For anyone that didn't see them, I posted pictures from the pop up on the previous page

thats really sweet but yeah p far away for me to visit unfortunately. would love thief on vinyl for sure, and hopefully there will be a chance to get more cds in the future

Wish wax was easier to ship, I'd have no problem proxying for you if it was

And yeah I was talking to Sherm last night about this, I think there will be more chances in the future for sure, maybe for wax too

These are @sentient_sherm_bag 's

Preservation signed the one on the right yesterday

Seeing them together in a sunbeam

Glad more fans and fam have been able to link up.

Got my cd from the mail, that will be enough for me. I got a piece of his art.

Been banging Ka all day, rest in peace goat

love fam

They had them on sale in vinyl? Damn I need all of these for the collection. I have most of the ones before he stopped selling them online

@Vox , thank you very much for the posts

That Remembrance is beautifully written

40 seats, no video or recording was allowed

Mark Shaw (the guy who designed all of Ka's covers) recorded the whole thing but the recording is for archival purposes and won't be released

Event went 90 minutes and included chances for people to ask questions

I wrote as many notes as I could and will post them later today or tomorrow

You know what it is

Yeah they were selling the listed albums on wax on the first day of the pop up and after that you had to be selected through a lottery

I was there on the first day and won the lottery as well but I can't split with 100 for a record right now

Hopefully there will be future chances at CDs and wax

Extremely happy to do this and thankful that I had the opportunity to come to this event

Wish I wasn't leaving tomorrow because I'd love to take notes on the next two after hours events

Sherm is aiming to hit the Friday after hours event - if he does I'll post any notes he hits me with here asap

Truly

It's very clear how much the people around Ka cherish him and his work, very special to witness and be around

Appreciated, miss that fella, hope he's doing well

He's great and determined to return

Listening to The Night's Gambit while on nootropics.

What an experience...miss this cat.

These are my notes:

Once they started working on music regularly...He was always hungry, he always showed up

Ka: "Never stop me from what I'm going to do"

Mimi referred to him as a good spirited goon

Ka felt like he was the weak link in natural elements which made him turn to and team up with his man, Kev

Kev was older and calmed down Ka
Kev was always telling Ka he was rapping too fast

Got the name for Nightbreed from the movie
Ka and Kev were vibing off of horrorcore, gravediggaz heavy at the time

They were very inventive murderers in their verses

Kev wanted to be in bad boy/shiny suit swag heavy but Ka was not f***ing with it on some "we're Brownsville niggas, we're not doing this"

Kev forced Charlemagne to sample Can't Help It
Charlemagne's favorite softer record of theirs was Ectasy

Ka always wanted to be an honorary member of Wu

Voo told a story about Ka giving his arm to a blind stranger crossing the street when speaking about how he was a statesman and a people person always

Ka was always on jokes but could get serious at the drop of a hat

His cousin Tyrone and Mimi doubled down on how everything in Ka's raps was the truth

Tyrone spoke about how there were empty lots next to and in front of Ka's place growing up and how Brownsville is full of them and how dead bodies would come up whenever any construction was done on them

Ka showed Voo how to stash a 25 in his boot

Mahershala Ali asked a question that spoke to Ka sharing a birthday with hip hop and how he was getting better with each record and how he felt The Thief Next to Jesus could be his best record

This led to a discussion about ageism in hip hop

Charlemagne spoke to how much ageism bothers him and how hip hop is the one genre that disrespects its legends and how he's still cooking and how he can match whoever's in the room with him

Charlemagne: Despite doing big records with big rappers, his biggest achievement was keeping nine dudes out of trouble (Ka was a part of this nine) by keeping them on music

Gave an example of everyone coming together on a Saturday - in three hours everyone there would have to leave with a song, maybe there would be a freestyle at the end where people would be trying to outrap each other

Voo spoke to comparing rhymes on the train, how Ka would have scraps of lyrics on bus tickets

He would call Ka out for chicken scratch and hear that right back from Ka

Ka went from a partner to inspiration for Voo
The last time he saw him was the pop up in 2023
Reflecting on this almost brought Voo to tears and Charlemagne broke down

Ka used to always say no one would ever sign him on his way out of the studio but he didn't mean it in a negative way

Showed Nkosi Koproduced Gray-El to never give up

Ka believed everyone should be able to do one pull up, Mimi said doing this would be a great way to honor his memory

Ka only made songs with friends

Ka used the word listeners over fans

Ka would do a 100 push ups in the studio, was a super athlete, super fit and nice as f*** at basketball

These are @sentient_sherm_bag 's initial notes:

Ka loved Rick & Morty and tried to put all his friends onto it

Roc and Preservation both met him through events stemming from GZA’s Firehouse

He rode a fixed-gear bicycle

He once gave Preservation a popcorn machine out of nowhere, Ka loved air-popped popcorn

Roc was on some “starving artist s***” and Ka out of nowhere dropped off 4000 to hold him down for some activities if you get my drift

He was a perfectionist in every sense and would sometimes spend an entire year working one song to perfection

Producing for Ka was hard because of that, he only wanted the best

Made Preservation read The Manchurian Candidate before they started Yen Lo. He had been into the book and movie heavily long before the album came about

Roc has some Ka beats he’s been sitting on that he says “yall are gonna hear that soon”

@Vox you and sherm are the realest for all the pics and info thank you so much man seriously, wish I could be there this week

No problem at all, glad to do it since most don't have the opportunity to attend

Wish one of us could have been there for the talk on his time as a firefighter

And yeah, I wish you and everyone else that rocks with Ka could have been there too