Archive for February, 2008
Friday Graf – Connecticut
In the fall of 1992 my family moved to a small town outside of Danbury CT. I had no idea what I was getting into, coming from the other side of the tracks in a semi rural coastal town outside of New Haven where the only beef was between preps with Saabs and hicks [...]
Filed under: 90s, Bomb The Suburbs, Brett Webb, Brookfield, Connecticut, Cycle, Danbury, Emit, Eroc, Friday Graf, Graffiti, Graffiti.org, Guilford, IMOK, Jive, Susan Farrell, Upset The Setup, dj eurok | 11 Comments
Ralph Nader is not a member nor candidate for president of the Green Party of the United States
Via GP.org
Greens respond to Ralph Nader’s decision not to seek the Green Party nomination
GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON, DC — Green Party leaders expressed their disappointment in Ralph Nader’s decision, announced on Thursday, not to seek the 2008 Green presidential nomination.
With no hint of party building or movement collaboration, Ralph Nader’s 2008 presidential campaign [...]
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The Hip Hop Congress at Evergreen State College has prepared a video documenting the facts about the recent altercation with local law enforcement.
It is quite impressive to see a student organization be so thorough and saavy in their communications on this incident. While the media spun this one way (feeding the [...]
Filed under: Dead Prez, Evergreen State College, Hip Hop, Hip Hop Blogs, Hip Hop Congress, Hip Hop News, Riot at Evergreen State College, Upset The Setup | 2 Comments
Via my favorite blog – BoingBoing.net – The BillBoard Liberation Front vs NSA/T&T
This is guerilla street art. Art school dropouts painting drippy half-graff 3eyed monsters in chill spots is not.
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Via BoingBoing.net
A DC man was recently detained, in violation of his fourth amendment rights, by a DC Metropolitan Police officer who was present at the time the customer didn’t stop to show a receipt to a Home Depot security guard. He’s posted an open letter to Home Depot’s CEO (the illegal detainment was the [...]
Filed under: DC, DC Blogs, DC Police, Frank Blake, Home Depot, Upset The Setup | 2 Comments
Dick Gregory speaks the truth
Bill Clinton gets served…
The whole thing…inside
Filed under: Dick Gregory, State of the Black Union 08, Upset The Setup | 3 Comments
Voodoo Funk Frank the motherland record collector is back with another mix. Its a banger. Download it.
Filed under: Afrofunk, Upset The Setup, Voodoo Funk | Leave a Comment
INTERNETZ MEMES COLLIDE
prodigy can has blogz post
Filed under: INTERNETZ MEMES COLLIDE, Upset The Setup | 5 Comments
Nobody moooove nobody get hurt
Maggie Moo’s on U Street gets robbed in broad daylight. Gentrifiers get scared, think about moving back to Virginia.
Really tho, robbing an ice cream store in the dead of winter? Not the smartest crooks out there…
Filed under: DC, DC Blogs, Upset The Setup | 1 Comment
Pete Rock – NY’s Finest
Pete Rock’s new album: New York’s Finest drops today. Cop that! Pete is a legend, and has been driving the direction of hip hop production for the better part of the last 20 years.
Also – NY heads, check the show on the 28th – DC’s own Wale will be performing as [...]
Filed under: NYC, Pete Rock, Wale | Leave a Comment
This is not a matter of Benign Lies Burried! Ward 7 stand up. Mad props to Rick, Jane and everyone else involved in this!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Judge Tells District to Settle Benning Library Case
WASHINGTON, DC – February 25, 2008 – On Friday, February 15, Superior Court Judge Judith E. Retchin [...]
Filed under: DC, DC Blogs, DC Library, Fenty, Fizzle, Jane Zara, Rick Tingling Clemmons, Tingling-Clemmons v. Fenty, Upset The Setup, Ward 7 | Leave a Comment
Ralph Nader announces 08 run for presidency. In other news, tree falls in woods – no one there to hear. One hand clapping at 11!
Please note:
Ralph Nader is not a member of the Green Party, nor is he running as the Green Party nominee in 2008. He is only on [...]
Filed under: 2008 Election, Ralph Nader, Upset The Setup | 7 Comments
You searched for it…
So WordPress has this feature that lets me see what people were searching for when they ended up at UpsetTheSetup.com. Yall be looking some random shit let me tell you…So, in the interest of aiding the internets community in their search efforts to find things, we’re gonna have a new recurring feature called You Searched [...]
Filed under: Upset The Setup, You Searched For It, what white people love | 2 Comments
Hank Shocklee on production
Create Digital Music has posted a great video of Hank Shocklee discussing the production of Fear of a Black Planet. I’ve had the opportunity to hear Hank discuss Public Enemy production before, and it is always very informative and enlightening. The Bomb Squad truly revolutionized hip hop production, and hearing it first hand is worth [...]
Filed under: Hank Shocklee, Hip Hop, Hip Hop Blogs, Hip Hop Production, Public Enemy, The Bomb Squad, Upset The Setup | Leave a Comment
Highbrow urban art event
From the Streets to the Gallery: How Contemporary Art is Being Influenced by the Urban Experience
Date/Time: February 27, 2008, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Location: Katzen Arts Center, Rm 151Enjoy an evening with Marc and Sara Schiller, New York curators [...]
Filed under: DC, DC Blogs, DC Hip Hop, Upset The Setup | Leave a Comment
Now with flyer!
DC go-go kids – blogger hipster poseurs – local backpackers – kids with expensive sneakers unite! MN8 has a great line up for March 16th: DC Hip Hop stalwarts Kokayi (of Opus Akoben), Storm the Unpredictable, Priest da Nomad and the Poemcees will join up-and-comer Wale for a show at the 930 club. [...]
Filed under: 9:30 Club, DC, DC Blogs, DC Hip Hop, DC Music, Kokayi, MN8, Poemcees, Priest Da Nomad, Storm the Unpredictable, Upset The Setup, Wale | 1 Comment
The application phase for the 2008 Redbull Music Academy starts March 14th.
If you are a dj, producer, musician, vocalist with a passion for your career, I highly encourage you to apply – it will change your life.
FYI – they like DC Hip Hop…
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Last week there were reports of a riot during a Dead Prez show at Evergreen State College in Olympia Washington. Nah Right reported on it on Friday, Davey D has a good primary report up as well. The student union at Evergreen has now released video of the incident:
Apparently [...]
Filed under: Davey D, Dead Prez, Hip Hop, Hip Hop Blogs, Hip Hop Blogs I read, Hip Hop News, Nah Right, Riot at Evergreen State College, Upset The Setup | 4 Comments
Friday Graf – Bkool
Bkool – Saw this on the redline today. Not sure who it is, but its dope. Flick jacked from 12oz
Filed under: DC, DC Blogs, DC Hip Hop, Friday Graf, Friday Graffiti, Upset The Setup | Leave a Comment
J-Dilla changed my life…
I had the opportunity to be up at the XM Studios last night for the Red Bull Music Academy / XM Subsonic Dilla Day event. The night kicked off with a panel discussion with Pete Rock, Talib Kweli, and Mrs. Maureen Yancey – aka Ma Dukes, J-Dilla’s mother. It was a [...]
Filed under: Alison Carney, Cy Young, DC, DC Blogs, DC Hip Hop, DC Music, E-Major, Emoni Fela, Flex Mathews, J-Dilla, Kaimber, Kev Brown, Kokayi, Labtekwon, Maureen Yancey, Pete Rock, Redbull Music Academy, Roddy Rod, Subsonic, Talib Kweli, The Players, Upset The Setup, XM Radio, YU | 3 Comments
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