H.F.P. Featured On TheRoxyonSunset.com

Look like The Roxy is ready for the show as well. Peep the write up they did for us HERE!

H.F.P. Featured On Rent.Food.Broke

Shouts out to Hillel and all the good folks at Rent.Food.Broke.com for featuring our show TOMORROW NIGHT @ The Roxy, as well as Cadillac Dreams on the site. Click HERE to find out how you can cop your discount ticket through RFB!

Cerritos All Stars Monday Mixup Interview (7.25.11)

Shouts out to DJ Ummagawd and DJ Redline of Cerritos All Stars for having us on the Monday Mixup this past Monday night (7.25.11) to talk about the The Roxy (GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!!!) and the album (available NEXT Thursday @ HFPmusic.bandcamp.com). Click HERE to download the full show, which I would FULLY recommend because the homie Ummagawd was dropping some jewels in the mix. Make sure to peep out more programming from The Cerritos All Stars @ Cerriotsallstars.com.

V.I.S.I.O.N.S. Photoshoot

Here are some flicks from the photoshoot from V.I.S.I.O.N.S. album booklet. The location of these shots is where you can find us on the release date, August 4th! Contact us @ HFPempire@yahoo.com (or any H.F.P. band member directly) to purchase the $20 Deluxe Edition (Ticket to the Show, Autographed Album, H.F.P. T-Shirt and Bumper Sticker) or general tickets ($10).

Photography by Carina Estera Photography

Interview On Listen Up Sports Talk

Shouts outs to the homies Jesse and Scott for inviting us onto their radio show, Listen Up Sports Talk, last night to discuss V.I.S.I.O.N.S, The Roxy, as well as L.A. sports. This was also the first radio show to premiere Cadillac Dreams live on the air! Check out their official website with up to date episodes by clicking HERE!!!

H.F.P. On Listen Up Sports Talk (LISTEN HERE!!!)

V.I.S.I.O.N.S. Album Release Day Show @ The Roxy

THE TIME IS HERE!!! The release of the live revamp of V.I.S.I.O.N.S. is here!!! Dropping 8.4.11 @ HFPmusic.bandcamp.com. To celebrate, we having our first complete show of 20-11 back where our Sunset Blvd journey began.... @ The Roxy Theatre with fellow comrades in dope music, Trey Billie and DJ Tony Psalms (Royal Love Sound).

Tickets are $10 BUUUUUUUTTTTTT!!! In honor of the release of the album, we are offering a special Deluxe... Edition package includes a ticket to the show, personalized autographed physical copy of the LP, H.F.P. T-Shirt, and bumper sticker for only $20!

To purchase, contact us at HFPempire@yahoo.com or contact any H.F.P. band member directly (Chuck, Key, Paul, Lord, Kerwin, Brian, Steve, or James).

THIS IS A LANDMARK MOMENT FOR HONOR FLOW PRODUCTIONS!!! WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL THERE THURSDAY, AUGUST 4TH!!!!

Thank You For Listening and Soul Claps & Salutes

Cadillac Dreams (12' Single)

Cover Designed by Madame Genevieve
"Alllll here it goes." (c) Kenan and Kel. The 1st single from the live revamp of V.I.S.I.O.N.S. Aspirations... daydreams... while driving. We've all done it, and when you listen to lyrics, you will hear the connection and realize what this record is all about. We have also included a radio edit mix for all you DJs as well... RESPECT THE DJ!!! lol!!! Enjoy and get ready for 8.4.11... this is only a taste of things to come. Enjoy this appetizer, lol!!! Download Cadillac Dreams (12' Single)--->>HERE!!!

8.4.11

Available @ HFPmusic.bandcamp.com

NOTE- If you are "old school" like me and want a physical copy, e-mail us at HFPempire@yahoo.com with the subject "V.I.S.I.O.N.S. LP Order" and we'll make that arrangement with you.

DJ Chuck "thE oLd SouL" & DJisLORD is H.F.P. Sound System @ The Blu Monkey Tommorow Night!!!

THIS JUST IN!!!! If you need a nice lead off to celebrate the weekend, then The Blu Monkey in Hollywood is where you need to be!!! DJ Chuck "thE oLd SouL" & DJisLord will be setting it off proper all night in honor of the homegirl Jeni's birthday! So don't find yourself by yourself, come and "enjoy yourself!" (c) Rick James

9PM-1AM
5521 Hollywood Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90028
21 +
No cover charge... I repeat... THERE IS NO COVER CHARGE!!!!!!

Bombastic- Thought U Wuz Nice (feat. DJ Chuck "thE oLd SouL")

About a year and half ago, my sister told me about these dudes she went to school with that had a crew that (and I quote) "Reminds me of how H.F.P. was back at Loyola," and she passed along a mixtape to me. This was my introduction to Shadows of Society (S.O.S). Cut to last summer at an open mic hosted at Stella Adler by Los Angeles renowned poet and teacher Mike "ThePoet" Sonksen; who has acted as the mentor to the crew. What I witnessed that night made me smile and reminisce, and proved my sister's initial impression of S.O.S correct: the type of beats they rhymed over (they rhymed over Little Brother that night and this track here was conducted by my favorite producer, a one Mr. James D. Yancey), the style they had, their work eithic, and above all, the love and attitude they had toward the music and culture itself. It really felt like I was looking in the mirror and seeing myself at 17 again.

From there, the crew and I kept in touch over the year making a point that very soon, we would connect to work on some records. Well, here is the first of many. And as a matter of fact, the first guest appearance by any H.F.P. member on a non H.F.P. produced record. The session for recording this song was once again a throwback... recording in the living room at your parent's crib, trying to hurry up and get a good take so they can have the living room back to watch TV, and just jokes and conversation flying left and right. It reminded me why I fell in love with making music in the first place.

Furthermore, it was a crazy for me to be seen as the elder in the room, as much of the coverstations that day revovled around my brain being picked on my experiences so far in the business. I hope I passed along enough good info because I'm still learning too, lol! As a matter of fact, we're all still learning. And that is why it is imporant for me to reach out and work with the class coming up after my era. Knowledge and growth is gained both ways. I am proud of how this record came out and how fast these youngin' are growing in their craft. Believe me like the record says, their nice, and their only going to get nicer, lol!!! So if you like what you hear, make sure the cop the whole tape below.

Bombastic of S.O.S.- Strangers Give The Best Candy (Download Link)

"thE oLd SouL" Spinning @ House Of Blues Sunset THIS SATURDAY!!!

THIS SATURDAY NIGHT from 9pm to 2:00am, Honor Flow Productions own DJ Chuck "thE oLd SouL" will be holding it down on the wheels of steel at the House of Blues Sunset in The Foundation Room. So come out, bring ya peoples, and celebrate the weekend with "Good People, Good Music, Good Times," ya dig?

8430 Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood, CA 90069
21+
No cover charge! I repeat.... NO COVER CHARGE!!!

See you then, "Soul Claps & Salutes."

"thE oLd SouL" on TheMojaMoja.com- 21 Days & 21 Nights of Purple Rain: Prince Live @ The Forum

Photography by Tricia Jamanila For Chicharon Adventures

“Ya’ll not ready for me.” Those were the introductory words spoken to a Los Angeles Forum maximum capacity crowd of 18,000 after a lengthy yet memorizing entrance from the living legend born Prince Rodgers Nelson. Quite frankly, I don’t think the world was ready from the beginning. But he made us get ready. From the very infant stages of his career in the late 1970s, Prince has continually held court in the entertainment world as groundbreaking and a trendsetter, both artistically and economically.

The man once referred to as “The Artist,” has maintained full creative control and publishing rights to his influential catalog over the course of a well documented battle with longtime label Warner Brothers throughout the first half of the 1990s, was one of the first artist to embrace the internet as an independent artist, and continues to this day to explore alternative methods to release new material. Notably in 2007, upon the release of his Planet Earth LP, Prince to the dismay of distributor Columbia Records, struck a deal with British newspaper The Mail On Sunday to package the album in one of its issues; thus covering distribution throughout the United Kingdom.

For nearly three and a half hours, Prince, along with the current incarnation of his band The New Power Generation, refused the let the audience rest; playing one electrifying rendition after another of fan favorites (“Take Me With You”, “Raspberry Beret,” “Guitar,” “Nothing Compares 2 U,” even collaborators The Time’s “Cool.”) and new material played for the first time on this tour. Long-time friend and collaborator Sheila E, who opened earlier that night with her family assemble, The E Family, returned to the stage multiple times throughout the night to assist N.P.G. on percussion and even launched into an exhilarating performance of her 1984 smash single, “The Glamorous Life.”

Even more entertaining to watch was Prince’s on-stage dramatics: crawling yet simultaneously gilding across “The Symbol” designed stage, hoping on top of his piano to lead the audience in soul claps and call & response, launching into aggressive yet gorgeous guitar solos, teasing the crowd with extended instrumental interludes before beginning to sing, throwing his guitar off the stage down below; it was clear from the time he emerged on the stage that Prince was in complete control and had the crowd in the palm of his hands. It was a textbook example of a veteran performer in his prime element.

At one point during the show, Prince proclaimed to crowd “If you don’t love what you are doing, then you have no business in doing it.” It was clear as a Los Angeles afternoon in July that this man not only truly loved what he was doing, but he was born to do it. Of course the talk of the night and anticipation going into these shows has been the encores. Once word spread that on the opening night, The Purple One treated spectators to an UNHEARD OF six encores, the Welcome 2 America tour became the most sought out ticket in town.

After his first sign off, the opening chords of “Let’s Go Crazy” rang for nearly 4 minutes until the full band re-emerged and Prince began to speak the now unmistakable sermon found in the beginning of the Purple Rain opening cut. From here, it was clear that initial set was the jab, and the encores were the finishing left hook and uppercut. “1999”, “Little Red Corvette,” “Housequake,” “I Would Die 4 U,” “Hot Thing,” “When Doves Cry,” “Kiss,” side project Vanity 6’s “Nasty Girl,” and of course an heart -wrenching, soul barring performance of “Purple Rain,” in which The Forum was lit up with waving cell phones and the crowd singing the outro “ooh” adlibs for nearly 10 minutes before Prince even uttered the opening lyrics.

As Prince himself humorously suggested to the enthusiastic delight of the sold out Forum, “We could be here all night.” And he was right, his work had spanned multiple decades and generations to where the most mind blowing epiphany of the night for me was the idea of partying to music that is identified with my parents’ generation, like it just came out. Which was ironically somewhat a case of Déjà Vu because my father disclosed to me before going to the show that he, my mother, and two of their friends had saw Prince together during the Purple Rain tour in 1985 at The Forum as well. Goes to the show you that music made from the heart and the soul is absolutely timeless.

Even more of an incredible sight to witness was after the 2rd encore (there were four in total that night), more than half the building stayed for over 30 minutes, even after the house lights came on, chanting “We Want Prince” for another encore. In the 23 years I was walked this earth, and the countless of concerts I have attended, I have NEVER… EVER seen or experienced a sight like that before. Ladies and gentlemen, as a musician and performer myself, for me, class was in session and I had my notebook out taking notes.

The opportunity to see a musician still in his prime even in his later years, for that price ($25… with no service charges!?!?), was the chance of a lifetime. And I am incredibly grateful that I was able to attended one of these historic shows. Raphael Saadiq once said that “it never rained in Southern California,” but for that night, as well as those other 20 nights, the City of Angels was “laughing underneath the Purple Rain.”  

To purchase tickets to this weekend’s shows (May 5th-7th), visit Livenation.com.

"thE oLd SouL" On TheMojaMoja.com: Pharoahe Monch- W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) (Album Review)

Side over to TheMojaMoja.com to read my latest album review; which is on Pharoahe Monch's latest W.A.R. (We Are Renegades). [To Read, Click Here]

The Demonstration

Sorry for the brief delay but my birthday weekend has been crazy, lol!!! But HERE IT IS!!! The Demonstration! 79 Minutes and 55 seconds of just plain dope ass music mixed by yours truly. From the response I have received from those of you who have heard it already, I must say this is so far my proudest moment as a DJ. This tape was a labor of love, a long time coming, and somewhat of a birthday gift to myself. I hope you all enjoy it and keep your eyes and ears open; there is much more to come from H.F.P. from behind the wheels of steel.

Download The Demonstration From...
Mixcrate (Link)
Mixcloud (Link)-->(Side A) (Side B)

"thE oLd SouL" In The Mix @ HOB Sunset On His Birthday!

THIS JUST IN!!! I have been asked to be the in-house DJ THIS FRIDAY NIGHT @ The House Of Blues on Sunset (The Foundation Room) for the LA Round of Chegg's College Battle Of The Bands. This will double as birthday celebration for myself and for the release of The Demonstration!!! And please believe, I will get it crackin' in there. To get on the guest list, e-mail me @ HFPempire@yahoo.com. Thanks and hope to see all of you on Friday!

Doors @ 8
8430 Sunset Blvd. West Hollywood, CA 90069

The Demonstration Photo Shoot

“Music knows no color or race, it only knows energy.”

In less than 24 hours, on my 23rd birthday, we will celebrate with a "Demonstration." Honor Flow Productions is proud to present "The Demonstration," a musical journey of the past, present, and future from yours truly behind the wheels of steel. No boundaries... no limitations... just all dope music mixed, scratched, and blended together on one tape ready to become the soundtrack to your weekend. The tape will be available for FREE DOWNLOAD at Mixcrate.com/HFPmusic and Mixcloud.com/HonorFlowProductions.

Here are the flicks from the photo shoot taken at my favorite record store. All my LA peoples know this spot.

Photography By Carina Estera Photography

L.I.V.E. By F.R.E.S.H. Tour Recap # 3- LMU (Urban Line Project) (3.12.10)

Since footage from this show does not exist, but yet we had a collection of amazing photos from it, we decided to present this log as not only an unique sideshow of what we consider our best set ever played @ LMU, but also to preview some new music for ya'll.

Since this was a event sponsored by LMU's B-Boy Status, I decided to flip a classic break with some added percussion and hand claps, (all you B-Boys/Girls, DJs, beatsmiths, and just plain music lovers will know it from the bungee) and let the band get busy on it. The result should make you do a hand stand and pose in the middle of your kitchen, lol!!!

Photography By Reece Shorima and Tatsuya "TK" Kawauchi

DJisLORD's Birthday @ LIFESWELL: Ladies Night!!! (This Thursday @ Blu Monkey)

Rick & Ray Creative Management honors Women’s History Month by dedicating their third installment of LIFESWELL at the Blu Monkey to the ladies.

DJ SoSuperSam
Performances by Miss Jenn K, Tricia Jamanila, and Christine Alane with the Rhythm Natives

Also celebrating the birthday of DJisLORD of Honor Flow Productions!


FREE with RSVP
21+
No dress code
RSVP: lifeswell@rickandray.com

Blu Monkey
5521 Hollywood Blvd

Promo Video:

S.S.C. (System Sound Check) Live @ F.R.E.S.H. State Of Mind (From L.I.V.E. By F.R.E.S.H.)

What I can say about this record that hasn't been already? LOL!!! If you have been a fan of ours and/or if you have been to any our shows in the last two years, then you know this record very well. It's arguably our most well know song. And even regardless if that is case, to this day (as can be seen by my reaction in this video), that fact that people know it is surprising and extremely humbling. L.I.V.E. from F.R.E.S.H. State of Mind @ The Roxy is S.S.C. (System Sound Check). Time to check the bass...

S.S.C. (System Sound Check) (From L.I.V.E. By. F.R.E.S.H.)- Download Link

DJ Chuck "thE oLd SouL" & DJisLORD on Mixcloud and Mixcrate

For all of you that are members on Mixcloud and/or Mixcrate. You can now find mixes from Lord and myself up there from now on for free download! I Was Raised On Nate Dogg was just the beginning; my brotha and I are about really hit ya'll over the hit with some dope shit from behind the wheels. For those who don't, ya'll will learn to RESPECT THE DJ!!! ;) Keep it tuned to these stations...

H.F.P.'s Mixcloud Channel (Click Here)
H.F.P.'s Mixcrate Channel (Click Here)