Omina Labs Grand Opening
Oh hell yesh! Saturday Oct, 11 2008 was the grand opening of Omina Labs (mi studio), and it was cracking! The hallway was crawling thick with local celebs, magazine staff, press, and even some of our parents! Every room in the building was blaring with tunes from various Omina clients, as the smell of BBQ from Sandra Dees filled the air. Art and pictures from artists were on display and up for sale, though I dont believe too many were sold. Still a sight to see.
Up on the roof, facing 16th street, performers rocked the crowd below. A host of artists; Blee, Flaws, Righteous Movement, Dezit Eaze, Npire and hella others – twas a scene reminiscent of A Tribe Called Quest’s “Check The Rhyme” video! An awesome collection of performances, indeed! From the roof, you could see the pigs roll by about every 10 minutes or so, but not once did they try to dowse our vibe. They just kept right on driving while break dancers up-rocked in the middle of the street!
Thank you to everyone who came through and celebrated with us! Special shout to Stimulate Photography, IBonTV.com, and SACMAG! =o)
pics to come later i guess..
Tags: b smoove, blee, cawzlos, chuck t, dezit Eaze, jae synth, omina labs, righteous movement, sacramento, stimulate photography, the hooka mann, TPR
14.Oct.08 
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Re: Righteous Movement Photo Essay by Fotoluco
Yo… What’s good everybody!! We just wanted to check in and let everyone that we are still alive and kicking… We have been busy recording FOUR ALBUMS (I’ll give you more of that in another post) that will be hitting the streets this summer, so be on the look out!!!
In the meantime, over the last couple months, we’ve had the pleasure to work with homie Fotoluco on a photo essay that he was working on for his class. It is finally finished, and we are proud to say he finished as the TOP 3 in his class… Check it out and enjoy.
[please feel free to embed/share this video on your social networking sites.
the brotha did a great job]
Peace,
From The Good Brotha’s Over At Righteous Movement
Get Up. Get Out. Get Righteous.
Tags: bay area, fotoluco, hip hop, photo essay, righteous movement, sacramento
09.Jun.08 Music, Vids Comment (1)
new tumblr blog: the omina sessions
aight, so i got the tumblr page up. its BEEN up, but i had no idea what to do with it that would be different…then it just dawned on mi about 20 min ago: why not make a tumblr about the recording studio i work @: omina labs!
so far, ive put up a couple of pics of “upper management”, and one of our FAVORITE youtube vids. i’ll be putting up pics of various celebs that come around (most of which you can already see on our myspace), bay area legends, and our clients. this should be fun!
Tags: bay area, blog, celebrities, hookah man, j intell, jae synth, Music, pics, recording studio, righteous movement, tais916, tumblr, you tube
26.May.08 Web Comment (1)
tofu916 “live fast die young” f/Skurge, Tais, SOL & Miss Ashleigh
from twitter.com
mi:i dont believe there is such thing as TMI on the internet.
prp2: @tofu916 I would agree with that statement. Though I will say that who I am online is also who I am in the real world. No point otherwise.
just keeping the ball rollin. I was just speaking to a homie about how J Dilla revolutionized music. since the 1st time I heard this brotha, I have been a fan of his. Dilla died on February 10, 2006. i thought i was going to die. this was a man I had modeled mi earlier production after…
well, Dilla had a way of pushing his beats around. He would give out beat CDs to alot of people, from local to mainstream. any rough drafts are easy to find on the internet. some of his stuff, you can still hear the hiss of the 4 track he and slum village used to record on!
whether people just leaked his shit all over the place, or he did it himself, his rough drafts are now priceless commodities, and they arent hard to find and download. i still support Dilla by buying his releases, but there are countless gems that arent available via itunes or retailers.
ive always believed in not ‘leaking’ music that is still in draft form, but that was before web 2.0. as long as its mi music, it will be as available as Dillas music is. productions for artists i work with will still be respectively handled by the artists or their lables.
while the following is a rough draft (and has ‘watermarks’), i only ask that if you like this and other songs of mine, PLEASE share them. on your podcasts, torrent sites, limewire, myspace, your playlists, facebook, lastfm, imeem, smartphones, iphones/ipods or what have you.
i could NEVER be like Dilla. but when i die, i would like to be remembered via mp3 (same as any musician)!
thank you for your support! i LoVe yall.
Tags: beats, Downloads, free mp3, ipod, itunes, j dilla, mpc2000, Music, production, righteous movement, sampling, skurge, sol, tais, theek, torrents, twitter, youth
22.Apr.08 Downloads, Music Comments (4)
Post Tour Vlog
damnit, i LoVe the road! from 3.26.08 – mi group Righteous Movement was booked for 4 venues:
- Element Lounge (SF)
- SDSU (San Diego)
- Static Lounge (SD)
- UOP (Stockton)
we got on the road promptly, and went straight to the rehearsal studio in the east bay to meet up with The Park for a quickonce over of all the tunes…
Lets >>fast forward a bit, cause I wanna talk about the talib kweli show: we arrived at the sheraton hotel, and it was friggin fantastic! the staff @ uop took care of us, and it was needed after the week we had! no sleep. road rash on our asses (ew!), and in dire need of rest!
11 people total, and everyone got their own room plus all expenses taken care of…now THATS how you treat a super-microphonist group! anyway, im tired and dont wanna type anylonger.
Tags: live, righteous movement, san diego, san francisco, sheraton, sleep deprivation, stockton, talib kweli, tour, venues
01.Apr.08 Vids, Vlog, pics Comments (3)
