Dante Ross
Dante Ross was born in the bay area in 1970. After his family relocated to NYC in 1972 Ross embarked on his life long love affair with the rotten apple. Amongst other things Ross is a Grammy award winning record producer (Santana Supernatural ) a songwriter for EMI music, a a+r person credited with signing ODB, Pete Rock and Cl Smooth, Brand Nubians, Everlast, and Busta Rhymes, a brand consultant, a published writer, a street culture ambassador. Mr. Ross is currently the Vice President of SRC (Steve Rifkind Company) and creative director at Loud.com Steve Rifkinds newest venture.
Website — http://www.danteross.com
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JUSTICE FAKING JACKS?
February 9th 09, 13:45
Peep game dudes not doing shit with those faders on that mpd little did that poser realize he forgot to plug in the rca cables so he could really get his fronting on…..Glad they pay these guys 20 k plus a set……I peeped game once they were playing a set out of Abelton and just throwing effects and cheerleading…..cornball city ……Hope I didn’t shatter some hipsters illusion that these guys were ill DJs or something
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WEST COASTIN PART 1
January 29th 09, 21:23
Headed out west on some business including some Pro Kedsing, a little ASRing and some Terry Kennedy brain storming amongst checkin in with old friends,checking out art and enjoying the weather…..Here’s some shots for ya
Retna off Melrose
I stopped in at Stussy for a little meeting…….
Popped in to Supreme to see Javier Nunez my man from back east….He just got a part on a HBO show good stuff
Had a nice meeting with this guy Dov Charney….He owns a little company called American Apparel you might have heard of them
Hit up ASR for a day or so it was Nick Diamonds birthday me and Nick we went hard….Not much sleep down there…Here’s me and Miss Lawn aka Miss Hellz Bellz to you! note my man Goofy the Fish in the background
Caught up with my boy GasLamp Killer…..He’s the fresh!
I went to this dudes house and studio…That’s Aly Osha Moore design wizard and homie for 25 years….He use to follow me and Jeremy Henderson around back in the way back…..This is my dude forever every time I hit Diego I gotta see the dude!
He unearthed these for me…Crazy OG pair of Keds…dope for research!
And had this dope ass painting on the wall! Wish I knew who did it and had a better shot of it its ill!
This was right across from Aly’s studio
Saw this at the HardRock….The Ramones wore Keds Champions not Chucks here’s proof!
Pac Div got busy at Nick Diamonds BornDay jump off…I like these kids!
The Information squad aka The Informats
ASR shits harsh on a dude sometimes….Hundreds skate team catching the carpet…..
I made it back to LA alive even after a TJ visit….Went to the New Image’s Gallery’s 15 year anniversary…shit was dope….Saw some good work and some old friends This is my Judith Supine one of my favorites and someone I have championed for a long time
And here is Judith maybe kind of sorta…..
Which one was Judith I wonder? I’m not going to go to deep on the art post right now it’s gonna get it’s own comprehnsive post in a few days trust me but here’s another dope piece…Nasty Neckface the dirt bag Dali and my man…..He also did a ill Harley but I’ll post that later
The Bike Neck did…It’s my friend Brayden Schafranskeys…..He’s a ill skater and the homie!
This is Brayden with another OG homie of mine the legendary Scott Oster one of the most stylish skaters of all time and a Venice original…..Scott’s a sick DJay as well and a great dude!
Ah shit it’s Terry Kennedy and Brooklyn Dom…..2 amazing people….working on a cool project about Terry he’s a great dude!
And with that wish me luck…….I’ll hit up part deux in the next few days….Good weather,good people and good things make D Ross a happy man on the west coast right about now….Man I don’t wanna go home for realz……
More to come
Dante Ross
NYC whereever I lay my head!
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Oscar Grant
January 13th 09, 6:33
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OSCAR GRANT:TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE
January 12th 09, 10:23
Said it before I’ll say it again…..Shit like this happens all the time mutherf’rs just got caught this time……Police in the bay have a long history of jacking young black men particularly on Bart for some odd reason…For a politically progressive place to stand for this baloney is madness….This will not be going away anytime soon……Classic American racism at it’s finest…..Cat’s are rioting in the streets of Oakland right now……This makes Rodney King look like a day at the beach…..Wonder why we call em pigs?
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”
MLKThose words seem more important now than ever……I’m telling you it’s gonna get hot in the bay if they don’t handle this one correctly nuff said.
Oscar Grant
From The SF Chronicle:
BART shooting victim recalled with joy, tears
Henry K. Lee, Chronicle Staff Writer
Thursday, January 8, 2009(01-07) 16:42 PST HAYWARD — After his daughter was born four years ago, Oscar Grant kept on driving around with two huge pink flags on his car that proclaimed, “It’s a girl,” until the material disintegrated.
He acted like an older brother to his sister, even though he was six years younger than her.
And he was such a dedicated fisherman that during a church trip, he dressed up in full angler’s gear, complete with jacket, hat and 15-foot deep-sea fishing pole.Those were some of the remembrances shared Wednesday as more than 800 friends, relatives and community members turned out at a memorial service for Grant, 22, of Hayward who was unarmed when he was shot and killed early New Year’s Day by a BART police officer at the Fruitvale Station in Oakland.
The service was alternately somber and spirited. Many people wept as they went up to Grant’s open casket, adorned with flowers inside Palma Ceia Baptist Church in Hayward, which he attended since he was a child.
One woman wailed and was escorted outside. Later, the Rev. Ronald Coleman, buoyed by rousing gospel music, proclaimed, “Little Oscar was saved!”Those who eulogized Grant did not address the shooting, which was captured on video by at least two BART riders and has stirred outrage among those who believe the incident was tantamount to an execution. At virtually the moment the service was getting under way, the lawyer and union representative for the officer who shot Grant, Johannes Mehserle, were submitting his resignation to BART officials.
Instead of voicing anger about his death, those closest to Grant spoke of his belief in God, his love of sports and his desire to someday marry Sophina Mesa, the mother of his daughter, Tatiana.
“To me, Oscar was a gift of life, the very apple of God’s eye,” said his aunt, Donna Smith, adding that Grant regarded her as “his second momma.”
Some of the recollections were light-hearted. Eugene Carter, a church deacon, recalled a fishing trip in Tracy in which Grant carried a bucket. Carter wondered what was inside and came face to face with a “big old turtle” that Grant had caught.
Asked what he was going to do with it, Grant broke into a big grin and proclaimed, “I’m going to go home and eat it!”Carter also recounted the time Grant tried to paint his house. “From now on, if I want my house painted, I’ll call a professional,” he said, drawing laughter.
But Grant was also a serious man, speakers said, who always looked people in the eye and meant what he said.Lita Gomez, Mesa’s sister, said “I want to challenge every young man here today: Let’s keep Oscar’s memory going. Make changes in your life, the changes that he was making in becoming a better man.” Her comments were greeted with applause.
Grant’s sister, Chantay Moore, 28, of Hayward, said her younger brother was protective of her, to the point of insisting that she change if she wasn’t dressed modestly when she went out.“We know Oscar is in heaven,” Moore said. “We know he is in a better place. Anyone who knows Oscar knows he had your back to the end.”
Some wept as pictures of Grant with Mesa and their daughter were shown on a big screen. Laughter rippled through the crowd when they saw photographs of Grant fishing and playing the drums when he was little.
Leslie Littleton, deputy chief of staff to Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums, read a statement in which the mayor expressed his condolences.“Our entire community grieves at the loss of Oscar Grant III,” Dellums wrote. “I am profoundly saddened by the turn of events that resulted in the loss of a young man’s life which has left a family and a community in mourning. Our hearts and deepest wishes for peace go out to the families and loved ones of all the parties involved in this tragic event.”
This wont be going away it’s the worst shit i may have ever seen a Police officer do to another human being….Shit makes me mad to be the same color as that murdering cop….Shit’s gonna get tight in the bay if justice don’t get served…..what year is this….Anyways you slice this it was a execution…..
Just found this online like I predicted it’s gonna get hot in the Bay….No Justice No Peace
RIOTING IN OAKLAND | Police anger pours onto city streets as outrage over BART shooting violently erupts January 8, 2009
Posted by californiabeat in BART Police Shooting, East Bay.
Police officers in riot gear stand in front of a burning car on 13th Street in downtown Oakland Wednesday night as frustration over the shooting death of Oscar Grant by a BART Police officer violently spilled into the streets. (Photo courtesy: SF Chronicle/ SFGate.com)
By Tim Jue / Beat Staff Writer
A day of peaceful protests and somber remembrances for the man shot to death by a BART Police officer New Year’s Day was decimated by nightfall Wednesday when a rioting faction of demonstrators torched cars, sent objects flying through storefront windows and created fearful havoc on the streets of Downtown Oakland as public anger over the controversial killing of Oscar Grant, 22, turned violent.
The evening’s dangerous turn of events transpired when a group of 100 or so protesters broke from a peaceful rally at the Fruitvale BART station and began marching down International Blvd. towards Downtown Oakland. Traffic was interrupted, but there were no malicious acts of vandalism or violence being reported as the group marched.
Then television images showed a dumpster fire and a crowd ransacking an Oakland Police cruiser outside the former BART headquarters and Lake Merritt BART station at 8th Street and Madison Streets. A splinter group broke out the vehicle’s windows and severely dented the sides of the police car.
This splinter group, comprised of 50 or so people, marched down 8th Street overturning newspaper racks and throwing garbage cans into the roadway. Then they split up when they reached Broadway Street — some moved towards the Oakland Police headquarters, others tore through the Old Oakland District. Others, more peaceful in nature, staged a demonstration and sit-in at 14th and Broadway streets in front of Oakland City Hall.
More Complete and Continuous BART Shooting Coverage:
Breaking News Updates: BART shooting protesters start dumpster fire, vandalize Oakland police car (Jan. 7)
Oakland Councilwoman calls Grant shooting an “execution” | Drumbeat for criminal charges against BART cop intensifies (Jan. 7)
BART cop who shot, killed unarmed rider resigns (Jan. 7)
“He never texted back” | Family prepares for police shooting victim’s funeral as outrage goes national (Jan. 7)
$25 Million claim filed against BART as officer identified and new shooting video is made public (Jan. 6)
Criticism mounts as home videos show BART cop shooting, killing unarmed rider (Jan. 4)
OUR OPINION: PEOPLE ARE ANGRY: Damning home video and cover-up allegations keeps BART on the hot seat for shooting rider (Jan. 5)
Protesters re-enacted the killing of Grant. Some laid in the middle of the roadway, stomach to the pavement and hands behind their backs, much like how the deceased man appeared in numerous grainy cell phone camera videos that have surfaced showing the incident. Those videos, shown around the world, have generated widespread outrage of his killing by Johannes Mehserle, 27, who abruptly resigned from the BART Police Department Wednesday, allowing him to evade questions from investigators who were eager to speak with the former officer.The deafening silence has fueled anger and mistrust of law enforcement, some protesters said.
At the small riot in Downtown Oakland Wednesday night, Oakland Police and reinforcements from other agencies, including BART Police, donned riot gear and deployed tear gas numerous times and a number of locations in hopes of dispersing the crowd. During a 10:30 p.m. press conference with reporters, Oakland Police said that 14 protesters had been arrested.
As of press time, more rioters were being arrested by police at 20th and Broadway streets, near the 19th Street BART station around 11:00 p.m.
Other rioters, determined to create trouble, went down 13th and 14th Streets in Downtown Oakland. Several cars were set on fire. Windshields were smashed, and the storefronts of local businesses were destroyed by the individuals.
The chaotic scene played out at the McDonald’s fast-food restaurant across from the Oakland Public Main Library when rioters broke out glass and set a vehicle ablaze nearby.
A television news photographer sustained minor injuries when someone tried to steal his news camera and subsequently assaulted him and destroyed his news gathering equipment when the effort failed.
Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums showed up to one of the main gatherings near City Hall and pleaded with protesters for patience and calm. He told reporters Wednesday night that he has asked the Oakland Police Department to launch their own, separate investigation into the BART Police shooting.
Today will mark one week since Grant’s shooting death at the Fruitvale station platform. The whirlwind of events, the release of the home videos, a firestorm of public outcry, and now violence and mischief has attracted worldwide attention and has received mostly critical reactions of the transit agency and the police officer who shot Grant to death while he laid on his stomach, unarmed and appearing to cooperate with authorities.
BART’s Board of Directors — the elected body which oversees the organization — are expected to get an earful from protesters who have vowed to crowd the meeting halls during a 9:00 a.m. meeting Thursday at transit district headquarters in Downtown Oakland. Many have become angered by the fact that Mehserle was allowed to go uninterviewed by investigators for days after the shooting incident. His resignation Wednesday and state laws that protect peace officers may allow him to avoid any questioning that could potentially leave critical questions — specifically why he shot and killed Grant — unanswered.
For many who have seen the video and still have questions about the justifiability of the shooting incident, it’s a disconcerting prospect.
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JOHN JEAN:KINDLING@Johnathon Levine Gallery NYC
January 11th 09, 14:10
Checked out the James Jean show Friday at Levine gallery. I knew Jeans comic book work but had never seen his fine art before. I was more than impressed with his vibrant work. I used some of the Levine gallery pics for the images I didn’t get the best shots of. I really dug the show the pieces were vibrant ,big in scope and multi layered. This was his first fine art show in New York City. I found his work well rounded,pretty intricate and he possess obvious hand skills. I wasnt familiar with his fine art work at all and didn’t know what to expect though I knew he possessed illustrative skills I was impressed with his presentation and the overall scale of the show and of course the work. It was nice to see a show with out any preconceived notions for a change. I copped a print thats gonna look really nice on my walls…..The original sold for about 45k …..Good stuff I suggest you go and see it if you get the chance it runs through Feb 7th at Johnathan Levine Gallery 529 w 20th 9th flr.
Enough words here’s images:
I copped the print of that one it’s called Toymaker…..It’s sick… I doubled up on the images cause I dug it so much! First ones my shot 2nd ones from the gallery
The artist James Jean
Nice show and a tremendous debut for James Jean in NYC……I always dug his comic work and now I’m a certified fan of his paintings…….Go see the show I think you’ll dig it!
For more of the show check out my site lot’s more pics and stuff
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FREDDIE HUBBARD REST IN POWER
January 7th 09, 9:45
I was kind of late on this been slacking on the blog a little……Loved this guys music thru many different phases of his career from the Bop stuff to the funk jazz of the 70’s…..Hall of Famer right here
Freddie Hubbard, Jazz Trumpeter, Dies at 70
By Peter Keepnews
Freddie Hubbard, a jazz trumpeter who dazzled audiences and critics alike with his virtuosity, his melodicism and his infectious energy, died on Monday in Sherman Oaks, Calif. He was 70 and lived in Sherman Oaks.
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The cause was complications of a heart attack he had on Nov. 26, said his spokesman, Don Lucoff of DL Media.
Over a career that began in the late 1950s, Mr. Hubbard earned both critical praise and commercial success — although rarely for the same projects.
He attracted attention in the 1960s for his bravura work as a member of the Jazz Messengers, the valuable training ground for young musicians led by the veteran drummer Art Blakey, and on albums by Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and many others. He also recorded several well-regarded albums as a leader. And although he was not an avant-gardist by temperament, he participated in three of the seminal recordings of the 1960s jazz avant-garde: Ornette Coleman’s “Free Jazz” (1960), Eric Dolphy’s “Out to Lunch” (1964) and John Coltrane’s “Ascension” (1965).
In the 1970s Mr. Hubbard, like many other jazz musicians of his generation, began courting a larger audience, with albums that featured electric instruments, rock and funk rhythms, string arrangements and repertory sprinkled with pop and R&B songs like Paul McCartney’s “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey” and the Stylistics’ “Betcha by Golly, Wow.” His audience did indeed grow, but his standing in the jazz world diminished.
By the start of the next decade he had largely abandoned his more commercial approach and returned to his jazz roots. But his career came to a virtual halt in 1992 when he damaged his lip, and although he resumed performing and recording after an extended hiatus, he was never again as powerful a player as he had been in his prime.
Frederick Dewayne Hubbard was born on April 7, 1938, in Indianapolis. His first instrument was the alto-brass mellophone, and in high school he studied French horn and tuba as well as trumpet. After taking lessons with Max Woodbury, the first trumpeter of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, at the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music, he performed locally with, among others, the guitarist Wes Montgomery and his brothers.
Mr. Hubbard moved to New York in 1958 and almost immediately began working with groups led by the saxophonist Sonny Rollins, the drummer Philly Joe Jones and others. His profile rose in 1960 when he joined the roster of Blue Note, a leading jazz label; it rose further the next year when he was hired by Blakey, widely regarded as the music’s premier talent scout.
Adding his own spin to a style informed by Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and Clifford Brown, Mr. Hubbard played trumpet with an unusual mix of melodic inventiveness and technical razzle-dazzle. The critics took notice. Leonard Feather called him “one of the most skilled, original and forceful trumpeters of the ’60s.”
After leaving Blakey’s band in 1964, Mr. Hubbard worked for a while with another drummer-bandleader, Max Roach, before forming his own group in 1966. Four years later he began recording for CTI, a record company that would soon become known for its aggressive efforts to market jazz musicians beyond the confines of the jazz audience.
His first albums for the label, notably “Red Clay,” contained some of the best playing of his career and, except for slicker production and the presence of some electric instruments, were not significantly different from his work for Blue Note. But his later albums on CTI, and the ones he made after leaving the label for Columbia in 1974, put less and less emphasis on improvisation and relied more and more on glossy arrangements and pop appeal. They sold well, for the most part, but were attacked, or in some cases simply ignored, by jazz critics. Within a few years Mr. Hubbard was expressing regrets about his career path.
Most of his recordings as a leader from the early 1980s on, for Pablo, Musicmasters and other labels, were small-group sessions emphasizing his gifts as an improviser that helped restore his critical reputation. But in 1992 he suffered a setback from which he never fully recovered.
By Mr. Hubbard’s own account, he seriously injured his upper lip that year by playing too hard, without warming up, once too often. The lip became infected, and for the rest of his life it was a struggle for him to play with his trademark strength and fire. As Howard Mandel explained in a 2008 Down Beat article, “His ability to project and hold a clear tone was damaged, so his fast finger flurries often result in blurts and blurs rather than explosive phrases.”
Mr. Hubbard nonetheless continued to perform and record sporadically, primarily on fluegelhorn rather than on the more demanding trumpet. In his last years he worked mostly with the trumpeter David Weiss, who featured Mr. Hubbard as a guest artist with his group, the New Jazz Composers Octet, on albums released under Mr. Hubbard’s name in 2001 and 2008, and at occasional nightclub engagements.
Mr. Hubbard won a Grammy Award for the album “First Light” in 1972 and was named a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master in 2006.
He is survived by his wife of 35 years, Briggie Hubbard, and his son, Duane.
Mr. Hubbard was once known as the brashest of jazzmen, but his personality as well as his music mellowed in the wake of his lip problems. In a 1995 interview with Fred Shuster of Down Beat, he offered some sober advice to younger musicians: “Don’t make the mistake I made of not taking care of myself. Please, keep your chops cool and don’t overblow.”
From The NY TimesRed Clay a old fav of mine and Qtips……Great record I used destinys children for Del a long time ago for a song called……….Freddie Hubbard he had a beautiful tone and had a bunch of funk jazz joints I liked in the 70’s One of the all time greats much respect
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ART BASEL O8:THE CONVENTION ENTER PT 1
December 10th 08, 1:17
I went to Miami this year for the 3rd straight year. I was only in Miami for a few days and tried to take in as much art as possible. This is a bunch of stuff I saw and dug at Art Basel. The satellite shows like scope and Aqua showed younger emerging artists while at Art Basel they tended to show more heavy hitters. There was also a lot of paintings by the modern masters more than I recall seeing the last 2 years possibly due to the faltering economy. Enough of me here’s some pics of stuff I dug
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10DEEP HOLIDAY JUMPOFF AND MIX TAPE WITH DJ BENZI
December 9th 08, 15:44
This event gets bigger and better every year …..This is gonna be a humdinger! If i could get the site to function properly I would post a tune from the NEW DEAL mix tape we did with Benzi
Here’s our first salvo from the New Deal Mixtape go download that tmrw at the 10Deep site….for now enjoy this right here: Wale ft. Brother Ali 2nd time around
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TRAVIS LOUIE STRANGE NEIGHBORS@FUSE GALLERY NYC
December 1st 08, 12:33
Popped in to Fuse Gallery and peeped out Travis Louies show over the weekend. Travis is a serious talent with a totally unique and child like style that incorporates lots of scary yet playful imagery. His work is some where in the realm of Edward Gorey or Maurice Sendak in a sense. Eric Foss who runs Fuse introduced me to Travis’ work a few years ago and I’ve been a fan ever since. He’s a NYC original and a nice guy. His work is really cool to me check it out:
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CALMA@ JONATHON LEVINE
November 30th 08, 23:58
Nice show stuffs simple and clean looking and his book is pretty cool as well…….Here’s some pics
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