DJ ELITE, Honolulu, HI (2026)

05/09/2026

This one's a tribute to my childhood, my Hip-Hop upbringing, and every beat boxer who gave me a steady rhythm to freestyle to.

Yes, I freestyled. Won battles and competitions too. Know your history. LOL 😜 Shout out to those who know. ⭐ 🤙

This mix was supposed to be a 5-minute tribute edit for my live shows, but I never had the heart to trim it. It just sat in my production folder. Think I used it once on a livestream. Glad it's finally seeing the light.

Big shout out to 808 Natives and Wahiawa's own Jonski Beat (John Billaber-Mangca), Aiea's Princes of Percussion (P.O.P.) and their own ACE (Keone Wilson) [RIP], Moanalua's Radical Rob Onekea of Skream Team, and last but not least, another Hawaii Hip-Hop legend out of Aiea, Charlotte Henderson-Keamo aka Lady Q-pid.

These people brought beats with passion and purpose. They shook stages over mics and speakers that moved crowds at events and malls. Were they the only ones in Hawaii? Not even close. But they're the ones I can speak on personally, with full confidence. I was there. I witnessed it. They went to battle for me, and I for them.

Thank you for laying down those relentless, devastating beats. You helped us plant that flag on top of Hawaii Hip-Hop first, so the
future had something solid to build on. For those who didn't know, now you do.

⨳ This one's for my fellow 80s kids.
⨳ For anyone who couldn't afford a drum machine.
⨳ For anyone who needed an impromptu beat just to perform.
⨳ And honestly, for anyone, at any age, who discovered beat boxing and decided to give it a shot for the heck of it.

🎤

https://soundcloud.com/djelitehawaii/respiratory-rhythms-dj-elite

🎶 🌺 📼 🔥 👄 🎙️ 📖 🥁 🎵 ⏪ 💿 📅 🕹️ 😌 🎧 🎤 🐸 🎤 📚 💥

05/05/2026

The Tax on Intelligence.

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05/05/2026

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04/30/2026

History in the making! I’m still buzzing after reading Marvel / DC: Spider-Man / Superman #1 (2026). This isn’t a direct sequel to the classic crossovers of the past. It’s a brand-new crossover event celebrating the 50-year legacy of these two universes meeting, and this specific IDENTITY WAR story is incredible.

Seeing Superman have this intense and emotional encounter with The Hulk is a masterclass in storytelling. It’s not just about the spectacle; it’s about the heart of these characters. Seeing the Man of Steel reach through the rage to find the man inside the monster is exactly why we love these icons.

A quick history of the Superman / Spider-Man crossovers:
◈ 1976: Superman vs. The Amazing Spider-Man
◈ 1981: Superman and Spider-Man (Marvel Treasury Edition #28)
◈ 2026: DC / Marvel: Superman / Spider-Man #1 (The March DC-published issue)
◈ 2026: Marvel / DC: Spider-Man / Superman #1 (The April Marvel-published issue featuring Identity War)

If you haven't picked this up yet, go support your local comic shop. This is a massive piece of comic history!

📚 🔴 🔵 🕸️ 🦸‍♂️ 👊 📖 🎨 ✨ 🏛️

04/30/2026

DC’s Absolute Universe is officially a juggernaut. 📈 2 years in and it’s still the wildest thing in comics. If you haven't jumped in yet, here is why it's crushing:

🌑 The Setup: Darkseid "hacked" a new universe fueled by despair. He built a world designed to crush heroes... and now he rules it as its God. 👑

🦸‍♂️ The Remix: While the classic icons still thrive in the main DCU, these versions are built different...
⨳ Superman: No Kansas farm. 🌽 Raised in Krypton’s Labor Guild, he spent a year drifting in space before landing as an immigrant teen. 🛸🚫
⨳ Batman: A 6'6", 250lb city engineer. 🏗️ No mansion... just a blue-collar "chaos-builder" with a chest emblem that doubles as a battle-axe. 🪓🦇
⨳ Wonder Woman: Raised in the "Wild Isle of Hell" by Circe. 🗡️ She wields a massive Athena Blade and a Nemesis Lasso that burns you based on your sins. 🔥✨
⨳ Flash: 15-year-old Wally West. ⚡️ No Speed Force... just unstable energy. He’s a fugitive after an accident that killed Barry Allen. 🏃‍♂️💨
⨳ Green Lantern: Jo Mullein, a cynical ex-cop. 👮‍♀️ No Corps or batteries... just a self-charging ring fueled by action rather than emotion. 🟢⚖️
⨳ Martian Manhunter: FBI agent John Jones. 🕵️‍♂️ He’s "infected" by a psychic alien consciousness that gives him powers but views our reality as incomprehensible. 🧠👽

👊 The Collision:
The two universes are finally smashing together! We’ve already seen the DC K.O. event where Mainline Batman met Absolute Batman... and immediately roasted his logo for being "the ugliest symbol" he'd ever seen. 💀🦇

🔥 The Hype:
With 8.5M+ units sold and Absolute Batman on its 11th printing, the momentum is insane. 💸 It all builds toward a massive universe-wide crossover in November 2026 led by Scott Snyder. 🗓️🚀

No 80 years of "homework" required. Just jump in. 📚❌

Are you team Mainline or team Absolute? Let’s settle it in the comments! 👇

04/28/2026

It's the end of an era. For the first time in half a century, the weekly Super Sentai broadcast in Japan has come to an end. 🇯🇵🦸‍♂️ The franchise aired its final episode this past February. Since 1975, these teams have been the gold standard for team-based action, but the sun’s finally set on the Sentai brand.

For those of us in the islands, this hits especially hard because Hawaii was the first Western gateway! Long before the mainland knew what a Ranger was, KIKU-TV in Honolulu was broadcasting the very first Sentai, Himitsu Sentai Gorenger, marketed here as the "Five Rangers," in the mid-1970s. This local "Super Sentai" legacy continued with Battle Fever J, which also aired on KIKU and brought that international flavor to the islands. We were watching live stage shows at the HIC and buying the toys decades before the 1993 Power Rangers boom.

This is a massive shift for the Power Rangers franchise, too. For over 30 years, the U.S. version relied on Sentai footage for all the big fights and Zords. With the source material officially ending, the U.S. is moving toward original American designs and footage to keep the brand alive. The "source code" that fueled the Morphin' Grid is officially done, and the Rangers are finally striking out on their own.

So, what’s next? Over in Japan, Toei’s launching Project R.E.D. (Records of Extraordinary Dimensions), a brand new shared universe that’ll cycle through different legendary Red Heroes. The first hero taking over is a name that might sound new, but you’ve definitely seen his world before: Super Space Sheriff Gavan Infinity. 🚨✨ While the original Space Sheriff shows never aired in the USA, you likely recognize the iconic chrome suits from VR Troopers. In the 90s, Saban used action footage from those Japanese "Metal Hero" series to create that show; Ryan Steele’s second suit was actually the armor of Space Sheriff Shaider! Now, Japan’s returning to that solo-hero style with Gavan Infinity, the "big brother" to those familiar suits.

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04/23/2026

54 years on this earth, and I can trace my whole DJ journey through four turntables.

It started with a Radio Shack Realistic LAB-450 in 1985. Mom put them under the tree for Christmas. I was 13. After two years of sneaking scratches on her stereo system since I was 11, I think she finally got the hint. lol That gift changed everything.

By 1989 I was digging through a pawn shop in Wahiawa and walked out with a pair of Technics SL-D2s. My own money. My own mission.

Then 1990 happened. I won the Hawaii Hip Hop DJ Championship. Harris Okuda from Choice Cuts blessed me with a set of Technics SL-1200MK2s. I paid him back once I had the title. 35 years later, I still have them.

In 2019 I added the Reloop RP-8000 MK2s. Hybrid decks, analog and MIDI combined in one unit. The same hands, new tools.

The technology leveled up. The cuts and scratching stayed true.

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04/23/2026

My Music Storage Timeline... From Cassette Limits to Streaming Abundance (what's your story?)

In high school, I had a Toshiba KT-AS10. Late 80s cassette Walkman era. You carried tapes. That was the system. No files, no folders. Just physical media.

One tape side was usually 30, 45, or 60 minutes depending on the tape. So a full cassette was 60 to 120 minutes total. Roughly 10 to 15 songs per side, sometimes more, sometimes less. If you wanted more music, you carried more tapes. That was the limit.

Fast forward about a decade or so, and the Creative NOMAD ZenXtra drops in 2003. I bought the 40GB version day one. That wasn't a Walkman experience. It was a portable hard drive for music. Plug into USB, drag files over, manage folders like a computer. Storage first, playback second. At the time, 40GB was around 10,000 songs depending on bitrate.

That was the shift. Music stopped being tied to physical objects and became a library you carried.

Now I use a 2TB solid-state drive as a record crate for gigs. Around 500,000 songs depending on encoding. 40GB to 2TB is about 50x storage. Same concept the whole way through, just different hardware underneath.

Now it's a Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra with streaming services. Everything on demand. The entire library is effectively always there, no physical carry required.

Technology.

🎵 📼 🎧 🔥 💿

03/05/2026

“You armed me with strength for battle.”
Psalm 18:39

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