prototype presents “Me Against The World”

prototype presents the dopest art show the end the Summer right. “Me Against The World” features new work from Pancho Abalos, Newkon, Eukarezt, Janel Natividad, Spel Oner and Romali from San Diego. Along with new pieces, look for prints, stickers, munny’s and other toys from these dope artists.

Speaking of dope artists, DJ JABA ONE will be spinning on the ones and twos. He’ll also debut his latest mix CD at this event too.

There’s also a limited to 75 pieces show t-shirt that will be on sale during this event as well.

Of course, it wouldn’t be a prototype art show unless there was gonna be dope giveaways and a blackbook battle.

This all goes down this Saturday night from 6-8 pm at prototype Pearlridge. For more info, check out http://www.inspirecreativity.com

atypicalLIVING Covers: Split Obsession Grand Re-Opening

Been a while since I did some event coverage, so here’s some flicks from the Grand Re-opening of Split Obsession at Ala Moana.  The shop is (finally) in a location that speaks to the type of clientele that they’re trying to reach with their art, clothing, and toys.  The event also featured Philippe Anthony on the live painting, Kavet The Catalyst and JABAone on the 1’s and 2’s, a Candy Bar (with help yourself peanut M&Ms…) and good vibes all around.  it was great to see the meshing of so many different cultures in one spot. It was quite refreshing.

Big ups to Bruce and Erica for re-opening the shop and for continued success.  Happy to have been down since day one.

Check out the Split Obsession crew at http://www.splitobsession.com

Check out the rest of the photos at the atypicalFLICKR.

JABA ONE in Hawaii

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This week, San Diego’s own JABA ONE rolls through Hawaii with a couple of events to check out.

First up, on Thursday, JABA will be at SOHO Mixed Media Lounge on Pauahi St. for a special birthday celebration for resident SOHO DJ, Yogurt.  This event is 21+, but there’s no cover.  Definitely want to dress up for this one.

On Friday night, JABA will be making an appearance at the Turntable Lounge night at Hip Hop at the Trops.  It’s the night that the DJs control, as each turntable specialist will have 30 minutes to do ANYTHING they desire.

Alongside of JABA ONE will be D’Kre, Technique, Logoe, Une, and Revise.  This one is 18+ and also with no cover.  Might want to dress fresh for that one, too.

The event at SOHO kicks off at 9pm on Thursday night; the event at Tropics Cafe opens up at 930pm.

For more info, check out the Got Rice Show blog.

UNDIVIDED

If you haven’t been noticing the trend in the past couple of posts on atypical, there’s this gigantic Hip-Hop Expo going down this weekend at the Blaisdell.

This is a serious expo with workshops, a film festival, open forums and events in all four of the elements going down for almost two full days. I’d spend time talking about it, but the huge ass pic of the Beat Freaks above, along with an appearance from SuperCr3w, NoCanDo, Ellay Khule, Jel, Rholi Rol, Rhettmatic, Jaba One, and a whole bunch of other peeps.

lightsleepers massive all up in this with a booth and a sponsorship slot in this whole mess of hip-hop.

I don’t know if you know this, but this is kind of a big deal.

UNDIVIDED goes down on Friday from 3pm-11pm and Saturday from 9am-9pm.

For more info, check out the GeneratioNXT website.

DJ Jaba One/lightsleepers/Homegrown Blends: Poked in the Eye by Love

Lofa just hooked it up with a copy of Jaba Oner’s new mixtape Poked in the Eye by Love, a danceable 37-song collection of love jams and reminiscing.

According to the liner notes, this one was supposed to come out during Valentine’s Day, thus explaining the name and the content of the mixtape.

But, due to unforeseen circumstances, it hasn’t come out… until now.

This one features pretty much any dope love jam you can think of… plus some NoMasterBacks stuff.  Which tracks?

You’re gonna have to cop one to find out.  Seriously, this thing hasn’t left the ears since I got it.

You can cop this anywhere that you can find lightsleepers music, including Exclusive, Lofa’s cargo pockets, and the back of Kavet‘s xB.