In St. Maarten, the airport landing strip is literally on the beach. So I thought it would be fun to see just how powerful the airplanes engines are. Not even warning signs about death could stop me. Watch the video.
R.I.P. B.I.G.
I was traveling all day yesterday so I didn’t get a chance to post this Biggie Quick Mix I made the day after he passed for my radio show on The Beat. If you love the Notorious B.I.G. then you’ll love this. TO DOWNLOAD CLICK HERE
ST MAARTEN HEINEKEN REGATTA MAR 4-7
Hoist the sails as the pirate makes his way back to St. Maarten! That’s right I’ll be there for the island’s biggest event. Catch me on my pirate boat or Sunday Night March 7 spinning at Bliss. Arrrrgh!
SITI MONROE: CAST A SPELL
I could tell you about Siti Monroe (pronounced See-Tee) but I’d rather you just listen to her voice. But I will tell you that she is unsigned and that this was produced by the Avila Brothers.
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TREVOR WESLEY: OUT ON THE TOWN
I’ve known Trevor Wesley for years and have always been a fan of his soul music. He’s an unsigned artist living in LA. Somebody give this kid a deal!
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THE OPENING DJ
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An opening DJ is the first DJ who goes on before the headliner… kinda like the opening act of a concert. A lot of opening DJs feel free to start showing off their scratching skills and/or playing all the hot music the the following DJ was gonna play which is known as “burning.” If you’re an opener… DON’T BURN THE NEXT DJ. See video for more rules and laughs.
PJ BUTTA KDAY MIXES
This past Saturday I was a guest DJ on Los Angeles radio station 93.5 KDAY. A little history for those who are not familiar with the KDAY brand… back in the 80s KDAY was an AM station that was one of the first to play strictly hip hop. It is where iconic rap group N.W.A. was born. So it was an honor to spin classics on that station. Click the links below to download the mixes.
NAS & J. DILLA: THE DILLMATIC MIXTAPE
Since this is Jay Dee aka J. Dilla month, it’s only right that I immediately post this mixtape by Squeek Boogie that combines the the dope lyrics of Nas with the dope beats of Slum Village genius, the late, great J Dilla. Stop what you’re doing and CLICK HERE to download!
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PJ BUTTA LIVE FROM ECCO MIX
Here’s the Hip Hop/R&B mix from last week at Ecco. To download CLICK HERE
Tracklisting:
- Jay-Z ft Swizz Beatz – On To The Next One
- Black Eyed Peas – Imma Be
- Ester Dean ft Lil Wayne – Drop It Low Remix
- General Larry Platt – Pants On The Ground
- Young Jeezy – And Then What
- T.I. – Swing Your Rag
- T.I. – Big Shit Poppin’
- Jim Jones – We Fly High
- 50 Cent – In Da Club ( We Fly High mix)
- Trey Songz ft Fabolous – Say Aah
- Ron Browz ft. Notorious B.I.G. – Pop Champagne
- R. Kelly – Superman High
- Dorrough – Ice Cream Paint Job
- Rihanna ft Young Jeezy – Hard
- 50 Cent ft Ne-Yo – Baby By Me
- Usher – Hey Daddy (Daddy’s Home)
- New Boyz ft. Ray J. – Tie Me Down
- New Boyz – You’re A Jerk
- E-40 – Sliding Down The Pole
- Timbaland ft. Justin Timberlake – Carry Out
- Ray-J – Formal Invite
- Ray-J – Sexy Ladies
- LL Cool J ft The Dream – Baby
- Snoop ft The Dream – Gangsta Luv
- Lil Jon – Outta Your Mind
- Dr. Dre – Let’s Get High
- Too Short – Shake That Monkey
- Too Short – Burn Rubber
- Too Short – Blow The Whistle
- E-40 – Tell Me When To Go
- Mac Dre – Feeling Myself
- Bubba Sparxxx – Ms. New Booty
- Ying Yang Twinz – Wait (Whisper Song)
- Busta Rhymes – Light Your Ass On Fire
- Juvenile – Back That Ass Up
- Fatman Scoop & Big Kap – Def Jam 2000
- Fatman Scoop – Be Faithful
- Birdman ft Lil Wayne – Pop Bottles
- Birdman ft Lil Wayne & Drake – 4 My Town
- Drake – Forever
- Lil Wayne & Birdman – Make It Rain Remix
- Young Money ft Lloyd – Bedrock
To download CLICK HERE
PJ BUTTA IN SEATTLE
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I’LL BE DJING IN SEATTLE THIS SAT @ CANAL – 5300 34TH AVE. RSVP TO RAINWATERGROUP@GMAIL.COM
SADE ALBUM
The CD you been waiting for! Download now before the links get shut down!
GRAMMY AFTERPARTY
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Sunday after the Grammys, Black Eyed Peas producer Keith Harris is doing it again. Live music this week by my crew The Avila Brothers, Siti Monroe, D. Woods (yes the one from Danity Kane) and Shanice (yes the “I Love Your Smile” Shanice). Come out if you’re in town.
PJ BUTTA TO DI WURL!
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The other day someone told me that they miss hearing me on the radio. And true… I am not on the radio in Los Angeles currently… but I am on the radio overseas in over 20 countries… from Africa to New Zealand. Which is part of the reason why I’m always in some far off country partying… err… I mean… working. The show I host is a top 20 hip hop and R&B countdown show called The World Chart. If you’d like to hears a sample of the show and/or try to get the show in your city… just CLICK HERE
COMMON: NEXT TIME
Here’s an unreleased song from Common that never made the Finding Forever CD
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MAXWELL: BAD HABITS REMIX
Here’s a Maxwell remix by Brolic Beat that reminds me of the old early 90s R&B remixes that use to come out with the heavy hip hop beats. Check it.
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RAHEEM DEVAUGHN: I DON’T CARE
Raheem DeVaughn is probably one of the most underappreciated dudes in R&B. I’ve been digging this cat since I first heard him on Jazzy Jeff’s first compilation. Here’s his latest off his upcoming CD
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B.O.B. FT. BRUNO MARS: NOTHIN’ ON YOU
During my sleeping I failed to post this joint that I’m really feeling. Bruno Mars really makes this song hot and I look forward to hearing some other joints from him.
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SUN JAN 24 @ LIMELIGHT
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I’ll be spinning at a newsoulful open mic/jam session event called Limelight in side Kress’s basement in Hollywood. Grammy nominated producers Keith Harris and JR Hutson will in the house as well as special live performances.
SD HEARTBREAK
If you know me then you know I’m the biggest San Diego Chargers fan. C’mon SD is my hometown! Gotta root for the home team. And I’m not just a bandwagoner who’s jumped on the Charger’s success. Nope I’ve been there through the good and the bad. And this Sunday was one of the “bad.” Watch the video.
NO NEW ZEALAND
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I was so looking to rocking New Zealand and seeing my fans in February. I Tivo’d every show about New Zealand… Googled it’s rich diverse history… even watched the Whale Rider! Unfortunately my dreams of NZ have been put on hold. But I WILL GO TO NEW ZEALAND. Just don’t know when as of yet. As soon as I get the new club dates rescheduled I will share the news with you. Until then keep listening to the World Chart Show. Here’s the official press release. You can read it while I dry my tears…
January 19 2010
MAD PRO MGMT has announced that the four upcoming show dates in New Zealand for international DJ, PJ BUTTA, have been postponed.
February 05 – Wellington Front Room
February 11 – New Plymouth Echo
February 12 – Hamilton Charmers Night Club
February 13 – Auckland Logan Campbell Arena
Amaze Online & Mad Pro will work on announcing replacement dates as soon as possible.
PJ BUTTA is dedicated to coming to New Zealand and spinning in front of all his fans & supporters of the World Chart radio show.
The World Chart show airs widely throughout New Zealand, plus 25 Caribbean countries and in parts of the Middle East & Africa.
ROCK OUT WITH YOUR CACK OUT
Sometimes spinning the same ol’ music can get boring. So I went in the lab and recorded this rock mix. Unlike most mixes this was recorded live without the help of ProTools or any other cheating effects. With me… what you hear is what you get. To rock out with your cack out… CLICK HERE to download.
1. Muse – Uprising
2. Blondie – Call On Me (Uprising mashup)
3. Depeche Mode – Personal Jesus
4. Billy Joel – Still Rock And Roll To Me
5. The Hey Song Party Break
6. Nelly Furtado – Maneater
7. Rod Stewart – Some Guys Have All The Luck
8. 3Oh!3 – Don’t Trust Me
9. Lenny Kravitz – Are You Gonna Go My Way
10. ACDC – Shook Me All Night Long
11. Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I Go Now
12. Guns N Roses – Sweet Child O’Mine
13. ZZ Top – Sharp Dressed Man
14. Dire Straits – Money For Nothing
15. Phil Collins – In The Air Tonight
16. R.E.M. – Losing My Religion
17. Journey – Seperate Ways
18. La Roux – Bulletproof
19. Bag Raiders – Shooting Stars
20. MGMT – Kids
21. Bob Marley – I Wanna Know Now (MGMT mashup)
22. Red Hot Chili Peppers – By The Way
23. Red Hot Chili Peppers – My Otherside
24. Kings Of Leon – Sex On Fire
25. Kings Of Leon – Use Somebody
26. Cold Play – Viva La Vida
27. Blur Break
28. Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
29. ACDC – Dirty Deeds
30. Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
31. Morrisey – When I Last Spoke To Carol
32. Bon Jovi – You Give Love A Bad Name
33. Killers – Somebody Told Me (Sweet Dreams mashup)
34. Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams
35. Rock Break
36. Def Leppard – Photograph
37. Ratt – Round And Round
38. KISS – Made For Loving
39. Stevie Nicks – Stand Back
40. Boomtown Rats – Up All Night
41. Smashing Pumpkins – 1979
TEDDY PENDERGRASS 1950-2010
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Associated Press reported that Teddy Pendergrass, who became R&B’s reigning sex symbol in the 1970s and ’80s with his forceful, masculine voice and passionate love ballads and later became an inspirational figure after suffering a devastating car accident that left him paralyzed, died Wednesday at age 59.
The singer’s son, Teddy Pendergrass II, said his father died at a hospital in suburban Philadelphia. The singer underwent colon cancer surgery eight months ago and had “a difficult recovery,” his son said.
“To all his fans who loved his music, thank you,” his son said. “He will live on through his music.”
Pendergrass suffered a spinal cord injury and was paralyzed from the waist down in the 1982 car accident. He spent six months in a hospital but returned to recording the next year with the album “Love Language.”
He briefly returned to the stage at the Live Aid concert in 1985, performing from his wheelchair.
Pendergrass later founded the Teddy Pendergrass Alliance, an organization whose mission is to encourage and help people with spinal cord injuries achieve their maximum potential in education, employment, housing, productivity and independence, according to its Web site.
Pendergrass, who was born in Philadelphia on March 26, 1950, gained popularity first as a member of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes.
In 1971, the group signed a record deal with the legendary writer/producers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. The group released its first single, “I Miss You,” in 1972 and then released “If You Don’t Know Me by Now,” which was nominated for a Grammy Award.
Gamble remembered Pendergrass fondly and lauded him.
“I think Teddy Pendergrass was really one of a kind of an artist, and his music kind of speaks for him,” Gamble said in an interview early Thursday. “He had such a powerful voice, and he had a great magnetism.”
Pendergrass quit the group in 1975 and embarked on a solo career in 1976. It was his solo hits that brought him his greatest fame. With songs such as “Love T.K.O.,” “Close the Door” and “I Don’t Love You Anymore,” he came to define a new era of black male singers with his powerful, aggressive vocals that spoke to virility, not vulnerability.
KARTEL & BEENIE: GAZA ROCK RITE NOW
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What is Gaza vs. Gully? Well in Jamaica it’s like claiming Compton or Watts. Bronx or Brooklyn. East or West. Vybz Kartel and Beenie Man make Gaza proud on dis wicked mashup to Snoop’s I Wanna Rock riddim.
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KIDA: AIN’T NOTHING
I’m co-signing for this kid out of Inglewood. Check out the latest from Kida ftg super producer Focus.
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USHER: OH MY
One of my boy’s who’s working with Usher said that the album is really good and I trust his opinion cause he said the last one was wack. Here’s a joint produced by Will.I.AM
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MICHAEL JACKSON: ANOTHER DAY
If you haven’t heard this (or probably can’t find it since a lot of sites got cease and desist letters) here its is. The song MJ and Lenny Kravitz were working on.
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XZIBIT: HURT LOCKER
I know I’m a little late on this (I was on vacation so give me a break) but this new joint by XZIBIT knocks! It’s no wonder since Scoop Deville produced it. Scoop is proving that he’s that next Westcoast producer dude.
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KE$HA COOL BUT…
I know everyone on that Ke$ha Tik Tok joint but before this blonde electro-rapping/singing artist was out there was a chick named Uffie. Uffie is more underground and less pop. Here much delayed album is suppose to drop in February. Until then listen to the song and watch the video to one of my favorites from her called Pop The Glock. As my man DJ Clinton Sparks would say, “Get familiar!”
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AWAY ON HOLIDAY
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Sorry for being away so long. Been away on holiday in Orlando at the Disneyworld. No work just play. As I slowly get back into the swing of things I’ll post up some music. Until then enjoy this short segment at the “happiest place on earth.”
MAVADO: NEW YORK’S GULLY
Mavado does his version of Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ Empire State of Mind to put us in a Gully state of mind. Zeen!
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LIL WAYNE FT. EMINEM: DROP THE WORLD
2 of the best are on this track off Lil Wayne’s delayed Rebirth CD which now won’t come out til Feb.
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LIVE FROM QUAD DEC 09
Sorry if I’ve been M.I.A. but that’s only cause I’ve been in Jamaica. Here’s the mix from my gig last Saturday at Quad Night Club in Kingston, Jamaica. This should hold you over until I post up some new Butta Bootlegs. To DOWNLOAD just CLICK HERE
SADE: SOLDIER OF LOVE
I remember seeing Sade’s last concert. It was in LA @ the Forum. That was 8 years ago. I thought that might be the last time we would see or hear from her again but Christmas has come early! Here’s her first single off her new album that drops in February.
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I INVENTED SEX REMIX
Before you write Usher off… listen to his verse to Trey Songz’s remix to I Invented Sex with Keri Hilson.
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LIL WAYNE: ON FIRE
Word is Lil Wayne might be dropping his CD Rebirth right before Christmas. Here’s a joint produced by Cool & Dre that samples a song from Scarface. Say hello to my little friend and press play. To download right click on the link and “save as.” On a mac just press alt + click
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CLIPSE: LIFE CHANGE
Some things just belong together like the Clipse and that Neptune sound. Here’s a joint featuring Pharrell and Kenna.
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CHRIS BROWN FT. SEAN PAUL: BROWN SKIN GIRL
I don’t know how my caribbean breddrin will feel about Sean Paul being on this track, with the whole Rihanna being from Barbados and all, but that may be the reason why this song is a bonus track
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LIL JON FT. LMFAO: GET OUT OF YOUR MIND
Lil Jon and Grammy nominated group, LMFAO, team up again for another club joint.
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