Picture it, Mount Real, 2009… Karma Atchykah avec Sikh Knowledge (Pour Mama)

December 17th, 2009 by Sikh Knowledge

….a Singh, his Sisters, and best man organize a night to help support a few Afghani women, while trying to make sense of the universe.

Thomson house was converted from a venue for raging kegers where girls from halifax named elizabeth go skin-out on daddy’s wallet, to a south asian, mehfil style harem-like refuge.

I set my turntable up on the floor as if it were a tabla set, and let loose on some of the illest Qawwali joints I’ve come across till date.

Uncles, and Aunties of all faces and feathers came through to sit and listen to the beauty while my sister blessed us with spiced tea, and my bestest made sure things were running smoothly. My Aki made a few signs and enjoyed the vibes, and rested her soul on the floor to Wadali brothers. I was in ecstasy only playing the shit….i imagined what it would be like performing it for real.

We raised some change for the AWN, and all in all, this experiment was a success….

Mount Mehfil Pt. 2 will take place again…
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Karma Atchykah is killing the scene right now. Im honored to have had a hand in one of his last songs dedicated to his mum…cest ça brejin.

I have to say it’s a crazy ill track.

Pour Mama – Karma Atchykah Prod. Sikh Knowledge

Mount Mehfil – Monday December 14th

November 23rd, 2009 by Sikh Knowledge

What up Island,

FYI, I’m (BOMR) trying to send some much needed funds over to the Afghan Women’s Network. I can elaborate on the mountainous task these sisters have to over come years of exploitation and abuse at the hands of a previous Russia and Consequently the Taliban.

So, my close family and friends know what a qawwali nut I am…therefore, what better way to raise money than to use music from the region???? (well, in and around that region)

Im going to spinning qawwali on the nigh of the 14th…I dont think this has been done before, so come check it. It’ll be a sit-down kind of event, where people talk and drink tea while I kill the tunes….

I’ll play all things that fall under the Rubric of Mehfil…so, Geet’s, filmi Qawwali, Ghazals, “regular” Qawwali (LOL)…

5 bucks gets you in….donations get you tea and snacks…

check l’evenement sur facebook…

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=183788883062&ref=mf

Updates to come….

Sikh’s Dad’s Disdain, DAM, Narcy show, and Sikh and Mestizo reconnect

September 30th, 2009 by Sikh Knowledge

Last week I was bombarded with exams, quizzes and assignments…I was on the grind that most of us in, at least, Canada understand very well. I wasn’t really bogged down with creativity this time around. It always used to disturb me that my inner voice would have to be ignored to study these volumes of text just to get the grade….(..to make this paper and career…to ultimately be creative all over again lol)…Im confident now in at my age, that my inner voice will never ever leave…i just have to (a la Tucker) ShUt ThE FuCk UuUuP, and listen for it.

Anyway, in the heat of all these études I walk in to the kitchen to get me a snack…etc. I look outside, and there’s a massive, glitch-in-the-matrix, Carribanesque-Bampsi, spider right outside my window….

I almost expelled my cheerios. I noted to my father, “dad, look at that thing…, it’s so cold outside, like stop making webs already, there’s no more food”…..

My dad mysteriously disappears….I look around, he comes determined around the corner holding a spray bottle…”This guy is going to die” he said. Some pesticides are illegal in Quebec, so my neighbor pedals my dad some of the good stuff from Cornwall.

I was shocked, i never saw my dad so organized against a spider. Usually im the one screaming and he’ll grab a spider with his hand and throw it outside…( i know, i got shivers too)…

My man stood outside in front of this sucker and destroyed its home and certainly its confidence…The funny thing is my dad kept spraying this spider as if he was using projectiles….the spiders not going die right away…

“Stopp! That’s enough!” I shouted…”just give it a second to work”…no sooner, my dad went after a second one off to the side…

I said…DAD!

It was over. I havent seen a web since….

Last Saturday, Ill mestizo and I opened for Typecast and Preach Ankobia at Ptit Campus. Mestizo and I have been boys for years, but havent performed together in around 8 years. I had much fun….we did a few hype tracks…i busted out an instrumental I havent used before live…it worked out wonderfully (POSTED BELOW)

On Monday night, I went back to the Campus, this time upstairs to check Narcy and Palestinian hip hop group called DAM…

I was hangin with Tash upfront. Moonstar was spinning the night, and the Nomadic Massive singers were supporting Narcy on the Mic.

Now, I got to say….this was my vibe, my crowd, my everything. I would have LOVED to kill it with them on stage. Narcy aired the Phatwa video….DAM, killed it.

It’s interesting to hear how much influence western culture and Hip Hop has had on these three motherfuckers from a such a war torn land…

DAM stands for Da Arabian MC’s….I can think of at least two things wrong with that name, but no one ever said Boot Camp Click had amazing spelling.

http://www.dampalestine.com/ for what it is…

The Track me and mestizo flipped…..Dutty Monks –> DOWNLOAD

LoverHer -

September 23rd, 2009 by Sikh Knowledge

Humble got at me for this beat I posted on here earlier this summer called “drives a compressor”…naturally, I said he could have.

Funny where we come from, in terms of beat-priorities. It turns out that Buckshot from Blackmoon wanted this beat so badly….he said that “it was history in the making”…now, im not tooting my own horn.

But yes I am. I’d rather Humble rip it, and I help.

Vibe out.

Humble and I talk “LoveHer” –>DOWNLOAD<–
Production: Sikh Knowledge

Chorus: she's my mother daughter sister Lovher
(HUMBLE)
She hadn’t even seen 11 springs
More beautiful than autumn dreams
They said she’d grow up to be hotter than the summer
But she got chills, when she saw him,
The younger
Brother of her mother
Her drinks that liquid nerve
And he had the nerve to touch her
Then he fucked her
Blamed it on her beauty
Said he did it cuz he loved her
Made her keep the secret
And made his visits more frequent
So that summer never came
And those tears they never showed
But inside it always rained
Fast fwd to 16
Started doing anything jus to numb the pain
Cuz it’s winter everyday
Colder than December
She remembers his ways
She’ll never feel the spring again

(SIKH)

She could see the world from her daddy's shoulders/
feet aint touched the ground since never/
till he dropped her/…her sister and mother/
for the next release/ like a dilla fiend/but it wasn't beats/ it was weed/
…and sex and opiates, he's mad gangsta/
left her roamin the fields like Nebuchadnezzar/future shattered? maybe…/
but her mommy proves to be…/
an example a woman needs a man as much as she needs society../
bun'em/
a little fireball – she wants to be a psychologist/
maybe to figure out why daddy acted stupid/
maybe to understand why she clings to losers/
or mommy always looks like she's about to lose it/
or to earn that wage to make her feel safe/
'cause what her daddy gave barely covered what she ate/
a little queen for real with dreams and hopes as jesters/
my money's on the little brown skin lady with odds stacked against her/

she's my mother daughter sister other….

(HUMBLE)

They always say the 3rd time’s a charm
Clutching her stomach, she prays this one’s son
Otherwise, whats the sense in having one
2 daughters, fathers fed up, warned not to mess this up
as if the burden is all her own
another blessing of a baby girl means she’s not welcome home
he makes her go through it alone
a taxi to the hospital, she goes through it alone
Sunday night, no family in the room
To witness the miracle coming from the womb
Yet to their joy, a healthy baby boy
She declares him royality, cuz she already knew
And papa slowly learned
Raised his princesses to queens, changed his ways to better things
But the stains always remain
The change in her brain
She’s not the same
She can’t forgive him

Ghetto, Gully, Low-Budget, Welfare, Ref, Dipper, Bruk-up….synonyms?

August 30th, 2009 by Sikh Knowledge

Some of the iller art one can create is simple, un worked, and comes from just playing around….Ive been working with this artist named Dior…..just Dior. Sounds like a fragrance that the ladies a la Baie won’t spray on me cause I walk with a bop…..losers. I already smell good. Anyway Dior and I have been getting together on weekends recording some joints etc….My girl can belt it out.

We sip tea, and talk politics, and all things ghetto….Im learning the intricacies of Ghetto anatomy. One always must remain mindful of what adjective one is using….Ghetto is not the same as Gully, is not the same as reffy….etc…

There are many words to describe the severe penury (eh kelly…penury) that afflicts people….The gully object of the post: the autotuner. The ghetto aspect: being surrounded by kleenex and tea cups in my studio with a stack of bills piled on my expensive gear (Irony)…..is Irony ghetto?

Anyway, im confused.

New Joint, Click and DL ——>  Ghetto (Dior ft. Sikh Produced my Sikh)

Blam Blam, Sidhu, 2 NU ones, puis des gens indiens

August 23rd, 2009 by Sikh Knowledge

If Oprah can have “Ah! Ha!” moments, why can’t I have Blam! Blam! moments….What has she done for the hype lately. NOTHING. I had a few Balm Blam moments in these last few weeks of my vacay….For one, hearing that my boy Ill mestizo was up on stage opening at the Busta show….that was Blam Blam. Realizing that in t-minus 2 years, ill be a speech language pathologist AND producer was a blam blam moment…..Ken Lo’s shit is Blam Blam, Sarah’s EP release jam at off the hook was Blam Blam, Nomadic Massive at Jazz Fest, the weather this last week, my mpc, my nieces, Tiramisu at Euro Deli, Scott C’s smile talking about what sounds good, someone pumping my shit on ste laurent, my sisters, karma’s new shit, mili’s new job, veej’s friendship….nuff things are Blam Blam…..the new Busy Signal joint (Eh LÉ LÉ LÉ LÉ LÉ LÉ LÉ LÉ LÉ LÉ) and this join….watch?v=qZwSH0sKBJE

This Barkat Sidhu….what the HELL is this about? Where did this fireball come from?…a small modest discography, and mad talented. He is from Punjab, and makes me want to drop and yell out to the sky….I cried once during this tune.

Hella Heavy.

Here are 2 new ones for your chariots….they bump hard. Aisee Taisee has Gurdas kickin some real shit on it…

Puis des ges indiens la….jaime comment ils sont foncé, puis ils sont tellement Hot. That’s it.

Check

DL–>Methane

DL–>Aisee Taisee

Santokh Uncle’s Favorite Vegetable and Live at the Podium

July 22nd, 2009 by Sikh Knowledge

Mahoke!

(if you can call where that’s from, im laughing with you)…

A close family friend of mine, Mr. Santokh Singh, is at the cardiological institute of montreal, after suffering a severe heart attack a few weeks ago. His vital signs are stable, and we hope he’ll make a full recovery.

This man visited me during my double herniation, and was so concerned for my well being, he offered me a vacation (!)…. He’s baller like that. He’s always been there for our family…

Anyway, he and my pops are boys…have been for years. So, naturally, when you’re in the hospital, you will ask your boy to do things like rotate the tires, make sure your kids’ schooling is on point, and some online banking…

my pops comes home and says to me, “your Santokh uncle gave me his account number and password to do some banking on the internet….how come it’s not working”….

(of course the internet is not working, right dad?)

So I say, what’s his bank?

“TD…”

Ok dad, it’s not working, I dont understand why there’s like 15 digits here, it says there should only be 6

“(Teeth Suck), enter this number correctly”

?!?! why would I enter it NOT correctly?

“just shut up, it’s this…############”

OK, but you just repeated the number 4 twice

“not 4, 8…”

what? They don’t even sound the same…

“###########”

OK we’re in. Dad, it says we have to answer a security question…what is your favorite vegetable? Do you know Santokh uncles favorite vegetable (laughing)

(with certainty) “Cauliflower”

(now, im cracking up) Dad, why would anyone choose such an answer? How do you even spell collie flower?

…I decided to play santokh uncle for a second and think to myself, if I were him, what would i choose as my fav vegetable, as a security question…Well, I needed to put on a punjabi accent…and further, i needed to trivialize the risk of my shit getting hacked, cause it would never happen ..as my dad and santokh uncle used to say “these people are stupid”, always doubting authority and security figures…

so i said to myself PO TAA TOE….Potato….

and we were in!

But straight up, i was happy i knew something else of my santokh uncle now..that his favorite vegetable was potato….

get well soon!

Check the new one…
Jay to the Eh on the break, Jay and Sikh on the takes….
—-> “at the podium

Sikh Knowledge Ft. The Montreal Expos…

July 17th, 2009 by Sikh Knowledge

Well, it had to happen at some point.

Funny story about Sikh Knowledge and Hip Hop…I first ran in to trouble when I was watching rap city on much music as a kid, and the end credits ran this particular instrumental. This motherfucker knocked my socks off and i knew my life wasn’t going to be the same.

Anyway, the Montreal Expos and I did this little joint on it to kick off the peak of summer …

http://www.divshare.com/direct/7935427-b83.mp3

(Montreal expos are those emcees in this track: Shogun, Karma Atchykah, Ill Mestizo, Jay to the Eh, Sikh Knowledge)
Arranged, and mixed by sikh knowledge at the bank.

The Umans, Nomadic Massive, How Im an excellent lover, and Khaled.

July 7th, 2009 by Sikh Knowledge

Last Saturday Evening I attended a Uman Family BBQ. Now, Im not sure if it’s a jewish thing but Ive never experienced so many simultaneous conversations…if you could see sound coming out of peoples mouths at the table, it would look like a a silly string war, where they were Michelle Tanners’ and I was uncle Joey, getting my come-upins…(is that how you spell come up ins?)

BUT, I love Uman family time…my family is also loud, not quite layered in conversation, but definitely loud. I had a delightful exchange of pleasantries with Granny and Bubbi…Bubbi is like Jack’s description of Mme Bijoux, from Titanic. Charismatic and Silver, with a turkey sandwich in her purse and a little ditty to sing….Granny is mad cute, with bad hearing….

I went to go check Nomadic Massive on Sunday at the Jazz fest with my friend Nic. I love seeing Tali smile on stage….it’s like the world righted a really bad wrong, or there IS a God in the heavens or something. Iunno, she makes the whole crowd warm and fuzzy. Narcy’s energy was up there. At one point he hopped accross the stage as if in a potato sac race. Hype as hell, NM busted verses in Portuguese, French, English, Arabic, and Spanish….Amazing vibe.

We bounced a little early to have some tea at the whitest sheesha jon on st denis, called La Hooka or something. St Leo was definitely in the house at that spot…I was the only one in my Keff, and the sound system blared misunderstood (the Kill Bill version)…Met up with Kelly Uman and Papu and some girl whose name no one could remember….at one point in my head, I thought her name was Monkey Wrench, turned out it was Rechni, which is totally Monkey Wrench if you think about it….anyway, Im right.

Why am I an excellent lover? Im real considerate, sweet, thoughtful, full of energy, and have a huge need to get off on the one I love…so, think about that.

My heart is still in shambles…I’ve been making my west indian infused usuals again….This one is called Khaled, it may or may not be for obvious reasons….

Will be on the next reel….

peep ça: http://www.divshare.com/direct/7851994-084.mp3

SIDENOTE: The Umans are not THAT Jewish.

Fresno, Naps, and all that Jazz

June 22nd, 2009 by Sikh Knowledge

So, the Jakara movement show went down, and Im now at SFO waiting to go to BOS…(delayed flight)

This trip was funded by the Jakara heads in Cali. They’re an organization that spreads the knowledge of Sikhi through various regional camps around California.

At first, I thought they must have crazy funding to bring me out from Canada to perform…sweet lord, I was itching to get out of the house. The impressive thing about Jakara, is that there are so many young people running it. They know so much about the heritage I have.

I learn about my own heritage through the conflict of others…it helps me re-evaluate “me”.

Anyway, I thought this trip was a blessing. First, because I got to travel for free to perform my own original music. This has happened to me before, but never among the community im supposedly from. The trip to Cali, in itself was dope…I flew to toronto (thanks kitt), attended my nieces graduation from Junior high school (sort of), drove with humble to buffalo where we told border security that we were ‘rappers’. He then asked us what our day job were. We arrived at buffalo international fassy clot airport, when security placed me in a glass cube because I beeped when I passed through the gates.

I sat on a chair in this transparent cube, like Magneto. They frisked, and frisked, and frisked. I got aroused, im not going to lie.

Something needs to be said about being more sexually stimulated than scared of fucking security. Ha!

Anyway, Humble and I were twice more shown love on both ends of the walkway to the actual airplane…before, and right at the door of the airplane.

love love love.

will continue later…now bording. I hope they show me love.

…continued

Day 1, nap on the pacific coast, stars between Fresno and SFO….

Day 2, conference and tons of love from the local Sikhs

Day 3, we perform…