I found funding of my favorite group Late Night Alumni on a Facebook post of a make up artist Michelle Phan who makes make up video for Lancome (the company my cousin works for in its lab).

They are funding for the tour "Birds, Bees, Butterfries, Etc." on the site Kickstarter. I couldn't join the tour, but pledged for LNA T-shirt, signed new album and card.

The music of LNA is kind of chillout, downtempo sound, and sophisticated house track with beauty voice of Becky Jean Williams.

I checked the name of an artist "Bilal" sometimes in newsletters or websites, but I didn't have interest in his releases.

Then, I tried his latest EP "Levels" because I found my favorite Flying Lotus's remix. All songs in this remix Single/EP are so atmospheric, not too digitally synthesized, and slightly organic sound, the type I like most.

Bilal is an artist with Erykah Badu-ish spritual taste + modern sound like Foreign Exchange.

I've not liked so much releases of Talib Kweli after his Black Star album because they are surely good, but does not fit in with my favorite genuine hiphop method.

In this alubm "Gutter Rainbows", probably by the influence of recent hiphop indies movement, Talib did a sure shot.

The song "Palookas" especially lets you nod with the rugged sound and featured MC Sean Price's rough rhymin'.

I was invited to Nujabes Memorial Party @ gallery "Public/Image.3D" last night. The rest of Hydeout Production artists played songs with acoustic instruments for Nujabes.

They did the reunion show on WKCR. Stretch brought freestyle archives of past shows in the 90's and also played unreleased joint like never came out version of Nas "It ain't hard to tell", early Mobb Deep's demo. And lots of guests appeared in the studio, Large Professor did his freestlye.

The show on WKCR was over today, but I hope something is happening someday.

Today, I received a message from WKCR Board of Directors 2010.

It was same statement as the entry I've already read in a blog of other site. They decided to cancel Sucio's show and hand it over to undergraduate DJs, but they said that thursday midnight would remain devoted to HipHop.

This is sad story, but I am looking forward to listen to Stretch and Bobbito one-off reunite show tomorrow.

Stretch Armstrong played old to new HipHop set for 20 years memorial of WKCR Stretch&Bobbito show on his radio show with EliEscober of East Village Radio.

Sadly, reincarnated show Squeeze Radio was shut down by Columbia University, but next thursday Stretch and Bobbito will reunite on WKCR for both 20 years anniversary and farewell.

I wonder if Stretch will bring and play his vinyls or only laptop. The set on EVR was good, though, he didn't do any scratch and trick, just did mix and cut up with serato. That was slightly boring.

Nutso's "This is My Hood" so reminds me of the sound atomosphere in mid 90's.

This track sampled Teddy Pendergrass song like Mad Lion's "Double Trouble" released in 96.

Smooth but rough rugged beats fused with the rhymin' of guest shots "Royal Flush & Mic Geronimo".

Canadian track maker "Marco Polo" has shown up since mid 00's. I had been paying atteintion to his works like the album "Port Authority", but I did not feel anything strong on most of his tracks (except D.I.R.T. of Heltah Skeltah).

At last, he completed the remarkable album and reached at the top level as HipHop producer by the album "The Stupendous Adventures of Marco Polo" released in June 2010. He constructed beats with authentic way of HipHop track making and fresh new hi-tech skills. Gorgeous guest shots like Large Professor, Grand Duddy I.U., Rustee Juxx injected powerful grooves into entire songs in this album.

"Squeeze Radio" of WKCR (radio station of Columbia University in NYC) is descendant program of the legendary HipHop radio show hosted by Stretch Armstrong and Bobbit since 1990.

Recently, the part of Columbia University claimed that WKCR should be run by students. This claim is reasonable at that point, but Squeeze Radio and Stretch Armstrong Show raised up a real culture, real HipHop scene born in New York City. So the program is worth to be on the air to keep this underground culture belongs to NYC.

Please sign the petition if you agree with supporting Squeeze Radio.
HipHop fans must help and support Squeeze.

http://www.petitionvoice.com/save-the-squeeze-radio-show-petition.html