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FRIDAY 7 NOVEMBER bastard turns 20 years old and to celebrate we launch a party from 9PM at bastard store in via Scipio Slataper 19, Milano.

This is the deejays’ lineup:

Experi-Mental / Gruff / Jopparelli / Aladyn / Katzuma 

Starting from 6PM we host The Marc McKee Last Supper with the Cliché Skateboards team, the flash tattoos (specially hand drawn by McKee himself!) with the Tattoo Agio crew, the photo exhibition and zine launch of Shine My Nine, live silkscreening by Print Fast Dry Young and, of course, the bastard bowl skate session with all of our friends that will stop by.

! NOTE: ENTRANCE FROM 9PM IS BY INVITATION ONLY and maybe you already got it. If not, there is still a chance to get one of the last seats now by registering to our Newsletter at this link and get a confirmation by tomorrow at 4PM.

We’re proud to support the 2012 edition of valvarap.
Sunday, july 15th 33 rappers will come from all over italy to conquer the Magnolia‘s stage and get the final prize, 1000€ money, lots of brand-new bastard products and beats.

Olny poetry and streets, no TVs.

Sunday, july 15th
Door opening 7:30 pm
Magnolia via circonvallazione idroscalo 2 (segrate / linate)
Entrance 8 euro / no membership card
Info: phonobazz@gmail.com

In the last edition a young Clementino and Ensi were competing for the prize in the Leoncavallo’s stage, and now who could win the 2012 edition?

On Saturday November the 13th Dj Gruff comes back at Leoncavallo in Milano with his last record: phonogruff.

Gruff start at 10:30PM – right after the proibitionism debate – with the Last Scene: 13 Plates, No Betrayal.

Gruffetti – Voce & Giradisco
R. Chiga – Tamburi Salentini
Elnaide – Basso & Digital FX

Guests on stage:
Dj Skizo | Esa | Dre Love | Momak (MENHIR) | Twice | L-Mare | Scratch Busters (IDA World Champ’09) | The Blatters ft. Dj Mandrayq (DMC Italy Champ’10) | 2P | Creeterio | Nitro | Dekon | Tommy*Tumble

Reggae Area:
Dais (Golden Bass) | Bushkilla

Entry € 8,00.

Fabio B just pulled a masterpiece, put together two historical enemies, Sandro Vs. Sandro, aka J-ax against DJ Gruff.

After singing with Neffa, J-ax pushes himself to the limit with Gruff, singing a song that truly rocks, compared with the one done with Neffa. The base by Fabio B kicks, strong and beautiful , and the two legendary rappers rime over it with a bag of style, creating a very powerful song.

It seems that J-ax is trying somehow to get the respect that the “old school” has never given him, and I think that he’s succeeding in it . After a twenty years career with a lot a successes (including commercial) seems to me that J-ax, after quitting some years ago Articolo 31, is finding himself, and with all these featurings he’s doing nothing but confirming my theory . Well done.

Last night dj Gruff came visit us and, as he usually does because he is a nice guy, didn’t show up with empty hands. This time no overpriced bottle of sake, but his latest work: Sandro O.B.

15 tracks with a lot of featurings, along with Gruff there are in fact Antonio Tarantino, Clementino, CenZou, Sweden, Marco Lombardo, Esa, 2p, pije Gionson, Walter Buonanno aka Bonnot (Assalti Frontali), Biosci, Dre Love, Daniel Pulimeno , Sawer, Fear, Niko Md, Ekspo, Monom3 and Drug.

The lp is a journey through the places that have marked Gruff’s life, while lyrics are a genial mix between nonsense and pure poetry, and awesome scratches always in the right spot.

What I like about Gruff is that he really is genuine, he does his thing without bothering to wink at the market, he’s not the type of guy that sits there to study what kind of music and sounds one should use, but he’s rather the type that uses music to vent the necessity to fully express himself, he’s always been like that, and I think he always will be.

A real music Taliban, with thousands of contamination from all the places he has lived in but always hardcore, true to himself.

Dj Gruff just finished his last album: Sandro OB. The new cd will be released Saturday, November 7th at Leoncavallo (Milano). 

Today our good friend DJ Gruff sent a link to this video about a scratch contest in Tokyo happened in the past days. Waiting for his next work, let’s have this scratch overdose!