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After over a decade of recording tracks, beat making, DJing at clubs, hosting radio shows, doing graffiti and all things hip hop, Cache 22 presents his collection of music featuring very talented but maybe less know artists. He takes you on a musical journey across Chicago through the voices and stories of the performers. With very heavy sampling and crate digging being a backdrop listeners should be prepared for a "dusty groove" affair. "Cache" is here to expose you to his style of hip-hop that is guaranteed to be nostalgic, intelligent and soulful.
Pugslee Atomz is sort of like the Chase ATM of Chicago hip-hop. If you don't see him around the city, you're probably not looking hard enough. Whether performing or promoting, the dreadlocked MC has been a constant on the scene for years now and through his many projects has succeeded in furthering the movement he desires here. Understandably, it's a tiring jobbut Pugslee's never been afraid of a little hard work."If this is what you wanna do, this is what you wanna do," says the South Side native. "I think some people don't understand what working hard means. Every day, you gotta put forth that effort. Some positive motion has to happen, otherwise you just got little sparks happening, but no fire."Of all the artists feeding the flames of hip-hop in this city, Pugslee seems to have the most fuel. A member of the venerable Nacrobats crew, he plays a role in everything from local DJ battles to the hip-hop TV show "Barbershop Hip-Hop" and the University of Hip-Hop, a South Side institution where he teaches a group of teenagers about rapping and the culture that surrounds it. But perhaps his most important contribution is the radio show he hosts every week along with fellow MC Thai One and JP Chill on 88.5 WHPK, the University of Chicago's radio station. Pugslee was asked to host 'CTA Radio' after years of coming down to the studio himself to get on the air. WHPK has long been a meeting spot for Chicago rappers to come and show what they can do, a place that welcomed the genre long before others would.
Mix CD by Cache 22 featuring; Nas, Soul Servers, Sadat X, Ang 13, Pugslee Atomz, The Roots, Black Sheep, Ghostface, Slum Village, Lupe, Ugly Stik and More. 22 underground tracks.
Mix CD by Cache 22 featuring; AZ, Kanye West, Nas, Soul Servers, Pugslee Atomz, The Roots, Wu Tang Clan, PL, Slum Village, Lupe and More.
Side One [click Here]
Side Two [click Here]
Brother El and Cache 22 "Live"
Pugslee Atomz "Outlaw"
Soul Servers Video "Live"
Cache 22 Video "Breakin in the House"
does the old man still got it?
Press
MTV2 Pugs Atomz interview feat Man of the People LP
CACHE 22 in the pitch!
Thursday, August 21, at Mi Cocina, 614 West 48th Street.
By Andrew Miller
Article Published Aug 21, 2003
Using a punctation-spliced cadence that's a natural fit for a mixer, DJ Cache 22 describes his sound as "Urban. Downtempo. Latin. House." Dance-music fans who find any or all of those terms appealing can stop by Mi Cocina, where Fresco Productions hosts "Scene 2" from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. on Thursday. Plaza eateries don't usually host high-profile spinner showcases, but the "Scene" events try to link the neighborhood's stylish, adults-only vibe with modern sounds. The well-dressed attendees might restrict their choreography at first to preserve their cocktail dresses and shiny stretch shirts, but once the grooves seep into their skin (and the alcohol into their veins), they'll start getting down, sweat stains be damned.
SOUL SERVERS on the front page of the pitch!
...What immediately sets the Soul Servers apart on the KC hip-hop scene is the group's infectious harmony. All three members rap, and Smoov and PL have been singing since they were itty-bitty, but the Soul Servers were skittish to sing at first. Not everybody likes rhymes with harmony on the side.
"A lot of hip-hop has R&B hooks or style in it. But Little Brother was the watermark, for me," PL says. "They were the first to incorporate real harmony in their vocals and be accepted wholly as hip-hop.... And so fuck it if you like it, you like it, and if you don't, you don't."
But you can't not like it. "Diff-hop" is the term the Servers have coined to describe their music. It's hip-hop, obviously, but they're not afraid to mess around with elements of funk, rock and country. "I wrote a song with Anthony Hamilton in mind, but Garth Brooks can sing it, too," PL says ....
(more at the pitch.com)
