Chicago head Traxx delivers this session (don’t call it a set) recorded straight to cassette (seriously) just for the URB listener. No track list on this one but we’ll let the creator describe the sound:
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This song is a few years old , but it doesn’t seem to have too much music surpassing it today…Blu’s still on top, even in Chicago.
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Chicago was soulful, and that’s an understatement.
6 hours after leaving Cleveland, we arrived at Kool Hersh’s apartment in the windy city’s Logan Square. The vibe was excellent and our host was superb.
First on the itinerary was an in-store performance at the Silver Room in Wicker Park, a jewelry store, art gallery and performance space with an elevated DJ booth, fully equipped with Rane rotary mixer of course.
The Silver Room’s owner Eric came up in the old Chi town with the rat pack of original house legends like Ron Hardy, Larry Heard, Green Velvet et al… and brought that soul in to the space. He even put Nick on the phone with Ron Trent, just to say hi.
A grown and sexy crowd trickled through the door before the official start time and dove in the …
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Hi Mos Def
It wasn’t that type of show. That’s what this pressman (minus a press pass) overheard near the capacity bar. It was Pete Rock on the wheels warming up the crowd. Then De La Soul for a long, bizarre set. Then mighty Mos Def clad in garish garb commandeering the limelight in self-indulgent fashion, Slick Rick in tow. Another wrinkle in time in Philadelphia, a city that recently withstood two crippling blizzards in less than a week. A city trying to thaw, a country teetering on the edge of double-dip recession. An awkward moment for a sold-out true school party. Thursday night to boot, not quite the weekend. …MORE
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Stones Throw has posted up an audience video of Mos Def performing the Madvillian classic “Accordian” while opening for DOOM at a show in Chicago this past weekend. Mos himself wore a mask onstage before a Doomposter took to the stage to the chagrin of the crowd and one URB reviewer. Say what you want about the Doomposter phenomenon. Everyone is having fun with it—except of course the paying crowd.
Mos Def Covers Madvillian’s “Accordion”
Rusko – Da Cali Anthem
The Black Keys – “Tighten Up” (Produced by Danger Mouse)
Cubic Zirconia Tour: SXSW Day 2
DJ Jazzy Jeff & Ayah – This Way Album Sampler
Ski Beatz – Prowler 2 ft. Jean Grae, Jay Electronica, Joell Ortiz, Mos Def
Cubic Zirconia Tour: SXSW Day 1
Atari Teenage Riot and CX KidtroniK “Activate!”
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