Join The Quest Entry 17 "AIRPLANES x SHOUT FOR JOY"

AIRPLANES x SHOUT FOR JOY

SOULFIESTA EXCLUSIVE: BAKED! MIXTAPE

Natty Dro - Cali Dro (Produced by D)

As we head on out to the weekend with news of a storm brewing and hitting the country, we let go of a mixtape that has fans raving. New mixtape from my peoples in Batangas -- giving you that irie/hiphop sound, BAKED! MIXTAPE! Production work from one of the Philippines best kept producers on the come up, D. He did production work on the acclaimed Civil War Mixtape and is now blessing us all with his brand of baking classic hits!

This FREE mixtape includes tracks from AMP (Aero, Marquiss, Phd), Cali' Dro, D' Franchize, God's Will, J-hon, Loonie, Mel Christ, Mike Swift and Rhythm! Check out "TAONG PALARA" by Turbulence's own, God's Will, and "KUNG AKO IKAW" where we see J-Hon rap in tagalog, classic I tell you! Enjoy this free release and let us know whatchu guys think.


TRACKLIST:

01. INTRO
02. WE ARE - GOD'S WILL
03. RAT RACE - MEL CHRIST
04. SOMETHING IN THE RAIN - CALI DROP
05. MANGAGALAW - MEL CHRIST
06. SINO - RHYTHM
07. GETAWAY - D'FRANCHIZE, LOONIE, J-HON & MIKE SWIFT
08. SUNDAY - A.M.P.
09. LOLA'S SONG - AERO
10. IT'S ON - MIKE SWIFT, J-HON & LOONIE
11. KUNG AKO IKAW - LOONIE & J-HON
12. NATTY DRO - CALI DRO
13. BONUS TRACK


DOWNLOAD BAKED! MIXTAPE HERE.

Join The Quest Entry 16 "THE LAUNCH"

EASTWOOD CENTRAL PLAZA, WE ROCKED YOU.

October 21 recap -- me and my A&R PHD got out of the house around 230PM to pick up pictures from my brother Ryan, we had alot of things we had to cover in the short time that we had left before the launch. And despite you thinking it was a dope show, we didn't get to do 100% of what we planned to do due to unforeseen events and just exhaustion. Around 3PM we picked Quest up from Robinson's Galleria -- he of course bought new Adidas Superstars for the launch. Keepin' it fresh like we always do.

Understand that this night is owned by more than one person. The energy that was built to hype up this launch was 11 years in the making. You can feel it and smell it in the Manila breeze that something different was meant to happen this night. 4PM we hit the sound check with Portable Sounds at the venue -- 7PM, we headed to the new Eastwood City Mall, Event Factory which served as the venue for some early cocktails, finger food and the press conference. The press conference was hosted by Speedy G of Music Update Live fame. Quest was interviewed by the host of his background and Quest gave back the gratitude of being embraced by the industry to his peers. Jumbo "Bojam" De Belen of Flip Music was in attendance alongside his wife and Ninks; Mike Swift, J-Hon, Dominic Nuesa, Abby Asistio, Rex D, JR, Chrizo, Margaux Cortez, Ryan Andres, Cristina were all there in support of Quest. A Q&A portion ensued as the press through relevant questions at Quest, and with every impressive answer, true to form -- Quest made a lasting impression of positiveness, talent, vision, passion and love to the press.

KONEKTADO coverage of the album launch of Quest

After the press con, the whole team walked into the concert area seeing the place packed as the seats for the press was lost to the fans eager for the show. As the people got settled and Quest and his band do their final preparations -- Gary V and Quest was interviewed by ABS CBN, this scene had people looking in anxiousness and curiosity on what the show and the artist headlining will provide.

Carrying on tradition, OPM music will flourish and be safeguarded

Andi 9 and Jessica of Magic 89.9 hosted the event and kept the audience anticipation high -- as the cue the start of the show via a video teaser that has been floating around the metro since last week. Quest brings people into his world opening with the high energy performance of "Radio Revolution" -- he then rocked "Bagong Bayan" and gave Dick Gordon his due props and I quote Quest "He will go down as one of the countries best leaders" -- he they wooed the crowd with "Pagbabago" -- which is being debated to be his 3rd single.

Quest 2nd single "PARTY LIFE" is already out in the airwaves!

Song after song, he threaded the hearts of people and pulled out a couple of surprises. Quest then brought out hiphop's Illegitimate Kings to share the stage. Quest performed Burno Mars' Just The Way You Are with PHD, a freestyle session on stage that saw Abra, Datu, Rex D, Apekz and Knowa Lazarus give the audience their due share of Quest's hiphop background. Quest then brought in Yeng Constantino to do their rendition of B.O.B.'s Airplanes -- Mike Swift came and rocked the 2nd verse and then bringing out Loonie to rock a 16 which brought the house down. At this point, the entire place was buzzing with energy showing people that hiphop in Pinas has finally arrived at a place where our musicianship is respected and is gaining entertainment value across peoples misconceptions. The Jeepney Love Story REMIX by Yeng & Quest was performed to the surprise of the Yeng Constantino fans!

A legendary quest of pure energy and dorkiness, bwahahaha!

Quest then moved the crowd and kept then within arms reach, touching the people throughout his last few songs. "BACK TO LOVE" saw people singing along and while singing his 2nd single "PARTY LIFE" -- he then breaks down the song to a blend of Shout For Joy -- and without hesitation, inviting Mr. Pure Energy himself to the stage to sing his song. At this point, the entire plaza was seeing a very historic moment in OPM. Where we meet the old and new half way, with style and grace and when we make OUR PIONEERS OUR FANS BY SHOWING THEM HOW WE ARE TAKING CARE OF THEIR LEGACY. Seeing Quest perform and Gary V taking a back seat to let Quest enjoy his shine is a blessing to all struggling artists in the country.

PARTY LIFE x SHOUT FOR JOY

Jessica and Andi 9 of Magic 89.9 hosted the evening

Quest then closes the show via "YOU AND ME" -- if you have the album and you notice that during the last parts of the song he would just commence into thanking people, he did the same thing too. Going down the stage and bringing the microphone around and just shaking hands with his peers and fans alike. Making sure that the people understand that an artists goal is to be heard and upon this kind of attention, it is important that you give the same love back to your audience. Longevity in the local music scene is unheard of these days -- and it took an 11 year journey to make this album, Quest secures his artistry in the hearts of those who patiently waited for him to get to this night.

The night ended with people buying his cd and lining up for his signature -- a very thriving and hopeful scene that showed that the performing arts of music is what drives the CD sales and not the marketing value of the act.



THE REVOLUTION IS HERE. JOIN THE QUEST.

SUNUGAN x BRGY TIBAY "SIBLING RIVALRY" OCT 30

"SIBLING RIVALRY" OCT 30 GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!!

VIA LOONIE's FACEBOOK: Sunugan Tickets are available now! Mamaya nasa B-Side po kame nila Mike Swift kita kits daun. Mabilis po maubos kaya kumilos agad. Eto ang number na dapat kontakin 09172444657. A hell of a show this Oct 30. Halloween Party/Live Music/Rap Battle featuring Loonie vs Batas, J-Skeelz vs Datu, Zaito vs Smugglaz, Abra & Apekz vs Harlem & Juan Tamad.


Tickets sold at 350 php.

Hollaback! Sino pang walang ticket?

DON G "LEGEND KILLER"

Don G - Legend Killer (Produced by B-Roc)

Scratches by DJ Bangin. Don G and I made this track over a year ago -- for the Turbulence yet to be released Silverbacks album. I remember making this beat and it was a toss up between Aero and Don G on who would jump on the beat. Don G liked the beat when I threw it his way and he instantly made the song a classic. It is an honor to have worked with Don G and what he reps is a legacy of hiphop in the Philippines via the Dongalo brand. While I was in Singapore, I was speaking to DJ Bangin via Facebook and decided to let him scratch on the hook portion.

I loved the song the way it was recorded so much, that I was hesitant to just place a hook on it. -- I told Don G lets sit on it for while, and I chanced on DJ Bangin and he gave it a more classic hiphop appreal, very Primo-esque scratches on the hook! Thanks man! The same time Don G came up with the hook for this, I had already left for Singapore, so there might be an alternate version of this song with a hook on it. He recently shot the video, which ultimately means I will be releasing the song for download very soon, but for now enjoy this video of the song.

NIMBUS9 "PEN & INK" (LIVE)

Live @ BSIDE, 4th Anniversary of FMCC

Join The Quest Entry 15 "PARTY LIFE VIDEO (Behind The Scenes)

Quest's 2nd single "PARTY LIFE" video shoot, directed by Treb Monteras

IN MY CITY (FLIP MUSIC REMIX) VIDEO (BTS)

BEHIND THE SCENES, IN MY CITY (REMIX)

CHAMP feat. RON THUG - 3AM CONSCIENCE

Champ feat. Ron Thug - 3AM Conscience (Produced by B-Roc)

Beard Muscle, all day. I remember Champ giving me a call telling me he found an Urbandub song that had a dope loop and can be sampled. I remember him sending it to me, and I remember making the beat at Ron's place. We were editing the Booked Me A Flight video and simultaneously releasing Thinking Mans Hiphop -- I was fucking with the sample and this is what we came up with. When I finished making the beat, we all sat down and thought of what possible topic they could come up with for it. I mean I've been around Champ and Ron too long to understand their strength and weakness -- this was done after they did they renditions of PUT ON and HUSTLIN'. I was impressed with their team up and wanted to showcase it on a song. Something dramatic, some Soulfiesta shit.

3AM Conscience is about going home to your wife after messing with your other lady. I ahve an affinity with 3AM if you don't already know by now - check Queen. The reflection that happens on the way home. The sense of guilt and the sense of play. I know for a fact inspiration isn't enough to make good high concept songs, sometimes you gotta work and talk about it for weeks and thats what exactly happened. This song was mastered by Bojam & Jim Poblete of Flip Music. Poster by Josiah "Astig Fish" Navarro.

Kept my Faith B.I.G. but I fucked all the Lil Kims/

Even Manny got the money, di natago yun kay Krista/

KILLER LINES. I also heard that this cut made its way to the hands of the some of the members of Urbandub and has been embraced. Props to the band!!

DOWNLOAD 3AM CONSCIENCE HERE.
DOWNLOAD 3AM CONSCIENCE THRU MEDIAFIRE HERE.

JOIN THE QUEST Entry 14 "ALBUM LAUNCH VIDEO TEASER"

I EXPECT YOU TO BE THERE, THANK YOU!!

From what I hear, Turbulence is coming, Loonie is coming, Mike Swift, J-Hon, Kelly Williams, Jimmy Alapag, J-Hon, Sam Milby, KC Concepcion, Speedy G, Yeng Constantino, CLAY heads are coming, Abby Asisitio, Andi Manzano, Alex Crisano, LDP -- and more. And I also heard there are some surprise performances, WIP CAPS will be giving away some new caps, and you will the new station ID of MAGIC 89.9

As said, people who buy a cd on the day itself, will be given VIP seats. PARTY LIFE produced by Chano will be the second single to hit the airwaves and will debut on MAGIC this coming wednesday. We are unleashing another viral album launch video invitation that will show you the scope of what we are trying to accomplish, let the work begin.


OCT 21, EASTWOOD CENTRAL PLAZA.

Join The Quest Entry 13 "CELEBRATE"

PARTY LIFE inspired Manila artwork by Ira Tan

Yesterday we gave you a video rendition of BACK TO LOVE. Today, we chance upon and street artwork inspired by Quest's 2nd Single PARTY LIFE (Produced by Chano). Two days earlier, we shot the video for PARTY LIFE around the metro (Binondo and Intramuros to be exact) -- and we came home to this artwork.

Taken from Ira's Facebook page: "PSP - Puso Sa Pader, hehehe. Coz I needed to paint to feel better and I needed to empty my spray cans, pero hindi pa din naubus. San ko pa kaya pwede ubusin? Thanks to Quest! Your "Party Life" song is perfect!!! P.S. Hindi po ako nagpaint sa mga bata, sila ang nagpaint sa sarili nilang balat."

As we make our preparations for this coming GRAND ALBUM LAUNCH this coming OCT 21 at Eastwood, we would like to extend our continuous gratitude to the people who have crusaded the music with us. From patronizing our products, our events and participating in our small world of independent worldwide music -- we are pushing the music and movement further. Salamat!!

Will post pics from the PARTY LIFE VIDEO SHOOT soon.

JOIN THE QUEST Entry 13 "BACK TO LOVE V3.0"

To whoever did this, we appreciate you!!

ILL K Entry 77 "J.COLE circa 2006"

J.COLE circa 2006, check the shirt.

JOIN THE QUEST Entry 12 "TO THE LED WALL"

ILLEGITIMATE KING ON THE RISE NEEGIS.

JOIN THE QUEST Entry 11 "TO THE BILLBOARD"

QUEST ALBUM LAUNCH BILLBOARD, SHOULD BE AROUND C5 SOON!!

To The Billboard x Join The Quest. No man is self-made, because at one point -- there would always be someone who would help you create your own platform. Today, my email was sent this jpeg file of the possible billboard of Quest's upcoming launch this OCT 21, and it feels great. It feels awesome to now begin to really share the fruits of 11 years of labor. I am speaking as if I am Quest, but you gotta understand the 11 years it took to reach this platform is no quest for one person alone. What of success if it ain't about changing other peoples lives?

The rehearsals are doing great, Quest's band is meshing pretty well and will be top notch by the time of the launch, there is a rumor of a Turbulence medley coming to bless this stage, write up for Inquirer in the works, the music video for the second single will be shot soon. So yeah, when we say To The Billboard, it NEVER meant that when we reached one it was the end of it all -- it MUST be your short term thinking that got you thinking you got it figured out!


Good things come to those who wait.

ILL K Entry 76 "FRANCIS M POSSE PIC"

Picture taken by Francis Magalona, recently released by Syke

Time passes fast, happy birthday Francis Magalona. I remember getting a call from Francis Magalona to help coordinate this shoot amongst the artists he had hand picked for an article he was going to write for Mabuhay Magazine. Mabuhay Magazine is a publication that you see during your flights across Philippine Airlines - which ultimately made it hard for any of these artists here to see how it went down. The point was not to put local in magazines, the goal was to put local hiphop in magazines and read through by people traveling international flights -- whether in or out of Manila, for Francis M. -- we were worth that much exposure.

I remember Francis Magalona calling me, and I had to step out of my Makati condo and stay in the hall way to entertain his call. He read me the entire article over the phone. He started with the history of hiphop both internationally and how it sprung in Pinas, then he went on and described contributions made by my colleagues in keeping the scene relevant. Good article, and whats the most moving about it is hearing him take pride in the little we've accomplished and it was deserving of his attention.

Bittersweet I tell you, looking at this pic.

Thank you Syke for releasing this picture.

ILL K Entry 75 "CHUB-B MANABAT"

Chub-B feat. Toney Chrome - Gising (Produced by B-Roc)

Rest in peace, hustler. I was somewhere outside of Manila when Chano texted me the news, that my man Chub-B has passed. He passed away due to a heart attack he suffered in his sleep. Don't get me wrong, me and Chubb's aren't really close friends -- but he has been part of my growth in the scene. I met Chub-B as one of the pioneering employees for FUBU Philippines in the early 2000's. He is Kristyles boy, and by far -- was relatively famous behind the scene.

Whhatever hiphop event there was, beef or no beef -- Chub-B was there, supporting people and learning the game -- I say this cause later on he perfected the hustle more than anyone I know. He was selling watches off the FUBU counters even though they weren't FUBU products, hehehe. Alam niyo yan! But through all of this, Chubb's went to record a song with me back in 2006. The track is ironically titled "GISING" -- or to wake from slumber featuring his brother. Hotnixx helped Chub-B fill a couple of lines, helped him deliver the song to what it is now. This song appeared on a compilation by TEAM STAR RECORDS, this was the first song Chub-B ever recorded.

Chub-B would then go on to open his own clothing line with the very intriguing BOSS BALITA shirts. I remember seeing someone in church in Singapore rocking one of his shirts, thinking damn Chubb's that shit is dope. He also went on to spearhead the 187 Movement. The last time I saw him was at the Sunugan Battle, coming out to support J-Skeelz. Classic Chub-B coming out to support, our last conversation was "Bong, ayos to, ang daming tao, ang galing mo. Eto yun hiphop na gusto nating mangyari."

Chubb's, salamat. I was out of town and wasn't able to visit you but I will never be absent in letting people know how good of a person you are.

Rest in peace, hustler.



DOWNLOAD GISING HERE.

ILL K Entry 74 "ILLK OR BE KILLED"

ILLEGITIMATE KINGS COMING OUT SOON!!!

JOIN THE QUEST Entry 10 "ALBUM LAUNCH AD"

QUEST'S ALBUM LAUNCH OCT 21 @ THE EASTWOOD CENTRAL PLAZA

Starting today, you will be hearing this ad all over Magic 89.9 as they help us promote the album launch for Quest happening this OCT 21 at The Eastwood Central Plaza, it will be open for all -- and Quest will be performing songs from the album and more! A couple of surprise performances and prizes await the audience. Quest recently performed in front of the President as he graced the World Teachers Conference at Philsports yesterday. News is, BACK TO LOVE has gained regional heat as we have entered various song charts on local radio stations across the Luzon and Visayas areas. Thank you very much for voting and for helping us help your days by requesting for the song! Here is also a run down of how the song is doing on MYX, peaking at number 5 a couple of days ago and now we are slowly going down, but to no avail - we are shooting the video for the second single by October 10. Who said we were contented with what Back To Love reached, we are only getting started.

More Turbulence news, PHD will be hitting up Bacolod's Masskarra festival this OCT 14 onwards, as ambassador Aero holds it down for the City of Smiles. Nimbusnine -- is currently in the studio, performing this friday for the FMCC 4th Year Anniversary, working a project and is fine tuning the release and launch of the video for So Wonderful later this month. Turbulence will also release a posse track that includes Quest, B-Roc, Nimbusnine, PHD, Aero, Marquiss, God's Will and Black entitled TITANS which will mark the first ever Turbulence posse track. Stay tuned for more news!

YOU NEVER HEARD IT LIKE THIS BEFORE!!!


Picture taken by Jim Poblete.

GRAE SEASON OFFICIALLY GETS COUNTED DOWN

MARQUISS - I AM THE GREATEST (Produced by B-Roc)

We are counting down the days for the album launching of GRAE, which also is the debut album of our very own Marquiss. Marquiss has been with Turbulence since the summer of 2000. As we prepare our team to close out the year strong as we always have, we are giving you I AM THE GREATEST by Marquiss -- this song will not appear on G.R.A.E. as it has already been released via Turbulence Productions' 2008 release Tippin' The Scales.

We are looking at possibly launching this album on a sunday during the last week of November. A particular date that has meant alot to the team -- and we are telling it this early so you can prepare nights in advance, it might just fall on a sunday of a long weekend, it just might be around the Makati area, and it sure will be a launch that be about the music more than anything with performances from -- hahahah I ain't telling you this early.

More G.R.A.E. news very soon.

MORE UPDATES LATER TODAY!!

MOOD MUZIK 4 DROPS OCT 26

JOIN THE QUEST Entry 9 "U92.3 CLOSES"

VIDEO BY LOUIE BARETTO, MUSIC BY QUEST "BACK TO LOVE"

U92.3 FM had a very good run. Good shows, good personalities and above it all good music played on the daily. Good news broke out when my friends would tell me that they would hear OPM music played in this station during primetime spots -- which gave the station the new found love of listeners. Shows like The KC Show, The Dollhouse and even the Brewrats would be easy favorites.

And to all you Quest fans, I would like to inform everyone that before any station played Back To Love, U92.3 FM and 99.5 were the first 2 stations to give it a listen. I want to thank KC Montero, Jimmy Muna, Cesca and even DJ Patti for giving us the green light to go on air with Back To Love. It's amazing how one song such as Back To Love transcend and showcase the time U92 had on air.


Thank you for the spotlight and friendship U92.3!!

SHABA!!!