EvIl YoUtH tHe EpaToMeD StOrY!!!!!

SAAHIR ALLAH R.I.P

And this is how it begins...With a transformation.  Death in the form of light.  Evil Youth on the prowl with hearts of gold.  This is the story of Epatomed.  That's demotape spelled backwards for you forward thinking folks out there.  I felt that I should start with this group because I always felt a special kinship with its members. Who now stand as Req Daley & Jurah Jarveh.  Here are the names of the people who have represented Epatomed through the years, Peanut, Cho, Bilal, Kasar, Saahir, Req Daly, & Jurah.  Now I hope that I am correct in saying that I first met the group in 1994.  Saahir Allah was always the front an of the group. One of the things I remember most about Saahir was that when there was something  agreed upon between us there was  always this handshake & straight forward eye to eye contact that I would get from him.  It was all about your word. It was all business at that moment.  But you know what?  I think & know it was more than about  business.  There was a bond being formed... I really had & have so much respect for the young lad. There was a time in my life when Saahir helped me out by getting me on at this place he was working.  Now let me tell you the God had a great mind.  What we did was sell law books to law firms.  It was hard because you had to convince these lawyers that they needed these law books.  You also had to know what you where talking about when you where talking to them.  Saahir was brilliant.  I would hear him time after time day after day win these people over.  I was terrible at it but he had it on lock.  He could talk about law with these people.  I used to trip out.  I was a great experience to bear witness to that & I am so thankful for him helping me out at that moment in my life.  He had crazy charisma. Me & Jurah where talking the other day and he mentioned  something about the light in Saahir's smile. When you peep the video up above check it out.  God body through & through. You know nobody is perfect & we all make mistakes but thats what life is...a process and it's a process that some never master. He had such determination.   

SAAHIR ALLAH & TRU ASIA R.I.P.
Gov. name Eddie Adams  my first name is also Eddie we both had the same first names.  He was from Gary, In.  I was from Cincinnati, Oh. Speaking of Gary, In. I'm sure most of you all know of this famous place if you don't its the birth place of The Jackson 5.  The Jackson 5 taught me so much growing up that Saahir was like royalty to me because of that. Gary, In. is a hard place it always has been.  I guess greatness's home is where it lays its hat too.  I really liked him as a person.  I would invite him over to the house so he could get on the ASR10 and make beats & break bread with my family. Him & Asia.  It wasn't just about Hip-Hop.  Its always good to see the youth improve on art.  This is a perfect example of why I'm doing this blog because some of the memories are starting to fade so I need to get some of this stuff down & with everyones help I'll get it right.  One of my most vivid memories of the God was when I was a judge of a MC battle at Reciprocity (peace to my girl Tish!!!) against the God Styles.  For anyone who was there that day it was epic!!!!  It was a great battle now Styles won but it was like their were no losers.  It was fantastic.  Pure Underground Hip-Hop.  They both shot crazy fresh rhymes back at each it was everything great MC battles need to be great.  I saw the greatness then in Saahir & Epatomed. I started producing tracks for Epatomed after getting to know Saahir for a couple of years.  I did a track on the classic Liquid Bricks album & conducted an interview with the group as part of the album also.  I remember we recorded those tracks over my mellow Silent Assassin's crib (peace to you lord). Wow that was some years ago!!!!  I've done a lot of work with Epatomed through the years & have done some extremely dope music with them.  I think what I will do is play a track at this point. Break it up...Some of the last tracks that Saahir recorded I produced for him. This is one of those tracks.  EvIL YoUtH!!!!!!

"EVIL YOUTH"  by SAAHIR ALLAH R.I.P.
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I remember that I had made this beat tape & Saahir was crazy about this  one song but I could not find it anywhere.  I looked & looked & looked.  It just vanished.  Well that's what I thought but because I started looking a little futher & deeper I did find the song and this is that recording.  We recorded this and other tracks over at my man Drew's crib.  Drew was the drummer at one time for the band Dot-Matrix. Peace to Drew & all the members of Dot-Matrix.  Saahir & Tru Asia left us not long after this recording.  

It Was A Blue Monday...

It was a  blue Monday & I suppose Monday's are always blue to some people.  On the morning of 1-27-03 I recieved a call from DJ BMX telling me that Saahir Allah & his queen  Tru Asia where killed in accident on Hwy 360 in Arlington.  Thats what made this Monday truly blue.   I was so shocked & just plain numb.  It truly was the day that the music died.  I do believe something weird happened  to the metroplex  at that moment.  Almost like a sink hole was formed & we all slid down into it.  It was tough on everybody who knew him.  None more than  their children & Saahir's crew.  There was a lot of symbolism involved also with their transformation.  They where near the exit of Hwy 360 & Trinity they had just released their album "360".  Saahir was very intuitive to his surroundings listen to his lyrics & learn.   I produced the beat for

 "Blue Monday" 

& 

Jurah supplied the timely lyrics.   As Jurah states in the video above he has "known Saahir since the 4th grade". Its a great song so please listen to it. 

 Powerful stuff!!!!!!

Jurah Jarveh

BLUE MONDAY

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Saahir sitting next to Req at Knon 89.3fm KDLT Vol.2 

Saahir Allah & Tru Asia

Ledgendary Fritz Me & Req Daley

Van The Rebel, me, Req Daley & J Flamz

Jurah Jarveh blessing the mic!!!!

 "The God Kasar"

"EPATOART"

I have always believe that to truly be a great MC you have to understand the elements of Hip-Hop.  The two pieces up above show that they understood that.  The two pieces  up above represent Hip-Hop in every way.  

And Then There Where Two

After Saahir's transformation the group continued on & is still a group although there hasn't  been another  release since 360.  The group now consist of Req Daley & Jurah Jarveh.  Although recordings have been made & solo projects are being finished even as I write this post there is now word when the next Epatomed album will come out.  I know we all await that moment & hope that moment is soon.  I thought it would be cool if I added some things that never got release that I produced with the group & with  some of the Knowledge Born camp like Ginns & J Flamez.  Epatomed is a movement that will always be.  A school of MC's!!!!  I hope you enjoy this some of them you have heard some maybe not.  Peace & Blessings 

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LIQUID BRICKS
liquid Bricks  was a great album and it was also the first time that I got to work with the group. I'm not even sure what exactly what went down but Epatomed have always loved my tracks & I've always thought they where a dope group.  I will start off by saying one of my favorite Epatomed songs are on this album which is "Rhinos".  I love this song.  It has everything I want to hear in a dope Underground Hip-Hop track.  I produced two tracks on Liquid Bricks , one being "Real Is What You Feel" & the interview that was used for the album.  On the interview Saahir wanted it to seem like we where at KNON but we where really just in Silent Assassin's sound booth ( his closet converted into a recording booth).  We were all huddled around the mike and I proceeded to conduct the interview.  "Real Is What You Feel"  is the first of many songs I would record with the group.  There have been only a few groups or individuals that I have recorded with & with Epatomed being one of those makes me very proud.  I've got a few tracks off of  that album & I've got a butta blend that starts off with "Rhinos" then goes into M.O.P.  loaded up in the player below.  Liquid Bricks put it out there for everyone to see & feel.  Enjoy!!!!  Peace & Blessings DJ Ez Eddie D 


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JURAH JARVEH INTERVIEW
I found this interview on YouTube of Jurah and what better place to have than here. "Just A Young Black Male" !!!!!  Peace to Kimberly K. for doing such a great interview. Peace & Blessings

How Great Thou Art!!!!!

Just look at the young MC's!!!

How great thou art is right.  On 9/25/2010 KDLT Vol 2. had a great surprise drop by the station.  Sweet LD of Oaktown 357. fame stopped by for a super dope interview.  Crazy thanks to my man Ty Mac of Shabazz 3 fame & producer/recording engineer X-traordinare who mans the mixing boards at Alpha Omega Recording Studios in Ft. Worth he's the chap who brought Sweet LD to the station.  LD started off as one of Mc Hammer's back up dancers back in the 80's.  At some point during the journey rhymes where added & the group OaKtown 357 was formed. The group released their first album in 1989, "Oaktown's 357 Wild & Loose". There where 2 albums altogether with "Fully Loaded" the 2nd being released in 1991 .  One of my favorite Oaktown songs is Yeah, Yeah, Yeah if you care.  Sweet LD also got wreck on the classic "We're All In The Same Gang".  With all that going for her and more I knew it was going to be a great interview.  Man O Man was it.  It has to be one of my favorite interviews ever & I have had a lot.  She had a lot to say about the state of Hip-Hop now &  back then, how we look at todays youths role in Hip-Hop & great ideals on how we should address the young people who need more positive attention & less of the critical banter. I took a lot away from the interview.  It was the bomb. I've added the audio portion of the interview so you can hear how it went down.  It was such a great day down at the station. Thanks again to my mellow Ty Mac & Sweet LD for blessing us at the station.  Big ups to my right hand man Slago who's going to Atlanta to take part in the iStandard Producers Showcase at the A3C Festival in Atlanta, Ga. next Friday.  Congratulation to him & "Bring Home The Gold"!!!!!  Peace & Blessings DJ Ez Eddie D.

Ty Mac, Sweet LD, M Slago, Ez Eddie D, & Dread Black getting our Underground Hip Hop on!!!!!!!

Ty Mac & Sweet LD!!!

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Straight old school/tru school!!!!

DANCE DAMMIT DANCE!!!

Hello to everyone.  Hope your doing  fine & turning hope into action. Well I decided that I would showcase a couple of  dance blends for your recommended daily ear consumption intake allowance!!!!!  This is when things get scientifical!!!!!  Being able to blends all kinds of music is what i get a charge from!  Whats great about that is when you go through different styles of music you some times don't have to beat match because the use of the two different styles of music now becomes the blend & you can just segue from one to another.  Now I will use this technique when needed but when you beat match & or blend you create  another layer of  funk. Stacking funk should be a part of every breakfast to start each & everyones day. Believe dat!!!!  So thats what this post is about "Scientifical Dance Funk(The Stack Files)"!!!  This post is also dedicated to my man George Baum.  I took this picture of  him last Friday night while he was spinning at Lee Harvey's.  George is one of my favorite Dj's because of his music knowledge & selection. I love listening to him play. These 2 dance blends go out to him.  The blog & blends where inspired in part by him.  I must admit though that i also learned how & why this aspect of  Djing is important & how fresh it could be from Dj Sista Whitenoise.  Things can be revealed if  you open your third eye to learn.  So let me put this out to both of them.  As a Dj its our responsibility to also educate the dance floor not just make them dance.  Everybody wants to play the same thing these days.  If your going to be a Dj be a Dj its not always all about the blend or the crazy fresh cutz on the 'wheels of steel'.  Its about the music. It always has been & always will be.  So many things get broken down from its original state like soul music or classic rock & so on that we forget how great & timeless, super groovy & 'a stone cold gas baby' this music was & is.  There is so much great music out there past & present its crazy.  Its a big world out there doing big things.  Maybe we need to step outside the box & our block to & see & feel whats really going on.  Dj bravado is what's going on!!!!   Go & pick some up at your nearest drug store or go & ask your doctor for some!!!!  Yes I'm peddling SCIENTIFICAL FUNK!!!!!!  Enjoy  Peace & Blessings DJ Ez Eddie D. 
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D. Alfred Jones - Classic MVA Clips, E.Z. Eddie D. 2002 MVA's

I am very grateful to Positive Profiles for my Lifetime Achievement Award. I am so honored to have recieved this award. It was a great night!!!!!  Peace & Blessings  DJ Ez Eddie D

DJ EZ Eddie D - KNON

D. Alfred Jones - Classic Video Clips, E.Z. Eddie D.

This is a interview I did with my mellow David Jones of Positive Profiles!!!!!!! Peace & Blessings DJ EZ Eddie D

"Bling In The New"

"This Is How We Bling It"!!!!!  Peace to all out there in Hip-Hop land.  I hope that everyone is well.  As for me I am in "Full Hip-Hip Effect"!!!!  The radio show went very well this past week end.  My man Slago had a real buttery segment!!!  Money Stax's was there to help hold it down in her own VICIOUS way.  Peace to the crew always!!! My man Mac came down along a new Mc by the name of Robbie.  My man Kong came down also.  Van the Rebel & his son Braxton stopped by which is also great.  For those who don't know Van was a part (and still is) of K-D-L-T Vol 2  for a spell years ago.  It was great having all the positive energy around me which is what "Bling in the new" is about.  I have always believed that as a  on air dj it should be about the music.  If the music is on point what really is there to say.  From star to finish it has to be like this. Let the music do the talking. No smoke(well that's not all true) no mirrors & no bling just Underground Hip-Hop to the fullest.  I felt that I wanted to set the tone for the beginning of the show to be hard hitting & fresh!!!  I wanted to "Bling In The New" so i did.  My choice was this song please enjoy Drew Bullets & Dr Mindbinder's "Gangsters & Crooks" prod. by Dr. Mindbinder!!!!!! Peace & Blessings DJ Ez Eddie D.
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Today 2000 Its All Butta Baby!!!!

Hello everybody I hope all is well in your world.  I'm really just experimenting here on this blog today but it is Sat. & that means its the day that I do my radio show.  5-7pm central time. Knowledge Dropped Lessons Taught Vol.2. on Knon 89.3fm or www.knon.org. Yo let me tell you Saturdays are great for me in the sense that its very therapeutic for my mind body & soul. Sometimes the week can be really bad or really good. No matter what happens though Saturday at the radio station helps me to understand what maybe the week really was about.  Its also really keep me young (along with football).  Its interesting how I get ready for my show.  Sometimes i will get everything lined up early with time to spare but sometimes I wait to the last day to get ready.  If I have to do it like that then I helps a lot if I've at least gone over some ideals in my mind.  I really never have a said set plan for the blends because I like the "dj bravado" aspect of just going with the flow.  Having a great selection of music always helps believe me.  Blends can be stressful because they have to be perfect & sometimes it can be real taxing on the mind.  Its a challenge  trying to make something while using the word perfect to describe what it is you are trying to achieve.  Well I made this blend today this morning. I hope this works. I'm trying to add a player to this.  I'm going to play this Butta Blend on the show today. I hope you enjoy the show today. Peace & Blessings DJ Ez Eddie D
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Down By Sound

The Player that has the Down by Sound compilation is a part of Dallas history that I'm so very proud of. With the help of Dave Chaos of Knon 89.3fm & Knon itself the compilation came to life. The year is 1998 & I wanted to put together a project for Knon that we could use as pledge drive premium for the Down by Sound listening audience. The name was easy to come up with I just named it after the show, 'Down By Sound'. I think Cold Chris of I.G.P. & Mad Flava came up with the name of the show years ago. For those who don't know Down by Sound was the name of my first radio show at Knon. The station was 90.9 back then. Well once the name was choosen I then had to decide on the groups for the cd. I wanted Dallas's best & dopest wellDown By Sound what i got was much more than that...What I got was a cd that more than represented Dallas Underground Hip-Hop it represented great Underground Hip-Hop all over the world. It was as fresh as anything that was out at the time. The tracks are here to show & prove it. There are some great groups on the cd. I really want to thank all of those who helped make the cd a classic for Hip-Hop everywhere!!!! I hope you enjoy the flava. Peace & Blessings Dj Ez Eddie D
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Why this Blog is being created

"Peace & Blessings" to all of you out there who love Underground Hip-Hop & the history of Hip-Hop.  I have to first say that I am very excited & honored to be doing this blog because there are some important things that will make this blog very special to me & also I hope to you. I don't really know much about the blog world I have to admit to everyone out there in blog land.  It seems that I just don't have the time to read all that there is out there.  I do spend a lot of time in front of a computer though but a lot of times its either listening to music or making it. There are so many blogs out there its truly incredible. How do you even know where to begin?  So yep thats right "here we go with another blog".  I hope that with this blog I will be showing what Underground  Hip-Hop means to me while at the same time I'll be archiving Dallas's Underground Hip-Hop scene & history along with the history of the  Butta Blends & Hip-Hop in general. I also plan to have interviews with artist & people in the 'biz' an also to archive some to the memorabilia I have collected through the years as a DJ.  Well the best place to start this is at the beginning but that not how this is going to go.  We have to start in the present because if i had not asked myself the question, "What the hell's going on with this Mash-Up bulls..."?  Damn I sound like a bitter man.  See check it I got my show at KNON 89.3fm in 1987 & had been at the station off and on since 1984 & at that time as is now what set me apart from other DJ's was the fact that I mixed(or blended) my records. The technique is called  'Blending'.  The Dj who put me down on this was my mellow Troy Glover know to everyone back then as the 'Mastermixer'.  Now this is about 1982 & for a lot of us who were not born in N.Y. nationally Hip-Hop had only started about 1979 the year I graduated from high school in the Nasti Natti with "Rapper's Delight".  I like to say this next thing though because to me it was my reality even though at that time I didn't know it or understand it but I've  been a B-Boy since 1977.  I just didn't know that's what it was called. I was always into music but what set it off for me was in 1977 me my brother & this kid named Joe Smith went to this house party. We walk down stairs into the basement & there was nobody there but Dj a black light/strobe light & a bowl of  chips. Flashlight comes on & you know how that is it doesn't matter what's going on or not going on your gonna dance.  He played a few more songs & then he put this one song on & we lost our minds at that very moment & my life would change forever!!!  That song was Trans-Europe-Express by Kraftwerk.  That is when Hip-Hop was born for me which led up to 1979 and Rapper's Delight by The SugarHill Gang. I loved Hip-Hop from the start.  It was'nt long before i hear "King Tim the III" by The Fatback Band & slew of other great early joints.  I went to Central State University the fall of '79' & I had meet these kids named Martin & Marvin Ervin they where from Bayshore, NY. & the brought back to school a bunch of dope stuff  like "The Adventures of SuperRhyme" by Jimmy Spicer & others that i can't remember(sorry).  If I had not gone to Central State I never would have gotten that Hip-Hop introduction &  first-hand knowledge that I needed.   Okay Im lock in now. Hip-Hop has got me & she won't let go(not that I want her too).  She's now my queen & here we now ready to embark on our journey.  The powers that guide our lives sometimes in strange ways said I should leave Cincinnati. Damn they said "Go West Young Man".  Which was a blessing.  I ended up moving to Dallas, Tx. in 1981 hoping to become a professional soccer player though. Funny how things change. Okay back to the blends all about the BPM's for me. It didn't matter if the song was going 94bpms if I had a county record that would be at 94bpms I would blend it together!!!  While scratching was taking a hold of the Dj world in Hip-Hop I stuck with the blends. I can even remember the first time i knew how great blending could be was when I put on  'Where only Bugging' by Whistle & it was the instrumental version & i started rocking ' I'ts Only Love'  by Bryan Adams & Tina Turner I was like "what the f... is this dope s..."?  That's how I've always done it & I've always done it with Hip-Hop. My radio listeners here in Dallas have been listening to me' mash it up' since 1984. I mastered the technique in 1982. It took a whole year to reprogram my brain.  So naturally I got pissed at the pop culture phenomena called "Mash-ups" as it swept the world like a plague.  Don't get me wrong "peace to all who mash-it-up" just know your history about the technique. Nobody owns Djing techniques we just improve on them.  Communal property if you will.  I just  feel its time that I should let the world know what I've been doing here in Dallas as an Underground Hip-Hop Dj all these years.  So this blog is going to be part about some of the blends that i had done over the years.  I'm going to have to for you to check out & upload if you like. Its also about my years at KNON 89.3 fm.  I'm going to post a lot of stuff & dont worry I have been practicing on my post up moves!!!  I am very proud  & honored to be able to do this for Dallas & Hip-Hop around the world. I'm gonna leave you with a 5Star Eddie Cigar Butta Blend. I'm actually going to leave you with a bunch of stuff to check out. Just look to your right & you will see all the different players with blends & things.  Check out the Down By Sound compilation.  I will be doing a blog on this real soon but until then sit back relax an taste the flavor. This will be the first of many. Peace & Blessings Dj Ez Eddie D. Enjoy!!!!