Mixes

Watch Out For Big Brother

I've been wanting to throw down some jazzy tracks. Here's it is. Many more to come.

The HipHop Bluez Vol. 1

Just some chill beats. A very close friend of mine, gave me a flash drive filled with samples. This is what happened.

Chilled Beats

Adonis wanted to play the drums as a child. He joined the school band without talking to his mother about it. He played the trumpet.

At 12 years old, He started to hear House on the radio, and t.v. He didn't know what that sound was called. Everyone he asked, told him "Oh, they call that warehouse music". He walked into a local big name record store, asked if they had any warehouse music. The clerk pointed walked him to the area. There wasn't much to choose from. Grabbed a couple of mixed CD's. One with a sassy cartoon character, the other with a sexy lady.

Through middle school and high school, Adonis would break dance. His ears focused on the music, while his eyes watched the other dancers, and the DJ's. That's when he started collecting music. Everything from Disco, Funk, Soul, Hip-Hop, HOUSE, Drum & Bass, and Jungle. If it had a nice beat that he could dance to, he wanted it.

At 16 years old, Adonis caught the DJ bug. A friend took him to his very first massive called... METROPOLIS. June 2000, was a night he'll never forget. That night opened his eyes. It was something he'd never seen, until that night. Thousands of people enjoying good music, with no violence. DJ's in every room, playing different genres of music. He didn't get home until 8am. "My mom was cooking breakfast, as I walked in. I could smell the bacon as I opened the door. she looked at me, and said, It's 8am, I know you had fun". Gave her a hug and said "Mom, I'm gonna help change this world... through music"

Started going to underground raves of all types. He was only 16. Not many places a 16 year old could go at that time, unless it was a rave.

"Adam, a neighbor of Richard's, would see us practice our breakin moves. He invited us up to his apartment. Said he has technics, and everything. He turned them on a was the scratch master. Told us all to take turns on the technics. Everyone did ok, then came my turn. Some how, I could scratch really well. Adam asked if i'd done this before. Told him, no dude, this is my very first time. He said theres no way its your first time... your scratching is on point"

A break dancing friend Adonis still has to this day, had a beginners DJ set up. "my friend wasn't using his DJ set up at all. So i made him an offer. Gave him the cash, and took those gemini xl100's home. Yes, I still remember my first set of turntables". 

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