5/24/2011
VIDEO: Neek The Exotic & Large Professor - "Still On The Hustle"
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Neek The Exotic & Large Professor- "Still On The Hustle" (DIRTY)
Neek The Exotic & Large Professor- "Still On The Hustle" (INSTRUMENTAL)
DA KREEK - OBAMA (John Freestyle)
Explosive rap duo, DA KREEK, has bombarded LIL WAYNE & RICK ROSS’s beat, “JOHN” with a barrage of clever bars and witty metaphors to create their latest recorded titled “OBAMA.” Preparing for the release of their latest album “CLOCK IN: FLIGHT SHIFT” in June, Da Kreek continues to shock the world and set the tone for the project. More info can be found on www.DaKreek.com
Stream: http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_8735609
Official Site Link: http://dakreek.com/mainsite/?p=1539
Official Download Link: http://c2lo.reverbnation.com/audio_player/download_song_direct/8735609
ETERNIA Releases Remix of ELZHI's "One Love" Illmatic Tribute
Eternia was so inspired by Elzhi & Will Session's reworking of Nas' classic "One Love" that she released a special remix version. This extended remix showcases one of Eternia's greatest verses peeling back even more layers from this gifted lyricist.
5/23/2011
H.VIEW TV Visits THE UNDERGROUND DUGOUT
During this weekend's broadcast of THE UNDERGROUND DUGOUT, Herold Noel Jr. and Martine Emile of H.View TV stopped by and filmed a bit of us in action. Tune in every Saturday from 3-5 PM to see us live at sdworldvision.com
5/22/2011
ELZHI is ELMATIC
XXL presents the new tribute to Nas' classic "Illmatic" from Detroit emcee Elzhi featuring live production by the Will Sessions band. Featuring sublime instrumentation and deep lyrical content from Elzhi, this release is a must own. DOWNLOAD HERE
VIDEO: BEKAY & DJ Dbefekt- "Remember"
Bekay teams with producer/DJ Dbefekt for this short film titled "Remember". Bekay and DB portray Jews on the run from Nazis during World War II. Filmed in the Czech Republic, Bekay spits a heartfelt narrative about the wickedness of the holocaust. I'm seeing big things for Bekay as he looks great on film and in period costume. He dedicates the video to all those in history that have ever suffered through prejudice and persecution due to the color of their skin, culture or religion. Salute!
2011 Fort Greene Festival Kick Off Party w/ Q-TIP & PETE ROCK
Saturday, May 28, 2011
9 p.m. – 3 a.m.
Fleet Week — Memorial Day Weekend
I See Promotions Presents:
Fort Greene Fest Kick Off Series
Music by Q-TIP & PETE ROCK
Doors: 9pm
$10 advance @ ft.greenefestrsvp@gmail.com / $15 @ door
Hosted by Danny Castro, Rosie Perez, Danny Simmons, Michaela Angela Davis
Sanders Studios
525 Waverly Avenue
(bet. Atlantic Ave & Fulton St)
Brooklyn, NY 11238
Sponsored by AT&T
The 2011 Fort Greene Festival www.fortgreenefest.com, produced and promoted by Peter Tulloch and I See Productions, LLC, returns to NYC’s Fort Greene community on Saturday, June 25, 2011. The Fort Greene Festival is a major, not-for profit, community service event held in Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn. Fort Greene Festival’s demographics reflect a stronghold for some of NYC’s political, business, civic, fashion, media, entertainment and sports leaders and stars. Attendees enjoy a great day with featured, special and surprise guest entertainment, in addition to art, music, health, fitness, nutrition, wellness, sports, culture, food, vendors, community service organizations, media, politicians and a host of folks from across the globe. There will also be an on-site diabetes, hypertension, and kidney disease awareness drive.
5/21/2011
THE UNDERGROUND DUGOUT w/JEFF STRANGE, LOIS JAMES & EDAYE Today LIVE 3-5PM
Tune in today for new LIVE episode of THE UNDERGROUND DUGOUT! The Underground Dugout is a new video streamed radio show focused on indie/underground hip hop and R&B. Created and hosted by Jeff Strange with Lois James and Edaye, the show also features news and commentary on current events and entertainment. We wanna hear from you! Watch us on sdworldvision.com from 3-5pm and call us at 718-369-0411
EDIT***Below is the video of today's broadcast:
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5/11/2011
MOS DEF To Appear In Upcoming Season of DEXTER
As reported on THE DAILY BLAM!, rapper/actor Mos Def has joined the upcoming sixth season of Showtime's hit cable series "Dexter". Mos will play an ex-con with a dark secret. Read more at the link above.
Outrage Over COMMON's Invitation To The White House
HUFFINGTON POST reports that First Lady Michelle Obama had some poets over to the White House to read some poetry, and one of those poets is Chicago rapper Common. Some have expressed outrage that Common was invited due to a few lyrics from some of his past work. Websites such as the DAILY CALLER and FOX NATION have condemned his invitation due to older lyrics/poetry that includes threats to shoot police and at least one passage calling for the "burn[ing]" of then-President George W. Bush. Smells like out of touch GOP sympathizers. Fox Nation even labels Common as "vile". HUH???!! The below video of Common's poem "Letter To The Law" included the content in question. Read the above links for the story.
5/02/2011
VIDEO: dead prez- "The Beauty Within" + "Revolutionary But Gangsta Grillz" Mixtape with DJ DRAMA
dead prez once again reps with a beautiful tribute to Black women, "The Beauty Within". The song is taken from their new mixtape "Revolutionary But Gangsta Grillz" with the world famous DJ Drama.
The mixtape can be downloaded in MP3, AIFF and clean (MP3) versions! Get it HERE
4/25/2011
Open Letter From DJ Rob Swift- "Trust Your Ears"
It's Easter morning, 10:24am to be exact, and all I can think about is how 4 hours and 35 minutes ago I laid my head down on the pillow with thoughts on how the first thing I planned to do when I awoke would be to write YOU this letter. Before I go any further, I'd like to clarify the "YOU" I'm referring to isn't everybody reading this. See, this is an open letter to a specific person I had an encounter with during my DJ set at my monthly party in Williamsburg, Brooklyn's Club Legion. I don't quite remember if I got your name dude but what will remain with me forever is what YOU said during our brief encounter in the DJ booth. Let me refresh your memory in case YOU don't recollect what I'm talking about.
Remember asking me about Traktor? - In layman's terms, Traktor is a software that bypasses vinyl and allows one to DJ straight off a laptop. It's similar to Rane's Serato Scratch Live. - As I proceeded to crush the dance floor with the help of my Serato Scratch Live, my weapon of choice, YOU made it a point to visit me in the DJ booth and proceeded to ask "Hey, ever used Traktor?" I said "no". YOU then encouraged me to try it out. I asked "why?" Your response was (and I'm paraphrasing) "because Traktor is so ill. It lets you mix by seeing wave forms. So you can basically line everything up perfectly with no fuck ups. It's amazing." Perplexed by your reasoning as to what makes Traktor so ill I asked "YOU don't mix by ear?" and your response was "With Traktor you don't need to. It's just much easier."
The word Easy is defined as requiring or indicating little effort, thought, or reflection. When YOU use the word easy to validate why reading wave forms is a better alternative to trusting my God giving gift to hear, it brings me back to my background in Hip Hop. By now, we're all aware of the 5 elements which compose this form of art: DJing, B-Boying, Graffitti, MCing and Beat Boxing. As a kid in Junior Highschool, many a time I've tried cupping my mouth and producing a beat that a buddy of mine would be able to rhyme to. But it was hard! My lungs aren't strong enough to produce a beat that didn't sound like it was being played on a mixer that had no bass EQ, LOL. As much as I love writing, the truth is, I've always found it difficult to project my voice in a rhythmic way so my career as an MC was short lived. Now I wasn't too bad of a Graff artist. To this day I'm sure I can find one of my "RobSki" tags somewhere in Intermediate School 145 in Jackson Heights, Queens. But I could never master the art painting a piece. Writing with a spray can was always a challenge for me. Just yesterday, I walked pass Queens Blvd's LOST BATALLION youth center. While dudes where running up and down them shiny hard wood floors playing basketball, I was off to the side with my friends using that shiny hard wood floor to spin on my back. Yeah, I was a B-Boy too. But once I tried my first !990 (this is not a reference to the year, it's an actual move) and discovered how grueling it was to do a hand stand on one had and spin, I decided to to invest all of my creative energy into the element I was raised on from birth, DJing. Interestingly enough, although DJing is the element that has defined me as a person decades removed from when I learned how to execute my first mix, DJing can still be tough for me at times. Only because I keep trying to discover new and inventive ways of expressing myself through turntables. I still am and always will be a student of this art, training my ear a little bit each day to pick out sounds and rhythms YOU aren't cause of your fixation on those wave forms.
Here's what YOU must understand as a DJ. The forefathers of this thing we call DJing laid out a specific blueprint for us to study and apply in our own way. What's genius about this blueprint is it can be adapted to any form of DJ technology. Yes! Any form. Once YOU learn how to mix with nothing more than 2 turntables, a mixer, vinyl and a pair of headphones, the possibilities of what you can accomplish on a CDJ, Laptop, etc., are endless. Think of it this way, if I asked YOU what the product of 5 X 3 is, within a second, you're brain computes the problem and spits out 15 right? Without any effort, correct? Give a 1st grader that same mathematical problem and he/she will give you a puzzled look. Now ask that same 1st grader to pick out shapes, a circle or square and that would be easy for him/her. To me, YOU relying on those wave forms on your computer screen is the equivalent to a 1st grader not understanding the product of 5 X 3 but being able to pick out shapes.
Basically, what I'm saying is if YOU find yourself DJing at a night club and you find it hard to carry a mix between 2 records of varying speeds without looking at your laptop screen then you're a novice and YOU do not belong in a DJ booth in front of party goers. What happens if YOU experience a technical glitch with your laptop that prevents YOU from relying on those wave forms? What do YOU do? What happens if YOU can't rely on what YOU see? Do YOU trust your ears? I do!
In this day and age of technology, I cringe when I see DJs rely on wave forms from their laptops to execute a backspin or a mix. Aspiring DJs out there, I leave YOU with this. The most important sense YOU possess as a Disc Jocky is the ability to hear. Music is listened to and if YOU master the ability of separating sounds like a kick from a snare or a bass from a guitar, your third eye will see the music. This inner vision which we're all born with will propel YOU to levels of DJing you never knew existed. Don't take the Easy way out cause you're only limiting your own potential.
-DJ ROB SWIFT
originally posted HERE
ARCHITECT LORDZ New EP "Talkdown"
The Architect Lordz were formed by two entrepreneurs with a very clear and distinct vision of making a positive mark on Hip Hop music. The group consists of two members, Brooklyn's Uncharted Waterz (who writes, produces, and engineers for the group) and North Miami producer/rapper Jack Spice. Their diverse background shapes the Architect Lordz into a very unique sound. With a steady string of beats and songs being released via the internet, The Architect Lordz found themselves in perfect position for their first official release entitled Talkdown. Talkdown the Ep is currently available to listen to and download at the Architect Lordz Official site Lordz.tv
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