Check out your favorite Hip Hop Collective H.I.S.D. as they perform new music from their highly acclaimed album The Weakend. Get Ur Space Up!

Join H.I.S.D. as they continue to promote the highly acclaimed new album THE WEAKEND in Austin Texas.

Venue: Crossroads Festival Grounds
Address: 508 FM 1327 Austin, TX 78610

H.I.S.D. will be performing at 3:45PM

Here’s your opportunity to really explore the complexities of your favorite super group, H.I.S.D. with their sophomore studio ALBUM / STORY / COMIC BOOK, The Weakend. Learn the back story, the new slanguage, and of course listen to the to latest tasty treats concocted in The Gold Room. So don’t miss this intimate session with H.I.S.D. delving into the themes of this groundbreaking project.

Marking the three year anniversary of their debut, The District, The Weakend will be available digitally via www.THEWEAKEND.com on October 29th, 2010. But wait, it gets much better. To show their appreciation for your continued support, you will be able to NAME YOUR PRICE upon purchase, with a minimum contribution of $5. Yes, you read that correctly…

SPACE UP!

THE WEAKEND CONTINUES at Cafe 4212 HUEston. Join us as H.I.S.D. (Hueston Independent Spit District) takes us on a casual stroll through their discography leading up to ‘The Weakend’. SP?CE UP!

HISD \\ www.THEWEAKEND.com//10.29.10

Written by: Terrance Lathan
Fotos: Xphaqtor

By the time the first act hit the stage, the audience was already on a musical journey initiated by DJ Flash Gordon Parks, DJ Cruize Control and King MC. Turning a Sunday evening crowd of people who probably have to go to work in the morning into a room full of rhythm-swept bobble heads is no easy task but the tone was well set. From jump one could see this was a crowd that not only loved music but was also very knowledgeable about it. No matter what song from whatever decade or genre was spun, the crowd didn’t miss a beat. With an audience this sonically intelligent, the performers would have to bring it and attendees were confident they all would.

The charismatic, Houston hip hop collective, HISD, took to the stage first and showed why they are so respected in the community. Unfortunately, it was during their set that the only downside of the night 1st became evident and that is the issue of poor sound quality (An issue that occurs all too often in Houston venues). The fellas still rocked nonetheless!

After much anticipation, word spread through the crowd that the F.E. had arrived and it’s members, Phonte, Nicolay, Darrien Brockington, Sy Smith & Zo! began filing in covertly through the back. Then it was showtime again and the group took us on a little trip through some of their most beloved tunes. The spotlight shifted quite a bit between Phonte, Darien and Sy, who are all exceptional artists in their own right and each performed lead on The Foreign Exchange songs as well as their own material. This type of seemingly egoless collaboration between already established solo artists references a time when the desire to do something musically interesting overrode the desire for immediate super stardom. Hopefully their success will not just start a trend but create a shift in the music industry all around towards collaboration, originality and musicianship.

It was the kind of raw show that unfortunately only happens when a band is just beginning to make it’s mark, before the veil of celebrity falls on the Funk. One of the biggest highlights of the night came at the end with the group covering some classic 80s jams, i.e. Prince’s Crazy You (Who all recognized that track from P’s debut?) and The Rude Boys’, “Written All Over Your Face.” An audience whose cups were already musicallly full, were spilled over and done by the end of the night. Sound issues aside, this was a showcase of talent those who attended will be talking about for quite a while.

Ideas Unlimited, Taste of Class Ent. & Urban Limelight Marketing present The Soulcial Series……a concert series bringing you the Foreign Exchange, Sy Smith, Darien Brockington, and Zo! to the great city of Hueston. You definitely don’t want to miss this showcase.

For more information click here

Weekends are special for many reasons, now H.I.S.D. is giving you one more.  From their forthcoming LP/Book The Weakend, H.I.S.D. presents the first single “Lando” for your listening pleasure.  Welcome to Space City!

http://www.okayplayer.com/news/Video-H.I.S.D.-Break-Of-Dawn-Live-SXSW.html

HISD @ SXSW 2009 from PeaceUvMine on Vimeo.

Get To Know… H.I.S.D. from Ethos Music Group on Vimeo.

H.I.S.D.:

MCs – Savvi, Scottie Spitten, Equality, L Da Voice

Producers: King Midas, E. Classic, Soul One (Collectively known as GoldenSoulClassics)

I first became aware of H.I.S.D. a few years ago thanks to Soul One, who’s 1/3 of the GoldenSoulClassics triumvirate that shapes the sounds of the collective. I’d known as a DJ, and he was telling me about this new crew that he was a part of:

“It’s called H.I.S.D.”

“Like – like, the school district?”

“Well, yeah – but it obviously stands for something else. ‘Hueston Independent Spit District.’ Or you can switch out ‘Spit’ with ‘Slang’ or substitute with something else.”

“I… see…”

“Don’t get it twisted – the crew goes hard. We got team of producers, some emcees and DJs, and it’s all coming together pretty nicely.”

Despite my initial confusion with the name, I trusted Soul One’s endorsement. Weeks later, I attended a show to see D Rose, and HISD was on the bill. (Unfortunately, I caught the last song of their set.) But looking at the collective, I recognized Savvi because he’d been on the scene for a while, and we’d talked in passing a few times about doing some work together. While I didn’t know the rest of the group at the time, I did notice that they had a respectable crowd that had come out to see them. Mental note made. I needed to see what was up with this “HISD”.

When D Rose was in the pre-production stage of Taster’s Choice, he sent over a track that was in consideration for the album, and he wanted Big Mon and me to jump on it. It was tentatively titled “The Caper”:

I could tell that it wasn’t a DJ Cozmos track, and I initially thought that he was producing the entire project. He said that some young cat named King Midas produced it. I was like:

“Who is King Midas?”

“He produces for HISD.”

“I keep hearing about this damn HISD thing! I really need to see what’s going on.”

So I start to check out their myspace page and website, and lo and behold – they lived up to the hype. The first thing I noticed was that they had an energy and freshness that some of us more… seasoned artists may have allowed to slip away. At the risk of sounding cliché, they made me realize that making music could be fun again.

I caught up with E. Classic through a message board and set up a rendezvous to purchase their debut, “The District”. I think it was the last physical CD that I’ve purchased. If it ends up being the last CD that I ever buy, then it was worth it.

I expected an album with a “throwback” sound to it, which would have worked for me. But I was pleasantly surprised to find that while the sound of the album was very much in the now, the feel of it recalls late 80s / early 90s hip hop, when artists seemed to genuinely enjoy making music.

I think I’ve told them this before, but I can honestly say that they’ve renewed my vigor for making enjoyable music. I went through my phase of taking everything too seriously and being too analytical with what I created. As I began to infiltrate their camp and impose myself on tracks that may have been designated for the core members (just kidding… maybe) I started to understand why so many people were drawn to them so quickly – it’s just fun. They do it because they have an absolute passion for it. If you sit in a room with them for an hour, they’ll spend 55 minutes laughing, philosophizing, and arguing about music, and the final 5 minutes creating classics born out of those discussions.

In the coming months you’ll get to learn a lot more about them, as I go behind the scenes to document the making of their new album, along with a host of other things that I can’t really talk about just yet. Yes – ?uestlove endorsed them. There’s a reason why, and you’re going to find out sooner than you think.

Damien

First of all, thanks to everyone who offered their support and kind comments on last week’s “New Flava” post. We’re still keeping ourselves busy, as you can see with Spitten King’s “The Gold Room” and King Coz, both of which also dropped last week.

This time around we’re breaking you off with “Summer So Good”, which appeared on H.I.S.D.’s “Summer Sessions” project. The track is a collab with H.I.S.D. and K-OTIX / Legendary KO, originally scheduled to drop at the end of summer (Hurricane Ike pushed our wigs back for a hot second!)

Any of you that have spent any time down south know that our summers go hard, usually extending well into October or November. We shot this video on a beautiful but hot August day, and we hope that it captures the essence of the season that inspires the song.

-D. Randle

http://rappersiknow.com/summersogood/

H.I.S.D. & K.O. “Summer So Good” from FWMJ on Vimeo.