NYC. Get ready for a real treat. On Sunday, October 11, at a yet to be disclosed secret rooftop location in the Lower East Side, San Francisco’s freshest; PROOF (Massive Selector), KING MOST (Plug Label) and yours truly (props/Wax Poetics), along with New York’s finest; ELEVEN (The Rub) and AMIR (Kon & Amir/Wax Poetics) will attempt to bring the coasts a little closer together for your listening, dancing and romancing enjoyment.

Now I’ve been going back and forth between San Francisco and New York for a minute; and you can’t really compare the two…they’re like opposites really. No one better than the other, SF’s got all the peace and quiet you’ve ever wanted from a major metropolitan city, with breathtaking views everywhere you look…it’s the perfect respite from NY’s hustle and bustle, swagger and swindle. The way I see it, SF and NY need each other. I mean, SF’s got the wine and NY’s got the women, right?! Yea, I said it…come on, the only wine in NY is fools whinin’ about how much they wanna leave the city…and it seems like the really good women in SF are taken. (So come out the woodwork, SF ladies…NY’s runnin’ numbers on y’all!) I love going to NY from SF, just as much I love going to SF from NY; opposite sides of this U-S of A that need as much as feed off of each other…SF’s got NY on burritos as much as NY’s got SF on pizza. Discuss!

On this episode of propsRadio, your SF hosts PROOF, KING MOST and me give ya a soulful selection of tracks you can sink your ears into while you count the days til the event…we’re looking forward to it as much as you are, and we couldn’t wait to show you just a lil west coast skin – it’s Indian summer in SF…we’re gonna bring it over y’alls’ way on Sunday!

Sunday, October 11

Massive Selector presents SFNY

21+ | 3pm – 9pm | INVITE ONLY

At an exclusive rooftop location in the LES, NYC

RSVP for location and to get in FREE on the list

sfnyconnect@gmail.com

NY’s Finest

DJ ELEVEN (The Rub)

AMIR (Kon & Amir/Wax Poetics)

SF’s Freshest

PROOF (Massive Selector)

KING MOST (Plug Label)

FREDDY ANZURES (props/Wax Poetics)

Dropping the very best in boogie, hip-hop, outernational soul, future

funk and classic cuts.

ENJOY!

SFNY on Massive Selector

SFNY on facebook

PROOF

KING MOST

Scratching records was all the rage when I was just coming up in San Francisco a decade ago…I can’t believe it’s been that long since I’ve been here. It seemed like everyone was a DJ and that ‘you and your band,’ as James Murphy put it in “Losing My Edge,” ‘sold your guitars and bought turntables.’ It wasn’t a gold rush as much as it was a vinyl rush back then, as the Bay Area’s treasure trove of turntablists, like Q-Bert and Shadow, put the city on the musical map. And when Doug Pray’s film “Scratch” came out, the artform was revitalized and put on a world stage.

New York also had its respective DJ crews known for scratching and juggling beats. The X-Ecutioners, originally the X-Men, killed it everytime with members Rob Swift, Total Eclipse, Mista Sinista and Roc Raida manning the decks for respect and reward. It was Roc Raida in ’95 who was the victor at the DMC World DJ Championships, following three consecutive victories by San Francisco’s Q-Bert and Mixmaster Mike at the DMC World DJ Championships. With his signature behind-the-back beat juggling routine, Roc Raida was able to conduct a conversation with his hands and what seemed like an orchestra with just two records.

One of turntablism’s true pioneers, earning a spot in the DMC Hall of Fame and working with the likes of Ghostface Killah, the Jungle Brothers and Busta Rhymes’ personal DJ, Roc Raida passed September 19, 2009. This edition of propsRadio is from an early mixtape Raida put out in ‘96, chock full of signature scratches and old school cuts. Rest in peace, brotha.

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Afrika Bambaataa & the Jazzy 5 “Jazzy Sensation” (Tommy Boy)

Sweet G “Games People Play” (Fever)

Donald D “Don’s Groove” (Elektra)

Lovebug Starski “Live at the Disco Fever” (Fever)

MC Shan “The Bridge” (Cold Chillin’)

Schooly D “P.S.K.” (Schooly-D)

The B Boys “Girls” (Vintertainment)

Boogie Boys “A Fly Girl” (Capitol)

Bad Boys Featuring K-Love “Bad Boys” (Starlite)

Divine Sounds “Do Or Die Bed Stuy” (Reality)

Run DMC “Peter Piper” (Profile)

LL Cool J “Rock The Bells” (Def Jam)

Busy Bee “Suicide” (Strong City)

Bad Boys Featuring K-Love “Veronica” (Starlite)

ENJOY!