From the Groundup we pound up...

The groundup family was kind enough to let us do a set at their recent "Bound for Greatness" art/fashion/music show at the Hawaii Design Center----and it blew our minds! No offense to the groundup family, but usually Hawaii events don't attract more than 20 people at any given time....hahaha...so, imagine our surprise walking into a room with CHOKE folks....big ups to groundup for putting on a good show with incredible support. We all could learn a thing or two from these guys!
Mr. Elephant Armada himself....none other than DJ Eelz, aka Illstar, aka Mana! Former NMB beatsmith and DJ doing big things now with the groundup crew....congrats to Mana as he makes his way over to Kuwait---no kidding...dude is moving up there soon! What brah....one more beat for the road?!
We got up and had a fun time with the crowd---Wade had no idea that we'd be performing in front of such a large crowd so he came straight from the UH game..shorts and slippers style. I felt overdressed like a mo'...



Fun set overall--with a killer DJ battle in between...featuring some of the funniest ish I've seen in a while...between none other than the two Reyes brothers---DJ Memoirs and DJ Ligre.....

NMB's own DJ Memoirs came out on top for this one---killing it on the cuts and adding enough humor to take out his older brother...hahahaa..good stuff....
Peep the fresh visuals by the homie Shaun Castro---he's heading up to the PI soon...dude is on a mission! Also in attendance that night were Koak (GN, Earth Movers!) and Eukarest doing some ill painting....can't wait to see what the groundup fam has in store for us all the next time around. Big ups to the pirates!!! (http://www.groundupmovement.com/)

And a big thank you goes to the homie Aaron Yoshino who provided these incredible photos (http://www.honozooloo.com/)

Until next time.....

Well.being, Wade and DJ Memoirs---this Saturday!

Come out to watch 3/4 of NMB perform at the latest installment of the GroundUp Family, "Bound For Greatness"...this coming Saturday, September 6th at the Hawaii Design Center from 8pm-midnight!

Dope new venue, tons of live art, photography, live music, DJ's, and yours truly (NMB!) will be holding it down with the GroundUp crew (http://www.groundupmovement.com/). Should be a dope night, so come out and support!

Big ups to Noa, Koak, Elephant Armada and the crew for the invite! Wish Temper could be here for this one!

Siq of Lazy....

Last Saturday night, I had the pleasure of checking out the record release party for the homie Creed Chameleon (http://www.creedchameleon.com/) for his latest album, "Siq of Lazy." Been a while since I've been out and about, and it was good to reconnect with the folks!

Big ups to Memoirs, Atypical Living, Honozooloo, RDSP, Blessd'chil, Perfect Median, Audible Lab Rats, T-Qron, Kimo's Braddah, and everyone else I ran into that night!

As usual, Blessd'chil and Perfect Median came with the heat---on the real, I am more and more impressed by both of these groups as time goes by....every time I see them do their thing, they make me glad to be a part of this underground scene. And, to top it all off, NMB affiliate and all-around sound-provider, DJ Memoirs, was on hand to rock the tables for both of these crews...big ups to Mems!

Finally, Creed hit the stage with DJ Revise and Educated Guess and rocked the crowd with some of his latest bangers....I still haven't heard the whole album yet, but from what I did hear, sounds like Creed has again set a new bar for Hawaii hip-hop. Dope energy, sick beats, and fresh writing....can't wait to see how far Creed can take this! Much respect Creed..thanks for a killer show..