I have ate, slept, beat, practiced, rehearsed, night, day, in and out music since I can remember. I have missed more holidays, birthdays, celebrations and overall forgot about anyone or anything while being the practice NAZI. I was once labeled first among equals by a very special friend and GIGANTIC guitar player in the Austin area. I never wanted the notoriety or the sex and drugs. It was the love of the chill. Wood,wire and magnetism. Anyone can get laid and get high. I wanted to feel all that and more. I owe every single note, word, long, band and gig to someone. You know who you are. Thank you for allowing me to share the pedal and the wheel on these many rides. God bless, up the irons and bang that head that does not. Or when u come see us we'll dive on top of you!

A mysterious sect of selektas out of the Inland Empire, Southern California who have come together to rise above the average dj and mash-up da place! The Gone JahMen Crew was originated in 2000 by brothers Dustin and Brodie and close friend Keith. At that point in time the I.E. was home to weekly raves and underground parties but not to too many dj's. Tired of seeing average joe dj's come to the I.E., the Gone JahMen went to work playing anything from house partys to raves. Slowly the crew got bigger increasing our drive to promote jungle music. Around 2003 we pulled back, for different reasons; the scene, music, personal lifes, and we slowed down a bit. We were still always together and we continued with our music along side all of us attending our respective colleges. At the beggining of 2005 we teamed up with our old homies from the I.E. to form a group dedicated to drum n bass and ragga music. We got together every friday night in Irvine (O.C.) to let true junglist hear our sound. We were fed up with the same bouncy, techy crap you could've heard in the U.K. four-years ago. We are and will always be driven to bring you something different. So.Cal. is home to so much great talent, we are proud to have the oppurtunity to support that. Our first goal as a crew was to obtain residency at a local dnb club. Our hard work has not only helped us meet that goal but, it has allowed us to create and opperate our very own ragga/drum'n'bass lounge every friday night, FREEBASS FRIDAYS. We continued with Freebass for 10 months. The first night was just a hand full of friends standing around a bar with 4 house speakers to our last night using both main rooms filled over capacity making it one of the biggest jungle party Orange County has seen to date. Freebass brought some big talent from all over including from Congo Natty, Spikey Tee, Twinhooker & Paulie Walnuts, Capital J, Jedi Mind Tricks, Demo, Hochi and some of LA's very best including; RAW, ERS1, APX1, CRS?, Infiltrata etc. During this time a few more friends joined the crew and inspired us to go further. After Freebass we decided to return our focus to making and spinning jungle. Dave "Direct Feed" and Jake "Natty Ruler" have had several releases over the last few years on many different labels. Dave is one of the hardest working producers period! He's definately no rookie to making tunes. He has many different allias and has releases in many different genres and a list of affiliates to go with it. Jake is now stranger to production as well. He's giving rebirth to the new ragga sound with affiliates and fans from here to Isreal. As a crew we're honored to have been sponsered by Owned Clothing a company dedicated to jungle music and has been for many years which has built a roster of dj's containing serious heavy weights such as; Dj Ink, Krinjah, Mad Dem Sound, Babylon Demolitionist, K.O.D.A., RAW etc. Much love and respect to all of the crews, dj's, producers and kids out there puttin' in the same amount of hard work to keep this scene alive. SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL RAGGA/DNB CREW! Big Ups to the homies: Evil Empire, Dub Chamber, Steel Lions, Tonz of Drumz, Ghetto Life, Upgrade, Cause'nEffect, ZenOne, Drumz, Creative Kasualties, Jungle Riddim, Humdruma/z, Unknown Soljahs, Broke Junglist, Ruffnek Crew and all the homies supporting RAGGA FUCKING JUNGLE!!! .. 
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BBC Radio 1 wybrało ich na gospodarzy oficjalnej imprezy i audycji radia przedstawiających warszawską scenę klubową. Włoski Vogue określił ich jako "The hottest DJs of the moment on musical research and Warsaw nights". Od lat zarażają polską publiczność klubową eklektyzmem - dzięki nim lub przy ich udziale mogliście tańczyć podczas występów Peaches, Tigi, Boy George'a, Yeasayer, Duke'a Dumonta, Foals, Bloody Beetroots, Pictureplane, Le1f'a, Branko (Buraka Som Sistema) i wielu, wielu innych. W swoich setach mieszczą zarówno rave'owe szaleństwo, nubassowy futuryzm, jak i uk garage'ową słodycz, house'owy groove czy chwytliwe refreny. Dwie rzeczy nie zmieniają się nigdy - pozytywna energia i miłość do muzyki. Występowali na fetwialach: Off, Audioriver, Coke Live, Boogie Brain, Francophonic, Pozytywne Wibracje, Basowiszcza. Ich występ na Openerze przeszedł do legendy nie tylko ze względów muzycznych.

^ in August 2010. we've been chosen by BBC Radio 1 to organize an official party presenting warsaw club scene on their air
^ italian Vogue named us "the hottest DJs of the moment on musical research and Warsaw nights"
^ we run wicked parties in Warsaw in which we've hosted or played with Foals, Peaches, Boy George, Tiga, Robert Babicz, Steve Aoki, Bloody Beetroots, Branko (of Buraka Som Sistema), Drop The Lime, Duke Dumont, French Fries, Canblaster, Breakbot  - name as long as you want
^ we've played on all important polish festivals - Off, Audioriver, Coke Live, Francophonic, Boogie Brain), Pozytywne Wibracje and on Elektra in Czech Republic
^ our gig on Open'er Festival became a legend of modern rave culture.

The son of Nigerian immigrants, Ugochukwu Onyianta aka The 'U' was born and raised in Newark & East Orange, New Jersey. He was an excellent student from a young age and was always placed in Gifted/Talented Programs. He developed a strong fondness for story telling, writing, music, and poetry. After graduating St. Benedict's Prep School in 2006 he was accepted into Penn State University. Throughout his 5 years in college, The 'U' was a popular fixture in the Penn State Underground Music Scene opening up for artists such as: Meek Mill, 2 Chaniz, A$AP Ferg, Kid Ink, Stalley, Vinny Cha$e, MC Lyte, Shawn Chrystopher, and Afro Man. 
The 'U' graduated Penn State in 2011 with a degree in Sports Broadcast Journalism. Later that year, he was introduced to Super-Producer Chris 'Crisis' Hayes, who has worked with: Roc-a-Fella Records, Jay-Z, Dr. Dre, The Notorious B.I.G., Ray J, Stevie J, and Macy Gray. From 2011-2014 he was signed to an independent label out of Williamsport, Pennsylvania called DyHard Entertainment. His debut album #NoDaysOff, was released in February of 2016 and is available now. The 'U' wants to establish himself amongst the Hip Hop elite and continue the tradition of phenomenal artists from the Garden State.

Revered as “The Duke of New Jersey,” Ronald Gold Jr. A.K.A Duke Bl@ckstat Baggwell (duke

black) possesses over a decade of music experience in live musical performance, sound

engineering/production and music composition. Most recognized for innovative contribution to

modern day Hip Hop B­Boy dance moves, Duke Black has Produced/mixed dozens of records,

beats and albums and has earned himself numerous  shout­outs from his peers (namely Rick

Ross, Maurice David Wade, Sherrod Lambert, Aesop Storyteller, Pikasso Baggwell, Kasim,

Wreckless, KK. Holloway, Doobie Badass, J. Phillippe, Lady Luck, Tax G, Bodat 
Ink., Benatton Boyz) paying

homage to his exceptional skills behind the boards, in the booth and on the stage.

Born at Clara Mass in Belleville,NJ (Dec. 5) Duke Black acquired his moniker as a teen by virtue

of him being a Black Belt in Martial arts since the age of 7.

In the early 2000s Duke Black bought his own amplifiers, speakers and microphones which

sparked his interest in music and expression. After hours of practice at home, he began teaching

his friends how to dance over the years which spawned a subculture of party hoppers in Essex

County,NJ. In 2006, he met long time friend Pikasso Bagwell. Duke Black, who had taken piano

lessons as a child, and had four years worth of Marching Band experience as Drum Captian also

boasted three years of Drum Corps experience with the Cadets of NYC (2nd in the country DCI

divII). The duo founded Hooplaa Nation!! and began promoting parties and selling Jersey Club

remixes of popular songs to party goers, promoters, and dj coalitions.  Duke used the money he

received from the tour to fund a six­month music recording course at Traphouse Recording

Studios in West Orange, New Jersey, which had a great impact on him. After Traphouse, Duke

Black moved to North Carolina where he Produced over 200 beats, and Created the hit smash

"Selfie" by Aesop Storyteller which was 2014's Urban Anthem and nominated by numerous

publications as "Single of the year".  People quickly recognized the young producer/engineer’s

potential have since invited him to travel for work. Apart from a publishing deal with ChessBoard

Ent., Duke Black is independent and is based mainly in Florida and New York, where he works

closely with Angel Investor Anthony "Bdale" Barksdale on his "Uncle Duke" comedy project.

Over the years Duke Black has been a major part of many artists' careers in addition to Aesop

Storyteller, and is widely respected as a humbly gifted human being with a great business saavy.

He was recently signed as the tour DJ for the 'JRZDRVN' world tour featuring Aesop Storyteller

and Hooplaa!! Nation.


Projects:  
                 Jersey Sure_-_Trice Everette

                 High Life Mixtape_-_ Fly Money G’z

                  Sinsational Mixtape_-_ Mr. Sinsational

                  The Last of The Realest Breed Mixtape_-_ Young Nino Stacks

                   Hustle n’ Rap Mixtape_-_ Aesop Storyteller
                    NJ Tranzit Mixtape
                    JRZDRVN The Album                    

                   Work of Art Mixtape_-_ Pikasso Baggwell

                    Moovin out my Momma House Mixtape_-_ Duke Bl@ck     

Chapter   Rhyme


Born Chalmer Brown and raised in East Orange New Jersey, first gained notoriety by being featured in the “Open Mic” showcase given by B.M.I. Chapter Rhyme a.k.a. “Big Chap” is set to take the Gospel Hip-Hop world by storm with his lift’em up lyrics and hard as nails production, (Big Haz of B.A.D. Ink productions 2007-2009) 
Destined to become one of the most respected rap-lyricist in the game as well as a household name in the gospel Hip-Hop community due to the massive “Street Buzz” success of his debut album…”The Next Testament” Big Chap is on the brink of super stardom.
“God”, like rap has always been sacred to me, take artist like Kirk Franklin, Frankie Cutlass, Rakim, and K.R.S. One, you watch them perform and right away from verse one you can tell that this is something that can’t be Denied them. ”a look in their souls…Ya know… what their really about”. Gospel Hip-Hop like other genres has it’s enemies out there saying all types of untruths and superstitions, trying to keep the masses from hearing Gods word, like anything created by God, “it will Ovecome” 
Now calling the Gulf Coast home “Big Chap” brings his “Hug-Life Disciple style of hip-hop to the dirty-dirty South.
“Fade to Christ”

It wasn't by chance I came into this industry. Both my father and mother took interest in music far before my conception. It's actually the way they met. I guess in that way I owe a great deal to Music itself. My mother would tell me stories of me humming baselines to songs she created before I even had adequate mastery of the English language. Contrary to my natural affinity toward music, creating it was never interesting to me. At 7 years old, I noticed my family getting more musical around me. Naturally, I felt left out. I couldn't compose my own Raps like my cousins could, but that didn't stop me from putting up the front. At school I would get into a lot of situations where I would be bullied. I wasn't the greatest social being so I needed a way to turn my luck. I began stealing my cousins' raps and going to my school to spit them for popularity. It worked for me until 2005. I'll never forget the day a boy in my school called my bluff, siting my lack of new material. I had a choice: Go back to being an outcast, or be in with this new crowd of rappers and cool people. This spawned my first attempt at rapping in 2006. I must have wasted thousands of sheets of paper on garbage that i thought was fit to be recorded. In early 2007, R.E.A.L. (my current music group and my fore mentioned cousins) took interest in me. There was a debate on whether or not I should have been admitted into the group as the newest member which lasted into early 2008. I figured since we grew up together, there would be no question... -__-. I was auditioned with a track called "We Back". R.E.A.L. was taking a rather long break from rap due to having no place to record, so this track would be their return to the game. A lot of weight rested on my shoulders. I had to show my *ss on the track if I ever wanted to be accepted. The song took so long to record, and just as well too because I had written basically nothing the whole four week period over which the sessions ran. I was basically in a panic. One night, I got a call saying that we were scrapping the idea and moving on to a similar idea with a different instrumental. I sat in the studio the night of the session anxious and ready to give out. I had to think of something quick. So I did what I did best. I stole an Idea from someone I believed to be better than me. It escapes me what song I got it from, but my first two bars were stolen and changed a little to be unnoticed. The rest flowed out of me like I had unplugged a creative cork from my mind and I wrote my first 15 minute verse. I still have the paper to this day. (Knock On Wood) We recorded another song that same night and I wrote an entirely original verse to it. It was called "All My Days". Soon thereafter, I moved to Pennsylvania with my father and his then new wife, cutting my rapping down to a weekend thing. Late 2009, My father received an interesting package in the mail. The Native Instruments Maschine. (Moment of silence for a life changing moment) He bestowed upon me his Akai MPD 24 and plugged up his new toy. Although I still own, and am still very appreciative of the MPD, It hasn't been one day since then where I don't consider Maschine to be my main source for creating beats. My first beat ever came out sounding like professional work. Before then I had messed around with garage band and logic but never had I experienced something so perfect in life. This solved a huge problem for me. I had no way of getting instrumentals. I had to steal from youtube or beg My uncles. I was tired of stealing and I was sick and tired of begging. I cut out the middle man and began plotting on my first project entitled "Full of Beautiful Sound" (Full of BS for short) And although some industry beats found their way onto my mixtape, all in all, It was a child of my own twisted mind. Depression crept it's way up in the summer of 2011 (the eve of my junior year of high school) and my music followed suit. I took on a more darker tone and production style which resides in the breath of my music somewhat to this very day. I released Full of BS on May 30th, 2012 against my better judgement and to no avail. There were less than 100 downloads. I fell right back into the swing of things soon, leaving mere weeks in between my release of Full of BS and my beginning of the mixtape entitled "enigma.alsius (mystery of the cold man)". I changed around the tracklist so much for "enigma" that not one track from the start of the project made it on to the final cut. I didn't want to just slap another mixtape together. I needed to best myself ten fold. I took two years writing and producing, deleting and editing, rewriting and sulking, and I felt like I was getting no where. I had a choice. Put out a lackluster project, or steal beats from online. lol. There was no way my sophmore project would be riddled with garbage that I created just to prove a point. So in 2013 I announced the release of my mixtape. Even though I wouldn't release it until January 10th, of 2014. It's been crazy as hell, looking back from here. There stands a connected flaw in all the things I have done. My originality was not there from the jump. For the past few years, my lyrics have gone through a cleansing period that I am still not finished with. I want you to see my flaws and witness my Transition into Pure Originality. My next project will be an LP comprised of a few very long songs that mean a lot to me. Each one has it's place in my heart. I only ask that you look at the tracks for what they are if you are not an intellectual, and dig deep into my meanings if you are. There's a lot more to say, but I guess I was always better at rapping my feelings anyway. Thank you for reading : )

   While scouring the remnants of a once bustling shopping center for fossilized vinyl album relics, I heard a faint, phlegmatic voice arise out of a pile of discarded mannequins crying out "Help, help, get me out of this pile of @#$% mannequins and I will owe you one!"  This is how I first met Rowena Blankenship Spudwelder IV, modern day prophetess and heir to a line of incontinence products, whose favorite song is "Row your boat" and favorite hobby is welding metallic potato heads oddly enough.
   After helping her out of the pile, haggard and disheveled yet surprisingly limber Rowena suddenly springs to her feet and proclaims,"I am Queen Rowena, ordained prophetess of the Ancients, and former employee of the month at Builder's Emporium home improvement store #3876 and am here to announce my imminent return to civilization after a long hiatus in the Mojave desert subsisting on a diet of Perrier and Spam. Upon my arrival at LAX you will be given a pamphlet with further details about my spiritual journey." 
   Later, at LAX, I pick up Rowena anxious to hear more.  "So, what did you want again?" she asks with a look of half annoyance and half constipation, "make it quick, my bunions are killing me."  I remind her about the pamphlet and details about her spiritual journey.  "Oh, well" she says, suddenly turning red, "I had an accident, I sharted on my way to the airport and had to use the pamphlet to wipe myself. No worries, though, the pamphlet was only a cursory parchment of archaic rituals used to summon the dead regarding the deepest secrets of the universe, no biggie.  Anyway, I  had a revelation about you while getting an enema at the hospital last week."  
   "From henceforth you will be known as Troxem, don't complain, you know it's not easy coming up with a name," she continued, "Your mission is to entertain and enlighten a world starving for musical nourishment in a desolate environment of sonic indigestibles.  Please don't disappoint me and blow chunks."
   And with that, Troxem embarked on his mission.  Really? Listen and find out for yourself what Troxem is all about.

Club owner and lover of Chicago House & Techno... 
Just a handful of the notable clubs/nights. I've played over the years.... 

Sub Club- Glasgow, Scotland
Motor Lounge –Detroit 
Egg- London 
King King - LA 
D Edge – San Paulo, Brazil 
Vinyl- New York City 
Snafu- Aberdeen, Scotland
Monkey Tennis- Sydney, Australia
Revolver- Melbourne, Australia
The End Up- San Francisco 
Vertigo- San José Costa Rica 
Smart bar- Chicago
The Masque- Liverpool
Electric Circus- Adelaide, Australia
Club Zero- Rio, Brazil 
Geisha Bar- Perth, Australia
Ink Bar- Auckland, New Zealand  
H20- Pecq, Belgium
Bath Street- Dunedin,  New Zealand 
Mansion- Christchurch,  New Zealand 
Decadence – Gent, Belgium
Silo- Leuven, Belgium 
D Edge- Campo Grande, Brazil 
3- Milwaukee 
Blue- Miami
Sound Bar- Chicago
Tank- Sydney, Australia
Club Rayo – Buenos Aires, Argentina
State Place Theater- New Orleans 
Dolce- St Louis 
Rey Sol- Tamarindo Costa Rica
Barsoma– Brisbane - AUS
Soho- Gisborne, New Zealand 
System Soundbar - Toronto, CA
Central Station - Prague

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