OHHSSH!!! article by Freesia Robins - Guardsman, 2000

Look at Ray! OHHSSH!!!
It's almost the 10-year anniversary of this mug! We getting OLD!!!

If anyone wants to download a 10-year-old mixtape from two old-ass DJ's (Fatgums and Gammaray), here you go:

-Fatgums

PLAYLIST DOWNLOAD: Fatgums' Early Bay Influences - Part I

Click Gammaray's record collection (circa 1995) to download:

Tracklist:

1. Allah and JT - Get Low Playaz: Straight Out The Labb
2. On The Inside - 11/5: Fiendin' 4 Tha Funk
3. Stressed Out - Young Cellski and UNLV: Mr Predictor
4. Games People Play - 51.50: Illegally Insane
5. Locked Up - Seff Tha Gaffla: Livin' Kinda Lavish
6. Young G's Perspective - San Quinn ft. Mac Mall: Live N Direct
7. Got 2 Survive - Young Lay: Black and Dangerous
8. Dusted 'n' Disgusted - E-40: In a Major Way
9. Scottie 15 - Andre Nickatina: 17 Reasons
10. How Low Can You Go - San Quinn/GLP: Live N Direct
11. My Opinion - Mac Mall: Illegal Business
12. Choppaz - Seff Tha Gaffla: Livin' Kinda Lavish
13. Bounce To This - RBL Posse: Ruthless By Law
14. Ghetto Blues - 51.50: Crazy Has Struck Again
15. A Dose of Dope - D-Moe: Do You Feel Me?
16. Sellin' Cocaine As Usual - Young D Boyz: Sellin Cocaine As Usual
17. Ghetto Theme - Mac Mall: Illegal Business

SAVE THE DATE!!!

Beatrock Presents: Fatgums X Bambu ...A PEACEFUL RIOT... record release BBQ - 4/25/09 @ Beatrock, Long Beach. More info to come.

-Fatgums

T-Know @ Funk Fuzz - THIS THURSDAY!

Come thru and get down to the MASS MOVEMENT sound..
spinning boogie funk hip-hop reggae soul and electro all night

Live performance by T-KNOW of The CounterParts!!

Live video projection of artwork by Mark Canto and Lorelei Bingamon

http://massmovementsound.tumblr.com

-Fatgums

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I'm not really sure what Randruff from the Novelists has been up to these days, but I found these pictures on Facebook:

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hilarious.

-Fatgums

Sounds of the New Hope

These Social Documentarians are hard at work! After an extremely successful opening of Tadashi Nakamura's A Song For Ourselves, the Mass Movement Crew has another film on the horizon. My brother ET is finishing up Sounds of the New Hope, a documentary film about the use of hip-hop as an organizing tool in the people's movement for national liberation and democracy in the Philippines. Click on the banner above for more information.

-Fatgums

Novelists: Bookends - INSTRUMENTALS

Click on the Novelists seal to download:

Produced by Fatgums and Gammaray

Bookends is now available on iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, Napster, etc. 

-Fatgums

MASS MOVEMENT SoundProject

Visit Mass Movement's Music For The Masses Blog.

-Fatgums

FREE DOWNLOAD: A Song For Ourselves - The Mixtape

A Song For Ourselves - The Mixtape is now available for download - FOR FREE!!! 

Click HERE to download.

Tracklist:

1.  Iijima, Miyamoto, Chin - "We Are The Children" (Intro)
2.  Blue Scholars - "Cornerstone"
3.  Native Guns - "Slave Thinking"
4.  Native Guns feat. Geologic - "Agitation Propaganda"
5.  Iijima, Miyamoto, Chin - "Jonathan Jackson"
6.  Bambu - "When Will The Time Come?" prod. by Will Bracy
7.  Kiwi - "Gaza 2 Oakland" prod. by DJ Phatrick
8.  Blue Scholars - "Back Home"
9.  Chris Iijima - "Vietnamese Lament"
10.  Iijima, Miyamoto, Chin - "War Of The Flea" (Senz of Depth Remix feat. Bambu)
11.  Bambu - "Chairman Mao" (Paper Planes edit)
12.  Blue Scholars - "Fire For The People"
13.  Kiwi - "Cause"
14.  Native Guns feat. Geologic - "Said It" (Asi Remix)
15.  Iijima, Miyamoto, Chin - Divide & Conquer (Fatgums Remix feat. Geologic, Kiwi, & Bambu)
16.  Chris Iijima Soliloquy
17.  Kiwi - "Imagine"
18.  Bambu - "Seven Months"
19.  Blue Scholars - "Life and Debt"

Your homie Fatgums produced the tracks highlighted in red!

If you like the music, come out to the world premiere of A SONG FOR OURSELVES, a film about the life and music of Asian American troubadour Chris Iijima.  In addition to the film there will be live performances by BLUE SCHOLARS, BAMBU and KIWI

For tickets and info go to:asongforourselves.blogspot.com

Sat. Feb. 28, 2009 - 7:30p Aratani/Japan America Theatre 2244 S. San Pedro St., Little Tokyo, Downtown Los Angeles

-Fatgums

Bookends - now on iTunes, Amazon, and Rhapsody!

Novelists: Bookends is the first full-length Fatgums and Gammaray-produced album.

Please pick it up and support independent Hip Hop!

-Fatgums

Download: War Of The Flea (Senz of Depth remix feat. Bambu)

Here's another track from the A SONG FOR OURSELVES film mixtape. Miles Senzaki (Senz of Depth) is on production and Bambu is on vocals. The mixtape will also feature a Chris Iijima-sampled Fatgums track featuring Geologic (Blue Scholars), Kiwi, and Bambu! Look out for the mixtape, coming soon from DJ Phatrick.



The homie Tad Nakamura has been putting in some major work for this film, so come out to the world premiere of A SONG FOR OURSELVES, a film about the life and music of Asian American troubadour Chris Iijima.

In addition to the film there will be live musical performances by BLUE SCHOLARS, BAMBU and KIWI.

Sat. Feb. 28, 2009 - 7:30p Aratani/Japan America Theatre2244 S. San Pedro St., Little TokyoDowntown Los Angeles
For tickets and info go to:asongforourselves.blogspot.com

A SONG FOR OURSELVES 2.28.09 Premiere Trailer from Tadashi Nakamura on Vimeo.

It sure is a small world up in this Asian American artists community:

Miles Senzaki is the former band leader of Ill Again. Randruff and Ajax were the Ill Again emcees before they became Novelists. Bookends, the Novelists' debut album, was produced by your boys Fatgums and Gammaray. Bookends features DJ ET, who recently completed the Social Documentation Masters Program at UCSC with Tad. A Song For Ourselves was conceived in this program. ET's corresponding UCSC film focuses on Kiwi. Kiwi is a former member of Native Guns, a group that also included DJ Phatrick and Bambu. Bambu and I are about to release ...A Peaceful Riot... this Spring. The only guest spot on ...A Peaceful Riot... is by The CounterParts' very own T-Know!

-Fatgums

...A PEACEFUL RIOT...

Coming this Spring:

Spread the word y'all!

-Fatgums

Novelists "Treats" on UCLA Radio's Best Unsigned Music of 2008 Compilation

"The Best Unsigned Music of 2008"

A Compilation by DJ Octoon and UCLA Radio

Track Listing:

1. Adrianne - Mouthbook
2. Landlocked - Dakotafish
3. September - Mod Amish
4. Treats - Novelists
5. Oh Brother - Neal Harris
6. The Captain and the Sea - Automatic Drawing
7. Come on Home - Ka-Chi
8. Cicadas (Sing and Wake the Dead) - The Karabal Nightlife
9. Follow Me Home - Breanna Paletta
10. Motel - City Museum
11. Amory - Monroe Johnson
12. Tuesday - Fair Trade
13. We; Camera - Shenandoah Davis

"If you would like a copy of the compilation, please tune in to "I'm in a Band," Sunday nights at 8pm (Pacific) on UCLAradio.com and we'll tell ya how to get one." - DJ Octoon

Novelists all day baby!!!


-Fatgums

"Seven Months" - by Bambu (produced by Fatgums) - NEW MUSIC VIDEO!!!

"Seven Months" by Bambu (produced by yours truly) has a video! Check it out:

"Seven Months" is from the album ...Exact Change... by the homie Bambu. The album is available on iTunes and at beatrock.com. Although it may seem biased, I truly believe ...Exact Change... is the best Hip Hop album of 2008 (Below The Heavens is up there, but I gotta give the #1 spot to Bam!).

So go get ...Exact Change... y'all!


Also, look out for Beatrock's Fatgums and Bambu EP coming out this Spring!

-Fatgums

FUNK FUZZ this Thursday 1/22/09 in Long Beach!

Come and party to the vibe of the FUNK FUZZ - the first MASS MOVEMENT party of 2009.

Special MASS MOVEMENT DJ sets by: Un/D/Fine, Krissfader, and ET spinning boogie funk, hip-hop, reggae, soul, and electro all night long.

Que Sera
1923 E. 7th Street
Long Beach, CA 90813

Doors open 9pm
21+, $5 all night

for more info: myspace.com/massmovement


-Fatgums