The Shakedown started in March 2002 as a Worship Recordings monthly event, one where The Worship crew (DJs Rob Paine, Willyum and Zacharijah) could promote the label on the local level plus all DJ together. A passion of theirs that was quickly integrated into the monthly- out of necessity- was that the party was built around their own quality sound system. So many of the clubs here in Philadelphia sounded just plain terrible!
Therefore the guys took control of that aspect to ensure the dancers and club goers a top notch sound experience. When the party gained steam so did their ideas to grow it, so at that point they came up with a vision to start a new sub-label of Worship called Shakedown, a little more on the jazzy/funky side of the genre, and basically have a ‘raise the EP’ party each month where the label’s artists would come play the event.
The crew pulled this off a couple times, but with the death of the vinyl industry and the explosion of the digital download age (which br
