Dj Victorious

Dj Victorious

Sound Oxygen 2

1. Ne-Yo - I Come First

2. Jay Sean ft Sean Paul - Do You Remember

3. Chris Brown - I.Y.A.

4. Tinchy Stryder ft Taio Cruz  -Take Me Back

5. Akon - Right Now (Na, Na, Na)

6. Jay Sean ft Lil Wayne - Down

7. Akon ft Coby O’Donis & Kardinal Offishal – Beautiful

8. Danity Kane - Damaged

9. Gym Class Heroes ft The Dream - Cookie Jar

10.Melanie Fiona - Johnny

11.Ne-Yo - Closer

12.Usher - Daddy’s Home

13. Madonna ft Justin Timberlake – Across the Sky

14. Raye 6 - Universal Lover

15. Alexandra Burke - All night Long

16. N-Dubz ft Mr. Hudson- Playing With Fire

Mixed By Dj Victorious

Music Director -  Kamacho Alejandro

Photography - DJ VICTORIOUS Live at White Rabbit (Plymouth, UK)

by Zinzi Graham facebook.com/zinziii

One of The world's first Iconic Music Legends. When we lost Michael Jackson, I realized that the world hasn't grieved for an artist so deeply since December 8th 1980. Lennon was more that a Beatle, a rocker, a writer, a singer, an activist, lover or tragic comedian. He was all.of the above. I felt it neccessary to pay my respects by putting forth to the audience some of my favorite songs as well as bytes that reflected his popularity, his conflicts, his wisdom and his love. I hope you enjoy.

as always...Give Peace a Chance.

"Dj Victorious Presents "In his Own Write"
A Tribute To John Lennon.

1. Intro
2. Working Class Hero
3. Steel & Glass
4. Out Of Blue
5. Bigger Than Jesus
6. You Are Here
7. Angela ft Yoko Ono
8. Grand Wizard's Rant
9. Woman Is The Nigger Of The World ft Yoko Ono
10. John & Paul (interlude)
11. How Do You Sleep
12. Love
13. On One hand (Interlude)
14. I'm Losing You
15. Mind Games
16. Nobody In The Sky (interlude)
17. Imagine
18. In Love
19. 120880 (Interlude)
20. Dear Friend - Paul McCartney
21. In His Own Write (Interlude)
22. I Am The Walrus

Snorting, (also called sniffing, or blowing) is the most common way of  ingesting Powdered Cocaine. When you sniff it, it is absorbed through the Mucous Membranes that line the sinuses.. Anything not directly absorbed through the mucous membranes is collected into Mucus and swallowed. This is "The Drip". Some like it, others don't. minutes. Cocaine highly constricts the nose's blood vessels as  well as the blood and oxygen/nutrient flow to that area. Before sniffing, cocaine powder must chopped or ground into a fine dust. Cocaine of high purity breaks into dust very easily, except of course when it is moist due to poor storage.

Rolled up dollar bills, Sharply cut straws, spoons and long fingernails are used to "neatly' sniff Cocaine off of flat hard surfaces such as a mirros, books, album covers (back in the day) and tables. It takes about 14 minutes to reach a peak high on average. You cant Smoke powder cocaine because of the High Temperature it takes to ignite..which is also close to the temperature it burns at. .

Back in the 70's, Smoking Freebase was the "upper class" way to use cocaine.

The Salt (powder) form of Cocaine HCL is dissolved into water. any solid left is not cocaine and part of the material the producer added to stretch the product (the cut) and are removed.  Ammonia (which is a chemical base) is used to remove the extra proton from the solution and free the cocaine base from the Hydrochloric Acid. Hence the term FreeBase. Freebase cocaine is not soluble in water and the mixture tunrs cloudy (gas). The FREEBASE IS  Soluble in ETHER. So ETHER is added ,The solution is mixed and as ETHER is not soluble in water..,. it is siphoned off and evaporates leaving behind Smokeable...Chokeable..FreeBase Cocaine . Which hen smoked, goes straight to the lungs and hits the brain in mere seconds.

It should be noted that ETHER is extremely flammable. It is known to leak out of a jar..once it touches oxygen it possibly can Combust into flame spontaneously. See: Richard Pryor's accident. Contrary to popular belief, he wasnt smoking crack. He was mixing and smoking base.

Dangerous stuff. And in the early 80's came Crack.

Crack is made from of freeing the base cocaine molecule from the salt. It uses baking soda (instead of ammonia) to remove the proton from the base. No Ether is used. Just Heat. It's nothing near pure...leaving some water and baking soda (impurity) along with the newly formed "crack" which forms crystals and floats to the top.

Anyone could afford crack, which bragged a quicker high...and any one could make it. The best (or worst part) of the deal is that it only takes one time to get you hooked... Soon previously low level dealers were making upwards of $100,000 a week on the corner. Compared to a 9 to 5 paying $150 a week.Crack dealers were driving around in expensive cars, clothes, jewelry and women. What followed was violence, stiff prison terms, and death. Some say that in 1985, Crack..Became King.  THIS is the music of that time. It is also interesting to note that While in 1985 it was lucrative to SELL crack - Nobody was really rapping or glorifying it. People were just living through it. NOW, though the Crack Game has taken aseat while the sadly popular Heroin  has taken its  throne - People found it lucrative to RAP about selling Crack.  This music. The Music of 1985 - 1986 are mostly "feel good" it is important to remember this music was recorded when When Crack was King.

MANGO MEAT... PEOPLE ASK ME WHAT MANGO MEAT IS AND WHERE I CAME UP WITH THE TERM...

I'M GOING TO KEEP THAT ONE A SECRET FOR A WHILE...

AT ANY RATE, THIS HERE IS THE SLOW, SOFT REGGAE LOVER'S ROCK RED LIGHT BASEMENT, CATCH A WHINE OR A DUB AGAINST  THE WALL SPEAKER, REEFER IN THE AIR, RED STRIPE IN YOUR LEFT HAND ,WAIST LINE N YOUR RIGHT, I THINK I'M REALLY FEELING THIS PERSON MUSIC.

AND YOU DONT GOTTA BE A DANCEHALL LOVER TO ENJOY IT. JUST A LOVER//

ON THE COVER, WE HAVE THE ILLUSTRIOUS MODEL/ACTIVIST WAHIDAH FOWLER, WHO IS ON THE COVER OF ALL THE MANGO MEAT SERIES.

ANY HOW.. ENJOY..

I grew up on Rock and ballads were my favorite. I went to elementary school in the middle of Flatbush but when I was growing up, wasnt too much Hip Hop on the radio. I dont really have memory of that until about 1986. But before that? and even after that? We were listening to Rock. I, like most people had my crush on Tiffany and Debbie Gibson. I learned all the words to George Michael's One More Cry...We all knew that love was a battlefield thanks to Pat Benatar. We heard Chicago before we ever knew about Illinois. Even though later Hip Hop took me over I never forgot Lover's Rock... My favorite on this one is Billy Vera & The Beaters "At This moment". I hink that was playing when Kevin & Winnie broke up. I'm not sure. But the guitars and drums on these songs are crazy..

It's Sha Stimuli, It's Stevie and its me.  What else is there to talk about?

As far as hip hop is concerned, I would put this as the cd that I am most proud to be a part of. It was mid way through 2008 and  sha and I were doing a mixtape a month that year. That's the first thing I want you to know. We did this all in less than 30 days. We hooked up with Clams Casino, a 20 year old white cat from south New Jersey. We got together, shared music, put him onto some things and he delivered everytime. With straight soul.  We wanted a uniform production sound, so we had clams produce the majority of it. I did a couple of joints (Heaven, Free) and Rhythm J did "Ribbon In the Sky" If i can remember, we had him do a few versions.

I added some skits including Stevie oon the Cosby show, and singing to Grover on Sesame street. A tribute to Stevie wouldnt be complete without a few of our favorite stevie songs and I even topped it off with a quick mix of stevie at the end... there is not one curse on this either..

Check it out!

Dear Michael
PLAYLIST

1. We Love You Michael
2. Got To Be There (acapella)
3. Lady In My Life
4. Never Can Say Goodbye ft Jackson 5
5.Almost There
6.It was a good Year w/ Diana Ross
7.Don't Say Goodbye Again
8. Looking Through The Window ft. Jackson 5
9. A Child's Heart
10. I'm In Love Again W/ Minnie Ripperton
11. Don't Stop Til You Get Enough
12. Rock With You
13. His name is michael (Stephanie Mills and Peggy Blue)
14. Interview with Stephanie Mills
15. The Way You Make Me Feel
16. I Hear A Symphony
17. Happy
18. Your Voices on a tribute to Michael b/w I'll be there
19. Skit from the wiz/ Dear Michael
20. You Can't Win
For the most part we exault people after their transition from the physical. I think we all made a Mike joke before. Or laughed at one. I think no matter how you slice it... Mike was the best. His song writers and composers were the best. As were his choreographers, his dancers. His family, his parents. I think Katherine Jackson had Claire Huxtable beat by a long shot.

No matter how old you are you were raised by or with Michael.
You may have liked Jackie at first. maybe even Jermaine. Janet. We have heard a few Tito jokes. But it all boils down to Michael doesn't it? He was the scarecrow in the WiZ. My Bosom Buddy Sha Stimuli played the scarecrow in our elementary school rendition of the Movie. How random is that?
A rapper friend of ours commented only last week that we're weird because we perform with One Glove on.
No not a shiny one... But u get the point don't you? We got it from Michael. Hell I even walked out my house with Black shoes and White socks before. Once. Only Once.

I was chaperoning a graduation party for a private school in Brooklyn last month. The party was 95 percent well off white children between the ages of 14 and 19.
No song brought the whole party to the floor like "I Want You Back". AND they knew ALL the words...I don't even know the words.
I couldn't believe it.
Nas owes his first single (Ain't Hard To Tell) and perhaps career to Michael Jackson... De La Soul - Break A Dawn . Jay Z and Kanye would have long been obscured if it weren't for " H to the Izzo" And ill be damned if Ne-Yo doesn't. Or Usher. Or The Sylvers.
But its ok. That's what he was there for. It was said to me and I'm going to say to you...A part of my childhood died when Michael died. Unfortunately, he never had childhood because he gave it away to entertain us. Again and again.

I did a mix. But its not your ordinary mix. You can turn on the local radio station for that.
We going beyond top 40 wit this one! In other words..its not a Best Of..it's a Best Of.
I thank all who i lent their voices to this tribute.