Gonna be an incredible weekend as we bring special guest Nick Catchdubs to play The Rub tomorrow night at The Bell House. Nick has been a long time buddy of ours, playing numerous Rubs with us as well as designing flyers for us along the way.

Nick is one of the hardest working guys we know and an encyclopedia of musical knowledge. He is your go-to guy for just about anything hip-hop related, but it is his work with Fool’s Gold Records that has made this guy a staple in the music community.

Along with co-owner A-Trak, Fool’s Gold Records is hands-down one of the most popular independent record labels around. This past year, the boys struck gold by showcasing a new heavy hitter in rap music, Danny Brown. Their label has also cultivated artists over the years such as Cubic Zirconia, Flosstradamus, The Suzan, Telephoned, and Treasure Fingers.

We’re also big fans of Nick’s remixes and mix tapes throughout the years. He’s always been ahead of the curve in new music and the tracklists for his mixes always spawn lots of google searches. His latest remix below of Nicki Minaj’s “Beez in the Trap” called “USBz in the Trap” is just flat out awesome and you should download this immediately.

Nick is also fantastic at Twitter, so keep up with him HERE

To say that Dave Nada has come a long way the past couple of years is a crazy understatement. Dave’s always been an incredible DJ (his Baltimore club set at The Rub a few years ago nearly tore Southpaw down), but his ascension into becoming a real pioneer in the dance music scene has been nothing short of remarkable.

The founding father of Moombahton and 1/2 of DJ team Nadastrom, Dave has spent the last two years touring the world while inspiring countless producers and DJ’s to push his white-hot genre of music to new levels. Starting today, he is adding a whole new dynamic to the mix by launching a record label with his partner in crime Matt Nordstrom called Diabluma Sounds.

Dave and Matt’s first release on their label is also from a close pal of The Rub, Maryland native Steve Starks. The EP is entitled “The Burma” and it is a big release for all of those Moombahton heads out there. The percussion on this is just heavy stuff.

Take a listen to the preview below:

It officially comes out today so go cop that on Beatport HERE

We’re happy to help celebrate such an important day for Dave Nada, Matt Nordstrom, and Steve Starks, so go support some of our favorite bros.

We at The Rub love our neighbors to the North. The crop of DJ’s we play with in Canda never lets us down and we have made so many close friends over the years in our many travels there. Included in that are the Eh! Team DJ’s. These dudes are a DJ collective that consists of six world class DJ’s from different provinces, and they are your DJ’s kind of DJ’s. The turntablism skills amongst this crew can compete with anyone out there.

DJ Hedspin and DJ Pump, two of the six guys, are the cream of the crop you’ll see these days. Hedspin recently won the 2011 Red Bull Thre3Style National Finals with a set that left the best DJ’s in attendance quite floored. DJ Pump constantly throws out edits that end up in our sets. These guys are just beasts who are a must-see act if they come to your town.

They made a promo mix to promote their latest tour and damn if this mix isn’t incredible. Been on repeat all day at the office:

Keep up with the fellas at the Eh! Team DJ’s website HERE

Oh, and if you wanna see how DJ Hedspin won the Regional Finals this year for Red Bull, well, take a gander at this 15 minute set. Jesus!

Waajeed needs little introduction to music fans, as his work over the years as a producer has spawned absolute classics such as The Platinum Pied Pipers first album, Triple P, as well as Dwele’s first release, Rize. The man has had his footprint in such an incredible era of music, working with the likes of J-Dilla, Roy Ayers, Slum Village, and countless others.

He has relaunched his website Bling47.com and since he has, it has become mandatory for any music lover to bookmark this site. They constantly generate original content and showcase videos and interviews you really could not find anywhere else. It’s like an insider’s guide to our generation’s music scene, specifically J Dilla’s back stories, and they drop these gems all the time.

Waajeed is still heavy into production and recently put this remix of our pal Kutcorners’ track “Diamond” on his site. This is feel good, drive down the street with your windows down music. So wonderful.

Few people we love more than the dynamic duo from Canada, the Smalltown DJ’s. We’ve had a long relationship with these two brothers over the past decade. From touring with them, having them guest at The Rub, to playing at their top class music venue in Calgary, The Hi-Fi Club, our paths continue to run into each other. They’re just great dudes, what can we say?

We’re also big fans of their production and remix work over the years. Their new single, “Loving The Vibe” came out on DJ Ayres’ label, T&A records yesterday. The single is a ton of fun and is already getting plenty of play from DJ’s all over. Really love the tropical bass influences in this. The single also has 4 remixes from all different genres. Lots to like about this entire release, so go support some of our dearest friends.

Grab it on Beatport HERE

Pick up DJ Theory’s remix for free over at Gotta Dance Dirty

Anyone who knows these two guys know they are some of the funniest guys you’ll ever meet, so much so this tour video was made for our Sixpacks, Shotguns, and Serato tour from 2010. One of the best tours ever.

Keep up with these guys on their website HERE