flier for Summer Slam Jam 2009!

We got a local event planned in a week called the Summer Slam Jam! Local youth will enter to compete in basketball tournaments, and there will be performances by some of the participants in our workshop: Toby, Sharmaine, Shunda K, MC Hucaboom, Jeff, Stefan, Ced, and Tay! Also djs Chang Bang, and James West will provide the beats throughout the day!

Flier designed by DJ James West.

Hood Success

Jeff (above, left) is one of the coordinators and weekly participants in the workshop. He is also the person behind the organization Hood Success! Its mission is to promote skilled and talented individuals from the Hood by building support networks to motivate entrepreneurs, professionals, and entertainers in Sulphur Springs and other Hoods.

As Jeff states in the Hood Success blog: "HoodSuccess.com was created to inspire, motivate, and support anybody who had to overcome some kind of adversity in their life."

check it out here!
HoodSuccess.com

MC Hucaboom!!

Check out these original songs from one of our volunteers at the workshop, MC Hucaboom! Very conscious material straight out of the Springs, for the righteous ones!

(note: to download right click the titles/save link as!)

Hucaboom - "Confessions"


Hucaboom - "Got To Get It"


Hucaboom - "Hucaboom"


Hucaboom - "Sleeping Beauty"

MOSES HOUSE STREET MUSIC & TURNTABLES WORKSHOP PART 2 (JUNE 24, 2009)

Here's a video clip from the workshop on June 24, 2009. This time around we had dj James West donate his time, and his cd turntable setup for the kids to jam out to!

Da Raw Freestyle Sessions

The workshop is coming along with some meetings in the works to storm some new ideas to get the kids more interested and involved in the works! Thanks to Jeff from Hood Success for joining the team, and giving us some insights on how we can make the workshop more inviting to the local kids! Below are some music samples from the freestyle sessions we have been doing lately with the older kids in the group. Check out the players below for the raw freestyle sessions from June 17, 24, and July 8, 2009 !

Sharmaine - "Love Takes Time (Acapella)"

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Toby - "The Prayer"

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Sharmaine - "Stuck In Tha Ghetto"

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Sharmaine - "Stuck In Tha Ghetto (Acapella)"

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