DJ Eurok aka Peace Justice Upset The Setup
Saturday May 3, 2008 At Eighteenth Street Lounge (DJ Set)
1212 18th St NW, Washington, DC 20036
DJ Eurok aka Peace Justice UPSET THE SETUP is a DC based DJ/producer and hip hop artist. Known for his party rocking DJ sets, Eurok has been tearing up dancefloors around town for [...]

As you may have heard - A Tribe Called Quest will be headlining this summer’s Rock The Bells Tour. Just caught this piece on Hip Hop DX talking about the Reunion album. Word.
Jarobi used to manage The Head-Roc War Machine (Head-Roc, Noyeek and I on the mix) and really taught me alot about the industry, [...]

Head-Roc has something to say about guns that is relevant to Sean Bell, the War in Iraq, the wars in America, and all the gunplay worldwide. Guns don’t kill people, people kill people, with guns created by people to kill people.

Hip Hop has something to say.
UPSET THE SETUP EXCLUSIVE! Download the MP3
Beat by SlimKat 78

I got a second turntable! Shouts to Malik for letting me jack that.
ALSO. I have a SHOW TONITE AT THE VELVET LOUNGE!. Flex Mathews presents Good Will Ink. Help spread the word all yall lurkers. Come check out a show. I will be performing and working some new material on stage. TONITE TUESDAY APRIL 29th. [...]

DJ Eurok aka Peace Justice UPSET THE SETUP
Saturday May 3rd (DJ Set)
18th Street Lounge
1212 18th St NW, Washington, DC 20036
Note the new date, not what said last time - there was a mix up.

A Washington Wizards basketball player recently commented on the skills of a Cleveland Cavalier. Said Cleveland Cavalier dismisses commentary using analogy that him responding to said comments would be like one superstar hip hop artist from New York responding to a one hit wonder youtube rapper.
[Sean Bell's murderers are acquitted by NY Judge - Hip [...]

In 1997 I was forced to split from the vanguard of underground hip hop. While my contemporaries were busy touting the lyrical supremacy of such hipster-hop pioneers as Sole, Sage Francis and Jurrassic 5 (no, really) - you couldn’t get me to stop talking about Siah and Yeshua’s EP on Fondle Em.
I had the EP [...]

I have received numerous reports thatThe DC Department of Public Works (DPW) annual spring Household Hazardous Waste and E-Cycling collection event on Saturday was a COMPLETE FAILURE. Among the chief complaints:

Wait times of over 3 hours
Once cars entered the drop-off area, they were unable to leave - thus stuck and idling their cars (which causes [...]

I was looking for a Sean Bell mural for Friday Graf, but this is the best I can do.

Fitting for today

Dedicated to the NYPD, Hillary Clinton, Rudy Giuliani, Police Commissioner Kelley and Mayor Bloomberg!
Hip Hop Bloggers have something to say:Oh Word | Nah Right | Peter Rosenberg
Hipster Hop Rappers have nothing to say

A New York judge has found three police officers not guilty in the death of an unarmed black man who was hit by a barrage of bullets and died hours before his wedding.
Via NPR
Papoose “50 Shots”

The police do locally what the military does globally

Heady called, we just got added to tonight’s show at the Black Cat with Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine, Boots Riley from the Coup, and more. Should be dope - check it if you can.
Thu Apr 24- Justice Tour ‘08 featuring:
THE NIGHTWATCHMAN (Tom Morello Acoustic)
w/ special guests IRAQ VETERANS [...]

From Wired’s Threat Level blog:
Federal agents at the border do not need any reason to search through travelers’ laptops, cell phones or digital cameras for evidence of crimes, a federal appeals court ruled Monday, extending the government’s power to look through belongings like suitcases at the border to electronics.
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Every year, the Red Bull Music Academy selects 60 musicians, DJs and producers from diverse musical and cultural backgrounds to exchange their ideas about music through discussion, collaboration and inspiring dialog with musical revolutionists like Just Blaze, ?uestlove, Bob Moog, Bernard Purdie, and Giles Peterson. The Red Bull Music Academy Sub-Session is a glimpse into [...]

One of my 1200s needs a new tonearm, and I need a pair to work with. Malik’s spare broke when we had that show at the Velvet. I’m putting it out there. I need a new Technics 1200. Thank you.

I bumped into Weusi in front of the Starbucks at 14th and U. He got out of his friend’s late 80s BMW with Virginia tags and an Obama 08 sticker on the back. We walked to Cafe Nema to catch up and grab a bite.
We were waiting for our drinks when we first heard [...]

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Resistance relaxes to modified wheat
Food Riots in Egypt
Food riots turn deadly in Haiti
Many parts of America are now confronting a once unthinkable phenomenon: food rationing
$5 Footlong Subs Now At SUBWAY(R) Restaurants Across America
Look here!
Don’t look here!
TINFOIL BONUS: Your guns will protect your food

I’m going to buy a 50lb bag of rice…

Oddisee sent me a copy of his new track produced by Kev Brown that speaks to the gentrification in the DC region. It’s dope.
Link to Washington City Paper music blog article by PJ Urquilla (comes with free download!)
UPSET THE SETUP EXCLUSIVE!

I, the DJ formerly known as Eurok, aka Peace Justice UPSET THE SETUP will be making my DJ debut at the world renowned Eighteenth Street Lounge on Friday May 2, 2008. More details forthcoming. Save the date.

Just got this email from Jamie Pearlstein of FLY:
This Thursday, April 24th, is the opening night of Society Thursdays. Society Thursdays is a thumpin’ hip-hop dance night that me, Chitra, and my friend Ramon have put together. Society Thursdays is for all of y’all that need a fun, unpretentious dance spot in [...]