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2011 Red Bull Thre3style Wrap Up

So as you may or may not have heard, the Red Bull Thre3style Battle finally came to Chicago on Thursday, April 28th at The Mid. I was lucky enough to be one of the 8 DJs selected to participate, along with my Music Trust brethren DJ Trentino, Hot Dog Records co-founders Zebo and Marco Morales, Crossfader King Matt Roan, Jay Illa, DJ Jem, and Ghetto Division honcho Charlie Glitch. The judges for the evening were none other than DJ Craze, Chuck Flask, and Jay-E (Nick Catchdubs was originally supposed to be the third judge but his plane was late).

After a month of nonstop work, including literally hundreds of hours putting together, organizing, and cutting down my routine, this is what I came up with.

After all the votes were tallied, my bros DJ Zebo took third, DJ Trentino locked up second, and I took the grand prize. Now its off to Vegas in the fall to compete in the 2011 Red Bull Thre3style US Finals! (More details coming soon on that).

Thanks to everyone who came out and supported me that night, and all the positive feedback I’ve gotten via Twitter, FB, and this very site. Extra special love goes out to my beautiful wife Erica for putting up with me over the last month, and also to my favorite DJ in the world Kid Cut Up. I’ve been sayin this, but I WOULD NOT have won the battle without him.

Chi-town, WE DID IT.

 2011 Red Bull Thre3style Wrap Up | REDBULLCHAMP

Read some great wrap-ups HERE HERE HERE and HERE, and more on the Thre3style rules and history HERE

Its official….

The rumors are true. Last Friday was my last weekly at Tonic Room… becauseĀ I will now be holdin it down every Friday at ROOF at the Wit! Most definitely excited for this new opportunity, can’t wait to get it crackin this weekend. ROOF now boasts the most impressive DJ lineup in the city as far as I’m concerned, with White Shadow every Wednesday, myself on Fridays, and tons of dope DJs on Saturdays and Sundays. The Music Trust is doin it huge, and I’m happy to be a part of it.

I also wanted to shout out Nic, Izzo, Rob, and everyone over at Tonic Room. The past year has been an absolute blast DJing there every weekend, but its time for a change. And fear not Tonic patrons, my man Deejay Pickel will be now holding down every Friday starting next week.

Please check my calendar for all my upcoming dates here and follow me on Twitter here. As always, thank you for your continued support.

Hollers,
-Once

ROOF at the Wit Tomorrow!

Oh yes. Tomorrow night I make my debut at ROOF at the Wit. If you don’t know, get familiar. I’ll be on the decks from 9-3, and it will be beautiful outside.

Peep their website here and the Facebook event here.

Stay classy Chicago.

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Dre Day 2010

You’ve been warned…

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Site launch party December 26th at Tonic Room!!!

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Yes Yes Yall!

Please join us in celebrating the launch of my brand new website, WWW.BIGONCE.COM!!!!!

We have worked really hard on this site, and are very excited it is finally up and running. The site will be updated daily with mixes, videos, downloads, events, and much more cool stuff.

To celebrate the official launch, we are throwing a good old fashioned ripper at Tonic Room in Lincoln Park! Myself and Tonic resident DJ Izzo will be on the wheels, along with extra special guest DJ ARISTOCAT live and direct from LOS ANGELES!

Everyone who comes through the door will receive a free copy of my most recent studio mix album, “Booze, Broads & Birdcalls”, and the first 25 people will also receive a copy of a special live mix recorded a couple weeks ago… this mix will not be available anywhere else! There will be more giveaways too.

Hope to see you out!!!

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Saturday, December 26th
Tonic Room / 2447 N. Halsted St / 10pm-3am

DJs:
Aristocat (Los Angeles… MTV, VH1, Spike TV, GQ Magazine)
Izzo (Chicago… Tonic Room, The Shrine, Lumen)
Big Once (Chicago… douchebag.)

Download my ODB Tribute Mix Now!

 Download my ODB Tribute Mix Now! | odb

DJ Trew is the head honcho over at Ground Lift Media, and he also is the resident selector every Saturday at Crocodile in Wicker Park, Chicago. He approached me to do an Ol’ Dirty Bastard tribute set at the November edition of his Uberjam 90′s party, and this is what I came up with in the few days prior to the party. 13 of Dirty’s most dancefloor-friendly tunes blended together live. Grab the mix below, and RIP ODB!

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD NOW