"EPIC" - E-SOBER feat. SKYZOO Produced By MR. GREEN

EPIC is what this track is! Caught me off guard with the perfect smash of lyrics and head knockin' production. Free download below:

"EPIC"- E-Sober feat. Skyzoo produced by Mr. Green

VIDEO: Trailer for Jorge "PopMaster Fabel" Pabon's "Apache Line: From Gangs to Hip Hop"

JORGE "POP MASTER FABEL" PABON was born and raised in Spanish Harlem, NYC where, at an early age, he developed his dance and choreography career at Hip Hop jams and clubs throughout the city. His pioneering individuality has been showcased internationally since 1982.

Fabel is Senior Vice President of the Rock Steady Crew and also co-founder of GhettOriginal Productions, Inc. With GhettOriginal, Fabel co-authored, co-directed, and co-choreographed the first two Hip Hop musicals ever, "So! What Happens Now?" and "Jam on the Groove" (first official Off-Broadway Hip Hop musical). Along with fellow members of the Rhythm Technicians and The Rock Steady Crew, he won the 1991 Bessie Award for choreography.

Fabel also gained world renown as a featured dancer in the Hip Hop cult classic movie, "Beat Street." Along with senior members of Rock Steady Crew, Fabel was an honoree at VH1's 1st Hip Hop Honors.

As an adjunct professor, he teaches movement in the Experimental Theater Wing at NYU's prestigious Tisch School of the Arts.

Coon Bidness/WITCHES BREW Cocktail Launch This Saturday 4/23

The first ever in-studio guest of THEZROHOUR podcast, Nucomme, has created her own cocktail- WITCHES BREW. To celebrate, Nucomme will be officially introducing her new special cocktail line Witches Brew at a launch party tomorrow night.

Witches Brew was created from being in establishments that offered very few to zero choices. Nucomme has a strong background coming from the hospitality industry, she could not help but fulfill guests demand, and would run out to grab ingredients to whip up a delightful beverage designed especially for the guests pallet on the spot. Not only was it a great experience for them but to Nucomme's surprise the next week they would come back for more and call the drink by name. From that moment forward each season a new concoction was born using fresh local ingredients. This concept stuck has became an essential part of the Witches Brew brand.

This launch is geared towards raising capital for Witches Brew Cocktail line to have product to place in retail stores, festivals, and eventually build a space so you can enjoy Witches Brew Cocktails everyday..If your not able to attend the launch you can donate at:
http://funds.gofundme.com/index.php?route=fundmanager&url=Nucommes-Witches-Brew

Your donations will get you..

$10 = Nucomme CD and tote bag

$15 = 34oz bottle of your choice of Witches Brew Signature Cocktail

$25 = 2 drink tickets into any event hosted by Nucomme.

$50-$100 = have your jeans Remarque in design by Nucomme’s Crotch Work

$125-$200 = 1 bottle of Witches Brew infused liquor from the Spring collection.

$225-$450 = Hand made custom made patchwork skirt or quilt.

$475-700 = *1 Song written in the genre that represents your personality.

$725-1400 = A cocktail named after you that represents your personal flavors.

$1500-$3000= Nucomme will host a private cocktail party in your home for 5 of your closest friends.

Coon Bidness/Witches Brew Launch Event

Day: Saturday
Date: April 23, 2011
Time: 7pm-4am
Cost: No Cover
Location: Synergy Cultural Collective
1101-07 Fulton Between Classon Ave & Claver Pl. Brooklyn, NY

Coon Bidness is an African American oriented visual arts and literature journal containing essays, fiction, poetry and art by some of the most visionary talent around today. Founded... and edited by writers and musicians Greg Tate and LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs, Design+ Layout by Laronda Davis. Research+Copy Czar- Sun Singleton.

Coon Bidness was named after an album by the conceptual jazz composer Julius Hemphill. The magazine hangs out dirty laundry and celebrates a renegade African cosmopolite spirit in a well - woven series of surreal short stories, Facebook threads, poems and scintillating visuals.

For more info contact Nucomme at nucomme@gmail.com

Announcing the Akai Professional Job Fair

Akai Professional is one of the most influential manufacturers of music production gear in the world with products that have defined and shaped entire genres of music. Now you can have a hand in shaping the future of music production. Akai Pro is hosting Job Fairs in Boston, MA and Newark, NJ this May. This is an unprecedented open call for those with a passion for music and an obsession with serving the needs of DJs, producers and music lovers everywhere. The Akai Pro Job Fair will give you a chance to speak directly with some of the people at the heart of our fast-paced and growing company. This is a tremendous opportunity to join our team and influence Akai Pro's next wave of professional, definitive and groundbreaking music production gear.

May 3rd
Boston, MA
Hilton Boston Logan Airport Hotel
One Hotel Drive
Boston, MA 02128
1pm-6pm

May 5th
Newark, NJ
Hilton Newark Airport Hotel
1170 Spring Street
Elizabeth, NJ 07207
1pm-6pm

Positions Include:

• Sales Administration
• Engineering Management
• Field Sales
• Inside Sales
• Graphic Design
• Industrial Design
• Hardware Design
• Information Technology
• Supply Chain
• Marketing
• Video Production
• Project Management
• Product Management
• Quality Assurance
• Technical Support
• Data Entry

All of the available positions are based out of Akai headquarters located in Cumberland, RI. For more info contact Daniela Lundin, Akai Pro Human Resources Director, at dlundin@akaipro.com

KALAE ALL DAY On MTV & Teams With SCIRYL COOPER On EP "The Sun, The Moon & The Stars"

Fresh off winning the "Rising Star" award at the 2010 New York Music Awards, Harlem native Kalae All Day teams with SciryL Cooper on an EP called "The Sun, The Moon & The Stars". The five track EP combines swift flows with unexpected musical influences. The EP is now available on iTUNES. The video teaser for the single, "Space Travel", is below:



Kalae All Day is also the featured artist in MTV's 'Inspire U' Campaign presented by U by Kotex. Check out the clip below:

MTV Shows

Human Beatbox Returns To The Stage! Beatrockers & Hardknockers: Volume One

American Beatbox Championships in association with Ubiquita Worldwide Presents:

BEATROCKERS & HARDKNOCKERS : volume one

A showcase of some of NYC's premiere beatbox artists
...
FEATURING:

CHESNEY SNOW

TAYLOR MCFERRIN

MASAI ELECTRO

& THE LEGENDARY
HUMAN ORCHESTRA
KENNY MUHAMMAD

along with some of this regions best beatboxers including Seme Rock from Connecticut, the Hornitz from Boston, and Steven Foxx from New Jersey.

Joining this impressive line up of top beatboxing talent are Grammy Winning singer/songwriter Maya Azucena, Alyson Greenfield, violinist Sis on Strings, bassist and composer Colin Dean, saxophonist and composer Sean Nowell.

w/ special guests 4XSample Beatbox Crew
( 2010 German Beatbox Team Champions)

Hosted by
2X Juno Nominee
Eternia

w/ sounds provided by
DJ Reborn

$12 ADVANCE
$15 Door

This will be one of the premiere beatboxing events in NYC. Proceeds of Beatrockers & Hardknockers go to support Brooklyn based non-profit community program Project Safe.
www.safeinbk.com


www.americanbeatboxchampionships.com
www.dromnyc.com

Producer !llmind Releases "Behind The Curtain"

Veteran producer !llmind releaes his first official album, "Behind The Curtain". "Behind The Curtain" features 22 instrumentals, including an appearance from his group, Fortilive. To give fans a true look "behind the curtain", Both CD and vinyl include a download card of the album’s audio stems (drums parts, bass parts, horns parts, etc.), giving upcoming producers a chance to remix, rework, and re-create using Illmind's signature sounds.

Purchase at nature-sounds.net

ART: Justin BUA & MASScanvas $5000 T-Shirt Design Contest/Signed Print Giveaway

Justin BUA has joined MASScanvas to issue his T-shirt design challenge: "Unity."
As a ground-breaking urban artist, break-dancer, producer, author, art professor, and all-around Renaissance Man, BUA knows a thing or two about Unity. His own art is strongly influenced by the people in his community, originally New York and now Los Angeles. He paints people from all walks of life and areas of town, featuring different backdrops and showcasing diverse, creative passions. His chosen charity, Farm Sanctuary, also promotes Unity--toward animals, toward our own health, at a local level as well as at a broader, national level with their legislative endeavors.

What does Unity or 'being united' bring up for you? What message of Unity would you like to share with the world. Show BUA and the world a design that you think best answers this challenge, and makes a fantastic T-shirt to boot.

Five winning designers will win $1,000 in cash each, after a public vote and final selection by our Artist Roundtable (including BUA himself!). At the end of the challenge (April 21st 2011 at midnight), tees with the winning designs go up for sale (by April 30th 2011), and 10% of all the sales will go to support Farm Sanctuary.

**As a BONUS, Justin BUA & MASScanvas has provided THEZROHOUR with a signed print of BUA's painting "1981"! To win this print, all you have to do is send an email to edaye@thezrohour.com with an answer to this question- WHICH FAMOUS NYC HIGH SCHOOL DID JUSTIN BUA ATTEND? The first person with the correct answer will win this free print. Winner will be announced Friday April 22, 2011**

For more info:

MASScanvas.com
MASScanvas on FACEBOOK

VIDEO: Cymarshall Law & The Beatnikz - "Zion Land"

ILL SEVENS Music Group Presents THIRD RAIL

Last Kind Entertainment in conjunction with Ill Sevenz Music Group present THIRD RAIL, a three emcee collective consisting of veteran hip-hop heavy weights Aarophat (Black Noize), D-Strong & Wildelux. The trio comes forth with their debut LP entitled “Politics".

Featuring production from Apatight, Jeekay, C-Dubb, D Baby Kai, Zitro (of the Audiologists), Jon Phonics, Tone Beatz, Flynny 500 & Scarecrow

Preview the album below:



Preview the album below:

Point Dot Period's ZEPS Releases "American Immigrant"

ZEPS is a veteran of THE ZRO HOUR and has blessed the podcast with his quick wit and signature freestyles. His new album "American Immigrant" has dropped and he is only charging 2 bucks! ZEPS brought his flavor to Norway and is continuing his push for authentic hip hop!

Track listing:

01. From NY to NO
02. I Miss Her (Oslo)
03. Brooklyn’s In The House
04. Ninja Flow
05. Booger Sugar
06. Return The Favor
07. Dreams Come True
08. Catacombs [ft Son of Light]
09. Reset The Game
10. Mic Satisfaction [ft Phat Bastard]
11. Timezone [ft Dama Nilz]
12. Across The Map [ft Phat Bastard]
13. The Abyss
14. Set It Like This [ft Stark The Dutch]
15. I’m Out
16. Epidemic (Bastardo Gordo) [ft Phat Bastard]
17. Royalty [ft Phat Bastard]
18. National Rap Show Freestyle [ft Tommy Tee & DJ Herkules]
19. King Wings Crew Anthem
20. Norwenglish [ft Skald 251, J-Hon, and Demon-D]

Purchase HERE

BHF 2011 Kicks Off With SHOW AND PROVE

BROOKLYN BODEGA's BROOKLYN HIP-HOP FESTIVAL 2011 Kicks off with SHOW AND PROVE

April, 14th 2011

The 1st of 3 semifinals to find the opening act for BHF '11

Mike Twice, Clear Soul Forces, J-Essential

with DJ Run P on the wheels

Come see who takes Round 1

Round 2 May 19, 2011
Round 3 - Jun 23, 2011
Finals - Jul 11, 2011

MC's Enter now!

Winner rocks the big stage on July 16th

Who: Mike Twice, Clear Soul Forces, J-Essential, DJ Run P
When: Thursday, April 14th, 2011
Time: 8PM
Where: Public Assembly - 70 North 6th St. - Brooklyn, NY
Closet Subway: L to Bedford Ave

VIDEO: TYLER THE CREATOR- "Yonkers"

I have been out of the loop for a minute just removing myself from too many musical influences while in the lab working on my personal projects. I see I have been missing out on some of these new movements and rap cliques. Los Angeles' ODDFUTURE aka OFWGKTA (Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All), led by producer/rapper Tyler The Creator, has built a massive buzz and rumor has it that Jay-Z's Roc Nation is in talks to sign them. Above is the eerie and twisted video for "Yonkers", the first release from the upcoming album "GOBLINS". This stuff reminds me of subversive hip hop artists such as Necro, RA The Rugged Man & Gravediggaz. Check their site oddfuture.com for free mixtape downloads.

DVD: DJ ROB SWIFT: Live! The Documented Movement

X-Man, X-Ecutioner, turntablist and producer DJ Rob Swift has released a new DVD that reveals his beginnings/inspirations and showcases some of the illest scratch DJing on film from DJ Rob Swift and his crew Ill Insanity.

Dividing its running time between "Behind the Music" style interviews, performances and promotion of DJ Rob Swift's current album, "The Architect", "DJ Rob Swift: Live! The Documented Movement" is a labor of love and presents Rob Swift as a DJ who continues to pioneer and uphold the virtues of his craft. Esteemed veterans of hip hop such as Large Professor, Akinyele, Rhymefest, Marco Polo, Dr. Butcher, Sadat X and Breeze Evahflowin' speak on collaborations and the impact of Rob's contributions to hip hop. Rapper Akinyele recounts the making of his first album "Vagina Diner" and how he, Large Professor and Rob Swift became creative equals on the project.

I expected the DVD to primarily showcase DJ Rob Swift's skills on the turntables but to my surprise, there was ample footage of his crew Ill Insanity (DJ Total Eclipse & DJ Precision) performing together with each having their own extended solo. The three reunite onstage as the X-Men with original member Mista Sinista and give a solemn yet uplifting tribute to their most famous member Grandmaster Roc Raida who passed in 2009.

Bonus features on the DVD include an amazing in store performance at Fat Beats NYC filmed during its final week of business. DJ Rob Swift does a set where he furiously scratches to match a classical piano composition note for note. There is also an extended one on one interview between Rob Swift and veteran DJ/producer Dr. Butcher. It is here that Rob reveals the longtime friendship and mentorship between the two. Dr. Butcher is one of the defining inspirations behind DJ Rob Swift and much of their early history is discussed. The final additional feature is the first video release from Rob's album "The Architect", "Rabia- 2nd Movement".



"DJ Rob Swift: Live! The Documented Movement" is available at www.djrobswift.com

VIDEO: ETERNIA & MoSS: "TO THE FUTURE"

2011 Juno Nominees Eternia & MoSS release new music video ‘To The Future’ in support of KIDS HELP PHONE. Eternia shares personal experience of Sexual Assault, Domestic Abuse, Gun Violence & Abortion.

Press Release:

Two-time Juno-Nominated Recording Artist Eternia is partnering with Canada’s leading youth counselling service, KIDS HELP PHONE to release ‘To The Future’, the third video single from Eternia & MoSS ‘AT LAST’ (Fatbeats Records / E1 Canada).

In ‘To the Future’, Canadian Hip Hop Artist Eternia bravely explores the skeletons in her own closet, detailing a first-hand account of sexual assault, domestic abuse, gun violence and abortion. The bone-chilling song, written as a letter to Eternia’s future husband, is interpreted on film by Canadian video director Erica Shallow (TwoThreeFive Films). Set in a bare-bone, abandoned housing block, the music video portrays a stripped-down, natural and vulnerable artist performing directly to camera the painful reality of her teenage years.

Every 90 seconds in America someone is sexually assaulted. Eternia and MoSS know that many young people face the same issues that Eternia did as a teenager and young adult, and so they have partnered with Canada’s leading youth counseling service, Kids Help Phone, to bring the message of hope and help along with Eternia’s personal story.