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TUNE IN TONIGHT AS MEMBERS OF COOLER THAN SMACK SIT IN ON THE SHOW AND HEAR THE ANTICS AND SOME GOOD MUSIC. 

WE HAVE BEEN IN THE STUDIO WITH LEW BONES RECORDING TRACKS FOR OUR "CAN'T BE FADED" SESSIONS. ALSO, HE WILL BE DOING LIVE SOUND FOR US THIS WEEKEND AT THE SHOW C.T.S. WILL BE ROCKING 1/29/11 IN BRIDGEWATER, MA.

DETAILS BELOW ON THE FLYER, 

SPREAD THE WORD, COME OUT AND PLAY!! YOUR MOM SAID IT'S OKAY.

ALSO, IT'S JESTER X'S BIRTHDAY WEEK, SO COME GET HIM TRASHED!

The wait is over!

What up, it's that killa Jester X with the first installment of my "whenever the fuck I feel like doing it" Geeked Out Game Review. Friday morning I got up mad early (9:45 ha!), got dressed and went straight to my local Gamestop. I got there right as they were opening and promptly went in to pick up my MOVE and Navigation controllers that I had preordered earlier last week. Unfortunately the asshole working there failed to tell me the game I reserved doesn't come out til next month. So, I ended up getting Sports Champion instead. But before I get into that, let's talk about the Move itself.
The controller is very comfortable to hold. The placement of the buttons is smart and easy to adapt to. The only exception being the PS button which is about 1/2in too far up and people with bigger hands will probably hit it on accident more than a few times (2Phace...). The tracking ball is squishy, which I didn't expect but it was a good choice.
The way the camera picks up the Move is astounding. It's so fast and accurate. Every slight motion is portrayed perfectly on screen. So much so that, IMO, Nintendo wasted their time making the Wii Motion Plus. But, the coolest thing about the on screen interaction is the way you cycle through the XMB. Just pull the trigger and point. DOPE.
I haven't played any games that require the Navi controller yet so I don't have much to say at this time. It's similar to the Wii's Nunchuck with more buttons. Most notable is the D-Pad right under the joystick. Genius. Who the fuck uses their right hand for that anyway? The joystick feels just like the ones on the six-axis and dual shock 3 controllers. But like I said before, I haven't used it yet and since I don't like shooters I probably won't for a while so we'll just have to wait for that one.
Onto the game. Sports Champion is pretty dope. The landscapes are gorgeous and the choice of games is pretty cool. It's not your run-of-the-mill sports minigame package. Disc Golf is mad fun. I've gotten into a few heated matches already. I just wish there was more choices for courses. There's only 1 18 stage course that can be split into 3 different 6 hole courses. Gladiator Duel is my favorite and it's a fucking workout. Weapon and Shield fighting just like the slaves used to do. The only difference is that you don't really die if you lose. Archery is dope, especially with 2 Move controllers. You can hold the bow at any angle you want and the distance between the controllers decides the power of the shot. Beach Volleyball is about as cool as beach volleyball. I personally hate it and I don't think it controls very well. Then again I don't know the first thing about volleyball whereas I actually have played all the other games. Bocce is awesome. I was pumped when I saw that on there. Me and Jameso are archnemeses. There are mad different courses and they're all pretty cool, save for the first one which is for practice. Last but not least, Table Tennis. 2Phace whooped my ass mad times at that shit but I'm finally starting to catch up in skill to him. Last game we played was 15-13 him. Next time he's mine though.
As fun as the game is it wouldn't be half of what it is without the move controller. I'm pumped to see what else Sony has in store. Well, that's that. I hope this Geeked Out Game Review made everyone throw out their ShitBoxes and forget about that K'Nex thing. Keep the Wiis though. That shit's pretty cool. Until next time Drugratz..... Kill your parents.

"WHAT IS A DRUGRAT ANYWAY?"

A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK US HERE AT DRC "WHAT IS A DRUGRAT?" AND WE HAVE MANY RESPONSES, THE FIRST BEING THIS: ALL THE COLLECTIVE ARTISTS, GROUPS, STAFF AND EXTENED FAMILY AT DRC RECORDS CALL OURSELVES DRUGRATZ. IT IS A NAME AND BRAND THAT REPRESENTS THE COLLECTIVE AS A WHOLE, VOLTRON STYLE IF YOU WILL.

SECOND- DRUGRATZ IS A LOVING NAME WE GIVE OUR FANS WHO FOLLOW THE MUSIC WE CREATE AT DRC, WHICH INCLUDES BANDS LIKE BRING ON DEATH, OTTOMIC BLUE, COOLER THAN SMACK, DEADZONE, ACIDROP, ETC. WHO REPRESENT THE DRATZ LIFESTYLE.  IT’S A WAY TO MAKE THE FANS FEEL SPECIAL AND UNIQUE AND A WAY TO SHOW THEM WE CARE ABOUT THEM PERSONALLY AND THAT THEY’RE MORE THAN A DEMOGRAPHIC TO DRC RECORDS AND OUR SISTER LABEL LINOLEUM RECORDS.THE DRUGRAT LIFESTLYE IN FACT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH DRUGS AND EVERYTHING TO DO WITH HOW YOU CARRY YOURSELF IN LIFE, NOT CARING WHAT THE WORLD OR ANYONE IN IT THINKS ABOUT YOU, BEING LOYAL TO YOUR FRIENDS, DOING THE RIGHT THING IN LIFE, TAKING THE RISKS TO DO SOMETHING GREAT CREATIVELY AND GREAT IN LIFE, AND RELATING TO THE EXPERIENCE AND PAIN IN DRC MUSIC AND USING THAT TO GET OVER WHAT EVER TROUBLE FACES YOU IN LIFE. WE ARE ONE WITH OUR FANS, ALL FOR ONE- ONE FOR ALL! DRUGRATZ IS THE FAMILY YOU'VE NEVER HAD, BUT NOW YOU DO! WE UNDERSTAND YOU AND BELIEVE IN YOUR RIGHT TO BE YOURSELF!

THIRD- A DRUGRAT IS ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN THROUGH MANY TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS IN LIFE AND STILL FOUND A WAY TO OVERCOME THEM: THE OUTCASTS, MISFITS, LOSERS, FREAKS, GEEKS, AND OUTSIDERS OF THE WORLD UNITED UNDER THE DRUGRAT SYMBOL AS A FAMILY. DRUGRATZ WORK HARD AND PLAY HARDER. DRUGRATZ WILL PUT THEIR JUNK ALL UP IN YOUR PANCAKES AT IHOP IF YOU PISS THEM OFF. DRUGRATZ BUMP MUSIC THAT THEY CAN TRULY CALL THEIR OWN. DRUGRATZ ALSO CAN BE SOMEONE WHO HAS GONE THROUGH SOME KIND OF ADDICTION, WHETHER IT BE DRUGS, FOOD, GAMBLING, OR COW TIPPIN', AND HIT ROCK BOTTOM THEN GOT UP, DUSTED THE DIRT OF THEIR SHOULDERS, AND TRIED AGAIN UNTIL THEY GOT IT RIGHT. DRUGRATZ DON'T DIE, WE MULTIPLY!!!!!!!

SO WEAR THE DRATZ LOGO WITH PRIDE AND WHEN SOMEONE ASKS YOU WHAT IT MEANS, TELL THEM,"YO! RATZ RUN AND PACKZ" AND WALK AWAY SMILING KNOWING YOUR FAMILY GOT YOUR BACK NICCUP~~~~~~~

-YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD DRUGRAT SHEMROK CHRIST!

INTERVIEW WITH BOSTON HIP HOP LEGENDS TYPE 4/ DRC FROM THE GROUND UNDA MUSIC SERIES: BY SHEMROK CHRIST

THE NEEDLE DROPS INTO  THE GROOVE AS THE RECORD CRACKLES! A FUNKY BASSLINE LOOP KICKS IN, THEN THE 808 BASS DRUM DROPS!TWO DUSTED MC'S START TRADING RHYMES BACK AND FORTH OVER A SONIC BREW OF OLD SCHOOL BREAKS, FOUND SOUNDS AND DIALOG,AND SCRATCHES FROM THE WHEELS OF STEEL. YOU HAVE ENTERED THE WORLD OF TYPE 4, AN INNOVATIVE BAND FROM BOSTON WHO'S LOVE FOR HIP HOP HAS GUIDED THE PATH THEY WALKED ON SINCE DAY ONE.FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW ABOUT TYPE 4 ,THEY WERE ONE OF THE FEW  RAP CREWS FROM MASS TO TRULY PUSH THE  ENVELOPE.HAVING PERFORMED ALL THROUGH OUT THE EASTCOAST  AND ALL ACROSS AMERICA AND MAKING WAVES WITH 3 LPS  "TRAILMIX "  "FOR SALE" AND  "AS IS" .THE  BLUNTED B-BOYS  HIT HARD TIMES  AND GOT SWALLOWED UP IN THEIR STRUGGLE FOR THE JIVE. LOSING ALL HOPE AND  SEVERAL BAND MEMBERS ON THE DARKSIDE FROM  HARD DRUG ABUSE.THE BAND TOOK A BREAK FOR A FEW YEARS TO BATTLE DEMONS AND EACH OTHER. NOW THEY HAVE RETURNED FROM THE DEPTHS OF HELL, WISER,STRONGER, AND DOPER THAN EVER. SHEMROK CHRIST(BOD / CTS)TOOK THE TIME TO TALK WITH  EMCEE  TOMMY O DEED TYPE 4'S RESIDENT MADMEN AND LEAD VOCALIST ABOUT BEATS,RHYMES AND LIFE.

SHEM: CAN YOU TELL THE DRUGRATZ OUT THERE HOW TYPE 4 CAME ABOUT AND HOW THE BAND FORMED

TOMMY O' DEED:.i first got into hip hop through break dancing in about 1984by 87-88 i was really into the music.the first two boogie down productions albums were what really brought me into for good it.i started DJing but couldnt afford good turntables,but i got by.i was secretly writing raps and recording them in my bedroom for the next couple years but knew i needed other peoplpe to do it with and would never persue it on my own..in the summer of 1991 i got a call from a kid who had a two man rap group with brian cantwell whom i founded type 4 with.we quickly realized that brian and i were a good match,but i will always be greatful for that third nameless MC who brought us together. brian and i were young,still in high school but we noticed (that when )we started smoking weed and recording our ryhmes over instrumentals into a ratty kareoke machine was when we really started to take it more seriously.a friend of a freind told us of a producer out in dedham with a home studio who would record us if he liked what he heard on our ratty demo.that was around christmas time 1992.once brian and i met producer matt reyes we were off and running.we recorded our first casseste single which we put out on our own called "bubbles in my bong" this was before cypress hill came out with all their weed soaked songs.we were just rappin about what we were doin,gettin baked being young and not really givin a fuck about much else.it all started out so innocent..through the years there have been quite a few guys in type 4 as far as the live band we eventually put together and toured the country with by the end of the 1990's but the core memebers were always myself brian cantwell and producer matt reyes,who i must mention has always been the glue that held it all together,someone had to be flying the ship who wasnt outta his fuckin mind! together the three of us wrote and recorded several cassette singles EP's ,a 12 inch, and the first full length TYPE 4 albums "TRAILMIX "1997 and 2001's "FOR SALE"

SHEM :.AFTER BLAZING YOUR OWN TRAIL THROUGH OUT THE EASTCOAST TOURING AMERICA ,AND RELEASING A NOW CULT CLASSIC LP "TRAIL MIX", WHAT INSPIRED THIS NEW L.P.?

TOMMY O DEED:. off the power of TRAILMIX the first full length released we played all over boston and did the whole touring thing..after returning from touring some really dark times layed ahead for us.we pretty much all had did drugs through out the years but after coming off the road and returning to the hum drum everyday life back home it wasnt enough and most of the guys in the band,myself included slipped into a period of serious drug abuse..the next few years were rough but we managed to record another album "FOR SALE" by that time the title said it all.the way we looked at it we were broken down yet skilled and for sale to the industry..even though the days of hard drug abuse were upon us we were getting some interest from some people in high places but that all came to a screeching hault in april of 2001 when brian cantwell my partner in rhyme died from an accidental heroin overdose..not too long after that we lost another memeber eric goodridge the original drummer from the live band days took his own life.it was another ugly drug death that marked some rough times for some years to come.. when brian died it was as if god him self had come down ,rang my door bell and said" all you dreamed for,all you did,all that that time,all the music,start over" and turned his back on me.. it would take sometime but i eventualy got together with matt a couple years later and we began work on the first TYPE 4 album with me as a solo artist.it was a weird and shaky time and the title from the album of them years pretty much says it all.the previous album was titled "FOR SALE" so "AS IS" was a fitting title. there were many false starts and stops and it took many years to finally call it a wrap.put the album in the can and release it which we did at the end of 2009. its a rather large album and it covers a pretty long period of time but its definitly something matt and i are proud of.. over the past year i have been able to remain alot more stable,i have been off the hard drugs for some years now and this new album 'WRITTIN IN RED" is the most focused of the TYPE 4 music since the early days before all the evil shit seeped into our souls and killed half the team..on this new album i feel as though im getting alot more across than i might have been able to get across say ten years ago.i have done alot,seen alot and lost alot..the title WRITTIN IN RED comes from a sense of urgency.it actually started out cuz the first couple rhymes i wrote for it were done in red ink.they came out dope so i just stuck with the red ink,so this whole album was literaly WRITTIN IN RED. it goes beyong just red ink though. it has a sense of urgency.tommorow is not promised and ya gotta say what ya can while ya can in the best fashion you know how.



SHEM:WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT INFLUENCE YOUR CREATIVE PROCESS?

TOMMY O DEED: jesus christ thats a tough one to answer..so many things influence my music these days.for one thing i read alot more old books than i listen to new music..i do a shitload of reading and writting ..guys like jack kerouack charles bukowski,and hunter s thomposon have really helped me to get through some really hard times..musicaly im all over the place.im into everything from early KRS-ONE to Elvis Presley .but when it comes to makin music the one thing that really gets me fired up are the rap sounds from 1986-1989 even some of the early stuff from the 1990's was cool but after that i fell outta touch with current hip hop.thats around the time i started doing my own thing which i think really helped to keep me from sounding like anything else going on around me.by that time we were smokin weed and sampling shit like led zeppelin and black sabbath.



SHEM:.HOW DO YOU APPROACH CREATING MUSIC IN THE STUDIO ? DO YOU USE HARDWARE , SOFTWARE , OR BOTH?

TOMMY O DEED: we have always recorded the old school way with actual hardware components,although our DJ (DJ Daylate) records on software for alot of the preproduction stuff like loops,along with all of the scartching you hear on the last album and the new album.

SHEM :HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE CURRENT STATE OF HIP HOP?

TOMMY DEED: as far as current hip hop goes im really out of touch with it and i dont pay it much mind, but when something good comes along worth checking out it will usually make it to my ears,it might be a year or 2 after it comes out cuz im not too plugged into day to day living like normal people but overall i think its all too glossy and hard to relate to.when i first got into it i had to tune into local college radio stations in the wee hours of the night with a coat hanger electrical taped to my antena in order to pick up the low rent rap shows that would air once a week,nowadays hip hop is part of everything from the cloths we wear to the cars we drive and how there sold to us..fuckin weird if ya ask me...

  


SHEM: BEING THAT THIS IST HE FIRST GENERATION OF HIP HOP WHERE THERE IS AN OLDER AUDIENCE NOW. WHERE DO YOU THINK TYPE 4 FITS IN?

TOMMY O DEED: .i think the style of production that we do is something that will be very farmilur and comfortable to the older people out there,even alot of the younger kids these days are goin back and diggin the thicker late 1980's early 90's style of production..some people have reviewed our last couple albums and called us"brave" for having such layered production but we make our brand of music the same way a group of 5 or 6 guys jaming in a room would.we are constantly building and taking the songs apart bringing you up on a high and puttin you back down into the groove,the same way a killer funk band would.weather its recycled drum loops, nasty breaks or movie samples, what ever if it feels good ends up in the mix. i think alot of crews are holding back and they are not even aware of it cuz they are younger and came up listening to a much lighter hip hop production.so yeah i think the older hip hop heads will get where it is we are coming from with the production and the rymes as far as havin been to hell and back and still being able to stand in front of a crowd and do it the way we feel fit and in the fashion we learned it.



SHEM:WHATS YOUR CRAZIEST LIVE SHOW EXPERIENCE?

TOMMY O DEED:so many crazy things have happened while touring and playing shows.but the one thing that sticks in my mind was during a pretty wild show at the middle east in cambridge mass. one of our fans took some idiot into the bathroom and broke the urinal with the kids head for saying some fucked up shit to a girl..i remember being on stage rapping while toilet water was making its way towards the stage. for the most part the crazy shit that went on happend after the shows or during the travel while touring.we emptied the septic tank from our tour bus in a few choice spots across the united states.im sure there are still a few piss stained areas that reek out there on the open road thanks to TYPE 4!!
(EDITORS NOTE BACK IN 1997  COOLER THAN SMACK PLAYED WITH TYPE 4 AT THE MIDDLEEAST ..........PRE-SHOW FOUND SHEMROK CHRIST IN THE BATHROOM SNORTING METH WITH TOMMY AND BRAIN FROM TYPE 4..................THE CRAZY DAYS!)


SHEM: WHAT ARE THE TOP 5 HIP HOP LPS THAT CHANGED YOUR LIFE?

TOMMY O DEED :jesus thats a tough one,i gotta think..

1.criminal minded BDP

2.it take a nation of millions to hold us back PUBLIC ENEMY

3.staright outta compton NWA

4three feet high and rising DE LA SOUL

5.pauls boutique BEASTIE BOYS





SHEM: WHEN IS THE NEW TYPE 4 LP DROPPING AND WHAT ARE THE DISTRIBUTION PLANS?

TOMMY O DEED: "WRITTEN IN RED" should be finished and ready to go by late spring of this year..in 2009 we released all of the TYPE 4 full length albums on ITUNES and AMAZON so we will be doin same with the new album along pressing up CD's.the industry has changed so much,its pretty much downloads these days but people still like to have something in their hands that they payed for.along with the new "WRITTEN IN RED" album we are gonna be releasing an album of rare tracks and remixes of TYPE 4 stuff from when we started in early 1993 till 2010.its called "CATERPILLAR SNACKS" and will be a real treat for old fans as well as new.both albums will drop around the same time,but "WRITTEN IN RED" is what we have been working on for for almost a year now.its odd but its the most focused album we have done to date and will have taken the least amount of time.as you grow older and wiser i think you realize that your time in life is something you shouldnt take for granted so if yr gonna open ya mouth ya mine as well say what ya really mean.







SHEM: WILL YOU BE PLAYING LIVE TO SUPPORT THE RECORD?

TOMMY O DEED: hell yeah!! in the last year or so we have regained our hunger for the music and the stage.though we did play shows to support the last album"AS IS" lets just say i didnt have my sneakers planted to firmly on the ground during that time period,but now i do and,thanks to the internet we have been enjoying alot of love from fans from all over the globe .the first order of buisness performance wise will be an album release bash here in boston which we are working on booking right now for either may or june.after that we will keep on booking shows on through the summer in support of the new album.



SHEM: WHERE CAN HEADS FIND TYPE 4 ONLINE AND YOUR PREVIOUS ALBUMS

TOMMY O DEED: all three TYPE 4 full length album releases "TRAILMIX" "FOR SALE" "AS IS" along with the first single "IN CAHOOTS" off the new album featuring fellow bostonian NABO RAWK from THE PORN THEATER USHERS can be purchased through ITUNES or AMAZON the official TYPE 4 website WWW.TYPE4.BIZ has links to both of them sites along with our FACEBOOK fan page which contains a gang of TYPE 4 music people can check out for free in its entirety,theres gotta be over 60 TYPE 4 songs from all or albums including a handful of cuts off the new album..we got a shitload of music to share,come check us out!!!



SHEM: WHAT WITH YOUR TOMBSTONE SAY?

TOMMY O DEED: "LIVED LONG ,FOUGHT HARD,TRIPPED A BIT, BUT NEVER FELL" ....but if i am creamated id like my ashes to be flushed down the toilet at KFC

SO THERE YOU HAVE IT YALL ANOTHER DOPE WHAMMY FOR YOU TO BUG OUT TO
CHECK OUT TYPE 4 AT http://www.type4.biz/  TO STAY UPDATED WITH THE CREWS NEW LP RELEASE AND TOUR PLANS. REAL HIP HOP NEVER DIES , AND THESE GUYS ARE TRULY DEDICATED TO HIP HOP CULTURE .WITH  BOOMBAP BEATS ,CHEMICAL RYHMES FOR DAYS AND A NEW OUTLOOK ON LIFE. GUARD YOUR GRILLS ,CAUSE TYPE 4 IS BACK , HUNGRY AND  BLOWING UP LIKE YOUR UNCLES CRYSTAL METH LAB!!!!
 
 
 

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