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Tajai’s “Machine Language” Features Two Yameen Songs

Yameen — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:54:09 +0000

Machine Language, the latest album from Tajai of Souls of Mischief / Hieroglyphics, features two Yameen songs:

“Formless” from Nuntype
“Hemingway” also from Nuntype

Additionally, Tajai has included an updated version of “Matter of Moments” with a new beat on Machine Language, a song which was originally cut from the Nuntype album (You can download the original here).

Machine Language is available now from Bandcamp.

You can also pick up the full length Nuntype album featuring me and Tajai in high quality FLAC, 320kbps MP3, or WAV from Bancamp now for the first time ever in such high fidelity digital formats.

For more on Tajai, click here.

Hiero & Dilated Peoples in the Studio (Video), 2001

Yameen — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 06:13:53 +0000

I’ve been going through my MiniDV tapes (remember those?) and found the recording session for what would become “Center of Attention” (off of DJ Babu’s, Duck Season Vol. 1) featuring Souls of Mischief, Pep Love and Dilated Peoples. The video and recording session took place at Evidence’s Los Angeles-based home studio in March of 2001. Higher resolution video link after the Youtube embed below:

» Higher resolution version hosted at Vimeo

Interview with Domino, Hieroglyphics – June 1997 (Presented in Stink-E-Scope)

Yameen — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:47:38 +0000

I dug up a pretty amazing audio conversation I had with Domino of Hieroglyphics from way back in June 1997, right as Hiero was knee-deep preparing their debut “family album”, 3rd Eye Vision for mass consumption.

Presented in our all-new Stink-E-Scope theater technology, this is more than just a simple audio interview: Sit back and be amazed by the moving pictures, the talkie high fidelity audio and tons of Hiero history as we go back…WAY back…To 1997:

Errrrr…Put yer breaks on. ~~Scratch~~ that. We just noticed you’re using a mobile device. This chumpy requires a good deal of screen real estate. Something like a laptop or a desktop. So unfortunately, you won’t be able to view it at the moment. But, we promise, if you come back and visit on a non-mobile device, it’ll be worth it.

» Click here to email yourself a link to the page to check it out for later.

Errrrr…Put yer breaks on. ~~Scratch~~ that. We just noticed you’re most likely using a tablet device of some sort. This chumpy requires a good deal of screen real estate. Something like a laptop or a desktop. We’re also not quite convinced (at the time of this writing, at least) most tablet devices can sustain the power that is Stink-E-Scope theater. So unfortunately, you won’t be able to view it at the moment. But, we promise, if you come back and visit on a non-tablet device, it’ll be worth it.

» Click here to email yourself a link to the page to check it out for later.

Click above to begin interview

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Yameen, Souls of Mischief on TechTV – 2000

Yameen — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:58:44 +0000

Here’s a blast from the past: Me and Souls of Mischief on TechTV talking bouts TEH INTERNETZ way back in 2000:

I make my debut around the 2:07 minute mark.

Matter of Moments – Unreleased Nuntype Song featuring Tajai (MP3)

Yameen — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 19:53:09 +0000

I was digging in the (virtual) crates and came up on an old CD-R featuring a session demo of a track we cut from the final version of Nuntype, recorded more than likely in 2000.

The song is called, “Matter of Moments” with me on production and Tajai on the mic. It’s never been released until now.

Although “Matter of Moments” was cut from the final playlist, the instrumental did manage to make it onto the retail album under the name “Cacophony Carknock”.

It’s unmixed, so keep that in mind, but it still sounds pretty good. Check it out below:

» Download – MP3 (8M)

And for more on Nuntype, check out: www.nuntype.com.

Hieroglyphics Crew Photos from 1999

Yameen — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:21:07 +0000

I’ve been doing some CD-R Spring cleaning and came up on another batch of Hieroglyphics Crew photos that we took for the old Hieroglyphics.com website Emporium store in 1999.

This batch features Domino, Tajai, Casual, Pep Love & JayBiz, Phesto Dee and Del the Funky Homosapien sporting some of the fly fits we had on sale back in the day.

Check the gallery below. Pretty sure the photos were shot by Giant Peach Karen. The lovely Viviane Oh also makes a guest appearance in the group shot. Her work you may be familiar with on album covers such as Casual’s, He Think He Raw, Rasco’s, Time Waits For No Man and Souls of Mischief’s, Trilogy.

Light of Love – Official Anime Video Trailer

Yameen — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 00:29:14 +0000

Here it is, ya’ll: the “Light of Love” anime video trailer featuring Yameen & Lady Alma. Mark de Clive-Lowe is on the remix, and we are GO!

Be sure to check for a few cameos in the video including Casual of Hieroglyphics and Bobbito’s Footworks Illadelph record store, formerly located in Philly during the mid-to-late 90′s.

Check out a higher quality version at Vimeo as well: http://vimeo.com/13042021

Animation fans — especially Japanese anime from the likes of Gainax, Studio 4C, and Madhouse — are definitely in for a treat.

» Download the song from iTunes

» Download the song from Amazon.com MP3

Hieroglyphics, Souls of Mischief, Del The Funky Homosapien Pics from 1997

Yameen — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:49:01 +0000

I was going through some old discs and found a stash of photographs we used for the Hiero Emporium online store redesign on Hieroglyphics.com back in 1997. Thought I’d share em cause they’re pretty nice.

All photographs are the property of Jacob Rosenberg. Ya’ll know Saucee Jake: He can be heard on Del’s “Pet Peeves” getting hyphy on Del. Jacob was the director of videos such as “You Never Knew”, “If You Must”, and “At The Helm”.

Also, you may be wondering who that dude on the right of many of these pics are. That’s Alex Tse; the producer of the videos I mentioned above and dedicated Hiero fan. Where’s Alex now? Writing the screenplay to The Watchmen movie and the forthcoming live action Ninja Scroll adaptation, of course.

The Most Obvious Hiero & Souls of Mischief Shirt EVAR!!!11

Yameen — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 05:55:30 +0000

I can’t believe no one has freaked this yet. So I was like, “Fuck it” and whipped them up type-quick in good old Illustrator myself.

Based on the 2K / Experimental Jetset original, my take on Hiero & Souls of Mischief:

I’ll pass em on to Tajai. Maybe Hiero will make them officially?

Be sure to check out that Experimental Jetset link I posted earlier. They are not only the OG designers of the shirt, but have been good enough to post a gallery of other similarly-inspired designs right on their website. So check it out.