Impromptu Performance with Chris Valenti!

Went to see Chris Valenti Perform at Kenny's Castaways. He's from NY but lives in Cali. He was in town to perform and I went to see him. He asked me to freestyle during his song "Don't Pass Out". It came off so well that the crowd thought it was part of the song. Sniff Sniff... I smell collabo...

Tah + Singer Songwriter= some new shyt!!!


Get at me!
Tah@FilthyClean.com

Happy Birthday to me!

Happy Birthday to me dammit!
Don't ask... If you don't know, you don't need to know! Started off at the Release Party for C.O.N.C.E.P.T. in Bushwick Brooklyn at Midnight with one of the best freestyle Ciphers I've ever been in with DJ Halo, DJ QZR, Rabbi Darkside, King Armor, Twilight and a drumer and a bassist! Ended up in Williamsburg 24 hours later at DJ Polarity's Mixtape Release Party! Great time man!
Never got drunk. No hangover!
Happy Birthday to me!!!

Miss Angelina's Video Release Party

Yeah man! As Ill Spokin told me at the beginning of the year "this will be year of the Collabo for you... " it has proven to be such and to close the year off last night with a performance with Miss Angelina for the song "Getcha Home" at her release party would only be fitting. The crowd loved it (They always love that song). Peep her out at http://missangelina.com


Get at me dammit!

Tah@FilthyClean.com

Filming for the video for "Today" in progress!

Peace all!!!

I've started filming for the video for the song "Today" off of my album "Sunshine or Pure Shade"
Very Exciting stuff!
Very low budget but very involved.
I borrowed Ill Spokinn's Camera and yes... with my luck the shit got broken!!!
So I just purchased a broken camera... Ill Spokinn on the other hand has a nice, new glistening one... For future reference.... Buy your own shyt and break it. Don't risk other people's shyt!!!
Anyway... That goes into the video budget... Causing me to be even broker than I already am!!!. Buy my CD dammit!!!

Get at me!

Peace, Love and the MIC,
Tah!

Hyphen One's Show at SouthPaw in Brooklyn

This is the week of the collabo shows!
Tonight I rocked a quick opener for Hyphen One's Brooklyn Release Party for his New Album. Hyphen is dope. One of the most versatile artists I know; emcee, DJ, Visial Artist, Musician... the list goes on. Peep him out @ http://hyphenone.com We performed the banger "Word Word" that's featured on the album. The crowd was a bit quiet but the response was pretty kool when I got off stage. I didn't get to stay for the rest of the set because I had to go to the Salt Mines and work for the man!!! So guess how many CDs I sold?
Yes you guessed it... Not fuckin' one!!!

GRRRR!!!!

Sometimes things don't shine in my direction no matter how positive I am.
Tell your friends to buy my CD so that I can do this music full time dammit!!!!

Get at me!

Tah@FilthyClean.com

Nicola's Album Release Party

WOW! is all I can say.
Nah... Not really. U know How long winded I am.
Nicola's Album Release party at Bowery Poetry Club in NYC was some fantabulistic grandiosity!!!
I opened up the show with DJ Polarity rocked the Mic 101, Shine, Phlatbush, and the ended off with a freestyle with Dee-Jay Dom-Nice (Yes... the Original Dee-Jay Dom-Nice) on the beatbox. It was crazy! CDs flew out of my hands like hotcakes at a breakfast starvation conference!

Nicola's set started off kinda f'd up. All the power on the stage blew out so Nicola and the Drummer (Jimmy) and the percussionist ripped it down until we got the power back up. Almost 10 minutes straight of pure uneasiness. They handled it very professionally and didn't lose the crowd.
What a set they played. Extremely powerful!!! The press was impressed, the fans were impressed. Shyt , I think Nicola was impressed too. Highlight... for me anyway was the collabo song we did "In your own Backyard", which, Ahem... is also on her album. Buy it at http://NicolaNicola.com or http://CDbaby.com

Polarity blew it out with a dance party set to be rivaled by none.
I'm gonna post links to some video footage and put some flix up on here too.
I told Y'all this party was gonna be serious!!

Next Collabo show joint is Miss Angelina's Video Release Party at Galapagos in Brooklyn on December 13th. Be there!!!

Get at me!

Tah@FilthyClean.com

Tah is Artist Of the Week on Adams World!

Peep it out Y'all I got interviewed by Adam Bernard. World renowned journalist.

Get a closer look into the mind of Tah. Read it Dammit!!!!

Here's the Link!

http://adambernard.blogspot.com/2006/10/artist-of-week-tah-phrum-duh-bush.html

Hit me!
Tah@FilthyClean.com

The Urban Art Beat Benefit Pre Halloween Show

10-28-2006
Remote Lounge
NY, NY

This was the Benefit party for Urban Art Beat. This is the non-profit Organization that we have formed to support the program that we started with the kids in the Bronx. We decided to throw a party and have some live performances to raise funds.

I went dressed an an OG... OG Willikers to be exact! Knit hat the Flip Flops and socks and the whole shyt!! Straight Gankster Fool!!!
Shyt was Wild. Bisc One lead off with a dope set including a Drum and Bass Remix of one of his joints. SICK!!! After I ended Miss Angelina's set with her on our duet "Getcha Home", I pulled out "EYE" as the opener for my set. Had the oversized eyeballs floating around the club!! Mic 101-. Shine, LTP (the show stopper as usual). Brought Bisc One up for a little freestyle action.

There were a lot of artists who showcased their pieces. Hot shyt man!!

Laura Kroft was in the spot y'all...
Lord Have Mercy!!!!

Get at me!
Tah@FilthyClean.com

Tah Rocks the Fivespot in Brooklyn! 10-26-06

Yes Y'all the Fivespot in Brooklyn, NYC
I love this place. Optimus Rhyme is the name of the event.
15 minute set. Short, sweet, POWERFUL!!
Zulu Nation was in the spot. Big Jeff was in the spot.

Mic 101.
Energitis.
LTP!!!

The crowd went bananaz!!!

This was the night I invited heads out to eat dinner with me before the show. Glad to see everyone who showed up. Some people I haven't seen in years showed up. We had a dope conversation and a decent meal. Everyone agreed that the cornbread was the highlight.
I told y'all we'll all party like rock stars in the VIP section if it's up to me!!
I don't discriminate. Come out and be a part of the fam!

Thanks to Why G for hosting and doing a damn good job. Dude is a monster on the Mic. U can get his Mixtape at Fatbeats. Even though I don't support Fatbeats, I do support Why G. Do yourself one good and pick up his CD!!

Get at me !

Tah@FilthyClean.com

The Independent Music Conference and the Drama following that...

OK...
Let's get it straight for the record.
A few people have bashed this conference.
A few people tell me they don't like the people who run the conference.
That's all well and good. I don't run the conference. I don't have beef with the people who run it either. Don't expect me to hold your grudges for you.
I have been a participant of this conference for three years and I have had nothing short of positive experiences and networking. So get off of your high horses and stop being so "music industry".

All of my peoples who are down with Music Strategies... Yes... some of the Vets...
U know Tim Sweeney has my total loyalty so cut it out! Stop the non-sense. The great one has briefed me on the situation and I will act as it is necessary.


Sorry to everyone who doesn't know what this is all about. I had to put it in a public place so all could read it as needed. Thanks for letting me clear the air.
Now that we got that off of our chests...

Know that Tah has no beef!!!

Get at me!
Tah@FilthyClean.com

Leftist Dies RIP

Yo... there once was a really dope cat named Leftist. He "got hit by a vehicle on the West Side Highway" in NYC on September 2, 2006. So they say. What a fucked up thing man. My homey Core Rhythm called me up with the news. I was wrecked. This dude was so dope.
He was one of the two founding members of one of NYCs most important Underground Hip-Hop crews "Mindspray". Dude walked into a room and shyt became peaceful and illuminated with coolness. It's a shame that he had to go at 24 years old.

I miss U already Leftist!

Much Love to you and yours.

Rest in Peace.

If you didn't know this cat, do your research and find out about him.
Get at me!
Tah@FilthyClean.com

Cousin Larry's The Sheet Metal Plaque, Rain and Blood!!

What a night man!
The show at Cousin Larry's in Danbury, CT was a wash out. Literally. What a storm!! It rained and rained and rained and rained and rained... Like 10 people showed up. Shyt, they didn't even know about the show. They just stumbled in. Rocked the set but it was really thin. Met a few dope artists. Cats from the Dugout were there too. I love those dudes man. Lots of charisma!

I had to rock with the ill mummy hand. Let's go back an hour before the show.
My "numba one fan", Linda, made a plaque for me as a marker for my album going "sheet metal". Demo dropped it on the floor and picked it up. Cut her hand on it. Screamed and brought it to me. I rushed over and snatched it from her. It went right through my hand too. So here we are with skin glue and all this shyt right before my show. Ended up with stitches and the whole shyt. What a night. On the way back a deer stopped on the side of the road and starred into my face. It was really freaky.

Hey every show can't be the bomb right?

Get at me!
Tah@FilthyClean.com

Did somebody say "Fuck Flatbush"?

Hey man. Last night I went to the Jill Scott, Queen Latifah, and Erica Badhu concert in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Shyt was tight. U know me... promote, promote, promote!
In between the acts I was walking around with my signs. One of which reads "Yo mama hates underground Hip-Hop by Tah Phrum Duh Bush so play it loud when she's at home".
It amazes me that people don't fully read the things they look at. They only read what they want to see. Some people were like "my mama doesn't hate Hip-Hop. Why would you say that?" It gave me an opportunity to stop and spread the word about my music. Good shyt!
This one dude was like "fuck you... fuck bush... get out of my face." (Mind you I'm wearing a shirt that says Flatbush on it.) I was like "wow man... what's the matter with you?" He said "fuck Bush and fuck you for supporting him." I said "hey man... It's a Flatbush thing aren't you from Brooklyn?" He said "nigga get out of my face with that bush shit all I see is bush on that sign and Fuck Bush!" Now if dude wasn't so nasty to me I would have just left so I said really loud: "Hey everybody... This dude said fuck Flatbush!" About 200 people turned around and looked at him and his attitude changed really quickly. He even came over to ask me what my music was about after that. HAHA! READING is FUNEDMENTAL. Do it before you fuck yourself up talking shyt about things you don't know!

Made a few new friends and some contacts too!

Tah is on the Prowl!

Get at me!
Tah@FilthyClean.com

Two shows, new fans, drama and yo mama!!!

Tonight I had 2 shows in NYC. The first one was at Pianos on Ludlow Street.
Before the show I went to meet up with Nicola and the band at a Mexican spot called San Loco's. Crazy shyt is someone said... "Oh shyt... It's Tah Phrum Duh Bush". I looked up and it was some cats I had met at the second Butt Naked Alien Groupies event on Saint Patrick's day @ BPC.

Kiko Legend and his homey Marc. We kicked it for a while. Dudes were really feeling the music and my freestyles during the show. Thanks a lot y'all for getting at me and letting me know that my job is being done properly! Now tell all of your people to buy my CD dammit!







The show at Pianos was crazy. DJ Polarity came thru and held me down on the Wheels. I love this dude! Look for more from him as he will now be my official DJ.
I opened up the show with Mic 101 and Shine. That's it. That's all. No other songs. I said it was a short show. I was gonna do Energitis but someone made a request for Mic 101. Hey... U got to give the people what they want. Right? Got off the stage and people were scooping up a bunch of CDs. Yay for me! Shit... Yay for them!...The CD is dope! Polarity held it down for Nicola's whole performance. They loved him man.

Wait until you hear Nicola's album... Hot shyt. I got a sneak preview... WOW!!! About half way into Nicola's set we did our Collabo song "In Your Own Back Yard". The crowd lost it! Look out because that's gonna be on the "Tah Collabo's" album as well! Lots of good music is gonna be up on that one!

They had the ill carrot cake upstairs afterward to celebrate Nicola's Birthday. Linda was up in the joint. She gave me a sheet metal plaque since my album finally went "Sheet metal". Thanks love! Hey... That's my #1 fan!!!
Big shout to Man-e. It's been years man. Thanks for coming out!
Bud... It was great to see you at the spot. Sorry U missed the collabo song.
Don't forget. Nicola's Album Release Party. November 17th, 2006 at Bowery Poetry Club.
http://nicoalnicola.com

The second show was at Bowery Poetry Club.
I was supposed to rock a full set but some politics occurred and I ended up doing Mic 101 and Phlatbush and then I was asked to get off of the stage to allow time for other artists because the show started late and an earlier act was on stage a lot longer than they were supposed to be. So once again... Tah gets shorted! Oh well. As a professional, I bowed out gracefully. The crowd booed and was pretty pissed off. Hey... At least they were with me on it. Politics of the music business. Big shout to Mercury from the Dugout. I know U didn't want to do it fam. Nuff respect to you for the love on having me out there in the first place! Big shout to Linda for hitting 2 shows in one night!

Yo mama!

Get at me!
Tah@FilthyClean.com

Tah finally rocks at Galapagos

Tonight I rocked at Galapagos Art Space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
I've been trying to get up in this piece for a while.
Bisc 1 called me up 2 days ago and asked me to rock. I was like "Hell Yeah".
I only did one song... "Energitis". Brought out the whole set of show props too.


The crowd seemed a bit sluggish but they had no choice but to respond after I got off the stage and brought it to them. Made some new friends and fans and a few people brought some CDs. Saw a dope young lady that I met in October last year who finally made it out to one of my shows the whole KIT and Kaboodle!

Thanks love!
I do this for people like you who stick with me and believe in me!
Now make sure you come out to a show where I do a whole set so you can see the whole show!!!

Don Majo also came out and showed some love too! U R the shyt man!

















Who is this hottie?
Hmmmmm.....



Stay safe and get at me Y'all!

Tah@FilthyClean.com

Lyric Kill Surgery

Last night was the last of 8 consecutive 12-hour shifts at the hospital Y'all... I am sooo tired!

Anyway... on my break I stole out to Sin Sin and jumped in the battle as "Lyric Kill Surgery". It was fun man. I was so tired up there in my scrubs and shyt. I don't know how I got out of the first round. Paulino clearly out gunned me. I guess it was luck or something. Next round I killed it against K-Swift... bet then he killed it too so we went into over time with a head to head. Lyric Kill Surgery moved on to the next round. The next round was really hard. They blind folded me and put an object from the crowd in my hand and I had to rhyme against my opponent with references to the object. I did well, but not well enough. Broke MC took it and moved on to the last round to battle Tranquil who once again took the battle.
Good shyt Y'all!
More charachters to come... The crowd loves that shyt! Be there for the next one on the first Monday of September. You won't be sorry.

Get at me!
Tah@FilthyClean.com

Conscious' Art Show

Today I went to my patner in crime Conscious' art show at Newbian Herritage in Harlem.
Lots of dope art was up on the walls. Very bougie indeed. I felt like I was in a Tae Diggs, Morris Chestnut, Vivica A. Fox and Lorenz Tate movie... Wine and cheese and lots of fakeness... Made some power moves though... U know how I do.

I've been interacting with a lot of visual artists as of late.
There were lots of know people up in the spot. But you know me... I ain't about name droppin' so you'll just have to be curious. If you ever want to come out to these events with me, let me know. I'll bring U with me. You just have to stay in contact with me on a regular basis because things pop up out of nowhere.

Good shyt Conscious! I'm proud of Ya!
http://iareconscious.com/

Get at me...
Tah@FilthyClean.com

Core Rhythm's Album Release Party

July 21, 2006
Tonight I went to probably one of the most successful indie album releas parties I have ever been to. SHyt was packed. The album is dope.
Core Rhythm is the dude's name.
"Nat Turner Reloaded" is the name of the album.
http://Spitmatix.com is the site.
We have a collabo song in the works. Check this dude out.
The CD is more than worth the measley $10.

This is good music I'm putting y'all on to. Let go of the radio... there's so much more to be heard!!!

Get at me!
Tah@FilthyClean.com

Tah Opens for Saga One's Release Party @ Southpaw in Brooklyn

Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Saga One's Album Release Party at Southpaw.
Isn't it crazy that on July 16th last year I was on the same stage?
I had some cats from queens called G-Friday open up for me. Good shyt y'all. Loki Da Trixta ripped with Oktober, Zeps Ripped it too. I had a blast on this one y'all DJ Polarity Held me down on the turntables and I was Mr. Super Charismatic. I had the ill "playboy bunny" fake bling on to match the Energitis vest. The crowd ate it up. Congrats to Saga One. The album is off the chain. By the way, I'm featured on the last track on the album called "Brooklyn". Pick it up! it's well woth the $10. http://cypherproductions.com/

Tah and Rabbi D get jerked out of the Battle League

Peep this out Y'all...
Firstly, thank you to all of my people who went all out for me and voted on the battles at jumpoff.tv. Rabbi D and I got more yes votes than any other crew.

The catcher is... they picked the crews with the least amount of "No" votes. I think they just didn't want us in there. Because the cats that followed us were the cats that had the most "Yes" votes after us. All of them got in and we didn't. What a bunch of shyt!

Anyway... Thanks again to all who voted. Hope to see you at show soon!

Get at me soon!
Tah@FilthyClean.com

Tah Hosts Freestyle Mondays with Undakova and Mariella

Hey man...
I had the honor of co-hosting Freestyle Mondays in the absence of Ill Spokinn.
Mariella (Ill's partner) called me up and asked me at like 8pm. I was like "hell yeah!". Shyt was dope. All the emcees ripped it. I gotta give Ill Spokinn a ton of credit. That shyt ain't easy... to come up with hooks on the fly and work with a live band and a ton of talented emcees and co-ordinate with Mariella's singing. Hotness!

Undakova and Mariella Y'all are dope!

More to come!

Tah!

Tah Needs your help!

Hey dammit!

I need your help
I needall my people to vote on something for me so I can get into this Battle League. The Last day to vote is tomorrow at 11:59 AM. I am really trying to get into this. It would be a great opportunity for me. It will only take 2 seconds (literally). You don't have to sign up for anything or give any information. All you have to do is click "Yes"

Scroll down until you see a picture of me and Rabbi Darkside. It says: TAH PHRUM DA BUSH/RABBI DARKSIDE?TPDB/Rabbi Darkside vs Quil/Spiv 09.Jul.06

Select yes and click vote.

Thanks so much fam. I'd really appreciate your support on this. I'm doing my best to get in and win this $10,000. If so, We're gonna have a big party and everyone is getting in free! Open bar and the whole nine! Be safe and get at me as soon as you vote. I'd like to hear from U!
Tah@FilthyClean.com

Thanks so much in advance!
Peace, Love and the MIC,Tah!

Once again The Stage is wrecked and Tah wins the Freestyle Pyramid!

Hey Y'all!

The crowd was small but the energy was high at Bowery Poetry Club Last night.
It was a fundraiser party thrown by my homey Eliel.
I got called up on stage to freestyle as soon as I got there. Craziness. The crowd was very responsive. I went back and forth with Eliel (the host of the show who is a dope poet). I had a blast. Rabbi D and Farbeon from third Party got up on stage and we did the freestyle pyramid Ha Ha!!!!!

Third Party then rocked a set with Adam Matta. This cat is one of the best Beat boxers on the Planet by far. This dude has more stamina than a rabid lion on Viagra. What a set. After that I rocked out with Energitis (Yes the jacket made it's way out...) Mic 101/Shine followed and then Lay That Pipe and Today.

I sold my CDs and gave half the proceeds to the charity. How's that for love! I give back to the community man!

More to come!
Get at me!
Buy my CD... It's good and I need to pay my rent dammit!

Get at me!
Tah@FilthyClean.com

Falldown @ Asterisk in Brooklyn... Maybe my best show yet!

Mannnnnnnn Listen!
Friday July, 14, 2006... Falldown Cypher at Asterisk...

U wanna hear about a show....? This show was the shyt!
This is my third night out of four straight nights performing.
What a build up.

The Falldown cats are dope. Broke MC, Domer, Bisc 1, Undakova... Y'all are the shyt! They kept bigging me up before I got on stage. I had signs all over the room. It was dark, the mood was set so perfectly.

Sentence got on stage and did his thing. (Dude's album is dope by the way)

When the crowd heard Pomp and Circumstance come on the went nuts. I got on stage and opened up with Mic 101. I don't know if I've ever heard cheering for me this loud. The room was packed! People were singing every lyric right along with me! What a rush!
After that I called some unsuspecting emcees up on stage with me. Ill Spokinn, Core Rhythm, Conscious, and Hired Gun. We had the crowd right words on paper and freestyled about it in story format. Craziness...

After that I did "Energitis". WOW!! They were calling for the Energitis jacket so I stopped the song and put it on! They went crazy... When the strobe light came on and reflected into the crowd there was another thunderous roar. WOW man listen. If you haven't seen it see it soon!

I then rocked "Today", All the emcees in the place were with me on this one
and Lay that Pipe was as usual... a show stopper. I can't believe I jumped off the stage and was on the floor doing some "one-handed push-up and switch hands"-humps after three days with no sleep type of shyt. I guess Adrenaline and some energy donated by the crowd gives a brother some super strength huh? They loved that shyt.

I closed the set with a classic from the Untitled EP... "Toilet Paper!"
If you could've seen the amount of TP they had flying in the air!!!! It was overwhelming man. This is what I live for! Thanks to everyone who came out. It was definitely one of my top 10 of all time shows. Right up there with the Webster Hall joint, the Sin Sin/Freestyle Mondays joint and last year's Independent Music Conference performance in Philly!

More to come and yet another show tonight!

Stay with me!

Peace, Love and the MIC,
Tah!

Tah Does it up At the Khyber in Philadelphia

Yeah dammit!
Philly... The Khyber...
Tah opened up the show with the ill 15 minute freestyle as the DJs got the sound together. Those who were paying attention at that time got a real treat. I was in rare form man... But then again, when am I not in rare form? My set was short but sweet. added 20 people to my mailing list within 10 mintes of being of stage. Welcome to the family y'all. Be prepared to have your lives forever altered. My set was short so the freestyle helped me to warm the crowd up. The stage was small. Lay That Pipe was crazy. I called this dude Sean and this girl who said she was from Flatbush up on stage to do the friendly competition thing and the girl lost badly. She said her favorite position was missonary... "I like to keep it simple". The crowd was like "Boooo!", especially the ladies. Dude was like "First I caress the booty like this, then I put one leg with the high heel on it on my shoulder right here and then I get in it like UUUHHHGGGGNNNN!!!!" That shyt was so funny. Congrats on the CD man! The sound man was dope. People came out in droves. just to see lil' ol me... oh yeah and a flock of other dope emcees. Big Jus of Company Flow was the headliner. I don't know how this always happens but as I stepped out to get a tringular piece of bread with tomato sauce and cheese that is baked in an oven and cut off of a larger circular piece of bread with tomato sauce and cheese, a fight broke out. What the fuck? I leave cats for 2 seconds and they stop knowing how to act? Anyway it was quickly resolved and the show got back on the hot step. Good shyt man. My only complaint. How come cats are throwing a show and end up using my CD player for the entire show? WOW! Tah comes thru in the clutch again! Saw my man Adam Jeeze and Thom Blanks... the freestyle beast... we had the illest freestyle session after the show. Me and this cat could do doubles in a battle really well. Peace to Blandina (good to see you ma) and Rob From http://Whomag.net for coming out. Thanks to Yikes for putting me on to the show. Maya' thanks for not doing the WOP or pop locking with me. I hope you enjoyed your personal freestyle even though you missed my show. That was so kool. Hope you enjoy the CD. Kyle Ober... thanks for all of your insight and the slice of triangular bread with tomato sauce and cheese. Thanks to everyone who came out and showed love... especially Bink, the girl who pulled the rubber band on my wrist and left the ONLY WELT! That was really mean! A moment to remember for life... Ouch dammit! Thanks to all those who picked up a copy of my CD.


Tonight I'm back on stage in Brooklyn at Asterisk. I'll keep you posted!
Get at me!
Tah@FilthyClean.com

Tah!

Tah and Nicola burn the stage down at Bowery Poetry Club!

Hey Y'all I met this hot artist named Nicola during one of the Shattered Monkey shows on May 3rd.
We linked up and did a collabo track called "In your own Back Yard". We recorded it like 2 weeks ago and we got to give it a test run last night at Bowery Poetry Club. All I have to say is... HOT!!!

I opened up the show with Mic 101 and my CDs started to malfunction so I did Shine" accpella and freestyled with Nicola's Drummer Jimmy (Thanks so much man!) The crowd Loved it!
Coole High and Don Samad came out to show some love. Thanks to everyone who came out in the rain! Oh Yeah.. Guess who finally got new Mic 101 signs? Yeah man! Courtesy of Demo G! That's wussup! Demo U R the Shyt! The only dopeness! Get at me soon!

There'll be more to come with this. Nicola's album Release Party is in November. You have been warned. Mark you calendars! Peep her out at http://nicolanicola.com



Get at me!
Tah!

Tah and Rabbi D crush opponents in Jumpoff.tv battle!

Wussup Y'all!

Yeah dammit!
Me and Rabbi D did these cats in!
2 on 2 emcee battles. The joint yo!
You gotta go up on the site and vote for us to be in the league this Friday, July 14th, so we can beat the rest of these cats and end up in Vegas battling for $10,000.
http://www.jumpoff.tv/2on2wrc.php that's the link!

Now is the time to support me dammit! Thanks and get at me soon!

Peace, Love and the MIC,
Tah!

tah@filthyClean.com

EL GATO!!!!

July 2nd 2006
Freestyle Mondays. Off the Head Gameshow Battle.

Tranquil (Drop Squad)and Hired Gun (Third Party/Drop Squad) had a battle at 106th and Park (the actual street location) they killed their opponents (for the jumpoff.tv shyt). It was brutal. I drove them back downtown to Freestyle Mondays. Now, if you've been keping up with my chronicles, then you know that Tranquil and I have been having a friendly competition going for a while. Well, we got into a shyt talking competition in the car and I told Tranquil that the only way he could beat me in a battle is if I changed my identity.
So tonight just happened to be the night where I signed up for the battle as "El Gato", I took off my glasses, pulled my hat down low, and had V, who was working the camera borrow some eyeliner from Mariella and put dark circles under my eyes. . Crazy shyt... We (Tranquil and I) tore through all of the emcees in the battle and ended up in the last round together. It was pretty heated, but Tranquil won... See, I told him that was the only way he would ever beat me! Dude is dope. I love that guy! .... El Gato was a hit and he'll be back soon! Keep your eyes open.

Peace to Undakova and Core Rhythm who tore down the stage with the opening performances!

El Gato, EL GATO, EL GATOOOOOOO!!!!!

Baba Israel Show

Slid out to Bushwick on the humble tonight after being invited on the impromptu tip to the CD release party for Baba Israel and Yako's new album "Beatbox Dub Poetics". They had it in their studio space. It was sooooo dope!. Standing room only man! These cats are talented beyond recognition. This is the type of shyt that should be all over the radio and TV. On the real! Cat's had the drum machines and the laptops cranking, Keyboards and synthesizers humming, Yako played the Bass and both of them were on the beatbox. They had cats b-boying and shyt. Also invited emcees up on some surprise shyt. Yeah.. U know who they called out of nowhere? Yeah My ass... so you know I had to drop an ass backwards freestyle. Got a lot of love too. Kool shyt man!

Congrats y'all!
Peep em out at
http://Openthoughtmusic.com


Get at me!
Tah@FilthyClean.com

Record with Nicola

WOW!

Went to NJ to record with Nicola!
Shyt came out Fantastic!
Can't wait to perofm this one with her and the Band!

Stay with me on this one Y'all!!!!

Get at me!
Tah@FilthyClean.com

Tah rocks with Origin and JB!! in Albany, NY

The Albany curse...
Albany is like 3 and a half hours drive from Brooklyn. Give or take an extra hour for traffic. Every time I have a show in Albany, it takes me no less than 6 hours to get there. Dammit man!
I almost made it there and then like 2 exits before the one I was supposed to get off at, some 18 wheeler broke in half and killed someone. Shyt man. I'm so sorry for the family. U never know when you're gonna go. Really puts shyt into perspective.

After a grueling 6 hour drive to Albany, NY... I rocked with Origin and JB!!
Bothe of them did their thing!! JB rocked some new material from his forthcoming album... Hotness!

Check them out at:
http://OriginalRap.com
http://JBHipHop.com

Dope show. The crowd was a bit thin but very receptive. There was no A/C in the spot and it was hot as Satan's groin area... They had these big assed fans blowing hot air all over the place. Not cool... literally dammit!

Had a blast. Went for Pizza afterward and then we went to Walmart. They don't have them in NYC. Shyt was like a wonderland. I could go broke up in a place like that... Oh wait... I'm already broke... Nevermind. Crashed at Origin's crib. Dude made me breakfast in the morning while his wife slept. That's hospitlity man! I thought I was the only person who got down like that. Dopeness. Hat's off Origin, You know U got a spot to crash at when U come down to the city.

Get at me!
Tah@FilthyClean.com

More Writing with Nicola

Went back and finished up the joint with Nicola... We added a little Hip-Hop to it with a verse from Tah. Can't wait to record this one!

Get at me!
Tah@FilthyClean.com

Core Rhythm Writing Session

Ah Yes...
Core Rhythm... The Original Revolutionary!
What a dope Emcee! We finished writing for a collabo track that we are working on. It's Hot!
Gotta record it now. I figure it'll be after his CD release party for his album "Nat Turner Reloaded" on July 21st at Bowery Poetry Club. Peep him out at http://Spitmatix.com
It'd be well worth your time and $$ to come check him out!

I'll let U know when the joint is done!

Tah Collabos is coming soon!
Get at me!
Tah@FilthyClean.com

Nicola Writing Session

Met up with Nicola... The artist I met on May 3 at Bowery...
We did some re-vamping on her song "In Your Own Back Yard"
Kool shyt man! Never had a chance to work on anything other than Hip-Hop and R&B.

I'll keep you posted on the haps!

Get at me!
Tah@FilthyClean.com

Carlito's: From the Block Out the Box

What a big difference children can make in the life of an adult. They are so beautiful and so honest.

We had the kids from the "From the Block Out the Box" program at South Bronx Prep perform their songs at an actual venue. A joint in Harlem called Carlito's. It was crazy. We had the mentor's perform and then introduce the kids. The parents and family members were there to watch. The place was packed. They had a blast. After the show I gave the kids some promo photos of me and they bum rushed me for autographs. It was a wild scene. I felt like an actual celebrity for about 15 minutes. How about it ladies and gentlmen? A round of applause for progress!!!

Big ups to Undakova and Rabbi Darkside for coming through to witness. Big ups to Bisc 1, Miss Angelina and Ill Spokinn for reppin with the kids. Big ups to Miss K for putting the program together and Big ups to Miss Jose for holdin down the art and the video camera!

And so on and Yo!!!!

Get at me!
Tah@FilthyClean.com

Brenner's Brew

South New Jersey....
Waaaaay South New Jersey!

Did the ill show at Brenner's Brew.
The last time I was supposed to rock at this venue there was a snowsotrm in NYC that dropped 24 inches on us.

I had a blast. Rocked most of my set accapella. The crowd was very eclectic. Mostly poets with some deep assed verbals.
Can't wait to get back there again. Big sout to all my people who showed up...

Crazy shyt... Right after I got off stage, I got a call from a girl in Philly named China that saw me on a TV show that my boy the Indikator does. They interviewed me during the Hip-Hop Palooza Tour and I told people to call me if interested in booking me. She said she called because she thought I was cute.... WOW. How about that shyt y'all!!!!


More to come!
Get at me!
Tah@FilthyClean.com

Tah is the first to open for the Off the Head Gameshow Battle

Yes Y'all!

What a night!
Sin Sin, Freestyle Mondays, One hour of open Bar (before I got on), packed crowd. U know my stoopid ass! Ripped down the stage before the battle and the crowd was in a rage. All were happy! It was love, I made friends, sold CDs. I had drinks... Are you proud? The Energitis Vest made it's way out and people loved that shyt. U gotta see this shyt man it's crazy! Plus the stobe light beaming off that shyt. It was insane. One of the cats from the band put it on afterwards and rocked it for the whole battle. Hotness! Be a part of this scene yo, it's insane!

Congrats to Undakova on winning the battle!

If you want more info, Let me know! Let me know! LET ME KNOW!
tah@filthyclean.com

Peace, Love and the MIC,
Tah!

The Hip Hop Palooza Tour

DAAAAAMMMMITTTT man!
The Hip Hop Palooza Tour was crazy!

The Artists:
Brother Maniac
Princess Of Controversy
Jimmy Black
KLM
Michael J
D'en D Productions
and yours truly, Tah Phrum Duh Bush!

The Stops:
NYC
Philadelphia
Maryland
Atlanta

The Haps:
Where do I begin?
OK...
May 26, 2006
Alphabet Lounge, NYC
Opening night of the tour... I ended up working the sound board, holding down the door and working the bar at various times throughout the night. Oh yeah... I performed too!
I won't get into the semantics but it was sill a dope night. DJ Polarity came through and held down the sound for the night. Royall Witt and a few other cats came through and ripped it for the open mic segment. Royall Witt is one y'all need to be on the lookout for. My #1 Fan Linda was in the house holding me down from early. Doors opened at 7pm and I didn't get on stage till around 11pm and she stuck it out. Thanks love! All of the acts were on point! U know how I do on stage. Jumping into the crowd, laying the pipe, etc... My highlight for the night was KLM and Michael J (the dancers) these cats were off the chain! Dudes had pyrotechnics and shyt. They were literally on fire! The crowd went nuts when I brought out the energitis vest... Don't know what it is? Well U should have been there. Show up at my next show and you my get to see it then! It's really energetic and very bright to say the least. Energitis is relatively new to my stage show and seems to be becoming a crowd favorite. If you like it on the album, you should definitely peep it out at a show. It adds a whole new dimension.

Stop missing my shows dammit!

May 27, 2006
Went to see my homey Adam Jeeze in West Philly. I did a tour with him in 2000 called the Ghetto Barbershop Tour. What a dope cat. They were having a yard sale and drinking brews on his porch then it was off to:
The Fire, Philadelphia
You wanna talk about CPT (that's Colored People's Time for the ethnically challenged)...
A party bus from Washington DC was scheduled to arrive at the spot at 4 p m... They got to the spot at like 5:30 so guess what? Sets had to be cut short. Maaaaan!!!
Why I gotta suffer for CPT? U know? My moms and my sister came all the way from NYC to see my show. Big ups to them I love y'all. They had a blast. Energitis is definitely the favorite track of the tour so far. The energitis vest was, again, the show stopper! Don't know? Bring that ass out before I switch it up to some totally different shyt! The whole crew was dope. I got to see The Indikator for the first time in a while. I love that dude. Got a chance to do an interview for his Philly based video show. It was maad fun!
After the show had the worst ghetto Chinese food I've ever eaten in my life. It's all good though. Had a dope convo with Indikator and this dude Sean. One of the best times I've had kickin' it in a while. Afterwards I went back to check my man Adam Jeeze. He was on the Ghetto Barbershop Tour for a few shows with me in 2000. This cat has one of the dopest stage personas and voices I've heard to date! We went looking for a party tht didn't exist and ended up in a bar somewhere. I crashed at his crib later on and in the morning we went to this dope middle eastern spot for some grub! I bumped in to my man Jubei... well actually I saw him and I thought it was him but I wasn't quite sure. Anyway we ended up on the phone. I went into this cafe and this dude said he'd seen me on a picture in his boy's crib on the wall. Turns out it was DJ Ambush from Chester PA, my boy from back in 200 from the Philadelphia Music Conference. Small world man!

May 28, 2006
This is a day of high emotional impact for me so I'm glad I had a chance to drive by myself and reflect on shyt on the way to Maryland for the next show. Speaking of that. This show was soooooo ghetto. I was the first person there. This place wasn't even on the map. Crazy shyt. There was a spral staircase with what looked like vomit at the base. The A/C was broken and the sound man was late. The crowd was thin because nobody could find the place. Oh well. I still managed to gain a few friends and fans out of the deal and sell some CDs. All the acts were dope and D'en D Productions is now a new favorite of mine. I'll put some pics up soon...
Yeah Yeah... I know... shaddap!

May 29, 2006
What a fuckin ride!
We got in the van right after the show in MD and headed down to Atlanta!
Ate some nasty Bo'Jangles food. Never again! Tour food sucks! I'm bringing some fruit on the next go around! Anyway We had a blast on the way there but what a haul! Hey I have no complaints because on the way there I didn't drive at all!
The show was dope. The people in Atlanta seem to be all "Crunked Out" they were pretty tired of all the artists there getting on stage with the crunk styles. I actually enjoyed it. When we got up their attention changed. Hotness! That's what I want. People who have an eye for something different! The club owner liked my set so much, she invited me over and bought me a few drinks. Hey!! That's what I'm talking about! We got invited out for more. Linked up ith a cat named Big Teazey and he's got some radio shows and such that he want me to be a part of. Fantastic! We chilled in a chill hotel. I roomed with Jimmy Black who set of the fire alarm in the room while smoking a blunt and almost got us thrown out. What the hell? HAHA That's all part of the road. I mean damn, It would have been OK if I was smoking too, but I don't even smoke weed! I do however eat pork all you haters! Yes.... Pork! Dammit! I know this has absolutely nothing to do with what I'm writing about, but so what!

The trip back was brutal. I drove for like 4 hours. I ate some nasty assed McDonalds Filet-O-Fish. Hey... OK... U wanna get into details? OK. Look man... I'm human. My stomach started to grumble. I had to bust the illest fart... but I had the 80 mph cruise going and like all 4 of these dudes were in the van sleeping. I couldn't open the windows because they would've woke up and I couldn't just bust it because they would've woke up... so I drove for like an hour straight until my joint cramped up so bad I had to stop off at a rest stop. That had to be the loudest gas explosion in the world when I got out of that van! I know I'm nasty, but you're still reading right! Yes... your favorite emcee had to fart! I have news for you... Beyonce and Brad Pitt fart too! Get a grip and live huh?!

Made it back to NYC in one piece!
Read this again later I'll have a few more details when I have more time to write!


Peace, Love and the MIC,
Tah!

Bringing you to Speed From May 6th up till May 12th

Whut the fizzyuuck Y'all!
I'm back in this bizzyatch to give you the rundown on the haps!

I'be been around the North East and I, I, I...
I can't get enough of thys shyt!

May 6th, 2006
Left on the Pittsburg Excursion... Chilled with M'ported flowz and the fam over at his crib after a grueling 6 hour and 45 minute drive. We had the M'Ported Flowz Wings... This dude makes the lip burning-est wings I've had in a loooong time! Thanks to Port, and the wife -n-kidz for the hospitality.
We made moves over to the H-Kahn Hookah Bar where the LOWdown CD release party was gonna jump off. Got up in the spot early... Had the worst tasting, most potent, and least expensive Long Island Iced Tea I've ever had just before I got on stage... Holy shyt... what a buzz! The cats that got on before me were extremely dope! HymnEye got up right before me and tore it down. We did the collabo track that we're all on called "That's how it goes". (peep em on http://beyourselfrecords.com ) The crowd ate it up. I told y'all about these collabos man. I ain't playin! The Burgh definitely has some talent. Sorry that I didn't get to make it out to Button Pusha's event that same night, the Hip-Hop Buffet. If you're ever in Pittsburgh, I suggest you look it up! You won't be sorry.

Talent Alert!
There were a few really dope acts on the bill. Particualrly these cats called Loose Change. Very innovative dudes. I was feelin' their set a whole lot. Peep them out at http://www.loosechangenet.com . They've got a promising sound ans a shit load of charisma. Sixpence get at me man!

The Lowdown CD is dope as was their performance. It's on rotation big time at the crib and in the car. (Peep em at http://slamjamz.com ). Congratz to Tirade and C-Doc the Warhammer on the release... My favorite joint... Lyrical Transportation. I suggest you listen to it. I suggest you buy the CD after you get mine dammit!
Oh yeah.. the CD comes with a DVD and I'm in one of the videos on the DVD!
Ha Ha!!! Get it dammit!

May 10th... The Mini tour excursion begins!
This is the beginning of a May full of travel for me.
Burlington Vermont. I drove out to the BOOOOONDOCKS y'all. Big shout to mapquest for holding a bruh down with directions accurate to the eight of a foot! If you saw all the twists and turns I had to make, you'd be amazed. It's crazy... I never experienced roadrage in NYC and I go out to Burlington Vermont and get cursed out by an angry, crass driver for standing to close to the corner. What the f?
I have never been to a show where people showed up looking like they just finished milking cows. Bonnets and all. Straight Little House on the Prarie!
Once again hosting the show as Ringmaster for Circus of the Shattered Monkey at Club Metronome. I met some kool people. Had the illest pulled pork sandwich downstairs at the spot... Yes Tah indulges in the swine... last time I had your mama pourin' the gravy on it! (That was for all the weed smokers and the religious freaks who sin all week long and go to church on Sunday and the cigarette smokers that eat beef who talk shyt about me eating pork. All others please disregard the last statement). Anyway the bands were tight. Lots of Banjo action. Nice to hear indie music with a different flavor. Met a few cats who made a point to tell me every major street they had set foot on in Brooklyn. Why must people prove to me how "Hip Hop" they are by name dropping and street aknowledgements. I know where I live. I want to hear about where you live. Please y'all I know you're excited about NYC, but I want to know about your hometown. I don't mind it for a couple of minutes, but 30-45 minutes about NYC stuff I already know really bores me when I'm 600 miles away from home! Tell me about your hood dammit!

Had a dope time. Once again... Mapquest came through with the step by step direction from Burlington VT to Adirondack NY....
Why did I go to adirondack? My boy Bishop Blasphemy is on lock for some nonsense. I went to go check him... I drove all the way out there through the mountains only to be told that there is only visiting on the weekends. Maaaaaaaannnn!!!! I couldn't get pissed because the scenery was fantastic on the way there. Upstate NY is beautiful... On the real. People think NY and they think concrete jungle. This was indeed an eye opener for me. Hopefully I'll get to see Bishop another time. It would have been a dope surpise.

Got back on the road and drove allllllll the way to Buffalo NY ( which in on the West side of NY....
7 hours away. Yeah... the shyt I do to entertain muthaphukas The drive wasn't as kool this time. It rained and rained and rained!
I stopped at Denny's to eat like half way through... Hey no racist bullshyt.... Let's hear it for Denny's for stepping up their game after shelling out millions in lawsuit settlements in the 1990s.
Mapquest let me down once I got into Buffalo, but I latched to the street game through Vindigo on my pocket PC and found my way to the spot. That's right y'all fuck a gun... I got gadgets!

Got to Broadway Joe's in Buffalo... As usual I was the first one there.
Went in and got all my props and shyt set up. Met the staff and all that jazz.
Loki da Trixta, Saga One and Mike Spice from Cypher Productions showed up soon after me.
The DJ's came in and set up their shyt... Now we wait for the crowd to show up.
Hit up the dopest sandwich spot. Had this chicken cheese steak that knocked me off my ass!
Mike Spice and Saga thought I was crazy because they gave me beef first and I was like... "Nah yo... I don't eat beef", but I just finished bragging aout the pulled pork sandwich in Vermont.
LOOK damit... I don't eat beef because I don't eat beef. It is not a religion thing.... It's a Tah thing! I do however indulge in the fine arts of porkometry, swine-ology and oinkanomics. And no I still don't smoke weed...Ha Ha! Here's your pancakes Bitchezzzz!!!!

Back to the scene of the crime...
The show was dope. Of course U know me... The captain of props and shyt. I walked in the spot askin for the CD player... Everyone was like "don't worry we got you Tah". I was like "OK". When they introduced me. There was no CD player to be found. What the Fuck man???They tried to play my shyt in Loki's Computer which froze up. Then they were like yo... go get your player from the car... The quickest way to lose a crowd is to have them waiting. So I said "Bunk Dat" (the ol' school heads know what I mean by that). I rocked it Acca-P style. No music. I gotta say... It was one of the best shows I've rocked. I freestyled with the crowd for like 10 minutes. Then I did Mic-101, then today, then more freestyle then I cut it short. U gotta know when to call it quits so that the crowd doesn't get bored. All in all I had a dope response. People bought CDs and I got filmed for a video show. Dopeness. We went to Lok's peeps crib and shacked out for the night.

May 12, 2006
Woke up on the couch and people were all over the place
cookin' and eatin and shyt. Craziness. There was a dog jumpin all over the place and shyt. We went for breakfast then it was back on the road for another 7 hours back to NYC.
I made it bac in time for Third Party's CD release party for their new alum "Separation of Powers". http://www.saywordentertainment.com peep them out!I was exhausted but I made it. The show was incredible. It was packed! I got invited to hit the MIC for a freestyle cypher at the end of the show. I ended up stage diving and being caught by Tranquil. I told y'all before... I love this dude. He is so spontaneous. I broke my ipod and lost my fountain pen during the jump but it was all worth it! Congrats third party!

More to come!

From the Block Out the Box, Fourth Fridays, Style Factory and Freestyle Galore!

Wussup Y'all...
eventful weekend?... Check!
eventful Start of the week?... Check!
Mic Check?... Double Check!

Friday night...
Fourth Friday's @ Bowery Poetry Club...
Hot Shyt. Hot show... Lots of talent up in the spot.
Yako... (I think that's how you spell it) opened up the show with the ill Beatbox/Laptop set. Never seen anything like it. I've seen this dude live several times and each time it's been a new experience. Dope shyt. Had the crowd bumpin'.! Then they had this dope DJ get down. (Forgot his name sorry man). Did some of the craziest scratches I've ever seen/heard. I guess that's why he was a National finalist. Hyphen One held down the live art. That dude is sick!
After the show they had us up on Stage doing a "Doubles" Emcee Cypher. The first one I did was with Conscious. He's so dope U just don't understand. Somehow after that I managed to get up there with Tranquil. Somehow he misconstrued what I said and we ended up in a friendly battle. It was so dope! We had the crowd going. This dude won the award for "wittiest punchline emcee" at Freestyle Mondays. Remember I battled him at NYU a while back and at The Off the Head gameshow battle at Sin Sin? OK... Round three... No judges... Tranquill called me his Kryptonite. I love that dude. He'll get me sooner or later but not that time! It's all love Tranq! U R the shyt.


Saturday Night...
Style Factory at the knitting factory. They didn't have enough emcees for the "Who's rhyme is it anyway" competition so they asked me to get in on it. U know... After the Spin the mic battle that I fronted on... That ain't happening again. I was in like Flynn. It was me, Bisc 1, Chaz Kangas, and Cern. What a blast. They had us rhyming about Fairy Tales and all kinds of shyt. Bisc took it for the third time in a row. He's dope! Find out about him at http://embeddedmusic.net

Speaking of Bisc 1...
Bisc, Miss Angelina, Ill Spokinn and yours truly finally finished up the "From the Block Out the Box" program with the students at South Bronx Prep. It was fantastic. The kids really showed their stuff. It was amazing to see how these kids were affected by the program. They really impressed us, their parents and the Faculty. We had 2 one hour shows that day and then we all went for Pizza. It was sooooo fantastic. Really refreshing. I suggest giving it a go if you have the means... Kids can really teach you a lot about life and about yourself.

The Kids rocked it. Gotta give a special shout to Rose aka "Miss K" for putting it all together. I'm glad we were able to help you with your dream! Special shout to Miss Jose for helping the students with their Artwork... By the way Miss Jose is a hottie!
We got together and bought flowers for the 2 teachers and the kids gave them the flowers. The kids told Miss Jose that the flowers were from me... In front of the whole crowd... Can U dig these kids trying to play match maker? WOW! Hope Miss Jose didn't think I was trying to get in slick style... but like I said... she is a hottie!

Much More to come!

Tah Bitches out of a $2000 battle

Wussup Y'all...
On Monday, my good homey from The Bay Area came to NYC for the jumpoff.tv "Spin the MIC" battle.
16 Emcees were supposed to battle and only 12 showed up. So you know who they asked at the last minute? My ass!
Yep you guessed right.
I know, I know $2000 prize right? Well, I didn't jump in.

My boy Orukusaki was in it and my other homey "Presence" was in it too. Didn't wanna scrap with them and I wasn't really mentally prepared for it. Yeah Yeah... save your snyde comments for another time. You'll get over it, I already have dammit. Yeah... the guy who's always ready to battle right? Humbug!
Tah is only part super-human the other half is plain ol' human and don't you forget that dammit!

But guess what, they were the first two to battle. Oruk got knocked out in the first round be he was still dope as hell.
The battle was dope until a fight broke out when they were down to the last 5 emcees. Presence would have battled for the $$. He made it through up until the fight broke out and then he left . Why people always gotta fuck shyt up? That's why we can't have shyt in NYC. Anyway. after some people got stomped outside the club and they finished breaking down the stage inside the club, the battle resumed outside. The illest cyphers happened on the outside. Some of the best freestyle I've seen /heard in a while. The last cats in the battle were dope. This cat from Portland named Ill Maculate won. Dude is nice. He won scribble jame like 2 years ago. Big ups to Syanide, Qwest McCody and Whashisface for tearing up the battle till the last round. Good shyt. I'll be back in battle action soon. I've got shows to grapple with. Hopefully I'll see you people at one of em!

Thanks for reading!
Get at me!
Tah@FilthyClean.com

Peace, Love and the MIC
Tah!

OK... OK... So it took longer than I figured... Shaddap!

Ok... So I said it'd be easier for me to update. OK... So I've been really grinding hard to bring my music to the people. OK... so I've been battling and got my ass kicked by a girl... so what!
OK.. So I'm going on tour in May... YAAAAYYYY!!!!

Shyt doesn't always work out the way we want it to, but it's been fun as hell being late with this update!

April 2, 2006.
I was in a street battle with this girl named Likwuid Stylez. At Ground Zero for the http://jumpodff.tv street battles shyt. I wasn't on my tightest game for this one y'all. My flow was a bit of and I said "Fuckin" a whole lot. Don't know what happened. Don't have any excuses. You do great some days others you're OK. I was a mix of great and shyt at the same time. I still had a good time though. Y'all should check it out and tell me what you think.
There's alot of controversy over this one line I said on the Jumpoff.tv message boards
It was in reference to me flipping things around. Girl called me gay a few times so I flipped it around on her and told her that she's just mad because she walked in the room and saw me doing her father from the back. I think it was very clever to throw it back at her (not to toot my own horn, but hey) check it out and tell me what you think.

Please be warned, this is a street battle. You are supposed to hit below the belt and be as nasty to your opponent as you can be. There's a whole lot of insulting going on... If you've never been to one, now you know. I've never called a woman a bitch before until this battle. And I said it a whole lot in an effort to throw her off. But.. Please remember, that's not how I really get down. I have the utmost respect for the ladies out there. Me and Lukwuid actually have stayed in contact. Hopefully you'll see a collaboration from us in the future. Peep her out on myspace at http://www.myspace.com/likwuidstylez Tell her I sent you!
Good shyt ma!

April 3, 2006
Freestyle Mondays.
Got into the battle. Came out strong in the first round. Lost the coin toss so I had to go first. This new dude named Paulino came hard and took me out. 2 in one week. How about that y'all. Paulino went on to the second to last round. Dude is Nice with his. I hope to see more of him at Freestyle Mondays. Good shyt man! K Swift won the battle. He took out a bunch of people including Rabbi D and Undakova. Y'all gotta come out to Freestyle Mondays.
Every Monday
@ Sin Sin
2nd Ave at the Corner of East 5th Street, NYC
Live band, dope Emcees, open mic, no list to sign, everyone gets on the mic more than once
No cover (except for the first Monday of the Month it's $5 to get in with an open bar from 10-11pm then the battle starts.)
Shyt... I'm pluggin it like it's my event. This shyt is just that good!


April 14, 2006
Went to see my man Hyphen-One and his band Daylow perform at Lion's Den. Shyt was all Meat and Potatoes! One of the dopest Beatboxers in the world, Chesney Snow made a cameo. Hotness!
Look out!! The joint that I did with Hyphen is finished. Coming soon! I'll keep you posted. Hyphen, Chesney Snow and Tah Phrum Duh Bush are also working on a joint together. Soon to come!

April 22, 2006
Last Night. Secured the spot for the opening night of the Hip-Hopalooza Tour.
Brother Maniac Came to NYC to peep out the place. It's a go.
I'll keep you updated on the venues. This is gonna be big!
May 25-NYC
May 26- Philadelphia, PA
May27-Newark, NJ
May 28- Washington, DC
June 1- Baltimore, MD

Email me and let me know if you wanna see me in your area dammit!
Much love and thanks for reading!
Get at me and let me know your feelings!
If you don't have it yet, buy my CD!!!!

Peace, Love and the MIC,
Tah!

The show with Ms Angelina at Bowery! NASTY!!!

Yes Y'all!!!!!!
Ms Angelina, if you didn't know, is like my female counterpart when it comes to being explicit and doing dope shows. I know I mentioned in my past Chronicles that we wrote a joint together. Go back and read em dammit! It's called "Get You Home". It's kinda risque', to put it nicely.
Miss A came out with her singer's the Jersey Girls. They rocked the crowd! She came out with a cape on and shit with this big assed A on her chest like a super hero. Some real craziness! She had this cat named Tut come out and play the sax. The girls went nuts! Then we did "Get you home". It's supposed to be a scenario that takes place at the Puerto Rican Day Parade, so I had a PR flag bandana on my head. (As if I didn't have a hard time already convincing people that I ain't Puerto Rican!). I was in the crowd like it was actually the parade. Then I came up to the stage. People didn't know what the hell was going on, the crowd went bananas!!! People were coming up to me asking for a copy of the song saying "This one's a hit man!" So... keep your ears peeled! It's coming soon! Maybe we'll do it on a 12". Peep out Miss Angelina at http://MissAngelina.com

Peep me out at http://FilthyClean.com
If you don't have my album, buy it! If you have it, buy it for a friend!

More to come!
Soon!
New Joints with:
Core Rhythm
Tranquill
Hyphen-One
Conscious
M'Ported Flows
FIVEFIVE
Cypher Productions
Ill Spokinn
Bisc One
Rabbi Darkside
Orukusaki
and probably a whole lot more!

New Album will be called "Tah Collabos" in interum for my sophmore album
"Black and White Versus the Grey Areas"
Don't have any greatist hits so it's all about Colaborations right now!

The Mic Magazine Release Party

Yes Y'all!
Tah Phrum Duh Bush is featured in the New issue of Mic Magazine.
That's right dammit!
An interview in a print mag!
Go buy it!
I went to the release party last night. It was crazy! I met a lot of people who in the past never embraced me because I didn't do "industry" styled Hip-Hop... How about that. People don't recognize you until your in a print mag. Then they're interested all of a sudden. This business is so shady! Why do I love it so much? Well... I love the music, not the business. But I have to know both ends to succeed in it. Will you come along with me for the ride?

Buy that magazine and put my interview in your scrapbook dammit!
If you... Have a scrap book... Oh... Look at me... Acting like I have real fanatics backing me up!
Maybe some day... Let me know if you have one...
There I go dreaming again!

Upping you to Speed!

Somehow my chronicles since the 25th of February got deleted.... SO I'm bringing you up to speed!

After the show on the 25th, I never managed to rent a car as the cheapest one was $400 plus mileage for the weekend. So…I bummed a ride with Rich, the guy that put together the “Circus of the Shattered Monkey”. We were accompanied by Melissa and Cool assed Joseph in the back seat.
We drove out to New Paltz, NY where we performed at the Oasis Café
Hot show! I held it down as Ringmaster with antics and intermittent freestyles accompanied by Hypaspace, the house band of the Circus. They couldn’t fit on the stage with the rest of the acts so they were shoved into this cramped doorway and sectioned off with caution tape. They still tore it down.














Sexy Assed Ericka came out to see me!














She brought her friend out who had just had a shitty experience with some dude so we cheered her up with a little “fuck that dude” freestyle. The crowd helped and she left smiling.


All the bands were hot! Saw some shyt I never even thought about seeing. Lots of talent. You need to see a Shattered Monkey show!

February 27th
After a night at the ever so cheesey Motel 46, we got on the road to Providence Rhode Island. Ghess who drove most of the way? Yep… My ass!
The show was a bit light on the crowd side. Maybe it was too cold or maybe the bands didn’t promote enough. I don’t know. The people who did come got some show! The bands were stellar! I did an extended version of “Lay That Pipe” with Hypaspace that should have been recorded. It was off the chain! In the midst of all that I managed to move a few CDs. Hotness!

Guess who had to drive all the way back to NYC? Yep… My ass! What the fuck man? How’d I end up driving the majority anyway? Just my fate I guess.

March 3rd, 2006
I went out to Central New Jersey…. Way out in Central New Jersey to see Third Party and Hyphen One & Daylow perform. What a show. I think the whole town was there! I somehow managed to be called up to the mic at the end of the show for some freestyle. Made some friends and some fans, sold some CDs too. What a hike, but well worth it!

March 7th, 2006
From the Block Out the Box
Bisc-1, Miss Angelina, Ill Spokinn, Core Rhythm, DJ Milkmoney, Rose and I are working on a Hip-Hop Songwriting workshop in the Bronx with 7th and 8th Graders. Today was the introduction to it. We threw a kind of mini concert in front of like 300 students. Shyt was kool until my speakers blew out in the middle of the show! My PA system!!!!! YAAAAARRRRGGGHHH!!!!
The show came of well and the kids loved it. More to come on this in the future, I’ll keep you posted!

March 9th 2006
Wrote a Joint with Miss Angelina today. Very Hot, very Sexual joint. I can’t wait to get it out for people to hear. The streets are already buzzing about it. We’re supposed to perform it at 4th Fridays this Month. That’s tins week. Bowery Poetry Club. 308 Bowery, NYC. Be there. Don’t miss it! You’ll be sorry!

March 17th, 2006
The return of the BUTT NAKED ALIEN GROUPIES
What a Show!
The crowd loved it! I opened up with Life and Death Dichotomy… The crowd went nuts… I had a makeshift bed on the stage, Mish worked the lighting perfectly. The mood was ON!

I did EYE, & Mic 101.
Funny shyt… like it was part of the set… This guy came up on stage out of nowhere and started asking if he could get some light. That was seconds before I did “Shine” It worked so perfectly! If you weren’t there you should have seen it. I have some of the footage on tape. Hopefully when I get to review it, it’ll be a part of the footage. I’ll put it up when I re-vamp the website (Soon!) After that I did lay that pipe. The aliens came out and made their appearance on this one. Life-sized an in your face aliens. Shyt was crazy! I ended the show off with Energitis. The crowd Love this one too! The staff @ Bowery said that this was my best show yet! That’s Hot! Sold a bunch of CDs too! Yay! Now I can pay my phone bill!
( I know right… this broke ass!)
There was an Emcee cipher on stage after the show. This white kid got up on stage and said “Nigger” like 30 times while he was rhyming so I had to pull his card. This other kid tried to dis us both. I dropped $10 on stage and challenged him to a battle. Needless to say. I went home with 10 more bucks then I came with.

All of the Acts were on Point. G Friday, Readnex Poetry Squad, and Adaptamental!

Hot shyt Y’all!

Last night's show and this morning's no go....

Last night's show was the shyt!! Alphabet lounge is a really odd venue to perform at. There's a metal bar across the stage so it kinda restricts you from getting to close to the crowd. But you know me. I was all over that shyt: climbing on it hanging off of it. Swinging on it. Hey make the best of what you got. It's been a while since I got a chance to rock an hour long set. People don't understand how difficult it can be to rock a crowd for that amount of time and keep their attention. I had all of my props in this crate, my backpack and a metal suitcase & a big portfolio case for my signs. I hauled all this shyt on the train because yes ladies and gentlemen, my car is in the shop. There's a great deal of distance between the train and the venue. Need I say more? Never take a car for granted! Especially since I just called the shop. My car is supposed to be ready this morning. I call to find out the situation and they told me that they got a wrong part and the car won't be ready until Monday. What the FUCK? I have two out of town shows; one tonight and one tomorrow night. From what I understand they knew about it since yesterday. Someone could have told me something! Now I have to struggle to find a rental. Have you ever tried to rent a car on a Saturday? No easy task and definitely not a cheap one.

Anyway... the show was dope I sold about 8 CD's last night. Not bad huh? I opened up my set about 30 minutes after the doors opened. It wasn't the largest of crowds, but I ran the full gamut of showmanship! Lay That Pipe was the end all beat all. I had some audience people come up and this young lady said that she's not into guys, so I asked her how she likes to get the "strap on"? They went nuts! What a good time. Thanks to conscious and Guestos for rocking an impromptu freestyle "4 bar and pass" session on stage at the end of the show. That was dope!

OK... I'll feed you more later. I gotta go find a fuckin' rental!

Peace, Love and the MIC
Tah!