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March 2008 Archives
On Saturday, March 29th, I'll be spinning at The Sneaker Project from 4pm-6pm at The Boll Family YMCA along with the afterparty at Confidential.
The Sneaker Project :: Art from the Street Up
This is a 2-Day Event!
Friday, March 28th: 7pm-Midnight
Saturday, March 29th 2pm-7pm
@ The Boll Family YMCA | 1401 Broadway | Downtown Detroit
$10 per day | All Ages!
BRIAN GILLESPIE
FRANKIE BANK$
ERROL
K-FRESH
JAY SPLIFF
+ MORE!
Featuring a rare and unusual Sneaker Exhibition, live art installation by Dr. Revolt, Mark Bode & Tristan Eaton, special guest DJs, autograph sessions with celebrity athletes and artists, giveaways, doorprizes, and much more...
Tickets available at BURN RUBBER in Royal Oak, SPECTACLES in Detroit, REFUGE in Dearborn, and online at groovetickets.com
All Proceeds Benefit the YMCA Strong Kids Campaign
SPREAD THE WORD!!!
Sponsors: Sneaker Freaker | Puma | Mass Appeal | 10 Deep | Universal | Refuge SkateShop | Burn Rubber Sneaker Boutique | Vitamin Water | Klever Printing | G.O.A.T. | Fusicology | Real Detroit Weekly & MORE
Here's some video footage from the Guilty Simpson album release party last Tuesday at The Shelter put together by Midigi.com.
LINK: Guilty Simpson @ Midigi.com
Guilty Simpson Performance Part 1:
Guilty Simpson Performance Part 2:
Royce Da 5'9" Performance:
A partial lineup for this years Movement Festival has been announced by Paxahau this week. The annual Detroit Electronic Music Festival during Memorial Day weekend (May 24th-26th) will include involvement from MySpace along with the new Red Bull Music Academy Stage (replacing the Pyramid Stage). The RBMA Stage will include performances by: Newcleus, Egyptian Lover, Shawn Michaels, James Zabiela, Benny Bennassi, The Cool Kids, Girl Talk, DATABASS (featuring Godfather), Justin Kruse, Tech Itch and Dieselboy. Pre-sale tickets for Movement '08 are now available online at the Official Movement '08 MySpace Site. The initial lineup is as followed:
ALEX UNDER –live
ALTON MILLER
BENNY BENASSI
BUZZ GOREE
CARL CRAIG
CASSY
COBBLESTONE JAZZ –live
COOL KIDS –live
DBX –live
DIESELBOY
DUBFIRE
EGYPTIAN LOVER –live
GIRL TALK –live
GUILLAUME & THE COUTU DUMONTS -live
HALF HAWAII –live
JAMES ZABIELA
JORIS VOORN –live
JUSTIN KRUSE
KONRAD BLACK
MATHIAS KADEN –live
MIKE GRANT
MINX
MOBY -dj set
NEWCLEUS -live
SPEEDY J -live with Scott Pagano VJ
TECH ITCH
TERRENCE PARKER
ZIP
LINKS: OFFICIAL MOVEMENT '08 MYSPACE | RED BULL MUSIC ACADEMY | PAXAHAU PROMOTIONS
Recent signee to Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music imprint and Detroit native Big Sean put out a mixtape last November (sorry for the delay) titled Finally Famous: The Mixtape that is available for free download.
DOWNLOAD: Big Sean "Finally Famous: The Mixtape"
Yep. I'll be spinning at the official Detroit release show for Guilty Simpson's album titled Ode To The Ghetto, due out this Tuesday on Stones Throw Records. Get there early and get this party started right with ya boy.
The newest Rensoul.com is available now. Sorry for the delay. This episode is more of a mix of national acts with Detroit. Enjoy.
DOWNLOAD: Rensoul.com Podcast Episode #2 (mp3)
01. Rakim f/ Lil Fame - I'm Back
02. Fat Joe - Thank God For That White
03. Saigon f/ Jay-Z - Come On Baby (Remix)
04. M.O.P. f/ Bilal - Get Rich
05. Focus f/ Busta Rhymes & Bishop Lamont - Shine
06. Mighty Joseph - Legend
07. Tha Dogg Pound f/ Pharrell - Cheat
08. Dabrye f/ A.G. - Get Dirty
09. Colin Munroe - I want Those Flashing Lights
10. Cormega f/ Dwele - Sleep Well
11. Nicolay & Kay f/ Chip Fu - The Gunshot
12. Erykah Badu - Real Thing (Green Lantern Remix)
13. Take - Fall In Love Again
14. J. Dilla f/ Ta'Raach & Exile - Say It
15. J. Dilla f/ Baatin & The Ruckazoid
16. Finale & Spier1200 f/ Invincible & Elzhi - Eye Of The Beholder
17. Fat Ray & Black Milk - Take Control
18. Akrobatik f/ Talib Kweli - Put Ya Stamp On It (prod: J. Dilla)
19. Fatt Father - I Am The Father
20. Black Milk f/ Royce Da 5'9", Ras Kass, Bishop Lamont - Go Hard
21. Guilty Simpson - Get Bitches (Sorry, I played an early version without Mr. Porter on it haha)
22. Invincible - Looongawaited
Chief and DirtyMitten.com present present Flippin' Words: Vol. 1, mixtape from Chief exclusive to the web site. It's being offered by the "name your own price" method where you can download it for free or donate money to the artist. Every donation in increments of $10 will receive an actual hard copy of the CD. Click on the link below for more information.
On Friday, the benefit party for People's Records was crackin' seriously. Thanks to everyone that came out and all the DJs (DJ Dez, Brian Gillespie, Sicari, Uncle Paulie, Benny Ben) that spun for the night. Everyone had fun and People's Records owner Brad Hales thanks everyone dearly for all their help and looking to have the store up and running in a new location before April 1st. Stay tuned for more details.
People's Records, one of Detroit's most beloved vintage vinyl record stores, got destroyed from water damage during the huge fire at the Forest Arms Apartment building where the store is located. On Friday, March 14th at Northern Lights Lounge, we're throwing a party to help raise money so that People's Records can reopen bigger and better as soon as possible. People's Records is the place that every musician or record lover of all kinds in Detroit go to find those gems. All proceeds go to People's Records and vinyl donations are also being collected. We are asking for a minimum donation of $5 with a suggest donation of $10. If you would like to make an outside donations, please email djkfresh@rensoul.com.
The lineup for this evening will include yours truly K-Fresh, Brian Gillespie, DJ Dez, DJ Sicari, and People's Records owner Brad Hales. Please come out and support a great cause. Northern Lights Lounge is located at 660 W. Baltimore in Detroit.
Detroit emcees Quest M.C.O.D.Y. and Marvwon just dropped their collaborative mixtape Jumpoff A Bridge, which is hosted by Young Mase. Purchase it at either of their MySpace pages in CD or Digital Download formats, and enjoy the video for "We In Here".
PURCHASE: QUEST MCODY MYSPACE | MARVWON MYSPACE
Tracklisting:
01 Young Mase Intro
02 The Introduction
03 We In Here
04 Big Spender
05 Success
06 Get Up (prod J Dilla)
07 Detroit City (That's Where Im From)
08 NuttinTaSayAboutIt (prod Brenk)
09 Jumpoff...My Dick
10 Fade Back (prod Yung Viz)
11 Rite Back (prod Vaughan T)
12 I Get Money (feat. Yung Viz)
13 Cry Now Freestyle (feat Rashaan Jamal)
14 Love Hate (prod Yung Viz)
15 It Is What It Is (prod Vaughan T)
16 Can't Leave Rap Alone (prod Quest M.C.O.D.Y)
17 You Should Know (prod Stevie Thunder)
18 Shut Shit Down (prod Black Milk)
19 Stop Being A Guntha (feat Nems,George Burnz,Vanguard,Iron Solomon,Swann)
20 What My Bitch Bought (feat Moe Dirdee) prod Yung Viz
Remember, the album titled The Set Up from Fat Ray & Black Milk drops this Tuesday and they will be celebrating it with a record release party this Tuesday at The Shelter in Detroit. Be there or be a f*ckin' L7.
All City Records will be launching their 7x7 beats series this week. They will release seven double sided 45rpm (in some cases 33) seven inch vinyls from some of the best upcoming producers. The series jumps off with LA via Detroit producer Snowman and for the next six months thereafter featuring beat makers from Europe and the US. The 45s are strictly limited and complete with artwork from Summel. The full list of producers in the series includes Snowman (Jack Sample Pros) + Mike Slott (Heralds of Change) + Fulgeance (Musique Large) + Mweslee (Arkestra) + Leneko (Le Phonik) + Hudson Mohawke (Heralds of Change)+ Newman (New Jack Hustle). Snowman's "Street Corner Music" b/w "Rise" drops March 3rd followed by Mike Slott's release on April 8th.
Snowman will be celebrating the release on March 6th during the TripBoogie One Year Anniversary at Carbon by spinning alongside weekly residents Chris Cuts and J1. TripBoogie is a free weekly party held every Thursday at Carbon at 9300 Venice Blvd in Los Angeles.
LINKS: Snowman "Street Corner Music" (All City MySpace)
A little info on Snowman: A member of the Jack Sample Professionals (Fat City), djing over 10 years plus beatmaking the last few... he went on some Detroit I to the L.LA and swapped the blue collar and harsh winters of the Motor City for Los Angeles's sunshine and herb.
Locked away in the Hollywood Hills he opens the series with a bang on Street Corner Music (previewed on Benji's Deviation some time back if you heard) and goes for the concept on the flip. Currently working with Shawn Jackson and Guilty Simpson amongst others you're going to be seeing the name with increasing frequency over the coming year.
LINKS: SNOWMAN MYSPACE | JACK SAMPLE MYSPACE | ALL CITY MYSPACE
Underground Resistance recently released a new 12" from Bileebob (aka John Williams) for the track "Sunshine". Bileebob has long been a staple in Detroit's techno community holding DJ residencies at some of Detroit's most legendary underground club nights along with his work in the Detroit Grand Pubahs. Check out audio samples below and purchase the record at Submerge's Online Store.
Tracklisting:
A1. Sunshine
B1. Sunshine (Agoria Mix)
Plus, check out Bileebob's blog site at Famzine.com
