and now on to the next one….
So friday night I got it in and got fresh to head down to the Super Street Fighter “fight club” consumer event to meet up with some cats who are heavy over at Capcom and to also meet one of the producers of the game himself Yoshi Nori Ono which was an honor as I grew up literally playing this when I was in college in the bay almost 20 years ago! So when I got there, I didn’t know what to expect, but already an hour before the doors were even open, there were around 600 people waiting outside to get in! This was the first time the public would get to play the game, the undefeated champion of street fighter from USA and Japan were in attendance and there was all you can eat free pizza and refreshments provided there. There were many stand alone PS3 players for people to play on and booths where you can get your face painted, a big screen I assume for the super super ill cats with major skills to battle on…. it was an honor to be invited to the event and be treated so well by the Capcom corp! thank you Emily! and all of Capcom and especially to my liason Marco for making this happen….

here’s some pics of the event.
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I have a video too of how long the line is… it wrapped around like a amusement park line too, not just right angled up, it was fucking longggggg! I mean look hard, you’ll see and passed the buildings were another couple hundred in line on the street out of site.

The gift bags consisted of a couple exclusive super street fighter posters and 1 of 2 different colored tshirts…

for those who didn’t get a gift bag but have proof that you went to the event, hit me with a comment and I’ll send a lucky winner a gift bag

a few of these pics were taken before the event even started and we left around 15 minutes into the event and they were almost at capacity already…

the homey Marco!

last event for Super Street Fighter IV I missed out on meeting the producer/legend Yoshi, so this time I wanted to make sure to meet him and chat it up with him for a few… funny thing is his favorite character from the game is Blanka!!! which is obviously mine! so that’s awesome…. when he travels he takes his lucky Blanka action figure which he got in the philippines a while ago with him. crazy huh?

the supra cutler’s are so damn fly! UGGGGHHHH!

so off from the event, I had a special occasion to celebrate with my girl…. so we headed to a nice low key romantic restaurant in santa monica….. after dinner, we headed a little more south to the beach on Ocean Ave in Santa Monica to hit this dope boutique new remodeled hotel called the Shangri La. now I didn’t expect much because it wasn’t one of the main spots that I’ve seen on the Ocean Ave strip, but don’t sleep, this place is fly as hell and I’d love to hold down an event or party here if I get a chance to. the bar is on the rooftop and they pour the drinks heavy! I got 1 drink the entire time I was there because it was about equivalent to 3! had some convo with some friends and then shook out for a nice cruise….

Saturday was a beautiful day, so I took a drive obviously and chilled out for the day enjoying and continuing the celebrating a little bit, I copped 2 prime seats to go see Chicago the musical at the Pantages. I know it’s her favorite(she’s seen it 3x, 1nce here, 1nce in london, 1nce in paris… excuse’m moi! haha) and I haven’t seen it in many years and I liked the movie….. so we headed out to go see the show

as we were walking to the theater…. the view of Hollywood blvd has transformed so much in the last decade it’s crazy…. and the last time I was at the Pantages theater it’s been even more of a change in look

now there’s no photography inside the theater and 1 of the many ushers will walk up to you and trip, but not like they do when you’re in vegas at a show. and if how dare you have to go to the bathroom during a musical or anything to get up… it’s sooo rude (relax people, I know it’s tradition and good manners are a must, but damn some folks do get bubble guts smh lol) and it’s even way more hardcore/worse with the etiquette police when you’re actually on Broadway watching a show.


so fuck it, I took 2 pics of the ceiling and the hat that was on the chair on stage before the show started with my blackberry….
the show was great and after that headed over to Kate Mantalini’s for a late snack and then watched “you don’t know jack” about jack kevorkian with al pacino, but we fell asleep and didn’t get to finish it….

woke up sunday to watching some dexter and got up and out to an even more beautiful LA day…. hung out with my moms and family and went from koreatown to glendale to pasadena back to glendale…. walked around old town, around the americana and saw “DATE NIGHT” bottom line? this movie fucking sucked big rhinosaurus balls….. we walked out after around 40 minutes and couldn’t take it anymore, had a nice meal and I headed back to beverly hills to meet up with a homey at my pad….

After more than 20 years of holding on the last bit of my record collection (approx 20 crates) I realized that I’m not going to get the value of what I could have around 2004 (maybe $6000 at most?) and just gave up…. the space is annoying that it takes up. the sentimental value only stays with a few key pieces that I still kept and so I gave up the collection to a die hard record collector… it’s my homey Ben who I met a long time ago when he worked at Union LA on la brea and left for a while, then came back and now works at supreme…. he came through and got everything except about 2 crates and was very grateful. I didn’t have to do anything but chill out and watch TV. Much love and I hope you enjoy the vinyl bro! (*tears…..)

and with that said…. I HAVE TO GIVE A BIG REST IN PEACE SHOUT OUT TO DJ HIDEO…. If you guys remember one of my blog entries from September of last year, I did a benefit at the Highlands nightclub as my homey Hideo has been fighting cancer for a while now…. well he passed away this weekend and it sucks. YOU MEAN A LOT NOT ONLY TO YOUR FAMILY BUT TO THE HIP HOP COMMUNITY AND THE DJ’S IN L.A. WHO HAD NOTHING BUT SO MUCH RESPECT TO YOU…. I’ll be looking out for any info on your memorial services homey. god bless

it’s monday, get it in…. I’ll say it for the 10 thousandth time “MONEY DON’T SLEEP, SCARED MONEY DON’T MAKE NO MONEY….. BUT MONEY ISN’T EVERYTHING OR THE ONLY THING…” you need love in your life, whether it be a companion, friend, family or pet…. if you don’t got love, you’re missing out and lost. I appreciate those who grind.

see y’all later!

Dear Adam,

It’s Yang, aka Ben Yizzle your friend for 2 decades…. the last 34 hours have been some of the toughest I’ve been through in a very long time if not ever. I am so confused, I’m angry, I’m hurt, I’m pretty much fucked up in the head, so are so many of your dearest family/friends. I know your story, so we are all your family pretty much. Well, Me Homicide and Jon and Kev E. Kev just threw a gathering in your honor to get the OG’s heads to show up and mad OG’s showed up to talk, spread love and just get frustrations & pain and memories off our chests and out of our way without any annoyances or outsiders making shit uncomfortable. (on the drive to the Telly, me and Homicide were bumping old school ice cube and imitating the scratches like we used to anytime we were in the car listening to music! damn) Shit I’ve known you since you were AMG and when you were slanging lil dime bags and we were in search of all the classic samples from Roy Ayers breaks to Grover Washington originals, etc… We’ve been from good times to bad times, from drugs to sobriety, from being broke to caviar wishes coming true & first class flights…. but most importantly, Adam I want you to know this: I AM SORRY FOR ANY OF THE FIGHT’S WE HAD, ALL OF THEM WERE SO DUMB AND SO CHILDISH! I hope you know when were battling for the top nightclub DJ spot it was all out of friendly competition. I talked to Brent Bolthouse tonight about the mid to late 90′s when I had Grand Ville poppin and my ego was absolutely out of control… to when we were both at Opium Den and Las Palmas and then you sky rocketed into different areas. before LAX, etc… (remember when I got the 1st billboard in Las Vegas and threw shit into your face and you never acted or reacted like a bitch out of spite, you let your hand skills talk always and I never wanted to practice with you because I knew you were nicer with the scratches, but I was still that party starter lol… you were always nice while I was the dickhead asshole dj)
People thought I gave up, but you knew I was over it and once serrato hit, I was really just like this shit is some new jack mickey mouse bullshit everyone wants to be a dj but has no clue of what 2 turntables were really originated from, so I retired, but it was still all love, you never made it uncomfortable, you kept it crazy humble.
and btw, I never hated on you, no matter what people thought, you know we woulda never started AMC if that was so, AMC was so much more than just sneakers and djing. AMC was also so many years after our friendship was certified. I was not only your biggest fan, but so was Homicide…. remember we used to look at him from afar when he was rocking stages for over 20,000 + audiences and then we all toured and everything, but now we were the ones watching you rock stages of 50,000+ like it’s NOTHING! I always had love for you and I will admit as I did tonight to Kev E Kev that I was too proud to take some of your fill in gigs because of my stupid ass ego. I had too much pride from being the biggest Hollywood dj at one point to play 2nd best to you, I was so lame and dumb for that… I worked so hard to basically live beyond my means back then…. to drive an M3 or a porsche carrera and have all those kicks to fill an empty image…. but we got a hold of ourselves and realized that money only bought us conveniences and afforded us nice hotel rooms with late nights @ the bellagio cafe. I miss you so much adam. fuck man, I’m so mad you had to fucking relapse. I’m so mad you did that show even though you meant well for those who needed help. I’m so fucking angry, grown man to grown man that you had to go through some of these trials and pain. You are definitely in a better place now. You are definitely in heaven no doubt. I know God let you in. I am so frustrated by all the idiots and rumors that have been spread now because of your celebrity status, but really….. it was meant to be for you, AMC and our whole circle of fam to be stars. We had talents, BUT you were especially so amazing at taking an idea and executing it to the fullest…. you surpassed many of us when we were already ahead of the game. But fuck all of that. you supported so many people, you gave jobs to many and fed many. You took care of your mom like a good son is supposed to. I still can’t believe this. So many stories bro, like Alan Alchemist said, we lived 3 lifetimes worth of memories and I will never forget any of them…. from “you’re soooo not inspectah deck to ohhh what movie would that be? the Phantom?” to trynna cheat our way out of paying the $120 parking bill at LAX after the sugar ray tour…. to teaching me how to play hold em’….. FUCK ADAM, SO MUCH SHIT! me and Homicide went through videos of us and you that haven’t never been seen before by the public… we have folders and tons of archives of pictures of all of us, I NEVER GAVE A SHIT NOR DID ANY OF YOUR FRIENDS THAT YOU WERE 350LBS. we all loved you regardless, you never got that huh? nobody who knew you the OG you cared bro. Everytime I was being a scumbag piece of shit, you would call me out on it, when I cheated on girlfriends, did drugs, whatever, you had no problem with telling me about it. I did the same, but you hardly fucked up. I don’t know what else to say. We’re having a bbq 2moro for you and then gonna give you a proper goodbye this week. so I guess I’ll see you soon.

damn damn damn
shalom Mr. Goldstein.

I can’t believe this and never thought I’d outlive you, especially after the plane crash. If it wasn’t for that crash, I woulda never got in shape (rest in peace Che’ Charles Still & Lil Chris)… damn from Frek One to Brent Shapiro…. now I’m actually going to be attending your funeral and I’m FUCKING SICK ABOUT THAT!
Niko made some amazing memorial pics in honor of you and Matt Colon made one too… you already know we have many other pics. but these are what I want on this blog… of course on your first stage dive you’re wearing OG AJ III’s

p.s. you really changed the game with this dj shit. you pushed the bar so high that nobody can ever reach the level you were at and nobody could replace you EVER! I’m proud of you homey. have a peaceful journey. I love you
when all these psuedo dj’s would be scared to play real hip hop or just get way too pop or vegas, you were the cat who threw on DIPSET “I really mean it” as your first song entering the night and force these squares to listen to shit they had no clue about! I was right there with you homey, you already know!

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