TOUR BLOGGERY 112 (WE END '07 WITH A BLAST.)

WELCOME TO THE TERRORDOME!!!!!!

MERCH BOOTH POSE ( Blitz and the Legendary Prof Griff of the Public Enemy at soundcheck)

So I'm still recovering from rocking two nights with PE…..wow who ever thought. You gotta understand my excitement here people. I remember Public Enemy came Ghana in 1992, right after the Fight the Power record was humongous…. and I remember everybody that knew a bit about Hip-Hop had a PE t-shirt. Even some folks who had no idea about Hip-Hop still rocked the shirts all for the infamous black and white scope logo. So to be part of PE’s 20th anniversary was like….DAMN. See I'm only 25 years old so when I was 5 years these brothers were selling out concerts around the world. How insane?? Anyways I can’t even give a play by play account of both gigs but I can say me and my 3 piece horn crew and percussionist got the crowd super hyped for a blistering 2 hour PE set. I performed the future classics 'Hands of time', 'B-Boy Massacre' & 'Losing your Mind' which got the best crowd response hands down. Actually my horn section was so dope that Chuck D had them come on stage and rock one song with PE. Big shouts to Omar, John, Rob and Ben and Optiks for putting together the set last minute. This is how you end a crazy eventful year, from rocking BK HipHop fest with Ghostface, Celebrate Brooklyn with KRS One, Warped tour and now two PE 20th anniversary shows ?????????? '08 has got to be the year of the EMBASSAY! Thanks for all the love & support through out the year. I know the big question now is when is Suicide Stereotype coming out? All I can say is that it wont be long.
Peace.

TOUR BLOGGERY 111 (BLITZ Loves UGO.com.)

CHECK OUT MY FEATURE/EXCLUSIVE LIVE PERFORMANCE ON UGO.com
Shouts to Rob Murat, James Lewis, John Restrepo, Sydney Driver for such a dope set. This is huge for us (ugo.com gets over 3 million unique visitors) so please check out the performance, rate the video a high 5 and tell a friend.
www.ugo.com
Peace.

TOUR BLOGGERY 110 (BLITZ Loves MATTISON.)

If you have not heard of Kate Mattison you need to check her out. I've known Kate for a while (we go waaay back to Kent,Ohio) and she is one of the dopest vocalist and beautifulest people I know. So when I was working on Suicide Stereotype she was one of the few people I knew I wanted to collab with. We first worked on Nothing to Lose (Suicide Theme) which she murdered so when it came time to find someone to do the main vocals on the lead single 'Losing your Mind' she was the first person I thought of. You would love what she did on that track,....(which we are still mixing btw) In the meantime you can check Mattison out with her band (Big shouts to Pete and Jay) in the video below and visit their myspace page at www.myspace.com/mattison
Peace

TOUR BLOGGERY 109 (BLITZ Loves PUBLIC ENEMY.)

What a great way to end the year!
Check out this clip from my show at Lehigh University a couple weeks ago. Thanks to all the students for coming out.

TOUR BLOGGERY 108 (BLITZ Loves College Shows.)

LEGENDARY........BLITZ & CHUCK D (Public Enemy).....True Ambassadors Unite.
Peace y'all...just checking in to drop a few updates. We had a crazy week with back to back college shows. First I got to shout out the folks at Lehigh University for a great show. Big ups to Calvin and the international Student Union for making it happen. Next I have to say thanks to all the folks at St. Johns University and the panel who had a dope discussion on the state of Hip-Hop. Bakari Kitwana, Danny Hoch, Toni Blackman, Hot 97's Miss info were all in the house to shed some light on the issues. We rocked a short but solid set after the discussion and I must say,...St.Johns held it down. So while all this has been going down me and my street team have been hitting the streets hard to promote. We hit up all five boroughs with posters and stickers so be on the lookout for St@tic when you are in the city. If you live in NYC and want to help spread the word just hit me up at info@blitztheambassador.com to be part of the Embassy Street Team. Also be on the lookout for this months Trace Magazine article on your boy,...this months issue hits stores this week. Finally this one is for all my Philly heads, I'm rocking with the "Soulstarr" himself Rob Murat tomorrow at Tin Angel. Come through and support! it will be a night of great music. Keep holding it down. Peace.
LIVE ON STAGE WHERE WE BELONG!

OUT IN THE STREET,.....THEY CALL IT MURDERRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!

TOUR BLOGGERY 107 (BLITZ Loves CMJ part 5.)

GIVE ME SOME SPACE.....
Live @ CMJ with Rob Murat on Trumpet + Vox, Johnny on Sax and Ben on Congas.
photo by Andrew Ado.

TOUR BLOGGERY 106 (BLITZ Loves CMJ part 4.)

TONIGHT! TONIGHT! TONIGHT! TONIGHT! TONIGHT! TONIGHT! TONIGHT!
The Rose Club. 345 Grand Street. Brooklyn NY.
Free show + 9pm
Blitz the Ambassador live w/ Nomadic Wax


Peace y'all so tonight wraps my CMJ correspondence and updates. I hope you enjoyed reading all that blah...blah....blah. But before I sign off I must say that last nights show with Devin the Dude and Del was the sh*t. The fans packed up B.B kings and kept the energy up all thru the night. Big ups to Brandon for coming thru on another promo adventure. Finally tonight I take the stage for CMJ and y'all already know its going to be crackin. Big shouts to Ben and Nomadic Wax for putting this together for us. Come out and rock Embassy style.
Peace.

TOUR BLOGGERY 105 (BLITZ Loves CMJ part 3.)

YOU CAN RUN BUT YOU CANT HIDE.....ITS ALL AROUND YOU!
Peace y'all....so its the fourth day of CMJ and we are going into overdrive. Last night was the craziest adventure so far. We hit up Williamsburgh and Manhattan's Lower Eastside and got St@tic all round the city. My man Rob came thru with the 4 runner and me and Brandon got them posters poppin. I know you will be seeing that boombox image everywhere you go this week in NYC. Finally, tomorrow is officially the last day of CMJ and I'll be rocking along side the African Underground Allstars...you dont want to miss this one....
THE AMBASSADOR LIVE TOMORROW @ CMJ (ROSE CLUB 345 Grand Street, Brooklyn. NY) SEE YA.

TOUR BLOGGERY 104 (BLITZ Loves CMJ part 2.)

AWARD TOUR......Q-TIP & ALI SHAHEED ROCK LIVE @ CMJ!
Yo....so last night was an absolute blast. CMJ kicked off, I got my official CMJ pass with my name on it (oh...so special) and I ventured out to let the whole NYC know the Ambassador has arrived. Fist stop was CL Smooths 30th birthday celebration. I linked up with booking agent Jesse and a whole lot of dope people from Digiwax. Next stop was Blender where the Almight Q-tip was doing his thing. We actually got there a bit late so missed most of his set, but I still got to see him rip 'Award Tour'...which is like my favorite Hip-Hop record of all time. Best part the crowd was rhyming along with Tip word for word. Next stop was 205 chrystie where imeem was having a dance party. it was actually full of yuppies and 80's dressing cats. It really looked like a circus in there. The music was cool, but I soon developed a headache from all those ravelike flahing lights.
I heade home soon afterwards and crashed minutes latter. All in all I can definately say day 1 of CMJ was actually dope. we'll see what today brings. And dont forget I'll be rocking my own CMJ showcase at Rose club on saturday Oct 20th. Tell a friend.
Peace
WELCOME TO THE EMBASSY......KWASI GETS HIS ST@TIC ON!

TOUR BLOGGERY 103 (BLITZ Loves CMJ.)

.........AND THEY SAY NEW YORK CITY!
Peace Y'all,...so the moment we have all been waiting for has arrived. CMJ baaaaaaaaaaby!!!!!!!!. For all non-New Yorkers, this is a historic music festival thats brings thousands of bands and millions of fans to NYC and what better time to launch our "I Blitz NY" campaign???...Right f*ckin now! Plus I'm a featured artist on CMJ this year so I'll be rocking at the Rose Club in BK on Oct 20th. In the mean time I'll also be playing correspondent right here on this blog bringing you exclusive photos, Interviews, and play by play action from some of the hottest shows at CMJ all this week. Some other scheduled performers include, M.I.A, KRS One, Def Jux Crew, Zion-I and more. So to kick off the "I Blitz NY" campaign me and my street team (The Embassy) hit the pavement, trains, public restrooms and everywhere else in the city to let the world know there is a new Ambassador is in town. Lastly, y'all can check out my interview with THE SOURCE MAGAZINE BLOG Big shouts to Mikey Fresh for a dope interview! Read and drop a comment. Let The Hustle Begin......
Peace

TOUR BLOGGERY 102 (BLITZ Loves MN.)

ALL AND TOGETHER NOW.......
Peace y'all... Just stopping thru to drop a couple updates. We had a rediculous time last week with back to back shows....flights....studio sessions etc. It started on weds night at S.O.B's, big shouts to Peter Hadar and Michele Moore for holding it down. I was actually packed to go staight to the airport since I had a 7am flight to catch so right after the gig I got on the A train and headed straight for JFK. I got to Minnesota expecting it to be cold but the heat quickly reminded me of Ghana. The coolest thing tho was that they had me staying in the Embassy Suites.....(get it? the Ambassador? Embassy Suites?) They said it was purely coincidence and that all the other hotels were booked for the hockey season opening game. So I rocked Macalester College latter that night and had an absolute blast. Big up to M.anifest who held it down with me. The energy was so dope I ended up rocking an extra 15 minutes just cos I aint want to bounce. They actually had to cut the lights on to get us out of there. Much thanks to Sylvester, Mandy and all those who helped to bring me out there. I stayed up all night and talked politics, society and Hip-hop with a few students on the campus before heading straight to the airport to catch another 7am flight.I'm still recovering from the run around. Next up tho, CMJ baaaaaby. You cant miss this if you are in NYC. check out the calender at www.CMJ.com and keep your eyes open for St@tic all across the NYC.
Holla.
SEE YA.

TOUR BLOGGERY 101 (BLITZ Loves NYC)

BUSINESS AS USUAL......
Peace Y'all...so yesterday we kicked off our NYC takeover tour. The knitting factory was dope!!!! My mans Rugged and Raw kicked of the show with a few joints and got the crowd hype. Fresh Dailey followed with a solid set followed shortley afterwards by The Big Brother/ Big Sister initiative in NYC giving a short speech. Next up was yours truley....The Ambassadorrrrr.
I must say each night it seems the joints get better and better. John was on Sax as usual, Ben on Congas, DJ Kev was on the wheels and I was on djembe and vocals. Crazy, Crazy night,...but I think my favorite part of the show was when we were called back to do an encore and we pulled out 'Revival'..... I dont think anyone was ready for that...the crowd went Ape sh*t. All in all it was a great show, Peace to Loj who held it down last and to the live artist at the venue ( I did not get his name but his art was dooooope). Shouts to Kwasi, James, and Rolando for coming thru and doing their thing. Next Blitz Loves NYC show? S.O.B's with Peter Hadar. I'm rocking with a full piece band so you already know its going down...Peace.
SEE YA.

BLITZ Loves PDX.......

FRESH....photo by Mama Singh
Peace Y'all so I'll keep this one brief.... I first of all want to thanks all of you who came out and showed the Juice Jam in Portland some love. I must say this is the most fun I have had in any city period! Big shouts to Ragen, Sarah, Commenter-E, Rocket One, Ohmega Watts, DJ Neil Armstrong and DJ M-Ron for holding it down. Next up is our "I Blitz NY" takeover. I'm rocking over 10 shows in New York to kick off the Suicide Stereotype Campaign. Plese check the calender and tell a friend. Also look out for my october Trace Magazine feature and Ave Magazine full page ad supporting the "I Blitz NY" campaign. See you at the next venue.
MARK YOUR CALENDER:

ARE U AN AMBASSADOOR????????

Peace Y'all.... So the summer is already winding down and we here at the Embassy are thinking to ourselves,..Daaaaamn this fall is going to be craaaazy. First off I just did a photo shoot for Trace Magazine for their October issue, (big ups to Anicee, Beans, Omar and the most incredible photographer Mark Hartman for makin it happen) I also just did an interview with the Source magazine too and make sure you get a copy of Allhiphop weeks mixtape cos Hands of Time is featured on that along side other heavy hitter like Kanye West and 50 cent (aaaaaah.....I know you already downloaded that shit,...I'm still buying the kanye tho...its craaaaack) Okay so just when you thought the buzz couldnt get any bigger, www.djbooth.com, www.yoraps.com and www.nobodysmiling.com just did major feature stories on your boy. *Damn* take that...take that (c) Diddy. So with all this going on, we have chosen October to officially start the Suicide Stereotype takeover and we will be launching the "Are U an Ambassador" campaign to get y'all involved. Its simple,...you buy a Suicide Stereo T-shirt, you take a photo rocking it (with a wild poseof course) and send it to pics@blitztheambassador.com and you will join the thousands of people who will be my profile picture on myspace, imeem, and facebook. Its just our way of saying this shit aint possible without y'all who been holding us down from day one. T-shirts will be available online next month so make sure you cop that and join the movement.
last but not the least we got shows.....shows...shows. check out my calender and see when I'm in your back yard. We rocking Trinity college tomorrow and Portland Oregon after. Tell a friend cos you are an Ambassadooooor. Peace.

BLITZ CHANNELO FEATURE + MORE..........

Peace Y'all so I'm doing my best to keep y'all updated with all the bru-ha-ha happening.... for real folks, Its been a craaaaazy week. So I'm 90% done with my album. ( I - feels - good (c) James Brown....its been two years grinding non-stop) I got one more song to finish and we are golden. The buzzz about the album has been real ridiculous so far after our non-stop show hustle his Summer. (Warped Tour, Brooklyn Hip-Hop Fest etc.) Its soo good that folks back home are picking up on it. Channel O ( for my non African people is like MTV/BET for Africans) just featured me and are going to premiere my video next month. Here is the link:
Channel O
This is lovely since I grew up watching Channel O in Ghana even though its a South African channel its was like cable to us. Also the unofficial first single from Suicide Stereotype "Hands of Time" has been getting major love from DJ Semtex on bbc 1xtra keeping it in rotation to being #3 this week on About.com Hip-Hop charts ahead of Common, David Banner and Saigon. Thats great news for us because "Hands of Time" isnt even an offical single, it just leaked and took on a life of its own. Thanks to Henry and all the about.com folks.....Check out About.com Hip-Hop Charts here:
About.com-HipHopCharts
Last but not the least I just wanted to let y'all know we have barely shopped the album Suicide Stereotype to any labels and a silent bidding war is already underway. I wont say no names but a couple Major Labels are trying to out bid each other for your boy,.... and soon you will know who they are. You know how I feel about the majors but..... lets wait and see.
Before I bounce I just have to shout my peoples in Portland Oregon,....I'll be coming thru Sept 15th for the Juice Park Jam thanks to the Apple Juice Crew. SUICIDE STEREOTYPE coming to a stage near you. I'm out.
I'll leave y'all with this GOTV exclusive interview. Enjoy+Peace.





The Ambassador.

SUICIDE STEREOTYPE FEVER............

WHERE IS ST@TIC.....lol
it seems everybody is excited about this project,...I was walking thru Times Square (fourtydukes as New Yorkers like to call it) the other day and saw some random dude rocking the Suicide Stereo T-shirt and it hit me,...this shit is really a movement. Everywhere I look, there is a guy with a boombox head blowing his brains out staring directly at me....on walls, public restrooms, stop signs, magazines, chinese food menu's, traffic lights.......everywhere. The question everyone wants to know is who the f*ck is this guy....????? So ladies and Gentlemen.....I figured I will disclose all I know about this character. But before I do I have to state that Blitz the Ambassador and his estate have NO LINKS, I repeat NO LINKS whether direct or indirect with this boombox headed maniac.....as a matter of fact, i dont even know how he ended up on my album cover. So Please keep this between us..... His name is ST@TIC STEREOHEAD....but he preferes to be called ST@ (how creative?). I will do my best to get as much info about him for y'all but in the meantime please let me know if you have seen this crazy character hanging around, he is a wanted man in all 50 states. Thanks for your help.

"BLITZ INFAMOUS TOUR VLOG-BLOG- Food poisoning 101"

So....I know you are wondering what the f**** up with the title of my tour blog, well to be honest I thinking the same damn thing. I wanted something with a bang to it....."BLITZ INFAMOUS TOUR VLOG-BLOG- Food poisoning 101" was the best I could come up with considering how sick I am right now.... and for the record Utah is officially on my "DONT EAT FROM HIPPIE RESTURANTS SHIT LIST". I've been throwing up for the past two days and all I had was a sea food wrap. I should have known something was wrong when the guy serving us said the restaurant was set up to end world hunger.... I'm thinking to myself like damn....IN UTAH????? well its too late now and it sucks that my first blog for the tour is about food poisoning. I'm going to miss todays show but I hope things get better after my eight hour ride to Denver. One thing is for sure tho.... I am staying clear of any HIPPIE restaurants trying to end world hunger by poisoning the hungry.....still got love for Utah tho. Big up to Chase + Uprock for holding us down.
Next Stop?.... Colorado.
B.

BROOKLYN HIP-HOP FESTIVAL AND MORE......

Peace Y'all so if you missed the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival all I got to say is D-D-D-D-Daaaaamn!!!!!. This was probably the hottest show I've rocked all year. Myself, Print, Kidz in the Hall, Tanya Morgan, Cosequence, Skillz and the Almighty Ghostface from the Wu-Tang Clan????? now thats what I call a show. The best thing about the show was the location.....right between the Brooklyn and Mahattan Bridge. That was a backdrop to kill for. I'll be posting video footage and exclusive pics in a few days so please check back. My next NYC date is August 3rd with KRS One and Lady Bug Mecca at Prospect park....(it just dont stop right? ). In the mean time, out-of-towners can check my entire tour schedule and see when I'm in you city. Come out and support as me One.Be.Lo and K-os rip it up on the Warped tour and in the words of the great Masta Ace,..."this is going to be one long hot Summer"- Stay Tuned.
The Ambassador.
photo by www.derrickgomez.com

NEXT SHOW

B-BOY MASSACRE MUSIC VIDEO......

What up y'all? So I'm working on a craaaaaaazy schedule. I'm rocking two huge shows in NYC, both in June,...5th Annual Hip-Hop Odessey Awards on the 16th with Public Enemy, Paul Mooney and Ed Lover and Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival on the 23rd with Ghostface, Consequence, Skillz etc...(come support) So between rocking those shows and getting ready for the 50 city Warped Tour hustle, I decided to shoot the video for my first single B-Boy Massacre...(what the hell is wrong with me????) well,... so I got with my producer Artesia and we put together a solid crew and cast for what has to be a classic video. I drew up a story board to communicate my ideas with my crew and I figured what the hell.... I'll drop a few slides to give y'all an idea of what this video is going to be like. And I know you are asking your self is that going to be a real boombox on my head? Yes and No.... Yes its a real boombox.... No I aint the one rocking it. Thats what actors are for right?.,....me?....I'm behind the camera directing once again. (watch your back Tarantino). Enjoy the storyboards and I'll keep updating you on the video....oh yeah if you happen to be in Brooklyn on the 17th come holla at us at the shoot....you better come rocking your shell toe adidas tho....The B-Boy Massacre goes Down!!!!! Holla.
Peace

BLITZ ALBUM LISTENIING/ BIRTHDAY 4/19..........

For those of you who missed my Album Listening/Birthday Party I got to say.....hmmmm how do I put this?
You missed some great shit!!!! New York City was in the house for real. Big shouts to Legendary DJ Evil Dee
DJ Bazarro, Lyricist Lounge founder Danny Castro,... The Fly Movement,....Reverb Nation (Scott & Mike) Live Mechanics wow....
the list goes on..... But even bigger shouts to all those who shared the stage with me,....J.Ivy, Rob Murrat, Arin Lawrence, Clyde, Johnny Sax,..and the most incredible Hypnotic Brass Ensemble...(nah for real, these cats shut down the show)
Big ups to DJ SleepyHead for coming all the way from Ohio and Brandon for bringing the shirts all the way from Ohio too. What can I say ? This was a night to remember. here are a few pics for those who missed it.
Enjoy.