Tuesday, March 31, 2009

RUSTY JABBZ NEWSLETTER MARCH 2009

Hey its the last entry of our monthly Rusty Jabbz Online Mag. This entry I wanna go hard, HARD like my NUTTS when I go to one of Twinn's BBW parties. (Phat shout to Luscious, Lovely and Gi Gi) Anyway our first order of business is to crush XXL for bogus and outlandish lies and disrespect of New York emcees. I'm going to call this piece........


RUSTY JABBZ VERSES XXL







VS.


As I look through the recent May issue of XXL 2009 with Rick Ross on the cover. I see this going a controversial issue. I'm not here to talk about Officer Ricky verses 50 Cent. This issue is controversial to me because you angered, Dj Handspin the ceo and editor in chief of Rusty Jabbz.
First thing, I wanna start off by saying, why is the topic of New York emcees bringing the crown back home is still an open case. I been hearing the babble and the criticism from haters on this subject matter for a few years now. Everyone want New York to come back. Come back to what. Newsflash, New York is here, we never left.
I wanna know, What the fuck do you want New York to go back to? You want New York to go back to the future to the year 1973, location 1520 Sedgwick Ave. Bronx, NY. (The birth of Hip Hop) Or maybe you want New York to go back to 1982 the birth of Run DMC, or maybe you want New York to go back to the '90's the birth of the Golden Era. Or betta yet do you want New York hip hop to go back to where you had niggaz on the corner arguing all day about who's their favorite emcee, "Biggie, Jay Z or Nas".
How many times are we going to bring up a topic that is controversial amongst various hip hop groups in the city. Hip Hop has transcended over the last 35 years thanks to New York. If it wasn't for Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, Grand Wizard Theodore and Grand Master Flash for birthing this genre and influencing people all throughout the ghettos of America to spread their word and creativity that later spread across the world none of us would be here. None of us would have became emcees, djs, dancers, graff writers, a&r's, producer's, ghostwriters and so forth. None of us would have received Grammies, Source, BET, Vibe awards if it wasn't for New York. New York creating Hip Hop gave ghetto youth hope, self confidence, arts and creativity and now you all wanna stomp on us all because you feel we lost our touch. All of you feel New York isn't poppin' anymore we don't have to pop anymore. New York will always be recognized as the Mecca of Hip Hop. We will always be the originators of this music. So XXL to bring up this article in their recent issue and to have people bad mouth and criticize what we successfully created is a stab in the back as well as a kick in the nutts. (Basically, what I'm saying it hurts)

I would like to know what do these so called new young a&r's who were probably born no more than 21 years ago know what real hip hop is or know, what New York hip hop fans like to listen too. You say we're too hardcore,we're too street and how no one wants to here that street style of hip hop anymore. How would you know what the streets of New York want to here. A good majority of you so called execs and a&r's promote and market todays hip hop to the younger teeny bopping generation. Making hip hop soft and more rap and bullshit. When I was growing up as teen in the late 80's to early 90's we didn't have any hip POP artists. Every hip hop artist that came out rhymed about what was going in the streets as well as the world. Keep in mind, I'm in the seven grade listening to Public Enemy, Poor Righteous Teachers, King Sun, Krs 1, Salt n Pepa. I was listening to records that a seventh grader shouldn't listening too. You guys are probably thinking, "Dam that music was too harsh for a child to listen too". There were no marketing and promotions in the 80s and 90s everything was str8 street. It's you Ivy League-Morehouse type NEGROES gettin' jobs at these label coming into the game and wanting to change the rules of what we created. So is that what you mean when you say you wanna bring New York Rap back. Y' all don't wanna bring New York rap back y' all wanna change New York Rap. Various artists today coming up out of New York do not want to get signed anymore. No artist want to be told what to do and say on album. Sure being a major artist you get major success but a weak heart comes along with it. As an independent emcee you get betta access and say on your own career. I just wanna address this article to XXL and all you label execs like Jimmy Iovine, LA Reid and Jeff Sledge. It sounds like you wanna create another genre other than hip hop. You can do what you wanna do but please do not tamper with THIS THING OF OURS WE CREATED!
Muh fuckaz running around New York saying New York has no leader. We have no savior. Labels looking to emcees like Joell Ortiz, Papoose, Uncle Murda and Tru Life as saviors of New York. Who said that we're looking for savior of New York these emcees was coming up out of NYC to rep their hood and make some money off their talent. No one was going to anoint them as Kings of New York. Who said New York needs a King we got talent coming out of every single street corner of every single borough. No one emcee should be an island. I blame PUFF DADDY and BIGGIE for that whole King of New York status, ever since BIG put that out there so many emcees wanna take his throne. Everything that comes out of my state is all good for my listening pleasure.

SO ALL YOU LABELS FUCK OFF AND STOP TRYING TO DIVIDE AND CONQUER!

It's not NEW YORK HIP HOP thats on the downfall its all you record labels who are on the downfall and now you come back seeking and begging for NEW YORK to help rebuild all you almost bankrupt labels. You can't lock down real talent. REAL REKONIZE REAL! TRILL REKONIZE TRILL!

Sunday, March 29, 2009

RUSTY JABBZ VERSES XXL JUNE 2009 ENTRY# 3








Rusty Jabbz is still in the building waging WAR on XX smel L.
Your magazine smell cuz yall full of shit. Perhaps its the articles printed in the current issue (May 2009) Or maybe your shit cuz I wiped my ass with the pages.

Dj Handspin still aiming darts at XXL for trying to crush New York. All industry faggots say that New York is so routine. Well the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

You say, we do not put out the party records like we used too (The Renaissance Bad Boy Era)
There have been plenty of noteworthy emcees to quote on quote claim that NEW YORK KING OF RAP y' all so desperately want us to capture. I don't know who works at these labels. I don't know what your looking for at these labels. But 1 thing I do know and you need to know is to learn your artists before you sign them to a record deal. Come let's before real ATLANTIC, Saigon and Pretty Toney doing a collabo together, "YEAH RIGHT!" Thats like Tim Dog and Immature doing a collabo together. You fake executives don't really know what the artists on your label and what their particular style hip hop is and you wonder why your projects FLOP! We can't all be party emcees and rapping about nonsense, especially in these economical times. I tell you though since you New York to come, how about the '80s CRACK ERA with gunz, gangz and robberies. Nuthin' says welcome New York like 1980 Reagan administration street tales. Is that what you want, well thats whats coming.
Now let me ask you will that be NEW YORK enuff for yah. I don't wanna go on anymore on this topic, I just wanna end it with these 2 quotes one by a friend of mine, Jalil and one taken from Donna Cappa Goines aka Cappadonna.

PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS BY JALIL AMARIE
"Something people don't know about New York is that it aint dead like people think. We never left. We will never leave. We are built for this. The industry just took the cameras off of us."


HIP HOP QUOTABLES:
"We write lyrics that the streets like. We don't come with that bullshit that y' all thinking is right." Hook taken from "Pistachio" By Cappadonna, King Just & Lugar. Off the SLANG PROSTITUTION LP CHAMBER MUSIK RECORDS. WWW.CHAMBERMUSIK.COM










RUSTY JABBZ NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2009 3rd ENTRY

RUSTY JABBZ ENT NEWS OCTOBER 2009 ISSUE# 3

This is Dj Handspin Dinero coming to you on this Christopher Columbus Day. I got a day off at the plantation. Anyday off from the plantation is a good day to me. I get to kick back and reach out to my readers and followers. I wanted to come out here and let everyone knows what poppin' in the wonderful world of HIP HOP! Even though hip hop wasn't so wonderful for one artist last week. As we all know Rapper Shyne wuz scheduled to be released from prison last tuesday, well he wuz partially released his 9 year bid is up. However, he is being held by the feds for possible deportation. Apparently Shyne is not a U. S. Citizen and you know what happens to a person that is non-U. S. Citizen that commits a crime. Usually after their bid is done they're usually deported back to their country. More severe punishment for ex-cons that are non-U. S. Citizens.

More news in hip hop tomorrow night (tuesday, Oct 13, 2009) is the Def Jam Hip Hop Honors. I been a loyal fan of Def Jam up until when L A Reid took over. I truly believe that Def Jam has lost their souls. Lets hope that tomorrow night, VH1 will honor the real Def Jam from LL to Jay Z. I hope Vh1 will also showcase Def Jam West, for the past decade alotta people have forgotten about the realness of Def Jam West. Y' all remember Warren G, Richie Rich, Jayo Felony what ever happened to them. Thats when Def Jam was about sumthin.

Enuff with the hip hop talk I wanna change gears to TOTAL NON-STOP ACTION WRESTLING, one of my favorite looking TNA Knockouts despite the fact that she's a heel on the show. She's still a dimepiece so lets check out MS TRACIE BROOKS......

RUSTY JABBZ EYE CANDY:

Friday, March 27, 2009

Sunday 29th March: The Audition

DANCE AUDITION by
Relentless-Entertainment

Relentless Entertainment is still looking for talented dancers in Brunei whose interested to join Relentless Dance Group and Activ-8. We are holding a Dance Audition on the 29th March 2009 3pm to 5pm at Zunic Wellness 6th floor, Plaza Athirah, Kota Batu. In return, if chosen, you will receive -
  • 6 months FREE training/rehearsals with Relentless Dance
  • Profiled Preformances
  • Paid/Unpaid performances
  • Teaching opportunities for those that are able
  • A chance to be part of the fastest growing dance and entertainment company in Brunei
Singing and Acting audition will be held sometime in April so start practicing those vocals and acting skills... because we have a lot of big upcoming shows.

NEWSPAPER on 21st March

A TASTE OF DANCE & MORE TO IT THAN MEETS THE EYE



By Aiden Adams





IT was Martha Graham (1894-1991), an American pioneer of modern dance and one of the most influential choreographers of the 20th century, who once said:

“We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energise the spectator into keener awareness of the vigour, the mystery, the humour, the variety, and the wonder of life.”

Here in Brunei, there is a small but well-known company called Relentless Entertainment, formed just last year and yet one of the fastest-growing establishments of its kind, that aims to nurture and train students in dance, drama and singing, of which the group Activ-8 is in its performing arts division.

With over 15 years of experience in the entertainment industry, Mardi, who is Relentless Entertainment’s Founder and Artistic Director, says that he knows what to look for when it comes to raw talents.

This is partly because, before returning to our shores, Mardi was formerly a teacher at the United Kingdom’s world-famous Pineapple Studios, and he has also held a series of workshops in Singapore, Europe and the United States.

His many other impressive credits include working with some of the top dancers and choreographers from Los Angeles, TV advertisements and shows in Britain, as well as with the Sony label and for music videos.

Brunei has a great deal of undiscovered talents and Bruneians need to see that these gifted artists are right on their doorsteps. I would very much like to see the entertainment scene here blossom or improve,” Mardi told The Weekend.





“I would help that happen by training or working with the talents, and generally assisting artistic people in reaching their full potential, the best way I know how. For now, my objective is to bring the country’s most promising dancers together and maybe nurture them into professional performers.”

Speaking on behalf of his company, Mardi added, “We would like to cater and eventually become the backbone to the nation’s entertainment scene. This will take some time but we are confident that it can be done.

“We are also currently looking to include other dance groups and potential choreographers who we could work with in the future. Our main criteria are originality, a willingness to learn and the ability to think outside the proverbial box.”

In the Sultanate, Mardi is assisted in his quest by two young locals - Amy Cheong, the Partner and Director of Relentless Entertainment, as well as its Manager, Khamdhi Asmad.

“For about a year now, I have trained with many different kinds of people and genres of dance that include Street Jazz, Lyrical Hip-Hop, Ol’ Skool, Electro and a lot more. It has also been an honour and privilege for me to be a part of this group and participate in a few exciting and memorable events,” said Khamdhi.



The Founder and Artistic Director of Relentless Entertainment, Mardi (L), with its Manager Khamdhi



“In 2009, we are looking forward to create even more of a buzz and a close community of artists. Being very passionate, believing in yourself and becoming really committed - these traits are definitely needed to be accomplished in this field.”

From mid-2008 to the present day, Relentless Entertainment and Activ-8 have been living up to their names, while somewhat creating a storm and leading a worthwhile movement in the local arts scene.

In that relatively short amount of time, they have tirelessly rehearsed then performed with much vigour and rarely seen showmanship for the Philippines Independence Day Dinner, Laksmana College of Business Gala Night, the Brunei Cup tournament and the b.Mobile Appreciation Dinner.

In addition to co-organising the Move It! Dance Showdown contest last month with Suci and Cityneon, they also showcased their unique talents at various road shows, comprising those of Leneige, Zunic Wellness as well as DST, when they closely collaborated with one of Brunei’s popular record labels, Projectunes.





Their main sponsors are Rock Paper Scissors, Leneige, Kokusui Enterprise and Zunic Wellness, whose continued support Relentless Entertainment has expressed tremendous gratitude for.

“We would in fact like to work with anyone or any company that wants to hire us for their upcoming projects, especially those with keen interests in the country’s arts or entertainment scene as a whole,” added Mardi.

This week, the youths of Relentless Entertainment continue to be very busy, as they are currently co-organising a dance competition with b.Mobile, which will see its semi-final round this afternoon and the closing tomorrow evening - both happening at The Mall in Gadong.

In addition to this, there will be open auditions for a fresh dance troupe tentatively called Relentless (which would also become the company’s new core and main training group) at Zunic tomorrow from 2pm onwards, and in the afternoon on Sunday March 29 at the same venue.

In a simultaneous manner, the ambitious company is also taking on other and bigger projects that are in the pipeline and to be kept under wraps until a much later date when certain confirmations are received.

“I personally would urge more young people to take up dancing because I myself got a taste of what it is like and, aside from the exposure, fun and high satisfaction that a dancer could get from performing, I can tell you that there is more to all of this than meets the eye,” said Khamdhi.

“I know that dancing does not just help with one’s creative side, but it can also change a person. Over time, a serious dancer would gain a newfound respect for the craft, while trying to master its many surprising elements.

“The important qualities or attributes that a good dancer needs to develop in order to succeed, such as confidence, discipline, timing, health-consciousness and even one’s overall presentation, usually helps a person and would prove extremely useful in all other areas of his or her life,” he added.

“This may be hard to believe but it really is true. Therein, at least to me, lies the real beauty of dance as an art form.” For more information, visit www.relentless-entertainment.blogspot.com.



Members of Activ-8 pictured behind the scenes



-Big Bang Dance Competition-

Dance Competition by Bmobile & Relentless Entertainment

Pictures was taken by Rano.
Check out: Ranoadidas.com

This was a one of the biggest dance competition that has ever been made. It turned out unexpectedly. All of the dancers improved so much from the last competition. We are thankful for the successful show and thanks to Rano for these tremendous shots.

Winner of Solo Category, Dani.


Judges from b.Mobile, Relentless Entertainment,
Carone Records and Borneo Bulletin.

Sarif a.k.a B'Boy Layzie won 2nd place in Solo category

...and 3rd place goes to Young Cliff.

Winner for Group Categories:

1st Place -In Saintz Crew (308 points)

2nd place - B.2.B.R (297 points)

3rd place - Epic Rhythm (294 points)

4th place - Kb Rockers (294 points)

5th place - Hard Style Revolution (252 points)

These are the groups that participated in the competition. Well done to all. Keep up the good work and will see you on the next one.

Wicked Dance Crew.

Rhythm Fusion

B.I.U.


Soloist in Action:


Masquerade Night @ Polo Club

-b.Mobile Appreciation Masquerade Night-
Opening ceremony & Closing ceremony



We took a different approach with this performance and everyone gave their all at this very performance. It was the most different set that we've done so far and we had one week to learn 2 sets. We included some theatrical drama and comedy into the sets, which everyone liked.

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Dance Showdown @ ICC

Pictures was taken by
Ranoadidas.com


-The Move it! Dance Showdown at ICC-
Co-organizing, Opening ceremony & Closing ceremony





This was our first 3-days dance competition, co-organized by Relentless Entertainment. Activ-8 was the opening and closing ceremony for this event. The crowd was huge! Their reactions to the competition was so unexpected.

Majestic Crew


Epic Rhythm


609

Rhythm Fusion

Come Sunday, finals. it was a great weekend. So below are the finalists of the competition. 1st place for Solo was danced out by Cliff.

Young Cliff

2nd place for Solo goes to Sarif aka Layzie and
3rd place goes to Azim a.k.a. G-floor

And for group categories, b.2.b.r surprised the crowds and judges with their bboy skills and snatched first place, followed by Majestic crew as second and Epic Rhythm as third place.

Majestic Crew

Epic Rhythm

The Winner
B.2.B.R