Friday Flashback: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

It's the first day of summer, here stateside, so we're going to kick it off by taking you back to 1991, the year that DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince dropped their platinum selling single "Summertime", which was produced by a Chicago production duo consisting of Hula and K. Fingers. Jeff and Will were the first ever Hip-Hop group to win the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance in 1989, and were also the first to win in 1991 in a new category for Hip-Hop/Rap, the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for the "Summertime" single, taken from their Homebase LP.

Vertigo Blue: Holder of the Keys

Recently, I reconnected with Mike Naus a.k.a. Vertigo Blue, a brother who is mean on the synths with his personalized brand of Electro-Pop. By having a good conversation about music, I've learned a lot more about synthesizers than I've know before. As Vertigo Blue (VB), Mike has done hundreds, upon hundreds of shows around the country, and shared stages with the likes of Nitzer Ebb, Peter Murphy of Bauhaus, The Georgia Satellites, John Lefler of Dashboard Confessional and Deep Ella, just to name a few.

On Friday, March 2nd at Dean's, 316 Main, in the heart of downtown Houston, VB will be hosting Electro Rocket and celebrating his birthday with a huge bash and performance. DJ WYNNDE, DJ London and DJ Paul James will be on hand to provide tunes to keep the dancefloor moving. The festivities will resume with an after party at The All City Underground 111 Milam, also located downtown. Be sure to show your support by purchasing his Evolution (2011) and Area 51 (2005) albums at the show or on his website.

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