Sakura Hotel is for the childruhn

so is Wu Tang

Back in Holland

well, sorta kinda. The embassy is technically Dutch soil. I had a meeting with Jan-Emile from the economic department. I have a business to run yo. JP = work hard, play harder.

This is the main office:



The ambassador's residence:



The Tokyo Tower is just a stone's throw away.



Oh yeah, I got the new Clipse album yesterday and I was rockin it on the train all day. It's funny how these albums grow on you. I hated Hell Hath No Fury at first, but it's pretty much a classic for me nowadays. The new one has some joints on it that made me head nod on the train.

Japanland: we back!

I flew into Narita Airport yesterday. It's good to be back. Imma mellow out the jetlag for a couple days, and then I'll be on a heavy grind. The blog is gonna pop off too.
'And I don't be around the way
Like I used to I don't have time these days
I keepin busy makin power moves
I don't fuck with them coward dudes' - Dilla

Sushi dinner with Yoppi-chan. Sumitomo Building, 53th floor. I can't believe how vast the TYO is...



Lost in Translation.



“The characters that I play are real. They are real so they have as much right to be portrayed as any other characters.” - Robert De Niro

Pete Rock & CL Smooth @ Bolwerk, Sneek

Zondagavond 15 november: Na concerten in Stockholm en London, kwamen Pete Rock & CL Smooth in Sneek, Friesland. Enige concert in NL yall! Er loopt niet eens een snelweg langs Sneek. Je rijdt dan ook oa. door Dearsum, home of Ids Postma.

DJ Sniper was speciaal weer ff teruggekomen uit de Bay Area om tussen de bedrijven door de boel aan elkaar te spinnen. dope. Maar toch, wat was die sound toch weer slecht. De sound engineers van Nederland zijn de slechtste hiphop mixers van de planeet.



DJ Sniper en the Ghost of DNS

Eerst nog een onaangekondigd voorprogramma met DJ DNS en Alchemist als MC. En af en toe kwam er nog een soort Bollywood Snoop ook nog ff meerappen.



Wel aardig bij vlagen. Toch voornamelijk ergens anders gehangen.



Pete Rock & CL Smooth were havin' fun. CL was een hungry mofo, en Pete Rock hella vrolijk en ook nog 'ns echt aan het DJ-en, ergo, real hiphop. Hoogtepunt: Pete's air saxophone during TROY. Die MJ tribute van 2 nummers hoefde van mij niet zo, maar CL had zin in een bakje thee. Ik was de hele show verder in head nod mode. Dat Pete Rock zn stem kwijt was boeide me niet zoveel.



CL Smooth's tea break

random picas:



Boombap fam Lowpro



Zulu Nation Sneek Chapter



Super Producer Leon Rey



Reef AKA Tareef AKA The The



DJ Frisssssssss



blond MILF action in de garderobe



Super Producer Mikkel en yours truly in de heroin spikin unfriendly WC.

Conclusie: mensen gaan haten op deze show, maar de vibe was cool. Hiphop leent zich gewoon niet zo voor live concerten, helemaal als het geluid kaka is. 't Liefst had ik Pete Rock gewoon de hele avond instrumentals horen draaien, but you can't win 'em all. Voor ons dertigers is the thrill allang gone; toch heb ik een goeie tijd gehad.

AND WE'RE BACK!

I was in JP for a couple of weeks with my homie/business partner Frank Nitty AKA smart-looking-young-francis....on business. There's was some time now n then to enjoy Tokyo's vibe. blah blah blah blah. pictures.

6 in da moohnin'

I just got back from my man Keiji's b-day party in some Tokyo suburb named Saitama, so going home wasn't really an option since the trains stop running at around midnight. I crashed on his couch, and hopped on an early train when I first woke up at around six.

Six o'clock on Saturday morning, and the train was crowded as fuck. I don't get it, where do all these people need to be that early. All kinds of people I might add, not just construction workers or some shit. Salariman (suit-n-tie corporate slaves), kids in school uniforms, senior citizens, punkrocker lookin dudes and girls in full dress n make-up.

Where the fuck do you people need to be on a a saturday morning?! It's weekend!! You gotta come in at the office at 7? Nobody looked in a particular good mood either....
I get it when the old-school goes off and does his thing, but what is up with these youngsters. Nothing punk rock about it. Break free yall!

I myself gonna catch a couple more hours of zzzzzz now. oh yeah and an Advil or 2..the brews were tasting mighty healthy a couple of hours ago, but I know how that is gonna turn out. peace yall.

Skateboard sesh!

Yesterday I went skating at this park in the Musashino district. It took me a while to find the park from station, since this guy who I asked where it was send me completely the wrong way.

After an hour I found the park, it was located in this huge sports center, with a pool, track n field course, football pitches...and of course, the 'street sports' spot.
I had to wear a helmet tho, which I HATE, but it was a pretty cool course. I met up with Jani, from the Almost Famous store and his buddies. Man, Jani fuckin ripped! Super consistent, nollie tre flips in the bank, killed the rail on the pyramid with back lips, smith grinds etc.

Here's a video impression of the park, with Jani doing a lil' run in the transitions:



I hadn't skated for like 3, 4 months, so I was a little rusty, but I had a brand new Light board set up, and after a while I started feeling it again, dropping my basic arsenal of tricks, like tre flips in the bank, kickflips over the hip and backside boardslides and nose and 5-0 grinds. I had a really good time fo sho!

Me and Jani



My set-up and helmet



FYI!



And a shameless plug for Light Skateboards! My Amsterdam people started this company last year, and the boards are manufactured at Watson, where they also do DGK and Western Edition. The product is poppin!!!! Check out their video ad: