Calidad Entertainment

Monday, June 15, 2009

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

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

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.

Download Here

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

Stream Here

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

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

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.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

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

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Sober's Birthday

I already commented on this event in the previous post.

Percolator Fridays

This Friday my man Select along with A. One will be doing the damn thing at Zubar for the Percolator Fridays Version 1.0 These two cats do their thing on the 1's and 2's and the event is free. So come on out and shake your tailfeather. Also, come by the Cavern on Lower Greenville for some chunky tunes thrown together for my man DJ Sober's birthday bash. It's gonna be dope.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Mad Updates

So we had a mad busy weekend this past weekend.

Friday night, chilled out Leon The Pro and DJ Love at Ten in Downtown Dallas. It was a cool relaxing evening and DJ Love was playing the classics.

Saturday, spent the day at The 808 Studio. Mentored my niece Julia on the recording process. Pro recorded another sick track for the mixtape. Myself, International Stro, and our first cousin Jen recorded a track for the mixtape too. In order to afford the proper time for The 808 to mixdown our tracks and in an effort to make sure we give yall quality product, the mixtape release has been pushed back a week. New release date=June 1, 2009. Trust me, it's gonna be bananas. Big up to Rosalinda Ruiz and The 808 Studio for always being mad professional and showing Calidad Entertainment much love. Get at them if you need studio services.

Saturday evening, hit up a graduation dinner for my boy Eugenio at La Duni on Oak Lawn. Then headed over to Kenichi with International Stro, Hassan, Pro, and Kid Rae for Milad's (CEO of the Crazy Hour Crew) graduation party. It was off the chain. Definitely the livest graduation party I've ever witnessed. Shot out to The Crazy Hour Crew. Be on the lookout for some Calidad Entertainment - Crazy Hour Crew collabos this summer.

Sunday met up with Pro, Love, Ani, & Stro. Hit up the Rec Shop BBQ/BBoy Jam. It was dope to see all of the young bucks still representing the skateboard, bboy, and graffiti cultures. Unfortunately, the DPD shut down the event prematurely and with an excessive display of force.

Finally, bellow are some videos from the weekends events. Click here to view the pics. Aight world. Stay tuned for more updates. Remember, the mix drops June 1, 2009. Peace!

Thursday, May 14, 2009

REC SHOP . FREE BBQ . SUNDAY . DAYTIME .

So I've been sporadic with the posts lately because I was wrapping up my final exams and my first year of grad school. Survey says, I was successful. It was mad stressful but I made it. Now I'm back on my grind with CE.

This is a flier a free event being put on by Rec Shop and Big J of the Clever Monkey's. It's going down Sunday at 3 pm. If you have had the opportunity to catch Big J at Cool Out Mondays at The Cavern or his Thursday night gig at Blue Fish, then you know he holds it down on the 1's and 2's.

Our first mixtape is dropping next Thursday, May 21, 2009. It's gonna be HOT! Bump it in route to your Memorial Day Weekend parties, at the pool, lake, your car, or the shower.

Finally, one of readers, James Tolbert has suggested that we add more commentary to our posts. James, thank you for the suggestion and we will begin to put more substance into our posts.

Peace!