The Jumpoff came, and we sure as hell conquered!

The Event
Wednesday 11th July an epic event happened in Cyprus. The Jumpoff represented at Club Ice in Ayia Napa and the event was RAMMED! The event was scheduled for the middle of a pure HipHop week on the island, which kicked off with Charlie Sloth’s BBC ‘Fire On The Beach‘ on Monday. So in town and reppin hard were Charlie Sloth, Sniper, Sway, Wiley, KKoke and the USG/ATeam mandem, Sneakbo, Ard Adz, Mic Rightous, Claira Hermett, and many many more big names in the game.

The Battles
We decided to do both Booty and Arm Wrestle battles only, as the Pillow Fight got the club owners a lil shook. There was so many booty shakers that we had to do battles in 2 stages. The levels were off the chain and the crowd responded to the battles nice! This was the first time that the semi final was so crazy that the crowd could not easily chose the finalists. But what a final we had LOL, the winner was a TRUE professional. In the Arm Wrestle battle the ladies were greeted with topless, oiled up men, and they showed their delight. Tonk guys pumped up did their thing, and got harassed by the gal for the rest of their time on the island LOL.

S/O Nick Bright for holding me down on the decks, and a great performance by Marvel. Epic night.

The Aftermath
It was great to meet up with all the people on such a beautiful island, and we had too much joke in the hotel (s/0 Lefty USG for givin man stitches). I was only on the island 24hrs or so but managed to get stuff done, without much sleep.
The only local meal I was able to have in the time I was there was provided by Pola Costa, and I wrecked that while chilling by the beach.

Only down side was returning to the rain of UK, oh and the sandwich I bought on the EasyJet flight… Mmmm tasty NOT!

S/O the whole JumpOff team for all the hard work it took to get this right. Also all those that came to the event, you really showed how the Jumpoff family is an international thing. Respect.

No bullshit, just paaarty!

I gotta shout out Son of Noise for puting on a crazy show in the Underdog Gallery in London last night. 4our Pillars was a success in getting us ageing hip hop headz together, reminscing about the cornerstones of hip hop.

For those that don’t know Son Of Noise were the group that first had faith in Paragon (then known as X-Large) and put us on their album ‘Access Denied…” in 1995. This was the first time that my group was on record, so it was an important moment for us, and we learnt a lot from the seasoned vets. (Google Son Of Noise ‘Keep It Goin Pt.2′ and were the second act on the track. Youtube won’t let me upload the audio for some reason)

Mode2 did some incredible artwork all over the gallery, and some of his canvases were on sale for £4k, yep thats 4 bags people… SAY SUTTN!

Soul Mavericks brought the new school flava to the old school reunion. Great display of skills as is usual from them, and the open floor allowed many of the guests to throw down on the lino as well. It was a party ya’ll!

It was great to bump into people I haven’t seen in years, and legends I never got to meet in the music game. Don’s like Kamanchi Sly from Hijack, and MCM from Caveman, both incredible artists that left an indelible mark on British Hip Hop culture.

Personal fave moment (apart from SON’s performance)… MCM saying to me:
“Where do I know you from? Paragon… you did that Queen tune! I loved that, I BOUGHT that”

Don’t sleep on the next event people as although the numbers weren’t great, it will only get bigger truss. The vibe was incredible, and I was smiling so much my jaw aches this morning.

Shout out C, J, M & R from Son Of Noise, Hennecee, MCM, and all the headz I met down there, it was a pleasure.

Details: Follow @4ourPillars on Twitter for further info.

4our Pillars

This event is the brainchild of the Son of Noise guys, and it is a chance to showcase the 4 elements of Hip Hop to both the new and the old crowd. There will be performances from Son of Noise, Kamanchi Sly and MCM on the night, plus it will be operating an open mic policy so anyone who wants to get up and get involved can do also. There will be loads of DJ’s and Breakers doing their thing plus some live graffiti action too.

Tickets will cost £8 and there will also be an art auction to help raise money for the Princes Foundation for Children & the Arts featuring work by the legendary Mode 2.

I will be attending this event 4real, so hopefully see you there.

Date: 22nd June
Time: 6pm onwards
Venue: Underdog gallery, Arch 6, Crucifix Lane, London SE1 3JW

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