Rerun--My birthday list!

On Facebook I mentioned that I had different birthday gift lists. This also ties in with my post "Holiday before the holiday". Basically I started something like this a few years back, when I first crossed the 30 barrier. I figure I'll never get what I want if I dont ask for it. Honestly, it worked. I appreciated the gifts I got as opposed to nothing at all or something outlandish. So I expanded on it at the time and gave them names. Like any other major event,theres the platinum, gold, silver and bronze level gifts. You pick it and fall in line...

Bronze level
Music is good. Cd's of new albums(although I download on the regular) artists are good because I need something for the car. Can't forget dvd's of movies, especially action flicks. I would prefer the store brand or a high quality bootleg. The more recent the better. Even though it wouldnt hurt to have a dvd of the classic movies..that would show me how cool you are if you came with a good old movie(not Casablanca but like Friday, lol). Gift cards are a good move cause its simple and Signature Tees are good too. I usually spend my summer trying to find that one t-shirt that no one else rocks and dare to be different. I usually come back to it and get some sneakers but thats a good start. Yankee fitted--yes Yankee,Mets, Jets, Giants only (7 1/8 or 7 1/4) and scarves are all good gifts. Basically gifts under $30 fall in this category for me.


Silver Level
I have an xbox(for the kids) and an xbox 360 so any of the new sports/action games are A-OK with me. I'm an Apple computer person so accessories along that line work. I guess this is where the gadgets and "boytoys" come into play. Accesories like watches, belts and good cufflinks arent to bad to introduce either. Computer harddrives and jump drives( which are pretty cheap nowadays) are also good gifts for the kid.



Gold Level
This isnt for everyone. These are personalized gifts that mean you really know me. You have spent some time and heard me comment on items and thats what you want to get me. These are also opportunities to show off...weekend getaways, massage/spa tratments, crazy exotic stuff like that.

Platinum Level

Super exclusive. Basically only wife(y) knows what this is....

Mini mix suspects by BUKA

Mini mix suspects �by� milliondollarman72

Usual Suspects Generation 2.0----Get your minds right for DJ BUKA and a mini mix! Get familiar with the hottest deejay crew in the Big Ten area

Nov Part I by Rich NYCe

Nov Part I �by� Richnyce

New tunes and new vibes from Rich NYCe of the Usual Suspects Crew

November Part I

Heres the playlist for my latest mixtape

1. Transform You- Chris Brown ft Lil Wayne
2. On to the Next- Jay Z
3. Forever- Kast One remix- Drake, Lil Wayne, Kanye, Eminiem
4. Fear- Drake
5. King Leon- Drake
6. Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart rmx- Alicia Keys ft Maino
7. So Ambitious- Jay Z
8. Uptown- Drake, Bun B
9. Money to Burn- Drake, Birdman
10. Girl You Know- Omarion, Lil Wayne, Gudda Gudda, Nicki Minaj
11. Get up in your heart- Sean Garrett, Gucci Mane
12. Break Up- Mario, Gucci Mane
13. Pretty Brown Eyes rmx- Amerie ft Trey Songz, Lloyd Banks
14. Thank You- Jay Z
15. Inhibitions- Pharell, Wale
16. Last Hope- Kardinal Offishall, Drake
17. Last Prophet- L.E.
18. Lights Please- J Cole
19. Get Em High- Storm 9000

Heres the link for the download.

From Ohio with Love..part I

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This weekend Sunday Nov. 22nd

Springfield Ohio--This weekend will be poppin....Springfield Music Awards Pre-Show event on Sunday, November 22nd in Springfield, Ohio. The event will feature local performing artists,national recording artist, Raheem DeVaunghn, DJ Rich NYCE from The Usual Suspects and Mr. Nice Guy. A portion of the proceeds will go toward Second Harvest Food Bank. In Ohio, over 200,000 families receive emergency food assistance. Across the nation, food banks are experiencing food shortages.

Its for a good cause so you should come on out...
-R-

Weekend wrapup-Halloween weekend

This past weekend was a great weekend to me. Well lately the last couple have been good. I didnt hit the streets on Friday but on Saturday, the Suspects held downtown down!! At BOMA we had DJ Dru holding it down,at the Brownstone, we had the Bklyn Butcha and at ICON, had the Bklyn-Queens connection, King Seven the Great and me RICH NYCE...
Every spot had their own appeal and Im glad that folk came out dressed for the part. The ICON went with a glow in the dark theme and it played out perfectly with blacklights everywhere and neon tape and decorations. Definitely turned the night into a good atmoshphere. I gotta give props to all the Geisha girls, sexy cops, sexy nurses and school girls that I saw. Then the fellas played their part as well. I went with a 50 cent anti costume theme and it all worked out to be a good night (I will definitely add pics later). Most of the folks have pics on their facebook page(facebook.com/richnyce) but I did enjoy myself. With the hour going back too, that also helped make the party rock on!!

I think I can rock till 4 most times but not sure if everyone can handle that. In any case, a good weekend, look out for photos and the suspects have some upcoming events this week...

2 new mixes from Rich NYCe

I am giving you links to two mixes I did over the weekend. They are pretty random, have some good and current music and some classics as well. I didnt do too much talking at all, they were custom mixes for a client...but I always like to spread the wealth!

Click here for the first mix

Click here for the 2nd mix

Download and enjoy! More to come
-R-

A great letter to anyone that says they're a deejay.

My HS friend(who I love and adore then and now) sent me this link. Its from a fellow blogger and its called letter to the dj. Now I have written something similar to this awhile ago on facebook but its always good to get another look and persepctive. It inspired me to get out of my comfort zone and deejay the way I really wanted to deejay. Capturing the lost art of deejaying,because thats what I feel it is right now.
Miss Jean, great job. I have always felt that I deejayed a little differently and wasnt going to conform totally to just what the masses want. However this hit home for me. Please read and share and when you hear me spin, know that it resurfaced from this read.

October 23rd Newsletter-archive

October 23rd newsletter!
Get your fix right HERE. New music and downloads by DJ O Sharp and see where we were last weekend..

Get caught up with us!

For those of you that might not totally be caught up with the suspects thoughts and activities, we have a newsletter that we put out. Im gonna start posting the links so you can see whats going on.
This is from October 16th. Click here and enjoy

My thoughts on some promoters right now

I guess I really can't play catch up but I have been having a few thoughts. I often wonder how these promoters can say they throw the "best" party or have the "best" dj in the city...? For real? I mean I understand the promoting game. I know that if you come off small(pause), the event will be even worse. So make it appear to be the best party ever had!!! No one will ever want to goto another party!!! Yeah Yeah Yeah...

THEN my facebook inbox gets flooded because everyone thats part of the same promotion team,sends the sameemail at the same time...isnt that considered SPAM? I mean, should I delete the contact because you're spamming me...?

Then the "best DJ in the WORLD" tagline is a little weak dont you think? Have a catchy phrase or something. Let that be the marketing value vs. the best. Because what if he/she isnt the best? Some dj's arent even really dj's. They just know how to play songs. How many can move the crowd and really have them experiencing the feeling of the party....??

So this is coming as a consumer...make the party fun, get a dj that knows what he/she is doing. Get me to come to your event,not because its the end all events of the year but because its gonna be a good time. Then you might have something!

-R-

Late

I'm not even sure how long this has been around but Im going mobile with my blogs and what not now. I got it updated so be on the lookout for pics and what not to the C.O.R.N. I mean hey, it is the Chronicles!

Rich and Trav Show

Rich NYCe and Trav Dave gets busy on reviewing some new music from all over the nation. Catch up and join www.usualsuspectsradio.podomatic.com

Heres the link!
http://www.zshare.net/audio/64043469dfa0353a/

Enjoy

My apologies and new podcast

First off shout out to Trav Dave and Mirror Love productions for keeping me honest. I havent updated to the blog in a long time...with so much other stuff going on, I neglected a piece of me. I apologize. So here's how Im trying to make amends...
by posting a new show!!

There is SO much music out nowadays that Rich NYCe and Trav Dave decided to listen to some and give our thoughts on them. From mainstream artists to underground artists, just our thoughts and views on it. We try to keep the people connected!

Please click the link below to view it.
http://usualsuspectsradio.podOmatic.com/entry/2009-08-06T06_17_42-07_00

See you there!

Pre Game warmup mixtape

I know its been a minute and its unfortunate. However I have a few new mixtapes out. I did a classic neyo soul, hip hop mixtape just titled Musical therapy. I did it in my basement when I was feeling a little down and just needed that positive energy. You can peep that at www.usualsuspectsradio.podomatic.com
Don't forget to sign up for that as well..

Then DJ O Sharp, Da Bklyn Butcha and me teamed up to do a mixtape called the Triangle Offense!! In honor of bball season and what not. Its going to be a hot collaboration indeed. I had the honor of doing the "Pre Game" mixtape so you can download and listen too. I will also have that on my podcast soon and an eventual playlist to follow on this blog. We're changing the game...guaranteed!

http://www.zshare.net/audio/5784608341fe616f/

-R-

I'm on a Boat..Featuring T Pain

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Homecoming-John Forte and Talib Kweli

"Homecoming" John Forte + Talib Kweli from The ICU on Vimeo.

My last weekend

So I feel that I have had a very inspirational and spiritual weekend on so many levels. This past weekend was the opening of the movie "Notorious". I was pleasantly surprised by the movie and how it was put together. For the most part the casting of the characters and the story seemed to fit all of the information I remember. Maybe thats what really made it work to me. That I really could relate. I was around during those times and all the emotions I felt then, I felt watching the movie. Thats why it was such a great movie to me...it struck something in me.

So as I travelled and reminisced on the whole Bad Boy Biggie Smalls, Notorious B.I.G. era, I was blessed by two mixtapes. I know there are a ton out there and everyone wanted to make one(I have one of my own out there too) but these two I really dug. One was from my man J-Rawls of the almighty USC(Usual Suspects Crew).

http://www.sendspace.com/file/lyn0f9

Suspect affiliate Krate Digga also put out his own foundations mixtape labeled the Notorious FLY. Very dope mixtape as KR8 finds those original samples for some of your favorite Biggie songs.

http://www.zshare.net/download/540984397cdd8464/
FILE NAME: Notorious FLY - Foundations Mix.zip


Then we had the inauguration of a new president. Not just your regular president, but a president that this country and world are probably going to see for awhile and changes in this country are going to be global. This country and especially African Americans felt a resurgence of pride and are ready to be Americans again. The inauguration, even though it was frigid cold brought 2 million people to DC and the weekend prior, I was in MD and I could sense it. Such a beautiful feeling and one of just pure pride.

President is Black-Jay Z remix!

In honor of the inauguration and history in the making, check out this video..shout out to C-Fave and Team Invasion Midwest for this one!




Jay-Z My President is black Remix LIVE 1-18-09 from pleasedontstare on Vimeo.

The Limelight Finale

Hip Hop Violin!!!!

Incredible Flute Beatbox!!

Incredible Flute Beatbox @ Yahoo! Video

Limelight Hour Two featuring Krate Digga

Limelight! Live at the club part 1

My birthday bash!!  Live at the club....so if you weren't there, here's what you missed...I'll put the other parts up later on.

www.usualsuspectsradio.podomatic.com

Live at ICON-Limelight!!

Here's a direct link to my blog page!! : The Usual Suspects-We taking over!

- - Usual

My Love-Hate NY Relationship

I spent my Christmas vacation in my hometown, Queens NYC.  It's home but there are some definite things that I have been spoiled with as I currently reside in Columbus, Ohio.  So...where do I begin?

Hate----As soon as I got into NYC proper and I was dropping my man Ja off in the Bx(Fordham Road area), I hit a pothole so hard that I caught an instant flat...ARRGGHH!!!  This is about midnight and its brick cold.  As I begin unpacking the trunk to get the spare, a cab comes up to me and says there's a 24 hour tire place 2 blocks back....

Love---- I'm able to get a new tire with the quickness(yes it was that bad)

Hate---- Someone put a barrier where the pothole was to warn folk and as I'm continuing back to get back on the road, a cab plows through the barrier and sends the barrier flying into my car....

Love----So many food options.  Diversity from all over the world at any given time.

Hate----The tax and cost of food....ridiculous

Love---That my moms and pops can cook and keeps me grounded to my roots.

Love---Traveling through the city(all boros) to get caught up on life

Hate---That there's no parking or if it is, its a tight squeeze and paying is bananas

Love---Good ol MTA and my ipod, lol

Love---Getting reconnected with my old friends and family

Hate---That I don't have enough time to see everyone.

Love---Holiday weekends on the radio.  As a deejay, I get caught up on new music and appreciate good deejays.

Hate---That I'm usually driving and can't get the names of new songs like I want to.

Aight, so those are just a few things that I got me this last trip.  But as things go, I come back to Ohio fully charged with my NYC energy and it will carry me thru till the next time, I return.