This was a very productive and busy year in music for me personally. With Faygoluvers I was able to do 23 album reviews, that is a little less than 1 every 2 weeks! I was hoping for 2 a month so I missed that a little but I was so close. I also did Interviews with Gangsta Boo, Madchild, Adlib, Ganxsta NIP, Slaine, Zug Izland, Cryptic Wisdom, Mr Grey, Raz Simone, DJ Clay, Prevail, and Sozay. That is an average of 1 every month! Once again I could not have done any of that without Scottie D hooking it all up on Faygoluvers.net.
I also hosted another concert this year. It was Mr Grey and his "Warpath to the Gathering of the Juggalos" tour. It was a super small venue but the show was dope and all the artists threw down! I attended a ton of concerts and wrote reviews for Faygoluvers and I once again owe all that to Scottie D, James Wright, and a few others for the hookups on that.
In 2014 we saw Twiztid create Majik Ninja Entertainment and announce their first artists signed as Blaze and ROC. They have also announced they will be releasing an album called The Darkness on Jan 27, 2015. When their tour came through Tucson I had a chance to lead their street team and actually meet them for the first time since I was in the Homies video way back in the day. This year the label released it's first album Blaze Ya Dead Homie "Gang Rags: Reborn". In 2015 we have been told Twiztid will release "The Darkness" and "The moment You've All Been Waiting For" and re-releasing "W.I.C.K.E.D" and "Abominationz", R.O.C. "Digital Voodoo", and Blaze's next untitled album. I can safely say I am super excited to see what is coming next from the dynamic duo and MNE.
2014 saw Psychopathic Records release some bombs. They released AMB "The Garcia Brothers", Boondox "Abaddon", ABK "The Perfection Collection", Dark Lotus "The Mud, Water, Air, and Blood", Killjoy Club "Reindeer Games", ICP "20th Anniversary Hallowicked" "The First Six" box set, and "House of Wax". This was a much better year for Psychopathic than 2013 without a doubt. We also saw the Gathering moved to a new location. From all accounts it was a nice change and went off without a hitch. Coming up for them in 2015 we have been told albums from DJ Clay, DJ Paul, ABK, AMB, ICP, Otis, Big Hoodoo, Boondox, The Hav Nots, Vanilla Ice, Zug Izland, Legz & the purple gang, Rydas, and more are coming. But that is purely speculation.
2014 was a big year for Strange Music as well. They released Tech N9ne "Strtangeulation", Mayday and Murs "Mursday", Ces Cru "Codename: Ego Stripper", and Rittz "Next to Nothing". They went on a massive nationwide tour. Not much has been announced for 2015 yet except Tech N9ne "Special Effects" and K.A.B.O.S.H. "Amafrican Psycho".
All in all 2014 was a really good year for Underground Horrorcore and it's fans.
As I look forward into 2015 I would like to accomplish the following things with Faygoluvers:
1. Write and post at least 4 album reviews a month (1 major label & 1 independent artist every 2 weeks)
2. Continue interviewing artists and try to broaden our reach into other genres our fans are interested in (Metal, Rock, and Hip hop)
3. Make it to Dallas and ride to the Gathering with the Faygoluvers crew. Then make the Gathering as accessable to our fans as we can!
Personally I would love to do these things in music:
1. Host 2 concerts in Tucson.
2. Finish recording and release JV's album.
3. Work with artists I have worked with in the past to get production credits to add to my resume!
I have a feeling 2015 will be a dynamic and highly evolving thing this year. Faygoluvers is just starting and I project we will continue to dominate the internet coverage of all thing Underground. I also hope Juggalos can truely embrace what I know as "Family" and stop the division in the fan base. We are all in this together, artists and fans alike, and we need to have each others backs cause noone else will!
MMFWFL Family,
Juggalotus
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Thursday, January 1, 2015
Saturday, January 14, 2012
2012 Year of the Family
So Juggalo/Juggalettes we made it another year! Sorry I fell off the map but life got in the way. So what do we have to look forward to this year? Here is my list of things I am looking forward to this year:
1. The Dark Knight Rises! I have been looking forward to this since it was announced. Enough said.
2. The Mighty Death Pop. Newest ICP album should be out this year.
3. The Gathering of the Juggalos. Every year we look forward to it. Now with the IPPV I can actually see the performances without being there. That is one of the best additions Psychopathic gave us last year. One of these years I will make my trip to the Juggalo Mecca.
4. New Psychopathic Radio. Wathced the first Twiztid show and it was off the chain. Can't wait to see what is new there this year. Oh also our friends over at Faygoluvers got a segment on the show as well, much proprs to Scottie and all of the faygoluvers crew.
5. New music! Hopefully we get new Twiztid, Blaze, ICP, Boondox, Cold 187 and ABK. Love new music from all of psychopathic.
6. Psychopathic Psyphers. 3 have been released and the speculation is there will be 10 and an album. Love the idea behind these and can't wait to see how it turns out.
7. The latest additionsto Psychopathic Records are Vanilla Ice and the West Coast sensation Cold 187 AKA Big Hutch, formerly of Above The Law! He is being marked as The Psychopathic Assassin! Can't wait to see where he fits in.
8. Joe Strange. Formally Eminem's producer is now a full member of the Psychopathic Family. We will see what doors it opens for collabs we might not expect.
Now I am looking forward to the 22nd of this month first and fore most because I and 5 other los and lettes will be hitting up Lubbock, TX to see the Low down and Dirty tour with Boondox! I would love to sit down with him and catch a quick interview to post here but I am not sure that would even be possible. If I can figure out how I will definitely post it here. I plan to update this blog on at least a weekly basis to keep you all up to date or just give shout outs as needed.
Gotta give a few shout outs right now to Scottie D and Ian over at Faygoluvers hit your site daily and look forward to seeing if we can do some stuff together this year, Draztik the Terrible Keep moving player and you will find the right studio to record from, and all the Juggalos and Juggalettes keep your head up and don't let anyone influence how you handle your business. We might be the outcast or whatever but it is us who can change the image and perceptions everyone else has of our family.
I wish you all a wondeful 2012 and look forward to expanding this blog and hopefully being a go to source for local west Texas/New Mexico underground artists.
MMFWCL,
Juggalotus
Me and my little Juggalo!
1. The Dark Knight Rises! I have been looking forward to this since it was announced. Enough said.
2. The Mighty Death Pop. Newest ICP album should be out this year.
3. The Gathering of the Juggalos. Every year we look forward to it. Now with the IPPV I can actually see the performances without being there. That is one of the best additions Psychopathic gave us last year. One of these years I will make my trip to the Juggalo Mecca.
4. New Psychopathic Radio. Wathced the first Twiztid show and it was off the chain. Can't wait to see what is new there this year. Oh also our friends over at Faygoluvers got a segment on the show as well, much proprs to Scottie and all of the faygoluvers crew.
5. New music! Hopefully we get new Twiztid, Blaze, ICP, Boondox, Cold 187 and ABK. Love new music from all of psychopathic.
6. Psychopathic Psyphers. 3 have been released and the speculation is there will be 10 and an album. Love the idea behind these and can't wait to see how it turns out.
7. The latest additionsto Psychopathic Records are Vanilla Ice and the West Coast sensation Cold 187 AKA Big Hutch, formerly of Above The Law! He is being marked as The Psychopathic Assassin! Can't wait to see where he fits in.
8. Joe Strange. Formally Eminem's producer is now a full member of the Psychopathic Family. We will see what doors it opens for collabs we might not expect.
Now I am looking forward to the 22nd of this month first and fore most because I and 5 other los and lettes will be hitting up Lubbock, TX to see the Low down and Dirty tour with Boondox! I would love to sit down with him and catch a quick interview to post here but I am not sure that would even be possible. If I can figure out how I will definitely post it here. I plan to update this blog on at least a weekly basis to keep you all up to date or just give shout outs as needed.
Gotta give a few shout outs right now to Scottie D and Ian over at Faygoluvers hit your site daily and look forward to seeing if we can do some stuff together this year, Draztik the Terrible Keep moving player and you will find the right studio to record from, and all the Juggalos and Juggalettes keep your head up and don't let anyone influence how you handle your business. We might be the outcast or whatever but it is us who can change the image and perceptions everyone else has of our family.
I wish you all a wondeful 2012 and look forward to expanding this blog and hopefully being a go to source for local west Texas/New Mexico underground artists.
MMFWCL,
Juggalotus
Saturday, June 4, 2011
The Gathering
Ok so it has been a few months since my last post but I have had a lot on my plate! This post is about The Gathering of the Juggalos and how it has become a mecca of sorts for all Juggalos. First off for those who don't know The Gathering is a once a year 4-day festival held in Cave-In-Rock, IL by Psychopathic Records. They bring in a huge number of bands, comedians, wresters, actors, etc. and just cut loose and have fun. So this year once again ICP has done it by brining in the man himself, Ice Mutha fuckin cube! This will be his second appearance I believe. Over the years, several hundred artists have performed at the Gathering of the Juggalos. Outside of the label's roster, notable artists who have become a common stay at the event include Project Born, Kottonmouth Kings, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Vanilla Ice, Zug Izland, Esham, Tech N9ne, Wolfpac, 2 Live Crew, Rehab, Necro, Haystak, King Gordy, Prozak, Three 6 Mafia, Afroman, Bizarre, Big B, and Coolio.
Notable guest performances include Mack 10, Bubba Sparxxx, Dope, Killah Priest, Bushwick Bill, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Kurupt, Powerman 5000, Digital Underground, Drowning Pool, Too $hort, Ying Yang Twins, Mushroomhead, Andrew W.K., Ice Cube, GWAR, Scarface, Naughty by Nature, Spice 1, Method Man & Redman, Above the Law, Warren G, Tila Tequila, Tone Lōc, and Rob Base.
ICP has stated they try to bring a lot of variety to the Gahtering because they want Juggalos to not only enjoy the music they put ouut but want them to be open to all genres and accept everyone. There have been several artists who performed at the gathering that did not work out and once a year they recieve a booby prize or award based on not being a successful act at the Gathering that has been lovingly called the Bubba Sparxxx award since he was the first to recieve it.
The Gathering has garnered main stream attention from SNL as they have made several spoof Gathering commercials which have run on the show.
As I was watching a TV show about motorcycle gangs and Sturgis I made a connection to Juggalos and the Gathering. Sturgis is the most widely known motorcycle gathering and it was only because Sturgis, SD has accepted the fringe society known as bikers. The Gathering has the same roots. For years ICP moved location to location trying to find a place to call home. For years we have been pushed out cause we are outcasts, punk kids, gangsters, etc. Until Cave-In-Rock opened their doors. And I can safely say we cannot thank them enough. Without their support the Gathering would be a nomadic event and while that would be ok we love having a place to call our own. Now Juggalos we need to keep our minds right. We need to ensure we do not go into the small town that has accepted us and ruin it with stupidity and dumb decisions. We have to change how people think of us. We have to be the example of fans who are accepted everywhere. There are a lot of us and there will always be a few bad apples, but we need to put out such a positive vibe that those small problems do not even matter.
So am I telling you not to drink, smoke, or have fun hell no! Go do it up, just be smart. We juggalos and juggalettes need to keep our relationship with Cave-In-Rock positive and awesome. We will be welcomed there for years to come as long as we do it the right way. Much love to the fam and all who might be just checking me out.
Juggalotus
Notable guest performances include Mack 10, Bubba Sparxxx, Dope, Killah Priest, Bushwick Bill, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Kurupt, Powerman 5000, Digital Underground, Drowning Pool, Too $hort, Ying Yang Twins, Mushroomhead, Andrew W.K., Ice Cube, GWAR, Scarface, Naughty by Nature, Spice 1, Method Man & Redman, Above the Law, Warren G, Tila Tequila, Tone Lōc, and Rob Base.
ICP has stated they try to bring a lot of variety to the Gahtering because they want Juggalos to not only enjoy the music they put ouut but want them to be open to all genres and accept everyone. There have been several artists who performed at the gathering that did not work out and once a year they recieve a booby prize or award based on not being a successful act at the Gathering that has been lovingly called the Bubba Sparxxx award since he was the first to recieve it.
The Gathering has garnered main stream attention from SNL as they have made several spoof Gathering commercials which have run on the show.
As I was watching a TV show about motorcycle gangs and Sturgis I made a connection to Juggalos and the Gathering. Sturgis is the most widely known motorcycle gathering and it was only because Sturgis, SD has accepted the fringe society known as bikers. The Gathering has the same roots. For years ICP moved location to location trying to find a place to call home. For years we have been pushed out cause we are outcasts, punk kids, gangsters, etc. Until Cave-In-Rock opened their doors. And I can safely say we cannot thank them enough. Without their support the Gathering would be a nomadic event and while that would be ok we love having a place to call our own. Now Juggalos we need to keep our minds right. We need to ensure we do not go into the small town that has accepted us and ruin it with stupidity and dumb decisions. We have to change how people think of us. We have to be the example of fans who are accepted everywhere. There are a lot of us and there will always be a few bad apples, but we need to put out such a positive vibe that those small problems do not even matter.
So am I telling you not to drink, smoke, or have fun hell no! Go do it up, just be smart. We juggalos and juggalettes need to keep our relationship with Cave-In-Rock positive and awesome. We will be welcomed there for years to come as long as we do it the right way. Much love to the fam and all who might be just checking me out.
Juggalotus
Friday, March 11, 2011
Albuquerque Police can lick my nuts!
So my wife, a friend, and I all drove 3 hours to Albuquerque yesterday to go see ABK at the Orchid Chamber. We got there at like 5:30 and had to wait for an hour until the doors opened. I was almost in the door and I see these guys ride up on bicycles, so I look over and notice a badge sewn onto their shirts. I keep looking to find out if they are rent-a-cops or the real deal. Well apparently I offended said cop as he stared me down and mean mugged. Anyway once inside I found Bonez from AMB and starting chatting about what happened on the label. He informed me it was a mutual decision and Psychopathic is still going to help support them but the label wanted them to stand on their own, so thats cool. The show starts with a guy named Sikone. He looked drunk and homeless but the guy could spit. He did about 15-20 min and I really enjoyed it. Then a duo came on and did not do so well. I personally did not enjoy them as much as the first guy. They finished up and some recorded music came on for what I thought was a short intermission, turns out it was ABK and AMB doing an autograph signing! So about 30 minutes into that my friend says "yo bro S.W.A.T. is here" I was like yeah right and he says look. I look over and like 50 police are in the building!!! WTF! So turns out the owner did not get a permit or something, the place violated fire code, there were too many people in the building, etc. So we are hearing about 9 million reasons why they were shutting the event down and all of them sounded like complete BULLSHIT! I personally have no love for the Albuquerque police department as of this moment. Just because we all had the hatchet on we are somehow violating some fucking stupid rules and have to all get removed from a peaceful event. Now I saw no fights, no tagging, no violence, no drugs, no underage drinking, no violations of code, or anything similar. So once again we are being singled out and broken up due to our musical preference. So anyway ABK says Fuck this where is the closest bar cause we will meet all Juggalos 21 and over there to party. Turns out the bar was right next door. We ended up at a place call Knuckleheads, cool place, hot waitresses, and cool fucking owners. We ended up hanging out with ABK, AMB, and all the fam until well past midnight. ABK was cool as shit, Bonez was the shit, and Otis was the shit until he got drunk and started shit with all of us. But ABK stepped in like the OG he is and squashed it, like I said he is the shit! So even though our event was shut down we still found a way as Family to hang and be together. First for me as far as the police go but fun all around. Oh and just for good measure my friend started his car as the police were kicking everyone out rolled his windows down and bumped "Fuck the Police" by N.W.A. take that motherfuckers! 
Juggalotus
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