PRE-ORDER INVOLVEMENT AND GET A DIVISION EAST CARE PACKAGE.
Bullymouth will be at Galapagos Art Space with Prince Paul and Juggaknots tooonight. Get siked. I will be there drunk as a skunk having the time of my life.
Involvement is mastered, although I might have to go back for a song or two. I've been setting up a bunch of release shows, some are posted at www.myspace.com/g6d6p6 . Others will be posted shortly. GDP, Vast Aire, Scienz of Life in BK August 9th? What?? SHhhhhh more details to come.
Also keep your ear to the street for Electric Relaxation every 2nd and 4th Thursday of every month featuring two of my favorite people Pat Van Dyke and Max Jerome. I'll be out there much more often. Promise.
AUGUST 14TH IS THE APOCALYPSE
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FLORIDA WAS SWEET. PICS SOON. I heard some new tracks from G. Wallaces upcoming album that is yet to be named. You are not ready. bottom line.
I will be playing a buncha different places with a bunch of different people for the release of "Involvement" which will be officially on 8/14/07...i will be taking pre-orders startin Thursday the 19th of July. Anyone who pre-orders in Involvement gets a Division East care package that they'll be siked on. I'll post a Pay Pal link here Thursday.
One of the record release shows will go like this -
Also playing will be Vaginal Destruction and my Division East constiutants (obviously) - Bullymouth, G. Wallace, and The Man From Somewhere Else. If you don't go to this you are not a fun person. Seriously. More info. soon, show dates posted at www.myspace.com/g6d6p6
Thank you to Pat Renton for the Division East Records Commercial, as seen below. I like it.
Review for Tame One's The Grudge and Shape's Raised Near the Powerlines of LAS Magazine (lostatsea.net):
Tame One has been around for just a bit more than a second now. Starting out with New Jerusalem's legendary Artifacts, the MC found himself on the Eastern Conference label in the late '90s, alongside the likes of High 'n' Mighty, Cage, and Camu Tao. He released two solo albums for the label, as well as the Leak Brothers project with Cage, entitled Waterworld. Last year, Tame joined The Dusted Don's to form Slow Suicide Stimulus. I'm not sure what the future holds for the venerable MC, but for now, we have The Grudge - Fuck the Industry mixtape (Division East). As is usually the case, tracks vary in production value and overall quality, but for all underground heads, this one should satisfy. "No Hook" is a standout here, as Tame declares "It's like Kurt Cobain's in here when Tame One's in here" at the outset of this banger. There's some weird shit too, like "Hip-Hop (Call N Response)", a Kool Keith-esque space beat providing the bedrock for Tame's assertion that the genre has been around since "1970-something" and that he "was on dust when Cypress Hill blew up." Fair enough. Definitely don't skip the last track, "A DJ Stretch Armstrong HOT97 Exclusive feat. Funk Doctor Spot 'n' Rah Digga." 'Nuff said.
Another Division East release this month arrives courtesy of the Jersey City MC, Shape. Raised Near the Powerlines is another unabashedly underground effort with this young MC's unique vision fully on display. After a slow, spacey instrumental, "Darkside of the Sillohuete [sic]" kicks the record off, which features a sample of Val Kilmer from the Bob Dylan movie, Masked and Anonymous. The pop culture doesn't stop there. The guitar-driven "Stereo Gun Unplugged" closes with some classic Arnold quotes, and the soulful "Superheroes" features a cameo from the late Bill Hicks. Is all this compensating for a lack of real talent? Not really, as Shape's rhymes and presence are unique and engaging. But it does feel, at times, like it's missing that essential boom-bap soul that would take Shape's shtick to that next level.
Yeah Boy! Here's one For Raised Near the Powerlines off Popmatters.com.
At first, Shape’s production appears to outpace his lyrical abilities, as he unleashes a furious set of borderline industrial-style hip-hop beats, boasting a griminess similar to the haunting and captivating concoctions of vintage Wu-Tang. With needle-on-the-record static behind keys, strings, and clever vocal samples, the soundscapes are immediately exciting, so much so that you might not notice this guy has a pretty sick flow and a flare for unusual but potent similes ("I feel a lot like a lottery ticket that won’t scratch off"). Then again, maybe Shape creates the speculation himself with lines like: “My rhyme style comes second to the ghost inside my beats”. In actuality, he’s solid on both accounts—as a rapper and as a producer—but his beatmaking experiments are, by nature, easier to interpret as “pushing for the next level”, whereas a stream of consciousness delivery seems disjointed, especially when delivered in a nasally monotone that sometimes sounds like a schoolchild calling out words when asked to read aloud. Mainly, this debut puts Shape’s skills on full display, from the dope posse cut “Gary Oldman” (yeah, like the dude who played Lee Harvey Oswald in Oliver Stone’s JFK) to the bump-friendly flavor of “Rock Like This” and the geopolitical-minded “Super Heroes”. While Shape can enhance his product by putting more thought into the statements he wishes to make, he certainly possesses the tools to do so when he’s ready.
So Go ahead and Buy both those albums from the shop or the online store at DivisionEast.com.
Here's some stuff thats fun
PROPERS GO TO RYAN WEBER (www.myspace.com/dirtymoneyfl) and NICK CEGLIA
Involvement is done. Seriously this time. It will be out on August the 14th of the year 2007 BC. Sorry it took so long...I'm told good things take time but this is an exception to the rule. I just took a long time cuz I suck at rapping. Props to J Stamps on the artwork
Listen to me, Shape, and G. Wallace on Max Jerome's NATIONALLY BROADCASTED (so theres no excuse for not tuning in) The Last Hip Hop Show via 99.5 FM this Saturday June 30th at 7pm-9pm. We will be talking about music on the radio...go figure.
In much much much less exciting news, my tour with Dick Punch is a no-go. Our mechanic just informed us that the bus we were taking for 3 weeks needs an additional $2,000 of repairs (fucking transmission) that no one was ready for mentally or financially. You can imagine how upset I am. I WILL however be leaving for Gainesville, Florida so I can rock at 1982 Bar with Scum of the Earth and Dirty Money on Sunday night July 8th. If you are anywhere near there, I highly recommend making the trip. Thats all you get for now suckazzzz stay tuned
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Hi Everbody! (HI DR NICK!)
Shapesters here with a few new updates for you mousketeers and fans of all things Division East...
...things over here have been coming along at a rockets pace. Me and the newly returned G. Wallace have been heavily hacking away at the G DOT album, as yet untitled and if any of you baby genius fans have any preconceived notions of what this album is gonna sound like, think again. This is gonna be unlike any hip hop record you've heard coming out of the underground in quite sometime. think like Fresh Prince produced by quincy jones if he was out all night drinking and pill popping it up with the Devo guys. Plus, your old boy Shape James is behind the boards, so you know you are getting production of the highest caliber.
Speaking of myself, I just spent hours assembling and packaging the brand new shipments of my close friends and family acclaimed album "Raised Near the Powerlines"...I sent most of the original shipment out for review (without getting a review) and we've been out of stock for awhile. But all you guys who've been patiently waiting for your fun filled dark cynical funk infused roller coaster copy of the album are in luck! Stop by the Shop in Montclair or go to the online store @ DivisionEast.com to pick up your copy or just holla at me personally. Let me know whatcha think!
We also got a whole bunch more copies of Tame One's "The Grudge: Fuck the Industry" in, so if you dont have that yet, rectify then testify.
Plus, all of our division east records will be available on iTunes and EHarmony in about six weeks! Both Mixtapes and all that...
...well thats about it, other than that i've just been hanging out here at midland avenue with the ax throwers enjoying the summer. come check out one of our shows or stop by for a beer, my treat!
Peace.
Shape.
The GDP/Dick Punch Summer Extravaganza July 3-23 tentative itinerary is up at
www.myspace.com/g6d6p6
It will be fun, dates will be added soon...a tour poster will be up on this very blog soon too...Bekim from Dick Punch told me it would be his first birthday with his friends ever on July 9th so that'll rule
After more wait than I feel comfortable admitting too, "Involvement" will be out at of August 4th on Division East Records. I am not lying this time, just watch.
I'll have a new song up from it tonight the latest. EXCITING
Look at how stupid i look in this flick
G. Wallace is working on a record too I believe...although he just got evicted from the Midland House. What a bad arse...Peep him and the rest of the gang June 22nd in NY at the Masonic Temple.
Shape has some new songs up at www.myspace.com/kiddnemesis
Here's a pic of him in a wind tunnel-
Before I leave for tour me (GDP) and The Man From Somewhere else will be recording a duo mixtape under an alias we haven't decided yet. TMFSE 
TMFSE also has a solo record on the way called "Monster in my Pocket" that will have myself (GDP), Shape, Espee1 of Bullymouth, Serc77, and lots more fun friends and exciting guests.
...and better than ever folks. Come see him here on Thursday night...
G. Wallace WILL be rocking ladies and germs
Our buddy Tombo has a Division East clip up on the 411vm website that is edited to a G. Wallace song and has a bunch of our good buddies ripping it at the Midland House=
Click RIGHT HERE or copy & paste this link http://411vm.com/foovm/Videos.jsp?start=0
Then scroll to the bottom, it is the last one on the page and it's titled "Global Tombonation: Backyard Burnside"...UP THE AX THROWERS!!!
GDP and Shape were on Radio Ruckus last week and our buddy Pat Renton edited a clip back to back with a quick snippet of our boy Espee from Bullymouth...diggit
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