The Bomb Shelter II @ Cloth & Clef, 11th February 2009 10PM Onwards, FREE

You didn't think we'd stop at just one, right?

THE BOMB SHELTER is back, and this time around we're bringing you a potent mix of old school and new school (all true school, t;hough, you know this) live hip hop and r&b. We're turning it up a notch with some brand new discoveries for KL hip hop and a welcome return to the fold by a few pioneers who helped engineer this rap shit in the first place:

EMBERZ of SOUL: Laydee Dee (of Naughtius Maximus) and Deff were one of the first R&B duos to ever hit KL, and for the first time in a looong time, these ladies are hitting the stage again to show the little girls (and some boys) how it's done. You haven't seen anything like this in a while, people. Bear witness. And just in time for Valentine's, too!

SAMIR: Straight pounds from the Ruffneck. If you don't already know, you need a hip hop intervention. Samir has been at the forefront of Malaysian hip hop since he dropped bombs with Da Joint way back in '96, and he's not about to quit just yet. One of the best live performers KL's ever had, miss the OG showtime man at your peril. Champion styleeeeeee.

FIGURE of SPEECH and APOCALYPSE DAWN: When we say beats and rhymes are the foundation, we mean these two guys. Spoken word poets already well-known in the local coffee shop circuit, FoS and AD are new additions to the Rogue Squadron roster, and they'll be dropping science over beats courtesy of RS beatsmiths like MicWrecka, Cliq and Skware-1. You can't handle the truth!

DARK PARADE: Ever since they came up on the Malaysian Fusion X II CD back in the day, Dark Parade's been holding it down for the community, hardbody style. Ad Voc (who just picked up a trophy for 2nd Best Hip Hop Song at the VIMAs a couple of weeks ago) and Think You Got Skillz veteran Dice keep it gully like hard knock aesthetics never went away. DP got that crazy ish!

FAMILYBOY: We all call him Boss Chan, but he's too modest to name himself that. For now. One of Rogue Squadron's backbone members, Familyboy is about the only emcee man enough in Malaysia to do death rap (no typo), as evidenced in his 2006 EP Heavily Sedated. He's got a few flips on his style, just for this show. Prepare to die.

TRINITI: I'm from the North myself, but damn. I never EVER thought I'd see the day an underground hip hop crew from Kangar, Perlis (that's my hood right there, so I love it, but yo - place is tiny) get on stage and do their thing in KL. DMent, Thane, Ajall and the homie Elf are new to KL hip hop politics, so be there when they swoop by to say hello.

DJ JOCULAR: Yall already know what it is. Headshell Heroes. Boom bap, hardbody, true school hip hop, straight no chaser. Accept no substitutes. Even from a WM clone. Ha!

The Bomb Shelter II is brought to you by Malaysia's largest independent hip hop collective, the Rogue Squadron; Cloth & Clef; and JUICE Magazine Malaysia as official media partner. See you people there!

Edjamahcatin'

Adly Syairi Ramly who is in my opinion one of the best music journalist in the country (or was, since he's now busy hijacking XFM instead) ran a few hip hop articles on Malay Mail not so long ago documenting the history of local hip hop. A lot of us heads missed most of this including me, cause I was and am still ignant when it comes to newspapers. But some major dudes did take notice, I recall Tripdisz (Pac of Doja, All Starz Division, Beat Conductah Extraordinaire) informing me of these articles, he also mentioned atuk Spit (Naughtius Maximus) collecting them.

However don't fret. Adly put up a note on facebook (with more to come) about local hip hop history and it's really detailed. We babies better get schooled.

Oh yeah, there's also a brief mention about TRS' origin. Sweet.

VIMA

Holy aquaman. We somehow won best hip hop group, didn't see that coming. And bakdatang got 3rd in best hip hop song. Congratulations to us. Thanks to Voize.

TRS @ i-eat-music | FriedChilliesTV, and VIMA

Actually we did these i-eat-music & VIMA interviews about a week or two ago I think. I forgot to check earlier whether they were up and just now I logged in to the website and it's there! Other VIMA nominees interviewed about food were Dose Two, DJ Ad-Voc (Nesh Dark Parade), Pot Amir Radiostar(ex-Innuendo), Deepset, Rithan Deja Voodoo Spells, and CODA.

Checkidoot (it was kinda fun):

Food rituals before a gig?

Worse food ever had?

Are you a good cook?


..Oh yeah and the VIMA is gon' be happening in a few hours. We're definitely not gonna win anything since we're grungoid losers so WordsManifest was hoping there would be a buffet, and me, I'm pretty sure there will be plenty of hot local (or not) chicks to look passively at. Anyhow it's gonna be a historic event so it's gonna be dope.

Pss: they betta have air conditioning, I'm planning to wear this cool 20 bucks hoodie I just bought.

The Bomb Shelter @ Cloth & CLef, 14th January 2009 10PM Onwards, FREE

This is it - The Bomb Shelter kicks off with a lineup of KL's most hardbody mic controllers!

Dose Two and Swagsta representing the Flow Fam; Blastoff! alumni Trickytongue twists shit up; Schizzow brings some Graffiti Greatness to the night's proceedings; SSK lays it down with some native tongues; and Jin Hackman lays out his Jinuary campaign with sneak previews from his impending debut album, Jinius At Work. Plus, DJ Jocular of the Headshell Heroes will be on the 1's and 2's with a true school mix for all the real heads.

The Bomb Shelter is brought to you by Cloth & Clef and Malaysia's largest independent hip hop collective, the Rogue Squadron.

And YES - it's FREE! Get there early, because we're going to jump right in at 10pm on the dot!

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DATANG AH DOWH, FREE! PEHSUSAH

(Translation: Come lah, it's free, dunny).