DJ Underdog – Africa Plays On
DJ Underdog (Tru Skool/Major) is back with a new mix of Afrobeat flavors. He spins the monthly Black Light Special Afrobeat party at Selam put on by the Lunch Box Theory crew. Tracklisting inside. Download here – z-share link
DJ Underdog has a great nutrition/wellness blog. check him out.
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Thursday – Body Rock
DJ Wondermike and 2-Tone Jones will be providing the musical canvas for the get down. Genuine for ‘09 indeed… This should be a dope night!
Body Rock Thursday, July 2nd | Napoleon Lounge – 1847 Columbia Rd NW | Washington, DC
FREE | 21+ | Dress Code – Casual but stay Classy DC
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RIP MJ
From when music and culture were different. RIP Michael Jackson.
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New Pro’Verb “Persecuted Patriot” – produced by Surock. OFFICIAL! This joint is a banger…!
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Fort Reno Schedule Summer 2009
The Fort Reno concert schedule has been announced.
SAY WORD: Thursday, July 16th >Godisheus, Girl Loves Distortion, Laughing Man
All shows begin promptly at 7:30PM and over by 9:30PM
Please be aware that all glass bottles, drugs and alcohol are prohibited at all times
They still need donations in order to put on the concert series this summer. Please help them out if you can!
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Surock on the SP-1200
something so dope about the kid making beats on an EMU SP 1200 – the drum machine that defined much of Hip Hop’s sound some 20 years ago. Check him out.
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DJ Eurok “Self Realization”
To mark the passage of 6 years since this album’s release, I’ve decided to give it away. Enjoy: Free digital download (audiophile quality) available now
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Tags: dj eurok, Downtempo, Electronica, Instrumental Hip Hop, Self Realization
Ecstatic
The Ecstatic, a new album by Mos Def, certainly ranks as one of the finer hip hop albums of this decade. The boogieman is back. Need wax.
This is the first in a series of >140 character hip hop album reviews.
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Dope concept mix from Judah. Long story short – since the early days of hip-hop, the industry has been heavily borrowing from the DC, MD and VA areas sound. Judah breaks it down in between some classic tunes that owe their style to go-go.
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RIP DJ Menace
There’s a dope memorial up on 14th and Quincy dedicated to the memory of DJ Menace aka Walter Chavez who passed away in 2003. Menace was down with Migo Productions – a local promotions crew repping hard for the urban Latino scene here in DC. I used to work with a bunch of the heads from Migo Production and Menace was always around on Colombia Road back in the day.Glad to see his memory live on. RESPECT!
More flicks inside. (Jacked from 12oz) Continue reading ‘RIP DJ Menace’
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Monday Video Throwback
I guess I’ve been waiting for Mos, Talib and Common to make something doper than this for 11 years, so yeah, it’s a throwback…
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You’re invited to attend the second annual “Remixing the Art of Social Change: a Hip-Hop Approach” national teach-in taking place Friday-Sunday June 12-14, 2009. This teach-in comes fresh on the heels of our groundbreaking inaugural national and west coast “teach-ins.”
You must register at http://www.wblinc.org/remix.html
The idea for the teach-in was inspired by the release of an issue of the Words Beats Life Global Journal of Hip-Hop, called “The Blueprint for a Movement”. As a part of the release of the issue, the staff of WBL organized a “teach-in” called “Remixing the Art of Social Change: a Hip-hop Approach” to showcase the work being done around the country through the medium of hip-hop culture to transform communities and individual lives. It included best practice presentations, artist exhibitions, panel discussions, fundraising workshops and interactive workshops. Continue reading ‘Remixing the art of social change’
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Aniekan Udofia – The Sickness
Aniekan Udofia is one of my favorite DC artists. He will be displaying new work at Dissident Display. Saturday June 13 – 7:30-11:30PM – Dissident Display 416 H ST NE Washington DC 20002.
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Real Talk
Metro Teen AIDS | realtalkdc.org – doing something about the HIV epidemic in DC. Show them your support – help spread the word
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Roots Picnic – Saturday
Roots Picnic – Saturday June 6!
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Rock The Vote – Wale | Tabi | XO
As part of The America’s Future Now! conference on June 6th, Rock The Vote is throwing this show at the 930 Club featuring Wale, Tabi Bonney and XO. Tickets $25
I’m excited to check this show. Wale and UCB been crankin’ on the road for some time now, and it’ll be dope to check Tabi’s live show at the 930. I’m also very happy to see XO on the bill. He’s really on his grind and dedicated to the culture. This is gonna be a dope night of DC hip hop.
But really tho:
How come only when some national organization swoops into DC for a ‘progressive’ week-long event does the 930 Club opens it’s doors like this to the vibrant local hip hop scene like this?
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I’ll have shirts with me.
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DC Hip Hop Video
I found this great rough cut collection of late 90s DC Hip Hop footage on Google Video from Workhorse Industries. about 60 minutes. Check ‘em
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ON DC HIP HOP
You can not document DC Hip Hop history without contacting the following primary sources:
HEAD-ROC, ONE TWO, OMEGA RHED, THEORY, GRIZZ, D-MAN, LOS, DJ RBI, FACE AND EVERYONE DOWN WITH THE INFINITE LOOP
ULTRA KGB ZULU
AMBROSE LANE JUNIOR
OPUS AKOBEN
STORM
TONI BLACKMAN
PRIEST DA NOMAD
AMPHIBIANS – ALAN PAGE
TEAM DEMOLITION
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Monday Video Throwback
Al had this on a Elektra cassingle in ‘95. That summer rocked, graffiti and mailbox baseball.
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