VIDEO: GCM - BIG UPS LIVE ON HIP HOP OFFICIAL

Planet Asia and Gold Chain Military hit the stage of Hip Hop Official and performed their track "Big Ups" from their recently released Chain Of Command.

- Drew

PHOTOS: TRADITION X GCM X FREEDOM OF BEATS (RECAP)

Wednesday was the official Gold Chain Military listening party presented by Tradition and Freedom of Beats. It all went down at 7 Lounge in downtown Los Angeles. We had giveaways from Akomplice, Bloodbath, and Pros & Cons, as well as dope DJ sets from West Coast legends Battlecat, Crazy Toones, and DJ Revolution. WC from Westside Connection was the special guest, and he hosted the 3 DJ's sets of West Coast classics.
In the words of Planet Asia "Lastnite was a real WESTCOAST moment! DJ REVOLUTION DJ BATTLECAT and DJ CRAZY TOONES! Historical!!!"
I feel sorry for those of you that missed it!


Planet Asia & WC

WC X GCM

Gangstas make the world go round

Bloodbath X Tradition X Akomplice

Killer Ben & Montage One

West Coast legend DJ Battlecat

Battlecat has produced hits for Snoop Dogg, The Game, Xzibit, Tha Eastsidaz, and more

Tradition X Akomplice

Sav Kills, Trisate, Drew, and Planet Asia

Dirty Milk in the building

Mike and Pat from Akomplice

Kimberly, Drew, and Alexandria

DJ Revolution from the legendary Wake Up Show

Revolution killing it

Even the girls came out to have some fun

Planet Asia and friends

Tristate and Friends

Planet Asia and Pat (Akomplice)

Crazy Toones is WC's brother and Ice Cube's DJ

Crazy Toones played a set of West Coast classics including hits he produced for WC, Westside Connection, Ice Cube, Mack 10, and more

Eric (Bloodbath) & Adrian (Pros & Cons)

- Drew

PLANET ASIA & GCM - CHAIN OF COMMAND LISTENING PARTY

This Wednesday, Feb 24th we are presenting the official listening party for Planet Asia & Gold Chain Military's brand new album, Chain Of Command. The listening party is from 7 to 9 and will feature gift bags and giveaways from Akomplice, Bloodbath, and Pros & Cons.
The after party is presented by Freedom of Beats, and will feature guest DJ's Battle Cat, Crazy Toones, and DJ Revolution.
It's all going down at Seven Bar Lounge, 555 W. 7th St, Los Angeles, Ca 90014. See you there!

- Drew

PLANET ASIA AND GOLD CHAIN MILITARY - GCM MEETS ALC

Here's a new Alchemist produced track called "GCM Meets ALC" from Gold Chain Military's upcoming album, Chain of Command, due out February 23rd.
Don't forget, next Wednesday Feb 24th we are presenting the official GCM listening party with Freedom of Beats, Akomplice, Bloodbath, & The Pros and Cons at 7 lounge in downtown L.A. You wont want to miss guest DJ's Battlecat, Crazy Toones, and Revolution!



- Drew

CHAIN OF COMMAND LISTENING PARTY FEB 24TH

Next Wednesday, Feb 24th we are presenting the official listening party for Planet Asia & Gold Chain Military's brand new album, Chain Of Command. The listening party is from 7 to 9 and will feature gift bags and giveaways from Akomplice, Bloodbath, and Pros & Cons.
The after party is presented by Freedom of Beats, and will feature guest DJ's Battle Cat and Crazy Toones.
It's all going down at Seven Bar Lounge, 555 W. 7th St, Los Angeles, Ca 90014.

- Drew

VIDEO: PLANET ASIA & GCM - PLEASURE AND PAIN

Here's a brand new video from Planet Asia & Gold Chain Military for the track "Pleasure & Pain". This song is from their debut album Chain of Command, due out February 23rd. We are sponsoring the official listening party on February 24th at Seven Bar Lounge downtown... Stay tuned.

- Drew

VIDEO: GCM - CHAIN OF COMMAND EPK

Gold Chain Military's Chain of Command Promo Trailer from Mixcrate Crew on Vimeo.

Gold Chain Military's upcoming album, Chain of Command, drops February 23rd. Led by Planet Asia, Gold Chain Military also includes Killa Kali, Turbin, Killer Ben, Sav Killz, Tristate and Montage One. Production work on Chain of Command, includes names like the Alchemist, DJ Babu, Large Professor, MasterKraftsmen, and more! GCM is for fans of true lyrical wordplay and real hip hop!

“I love what GCM is bringing to the game right now. It was just something that was lost. A common denominator of dope beats, dope rhymes, dope cuts. And they always reminded you how nice they were.” – DJ Babu, Dilated Peoples

- Drew

VIDEO: IN THE STUDIO WITH PLANET ASIA AND TRISTATE

For the past few months, I have been hard at work putting together the upcoming Tradition mixtape. I produced the entire record, and it features appearences from B-Real, Rass Kass, Planet Asia, Tristate, Ryu, Apathy, Chace Infinite, Young De, Bleu Collar, El Prez, Sick Jacken, Krondon, Soco, Chris Focus, Sandman, Oseeola, Gotham Green, and many more.
Here's a little behind the scenes look into the making of the track "Live & Direct" featuring Planet Asia, Tristate, and Sick Jacken.
Look for the mixtape to drop in the next few months, and go out and cop that new GCM album on February 23rd!

- Drew

GOLD CHAIN MILITARY- PLEASURE AND PAIN

Gold Chain Military is a bi-coastal group of verbal assassins, consisting of Planet Asia, Killa Kali, and Turbin (All hailing from Fresno, CA), Killer Ben and Sav Killz (Repping Brooklyn, NY) and Tristate (From Los Angeles, CA). Here's a track called "Pleasure and Pain" from their upcoming album, Chain of Command, due out Feb 23rd.

- Drew

PLANET ASIA & TRISTATE - TROUBLE (PROD. BY JOSH THE GOON)

Planet Asia and Tristate of Gold Chain Military drop a new heater called "Trouble" as a little gift for all of you for Christmas. These two are some of the dopest MC's in the game... Add that with production by Josh The Goon, and you have a certified heater!

- Drew

GOLD CHAIN MILITARY FT. MONTAGE ONE, TRISTATE, & PLANET ASIA - BLOODLUST

Check out the newest track from GCM called "Bloodlust." The track is banging, and features Montage One, Tristate, and Planet Asia.

- Drew

VIDEO: PLANET ASIA & DJ TOURE "SUPERHEROES"

Check out this fresh video from Planet Asia for his track,"Superheroes",from Marvel vs. Capcom 2. They went heavy on the Comic book theme, and the both the song and the video are inspired by some the greatest super heroes Marvel has to offer. Be on the lookout for Planet Asia's contribution to the upcoming Tradition mixtape, a song called "Live & Direct", featuring Tristate.

- Drew

IN THE STUDIO WITH PLANET ASIA & TRISTATE

As you may know, I have been hard at work putting together the upcoming Tradition mixtape. I am producing the whole record, and it will feature appearances from B-Real, Apathy, Young De, Planet Asia, Tristate, Ca$his, Get Busy Committee, El Prez, Soco, and many more. Yesterday I was in the studio with Planet Asia and Tristate, who are both member of Gold Chain Military. Of course the two MC's killed the track!
Here are a few photos from yesterday... Expect to see more photos, as well as some video footage from this recording session soon.

VIDEO: FASHAWN "BOY MEETS WORLD" LISTENING PARTY

The Turntable Lab recently hosted the listening party for Fashawn's upcoming album Boy Meets World. Boy Meets World was produced entirely by Exile and will be released in September. Peep the video with appearances from Evidence, Blu, Planet Asia, Aloe Blac, Raaka, and Exile.

GOLD CHAIN MILITARY - POST WAR (MIXTAPE)

Here's the newest mixtape from Planet Asia's Gold Chain Military called "Post War". Gold Chain Military includes Planet Asia, Sav Killz, Tristate, Turbin, Killa Ben and Killa Kali, the mixtape is hosted by J-Ronin.