06.11.2011 THE COUNTDOWN TO KODOJA: TERROR MOUNTAIN SHOWDOWN BEGINS

We are pleased to announce the release of KODOJA: Terror Mountain Showdown, coming in Fall of 2011 (a co-production between Big Pimp Jones, Record Breakin' Music and Hot Peas and Butta). More soon!

05.20.2011 THE BAND GETS SWIVEY ON THE DRUMS

While we haven't put up a lot of posts about it, Big Pimp Jones spent a lot of time in the studio in 2010 and continue to put together tracks into 2011. Many of these tracks are slotted for albums to be released later this year; however some of them don't fit the themes of those albums. To keep them from falling through the cracks and not getting released, we'll be releasing them digitally as the Big Pimp Jones 'Digital 45 series'.

Something you will notice immediately is that this sound is very 'live', and quite different from the sound on previous independent releases and both Jimmy Ruckus albums. Which makes sense - the sound here is from live performances in the studio, everyone playing at the same time, in the same room. Lots of time went in to rehearsing for this session - no track took more than three takes. Vocals are overdubbed and some percussion is as well, but you are hearing guitar, bass, keyboards and drums played live to tape. Effort was also put into making this not too produced-sounding; it's meant to be raw and in your face.

Up first is 'The Band Gets Swivey on the Drums', a fusion of loud 60s soul, early 70s funk and fast hip-hop/spoken vocals. The vocals are maxed out to tape on this track - even though we categorize it as hip-hop we stayed away from clean-sounding vocals (especially given the vibe of the other tracks). This is one of only two hip-hop tracks we did during the 2010 sessions, there are plenty of instrumentals and sung vocal tracks on the way. And yeah, we know the rules - you can't have a song title like this without a tuff drum break, can you? Preview below, you can buy it here from CDBaby Digital or you can always wait a few days when it's up on iTunes.

05.17.2011 PREVIEW OF THE NEW BIG PIMP JONES TRACK

05.14.2011 MP3s AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD

We have been working hard making music and knocking out tracks, and we hope to make some things official soon! In the meantime we set up a page where you can download some of Big Pimp Jones' tracks and albums directly (through our CDBaby widget). Click here to check it out.

02.17.2011 'NBA 2011 All-Stars' BY BIG PIMP JONES

Here's what we've been up to the last few weeks: making a new track!

In 1989 Ultramagnetic MC's were asked by the NBA to do a track introducing every member of the NBA All-Stars and the Ultramagnetic MC's obliged, producing a nine-plus minute track covering every player in the All-Star game (with one injury exception). Despite how cool it was, the NBA hasn't done it since.... so we took it in our own hands.

This track updates the concept fresh for 2011... and we mean fresh, we wrote rhymes for every potential All-Star way before the fact so we could get this out there quickly after the team was announced (would you like to hear the rhymes for Ray Felton or Zach Randolph?) All players except Yao Ming are represented, though any substitutions due to injury are not accounted for here (there are none known as of today, 2-17-2011). So we wrote some rhymes, recorded drums and put a few instruments down on top of it to get to this. First up are the reserves (with a switch from a more Eact Coast to a more West Coast beat midway through the reserves) and the starters are saved for last with a final switch to the harder beat that sets it off.

We kept the "every player's rhyme ends in 'cause he's an all-star!'" thing for this track because it just seemed right.

The track will be available for download through iTunes and many other sites soon, and is available right now at this link:

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bigpimpjones5

12.18.2010 HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM BIG PIMP JONES

Here is the live-in-the-studio version of 'Funky Santa', (the original from our 2009 album 'Bad Bad Jimmy Ruckus').

11.13.2010 BIG PIMP JONES IN THE STUDIO THIS WEEKEND

It has been a long month of preparation (hence no updates), but Big Pimp Jones is heading into the studio today and tomorrow to record new material for upcoming 2011 releases. More updates soon, but time to make music now!

10.04.2010 TODAY

Jimmy Ruckus and the Five Fingers of Death is Out! On Freestyle Records.

09.05.2010 ANOTHER WEB SITE EXCLUSIVE TRACK

Another track from our November 2009 live-in-the-studio-session at Shelter Island Sound Studios in Manhattan. This is the band's live take on "Car Chase 92", a cut from the Bad Bad Jimmy Ruckus soundtrack on Freestyle Records.

09.05.2010 BIG PIMP JONES IN LOS ANGELES

08.30.2010 THE HANGING WITH ROSCOE 45

.... is out today! this is the lead single from the 'Jimmy Ruckus and the Five Fingers of Death' LP, so get your copy while you can. Click here to go to Freestyle Records' page for the single.

Oh, and if that weren't enough? The digital release of the Hot Peas n Butta single went down today as well, complete with an exclusive digital track, 'Northview Motel'. Click here to check it out.

08.20.2010 FREE MUSIC FOR THE LISTENING

Some people may not know this but we started out as a hip-hop band - almost no songs back in the day were instrumentals. When we perform live we still throw a few hip-hop cuts out there, such as this - KRO is on the Mix Tonight.

This cut was recorded as part of our session at Shelter Island Sound in Manhattan, in November 2009.

08.11.2010 UPCOMING SINGLE ON FREESTYLE RECORDS

In today's mail I got the advance copies of our new single, coming out soon on Freestyle Records. It's the lead single to our upcoming album 'Jimmy Ruckus and the Five Fingers of Death' - another dope reissue soundtrack from our past - and we're excited for the release of both the single and the album.

Side A: Hanging with Roscoe
Side B: Jump Up, Turn Around, Popcorn! (available only on single)

08.03.2010 SITE REDESIGN

A redesign and site update has been long overdue! We're changing this as we go, so keep on checking back because we'll be adding more every day and will have this funky thang up to full speed within the next few weeks

07.27.2010 HOT PEAS AND BUTTA VOL. 1 : THE SMOKEOUT

Today the Hot Peas and Butta 45 goes into stores! Skeme Richards x Big Pimp Jones x Recordbreakin Records, filled with
goodies by Elroy Jenkins..really? You need this in your life! NYC release party and special Born Day Event for Junior from
RecordBreakin' Sunday July 25 with special guest Supreme La Rock! Plus, two of the guys from Big Pimp Jones will be there as well so stop by and say hi. Free burgers, Cheap Miller High Life and Funk 45s for seven hours!
About the music: for the 45 itself there are three cuts on the 45: Candyland, The Hot Peas and Butta promo and The Smokeout.

If you've seen Big Pimp Jones live over the last 8 years then you've probably caught Candyland, it's been our show-opener
for a while but we haven't put that cut on wax until now! Also, the music for the Hot Peas and Butta promo playing in the
background will be part of the digital release - so you get even more goods digitally!

Here's a little bit about Hot Peas and Butta: Hot Peas and Butta is a gathering that takes you back into time where Saturday
morning cartoons and cereal was the most important part of the day, when 12 noon while you were out riding your bike your
older brothers and sisters were watching Soul Train doing the latest moves. A time when the newest Shaw Brothers films
played side by side in the theaters with The Mack and Godzilla flicks. Now that things are all grown up, Hot Peas and Butta
has become like the house parties that your parents used to throw where friends would gather, drink, play cards and dance
the entire night until the early morn. Simply put, Hot Peas and Butta is a "feel good" party!
What originally started out in the city of brotherly love, Philadelphia by DJ's Skeme Richards and Cash Money as an all 45
party spinning rare and not so rare funk, soul, afrobeat, reggae, breaks and other funky gems to a crowd of people that
enjoy nothing more than shaking their groove thangs and getting sweaty on the floor has now turned into a traveling movement with with parties happening in New York, Los Angeles, Seattle and Switzerland. In 2010 Hot Peas and Butta see's a change in the DJ roster with bringing DJ Amir of the legendary digging duo, Kon & Amir and pairing him up with Mr. Fantastic himself, Skeme Richards. Both DJ's bring a certain uniqueness when spinning records from their extensive collection that keeps dancefloors packed to even the trendiest of music lovers. Music is not all that Hot Peas and Butta is made up of, the amazing visuals shown on the projectors is what makes this sure shot something special. Various footage from Skeme Richards' personal VHS collection of rare commercials, tv shows, movie trailers, 70's cartoons, and concert footage is handpicked and put together for each party to add that extra flair which brings the complete Hot Peas package together. In 2010 Amir and Skeme get set to take the show on the road internationally by delivering that funky goodness throughout Europe and all points in between. You can definitely expect to see and hear from an all star cast of 45 heavyweights in a city near you.

Record Breakin' Music is proud to release the limited edition 45 Hot Peas & Butta project. Hot Peas & Butta Band is a mix of
Skeme's dusty 45s, a collection of legendary blaxploitation flicks, a packed dancefloor and the musical stylings of a funky
band from Philly called Big Pimp Jones.

06.25.2010 RECAP OF THE PHILADELPHIA SESSIONS

We like to crank out a lot of music - we're not going to let a Hot Peas and Butta 45 and another album release on Freestyle
in the Fall keep us from making more of it! So this month we went into the studio in Philadelphia to record a session. We
came out of it with 12 tracks and some ideas for more. Producing the session was Mr. Jason from Breakthru radio (link),
known for, among other shows, the funk and soul show there. In addition, my man has skills behind the boards - when we
walked out of the studio in November after he produced a 'live in the studio' session of us for Breakthru Radio we
immediately asked "yo, want to produce a record of ours?" The rest is obscure history; he manned the sessions here and is
going to do the same for another session in November.
(Photos and a recap of the session by August 9)

02.20.2010 FRESH OUT THE BOX ON FREESTYLE RECORDS

Just got word that a cover song of ours will be on Freestyle Records' upcoming compilation 'Fresh out the Box', which is a
collection of remixes and rarities from Freestyle artists. Our cut is a break-filled funk cover of 'Nasty' by Janet Jackson
- "Nasty (girls)". If you're one of the few people to have grabbed a copy of "The Inn at World's End" which was a promo
release of ours last year then you've already heard it! If not well then Freestyle will give you that chance to hear it in
early July.

12.01.2009 SESSION ON BREAKTHRU RADIO AVAILABLE

Big Pimp Jones did a radio session a few months back for Mr. Jason (Old School Studios). It'll be released as part of a double record soon, but you can listen to it for free at the BreakThru Radio site. You can either find the Big Pimp Jones 'Live at Old School Studios' session by searching under Mr. Jason shows, or search through recent updates and scroll to November 14, 2009 when the show was posted. Then listen to the intro song, sit back and check out live-streamed funk, our first song is a few minutes in after the intro.

11.05.2009 THE NEW LINEUP

We've mentioned lineup changes in the past, and we've definitely had our fair share - including a list of drummers only
rivaled by Spinal Tap. We've even been through a few changes recently, so here was the lineup for the studio session in
Manhattan (which is our new lineup). We'll have information on the session itself in the coming weeks.
Frank Schlupp - drums
Chris Gelok - keyboards
Chris Williams aka Ruckus - bass
Keith Foster - vocals and guitar