This Saturday, March 31st, INSTAJAM is gonna be the place to be! We’ve got 4 of the illest DJs under one roof ready to get you set for an entire night of dancing and good music. Lending us their sound selection talents will be Grammy award winning superproducer Chad Hugo, Daniel Biltmore, Billy the Gent, and Long Jawns. Expect to hear more of what you really want and less of the bullshit filler at other spots. Don’t forget, it’s FREE w/ RSVP before 1130pm. Click on the flyer for details.

RSVP at instajam.eventbrite.com

2.10.12 marked the six year anniversary of the untimely passing of James Dewitt Yancey, known in hip-hop circles worldwide as J. Dilla. We thought it be necessary to honor this musical genius at our monthly Fresh Fridays party in the 757.

Resident DJ and local legend DJ Bee along with DJ Cornbread provided the sounds to get the night started early. We were also honored to have House Shoes (Detroit icon & personal friend of Dilla) on hand to spin some never before heard Jay Dee tracks. The real treat of the night came from super producer and Norfolk, VA native Nottz Raw. He was one of the few people in the game that Dilla respected and this tribute mix he performed that night shows just why. Enjoy and always Rest In Power Dilla Dawg… Peep the live recording below.

Nottz Dilla Tribute

Come see the Commonwealth F/W 2012 Collection at Capsule Show in Las Vegas next week. To make an appointment, see the info below.

After taking a few months off, ‘95 Live is back in DC at a new and bigger location featuring a highly calibrated, state of the art Fulcrum sound system! The only place in DC to hear the best in old school from the illest DJs. No cover, no stress!

Peace! The first tees from our very own Spring/Summer collection are now up for grabs at the brick and mortar stores as well as on cmonwealth.com. Stay tuned for more releases in the coming weeks.

Peace to the OFWGKTA crew!

Photo by Brook Bobbins http://who-shot-ya.com

Peace! Commonwealth DC will be hosting the “H.R. Documentary Fund Raiser / C’MON X H.R. Product Launch” November 2nd. The legendary frontman of Bad Brains will be in-store between 8p to 10p, and will be available for autographs and conversation. In addition we will also be releasing “C’MON & H.R.” partnered products in which proceeds will go to the HR documentary by Small Axe Films. Your support will directly benefit the finishing of this important documentary. The Washington Post states,

“There are few rock icons more overdue for a film treatment than Bad Brains; gifted, eccentric and ferociously energetic frontman H.R., and finally he’s getting one.”

We highly recommend arriving early, capacity is limited and we’d like everyone to get a chance to meet H.R.. For more information please check the flyer above.

In addition, immediately after the in-store event we will be migrating to the U Street Music Hall (1115 U St.) for the official after party. Live performances by H.R. and Human Rights, and music selections from DJ’s Stereo Faith (Mousetrap/DC) and Kenny Meez (Federeation Sound/NYC).

New video from Nickelus F!

Peace. We hope all is well. This Saturday, June 12th, Commonwealth is slated to release our first time piece; the “Commonwealth Diving Watch.” This classic early military influenced watch features a black face dial, with our “Anvil” logo top-center, and the quote, “TIME WILL TELL” bottom-center. This time piece will be available with both a purple and black C”MON nylon Nato band.

Commonwealth Diving Watch specs:

• Stainless steel casing

• Rotatable unidirectional bezel

• Scratch resistant glass face

• Japanese movement

• 20mm C’MON Nato band

• Water Resistant 100m

• Size 40mm