February 3, 2009
King of the Dot: Put Yo Money Where Yo Mouth Iz Vol. 5
- by Jon B
A set of photos from the K.O.T.D. Put Yo Money Where Yo Mouth Iz Volume 5 battle in Toronto on January 24, 2009. For video footage and more, check out kingofthedot.com.
Jon B
My name is Jonathan "Jonb" Balazs a writer, photographer and filmmaker here at ugsmag. Originally a long-time forum poster and terribly naive rap head, I first visited the site in 2001, but didn't start speaking my piece until 2006 with a "gizmo review" on Lomography's Fisheye camera. Since then, I've tried to interview only the dopest rappers, producers, DJs and hip hop icons throughout Canada and the United States – or at the very least, shining a light on those artists who have made a significant mark in their respective territories. Hailing from Ugsmag's original prairie home of Edmonton, these days Toronto is where I lay my head at. I am always curious about new music and I encourage legitimate rap folks to email me the new sounds, but there is a very good chance I will not get back to you – I'm terribly grumpy and have very little patience for biters, whiners, posers, toys...as well as overt displays of sexism, homophobia and bigotry. But I love damn good hip hop!
10 Responses
Those pictures are annoying. Are they supposed to look like I’m on Ketamine, or no?
yup. that’s the whole point. its about watching a battle through the looking glass of a ketamine addict. if you drop some ketamine you’d understand to whole thing perfectly. you should try it some time, its fuckin great!
These suck, take a night class on camera basics or something Jon B
Take a night class on not talking out of your ass.
The picture is supposed to be fuzzy. That way you don’t realize that that place is actually just filled with a geeky white kids.
These pics suck. What a shitty photographer. There was a bunch of thugs at the battle. We stand in the back. Obviously haha
A couple of the photos are a bit much for figuring out what’s actually going on in them, but I can see the art of them… However, a few of those photos are easy enough to read and have some style to them that sets them apart from other photographers. I dig Jon B’s photo style even if there is the odd shot that goes a bit too far…
That second shot was dope.
You guys who don’t dig the photos are fucking philistines. Essplain to me how he took those shots *technically*… They are artistic gold. Philistines.
Most hiphop heads are philistines to a certain degree…some more so than others. Case in point, try talking other musical genres with a hiphop head. Some, not all, don’t listen to other styles of music.
I dig these pictures. Reminds me of the days when psilocybin mexicana and LSD were my closest friends. I dont know about going to a show wacked out on hallucinogens…that sounds like trouble for everyone involved.
Fantasia is the greatest movie ever after 3 hits of some triple dipped starship blotter acid.