was cool. before getting started we went & grabbed breakfast then repeated day 1 but even better!!!

here is a quick clip of some of the day...

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New Line Up New Music

Blog # 2.

Hey Whats up Everyone I hope all is well.

I just wanted to let everyone know that The Hustle Band has a new Line Up.

The Drummer , Bass Player , Mc , DJ & Guitarist are the same.

We have just added A New Singer & New Keyboardist!!

Our good friend and lead female Vocalist Nora is no longer part of The Hustle.

Nora is moving in a different direction getting married and starting a beautiful happy Life with her fiance Wally. We wish them both the Best.

The Hustle has found an Awesome new Singer and Awesome

new keyboardist that We have been working into the mix & getting the new show tight , new songs tight and We are extremely excited to get out and start rocking.

Our new Singer is an Established Vocalist who has released records in the UK and has a great following.

La Ru has worked with many established Artist and established Producers and brings a fresh new Sound to add to The Hustle.

Our new keyboardist Is an excellent Keyboard Player who was previously in CBS records recording Artist Sharon Littles Band and has now joined forces with the Hustle to create some great music.

We will be recording all new material over the next few months.

Our first show as the New unit will be JUNE 7TH in West Chester Pa. For the SUPER SUNDAY FESTIVAL

This is a free Event !!!

Come check it out it is sure to be a great time!!!

WE WILL BE SURE TO KEEP YOU ALL UPDATED.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ THIS.

PEACE

La Ru - Vocalist

Squirrel Mike - KeyBoardist

WELCOME...

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Hey Everyone

This will be a page where you can find

Show Dates , Pics , Videos & See what's going on with The Hustle.

We will update it on a regular basis and be very active on it.

We will also share our day to day activities for anyone interested..lol

Its always nice to have an outlet and a place to vent!!!

Stay connected and Keep on Keeping on ya'll.

.Music , Life & Everything that comes with the two.

Rockin' Robber...

- Blog # 1.

So our First

blog is about a Thief with great Taste.

Date - Monday May 11th ,

cation - PA , Time Not sure?

So the morning starts an

d Shakemore jumps outta' bed showers grabs a quick bite to eat & heads out the door as shakemore approaches his car planning out his days route he is greeted by an awful sight his car has been way rummaged thru and left a complete mess. Shakemores first thought was NOOOOO He imagined that everything in the car would be gone Especially his very Close Close friend Deon (His BASS!!!)

Luckily everything wasn't gone but Unfortunately

4 Very Important Items were StoleN.

1.Tuner - 2. The Burndown CD - 3. The Hustle CD - 4. Bass

Yes his Bass & Burndown & Hustle Cd's

Now there were plenty of Cd's all over the car and he specifically took those cd's...WoW....LOL

So Shakemore didn't flip out He was definitely upset

but figured he would just leave it in the hands of the universe.

Shakemore called the police and started giving info on the robbery and as he was listing the stolen items the officer told him we recovered a BASS this morning...What.?? Yes Recovered Already.

The officer told Shakemore they had received a number of calls reporting stolen Items so they went to the main pawnshop in Town and Yep recovered all t

hese Items and one was Shakemores BASS!!!...but no CD'S...lol

at least he can enjoy some good music during his downtime.

Thank You for your quick reaction Police way to be on the case!!!