PEACEOFMIND is ba-ba-back y’all! and livin’ it up HAWAII side oh yea! hehehe, that’s right family, we back on isle and you KNOW we straight vibin’ the jive right like pineapple sweeet delicious ripe! haha yea!

so, for this performance, DJ U (jon price) and myself (sam john a.k.a. PAKMAN) reunited to showcase some core elements of hip hop culture (beatboxing, freestyling, scratching, as well as a live drumming duet featuring jon on a DJEMBE, a traditional african drum, and me on an MPC, an electronic drum!). hehe, also, we UNLEASHED our passion and love for positive and upbeat hip hop music-with-a-message to all who were in attendance! it was so cool to connect with our audience, an eclectic and international mix of faces, peoples of all ethnicities and ages, sizes and shapes, and to see how all of them had gathered at the mall on a sunny saturday honolulu afternoon and then chose to take a break from the shopping and stop in front of the stage to check us out! the event itself was for African-American Cultural Awareness Day and was hosted by the AADCCH and Irie Pacific Entertainment.

as our set began, dj u and i were a tad bit nervous at first (as we had not performed together in over a year and did not have the chance to actually run through our set beforehand!), but the nerves quickly dissipated as we greeted the crowd (huge size now, like 150, because of the Brazilian capoeira dancers who had taken the stage before us!) and hit the stage with smiles and upbeat attitudes posted and in check! everyone there could tell we were having fun with it, because we were! haha, and even though the majority of the faces we saw seemed very stern and quizzical (one of the toughest crowds i’ve encountered thus far!), we still managed to hold captive the audience (even had a couple of peoples realllly grooving with us!)

huzzah! mission accomplished! for as most of you already know, so long as even just ONE single person is digging the peaceofmind vibe, we know we’ve accomplished and done our joy for the day 🙂 however, by no means was that the only highlight! oh no, for you see, this stage was likely one of the LARGEST we’ve ever performed on! (well, at least dj u and i, as the full band and i have shared some awesomely huge ones as well in cali-land!) and the crowd was one of the LARGEST we’ve ever performed for! also! it was a really kick-ass feeling as well as kick-ass challenge to construct a set that was geared to educate and enlighten as well as entertain, without sacrificing either, and i’m stoked that the G.O.D. helped us pull it all off!

definitely an amazing experience and a performance we won’t soon forget 🙂 and hopefully, we’ll be seeing you at the next one! until then y’all, PEACE LOVE UNITY and RESPECT!

PS! if you received a FREE PEACEOFMIND CD at the show, we apologize for the disc not playing in standard cd-players! we had a little technical cd-burn mishap, BUT, the good news is that the cd DOES work in computers! so pop it in one and enjoy the tracks today y’all! hehe, peace.

-sam the pakman & the peaceofmindcrew