Archive for June, 2009
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…!
Free Download
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Tags: DMV, Surock, Pro'Verb
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 [...]
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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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Tags: SP 1200, Surock
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, Self Realization, Downtempo, Electronica, Instrumental Hip Hop
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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Tags: >140, MOS DEF
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.
Tracklist
Download : http://www.zshare.net/download/61164405c51c37f3/
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Tags: Judah, Go-Go
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 [...]
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Tags: DJ Menace, Migo Productions
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 [...]
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Tags: Remixing the Art of Social Change, Words Beats and Life
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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Tags: Aniekan Udofia, Dissident Display
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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Tags: AIDS, DC Youth, HIV, Metro Teen AIDS, RealTalkDC
Roots Picnic – Saturday
Roots Picnic – Saturday June 6!
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