SPINZ

I am not cool enough to have an "official" myspace page so here it is...

Since this is myspace and we all know there are ALOT of "rappers" on myspace I am going to keep it short and sweet...

I am from Oxnard,California (805) but I live now in Ljubljana,Slovenia. That is the country that borders Italy, Croatia,Hungary, and Austria all at once. So if I want a burek (or a great time) I go to Croatia. If I want pasta or pizza, I go to Italy. If I want some 6 foot tall bitch that doesn't speak english, I go to Hungary. If I want to hide my kids in the basement while I go snowboarding, I go to Austria, life is great!

Hip Hop is my first love, don't get it twisted ladies! I spend every day in the struggle, making beats, writing songs, performing on concerts and festivals, running a record label, booking concerts, you know the shit you do when you rap for a living but your not so famous like Snoop Dogg or Busta Rhymes.

Enjoy the music on this page as much as I enjoy letting you hear it and if you have any questions, JUST ASK...IT'S OFFICIAL! SPINZ CONCERTS & FESTIVALS

Nicholby's Nite Club-Ventura,CA The Drink-Ventura,CA Cafe on "A"-Oxnard,CA The Arena-Simi Valley,CA Coachouse-Santa Barbara,CA Club Flex-Vienna,Austria Club Aquarius-Zagreb,Croatia Remise-Wil,Switzerland Gala Hala-Ljubljana,Slovenia Clingkeller-Villach,Austria Dehoeve-Hoofdorp,Holland P1-Munich,Germany Margarita-Kranj,Slovenia Club Stop-Bled,Slovenia Gala Hala-Ljubljana,Slovenia Viper Room-Hollywood,CA The Whisky-Hollywood,CA Club Hollywood-Hollywood,CA Palladinos-Reseda,CA Knitting Factory-Hollywood,CA Cat Club-Hollywood,CA Kegl City BTC-Murska Sobota,Slovenia Club Deja Vu-Hollywood,CA Hague Hip Hop Fest-Den Haag,Holland Zulu Nation Block Jam-Haaksbergen,Holland Kompass-Kranjska Gora PPC-Graz,Austria Gragonfly-Hollywood,CA BB Kings-Hollywood,CA Normandie Casino-Gardena,CA Sporty Bar-Kranjska Gora,Slovenia Clingkeller-Villach,Austria Schooners-Lancaster,CA Coachouse-Santa Barbara,CA Ventura Theatre-Ventura,CA Vans Warped Tour-CA,AZ,OR,WA,TX,NM,NY,MN Cypress Hill Smokeout Festival-San Bernadino,CA Uncle Sams Lounge-Lancaster,CA Sundance Film Festival-Park City,UT Alpine Skate Park-Ventura,CA The Joint-Hollywood,CA Melkweg-Amsterdam,Holland Patronaat-Haarlem,Holland Harry-O's-Park City,UT Dragonfly-Hollywood,CA Access Music Store-San Diego,CA Zen Sushi-Silverlake,CA Rockhaus-Salzburg,Austria Element Lounge-San Francisco,CA Mind Games Festival-Oakland,CA Club Zelo-Santa Barbara,CA Roxy-Hollywood,CA Southpaw-Brooklyn,NY Troubador-Hollywood,CA Pangea-Ventura,CA Albani Club-Winterthur PMK-Innsbruck,Austria Endless Vintage-Frankfurt,Germany The Live Bar-London,England Hrvatski Dom-Karlovac,Croatia Backyard-Bodensee,Switzerland Old Bridge Pub-Osijek,Croatia Festival Lent-Maribor,Slovenia Bridge Club-Mostar,Bosnia & Hercegovina Club 65-Tuzla,Bosnia & Hercegovina Grand Rock Festival-Sevnica,Slovenia Backyard-Bodensee,Switzerland Vukovar Hip Hop Festival-Vukovar,Croatia Kongresni Trg-Cerkno,Slovenia Auditorium Portoroz-Portoroz,Slovenia & more.......

Worked with and Performed with (in no special order)....

Xzibit Talib Kweli Insight Ghostface Killah Leelojamais LMNO of Visionaries Dudley Perkins & Georgia Anne Muldrow Prozack Turner DJ Flip Kurupt of Doggpound Swollen Members Guru Beatnuts Tangled Thoughts Edo Maajka General Woo Dilated Peoples MED Lavish West Trkaj Tha Liks
Okayplayer.com 3.5/5 - April 5, 2008 Spinz & DJ LKB Life, Love, & The Low End Vibra Music Group; 2008
There is something positive to be said for minimalism in hip-hop. Its stoic beauty allows the track to evolve through the lyrical ability of the artist(s), and sits as a pocket providing support and freedom. Spinz & DJ LKB have created an excellent homage to simplistic beats with Life, Love, & The Low End, and prove that sometimes less is truly mo' better.The fiber of this album revolves wraps around a love of older hip-hop. Spinz, a Oxnard,California native, illustrates how musics reach can influence anyone with means to receive it, and DJ LKB reinforces this with beats that don’t have a ton of backing, ad libs, or superfluous sound effects. It’s nothing but the grits n gravy. “Focus” is a clap happy snare and high-hat production with a furious guitar that isn’t so much distracting, but poignant. Spinz skims across the top of the beat, yet allows the lyrical focus to drop in the center, speaking about how focus can affect anyone and everyone touched by hip-hop. This concept of tough beats, that sit low in dynamics to the lyrics, is carried for most of the first-half of the album. “Kick That Door In”, “Staying Warm”, and “Back In The Day” have similar themes.“The End” seems to be a small misstep, with some over zealous scratching and some weird off beat drops, although we could chalk that up to cd- imperfections rather than, music misdirection. That, along with “Rock It” and “I Never” seem a tad cluttered, and stray from the element achieved on the other tracks. All in all, this is an excellent effort from Spinz & DJ LKB, and makes a solid addition to the linage of global hip-hop and simple construction.- Eavvon O’Neal

URB MAGAZINE NEXT 1000
Reviewed by James Shahan
If you thought Foreign Exchange was the only collaboration between a states-side emcee and a Euro producer, prepare to be surprised. California’s own, Spinz, takes care of the flows while Swiss DJ LKB does his job on the beats on their latest collaborative effort Life, Love & The Low End. They seem to compliment each other’s styles rather well; LKB’s fragmented sampling lends to Spin’s occasional half-stanza rhyme-pattern changes. And no, you’re not hallucinating: Spin refrains from cursing, an all-too rare occurrence in hip-hop music. Perhaps best known as the other half of the duo Dirt Farmers, this guy has been doing big things for a while now. He’s been in an independent movie alongside Jada Pinkett Smith’s brother and was even nominated for a Sundance Film Festival Award in 2003. With this collaboration, we learn that the sunny sky of Cali over the snowy Alps of Switzerland is not just a splendid sight, but also an incredible sound.
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