recently i got to sit in on a few of the deadbeats’ recording sessions. on the grind in the recesses of a studio deep in manoa valley, these guys are putting together their first professionally-mastered effort. mark my words, their upcoming album will take these guys to much bigger and better things. just in case you haven’t already, you really need to catch these cats at jazz minds every wednesday night. really. if you love hip hop, jazz, great lyricism, and sarcastic humor…well then there isn’t anything else that you should be doing wednesday night.

the photos were very personal, i’ve been placing a greater emphasis on personal, intimate portraits, and perhaps breaking more of the rules that i used to follow closely. call it evolution. enjoy. and hit their myspace and give these guys a listen, dammit!

-a

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