TAG: De La Soul

Aug11

Rock the Bells, LA, Part One

Rock the fuckin’ Bells. URB certainly did. San Bernardino hosted this year’s Rock The Bells fesitval, with over 20 live performances, two stages, vendor fairs, insane heat, and 11 dollar beers. What more could a hip-hop fan ask for? I’ll tell you what more, FREE beer. But like the Stones said, you can’t always get what you want. Aside from the gross prices, this event was pretty enjoyable.

Rolled in around 11:00 AM, right about when the fest’ started, and 45 minutes later we finally got in. Apparently having Guerilla Union(Presenters of the festival) put you on a guest list is just not quite enough. Three lines and some confusing word-exchanges later, URB finally got into Rock the Bells. Of course, it couldn’t be quite this easy. My friend had to take his jacket off and LOSE …

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Apr10

Paid Dues Hits the Road

Paid Dues, Southern California’s above ground festival which represents the below ground world of hip hop has announced dates in The Bay Area, New York, Ft. Lauderdale and Denver. The festival shall be graced by subterranean superstars: De La Soul, GZA, Rakim, Murs (who also hosts the event) with 9th Wonder, Hieroglyphics, Sage Francis and many more. Peep the tour dates below and scope the

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Mar22

Who said Hip-Hop was dead? A3C Festival Day 2 shows how it’s supposed to be done.

We made it through the traffic and blocked post-tornado Atlanta streets to find a hip-hop fan’s oasis. I don’t want to sound too romantic, but there was some love in air. Love for the music, love of the culture, and in some cases just love of the hustle. Veteran MCs rubbed shoulders with fans and the up-and-coming in a real down-to-earth manner. I made it in late so I missed a lot of performances. Luckily, I caught The Juice Crew reunion and was instantly transported back to 7th grade. Man…I forgot that Roxanne Shante had so much swagger and Marley Marl’s catalog was so thick. Biz Markie turned it out also with proven old-school party rocking skills and comedic timing. Craig G brought out Killer Mike …

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Feb26

Prehistoric Rap Supergroup

Coming from the Triassic period, the Dino-5 are trampling through to the Neolithic era and are gonna set a hella big dino-print for homosapiens ears to discover on Apr 1st. A collaboration featuring a legendary hip-hop producer and a few MCs will be released as ‘Baby Loves Hip Hop’ (on Baby Loves Music). With a mix of five unique dinosaurs, these fossil pals are comin’ at you on stampede gear with beatboxing skills, storytelling rhymes and, well, a spear.

Open the door. Get on the floor. Everyone do the dinosaur. Or, perhaps, the next rap supergroup. This one features Chali 2na, Wordsworth, Lady Bug Mecca, Scratch….and….wait for it…..wait for it…..you guess yet? Just wait a little longer….Prince Paul.

Check out the dinosaur refresher below from a recent press release:

MC T-Rex (Chali 2na): MC T-Rex is …

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Aug28

Exclusive MIA remix, Wale, Weezy, wild!

Coming soon from DJ Benzi and also check that debut album Get Right coming in '08

Really though, what do you know about this? Sure, there's that “Paper Planes Remix” with Donnis (one you can't get anywhere else but here), but what about Lil Wayne sandwiched between The Beatnuts and Hieroglyphics? And Wale? Dude kills it on two cuts on this Benzi's page for some nip slips and, most importantly, download this mix…

001. M.I.A. & Donnis “Paper Planes Remix”
002. Common & Kanye West “Start The Show”
003. Nas “It Ain't Hard To Tell …

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