Jay Mayne Hourglass review

    So this is at least a few weeks late. But it's not just like I have been neglecting this post exclusively, I just straight up have not been posting shit up here. It hurts me to look at my blog, so bare and boring.

  I have decided to give my first ever Nacho's Blog album review, or in this case mixtape review. What makes this one especially difficult is that I'm reviewing a friend of mine. Now if I was a professional journalist I would have left out the part about knowing him, but anyone who reads this will already know that.  Let me set the stage here a little bit. Jermaine and I have known each other for some years now. We have skated and worked together and at many times been each others thorn in our respective sides. Mostly because we both think we are right about everything. I'm sure most people, Jay Mayne included would assume that I am just going to talk unwarranted shit. I assure you, if there is any talking of fecal matter, it is warranted.

  This is Jay Mayne's newest offering of the musical kind. It is a mixtape over industry beats so right off the bat you know that you are getting recycled beats, which isn't always a bad thing. The subject matter for the most part deals with weed smoke, chasing money, trying to make it in the rap game, girls, and skateboarding, all of which make sense as this is Jay Mayne. I don't mean that this is what he talks about exclusively, he does put some other emotions into some tracks but for the most part these things are the back drop. One of my favorite tracks from this also happens to be the one that Jay Mayne decided to film a video for. Check out Mafia Music:




  Hourglass is 30 tracks long, mostly short snippets and the running time is about 60 minutes. I'm going to try to be kind here and say that half of the mixtape is worth listening to. Well I should say the whole thing is worth listening to but after a few listens you may find yourself picking it through for the tracks that you are really feeling. I also think that hearing some of these tracks live could persuade most anybody, but Jay Mayne is mostly a weed smoking, studio hermit who doesn't care much for social interaction. I did enjoy it but what I'm really anxious to hear is a full length album with original beats. Bottom line here is that I'm rooting for you Jay Mayne, but this just isn't my favorite shit from you.


P.S.
I remember skating in Toronto a couple of summers ago, trying to film a line that's in the Homegrown video at a 3 up 3 down. I had one of Jay Mayne's mixtapes on the ipod and I kept hitting repeat on this one track, that I wish I could remember because it was banging, and it helped me get a clip.


Now the question I have been wondering about...Jay Mayne....are we still cool? ha

Uptown Tragedy and Beauties and Beasts

 

    So I finally got my hands on a copy of Prevent this tragedy. It didn't come from the boys at Thrasher though. Chad Steeves, the local Converse rep, came through Uptown this past Wednesday to do a little screening of the video. He brought along a few extra copies of the DVD which were scooped up by anyone lucky enough. Chad also came equipped with a couple cases of Garrison Red and Amber which set a nice tone for the evening. Mark Regimbal of Shred-o-rama drunk bar singing fame was also in town doing DC stuff. He was at dinner with his parents earlier in the night and they so graciously gave him a bottle of Captain Morgan Private Stock. Fancy shit with a cork...no twist off here. He whined about the bottle breaking in his luggage so he just left it to the vultures. From what I hear that was the cause of a major puke fest at Nick's place. I am sure Jermaine was stoked to wake up to a living room filled with puke and skateboarders. Ahhh roomies. 

  As for the video...it was Hella!....Hella Sick...Hella gnarly!!! and Hella late!!!!!! But it was worth the wait. Well I did watch it a few times from some internet version but it just wasn't the same. Either way go sniff out a copy of your own wherever you can. If I do still end up getting my copy in the mail maybe we can have Nacho's blog's first ever contest? hmm....maybe. 

 Thanks to Proskates and Chad Steeves for hooking us up with a winter blues remedy. These cold ass months make for sparse social interactions. It was nice to see everyone. Oh we also watched Beauty and the Beast part 2 which is worth a look see as well. It's good to have these little premieres here, because no one seems to be putting out local videos anymore (Plumber). Anyways....fun night, good peeps...wicked accordion tunes. Hope to do it again soon.