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DJ Forge

Toronto…

December 20th, 2007 by Forge

This is a really late update, but the trip up north was awesome! Here’s a brief rundown of the trip, with pics!

Met up with michelle in NYC on the way. I fell asleep on the plane:

Back O' The Plane

It was DUMB turbulent. I threw up:

*VOMIT*

Just kidding on that one. But finally made it to Toronto only to learn that the apartment I had arranged was not going to be available. So I was an orphan for the rest of the trip, here’s my tent (thanks to Michelle’s neice):

My Tent // Bed

Also just kidding! I ended up staying with the homie, DJ Mensa. First night we went out to Andy Pool Hall. Really nice spot, DJ spinning funk and REAL hip-hop the whole night:

Andy Pool Hall Lean
Marco and Mensa
Wood Is Good! (HAHAHA)

The next day we went to check out the CN Tower (I like to do tourist stuff too!). So many pictures from the tower, and LOTS of inside jokes. Fun times there:

CN Tower!
Shoe Game... (shoe game with the moose in the lobby)
Mensa, Marco, and Mich
Mensa, Marco, and Me
From The CN Tower
cn tower X mich
cn tower X mensa
cn tower X marco
cn tower X Forgito!

On to the gift shop and lobby of the tower:
Fresh Moose... bitch ass moose!
backwoods/gangster!
Under Attack! (attack of the neon butterflies!)
It's Magic!! (magic wand!!)
Punch-Out!!! (my Lil’ Mac from Punch-Out! impression)

Ice Skating outside the tower. With SBs!
ice skating!
ice skating!

Then we found a random white wall. So we decided to make a lookbook. Random, I know, but hey it was fun!
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this is...

Then we walk back outside and it’s COLD!

It's so cold outside....
Street Meat (PAUSE) (PAUSE)

Next it was time to do some shopping. Word to Livestock! (thanks for the tee and the lace locks fellas!)
Livestock!

The next day everyone decided that even though I was an orphan that I was big enough to find my way to downtown by myself. Waiting for the street car:
waiting on the street car

When I got downtown, the homie Atic and I did some more shopping. Word to Lounge! And I got mad records too. And look, I found some more Indians like me!

Another Indian!
And Another one!!

Later that night, it was time for Peachfuzz @ Chinadoll. I had a blast while I was there:

Yeah!!
The wall!! (the chinadoll wall. silver paint, with felt appliques!)
Zee! word to Zee
Spinnin some tunes
Spinnin again!
Me and Mensa
DJ Mensa in deep concentration
Mensa spinnin'
(mich's camera)
Arowbe, Mensa, and Me
yaaaay my name!

End of the night, everyone is tired:
Fatigue...
Me too...

I was supposed to go straight to the airport after this to head back home. But I was replaced at the last minute for the Little Brother show, so I stayed an extra day! I don’t have any pics because I was just hangin out. Snapped this last one when Michelle was dropping me off:
Time to leave :(

Needless to say I had a great time, and can’t wait to go back (when it’s warmer!). There are tons more pics that I didn’t post. They can all be found in a set here on my flickr page. Or you can jump right here to check out the slideshow version.

I came back and got hit with the flu, so I was out of commission all of last week. The first night at mosquito went off just right and this week I’ve been focusing heavy on the DJing and attempting to spin a variance of music styles, so I can turn the party out in different ways. Next post is going to be a free mixtape from Dan Johns and me. Gonna finish that up in the next couple of days, so stay tuned!

Also, before I end this I wanted to post a link to DJ Mensa’s December Exquisite mix. He finished it the day I arrived. Really dope mix, so make sure you check it out! Here’s the link and also the tracklist:

DJ Mensa’s December Exquisite Mix

OUTKAST - THE ART OF STORYTELLIN PT. 4
JAY-Z FT. LIL WAYNE - HELLO BROOKLYN
JAY-Z - DIRT OFF YOUR SHOULDER (MENSA BLEND)
COOL KIDS - 88
DRAKE FT. RICHIE SOSA - EASY TO PLEASE
SLUM VILLAGE - GOT ME GOIN’ (HIP-HOP)
BUSTA RHYMES - STEP UP
GHOSTFACE - SUPA GFK
SHAD K - I DON’T REALLY LIKE TO
TALIB KWELI & Q-TIP - LIGHTWORKIN’
DA BRAT - FUNKAFIED (MENSA BLEND)
ERYKAH BADU - HONEY
J. HOLIDAY - BETCHA NEVA HAD
KEYSHIA COLE - GIVE ME MORE
AALIYAH - TRY AGAIN (MENSA BLEND)
MARY J. BLIGE - WORK THAT
AMANDA DIVA - SUPA WOMAN
LITTLE BROTHER - WHEN EVERYTHING IS NEW
TALIB KWELI, JEAN GRAE, NE-YO - HOT THING REMIX
PLAYAZ CIRCLE, LIL WAYNE, JOELL ORTIZ - DUFFLE BAG BOYZ REMIX
LUDACRIS - LUDACRISMAS
TIFFANY EVANS - GIRL GONE WILD
AROWBE - DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY DUBPLATE
JAY-Z - DEAD PRESIDENTS 3
MATISSE - ROUND AND ROUND

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