[Mixtape] QuEST X DJ RTC: One Month Left

Quest: One Month Left

Faithful RH readers are no stranger to QuEST.  The emcee out of Miami gained exposure in the new calendar year through multiple posts and a cosign by 2DB and IllRoots.  We featured QuEST in our First Look section a couple months back, and the emcee enlisted me to mix and host his new mixtape, There's Only One Month Left.  The mixtape is the precursor to his formal debut album, Broken Headphones, and I'm very happy with it.  Boasting guest appearances from Donny Goines, Prezzure, Naledge of Kidz In The Hall, GLC, XV and more, There's Only One Month Left is 18 tracks giving you a taste of what's to come from QuEST, and the mixing/DJing isn't too shabby either, haha...Download and tracklist after the jump.

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[Mixtape] RubyHornet x SoundScape: DJ RTC & Friends Live

Do Division Fest

On May 30, 2009 DJ RTC set up shop at Do Division Fest, an annual music and arts festival stretching roughly 9 city blocks in the heart of Division street.  He asked some of Chicago's finest emcees to join him during his set.  So many artists signed up that it turned into an exclusively Chicago set, which played out like a live mixtape.  DJ RTC arranged and blended tracks together to make for smooth transitions, and a concert with few pauses and lots of excitement. Michael Kolar of SoundScape Studio recorded and mastered the full set, which is available for free download by clicking the link below. With ten of Chicago's most accomplished and beloved Hip Hop artists making appearances, DJ RTC & Friends Live is a one of its kind live concert mixtape, which represents everything that's dope right now about Chicago's Hip Hop community.  Notorious as a city full of haters, DJ RTC & Friends serves to contradict the Chi's haterville moniker and signifies the change in the attitude taking place in the Chi.  Artists such as Mike 100's, Really Doe, Phil G, Project Mayhem, Mikkey Halsted, Mick Luter, Mic Terror, Rhymefest, The Primeridian, and GLC all been lead the pack.

If you were there, you can relive the experience.  If you missed it, you can get caught up to speed.  Please enjoy by finding the download link and tracklist below.

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Treasurechest's Blog #11: You Think I Lose Sleep...

DJ RTC

 

"I'm known as an occupational emcee, you think I lose sleep if you sleep on me?"

De La Soul featuring Adrock: "Squat"

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So, I originally started this blog on May 11th, a week after my 27th birthday, and shortly after Vibe released their to 50 Blogs list, and then XXL released their top 50 20 Blogs list to try to clean up the mess. RubyHornet didn't appear on either, and I felt, I don't know, I felt somewhat "slept on". It's actually kind of funny because anybody that knows me, Virgil, or any other RH staff will tell you that we're famous for the phrase, 'we're not a blog, we're an online magazine.' That is what we aim to be, that is what we're going for, and so, in a way, not being on the top blog lists is not much of an insult, slight, or diss, and more of people recognizing the full plan and image we have for RubyHornet. At least that's what I was telling myself when I saw the lists without RH, it's also what I told the various artists who asked me about it, and again when Peter Rosenberg talked about our absence during our interview (coming soon). I mean, come on, our "blog section" one component of our site is still the business, and I'll put it up against any pure blog site...But, a few more days passed, the fervor went down, and I lost those hard feelings and moved onto something else. More artists and their PR folks hit us up about features, more emcees asked me to host their mixtapes, and the White Sox kept falling deeper in the AL Central. But the original principle is still the same, and it's kind of funny that I'm writing now about wanting more attention and all that after my last blog pretty much broke the other way....
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RH Photos: RTC's Bday @ Lava Lounge

RubyHornet.com

Man, first of all, thank you to everyone that came out to my birthday party at Lava Lounge.  I was literally shocked when I walked in at 11:40 PM, and the place was packed.  I saw a lot of familiar faces, faces I haven't seen in a minute, and a lot people I met for the first time that heard of the party from following RH and coming to my gigs.  This was perhaps my best birthday party, and I think the best party of the young spring 2009.  It's kind of blurry to me, but luckily my friend and RH partner, Virgil Solis, held it down on the photography tip, taking a ridiculous 150 pics.  We cut it down to our favorites, please check them out below, and let us know if you see yourself.  And special thanks to Jesse Lee of dubFrequency for helping me set everything up, Naledge, Really Doe, Phil G, Rude1, Metrognome, Word, Dave Jeff and Izzo for doing their thing as well so I could just get drunk and talk to girls...haha...
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RTC: The Coolest Jew (Blog #8)

Cool Jeq

I am the coolest Jew, at least I am the coolest Jew in the Chicago land area.  I know what you're thinking...is this statement from some sort of poll and/or contest?  Did the rabbinical association make some sort of decree, or was this title given to me by Adrian Brody, Adam Sandler, or Natalie Portman (three Jews universally recognized to hand out such a distinction)?  Actually the answer is no.  My statement is backed up by hard data, by sociologically tested reporting mechanisms, and my title is one bestowed upon me by the people, of different ethnicities and ages, and without any prompting, absolutely none whatsoever.  In fact, this title, while I'll wear it as a badge of honor (not a piece of flare though) comes with a mixture of disappointment.  Let me explain.
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RTC: Treasurechest's Blog #7

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I got a pocket full of money...looking all bummy...That's pretty much my mood right now, and yes that is both my Grover hand puppet and turntable setup.  It's been raining the past couple of days, and I've been rocking rip jeans, a tee shirt, and my Hyde Park hoodie.  That's also the first time I've written about what I've been wearing, and, sadly, it will most likely be the last one as well.  I am also listening to Shootenanny!, the 2003 LP by The Eels.  If you're unfamiliar, it's a smooth LP full of the right mix of optimism, heartbreak, and sadness. My favorite song on the album is "Lone Wolf"...
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RTC: Treasurechest's Blog #6

I just got a copy of the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack in the mail, so I got that going for me...Other than that, it's been kind of a low key Monday for me.  I originally wanted to take a day off, but Naledge and Dre both reminded me that the internet does not stop cause there are always people like them that go on RH @ 3AM and wonder why the site's not been updated in the last couple hours...Anyway, the reason for my slowness today goes back to last week Thursday and the first of what seemed to be like 8 birthday parties for my main man, Virgil Solis, aka Benny Rocs.  We took the party to Empire Liquors where I DJ'ed a small set with Willy Joy and DJ Major Taylor.  The place was packed and our girl Nina was also there celebrating her birthday...Let me just say that I dropped "Birthday Sex" and I believe both of them had a good time...
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RTC: Treasurechest's Blog #5

Clark Kent

 

This is my Clark Kent blog.  A real good guy, Clark Kent was.  Stand out journalist, dedicated truth seeker, great friend, modest, and really knew how to keep a secret. I have a pair of glasses that I don't wear that much, that are Clark Kent-ish.  I bought them when I was a freshmen in college. I always resisted glasses before that, but I couldn't read the overhead in Dr. Weiskopf's Psych 101 and decided it was time to see clearly.  At the time, I felt like thick black glasses were the way to go because if I was going to wear glasses, I wasn't going to play around and try to camoflauge or get too cute, just give me the black frames...I'm wearing glasses dammit!
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