Rakim @The Middle East in Cambridge MA OVERLOAD!!!

I saw Rakim last week. You can see him now. You're welcome. BusyBars out. Peace...

BusyBars @ Grind Mode Cypher New England Vol. 1 (prod. by Derek James)

          

Check me out in the Grind Mode Cypher New England Vol. 1. The featured producer is Derek James, filmed in Providence Road Island. Shout to Ryan Lingo and everyone at Wiseguys Films and Still ILL Productions for shooting. The cypher also featured emcees Dutty , Grizzly Gray , Knollege , Medina , Nihkzy , and Wise Uzumaki . Be sure to click on all names highlighted in orange to be directed to the artist's website. Get ready for my "360Bars" mix NOT MIXTAPE out at the end of June. And get excited. #BusyBars music. Peace y'all!!!

   

       

BusyBars at the Subway Cypher

I made my first appearance at Wreckshop's Subway Cypher held at Boston's Downtown Crossing train station. Downtown Crossing is a central point to Boston's underground train system known as the "T". Downtown Crossing connects the city's most used train lines which are classified by different colors. The red, orange, green, and blue lines are all connected to this station. Each individual color line takes MA travelers to and from different directions, parts of the city, all surrounding areas of Greater Boston and beyond. Its only fitting this is the connecting point for emcees from all surrounding areas, all colors as well. Every Sunday emcees from across MA, even as far as NH this week come to connect by enjoying two of Hip Hop's most important elements. Rapping and having fun. Hosted by Wreckshop Movement, highlighting a featured producer every week, this week beats where provided by Vatican Life's own in house producer Q Quick.

BusyBars, producer Q Quick, Cody Pope, Lee the Gifted Outcast, MR PSA cheesing hard

 As shown in the picture above the vibes where high and everyone was having a great time. Until the police showed up... No sir... But for real, after a brief appearance of one loan piglet who told us to keep it down, then on the low said he was keeping "status quo"bounced we kept rocking. The nerve of dude too. Acting like this dosen't happen every Sunday in the same place. Oh and lets not forget how Wreck Shop and the Subway Cypher has been written about in every major paper media outlet including front page of the daily free Metro paper that you cant hope to not see everywhere on the T if your life depended on it. Anyway...

BusyBars with Jr Biggie, a regular, and the man himself founder and leader of Wreck Shop Movement Justice Born. My man Dustin Bonezz photo bombed in the back.

Wanna give a huge big major serious super over average shout out to the man himself, Justice Born, the founding member and leader of Wreck Shop Movement. This movement in my eyes is responsible for a huge resurgence of street level Hip Hop in MA. Not that it ever died or went anywhere, but Wreck Shop hosts Hip Hop or performance based events almost every night of the week. Mostly free too. Events where artist can entertain, and  express themselves, young to old, in peaceful environments with like minded people. Singers, poets, emcees, dancers, visual arts and anything I did not mention is what you will experience at a Wreck Shop event. Most recently Boston's premier breaking crew The Floor Lords showed up to the Subway Cypher adding another of the elements to the Cypher. Check out Wreck Shop Movement and all their movements online. 

BusyBars, William Wallace of the Hashassins, and Big Brother Sadi

One more shot from the cypher. This is my brother William Wallace of the Hashassins. Be sure to listen to his radio show weekly on Wednesdays from 1 to 2 pm, called The Hip Hop Hour on Bay State College Radio. Next to him is your brother and my brother, Big Brother Sadi, a Wreck Shop leader and veteran. Both these two are amazing artists that I am a fan of and listen to their music. Rocked many a show with these two. Be sure to check out their music and any other artist's work by clicking on their name if it is in orange. That will link you to their art. Peace y'all. #BusyBars out.

New Single "Elite" by Versminority ft A Da Rican and BusyBars!!!

Listen to the new single Elite by my peoples Versminority. "Elite" is a collaborative between Verseminority, A Da Rican and BusyBars and is the third single off the new upcoming Verseminority LP titled "The Black Market". This single is produced by The 5th and Co, and co produced by Verseminority.
Verseminority is a Puerto Rico based Hip Hop duo from Queens, New York signed to the independent Hip Hop label, Art of Skillz Entertainmetn &members of the internationally known BNA Crew (Beats and Rhymes). Founded in 2010, the group is composed of the emcees/producers Da' Sage Flowz (Carlos Sepulveda) & RIN (Rafael Irizarry). Meeting in late 2008. RIN started to work on Sage's solo album "Welcome to the Underground", creating the chremstry that lead to the group's formation. Each with over 10 years of experience as Hip Hop artists, Versminority released "The Catalyst" in 2012; a compilation album with their previous work. Verseminority's debut album "The Minority Report" was released on April 23 2013.

Sage and RIN also host what started as a weekly podcast underground Hip Hop radio show with the same name as the crew they are also in called the "Beats & Rhymes Radio Show", Fridays at 8pm EST. Now a 24 hour underground Hip Hop station, the "Beats & Rhymes Radio Show" is host to underground Hip Hop that spans the globe. You can hear your favorite artists new and old as well as up and coming new or new to you artists. BusyBars is regularly in the mix. Listen to the 1/29/2016 episode featuring an interview with me here at the link below this paragragh.

Listen to BusyBars' Interview on the Beats & Rhymes Radio show

If you are an up and coming artist or vet rhyme spitter, submit music to the show if you would like to be heard among some of the worlds top, best, and best unknown emcees and artists. Listen to the "Beats & Rhymes Show" and any other featured artists' music by clicking on any name or title in orange in this post. From Boston, to New York, to San Juan Puerto Rico we get it in. Peace y'all!!!

Katalyst Sessions Volume 2, by Wermonster of Germany AVAILABLE NOW !!!

Peace friends and busybodies. As you know, I regularly collaborate with artists who I am a fan of, listen to their music, and or believe their artistic expressions are of quality or value. Music has connected me with new friends, fans and listeners across the globe which I'm so grateful for meeting and knowing. My homie Wermonster is another one of those friends I'd like you to get familiar with. Wermonster is from Berlin, Germany. He is a veteran producer specializing in a wide range of Boom Bap and sample based style. Not limited to that style, but this time on his latest release titled "Katalyst Sessions Volume 2", a full serving of jazzy,stringy dark, and sometimes obscure Boom Bap is presented for your listening pleasures. Released from Uncomfortable Beats, the Australian producer charged label based out of Melbourne, "Katalyst Sessions Volume 2" is a compilation of Hip Hop with an artist roster that spans the globe. Literally.

"Katalyst Sessions Volume 2" features Benny Diction of London, Tob One of NH, Melody Myla, Sultan Tunc, GIL, Cash Krzma of Melbourne, Ethnique Punch of Turkey, Issuez, and Passive65 of Wakefield UK. Be sure to click on each artists name that is in orange to check out their music. This project is available now digitally and for a limited time in classic collector style cassette tape. I got mine in the mail and after listening to this project can say every artist comes with it even when I can't understand the language being spoken. At that point it becomes a rhythm, energy, and delivery thing for me and this project is thoroughly satisfying for that. Be sure to lisetn to the first single "Black Pyramids" featuring myself #BusyBars and my partner in rhyme Tob One   by clicking on the title of the song in orange. Its been some time since I rhymed with Tob but we pick up right where we left off every time. On "Black Pyramids", we go in over a dark beat with piano attacks adding for a dramatic feel as we lyrically beat up the beat. Again, Wermonster's "Katalyst Sessions Volume 2" is available now and also in a very limited cassette tape form as shown below. Peace y'all.

Ripshop & Reel Drama - Watch Ya Mouth (feat. Big Shug & Reks)

Watch the new video by Boston rhyme veterans Ripshop & Reel Drama, featuring Reks and Big Shug, "Watch Ya Mouth". A single from Ripshop's upcoming album "Gregime Change". I was at the shoot and make a cameo that you might see for second or two in the baseball field shots. Shot in the Roxbury/Dorchester areas of Boston by ILL Mannered director, film maker, photographer, producer, and emcee David Lach. Better known as Myster DL. Myster DL is another MA rhyme veteran himself who has worked with a who's who list of Hip Hop from Cypress Hill, Edo G, Onyx, Bumpy Knuckles and more. Be sure to check out his full length film available now in digital and hard copy. "A Sea Of Green". "A Sea Of Green" features an all-star cast of Boston MA, emcees and talents as well as a few legendary emcees like B Real, and you're going to have to watch to find out. Myster DL also has an upcoming comedy web series called "Weekend Warriors". A comedy series about a dysfunctional group of friends' weekend shenanigans. The trailers look funny as hell. Check it out and all other artists music in this post by clicking on their name or anything in orange. Below are some shots from the video shoot. #BusyBars out! Peace. 

Myster DL shooting Ripshop and DJ/producer Reel Drama on the set of their video "Watch Ya Mouth"

Ripshop and Reks on set of the "Watch Ya Mouth" video shoot featuring Gang Starr Foundation's Big Shug

New Reks VIDEO "Hands Up (Wink Wink)" -prod. by STREETRUNNER

     

If you haven't already, watch the new Reks video here. "Hands Up (Wink Wink)" is the first single and video for his upcoming album "Greatest X". X being unknown. Promised to be his best work to date "Greatest X" is easily one of Reks' most anticipated albums. Listen to the second single from the album called "Bitch Slap", featuring R.A. the Rugged Man . Just click on the track title to listen.  

Updates, updates...

Peace y'all. Thanks for checking in with me. Unfortunately I have not done my part on the site for some time so here comes an overload of what I've been up to since we last talked. The Maine situation is looking well for starters. Lets go back to March...

Wansley Francois, AMB , Hostess Farah, Tharisha Green, Haitian Queen, her cousin, and Host Silky Slim down front.

 I wanna say peace to Silky Slim and Farah of The Pozew Show , every Friday 7 to 9 on 98.9 FM or live stream at www.radio1boston.net . 617 690 2472 for shouts and request. That night I shared the studio with a few guests. Boston conscious rhyme veteran A.M.B. better known as African Born Man was in the house promoting his latest projects and an upcoming video out now available to watch as well as all his videos and visual releases at his YouTube page here, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9y-UKBvqAnGCzmoT_3gt5A

The beauty known as Haitian Queen was in the house with her cousin and designer Wansley Francois promoting their new T Shirt Line available now. The lady in red is Tharisha Green the erotic poet. She was intense... Very colorful, beautiful, high energy person. She was sitting quiet and humbly ,then things got descriptive fast. We laughed, we cried, and had a lot of fun in our discussions. Blasted some #BusyBars music and promoted an upcoming show at Bay State College. I forget the DJ's name but he was going off that night. I thought I was IN the club. Pissed I have no visuals. Words do no justice for real. Can't wait to get back there. Silky Slim and Farah where great hosts. Peace Pozew Show. Later that night...

BusyBars, Host Ryan Dragon , and Relentless at the Niite Cypher Radio show on 91.7 FM WMWM Salem State Radio

 After wildin out a little bit with my peoples from the Pozew Show in Mattapan, I decided to cover all grounds and show love to the MA north shore area's radio waves on the Niite Cypher radio show hosted by WreckShop member Ryan Dragon. Most of my WreckShop Movement fam and representatives hail from the area. With the Niite Cypher, host Ryan Dragon has a classic night time show which happens to be a Hip Hop show. Including great song selection by today's best underground, exclusives, classic Hip Hop, and conversation ranging from politics, alternative theories, and what kind of door handles you prefer. I confessed to my affection for marble oval door handles. Your turn... Relentless and I dropped some flows after some conversation and shameless promo. And I must say I was thoroughly flattered by the promotional quote provided by my man Ryan Dragon for this show. This man listens and understands my music and what I do. Ima just leave the quote right below for y'all . He said...

"BusyBars, an emcee representiing MA, my man stays busy wiith the bars to boot. Equiipt with a futuriistic style, hiis musiic centers around the importance of hard work and posiitivity. He sheds some liight on not only the issues, but the grace & beauty wiithin thiis world today, reminnding us that despiite our hardshiips, every moment is a blessiing."


There is nothing better for an artist than when you know you're understood. Got me looking like the native American from the 80s PSA. Click the link to listen to our conversation, flow session, and the whole show right here at : The Niite Cypher featuring BusyBars and Relentless  Peace to Ryan and Relentless, both of WreckShop Movement. 

I made an appearance at the Conscious Invasion Show March 14th, 2016.

March 14th I stopped in at the Conscious Invasion show blasting from Boston. Checked in with my peoples First Lady Jaquleen, Mayor Thomas,  Raspy Racine, Brother Supreme, and DJ Top Shottah. I made a dope drop for them and their Artist Hour segment. Be sure to download the NightLife Nation Radio app to listen to the show along with all the other great quality shows on NightLife Nation Radio. The Conscious Invasion show is Monday nights from 8pm to 11pm. Peace to my Conscious Invasion show fam. I make random appearances on the show. Nothing but love over there. 

Finally after all the radio appearences I rocked this show put on by my man William Wallace. One half of The Hashassins , WreckShop Movement member, and host to The Hip Hop Hour, Wednesdays from 1pm to 2pm on Bay State College radio. This was a such a great line up performed at The Spot, on Bay State College campus. Peace to all the performers who rocked that night. Be sure to click on all these artist's names to check out links to their music including, Paranom , Tashawn Taylor .  

"Oh What A Night!", in Maine. Listen up I got a story to tell.

Peace yall. Last show was up in Maine and I a blast. This was my first show in Maine and things went pretty much as expected. Before I get into what I'm going to get into I want to send a big thanks and shout to my man Stay On Mars for putting me on to this new and quickly growing event. Also, peace to Ben Shorr part of the Rap Night Portland and Manchester family. BusyBars will be on Ben Shorr's upcoming Album. And Square One who is shown performing in the video posted below, as well as everyone who was in the house that night that I got to meet and effected me. Be sure to click on the name of all these artists to discover their music. So! 

I prepped by practicing more during the day and listening to no music other than the songs I would be performing that day as I always do. I hydrated, ate well that day and the day before. I exercised during the day for the energies I need to adequately get busy and give the performance I prefer to give. My set list was in order for the DJ to just open the set list in order then we rock. Good right? Good. Ready.

So its time to go. I already estimated how long the drive would be to know when I should leave at a time that I would arrive early. Role up then role out. The trip is about an hour and a half and I'm cool with that. For the first half hour I decide to have a silent ride. I think about  what else I might want to do during my set, funny entertaining things to say that I have not said yet in between and maybe to intro songs. For a while and off and on I meditate on having a "flawless set", something I also regularly do before performing as well. I'm in good spirits and feeling groovy now. Yes groovy with three Os cause you gotta say it that way. Among my thoughts I'm thinking of known Maine references to have in mind. I try to think of more Maine references for a bit. I do consider myself a logical critical thinker and because of this it takes a short amount of time for me to realize I have no references to the state of Maine which leads me to ponder, " Are there ANY commonly known and or used references when discussing the great state of Maine? Because I live in Massachusetts I know at one point that ME advertised being able to grow up to about 98 plants on purchased land in certain parts of the state to encourage people to migrate there but other than that the answer is no.

No there are no commonly known references to ME. Then I remembered "D Money". On Jan 6th, 2016 ME republican Gov. Paul LePage told a town hall audience that heroin use is resulting in white women being impregnated by Out of state drug dealers with names like "D Money, Smoothie, Shifty- these type of guys". "They come up here, they sell their heroin, then they go back home. Incidentally, half the time they impregnate a young, white girl before they leave, which is a real sad thing because then we have another issue that we've got to deal with down the road". Yes these are direct quotes. In a typical and stereotypical old white man political cowardice fashion, all bases were covered.  Step up to plate, and identify the enemy. D Money, Smoothie, and Shifty. "Those type of guys". Now you can get the fuck out of here if you didn't assume he was talking about three men of color. The names are fucking hilarious, mostly Smoothie, and in all honesty Shifty could be a 40s white male gangster with a tommy gun who says "see" at the end of every sentence. We know the picture the Gov is trying to paint.  Now walk to first base and identify the threat of the enemy. "They are coming to our home to sell drugs and poison our communities that were pure and innocent a thousand generations before!" Advance to second base. "So they poison us then take our money and leave !"(irony).  Easy steal to third with hate and fear building up blinding defensive players. A common but effective diversion. Now take it home with an exaggerated personal fear that touches home for his supporters. " Half the time they impregnate a young white girl", not a girl from the state of Maine, a "white girl".- "which is a real sad thing because then we have another issue that we've got to deal with down the road". Now with that last one I don't know if he means this will create a child who might be born to parents who live a dangerous life style, if this means that the child might be born an addict, if this means that the child will grow up to be a drug dealer from NY and CT who makes regular trips to ME to sell hard drugs and go back with the money, if the child might be put up for adoption and raised by the state, or if it will be a problem just because it is a child of color. He does not say if D Money and them are going to impregnate addicts, those involved with the drug trade, or any other innocent citizens. I don't know if he is worried about the well being of the child or sees the child as a problem simply because the child is born. Just "young white women". I mean come the fuck on, he might as well have said, "savage niggers are coming to rape YOUR DAUGHTER and erase your image from existence". (irony)

So back to my story... And yes all that did go through my head just off the thought of "D Money". So I reach the second of three toll booths on my journey to the bordering state, because we live in a free country. I asked the attendant if and how many more toll booths there might be because I was not sure how much more physical cash I had on me and might have to stop before moving on. I'm making great time. I did burn minutes before reaching that toll and DID have a short lived thought before the toll about the sent still coming from my vehicle and could be bad but did not give it more thought. As some of us know, our first and or gut instinct is never wrong.  Right after I paid the toll attendant who clearly looked uncomfortable after our interaction the blue lights go off behind me. I'm like "no sir" I was JUST thinking about this bullshit. So this pig comes to my window, and I ask him why he pulled me over before he could speak. He tells me its because I was going 55 when I should have been going 35 going into the toll. So basically he told me he pulled me over because I left the toll booth too fast ? Yes. In my mind I'm like fuck it I have nothing I should be out of here in fifteen minutes. Naw son... When I seen his boy pull up on some Rambo shit I knew I was in for the full treatment and did not know if I was going to drive myself from the side of the road that night. He asks me to step out of the car and says he is going to search because the sent of tree gives him probable cause in the state of ME. I step out and go to the front of my car. I told him there I had a bag of tree in the whip since he was already searching. Now it gets funny... The pig gets his dog and tells me to step back like five feet from the dog for my safety. I step back about fifteen feet cause I don't trust these mfs for a second.  He then tells me that the dog is not certified to search for weed. Ok that's good cause I he don't have to be since you know I have it and where it is after I told you. He says the dog is certified to search for heroin and crack cocaine. Now I'm like wtf? The pig clearly pulled me over because the sent of my car and now he searching for heroin and crack cocaine? THAT escalated pretty fast like 0 to 101. At first I thought he wanted an autograph and was pissed cause he realized I wasn't Chingy, but he was really looking for D Money the whole time! This mf went through all my shit. I had so much material in the car such as CDs, CD inserts still in the print order box with receipt of purchase that day that he ransacked that would tell a detective what I was doing. After a few minutes I knew he was going for broke hard all up in and under my hood cause he knew he wasn't finding shit. I never broke a sweat or breathed with a heavy chest or nothing because I refuse to give them that satisfaction and also as an indication I am not nervous and have no reason to be.

I'm instructed/allowed to get back in MY vehicle by these bitch ass state employees I help to pay for from each check, and sit there for about ten to fifteen more minutes. I'm assuming they are listening to my CD AGAIN because ALL my shit was ran already. Punk ass cop comes to my window with my ID and my window down, and asks me to put my window down so he can give me my ID. I say "And how do you want me to do that since they car is off?". He tells me to turn the car on. Clearly he did not want to tell me I was about to drive off and clearly I wanted him to tell me I was about to drive off. Neither of us H.A.Med for that but I knew I was straight since his boy had already drove off. Lastly, when my engine was on I asked the pig where the sign was that I should have seen that tells me I should be going 35 because I sure as hell didn't see one. I was looking around while they searched my car and saw the behind of a sign in walking distance where I drove from the toll. I told the pig I was going to look at what the sign said to confirm what he said. Things get funny again. He tells me it is unlawful to walk on the highway. I already told him I was going to walk behind the guard rail and the sign was about twenty feet away so there was no danger. Plus if the cars should be going 35 in this zone heavily lighted area I should be fine. The pig then tells me there is a fence twenty feet into the highway from the guard rail. He says it is unlawful to walk anywhere between the median and that fence. LOL! He then says the only way I can go back to look at the sign is to get off at the next exit, turn around and get back on the highway and pay the toll again to see what the sign says. He is clearly trying to discourage me from looking at the sign. I asked him to clarify why he pulled me over to make sure I understand. Then he changes his story up after I told him I was going to look at the sign behind us. He goes from saying I left the toll too fast to, I did not slow down fast enough going into the toll. GTFOH. A day in the life yall. We keep it moving though. #BusyBars music yall. Peace all.

I AM BACK!!! HERE IS WHAT YOU MISSED.

Peace yall! #BusyBars still here with you. Its been a long time since I've been active on here and for that I apologize to and for everybody whos checked in with no new news. Well here comes the new news, but before we get current we have to get up to speed. Rocked a few shows, radio, and other events that I did not post here so here they are in chronological order.

Added to this Halloween Party show on short notice at The Safe in Lowell.

First I want to say peace to my man Joey B for putting me on this show at short notice. We had fun that night with a crowd mixed in age and tastes. All the better. Joey B is an artist who contributed to my up coming EP with producer Run North coming out after my "What I'm About" EP. Be sure to check out Joey B whos album coming soon will feature artists such as Joe Budden and hit single "Wrong Time", played by Funk Master Flex on NYC's Hot 97.

Next stop was up to NH to rock for the good people of Vatican Life music group at their regular Misery Loves Company concert series. NH crowd are always hype and full hip hop heads. Don't sleep. I rocked with new comers Du Karan of GlassHouse Prods and   Stevie Cash of Vatican Life. Be sure to hit the names of all the performers to check out their music.

Listen to Dencity Radio only on WEMF Saturdays from 2 to 4, hosted by Michelle La Poetica.

A few of MA's finest emcees at WEMF. Relentless, BusyBars, Paranom, Michelle La Poetica, Aztec, Shalom The Poet

Yeah I know the flyer says Friday the 27th, but next up, on Saturday the 28th I dropped in at DenCity Radio with Shalom The Poet to see host Michelle La Poetica to discuss a few future shows, projects and what going on with me in general. Got there and it was a full house of some of MA's finest emcees already. Be sure to check out music from Relentless The Tangible, Paranom, Aztec/Hybrid Thoughts and Shalom The Poet.

Misery Loves Company in Worcester too.

Had a short set back again with the good people of Vatican Life music group. This time the Misery Loves Company crew started a new installment of the concert series at the Raven in Worcester MA, all ages matinee. More shows TBA in this series. As always peace to Cody Pope and 8BZA of Vatican Life Music Group for always putting me on and putting on great shows.

         

  

Rap Night. A NH institution and classic weekly tradition.

Recently working so as much as I did this past year with the NH hip hop scene I was invited to perform at Rap Night Manchester again. As previously stated, I always have a great time performing in NH thanks to regular hype crowds no matter size and the genuine enthusiasm. The first time I performed AudioCrack at Misery Loves company the crowd knew the words and this time at Rap Night NH double rocked the hook with me and new fans where made. I will always give my best for NH. Break between New Years and now. More to come. Thanks for still rocking with me. I will be here often like I used to. New music, new news, new video, new year, its all new. Peace yall. BusyBars music.