Celebrate Borinquen Pride This Weekend at the 2009 Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York

Crowds in excess of two million are expected to line Fifth Avenue on Sunday, June 14th for the 2009 Puerto Rican Day Parade. The parade will start at 11 am at Fifth Avenue and 44th Street and proceed uptown along Fifth Avenue to 86th Street. To help celebrate, check out our classic mix show "THE ZRO HOUR: ROOTS OF HIP HOP- Boricua Pride". After a few shots of Bacardi Anejo, Alexie F. and I rock the house with a tribute to some of the most influential Puerto Rican artists in hip hop. Hip Hop began in the Bronx, New York in communities where primarily Puerto Ricans & African-Americans shared the same neighborhoods. Download our tribute while you slow cook the pernil, simmer the arroz con grandules and fry the maduros. Be safe and avoid drinking and driving this weekend.


THE ZRO HOUR: ROOTS OF HIP HOP- Boricua Pride

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PLAYLIST

PUERTO RICO-Frankie Cutlass
100%-Big Pun
LEATHERFACE-Big Pun (remixed by PopularB & AC)
MUSIKA-KRS One & Marley Marl feat. Magic Juan
PUERTO RICO ALLSTARS-Tony Touch feat. Daddy Yankee, Ivy Queen, Mexicano, Rey Pirin & Don Chezina
WE FLY HIGH (REGGAETON REMIX)-Jim Jones feat. Tego Calderon & Don Omar
PLANE TO PR-Daddy Yankee feat. will.i.am
BROOKLYN-Joell Ortiz
WE RUN NY-Tony Touch feat. Tru Life, Lumidee & Joell Ortiz
ROCKIN' IT-Fearless Four
WOPBOBALUBOP (REMIX)-Funkdoobiest feat. B-Real
HIP HOP-Joell Ortiz
AL NATURAL-Tego Calderon
WHAT'S THAT (QUE ESO?)-TonyTouch feat Mos Def & De La Soul
TRIBUTE TO BIG PUN & HECTOR LAVOE-Cuban Link & Willie Colon (produced by PopularB & AC)
COME BABY COME-K7
REP MY PEOPLE-Tony Touch feat. N.O.R.E. & AC (produced by PopularB & AC)


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VIDEO: MARCO POLO Showing You How Its Done On A MPC

Producer Marco Polo rocks the Akai MPC 2000XL and the MPD 24 while piecing together a neck snapping beat. Nice demo fro the heads.



Available now is the new release, Marco Polo & Torae "DOUBLE BARREL", on Duckdown Records. The album features the classic hip hop collabo between one emcee and one producer. CLICK HERE to purchase.

VIDEO: THE ZRO HOUR: RETURN TO ZERO- ETERNIA & CHESNEY SNOW Perform "Many Many"

THE ZRO HOUR: RETURN TO ZERO- ETERNIA & CHESNEY SNOW Perform "Many Many" from EDAYE on Vimeo.

Toronto, CA emcee. ETERNIA spits venomous verses over CHESNEY SNOW's beatbox in their collabo of Eternia's "Many Many"

MOS DEF New Album "The Ecstatic" Out Today

Emcee, actor, poet and activist, MOS DEF, releases his 4th studio effort "The Ecstatic". "The Ecstatic" features minimal guests (Slick Rick, Talib Kweli & Georgia Anne Muldrow) and production by Madlib, J Dilla and OhNo among others. It is a sharp return to form for Mos Def with cutting, socio-political rhymes and insightful, almost spiritual themes. Make no mistake, Mos is at his finest with delivery, cadence and lyrical dexterity. Standout tracks include "Superamgic", "Casa Bey", "Auditorium" (feat. Slick Rick), "Priority" and "Pistola". "The Ecstatic" showcases Mos as he expresses his love for the craft and steadily explores new soundscapes.

Mos Def - "Casa Bey" - The Ecstatic - 6.9.09


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Check out this great article on Mos Def from yesterday's USATODAY.

NEW SINGLES: DEAD PREZ- "Gangsta, Gangster" Produced by DJ GREEN LANTERN

"Gangsta, Gangster" is the lead single off of Dead Prez's new album Pulse of the People, which will be released through Green Lantern's Invasion Music Group. The album features Styles P, Bun B, Chuck D, Johnny Polygon, and more and hits stores June 23.

Dead Prez- "Gangsta, Gangster"

BONUS CUT B-Side:

Dead Prez- "Summer Time"