Updates, updates, updates . . .

The pictures are finally up from The Release Party. Thank you again to everyone who came out that evening, downloaded the mix, or just supported CE. A special thanks to Esther, Thomas, and Gozi for sharing your photos with us. Without you the people, none of this would be possible.


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Mark your calendars because 10 July 2009 marks the first installment of our new monthly, The Takeover. Myself and Select will be dropping the ill latin, hip hop, funk, and reggae tunes along with some surprises. Please come prepared to dance and let lose because we are going to have fun. This monthly will be taking place the second Friday of each month. So it's official.

Also, be on the lookout for DJ AV's new latin weekly, Noches De Coco Rocos, coming to Zubar starting next month. International Stro will be hosting. More information to follow.

Finally, CE's very own DJ Select just released his new mixtape titled Swag Surfin. You can probably tell from the title that it is a dirty south mix. My man goes in on this mix and you will definitely be pleased.

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SAS

Mark your calendars because this 4th of July it is going down with Select and Schwa for their monthly party, SAS. They will be playing the ill disco, hip-hop, house, and funk tunes. Think of it as Masters At Work meets Funkmaster Flex. Good tunes all night long and it's free. SAS has become one of my favorite local monthlies. Schwa was also recently voted The Next Big Thing by Quick DFW. So come and see what all the hype is about because Select and Schwa will truly live up to it.

AV

Percolator Fridays

This Friday DJ's Select and A.One will be doing their second edition of Percolator Fridays. If you missed last months, let me just say it was bananas. They will be playing the best in hip-hop, 80's, 90's dancehall, and r & b. It's free too. So come on out, let your hair down, loosen up your buttons, and rock out with us for Percolator Friday's.

DJ Select in Quick

Calidad Entertainment's very own DJ Select is featured in this weeks edition of Quick D/FW. I would give you a back brief on Select but then that would ruin the article.

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The Basement

Check out my peoples this Friday at Suite. Big J and Sober will be holding down. Good tunes, good vibe, so just go! hahaha. Peace!

AV

1ST & 15TH MIXES: VOL 17 SCOTTIE B *LIVE IN PHILLY*

Here is another one from the CFB crew. Scottie B starts off with traditional BMore and then segues into some hood rap tracks. I LOVE these guys mixes.

Tracklisting:
1. Scottie B “Intro & Bam Bam”
2. KW Griff “Chris Rock Joint”
3. ?? “Rump (Remix)”
4. Rod Lee “Dance My Pain Away”
5. KW Griff “Let Me See You Shake Them Titties”
6. Scottie B “Niggaz Fightin’”
7. Bo Bliz “Philly Club Anthem”
8. KW Griff “If You Believe in Having Sex”
9. Low Budget “What You Know About That”
10. Luke “Breakdown”
11. Scottie B “A Milli (I’m Ill Remix)”
12. Young Jeezy “Who Dat”
13. Young Jeezy “What They Want”
14. Young Jeezy “Get Allot”
15. Hurricane Chris “Halle Berry”
16. Gucci Mane “I’m The shit”
17. Beyonce ft Lil Wayne “Diva (Remix)”
18. F.L.Y. “Swag Surfin”
19. Soulja Boy “Turn My Swag On (Remix)”
20. Shawty Lo ft Ludacris & Young Jeezy “Dey Know (Remix)”
21. Lil Wayne ft Drake “Pussy Monster”
22. OJ Da Juice Man ft Gucci Mane “Make the Trap Say Aye”
23. J-Money “1st Name Last Name”
24. Yung LA ft Young Dro & TI “Ain’t I (Remix)”
25. Yola DG “Ain’t Gon Let Up”
26. Yung Joc “A Couple Grand”
27. Soulja Boy “Donk”
28. Jadakiss ft Swizz Beats & OJ Da Juiceman “Who’s Real”

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1ST & 15TH MIXES: VOL 18 MEISTRO *CRAB CHIPS & LAKE TROUT 2*

This is a mix a found on the crossfadedbacon site. Here is a description of the mix by Meistro himself. "“track was either produced (or remixed) by a Baltimore artist. It is not an attempt at a “best of,” just a mix of tracks that represent the diversity of the Baltimore sound — new and old (although mostly from the past five years or so). Vocal joints, gospel, club bangers, etc. Hope you dig it!”

This crew always puts out quality mixes. They are heavy in my ipod. Bmore club is on my top 5 genres that I enjoy.

Tracklisting:
1. Jasper Street Co. - A Feelin’ (Farley & Heller inst)
2. Fanatix - Open Your Eyes feat. Dionne Mitchell & Sterling Ensmble (DJ Spen & Tha MuthaFunkaz remix)
3. DJ Oji - Scattmasters (Teddy Douglas re-edit)
4. Michelle Weeks & Dawn Tallman feat. Laquana Jones - We’re Gonna Make It (DJ Spen Mix)
5. Jasper Street Co. feat Ann Nesby - God Helps Those Who Help Themselves (Baltimore Club Remix)
6. Jasper Street Co. feat Ann Nesby - God Helps Those Who Help Themselves (Original Mix)
7. Next Phase - Piece of Mind (Basement Boys Vocal Mix)
8. Ferry Ultra feat. Roy Ayers - Dangerous (Spen & Karizma main mix)
9. MuthaFunkaz feat Shelia Ford & Biblical Jones - Galaxy (MuthaFunkaz Long Version)
10. Master Kev & Scott Wozniak - String Thing (DJ Spen’s Code Red Mix)
11. Master Kev & Scott Wozniak - String Thing (KW Griff’s Baltimore Klub Mix)
12. Marc Evans - Tonight’s the Night (Miguel Migs Salted Vocal)
13. Skwerl - All Woman (K2’s Deepah 1ne Dub)
14. Stephanie Cook - A New Day (Karizma Dub)
15. Karizma - Necessary Madness
16. Ben Westbeech - Hang Around (Karizma’s Deepah 1ne Remix)
17. Tayor McFerrin - Georgia (Karizma’s Bruk it Down Remix)
18. A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray (DJ Spen & Thommy Davis Dub)
19. Sybil - Don’t Give Up (Dub)

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Doowutchyalike

My man DJ A.One is starting a new weekly at Barcadia. A.One has been holding it down on the tables in the D/FW area since as far back as I can remember. Let me just say that this cat gets it in. So go out, support, enjoy the good tunes, good drinks, and go in with my man A.One. Peace!

AV

Thank You!

We wanted to thank everyone who came out to Zubar and rocked out with CE. We truly enjoyed ourselves and hope that you did too. Without you, none of this would have been possible. The pictures will be posted later on this week so continue to check back with us.

DJ Select and myself are starting a new monthly called The Take Over. It will be on the second Friday of each month. Our inaugural party will be on 10 July 2009. Also be on the look out for my new weekly at Zubar. I will be playing the best in salsa, merengue, bachata, rock y pop en espanol. More info to follow.

Be on the lookout for Calidad Blends Vol. 2 dropping 18 July 2009. In honor of Colombian Independence Day, we will be mixing up the best in Colombian salsa, cumbia, and vallenato. Look for CE at the Colombian Festival at Pizza Hut Park to receive your copy.

Thanks again yall. Peace!

AV

The Official

Just a reminder. Calidad Entertainment presents The Release Party for DJ AV's "Calidad Blends Vol. 1" and Leon The Professionals "get2knowpro" mix cd's. Arrive early to receive your free copies of the "Calidad Blends Vol. 1", Pro's "get2knowpro" DJ Select's new mix cd's.

We gonna be doing it up NYC/Caribbean style so be ready to "make it hot, make it, make it, make it hot!" Going down at zubar on 2012 Greenville Ave, Dallas, TX.

Front room=Champion Sound playing the best in roots, reggae, dancehall (old/new), hip-hop, 80's & 90's w/ dj's blaq // select // tyrone //

Backroom=The Release Party w/ dj av playing the best in hip hop, latin (salsa, merengue, bachata, reggaeton, pop), disco, house // live pa w/ international stro // leon the pro // + a special guest // free!!!!! //

Calidad Blends Vol. 1 is uploaded and ready for you to cop.

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You can also stream the mix from your home, office, or 3G phone.

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Finally, we here at Calidad Entertainment would like to thank everyone who helped or supported in bringing this project and party to fruition and a few people in particular. Gotta big up God first, my moms and pops, my sister Jasmine, Stro and Pro, Ayanna and Kyle, Rosalinda and The 808 Studio, Ray at Zubar, Chuck, Ruba, Brent and the crew at buhbomp.com, Nick Nack and the crew at gigacrate.com, Enfoe, Juliann, Disco Dave, Jose G, Levi, Gabe and Mimi, Brent, Ronnie, Kelly, James, Mike Swing, Natasha, all my soldiers still doing their thing in the US Army, Lea, Tanna, Andrew, Allison, Adrian and Maria, Kervin and Wendy, Jeremiah , Ravi, Daniel, Diana, Mario, Gozi, Myles, Sober, Select, Nature, Baby G, & HeadKrack. I know I forgot to mention a lot of people but you all know I appreciate you too.

Peace!

DJ AV

Santigold Afterparty

I just peeped this on Sober's Facebook. Man! This is going to be dope. I can't wait. Philly is going to be in the building heavy. Word up to the Deleware Valley. I used to go to summer camp out there. But yeah, this is going to be an ill evening.

Brown Sugar

It's going down this Friday yall. If you don't know about Baby G then you need to log on and learn about him.
My man has been holding it down since back in the day. A member of Mad Flava and I.G.P. (International Grand Possee), G was signed to a major label and toured the world. He used to do the 20 minute work out mix on 100.3 Jamz here in Dallas, did evening mixes on K104.5, was the head hip-hop vinyl purchaser at Bill's Records. Put out classic mixtapes such as Bomb Ass Tape #'s 1 & 2, The Raw Deal 1 & 2, Headz Ain't Ready, etc. Now in Austin, G holds it down on Hot 93.3 FM. He does the Latin thing at Cielo on Fridays. Can't forget his reggae/dancehall monthly Ring The Alarm and if you really old school you'll remember the Soul Shake Down monthly.
The point is, Friday is gonna be off the chain. Besides Nick Nack, Baby G has had one of the biggest influences on my style of deejaying. So come out for my mans homecoming and lets make it hot.

The Release Party

So here is the official flier for the release party next Friday. Shout out to my man Levi Sitters in Austin, TX for doing the flier design.

If you are planning to attend this event, I would suggest you arrive early in order to ensure entry because it is going to be packed. You also want to arrive early in order to receive your free copy of DJ AV's Calidad Blends Vol. I and Leon The Professional's get2knowpro mix cd's. We will be doing it in the back room of Zubar. My man DJ Select will be holding it down in the front room so you know the club will be jumping. Come prepared to rock out with Calidad Entertainment and dance your butt off because we are going to make it hot.

DJ AV's Calidad Blends Vol. I will be available for free download on Tuesday, June 9, 2009. Check the blog in order to find the url for the free download.

Peace!

DJ AV