Company Flow and Juggaknots played Santos Party House
July 19th, 2011 by chocko
Company Flow is…
BIGG JUS
EL-P
and MR. LEN
Last Saturday night at Santos Party House in NYC started with Juggaknots performing a set of their underground classics. Breeze Brewin’, Buddy Slim, Queen Herawin and DJ Boo were all in attendance to set it off right. They were also joined on stage by legendary hip hop producer, Jesse West (aka 3rd Eye) who’s produced songs and remixes for some of hip hop’s biggest names…KRS-One, PMD, Mary J. Blige, Biggie Smalls. Breez and Buddy Slim are some the most talented and underrated MC’s out there. Complex and intelligent lyrics are what you get and the stuff they put out in 1996…nothing on the radio right now comes close. Queen Herawin is a fly female MC not to be messed with and DJ Boo…always on point. Back in the late 90’s, DJ Bobbito put out an EP of 9 classic Juggaknots tracks titled “Clear Blue Skies” on Fondle ‘Em Records. It’s definitely one of those hard to find albums, but a couple of years ago it got rereleased on Third Earth Music with 11 additional tracks. Definitely pick that up. Juggaknots brought some of their friends on stage with them including Mr. Len, MC SubCon who performed a song with the group and spit a little acapella and INI…Rob-O and the crew put out some dope stuff back in the day with Pete Rock and they definitely reminded the crowd who they were and announced that a new album was in the works.
After a brief introduction by DJ Bobbito, Company Flow took to the stage nearly 10 years after their “final” show. EL-P, Bigg Jus and DJ Mr. Len were asked to perform at the upcoming ATP festival in the U.K. and NYC was lucky to get a show too. In case you don’t know…Company Flow put out a ground breaking album in 1997 titled “Funcrusher Plus” which was filled with futuristic doom and gloom, dope beats and intelligent lyrics and a sense of humor to match-these guys were definitely ahead of their time. After getting screwed by Rawkus Records, the group eventually disbanded and everybody went solo. Many MCs and DJs came out to see Co Flow rock the stage once again: Poison Pen, Pumpkin Head, Sucio Smash, John Robinson, J-Zone, just to name a few. The place was sold out weeks before the show and many in the crowd came from great distances to see the underground legends. They started with “Bad Touch Example” and a song for all the graffiti writers, “Lune TNS.” The crowd was amped and rapped along to anthems like “Vital Nerve” and “The Fire In Which You Burn Slow” which featured Breeze Brewin’ back on stage. After a brief break, Company Flow returned for a set that featured EL-P doing “Deep Space 9mm” from his solo album “Fantastic Damage” and Mr. Len brought out Jean Grae and Pharoahe Monch for a performance of “Taco Day” a song that explores the mindset of a high school prom queen with a gun, out for revenge. Deep stuff. The night ended with a performance of “8 Steps To Perfection.” El-P, Bigg Jus and Mr. Len perform so naturally together…why stop now? Put out a new album and get the show on the road again!
Tags: bigg jus, breeze brewin', el-p, hip hop, mr. len, nyc, underground
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July 24th, 2011 at 4:03 pm
Man the Companyflow performance was great, But i dnt know if it was just me but Jus was being undermind by the ppl.Tht was crazy to me being tht Jus was the best from Company flow&the best MC walkin the earth, I think for the show to be in NYC just was being over lookt Heavy .(Jus man ur the King of Hip-Hop every True Graff Head & real dudes tht know True Hip-Hop knows tht shit , the crown will forever be urs . Ur lyrics is Style my Nigga Peace!!