Summer heat!!

Well June was incredibly hot.. Rok finally recorded 'TRENCHES' at the Open Thought Music Studio and put it up on MYSPACE...larokasoul.. so finally the spell has been broke.. and she performed it at Freddy's Beantown Breakdown event.. which was so much fun.. i mean like they had a props battle where heads had to act like if they was in their moms living room and tryin to dance... big shout to
New B Wear and Geenie and the b girls out there!!
FC was in the house at the Bronx Musuem for a panel discussion about Hip hop dance.. and it was great to see how many heads have actually performed with FC after all these years. big shout to Asho, STretch, Ill Cosby and ADesola for creating the opportunity...

Then we knew we had to perform the BAch piece with the poppers for the 'Hip-hop Generation Next' block party but the music was really a challenge since neither the pianist nor our resident beat boxer were able to perform live with us.. so Kwik and Tino -our original music person who recieved a FC award way back in 1999.. yes the same evening Kwik and Rok got engaged after a performance at Hostos Community College.. no i won't forget those kinds of things.. anyway... so they burned the midnite oil once again and got us an amazing version of Bach and electro fusion beats... then we had to rehearse and re create the magic.. Onion appeared from Boston and we got in the groove once again..

if that weren't enuff, a gig came out the sky for the day before the Brooklyn gig.. yes.. a FC show at Lehman College for the inauguration of Bronx Week for the NY Foundling.. big shout to Luisa and Iris and Carol.. yes yes yall.. FC multi tasking again.. the show was crazy bumpy literally since we rolled out the linoleum just moments before dancing on it.. Beastie rocked with us and we even did a nervous run of the Bach piece just to get the heebie jeebies out our system.. then off to rehearse with new beatboxer Anointed S and Kat and Future and Onion..

Saturday was great and went smoothly until the rain appeared and baptized us all in the name of hip-hop, salsa, african and VOGUEing.. the Legendary house of Ninja was ready to catwalk but had to wait and wouldn't you know it the audience waited it out too.. it was all so beautiful.. Big Shout to Aviva, KR3T's, Tommy de Frantz, Vanessa, Dancing in the STreets, Benny Ninja, Nydia Velazquez who got on stage and repped the realness she brings to the senate... oh and to FootworKingz, Illstyles and Peace, Adesola and Doc-UAMA, Dj Sparkil, EVil Tracy, and Forrest Gump and yes the Brooklyn borough president who kicked a verse....

then Kwik and Rok prepared for the rooftop block party before heading out to Rotterdam for the Street Science Festival hosted by Hip-hop Huis(prounounced house) and what a day it was.. First there was rain then yes more rain.. but the party people were un phased .. the four DJ's kept hitting em hi and hittin them low.. even ishea from Amherst, Zone TDK and Charlie Lock were in the house.. big shout to Stretch, Violet who also celebrated a b day.. and to all the heads to helped out.. Carlos, C MAr, Shea, Thriller, DP One, DOc and Shadiya and Kat, Baba and BEastie.. Happy 40th to Kwik..

and RIP to AYAN -our drummer for the street hitters NYC Float Committee.

July started out intense for Kwik and Rok in Rotterdam .. Collective 7 represented on panels and stages and BABY LOVE was the real draw for so many.. Aruna and Bennie did it up for reals.. on all levels ... thanks to them for inviting Kwik and Rok to perform excerpts of INNAVIEWS at the Lanteren Theater on a line up with Lloyd and Dancing Dave and B girl Anne...and

soon Rok has a nite with La Bruja at the Nuyorican and then in Ithaca doing a solo with the infamous shoe piece at Cornell university.. and after, both Kwik and Rok head to Rennie Harris's Illadelph Legends workshops.. be cool..the summer heat is upon us.. gotsta stay cool.. Keep a cool head..
Peace...