Greetings to the Amalgam Fam.  I am a new blogger here, and just to give a little background on who I am, I have been DJing for over 20 years, started the Truck Jewls mixtape series in 1998, and am currently the tour DJ for Dres of Black Sheep.

I have been collecting Hip-Hop records since the mid-80's starting with UTFO's Roxanne Roxanne, Just-Ice "Latoya" and Fearless Four "Rockin It" to name a few.
I grew up in the Bronx and really witnessed the birth of Hip-Hop in the early 80's and it is great to still be heavily involved in this culture that has been such a big part of my life.  I am not sure if I will have a set concept for the blog yet or just freestyle it for a little while, I have tons of rare music I could upload, but that's too predictable, maybe I could blog about my episodes on the road with Dres and give people some insight what it's like to back an MC of his stature, or  I could review Amalgam Digital releases like the new Tame One, which is in heavy ipod rotation right now.  I'm not sure, we'll see what happens between now and my next post, in the meantime you can catch my online radio show @ www.hiphopphilosophy.com every Thursday Night starting @ 9PM (EST).  I also blessed the good people at Amalgam with the Jay-Z/RJD2 remix album I did a few years back to post in the Free Download Section...enjoy.  You can also download my old Truck Jewls mixtapes and CD's directly from www.truckjewls.blogspot.com.

One last thing...for anyone in the Chicago area, I will be out there on Monday (Labor Day) for a Black Sheep show @ the African Arts Festival.  Brand Nubian and Rhymefest will also be performing, showtime is 5PM...come through!