DESCRIPTION:
Here's some live footage of D-Wiz (of the San Francisco rap/hip hop group BPos, which also includes emcee/rapper Goodword and DJ Johnny Venetti) making an instrumental beat on his AKAI MPC skeleton, the AKAI MPD 24. He does all his work at BPos Studios, in the Mission District of the San Francisco Bay Area. He uses Cubase 5, with Kontakt 4 and Propellerhead's Reason 5 with Rewire. He also has Digidesign Pro Tools 8 with an M-Audio keyboard and Apple Logic Studio Pro 9. What record did he sample? Well, you'll have to ask him that yourself...

BPos have a new free mixtape coming out September 17th called the Pos Tapes Vol. 1. The mixtape represents the gritty underground Bay Area hip-hop sound that BPos has been brewing. It features production from Bored Stiff's Big Shawn, lyrics from Bay Area rappers from all over the map, including Hunter's Point's Khafre James, Oakland's Otayo Dubb, and I heard even San Francisco native Z-Man (aka Z-Dazzle, aka Z-Mainy, AKA Greedy Z) might even bless a hot track or two. You'll be able to download the mixtape for free, as well as exclusive leaks and singles, from Thizzler On The Roof (http://www.thizzler.com), the Bay Area's source for the latest rap slaps and hip hop heat.

You can preview and buy BPos' latest album, The Upside, in the Thizzler Record Store (http://www.thizzler.com/bpos/) for $10. It's dope as hell, I highly recommend it.

Gigs:

Thurs, 8/5/10
W/ Myka 9 (Freestyle Fellowship) & Medusa (Project Blowed)
Club 6 (SF)

Fri, 8/20/10
Concrete Dreams
(Release Party)
El Rio (SF)

Fri, 9/17/10
Pos Tapes Vol. 1
(Release Party)
Club 6 (Darkroom) (SF)

Fri, 10/15/10
SoundEarth
(Release Party)
El Rio (SF)

IMPORTANT LINKS:

http://www.listn.to/bpos
http://www.thizzler.com
For more hot hiphop instrumentals and beats, go to http://www.thizzler.com/dwiz

Dwiz has also been featured on the video interview series Under The Bay, a Bay Area weekly series focusing on dope up and coming artists and their music. Other artists featured include Roach Gigz, DaVinci, Nio Tha Gift, Casual (of Hieroglyphics), Dex Beats (producer of San Quinn's "Rockin Up Work" among other songs), Balance (known for his song "Swagga Jackin" aka "Please Do Not Swagger Jack Me" among others), Truthlive, Richie Cunning and QM of Rec-League, Rafael Casal (who was on Def Poetry Jam season 4 and is now part of the Getback crew), Seneca, The Dime, Big A, and Ammbush of the Oakland Faders, Street Media and SWTBRDs aka Sweetbreads Collective.

Jermaine Dupri uses a MV8000, Just Blaze uses an MPC4000, Kanye West uses an MPC 2000 and an ASR10 keyboard, Pete Rock uses a MPC2000 XL (although he used to use a SP1200), RIck Rock uses a MPC2500 and a MPC2000xl, J Dilla used to use a MPC3000 and Madlib uses whatever he wants. MF Doom uses a MPC2000, but used to use a MPC60. AKAI MPD24 sampler pads.