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!!!!