CLASSIC CUT VOL. 23

So obvious. So classic. Prince Paul + Rza + Frukwan + Too Poetic. You have ties to Wu Tang Clan, De La Soul, AND Stetasonic. THIS is a super group. Fuck you G3!

HOORAY NORTH AMERICA! 2009 IS STILL POSITIVE!

Okay so first off here are the upcoming dates i have for the US.

Mar 16 2009 8:00P
Trunkspace w/ Abe Vigoda Phoenix, Arizona
Mar 17 2009 8:00P
715 Panhandle w/ Abe Vigoda Denton, Texas
Mar 18 2009 1:00P
SXSW Forcefield/ TerrorBird Party @ Red 7 Austin, Texas
Mar 18 2009 3:15P
SXSW Fat Possum Showcase @ Emo’s Outside Austin, Texas
Mar 18 2009 5:30P
SWSW Spaceland Party @ Maggie Maes Austin, Texas
Mar 19 2009 1:15P
SXSW Rhapsody Showcase @ Mohawk Austin, Texas
Mar 19 2009 8:00P
SXSW Oh My Rockness Party @ Annex Backyard Austin, Texas
Mar 20 2009 4:00P
SXSW Other Music Party @ French Legation Museum Austin, Texas
Mar 20 2009 11:00P
SXSW Kill Yr Idols/PPM/Converse @ Club 1808 Austin, Texas
Mar 21 2009 2:15P
SXSW Levis / Fader Fort @ 1101 E. 5th Street between San Marcos & Waller Austin, Texas
Mar 21 2009 11:00P
SXSW Woodsist Showcase @ Ms. Beas Austin, Texas
Mar 22 2009 8:00P
Lounge on Elm St Dallas, Texas
Mar 23 2009 8:00P
The Pilot Light Knoxville, Tennessee
Mar 24 2009 8:00P
Nightlight Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Mar 25 2009 8:00P
Blue Nile Harrisonburg, Virginia
Mar 26 2009 8:00P
The Zodiac Baltimore, Maryland
Mar 27 2009 8:00P
Marvelous Music Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mar 28 2009 8:00P
The Market Hotel Brooklyn, New York
Mar 29 2009 8:00P
Cake Shop New York, New York
Mar 30 2009 8:00P
Mercury Lounge New York, New York
Mar 31 2009 8:00P
Sneaky Dee’s Toronto, Ontario
Apr 1 2009 8:00P
Magic Stick Detroit, Michigan
Apr 2 2009 8:00P
The Brass Rail Ft. Wayne, Indiana
Apr 3 2009 8:00P
Empty Bottle Chicago, Illinois
Apr 4 2009 8:00P
The Project Lounge Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Apr 5 2009 8:00P
7th Street Entry Minneapolis, Minnesota
Apr 6 2009 8:00P
Aquarium Fargo, North Dakota
Apr 8 2009 8:00P
The Northern Olympia, Washington
Apr 9 2009 8:00P
The Funhouse Seattle, Washington
Apr 11 2009 8:00P
Holocene Holocene, Oregon
Apr 12 2009 8:00P
DAM House Davis, California
Apr 13 2009 8:00P
Bottom Of The HIll San Francisco, California
Apr 14 2009 8:00P
Crepe Place Santa Cruz
Apr 15 2009 8:00P
The Echo Los Angeles, California
Apr 17 2009 8:00P
The Casbah San Diego, California

PARTY

Mon-Feb-02 Baltimore, MD Copycat
Tue-Feb-03 Philadelphia, PA The Marvelous Music
Wed-Feb-04 Annandale-on-Hudson, NY SMOG - Bard College
Thu-Feb-05 Poughkeepsie, NY Vassar College
Fri-Feb-06 Brooklyn, NY Market Hotel
Sat-Feb-07 New York, NY Less Artists, More Condos
Sun-Feb-08 New York, NY Underground Lounge - 2pm
Mon-Mar-16 Phoenix, AZ Phix Gallery

2/2-3 with WOODS
2/4 - 2/8 with BLANK DOGS, WOODS, NODZZZ, GARY WAR

SEE YA' LATER CALIFORNIA!

1. The Crests - The Angels Listened In (1959)
2. Nirvana - Negative Creep (1989)
3. Connie Francis - 16 Reasons (1960)
4. Seinfeld Season 4 Episode 1 'The Trip' (1993)
5. Spaced Invaiders Trailer (1980)
6. Harry Merry - Steven Storm (????)
7. John Legend feat. Andre 3000 - Green Light (2009)
8. BJ The Messenger - Crack Head (1987)
9. The Breeders - Cannonball (1994)
10. The Descendents - I'm The One (1996)

2009 IS POSITIVE

you can see more pictures at http://yourenotmyrealdad.blogspot.com

THURSDAY:
JESUS, CASSETTES, TAKE AWAY SHOW, ALFRATERESTRIAL








FRIDAY
RORY + PIZZA, RORY HITS HIS GIRLFRIEND, GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC HALL, AMEOBA COME UPS, DRUNK PIZZA EATING







SATURDAY
101, EL RAY THEATRE, EL RAY THEATRE, THE SMELL, THE SMELL, THE SMELL











SO BORED @ THE SMELL


WAVVES @ THE SMELL

LIFE IS STRESSFUL, RIGHT BRAD???

TOUR!

Jan 23 2009 8:00P

Great American Music Hall w. Tapes n' Tapes & White Denim. San Francisco, California

Jan 24 2009 8:00P

El Rey Theatre w/ Tapes n' Tapes, & White Denim. Los Angeles, California

Feb 4 2009 8:00P

Smog Garage - Bard College w/ Woods Annandale-On-Hudson, New York

Feb 5 2009 8:00P

Vassar College - Mathew’s Mug w/ Woods Vassar, New York

Feb 6 2009 8:00P

Market Hotel w/ Blank Dogs, Woods, Nodzzz, Gary War Brooklyn, New York

Feb 7 2009 8:00P

Less Artists More Condos w/ Blank Dogs, Woods, Nodzzz, Gary War Brooklyn, New York

Feb 10 2009 8:00P

Laverys Bunkers Belfast

Feb 11 2009 8:00P

Whelans (upstairs) Dublin

Feb 12 2009 8:00P

OCCI Festival Amsterdam

Feb 13 2009 8:00P

Friese Bremen

Feb 14 2009 8:00P

Atari w/ Future Islands Leipzig

Feb 15 2009 8:00P

Klub 007 w/ Future Islands Prague

Feb 16 2009 8:00P

Arena Wien

Feb 17 2009 8:00P

Kafe Kult München

Feb 18 2009 8:00P

West Germany Berlin

Feb 19 2009 8:00P

Astra Stube Hamburg

Feb 20 2009 8:00P

Galerie Loyal Kassel

Feb 21 2009 8:00P

DBs Utrecht

Feb 22 2009 8:00P

Ex Haus Trier

Feb 24 2009 8:00P

Ground Zero w/ Deerhunter Lyon

Feb 25 2009 8:00P

La Mecanique Paris

Feb 26 2009 8:00P

Barden’s Boudoir w/ Crystal Stilts London

Feb 27 2009 8:00P

The Chameleon w/ Pens Nottingham

Feb 28 2009 8:00P

TBA w/ Pens Leeds

Mar 1 2009 8:00P

Nice N Sleazy w/ Pens Glasgow

Mar 2 2009 8:00P

Bar Saki w/ Pens Manchester

Mar 3 2009 8:00P

Skala w/ Deerhunter London

Mar 4 2009 8:00P

Buffalo Bar w/ Pens Cardiff

Mar 5 2009 8:00P

Prince Albert w/ Pens Brighton

Mar 6 2009 8:00P

Upset The Rhythm Party w/ Pens! London

Mar 7 2009 8:00P

KRAAK Festival Gent

Mar 18 2009 8:00P

SXSW DATES TBA + US TOUR TBA Austin, Texas

NEW YEARS// TOUR BLOG DUUUUUUUDES

Hey Freaks,

Ghost Ramp will act as a tour blog for the upcoming Europe and US shows we have. We will post pictures of all the pizza we eat and maybe also some photos from the shows. I will have lot's of neat stuff I saved from mail order just to sell on tour, including some copies of the s/t cassette, beach demon/weed demon 7" (w/ grip tape), S/T lp/cd, T-Shirts and also a tour cdr. Sweeeeet! 2009!

CLASSIC CUT VOL. 22

OUTKAST - PLAYER'S BALL

MY FIRST FULL LENGTH IS AVAILABLE

12" LP/CD 'S/T' (WOODSIST) ----AVAILABLE NOW.

PAYPAL TO GHOSTRAMP@YAHOO.COM $15ppd USA $19ppd CANADA $26ppd WORLD.

CLASSIC CUT VOL. 21

So I just got home from New York yesterday. I'm super sick, so I don't really feel like writing too much but this song is important in so many different ways. To this day Scarface refutes the title of 'King of the South' but it's true. This is where it started. This is when it became important.
GETO BOYS - 4 CORNERED ROOM

PERFECT // INSTALLMENT #2

1. SONIC YOTUH // TEENAGE RIOT (1988)

2. LESLIE GORE // YOU DON'T OWN ME (1962)

3. MY BLOODY VALENTINE // ONLY SHALLOW (1991)

4. MARVELLETES // POSTMAN (1961)

5. DAVID BYRNE INTERVIEWS HIMSELF (1984)

6. NOTORIOUS BIG // BROOKLYN NEW YORK (1989)

7. MARY WELLS // TWO LOVERS/ BYE BYE BABY (1962)

8. METAL URBAIN // PANIK (1977)

9. PAVEMENT // CUT YOUR HAIR (1990)

10. THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN // JUST LIKE HONEY AND INSIDE ME (1985)



*I should note on this installment I tried to find video of Marv Johnson, The Essex, The Wipers, Crass and a few other classics but to no avail...fuck you YOUTUBE! So if any of you have quality video of the perviously mentioned artists then PLZ share it w/ us!

CLASSIC CUT VOL. 20

Can we all agree that DJ Premier is basically God? And check out Jeru's 'Crooklyn' Sweatshirt! Godamn that is cool.

JERU THE DAMAJA - COME CLEAN

CLASSIC CUT VOL. 19

For me personally, it gets no better than this. Grimey as fuck, cinematic, gangster, accessible, dark, fresh, PERFECT. Something about Ghost and Rae together is just magic. This song is 'top 5' material for me. Through and through, time and time again I will put this record on and listen to it front to back with a smile on my face. Raekwon perfected the whole storytelling record for the rap game, and sure enough Jay Z, Nas, and Biggie all followed suit but never really captured what Raekwon and Ghostface did on Only Built 4 Cuban Linx..

RAEKWON - CRIMINOLOGY

CLASSIC CUT VOL. 18

Mad Skillz or 'Skillz' never had a lucrative career as a rapper. In fact, this was his biggest single, and it was attatched to the complete and utter failure 'From where??' in '95. This was a bangin' single though, and Skillz deserves some shine. I mean, dude has been ghost writing for studio gangsters (P. Diddy, Mase, Jermaine Dupre, etc. etc.) since before his album flopped. Poor guy.
MAD SKILLZ - THE NOD FACTOR

The Alchemist ft. Jadakiss, Snoop Dogg, and Pusha T.

JOHNSON AND JOHNSON - 'UP ALL NIGHT'

CLASSIC CUT VOL. 17

OBVZ

CLASSIC CUT. VOL. 16

KMD (Kausing Much Damage, or A Positive Kause in a Much Damaged Society) was a rap trio in the 90s. In 1994, while filming a video for their upcoming record Black Bastards (bad ass name, right???) DJ Subroc was hit and killed by a car while crossing the street. Subrocs brother (Zen Love X) was so distraught he left the rap game all together, only to re appear years later with a mask on under the alias MF DOOM. Ohh yeah, you know that guy, right? Anyways, KMD never made it too big, but they had a string of pretty bangin' singles and they all look fucking fresh like they all just got off the set of A Different World.

KMD - PEACH FUZZ

BILLY CORGAN AND THE WHAT WENT WRONGS

CLASSIC CUT VOL. 15 (MIDWEST EDITION)

Now that we've brought up the Midwest we need to watch this video. MC Breed was credited with being the first real breakout Rapper from the Midwest. Although Breed would go on to try and become apart of various west coast scenes (LA Funk, Bay Area Hyphy) he would never really crack commercial success 100%. Doesn't matter though, b/c when you forget your roots yr a phony and then you die...well almost.
MC BREED- AINT NO FUTURE IN YO FRONTIN'

T.I - WHATEVER YOU LIKE

I'm almost embaressed at how much I really truly like this song but fuck it.

CLASSIC CUT VOL.14 (MIDWEST EDITION)

Kanye, Twista, R Kelly, Common... Chicago has made a name for itself, but for the most part the best shit always went under the radar and straight into the used bin. My Midwest cuddies could argue for days about who went the hardest in the Chi: the West or the Southside (totally pretending like the North doesn't even exist). But it's the Westside that produced Do Or Die and Psychodrama, the two hardest hitting Windy City rap groups in my opinion, so it's dubs up, period. Do Or Die are known for their collaberations with Twista way back but it's their mix of soulful hooks and legit street credibility, THE rarest element in hip hop these days, that got their name on the tongues of true heads. Chicago is a money making city. The gangs don't just put on bandanas and write on walls. Motherfuckers had whole project units turned into drug distribution centers the one time couldn't even infiltrate. Pimpin was as accepted as going the school route and it's just as common to see dudes banged out with canes and hats as it is a bomber jacket and a fitted. The West Side was the epicentre of pimpology. Do Or Die lived that, and they literally exhale legit swag.

Do Or Die - "Po Pimp"

THE SOUTH VOL.1

I won't lie... I fucked with 50 back when "Get Rich..." came out. That album sucked me back into rap and away from early 80's hardcore because like the rest of America, I was wondering how this dude got shot nine times and lived to rap about it (again and again and again). Now I wish 50 would get shot dead this time, and G-Unit as a whole is pretty much shit. I mean who else could ruin Mobb Deep? Seriously, that takes some fucking serious voodoo. Young Buck is hardly a favorite of mine but somehow he got blessed with a gem this time around and I'm glad the Outlawz got to crawl out of obscurity for a moment to get gritty on my favorite track since "Hit Em Up". 2Pac was the King in my eyes and he taught these boys well, and while this isn't their shining moment, the beat is so good they could twidle their thumbs and make stupid noises and I'd still think this shit's classic.

CLASSIC CUT VOL. 13

I always liked Redman. Even in that weird actor/rapper Redman period I thought he was cool. Seems to me everyone kind of thinks of him as a joke, which is partly his own fault but, SHIT man he put out a platinum record at one point, as well as 4 other gold records and was named 'Rap Artist Of The Year' in 1992 by The Source. Doesn't that count for nothin'??!?! Let's just pretend 'Red Gone Wild' never happened and open up our godamn motherfuckin' earholes to one of the illest cuts of the 90s.
Redman - Tonights Da' Night.


But seriously, how are you going to go wrong when you got a grizzly flow like redman and you are sampling Mary Jane Girls for yr beats? It's a match made in weed heaven. There are a bunch of half naked dudes dancing around in this video which is kind of interesting when compared to (most) standard rap videos; that have an eerily similar recipe for success.

CLASSIC CUT VOL. 12

MOBB DEEP - SHOOK ONES PART II

CLASSIC CUT VOL. 11

QUEEN LATIFAH - JUST ANOTHER DAY

CLASSIC CUT VOL. 10

FUCK man I LOVE Big L. He had so many classic cuts but before I get to all that I'll give you the general run down. He started rhyming in the early 90s in a group called 'The Hard Way'. L quickly realized the others in his group didn't have the drive to really do it so he said 'fuck this' and quickly bounced to solo stardom by battling people around his local harlem and 'roasting MCs'. Lyrically he was dark! Influencing Gravediggaz and many others from a soon to be 'horrorcore' scene. Big L was one of the first to mix rhymes of urban new york along with heavy depictions of blood and gore. Don't worry though he rapped about doing drugs, fucking bitches, and getting paid too. This is probably the song Big L was best known for, but seriously he never really fell off. He was set to sign with Roc-A-Fella records in feb. of 1999 but was shot 10 times in the head and chest outside his harlem home a week prior to meeting with Jay-Z. Fuck haters. RIP BIG L.
BIG L. - PUT IT ON

WAVVES - S/T CASSETTE (FUCK IT TAPES)

So here it is. My first release.
CASSETTE 'S/T' (FUCK IT TAPES) ---AVAILABLE NOW THROUGH FUCK IT TAPES

CLASSIC CUT VOL. 9

Classic Cut obviously right? So fucking good. The sample is the best, and it taken from a group in the 70s called Enoch Light and the Light Brigade. The song was called 'Hi-Jack' and is BAD ASS! Jennifer Lopez basically stole this beat from Beatnuts for her single 'jenny from the block'. What a slut, right? I know.

The Beatnuts - Watch Out now


The song they sample for Watch out now (Enoch Light - Hi-Jack)


Jennifer Lopez 'performing' 'Jenny From the Block'. GROSS. The important part is the DJ trying to mix in Boogie Down Productions - South Bronx in the backround. While yr at it listen to those corny ol' J-Lo lyrics for this song. Here's my personal favorite "I'm real I thought I told you, I've really been on Oprah" Or "I'm down to earth like this, rockin' business". HAAAAAAAA!