Advance tickets for The Rub / Meanred New Years Eve are sold out, however we will have some tickets available at the door after midnight. Saturday night The Rub is rocking at Southpaw like we always do on the first Saturday of the month. Join us for a little hair of the dog.
The Rub
Saturday, January 1, 2011
DJ Ayres, Cosmo Baker, DJ Eleven
Southpaw
125 5th Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn
$10 men / $5 ladies / 21+ w. ID
Village Voice Sound of the City Awards
Photo by Kenny Rodriguez
Best Party To Take Anyone To: The Rub
Once you’ve been to the Rub as many times as I have, you start to pick up on the little things that make the party flow just so. You’ll notice that of the three resident DJs, Cosmo Baker is the showman, often dancing over his mixer and chatting with the crowd over his signature funk-heavy sets. Or that DJ Eleven, the strongest technically (and most unassuming despite the fact that he looms over his fellow partners), has the keenest ear for r&b and dancehall. DJ Ayres is the friendliest (and funniest) of the bunch, and regardless of his ventures into dance music, his selection constantly reminds us that he’s a hip-hop nerd at heart. In fact, hip-hop is the constant of the party, and the one of the many reasons that half of Brooklyn can’t seem to stay away from the monthly throw down at Southpaw.
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This Saturday we’ll have our pal DJ Anonymous (pictured on the right with Cosmo Baker on the left) at The Rub. Despite his humble name, Anonymous is a legendary crate monster, king of R&B, disco, house, hip-hop and everything funky. We’re beyond honored to have him rock with us. Get in the mood with some mixes!
DJ Anonymous: Disco #5 (August 2010) by DJ Anonymous
DJ Anonymous: House Classics 01 (2008) by DJ Anonymous
DJ Anonymous: New Jack Swing #1 (2007) by DJ Anonymous
This Saturday we welcome The Bladerunners. They are from Boston but even if you’re a die-hard Yankees fan, we discourage you from throwing batteries at them when they man the turntables. If you’re a big rap nerd like I am then you remember ‘Runners member DJ 7L from the boom-bap duo 7L and Esoteric; the Bladerunners channels that type of energy and focus into 80s-style razor blade tape edits (think Latin Rascals). Nothing escapes their blade. Witness the dopeness that is their Super 7 Mix:
BLADERUNNERS Super 7 Mix by BLADERUNNER7L
See what I mean? Get there early, you don’t want to miss this one.
So yesterday marked the official end of the Sixpacks, Shotguns & Serato tour! Big thanks to my brothers and partners DJ Ayres, Smalltown Pete & Smalltown Mike for the adventures and the memories. It was a smashing success and wouldn’t have been if we all weren’t such dudes. Also thanks to Miche, Kenny Mac, Jo Magik, our friends at Scion and at Red Bull, Calgary, Banff, Saskatoon, Red Deer, Fernie, Winnipeg, Toronto and Brooklyn for showing love. We documented the whole tour fully so stay tuned for the full video coming soon.
For the last stop of the tour we came to Brooklyn to participate in the very last Jelly NYC Pool Party. It was an amazing time and big shout to Sarah and Alex. Also thanks to Brooklyn for coming out and riding with us without any idea who the special guests were going to be. They ended up being Gucci Mane, DMC, Doug E. Fresh, Cool Kids and Chuck Schumer. Not bad for a lazy Sunday afternoon…
DMC showed the crowd he’s still the King Of Rock (courtesy Brooklyn Vegan)
He brought Andrew WK out to do “It’s Tricky” and “Walk This Way” (courtesy Brooklyn Vegan)
Then Doug E. Fresh came out unannounced and showed why he’s the “Worlds Greatest Entertainer.” (courtesy Brooklyn Vegan)
Then it was Gucci Time… (courtesy Brooklyn Vegan)
Me, Ayres & Jane on stage while DMC rocks.
Me, Pete, Ayres & Mike – GREAT SUCCESS!
Thanks to my friends at Brooklyn Vegan and also my man Nicky Digital for some great shots and footage (including this exclusive video of DMC, Andrew WK and Les Savy Fav‘s Tim Harrington performing “Walk This Way.”
– Cosmo Baker
Thursday, August 19
Hi-Fi Club
219 10th Ave. SW Calgary, Canada
Friday, August 20
The HooDoo
Banff Canada
Saturday, August 21
Scratch
215 2nd Avenue South Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Wednesday, August 25
The Bulldog
Fernie BC, Canada
Thursday, August 26
The Pyramid
176 Fort Street Winnipeg
Friday, August 27
The Drake
1150 Queen Street West Toronto, ON
Sunday, August 29
The Pool Party
East River State Park
90 Kent Avenue Brooklyn, NY
+ Afterparty at Brooklyn Bowl!
Sweden’s Let’s Mix site interviewed us about our Hip-Hop History series. Read the whole interview here (or below).
Hey Rubbers! You’ve done an amazing job compiling and producing the Hip Hop History mixes. How did you come up with this, slightly crazy, idea?
Ayres: Thank you! If I remember correctly, I had the idea for a series of hip-hop history mix CDs at first, but it just seemed crazy to try to dump that many CDs on the market place. Most of the years would have been double or triple CDs. But yeah, Eleven and Cosmo were both into the idea to do it and just give the mixes away on The Rub website and Brooklyn Radio. So we split it up between the three of us into years, like “I’ll take 1979, you do 1980, he does 1981…” and so on. It felt really ambitious but also once we got the bug, it was a project we had to do. And it is awesome now because it has found such a huge audience and people keep finding it and emailing about the mixes long after we first put them up.
How long did it the whole process take, from compiling the tracks, via laying out the order in the respective mixes to finishing the actual mixes?
Eleven: The mixes got longer the further we got into them. But they average around two hours. For each of those, there was three-four hours of tracking down and going through music, a couple hours of prepping to record, three-four hours of recording and touch up. So each show probably took at least ten hours. By the time we bring the project up to now, we’ll be 300+ hours in!
The History of Hip Hop 2006 by Brooklyn Radio on hearthis.at
Download: History of Hip-Hop 2006 (Mixed By DJ Eleven) (right-click, save as)
Tracklist after the jump!
The History of Hip Hop 2005 by Brooklyn Radio on hearthis.at
History of Hip-Hop 2005 (Mixed By DJ Eleven) (right-click, save as)
Tracklist after the jump!
The History of Hip Hop 2004 by Brooklyn Radio on hearthis.at
Download: History of Hip-Hop 2004 (Mixed By DJ Ayres) (right-click, save as)
artwork by Rhek (Sharks & Hammers
Tracklist after the jump!