From The Desk Of Teddy Ruck-Spin http://djteddyruckspin.com/blog Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:58:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 F.O.K.U.S. Presents Music Metaphysics [1.19.12] http://djteddyruckspin.com/blog/2012/01/27/f-o-k-u-s-presents-music-metaphysics-1-19-12/ http://djteddyruckspin.com/blog/2012/01/27/f-o-k-u-s-presents-music-metaphysics-1-19-12/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:58:08 +0000 Teddy Ruck-Spin http://djteddyruckspin.com/blog/?p=3444 Scoreboard

Evalyn & Megan
Megan & Evalyn, the brains behind this year’s battle.
Queen V
Queen V and Tia (below) co-hosted the battle and set things off lovely with a freestyle/beatbox routine.
Tia

beat battle judges
Esteemed Judges: Sam Billetdeux, U of M Professor/DJ Alvin Hill & L05 (last year’s champ)
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Simon
This year’s champion, Simon, with his prize check!
Dirty Wolverine Teddy Ruck-Spin
My attire for the night courtesy of The Dirty Wolverine.
AVS Sound Delivery
Sound man Jim Gibbons of AVS made a doorstep delivery in the middle of a snow storm for our afterparty at Sava’s. No pics from the party, but F.O.K.U.S. CRU came out in full force. Hands down my favorite crowd and venue to spin for. Felt just like a GREEN LIGHT affair.

Tia Teddy Ruck-Spin Michigan Daily
Michigan Daily coverage.

For more pics, head over to fokus.org.

]]> http://djteddyruckspin.com/blog/2012/01/27/f-o-k-u-s-presents-music-metaphysics-1-19-12/feed/ 0 Clear Soul Forces – Get No Better [VIDEO] http://djteddyruckspin.com/blog/2012/01/09/clear-soul-forces-get-no-better-video/ http://djteddyruckspin.com/blog/2012/01/09/clear-soul-forces-get-no-better-video/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:50:58 +0000 Teddy Ruck-Spin http://djteddyruckspin.com/blog/?p=3395

[beat by Kankick | video by Richard Taylor]

CSF once again delivers the goods with their new single/video “Get No Better.”

Hearing 4 MCs go back’n'forth like this reminds me of Souls of Mischief’s classic 93 til Infinity.

But this isn’t a revivalist ‘our-best-true-school-impression’ song. “Get No Better” sounds unique to 2012, and is a sign of great things to come.

CSF’s debut album, Detroit Revolution(s), is scheduled to drop in March.


Ilajide and LAZ with copies of Treats Volume 1 at the last F.O.K.U.S. Radio (CSF is featured on the track “1,000 Volts”)

]]> http://djteddyruckspin.com/blog/2012/01/09/clear-soul-forces-get-no-better-video/feed/ 0 F.O.K.U.S. Radio Finale [Full Recap] http://djteddyruckspin.com/blog/2011/10/05/f-o-k-u-s-radio-finale-full-recap/ http://djteddyruckspin.com/blog/2011/10/05/f-o-k-u-s-radio-finale-full-recap/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:20:51 +0000 Teddy Ruck-Spin http://djteddyruckspin.com/blog/?p=3318 photos by DJ Graffiti | more pics here For the last clip from our Finale, check out Gameboi, J.A.E. & L.A.Z of Clear Soul Forces reflecting on their time at F.O.K.U.S.: In case you missed the individual performances, all clips are below. Shouts to J.A.E., Yung Classix, Red Pill, DJ Graffiti, Silas Green, Phresh Heir, DJ [...]]]> photos by DJ Graffiti | more pics here

For the last clip from our Finale, check out Gameboi, J.A.E. & L.A.Z of Clear Soul Forces reflecting on their time at F.O.K.U.S.:

In case you missed the individual performances, all clips are below.

Shouts to J.A.E., Yung Classix, Red Pill, DJ Graffiti, Silas Green, Phresh Heir, DJ Ell, Gameboi, Clear Soul Forces, Dre Skeez, Clavius Crates, and Dayggs for sending us off right. We’ve had an incredible series of guest artists come through over the years, so it was only right to close out with some of our Alumni and a few new faces.

Also much love and appreciation to the whole F.O.K.U.S. CRU, especially Bdubs, Dom, Miss Lady Soul, Nina & CiCi, for bringing their flavor to the show each week. The dedication and support has been amazing over the years.

While this wraps up the last of F.O.K.U.S. Radio, lookout for our co-host CiCi Ross taking over WCBN in the near future!

Until next time… peace!

Gameboi Gets Rick Roll’d

Silas Green & Clavius Crates (Rick Roll pt. 2)

L.A.Z of Clear Soul Forces

Red Pill

Phresh Heir

E-Fav of Clear Soul Forces

J.A.E.

J RoC of Clear Soul Forces

Gameboi Pt. 2

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Hosted by CiCi Ross.

Full recap + video coming soon.

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The Delivery Man.

http://djteddyruckspin.com/delivery-man.mp3

Treats Deliveries | June 2011

NY: Rey, Jaime, J.A.M.E.S., Isis, Munny, Gio, Mark & Kevin.
+ Nick Speed (Detroit Bonus)

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A couple weeks back, I mixed in some F&L era Lupe and took a swing at the beat myself. Here’s the version I made for the show, now available for streaming and download:

More on F.O.K.U.S. Radio @ http://djteddyruckspin.com/fokusradio.

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Good times at the Park last night. Shouts to Ash De La Juice for holding down hosting duties, and to the TOTP staff!

Previously: After Dark 2010

]]> http://djteddyruckspin.com/blog/2011/07/10/after-dark-top-of-the-park-7-8-11/feed/ 0 Gameboi on F.O.K.U.S. Radio [Recap] http://djteddyruckspin.com/blog/2011/06/14/gameboi-on-f-o-k-u-s-radio-recap/ http://djteddyruckspin.com/blog/2011/06/14/gameboi-on-f-o-k-u-s-radio-recap/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 04:04:31 +0000 Teddy Ruck-Spin http://djteddyruckspin.com/blog/?p=2995 On June 12th Gameboi returned to F.O.K.U.S. Radio to promote his new EP Freshman Of The Year. To celebrate the occasion, F.O.K.U.S. CRU member Julian Allen (Drums) assembled a live band featuring Marcus Elliot (Electronic Wind Instrument), Ben Rolston (Bass), & Alex Levine (Guitar).

The resulting live session was nothing short of fantastic. Watch Gameboi spit some writtens and trade freestyles with Lady Bugg over vintage DILLA:

We also got to debut “Runnin Around” feat. L05 and talk with Gameboi about the making of FOTY, writing rhymes in class, etc:

Towards the end of the show, we let Julian & Friends cut loose. Watch Lady Bugg do her thing over their jazz-funk rendition of Rick Ross’ “Here I Am”

Soundcheck!

S/O to Gameboi, Julian, Alex, Marcus, Ben, Lady Bugg, Miss Lady Soul, Carla, Dominic & our live session engineer Bryan Dulaney for making all this possible.

Gameboi -- Freshman Of The Year EP

Marcus Elliot Quartet -- Looking Forward LP

Full Audio from the Live Session:
Full Audio

[download link in comments]

]]> http://djteddyruckspin.com/blog/2011/06/14/gameboi-on-f-o-k-u-s-radio-recap/feed/ 1 Spring ‘11 Video Round Up http://djteddyruckspin.com/blog/2011/06/14/spring-11-video-round-up/ http://djteddyruckspin.com/blog/2011/06/14/spring-11-video-round-up/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 04:04:31 +0000 Teddy Ruck-Spin http://djteddyruckspin.com/blog/?p=2819 In the past few months, videos have dropping left and right from my friends & fam. Given the frenetic pace of blogs, twitter, etc, it’s easy to miss out on some truly unique output. With that said, take a minute to check out the latest offerings from E, J.A.M.E.S. and CJ.

Vanguards 2011 -- Erica Hernandez. This is E’s recap of F.O.K.U.S.’ 7th annual Vanguards. This clip really captures the spirit of Vanguards and has some real creative editing as well. Check out Erica’s videos for GREEN LIGHT, Mae Day, and more HERE

“Love You” -- Directed by J.A.M.E.S. WATTS. Young James takes a seat behind the director’s chair to paint a picture for one of my favorite cuts from Gist’s Summer Madness mixtape. Be sure to check J.A.M.E.S.’ Worst Of videos at thegameneedsjames.

My man CJ Something of Culture of Creativity recently put together this clip from the Middle East leg of Ne-Yo’s tour. Epic footage. More from CJ and C8 @ http://cultureofcreativity.com

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Salute to Erica, J.A.M.E.S. and Carl for being a constant source of inspiration!

]]> http://djteddyruckspin.com/blog/2011/06/14/spring-11-video-round-up/feed/ 0 Tommey Walker on F.O.K.U.S. Radio [Part 2/2] http://djteddyruckspin.com/blog/2011/06/09/tommey-walker-on-f-o-k-u-s-radio-part-22/ http://djteddyruckspin.com/blog/2011/06/09/tommey-walker-on-f-o-k-u-s-radio-part-22/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 20:30:11 +0000 Teddy Ruck-Spin http://djteddyruckspin.com/blog/?p=2942 fokus-radio-tommey-walker-teddy-ruck-spin-cici-ross

Tommey discusses his upcoming traveling exhibit, the affect of declining album sales on designers, his favorite album art and artists, and the Treats Volume 1 cover.

Full Interview Audio: Audio:

Previously: Part 1

Tommey Walker | F.O.K.U.S. Radio | CiCi Ross

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