September 2007 Archives

A bit late on posting all this but everybody needs to check out The Bar Exam mixtape from Royce Da 5'9" presented by DJ Statik and DJ Premier. The mix features a few new DJ Premier joints including "Hit 'Em" and "Ding", which are also now available as a 12" single via Game Recordings (yes, which another hot ass Game Girl like the old Royce 12"s). Royce also drops freestyles and remakes old hip hop classics on the mix. The remake of Nas' "Nas Is Like" for "Royce Is Like" is ridiculous.

Royce Da 5'9" - Hit 'Em (mp3)

Royce also appeared recently on a couple remixes. First is the "Sound The Alarm (Remix)" from Black Milk also featuring Guilty Simpson available on the Shut It Down 12" single. Also, Royce is featured on the "Play It" remix from Big Shug produced by DJ Premier.

Black Milk - Sound The Alarm (Remix) (mp3)
Big Shug - Play It (Remix) (mp3)

On October 13rd, The J. Dilla Project will host the New York City Walk For Dilla to raise money for Lupus research. The walk takes place at the South Street Seaport. Check-in is at 9am and the walk starts at 10am. For more information on the NYC Walk For Dilla: ALR NYC Walk For Dilla Page.

The following are the complete listings of J. Dilla Project Lupus Walks. For more information: myspace.com/jdillaproject.

10/06 - Lake Lynn Park, 7921 Ray Road, Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina 27613
10/06 - Chattanooga Walk Collidge Park, Chattanooga, TN
10/13 - NYC - Walk South Street Seaport, New York City, New York
10/20 - ATL To Be Announced, Atlanta, Georgia
10/20 - Chicago Lincoln Park at Montrose Harbor, Chicago, Illinois
11/03 - San Fransisco Justin Herman Plaza, San Fransisco, California
11/03 - Washington, DC The National Mall, Washington, DC
11/17 - Houston Jewish Community Center, 5601 S Braewood Blvd, Houston, Texas
11/17 - L.A. - Walk to Cure Lupus Crescent Bay Park, Santa Monica, California 90401

Available now via Look Records is first collaborative project titled The Message Uni Versa from one of hip-hop soul's cutest couples G&D, better known to us as Georgia Anne Muldrow and Dudley Perkins. For the release there are a series of official nationwide listening parties, including one in Detroit on Thursday, October 4th at The Buzz Bar (546 E. Larned - Detroit) with John Arnold and yours truly K-Fresh. Cover is $5 for 21+, and there will be free giveaways.

G&D LOOK RECORDS PAGE

Stones Throw Records will be releasing B-Ball Zombie War on October 2nd as a companion piece in conjunction with 2K Sports newest video game NBA 2K8. The album, compiled by Stones Throw President Peanut Butter Wolf, features new collaborations by Talib Kweli, Q-Tip and MF DOOM over beats by J Dilla, as well as new tracks by Madlib, Aloe Blacc, Koushik, MED and Guilty Simpson among others. New names are introduced, including Karriem Riggins and Madlib’s group Supreme Team. According to Stones Throws "The release of B-Ball Zombie War album and 2K8 video game will be followed by a marketing push by both Stones Throw and 2K Sports and two nationwide tours: Common, Q-Tip and Percee P in September, and a Stones Throw showcase including Madlib, Peanut Butter Wolf and J Rocc beginning in November."

For your enjoyment, here's a couple free downloads.

Guilty Simpson - "Make It Fast" (produced by J. Dilla) (mp3)

B-Ball Zombie War Podcast (mp3)

For more information: stonesthrow.com/bballzombiewar

The female soldier of Waajeed's Platinum Army Tiombe Lockhart dons the current cover of XLR8R with a story with cover Tiombe and Waajeed covering a variety of topics including how the two of them met, Tiombe's early work (The Tiombe Lockhart Bootleg #1), working with the New School kids (Bilal, Robert Glasper, etc.), as well as some info about her upcoming debut full-length album, Queen Of Doom vs The Army Of Love.


Also, go to Tiombe's MySpace page (myspace.com/tiombelockhart) where you can now go purchase for digital download her new 4 song Queen Of Doom EP which is extremely amazing. Definitely in the running for the best music of 2007.

Bling47.com has just announced the dates for Waajeed and Ta'Raach's upcoming European DJ tour coined The War Tour. The two will be manning the decks on the tour with a few performances from Ta'Raach. Exclusive mix and beat CDs will be sold. The dates and few of the flyers are as followed:

9/20 - Brighton, UK @ Po Na Na
9/21 - Manchester, UK @ Friends & Family
9/22 - London, UK @ Cargo
9/23 - Madrid, Spain @ Hotel Puerta America
9/26 - Vigo, Spain @ Vademecwm Club
9/27 - Barcelona, Spain @ Sala Apolo
9/28 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso
9/29 - Paris, France @ Bus Palladuim
10/4 - Vienna, Austria @ Badeschiff-Laderaum
10/5 - Munich, Germany @ Erste Liga
10/6 - Zurich, Germany @ Besame Mucho

My boy Y'skid from the Netherlands hit me off with an interview he did with J. Dilla back in 2003 and we distributed the audio links back then. Four years later, he hit me off with a preview of the video version of the interview with the full length forthcoming.

YOUTUBE LINK

My boy DJ AMF just dropped me an email asking if I would post his new mix on the site. Hell yeah bro! Its his newest mix Detroit Legends Vol. 2 chronicalling many of the best jams to ever come out of the Detroit hip hop scene. It pretty much makes me remember many of my days listening to Detroit hip hop on the radio or at the club since I was an early teen, so PLEASE check this shit out.

DJ AMF - DETROIT LEGENDS VOL. 2 (zShare link)

Tracklist:
1. Paradime - Broke
2. SUN - Black quarterback
3. Binary Star - Glen Close
4. C.O.I. - Cash rules everything
5. Goon Squad - Ready to ride
6. Esham - Work that p***y
7. Drunken Master - 50 n***as deep
8. Paradime - Clash of the titans
9. Da Ruckus - 150 MCs
10. Bizarre - What what what
11. Phase II - Rhymin' on the funk
12. DMW - The money is made
13. Royce 5 9 - I'm the king
14. Da Omen - Black birds chirpin'
15. Dice - Whatitbelike
16. Eminem - Low down dirty
17. D12 - Derelict theme
18. Bizarre - Trife thieves
19. Breed ft 2pac - Gotta get mine
20. Obie Trice - Well known a$$hole
21. Bootleg - No future
22. Al Nuke - My people
23. Slum Village - 2U4U
24. Aaliyah - One in a million

In late 2004, I helped work the promotion and distribution of the Libido Sounds released Elzhi double disc mix CD Witness My Growth. We ended up selling an impressive amount of those discs garnering alot of attention through the internet for the project, and the disc continued to sell regulary over 2 years later.

Now in 2007, the head honcho of Libido Sounds and recent addition to the G-Unit in-house production team Nick Speed has his own double disc titled D-Tour which features production work Speed has done for urban artists both mainstream and underground, along with his own vocal emcee contributions.

The double disc is now on sale in the Rensoul Online Store. For a treat, you can download the first single from D-Tour below for the track "WhatUpDoe" featuring Danny Brown, Big Herk, and Phat Kat, which will be hitting radio both locally and online very soon.

Nick Speed f/ Danny Brown, Big Herk, Phat Kat - "WhatUpDoe (clean)" (mp3)
Nick Speed f/ Danny Brown, Big Herk, Phat Kat - "WhatUpDoe (dirty)" (mp3)

I just got word that there are only (30) thirty copies left from the original run of the J. Dilla tribute posters commissioned by Fusicology and designed by PublicMediaGroup for the Dilla benefit show back in June 2006 at Fifth Avenue Downtown. They will be sold for $25 and only available at two locations in Metro Detroit:

Record Time - Ferndale | www.recordtime.com
Pure Detroit / Pure D Vinyl - New Center | www.puredetroit.com

Proceeds from the sales of these posters will go to the Yancey family, and there will be in-stores in conjunction with these stores set up real soon.

Phat Kat and Slum Village are kicking off the European leg of the Carte Blanche tour tonight at Fenix in Sittard, NL. Complete dates are as followed...

PHAT KAT MYSPACE | SLUM VILLAGE MYSPACE

The Funk Doctor Spock will be launching his current club tour here in Michigan on September 17th & 18th at the Blind Pig in Ann Arbor and Streets in Traverse City, respectively. Redman's Red Gone Wild album, very quietly released this year through the most awesomest (sarcasm in effect) Def Jam, has gain positive reviews from the people who actually got to hear it. Along with him on tour is the duo KiDz In The Hall and Akir.

KiDz In the Hall are a duo made up of Naledge (the M.C) from Chicago and Double-0 (Dj/Producer) from New Jersey that signed a joint venture deal with Rawkus and Hustle Period.

Akir, who recently has been on the "Rock The Bells" tour with Immortal Technique and on tour with Fort Minor, is signed to Viper Records with a distribution deal with Babygrande for his album Legacy.

The following are the full tour dates:
Mon., Sept.17th: Bling Pig- Ann Arbor, MI
Tues., Sept. 18th: Streeters- Traverse, MI
Wed., Sept. 19th: The Abbey- Chicago, IL
Thurs., Sept. 20th: Bluebird- Bloomington, IN
Fri., Sept 21st: Baymore Theater- Madison, WI
Mon., Sept. 24th: Slowdown- Omaha, NE
Wed., Sept. 26th: Fox Theater- Boulder, CO
Thurs., Sept. 27th: Cervante's- Denver, CO
Fri., Sept. 28th: Belly Up- Aspen, CO
Sat., Sept 29th: Harry O's- Park City, UT
Sun., Sept 30th: Stoney's- Reno, NV
Tues., Oct. 2nd: Neumo's- Seattle, WA
Wed., Oct. 3rd: The Nightlight- Bellingham, WA
Fri., Oct 5th: Hawthorne Theater- Portland, OR
Sun., Oct 7th: The Catalyst- Santa Cruz, CA
Mon., Oct. 8th: House of Blues- West Hollywood, CA
Wed., Oct. 10th: Cane's-San Diego, CA

MYSPACE: Redman | KiDz In The Hall | Akir

This is the 30th anniversary of the Dally In The Alley music and arts festival held in the streets and alleys at Second and Forest in Detroit's Cass Corridor. Music, food, beer, art, whatever can be found each and every year at The Dally. A wide range of music also rangin from hip-hop to electronic music to rock. The full event details can be found in full at www.dallyinthealley.com.

Also, I nice selection of afterparties will follow The Dally - flyers posted below.

On Thursday, I caught up with Pharoahe Monch during a meet and greet at Burn Rubber Sneaker Boutique in Royal Oak while he was in town on the Rock The Bells Tour. Below is a short interview with him discussing his experiences working with the likes of J. Dilla, Black Milk, and Denaun Porter. His new album Desire is out now via SRC/Universal/Motown featuring guest appearances/production from Detroiters such as Black Milk, Denaun Porter, and Dwele. Enjoy.

INTERVIEW WITH PHAROAHE MONCH (mp3) | OFFICIAL MYSPACE PAGE

OKAY. Last Thursday got cancelled because John Arnold wasn't going to be there and Buzz Bar just decided to not have a DJ that night instead of lettin' me rock the whole night like John wanted me to do. So... we are going to try it again this Thursday. John Arnold. K-Fresh. Downstairs. Larry Fratangelo's One Nation Under A Buzz jam session upstairs. $5. 10p-2a. Come out and help me prove a point!!! The Buzz Bar is located at 546 E Larned St in Detroit.