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Pre-Holiday Art Show and In store July 3rd, 2015

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Art_gcs_kenos_oneJULY 3rd, 2015- To commemorate the Independence holiday, we decided to throw an art show and in store to start the weekend off right. The 4th is the kind of holiday that no one wants to work and neither did we. We were very fortunate to get a great line up going for the night which featured the art work of Susie Cue and Tanya Rose. Music for the evening was provided by Os One, Vision and Mando the Dj a.k.a. G.I.A.N.T.S. Music, Okira Myth and Dulok Shaman of GRIZZLY STATE. Also, NAMEK and Josiah Deadflowers of Chamber Records. Backing up the whole night was DJ AB, Real and Deejay Great Daine. Live painting for the night done by Nick Macaulay a.k.a. NMAC and KENOS ONE. Enjoy some pictures from the night…. and as always, more to come. Dulok_shaman_gcs

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GCS Block Party Re-cap

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Theydrift_gcsJUNE 6th, 2015- This month’s art walk had a lot in store for everyone. Not only was it the monthly first saturday of the month art walk, but East End Santa Ana held their second annual EAST END BLOCK PARTY, as well as the traveling beatswapmeet. This post is an attempt to capture all the happenings at GCS on this day. I’m sure this will take more than one post, so here we go.

THEYDRIFT a.k.a. Carlos Aguilar and KSRA were our featured artists of the month in our gallery. In addition to the great pieces that they brought with them, they painted live through out the day for the art walk crowd.

JROZ, MC Prototype and Jook blessed the mics this evening.

DJ’s Daine, Real, AB and Neuropunk gave the gallery a great vibe through sound vibrations.

3rdi, Hippieone and Q-Vo also had a chance to share their art with the public.

And to top off the evening, Burst Rock and Tic Tac hosted our first breaking and popping battle held in our new location. B-Boy Tekken and Popper Chris won the night.

And as stated before, many many more photos and videos to come. They_drift_gcs_block_party

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June Art Walk ’15 – GCS BLOCK PARTY 6/6/15

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GCSblockpartyGCS is happy to announce our event for JUNE ART WALK. We’re calling it GCS BLOCK PARTY in keeping with the theme of the EAST END BLOCK PARTY. What is that you ask? Well, its like the art walk amplified 10 fold. 4th street will be blocked off to allow for a few music stages. The Beatswapmeet will also be the neighborhood so saying that the day (and night) is going to get busy down here is an understatement. unnamed-5

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J-Live In Store Apr 19, 2015

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J_live_in_store_gcs_21April 19th, 2015. Thanks to the guys at Undergroundhiphopblog.com for setting up a great in store performance that featured J-Live while on the road with “His Own Self” tour. It was such a nice day that we decided to have to performance right outside our front doors. Others on the bill for the night were Gotta Be Karim, The Villain$, International Maverick, Clockwize, Born Allah, Daejo x Karim and backing up all these MC’s all show long was DJ Lala. GCS extends a huge thank you to everyone that came out to see the show. And of course, a lot more to come.J_live_in_store_gcs_20

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“All You Can Eat” art show Apr ’15 art walk

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April_art_walk_2015April 4th, 2015. There it goes again. That time of the month that we look forward to and build up to. The first saturday art walk. The goal of this month’s show was to fill the gallery space to the brim with friends, recently made as well as the tried and tested. And it went off without a hitch. We had 3 music performances spaced out throughout the night, we had two artist painting live outside our doors and most of all, we had a great crowd of eager patrons and art fans come out and enjoy some of their night with us. Here is a photo re-cap of the show that will be in our gallery for the rest of the month, enjoy!Travis_allen_raymond_art_painting

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Acid Reign in store during Art Walk Apr 4, 2015

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Acid_reign_gcs_art_walkApril 4th, 2015. We were thrilled to have Beond and Gajah a.k.a. Acid Reign join us in our gallery for the last art walk. GCS has known these cats for quite some time and they never cease to amaze. We copped their latest release “Losaka” which they released with Japanese MC Gebo. Make sure to get you copy today!Beond_gcs_art_walk

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Spaceship Tour kicks off at GCS Santa Ana March 14, 2015

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Gremlin_gcs_instore_hiphop_7March 14th, 2015. Gremlin, Hands, and the rest of the Wise Owls crew kicked of their “Spaceship” tour in our gallery saturday night. We’ve hosted these cats before and the turn out for the show was great. The night included performances by Asem Pria, Rock-Oh!, Modern Day Soulja, ESKO ,ADON, RX, Vibes and Koncept714.Gremlin_gcs_instore_hiphop

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#showcase626 take over GCS Pomona July 19,2014

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“Big Rob” the Champ has been one of the most active promoters in the underground hip hop scene in the last couple of years. Talk about always hustling, this guy is mad active. Putting together music and art events at various bars, concert halls and shops, his #showcase626 events have definitely brought quality acts to audiences that are hungry for that underground so cal hip hop culture. Here is a look back at an event he put together at the GCS clothing store in Pomona. Music by Destruct, Delta 9 MC’s, Quaesar, Aliano, Name Science, Jouney into Zion,  Fewrocks, Nariz and DJ Splice. Live Beats by Spok and Rokem. Live art by Meezy, Duer, Darcs, Rambo, and MC Mega. Look out for much more from #showcase626.Showcase626_gcs_pomona_instore_26

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“Live Free” by ENDZ – album release in-store MAR 1st, 2015

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Endz_gcs_instore_14March 1st, 2015 GCS Santa Ana was proud to host ENDZ from Locally Grown Collective for his “Live Free” album release show. Also on the night’s line up was Severe the MC, Sage One and Dj Lala, and Vel The Wonder. Great night, the room was packed and everyone was treated to a hell of a  show. GCS would like to congratulate ENDZ once again on his album release (and birthday!). Look out for more from ENDZ and LGCLTV.Endz_gcs_instore_13 Continue reading “Live Free” by ENDZ – album release in-store MAR 1st, 2015 →

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The Top to Bottom Tour AUG 2, 2104 GCS Pomona

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Top_to_bottom_tour_pawz_gcsAugust 2nd, 2014. Taking place at our original GCS clothing store in Pomona, PAWZ ONE brought an in store event entitled “The Top to Bottom Tour”. Going down right before the 3rd annual “Mind Clouders fest” at The Fox theatre in downtown Pomona, the in store included performances by Mal Practice, Swift Dixshun and Mando the DJ and of course PAWZ ONE.The_top_to_bottom_tour_pawz_one

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LGCLTV presents ENDZ live at GCS

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Endz_gcs_vel_the_wonder_hiphopLGCLTV presents ENDZ live at GCS Santa Ana MARCH 1st, 2015. Join us on a sunday afternoon as ENDZ from Locally Grown Collective joins us to celebrate the release of his album “Live Free”. As special guests for the event, the line up includes Vel The Wonder, Severe, Sage One and a DJ Set by INDJNOUS. It’s an early event, running from 5pm until 8pm. Don’t sleep on this!

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SPACESHIP TOUR hits GCS santa ana

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Gremlin_gcs_santaana_dtsa_instoreComing MARCH 14, 2015. GCS is proud to announce that the SPACESHIP TOUR will make a stop at GCS santa ana. Headlining the tour is Gremlin with Hands. Also on the tour is Asem Pria and Rock-Oh!.  Looks like the special guests for this show are Modern Day Soulja, Esko, Adon, RX, Vibes and Koncept714. We can’t wait for some great music! As always, the show here is all ages and free. 6 pm until 9pm.

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Scarub in store FEB 7th, 2015

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Scarub,gcs,dtsa,hiphop,santaanahiphopGCS would like to thank Scarub for coming through during the art walk and rocking a great in store performance for those lucky ones that caught the show. In fact, Scarub was the first music performer to bless our Broadway location with an in store performance, so you know that we had to invite him back to begin the new history of the 4th st location. Don’t sleep on his latest endeavour “Want For Nothing” you can purchase the album here.

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Common Ground in store DEC 13, 2013 flashback!

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We’re still playing catch up with this blog. Today we revisit the time that #thecommonground took over our gallery for a great in store performance. Curtiss King, Stevie Crooks, Noa James, Speach Impediments, WAJU, Jmelen and Calligraphy blessed the gallery with some great music. Make sure you follow BRICKTOYAFACE for more info and more fire.

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SCARUB in store added to “All Our Love 2” art show..

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we are very pleased to announce that SCARUB will be our special guest for art walk on FEB 7th during the “All Our Love 2” art show. He’s been one of our favorite emcees of all time, we are happy that he can take time out of his busy schedule to rock a set at GCS santa ana.. as always, the event is all ages and free!. . art show runs from 7pm until 11pm.. not sure when he’s going to perform yet.. stay tuned!

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#showcase626 takes over GCS Santa Ana… JAN 17th, 2015

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showcase626flyerJAN 17th, 2015… GCS was honored to host Big Rob, Mary Alex  and the #showcase626 crowd as they took over our gallery for the night. And what a night! Every emcee that grabbed the mic came correct and had this place jumpin’. It was great to get the live music vibe back into GCS santa ana. Here is a run down of the artists that were on hand: Spliff Hemingway, Poetik Force, Infinate Wizdom, AM Oner, Geno Boombox, Kahlee, DUBIE, Daejo x Kyirim and Nine Trey Nous. DJ RAWZ held it down behind the turntables all night long. Adding a visual element to the evening, we had DUER, Geno Boombox and Bubbles Magazine here  We can’t wait to bring down the #showcase626 crew again. Much love and respect to all the artists that came through.

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The ‘Cypher Effect’ goes down at GCS Santa Ana

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Oct 25, 2013… Well known and industry respected video project named “The Cypher Effect” came out to the GCS in Santa Ana to shoot their latest episode. The project combines hip hop mc’s from different areas into an old school cypher in order to showcase their talent for the wider audience. On this occasion, the shooting of the cypher was open to the lucky people that came to our gallery to witness the show. As ususal, all the acts did amazing work and can be viewed here. The art work in the background is courtesy of artist Haunted Euth, make sure you check out his work.

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NOV 30th, 2013 in store at GCS Santa Ana…

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Well, it doesn’t happen often. not sure of the cause, maybe it was the itis that you get from Thanksgiving dinner. Or perhaps the fact that the long weekend started on Weds night and by Saturday night people are beat, spent and over all rundown from too much food and drink. Whatever the case may be, the attendance to this in store was light but consisted of good people, down for the cause and great music. Big thanks to Longevity , GEL ROC and Mes1dge for rocking the mic.Longevity,gcs,hiphop,dtsa

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The Common Grounds comes to GCS Santa Ana… DEC 13th… in store!

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For those of you that are familiar with Noa James, Curtis King, Stevie Crooks and the rest of the gang, you know that they usually tear stuff up in Pomona and the surrounding areas. Now we have worked it out to bring them to our OC location… I hope this provides them with a new fan base. I’m sure they’ll win some hearts and minds that night.. as always, free and all ages… DEC 13th, 2013.. 7pm…

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