Our dude Aaron at Honozooloo.com has posted photos of our trip, including our visit to KTUH and shots from the show at Next Door last Saturday night. RESPECT to IN4MATION for the hospitality and the gear, as well. Saba and I are back home in Seattle, saving our breath for the Hiero tour jump off next week. We miss the 808 already.

Check Honozooloo for more photos.

Thank you to everybody who came out Saturday night for our first (and sold out) show in Hawaii at Next Door. It was a good type of hot, the vibe was undeniable and we got photos and video forthcoming courtesy of our folks at Honozoolu. Big up to Jake Miyasato (GenuineHI), who put us on for his last show in Hawaii before he comes out to do his thing in ...

Honolulu, to be exact. In Chinatown, at club NEXT DOOR, brought to you by the good folks at GeniuneHI doing it big, as always. This is our FIRST show in the 808, and a homecoming for Geo, who grew up in Honolulu (1982-1990) before moving to the Pacific Northwest!

BLUE SCHOLARS in Hawaii Saturday, June 28, 2008 Doors @ 9pm Show @ 10pm 21 & Over Next Door 43 N. Hotel St. Honolulu, HI 96817 $20.00 Advance Tickets ...

Our people at Pnoy Apparel (whatup Zar!) have launched the Shirt the Kids Charity Campaign (more info below). Not only do they got that fresh gear (which you might have seen me rock onstage or in the Joe Metro video), but they're using their resources to address the impoverished conditions of the majority of the Filipino people. The campaign is especially timely with the recent tragedies in the wake ...

... and Northwest/Northern California dates in the works.

Announcing - our homecoming stop on the Freshly Dipped Tour with Hieroglyphics. Two nights at the Showbox (at the Market).

Friday and Saturday
September 26th and 27th
MassLine, Showbox, The Stranger and KUBE 93 present
The Freshly Dipped Tour featuring
BLUE SCHOLARS
and HIEROGLYPHICS (Souls of Mischief, Casual, Pep Love)
with special guests MUSAB, PRICE ALI and KNOBODY
Each show $20 ADV / DOS at Ticketmaster
Doors at 8pm - All Ages
Showbox ...

Happy birthday to Rahwa Habte, co-owner of Hidmo Eritrean Cuisine, whose birthday we celebrate today. Since running Hidmo in 2006, the restaurant has become a community meeting space as well as a performance venue for quality monthly hip-hop shows, including Hip-hop Period and Ladies First. Oh, and the food is hella good too, as Sabzi will testify:

Sitting on the corner of 20th and Jackson, Hidmo has ...

Our dude Phil Chang aka Slick Corea just released CHILDREN OF THE IDIOM - a digital album/book featuring FIVE tracks produced by Sabzi and a guest verse from Geo, as well as contributions from homeboys and all-stars alike. The project's scope and execution is impressive, especially considering this was his senior project (Darmouth stand up!), done on a shoe-string budget with a hustler's drive and a student's ...

Spin Magazine reviews BUTTER&GUN$!

Blue Scholars, "Butter&Gun$' (Massline/Rawkus) Seattle duo's Uzi weighs a ton, in the brainpower department. 3 1/2 stars As proponents of a style that blends dense lyricism, West Coast jeep beats, and progressive politics, Blue Scholars are one of underground hip-hop's most challenging voices. Their third EP includes "Loyalty," a standout track from last year's inspiring Bayani album, two new songs (including the anthemic antiwar, pro-democracy title track), plus three instrumentals. "Others ...

Our filmmaker comrade Zia Mohajerjasbi is featured in this week's The Stranger. You may know Zia not only for looking like a younger Sabzi, but for his fine work on our videos (Back Home, Joe Metro and Loyalty), as well as with Gabriel Teodros (No Label, Don't Cry For Us) and The Physics (Ready For We).

"I consciously avoid every popular image that's been seen ...

See you in September!

Rock the Bells Festival Series 2008 Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA Sat, Sep 6, 2008 A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, NAS, THE PHARCYDE, MOS DEF, DE LA SOUL, MF DOOM, BLUE SCHOLARS, SAGE FRANCIS, MURS, WALE, JAY ELECTRONICA, SPANK ROCK, THE COOL KIDS, KIDZ IN THE HALL, AMANDA BLANK. HOSTED BY B-REAL, SUPERNATURAL AND SCRATCH and DJ GREEN LANTERN. Tickets: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0F0040BEA30253D6?artistid=1141759&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=3 Guerilla Union Pre-Sale for The Gorge Amphitheatre in George, WA: Starts Wednesday June ...