House Of Vibe : Wed Night Leo Party TONIGHT!!

The House Of Vibe AllStars is a collective of players, singers and rappers who get together every Wednesday night to stir souls and kick out the jams. Not all at once of course, but a night with HOVAS is like a cool party. It starts mellow but ends up a full-out bash. You never know who's gonna drop by!!

Anthony Brewster

Shaunte and Sebastian

Cecilia Noel

Brew

Kris Hawkins

Greg Raymond

Amy Lou

Myka 9

Chali 2na and LaidLaw

Deploi

It's funk, it's hip-hop, it's soul and r&b. There's nothing like it anywhere else. Every Wednesday, Brew and the crew get down like it's the last day on earth.
Like it's 1999.
It must be experienced to be understood.
A HOVAS show is like surfing a giant wave on an inflatable ass. It's like getting yelled at for playing your drums too loud - and not caring. It's like winning at chess and selling the most candy bars. It's impossible not to have a memorable time.

House Of Vibe & Chali 2na : Makin' Hip-Hop History

 The early '90s was a great time in rap music on the West coast, specifically L.A. and even more specifically the corner of Crenshaw & Exposition; a place called The Good Life Café. This mecca of creativity and it's new-school patrons took an academic approach to re-drawing hip-hop's architecture. In a wholly supportive atmosphere, The Good Life provided nourishment, not just for the body, but for the mind and soul as well, hosting workshops and open mics as a regular part of the curriculum; blatantly moving away from the gangsta posturing, misogyny, and other damaging stereotypes that had really thus far defined the West's rap game.

Deploi 

Kris Hawkins plays the guitar while Brew toasts on the m-i-c.

Chali 2na of Jurassic 5 and Myka-9 of Freestyle Fellowship were 2 of the scenes most active members. Last week at House Of Vibe's Westside Wednesday, they were re-united. With Chali firmly in control as the session's MC, he kept this 3-ring hip-hop circus moving as the video below clearly shows. As for the others involved - here's a very brief accounting; Ellay Khule (aka The Rifleman) is one of the original "lifers" who still use the original fast wordy style. J-Smoov and St. Mark were in a crew called 3 The Hard Way until J-Smoov went solo and St. Mark started Dark Leaf. Laidlaw (upper left corner) is Chali's brother, Deploi, Anon and Freewill are part of House Of Vibe / Westside Tribe. Freewill is also part of The Luminous Movement.

The video above is of House Of Vibe's performances of :

1-Welcome To The Fish Market (Chali 2na)

appearing on the mic in order is Chali 2na, Chali's brother Laidlaw, J-Smoov, HOV's Deploi, Freestyle Fellowship's Myka 9, Anon the inspirational MC, St. Mark, and Ellay Khule.

2-Mass Appeal (Gangstarr)/The Next Movement (The Roots)

Chali 2na, Laidlaw & FreeWill.

House Of Vibe Allstars - in this particular session were Anthony Brewster aka Brew (v, k), Greg Raymond (k), Corey Cofield (b), Deploi (rap), FreeWill (rap), Amy Lou (perc), Kris Hawkins (g), Shaunte Palmer (trombone), Sebastian Legar (trumpet), Jamon Laws (sax) and Walter Turner III (d)

House Of Vibe get down like this every Wednesday - only at Harvelle's in Santa Monica.

2na : Not Just For Breakfast Anymore

It's another Westside Wednesday with Chali 2na of Jurassic 5 and the House Of Vibe All Stars.


Chali and his brother Laid Law threw down in pure hip-hop old skool style, as Brew and his Venice based crew perform surgery by funk on those fakin it and those that just came to shake their ass.

Yessssssss.

In the house tonight : Deploi, Fish, Pete Antunes, Shin Kawasaki of Jean Paul Yamamoto, bassist Walter of Audible Mainframe, Biff Chitlins, John Piazza, Amy Lou, Aric and Omar.

A big Fat Albert "hey-hey-hey" to Brew, Chali, Laid Law, C Wolfe, David, Liz, Dana, Candise, Ernesto, Jamie, Phillip and of course, M.G. - for shakin' it like a white girl.


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Location:4th Ave,Santa Monica,United States

HOV : Lock Sh•t Down

This Is Chali 2na:

It's Thursday.
Actually Friday.
Aka "The funkiest day of the week".

Above - HOV Mastermind Brew

But for now it's a Thursday night
And the second of a two night stint featuring the House Of Vibe with the great Chali 2na (and brother/hype man Laid Law).

Above -that's Laid Law

DJ X-man is spinning old skool and club cuts and the packed joint is waiting for Chali to hit the stage.


T-Smidi is here, plus the regular collection of HOV celebrity fans, singer CJ Emmons, superstar bassist/producer Colin Wolfe, bassist Walter Allmon of Audible Mainframe, singer Raphael aka Tweet, saw Sirus from The Real World & drummer Fish from Fishbone.

Funky Friday.

Pete Antoooons (Antunes) on drums!!!


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Tomorrow night blues legend Terry Evans will be ushering in the weekend proper.



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Location:1432 4th St,Santa Monica,United States

House Of Vibe : If you can't stand the heat...

Wednesday's are the funkiest night of the week, and House Of Vibe All Stars celebrate it. Last night they turned it out with Chali 2na and rocked the place til closing. Chali will be sitting in with the band again in January.

If you're at Harvelle's tonight to usher in the new year, have the greatest time of your life!!

Gino Matteo will rock the house right!!

See y'all in 2010!

House Of Vibe : Tuna Melt

Chali 2na (below) gave us a party we won't soon forget Wednesday night at Harvelle's! The night's theme was 'sweat', and that we did, as the non-stop dance floor remained packed and kinetic.

House Of Vibe took their playing to an inspirational new level, as the musicians - Greg Raymond (keys), Pete Antunes (drums), Kris Hawkins (guitar), Corey Cofield (bass), Anthony Brewster (keys and vocals), Sebastian Legar (trumpet) Shaunte Palmer (trombone), Dan Boissy(sax)and Amy Lou (percussion) - jammed furiously, stunning and moving all at once. Westside Tribe members Deploi, Jon Swift and Tony Tarasco, took the stage like they were doing battle. And winning.

The party's highlight was Chali and his brother Laid Law (above). The H.O.V. backed hour-long set of new songs and classic Jurassic 5 (Chali's rap group) had the crowd singing along, waving their arms in the air and thrilled with the awesome 'robot dance' (below) he and Laid Law perpetrated.

Chali & Brew
Laid Law

Westside Tribe's Jon Swift & Deploi

Kris, Tony Tarasco & Deploi

TheArtist Kiki

Kasey and Amanda

(Miss Willie Brown)

[playing at Harvelle's on Sept 24]

Dan & Shaunte

The beautiful crowd included the ladies from Miss Willie Brown (Kasey & Amanda), Cecilia Noel (playing at Harvelle's on the 17th of Sept), TheArtist-Kiki and a plethora of fan's of true hip-hop.