OKPlayer AGAIN with our single 'Alright With Me' ft. Phonte & Dminor

http://www.okayplayer.com/news/Audio-Keelay-Zaire-Alright-With-Me-feat.-Phonte-Dminor.html

And if ya like ha music served on a familiar plate, how bout it being served up by our GOOD homies at OKPlayer.com...'Alright With Me' ft Phonte & Dminor on OKP...tell a fiend and leave drop a comment or two on the page!

I tell ya, I love them folks over at OKPlayer lol

Threaded N Big UPPED By UpperPlayground

Shouts to upperplayground.com for showin love to ya boys...and a HUGE shoutout to U.P. for threadin us with some of the illest fashion...I don't know a better life than the rap life...dope ass companies like these make it all worth it! Peep game and the videos!! Ayo Ev, HOLLA!

Alright With Me!

Download our Single below.. PASS dat shiet on and stay tuned for the video!

Keelay and Zaire - Alright With Me (ft. Dminor and Phonte of Little Brother)

I Used To Ride!

Keelay and Zaire f/ The Park, Fortilive, Jern Eye, Evangillest - I Used to Ride (Live from SXSW at the Blind Pig) from Nightclubber Lang on Vimeo.

More SXSW Footage.. Thanks Nightclubber Lang!

Aaand More Video Surfaces..

http://vimeo.com/2538781 from AlwaysHustle.com on Vimeo.

Extra special thanks to the homeys over at Always Hustle.com for posting this Daaays ago. I had never seen this until today.. Yall the shit!

Primo Plays some Kee and Zee!

What can I say Primo is a legend and this feels good! haha.. As posted on Primo's blog.

Thanks Preem!

We Rocked SXSW!

Heres some footage from our rooftop showcase at SXSW. Shout out to our band The Park, and the whole ABB and MYX Music Fam: Fortilive, Da Evangellist, Jern Eye, Geo of the Blue Scholars, Wonway, Tais and HanifWondir.

SXSW: Blue Scholars @ NahRight/TSS Showcase

Check the homies Geo and Sabzi, aka the Blue Scholars, rock the NahRight/TSS Showcase at SXSW last Saturday. Shouts to Eskay/Nation/Dre!

Myx Music Label/Hip Hop DX Mixtape 'We Out Here Mang' FREE DOWNLOAD

Awww yeah folks, as yall prolly seen, we did it REAL big in Austin at the SXSW Music Conference. In addition to that, HipHopDX.com along with our label Myx Music Label dropped a BANGIN mixtape to celebrate our SXSW invite and to give to our loyal supporters to rock! It's mixed by the Okland Faders own Dj Mere, and I promise this is a joint that yall will LOVE. Oh yeah, and the most important part; its FREE FREE FREE! Recession proof!

Myx Music Label/HipHopDX.com Presents the 'We Out Here Mang' Mixtape Mixed By Dj Mere

^^^download that joint right there, and pass along to ya friends, I promise yall gonna luv this jawnt!

Tracklisting!

1. Dj Mere Intro
2. Kam Moye aka Supastition Exclusive (DJ Mere Illmind Remix)
3. Keelay and Zaire - Slick Talk ft. Nightclubber Lang
4. Project Heights - Champion ft.Rakaa Iriscience Noel Scaggs (Prod. By llmind)
5. Slo Mo - It Really Goes Down (Prod. by Illmind)
6. Keelay and Zaire - Exclusive Shit ft. Supastition
7. Keelay and Zaire - Growin Up ft. Slo Mo
8. OC - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly (Keelay and Zaire Remix)
9. Kam Moye aka Supastition Exclusive Freestyle
10. Keelay and Zaire - The Return ft. Emilio Rojas and Slo Mo
11. Skyzoo Exclusive (Prod. by Illmind)
12. Jern Eye - So and So ft. Guilty Simpson (Prod. by Keelay and Zaire)
13. Kam Moye aka Supastition Exclusive
14. Fortilive - Cowboys ft. 84 (Prod. by Illmind)
15. DJ Mere Exclusive MMLShit
16. Fortilive - 24 /7 (Prod. by Keelay and Zaire)
17. Keelay and Zaire - The Times ft. Blu, Fortilive and Nino Moschella

peace yall!!!

Crew 54 Reality SXSW Edition Pt. 1

54 Reality Show SXSW Special Part. 1 from The 54 Reality Show on Vimeo.

Shouts to the big homeys CREW 54 who held us down out in Austin!

Yes we were in SXSW..

SXSW: Mickey Factz Performs 'Automatic'

Mickey Factz with Curtis Santiago performing 'Automatic.' Enjoy!

Keelay and Zaire in this Months Hip Hop Connection Magazine

For those who don't know Hip Hop Connection is a hip hop magazine based out of the UK. This might be my favorite hip hop magazine period! Needless to say it was an honor to be in the mag. You can check out HHC here to order your copy if you can't find at the stands..

Last but not least who took that ILL picture you say? Don't sleep on my dude Alexander Richter! Check him out here.. This is that "Photo Crack" (c) A.Richter

AlexanderRichterPhoto.com

SXSW: Charles Hamilton

The youngster out of Harlem rocked the Okayplayer showcase as well. Then afterwards spent a solid 30 minutes in a cypher just outside the venue. Heres footage of the performance, stay tuned for the cypher. We out here mang!

SXSW: 88 Keys and Izza Kizza

More footage from the Frank151/Okayplayer 10th Anniversary Showcase at SXSW. This time Izza Kizza joins 88 for their smasher. Enjoy!

SXSW: 88 Keys @ Okayplayer/Frank151 Showcase

As you all know by now, SXSW 09 was serious. From our video blogging for HipHopDX to our multiple showcases, SXSW was just non-stop movement for our squad. We got to meet and see perform a lot of our favorite artists, including 88 Keys (featured above). This clip is from the Frank 151/Okayplayer 10th Anniversary Showcase we rocked on Saturday. 88 came on after us and killed it.

Peep the vid, and stay tuned for lots more footage!

Kee & Zee Ridin High Interview on RapReviews.com!

Yes, another good interview with ya boys via Rap Reviews.com...lol ya boy Keelay is SILLY, check it out...

http://www.rapreviews.com/interview/keelay2009.html

Although the year may be young, Keelay & Zaire's "Ridin High" is already being hailed as one of the best Hip-Hop releases of 2009. The duo is fairly new to the scene and their story is an interesting one as they're a production duo that lives over 2,000 miles apart from each other; Keelay resides in San Francisco, CA while Zaire is in Newport News, VA. This week RapReviews caught up with both of them to find out about how they met, what their work process it like, and how the internet has been a major part of their careers every step of the way.
Adam Bernard: OK, first question, point blank, how the heck did you two end up linking up?

Keelay: {*laughs*} We live in the age of the internet now, so it's just a crazy thing. I think back in '02 or '03 we had both started learning how to make beats and we started posting on this message board on undergroundhiphop.com and we met so many people there. A lot of our homies are from there and used to post there. Zaire and myself and J. Fish, who's another producer friend of ours, we just kinda started hitting each other up on instant messenger and sending beats back and forth. About a month, maybe two months, after that it was like yo, let's meet up and put a project together or start working on something. Two months later we just blindly flew out to Pittsburgh, PA, which was where Fish lived, and it's been a wrap ever since then.

Adam: I was about to say, Pittsburgh didn't exactly sound like a central location if somebody didn't live there.

Keelay: It's a funny place, man. I'm actually glad we got to go there because it's an interesting place I would have never have gone to in my life.

Zaire: It was funny, though, because nobody knew what each other looked like. Fish was the one who engineered the whole thing, he said just come out to my crib, we can do some music. We were under the impression that this guy had his own place and was a little bit older and what not. It turned out that J. Fish was like 17 years old staying with his mom and we all mobbed up there and all we had was internet contacts. It was a crazy thing, but it was wonderful, man. We did a lot of things, did a lot of music. We just linked up and vibed out and it just worked out really well.

AB: To be fair to J. Fish, most of us were still shackin up with moms at 17.

K: It's funny because the first thing that I had heard on the message boards from Fish was a song where he had made the beat and was rappin on it and Fish sounds like, honestly, I thought he was like a 30 year old black dude, but we get out there, Fish comes to pick me up at the airport and it turns out he's this little 17 year old white, furry dude.

AB: Hilarious description! So with you and Zaire so far away from each other what does the song creation process entail for you?

K: It's a lot different now than it was for the album, obviously, because we're two years deep and have refined the process a lot, but to start with we really just wanted to do a project, me and Zaire, and we just started with some beats that we both liked and we put em all in a pot and we started mapping out the album and deciding who we wanted to get on it. From there we had people record to the beats and then after that it was a back and forth kind of thing where I would add a string section here, send it back to Zaire, have him put some keys on it. It was a process. Right now we just start with real bare bones skeleton beats and we just send it back and forth however many times it takes to get it to a point where we're happy with it.
[Ridin High]

AB: So the internet, while being a haven for piracy, is also a complete necessity for you in order to get your work done.

Z: Oh yeah.

K: I would say like a good 80% of the album was done over the internet, at least for us.

AB: So how do you deal with the fact that this tool that is obviously helping you a lot is also making it possible for people to steal your music?
K: For me, really, it's just one of those things. Especially, not that I'm a veteran in the music industry by any means, I consider me and Zaire to be super rookies, but as far as how I like to view it, it's just like it's just part of the game now, it's part of life now. At this point the music is basically free for a lot of core people who listen to underground Hip-Hop. It doesn't bother me. Obviously it's something we just have to adapt to as an industry. Not a lot of income is gonna come from record sales. Everybody's gotta find a creative way to make it work and to be able to keep on doing music, whether that's getting on the road, doing a tour, or trying to create some revenue through endorsements, or even licensing, it's just one of those things, but everything you do is to support the music that you want to put out and that's the end of it all for me.

Z: The internet changed the game music-wise. As folks got savvy with the internet, found out how to put music up on the internet, and they now know how to get virtually all music for free, that's just the industry and that's the game, so you have to adapt. I'm not really mad at it because it takes the power away from the guys that are just trying to commercialize everything and it kinda balances everything out. Now it's more in the hands of the artists. Artists have to grind more, they have to put out more music for free. Folks are looking for this music for free and your exposure goes up and you have to get creative to get your stuff out there. So yeah, you won't get a lot of dough off of album sales anymore, that's just a truism these days, but there are other avenues to go. I think it's actually cool. We're not really in it to be rich, but we can still do some things and get our music out there. Can't be mad at that.

AB: I know you guys released an EP for free for download. How did that work out?
K: You know, in the grand scheme of things, the whole reason to release that EP for free was really to shed some light onto the album. For our goal for it, I think it did well. We got a lot of good responses from people who downloaded it and hit us up personally. The object right now for me and Zaire is really to try to get some exposure right now and if that means putting out a free EP, that means putting out a free EP. We're trying to get our music out there and have people hear it. That's the goal.

AB: Let's talk about your new album, Ridin High. From what I've read it's actually a concept album.

K: It's somewhat conceptual.

AB: In what way? For me the concept was it's smooth and funky, but I'm guessing there's more to it than that.

K: Yeah, when we started out the whole process of the album we really wanted to do something more conceptual, like a Prince Paul's Prince of Thieves, but as the album went on, the more we did things, trying to do something as intricate as that didn't lend itself well to my and Zaire's situation, but we still wanted to keep the album themed and somewhat conceptual. We wanted to make it feel like you're riding around in your car listening to Hip-Hop. We try to convey that through the music, through different songs and different concepts of the songs and what not.

AB: So you made the CD for the car. Do you think that will influence people to pick up the full album rather than jus
t download a single?

K: I hope so. {laughs}

Z: We're trying to go for it. Just like he said, it's like riding around in the car listening to Hip-Hop and the album is very musical, it's not just like 30 tracks put together and just thrown on the album. It's meant to flow a certain way, it's meant to have hills and valleys and all that and it's meant to flow different kinds of energies. It was put together like that, so hopefully it will translate to people and they can go ahead and check that out and just ride through the whole album and understand that this is really some ridin music.

AB: In other words, don't put your CD player on "random."

Z: Right, but if that's how you do it then it's all good. We're not trying to keep people boxed in, but when you listen to it all the way through you'll find it's a different experience.

AB: Do you still buy albums?

Z: I do, yeah.

K: Yeah, but I'll be honest, I don't remember the last time I bought a physical CD, I buy all my music from Amazon. I don't know why, I just like Amazon, but I still buy music.

Z: I don't buy it as frequently as I used to. I don't think anybody does. There was a time when joints would come out every week, or every month. You'd get that Tuesday and boom, it's on. But I still buy music.

AB: Let's have a little fun. Give me a slang word or phrase you'd like to bring back.

Z: One of my favorite old school joints is "fly." I like the word fly. I think fly is a different type of dopeness, a different type of good. Something can be dope, but if something's fly it's like its got a little swag to it.
[Keelay & Zaire]

AB: So bring "fly" back!

Z: Yeah. Shiiit, that's what I say.

K: I know one I don't want to come back and that's "the bomb." I don't like when people say that something is the bomb.

Z: It had its place in history.


AB: It's funny you say that because I was about to follow this up by asking if there was a word or phrase you'd like to see fade away. I guess "the bomb" would be it.

K: I don't want to hear that no more.

Z: "That joint's the bomb," yeah, that's pretty dated.

AB: Finally, be honest, who's doper?

Z: I'll answer. I'm not gonna even be on no fan shit, or not political stuff. Keelay has a grip on sounds and his ear is probably one of the best ears out there in the game, period. I think, to me, to a beat maker / producer, it's all about the ear. Nobody's drums sound like Keelay's.

K: I think that's a funny question because, for real, I think the reason Zaire and I work well together is because we're so different. I look to Zaire for different stuff and he looks to me for different things as far as the beats go. I think it's a tough one. I think we're just a good duo.
Z: Fuck that!

Crew 54 - Good Day ft. Bavu Blakes, Beaute (prod. by Kee & Zee)

Whatup Folks!

Just wanted to blast this one out for the homeys Crew 54. This is a track that we produced for them for their upcoming project featuring Bavu Blakes. Some of yall may know crew 54 from their weekly reality show they do online at their Vimeo. Crew 54 is dope and they grind hard Check em out.. Thanks to you all!

Crew 54 - Good Day ft. Bavu Blakes and Beaute (Prod. by Keelay and Zaire)

^^^goods.


http://www.myspace.com/crew54

^^^myspace

catchall at SXSW homies!

CHUUCH!

Thanks for the Support!

Just wanted to say thanks to all those who've shown us so much the love this week. The emails the iTunes purchases, etc. etc. etc. Its a great feeling to say the least! Alot of folks have found that Ridin High is not in every single retailer.. whiiiich it should be! lol.

I figured I would help everybody out and let folks know where the record actually is.. and how, if you feel so inclined, you can help us spread the word and get the record into more stores. Its simple really.. cop the record from any of the places below! Leave comments on iTunes (as funny as that sounds it really helps us out) aaand Request "Ridin High" at your local record store!!

Best Places to Cop "Ridin High"

Of course for all my Digital folks you can cop it at iTunes too! Moost importantly please leave a comment! it helps ya boys out..



Click the Icon to Buy Ridin High (this link actually works..lol) Below are some store listings..thanks!

DIMPLE RECORDS
ZIA RECORDS
JR MUSIC WORLD
FYE
Value Music Concepts

Online Link!


J&r Music World

23 Park Row New York Ny 10038

OnLine Link!

Value Music Concepts

736 Dulaney Valley Center Towson Md 21204

Transworld Stores (FYE, Sam Goody, Camelot, Suncoast)

Online Link!

Store #01461
1 Stoneridge Mall Rd Ste 1048 Pleasanton Ca 94566-1671

Store #01294
20 Serramonte Ctr Ste D300 Daly City Ca 94015-2345

Store #01512
1087 El Camino Real Redwood City Ca 94063-1689

Store #01943
28 Coddingtown Ctr Santa Rosa, Ca 95401-3506

Store #01362
3219 Jefferson St Napa Ca 94559

Store #01173
2200 Eastridge Loop Eastridge Mall Suite 2076 San Jose Ca 95122-1413

Store #00850
1150 El Camino Real Ste 130 San Bruno Ca 94066-2422

Rasputin

2401 Telegraph Ave Berkeley Ca 94704

1280 Willow Pass Road Concord Ca 94520

15590 Hesperian Blvd San Lorenzo Ca 94580

1820 S Bascom Ave Campbell Ca 95008

920 Admiral Callaghan Lane Vallejo Ca 94591

5611 Blackstone Fresno Ca 93710

630 San Antonio Road Mountain View Ca 94040

6623 Pacific Avenue Stockton Ca 95207

AMOEBA RECORDS

2455 Telegraph Ave. Berkeley Ca 94704

1855 Haight St San Francisco Ca 94117

6400 Sunset Blvd Hollywood Ca 90028

VIRGIN MEGASTORE

2 Stockton San Francisco Ca 94108

6801 Hollywood Blvd Suite 105 Hollywood Ca 90028

Denver Pavilions

500 16th St Space 184 Denver Co 80202

DIMPLE RECORDS (Sacramento)

http://www.dimple.com/rel/v2_basket.php


ZIA RECORDS
http://www.ziarecords.com/Item/5067000025

Kee & Zee FRONT PAGE of OKAYPLAYER!!

http://www.okayplayer.com

http://www.okayplayer.com/interviews/latest-interviews/keelay-and-zaire:-strictly-business-200903107534/

^^^ Me & Kee rockin WYLDIN with the good folks of Okayplayer.com

There you will find a A DOPE interview and a lot of goodies to partake in...matta fact, Kee hit em with the goods right NOW!!! (Aight (c) Keelay aka K'Hustle)

http://embed.mtvu.com/keelay-zaire-the-times/
'The Times' video ft. Blu, Fortilive, & Nino Moschella (also rockin in a regular rotation on MTV Jams holla!)

http://www.myxmusiclabel.com/Mixtapes/KeelayZaire_PreludeToDrive.zip

^^^Free project 'Prelude To Drive' to ramp up to the album ft. Supastition, Khizman, Night Clubber Lang, Torae, Tiffany Paige, K-Hill, Surreal, The A.V.E., Mario Dones, Da Evangillest, J.Fish, & Fortilive

http://www.vimby.com/video/music/us/all/detail/9621
^^^Kee & Zee VIMBY interview on the set of the 'Alright With Me'ft. Dminor & Phonte Video shoot. Also on video Phonte & Dminor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH6hktEwHD8&feature=channel_page
^^^Kee & Zee 'Sole Ides' Promo video (promo for the 'Ridin High' LP ft Slo-Mo LMAO)

http://openlinemedia.com/videos/14-in-store/87-keelay-a-zaire-fatbeats-ny
^^^video of Kee & Zee instore at FATBEATS NYC!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuajh7zlkxg&feature=channel_page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSA2IEDX6FM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QXDKO71960&feature=related
^^^Kee & Zee onstage at the L.A. 2nd Street Skillfest with Illmind, Dj Rhettmatic, Mphazes, Veterano, Fortilive & Supastition!!! GOOD FOOTAGE!

http://media.audibletreats.com/Keelay_and_Zaire_Supastition_DJ_Revolution-Wake_Up+Show_Anthem.mp3
^^^Kee & Zee on the WAKE-UP Show with Supastition/Kam Moye


I'm tellin yall, WE GOTCHALL!!! JUST RIDE FLY WITH US, WE GOTCHALL!!!

A Few words from the Internetz about 'Ridin High'!

Just lettin yall know what some of the internet sites/folks are sayin bout the album!!!

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090310/SC2470401%0A/90310005/-1/RSS247

"Sporting a smoked out West Coast vibe, Ridin High from Keelay and Zaire of the Sole Vibe Music Group is a hip-hop record made for those who like their rap music relaxing and creatively insightful. The rhymes are packed with wit while the beats conjure up memories of the old school and just beg to be pumped out of a drop top convertible surrounded with smoke clouds. Ideal for fans of Outkast, Del the Funky Homosapien, or early Dr. Dre, Ridin High is not as thought-provoking as the latest from Mos Def or as gully as anything 50 Cent has put out, but it is a smooth record for a niche market of West Coast hip-hop heads. Check out “The Times,” “Addicts For Real,” and “Take a Ride” to get a feel for the atmosphere of this solid album."
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http://thephoenix.com/Providence/Music/77867-Keelay-and-Zaire-Ridin-High/

"With their 16-cut debut, Bay Area boardsman Keelay and his Dayton-born sidekick Zaire slide onto the exalted end of hip-hop's sound spectrum — their tracks bounce lovelier than Joe Budden's girlfriend on that trampoline (consult YouTube), and they exhibit a flair that distinguishes their cross-continental steeze from that of any other beat team.

Click the autobiographical Tunji ear smacker "Addicts for Real," then peel through the delightfully reclined "Trapped" with Slo Mo and Supastition, and the sonic circus "I Used To Ride" with Fortilive and Saafir. Singles aside, the most revealing thing about Ridin' High is that — except for Rasco, Tash, Blu, and Planet Asia — the guests are pretty much unknown. Result: the majority of these cameo contenders bless us with the verses these joints warrant."
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http://www.rapreviews.com/feature.html

"The title of bi-coastal producers Keelay & Zaire's debut album, "Ridin High," has several meanings. On one level, it refers to how the duo is feeling, like they are riding high and on the top of the world. They are riding high on hip hop, as the track "Addicts for Real" explains. They are also riding high in the literal sense, with a glove compartment full of weed and St. Ides. On another level, the title refers to the fact that they are taking the listener on a musical journey, a laid-back cruise through fifteen tracks. Finally, "Ridin High" refers to the 1977 classic by Faze-O which serves as a musical backbone for the album, and is covered on the title track. "

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http://vinylmeltdown.com/2009/03/keelay-zaire-ridin-high/

"But who’s on it? Well, there’s Blu, Phonte, Darien Brockton, Emilio Rojas, Supastition, and Planet Asia to name some of the more known. But, even though a lot of the guests on here might not be world renowned stars, each contribution is well thought out, fitting, and a positive contribution to the LP.

While everyone does fit well on the production, there are a couple of tracks that really leave a long-lasting impression. “The Times,” which features Blu, Fortilive, and Nino Moschella on top of simple yet lush, jazzy production, paints a hauntingly real picture of what it’s like to be living today. Blu is the new master of vivid imagery, and he lives up to his reputation on this track. Fortilive (Slo-Mo, Mushmouf, and Illmind) all do their thing on here. Nino Moschella’s vocal contributions are eerily beautiful, and really pull everything together. Other tracks that really push the album forward are the title track, which features smooth vocals from FEMI (not Femi Kuti), and “Addicts for Real,” where Tunji from Inverse spits about his relationship with hip hop over a smooth decidedly West Coast beat."

^^^of course we paid all of them off lol


peace!

Ridin High on iTunes!

Ridin High is FINALLY here! Its at your local store at least it better be! if its not ask for it..lol. But also for all my Digital folks you can cop it at iTunes too! Moost importantly please leave a comment! it helps ya boys out..



Click the Icon to Buy Ridin High

Keelay and Zaire featured on Myspace Music

Hopefyall yall already know.. but still Go HERE..lol

Kee & Zee FatBeats Instore ft. Da Evangillest, Khizman, & Emilo Rojas (VIDEO!)

Keelay & Zaire in store @ FatBeats NY 2009 from openlinemedia on Vimeo.


Another fine day in the life of Kee & Zee...in this episode, K-Hustle (Keelay) & Dayton Manning (zaire) set the stage in FATBEATS NYC for fellow emcees to go for theirs on the mic, and the highlights of the nite where none other than The Sole Vibes/All Elements own Da Evangillest, Khizman The Trophy Winner, and Emilio Rojas of Wax Reform. Sometimes its just too easy to bring hip hop to life...oh and playin beats in FatBeats NYC don't hurt neither lol...enjoy!

Bay Area Hip-Hop Prepares to Invade SXSW (ualreadyknow)

http://blogs.sfweekly.com

We're still checking whether it's possible to ghost-ride a tumbleweed (we'll get back to you on that), but here's one thing we do know: Bay Area hip hop will be in the, er, prairie, at SXSW. MYX label artists Keelay & Zaire perform at four--count 'em--showcases during the annual music conference, so it's safe to say the production duo ain't playing.

The festivities begin Thursday March 19, when K&Z are joined by Jern Eye and Fortilive for an afternoon show at the Firehouse Lounge. Once they've warmed up, they'll head over to The Marq for the "official" Bay Area Hip-Hop Showcase, also featuring Zion-I, the Grouch, and Mistah FAB. From there, it's over to the "A-List 2.0 Mixer," where Junior Reid (and other unannounced guests) share the bill. The assault on the Lone Star state concludes Saturday March 21 at the Okay Player showcase, also featuring 88 Keys, Blu & Exile, LMFAO, U-God, Res, & B.O.B. That's a pretty busy schedule, so we're just hoping Keelay & Zaire find some time to sample some Tex-Mex food, save the Alamo, and hang out with Lil' Keke and Pimp C.

^^^come thru and have a drank wit ya boys!
http://www.sxsw.com/

Gettin Introspective with Earfuzz

Earfuzz10th]

whatup! Folks are lettin us clown, and we prepared to do as they wish lol.

Exhibit A;

From: Ridin' High [March Keelay & Zaire have an album coming up next week (the name of which is derived from the Fazo-O classic that has seen some love on the Fuzz) with a guest-list that's pretty insane (Phonte, Saafir, Darrien Brockington, Blu, Nino Moschella etc.). The production duo pretty much eat sleep and breathe music, so we thought we'd have them list some of the records nearest and dearest to their hearts, as well as (of course) the finer points of life as a Ninja.

5 records we wish we could sample with sample clearance

1. Give Me Your Love – Curtis Mayfield (only because its been sampled so much)
2. Tidal Wave – Ronnie Laws (same as above)
3. Rock With You – Michael Jackson
4. All of D'angelo's Acappella's & Music
5. EVERYTHING James Brown

5 artists we would like to collab with

1. Jimi Hendrix
2. Sade
3. Redman
4. Devante Swang from Jodeci
5. John Brown and the Ghetto Revival

5 styles of Kung Fu I would like to know

1. Drunken Style
2. Jeet Kun Doe
3. Eagle Claw
4. Shaolin
5. Forget Kung Fu altogether and be a full blown ninja

----speaking of which

5 dope things about being a ninja

1. Wearing all black everyday allday
2. Bullets are now useless against you
3. Your weapons are not only lethal, but they make great cooking utensils
4. Everyone wants to be you, but they can't
5. Smoke Bombs. Nuff Said.

^^^Try to tell us we aint awesome.

Kee & Zee on ThinkBeat Radio

The homies at Think Beat Radio allowed us the privilege of rockin with them, and for good measure to! Peep game;

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A1MYDRJR

^^^download that and check that out…pretty entertaining. I think we startin to get a lil out of hand and we love it. Yall love it. HOLLA.

Ryan Leslie = That Dude

If you are my friend on Facebook or Twitter or whatever.. you already know I'm a huge Ryan Leslie fan (pause). Dudes damn near genious to me.. I mean the picture says it all.. Cassie chillin in your lap?? Genious..lol. But hey, this cat has been nice since way back haha.. You can also check out the new interview with RLES on Okayplayer below..

RLES on Okayplayer

The Homey Bambu on Vimby!

VIMBY - Bambu

Big ups to the homey Bambu!.. Yall aint ready for what we got in store!

Twitter or Tweeter?

I dont care HOW late I am with this post.. Please Follow the gawds on twitter..lol

www.twitter.com/keelay5

www.twitter.com/zairevibe

Kee & Zee on the cover of JENISIS MAGAZINE!!

Shouts to the FAMILY over at Jenesismagazine.com/ for showin some love to ya favorite beatmakin duo, they really did this issue up. Check out and download the whole mag too, theres hella dope articles, interview, and other treats to enjoy, along with an inside look to what we got goin on.


http://www.jenesismagazine.com/

^^^^peep it there,

PDF File of the March Edition of Jenesis Magazine!!!

^^^^and also download there for you and ya homies!

Lets keep this party movin yall!


peace!