Willie Green Esq.'s We Live In The Future (Album Release Party)

Willie Green returned home during his "Open Affairs Tour" to throw a release party for his new album "We Live In The Future". And he brought a few guests as well to help him celebrate the Fake Four Bistro released project. With performances by Warren S. Britt (Brooklyn), B. Durazzo (Oakland), Relic (Toronto), Dan Dillinger (Brooklyn), PremRock (NY), Fresh Kils and Mad Dukes (Toronto/Buffalo), and the man of the hour, Mr. William Green Esq., the night was a musically dope filled kind of night that I'm glad I attended at Spike Hill.

From getting to watch and hear one of the most energetic artists I've ever seen perform in Warren S. Britt, who was a last minute replacement for Emergency Service, to watching the skills of B. Durazzo work magic with dual MPCs, to Fresh Kils, Mad Dukes, and Relic rep Toronto respectively, there was more than enough evidence of talent in the room that night.

About half way through the night, we were blessed with the guest of honor Willie Green as he jumped on his Akai Ableton and played some new joints off his release live. Button after button he pushed recreating the music off "We Live In The Future" and the crowd reacted with as expected. Heads nodding, arms waving, and a few yells and whistling. All signs pointing to a successful night indeed.

As the event continued, we also got to see performances by hard working talents in PremRock, Corina Corina, Angi3, Illustrate, Loki The Trickster, Dan Dillinger, M.O.C.S., Reno Bang, with the latter three putting their own twists on a Macklemore track called "Can't Hold Us". All in all it was a very dope night that I don't regret participating in. Even with the drive. It was worth it!

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Check It ... Fourth Independent's Day Showcase (Pics)

 

Finally, the pictures from our fourth Independent's Day Showcase are here.  It was such a dope night and I think everyone who was in attendance can all agree.  Music was dope, crowd was live, energy was through the roof.  Thank you to everyone who came out, everyone who performed and everyone else in between.  Now...without further ado, click Read More to check out the pictures from the eventful night.

Check It ... Third Independent's Day Showcase (Pics & Vids)

Check out the footage from our third installment of the Independent's Day Showcase we hold at Southpaw. Great night. Dope music. What more do you need? Check out the pics and vids after the jump.

What tha Lady is Watching... @JasmineSolano "That's Not It!"

That's Not It Video (Directed by Va$htie) from Jasmine Solano on Vimeo.

Directed by Va$htie, Jasmine Solano makes her single "That's Not It" come to life. With a mini-tour in place, Solano released the video and single for "That's Not It" in Philly and Boston. Her New York release will be Saturday at Santos Party House but you can catch her before then at Famous Factory (Public Assembly) on Friday with Diggy Simmons and Joell Ortiz. The single is available for purchase on iTunes. For now, check out "That's Not It". See if you recognize some of the folks making cameos in the video...

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What EMS Is Watching ... @AaronMarcellus Street Performing

This popped up in my stream on Facebook and I had to repost this because it is too cute. Aaron and his brother Pierre hit the streets and subways of New York to give impromptu performances. If you recall, I wrote my first blog article on Aaron Marcellus and The Will Band. This vid features one half of the R&B duo, Aaron, performing Stevie Wonder. Enjoy kiddies.


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Gotta Love New York & Knitted Bike Covers

New York is a funny place. Between the dude on the subway telling his girlfriend when they got home he was going to watch Twilight Zone, eat cashews and maybe masturbate to the lonely girl eating pizza in a corner to the other girl who stumbled out of the subway eating a double cheeseburger, the night was hilarious. Perhaps the funniest, this picture. Tell me NOW please lawd who knits a bike cover? Please, anyone. This is one of the funniest things I've ever seen and at 3:30 in the morning with a gang of drinks running through my system, it was even funnier. Gotta love New York.

Tha Lady Blogga: I Voted. Did You?

Last years, Election Day was one to remember. People turned out in record numbers to elect Barack Obama into the White House. It was great to see people out in full force to exercise their right to vote.

This year, I am sad to say, people climbed back under the rocks from which they came. I went to the polls today to vote for a Mayor of NYC and I was met with bored poll workers. There was no line around the corner, no 30 minute wait. As usual, a lot of people in my neighborhood did not come out to vote.

Even though this wasn’t a Presidential election, it was important just the same. Mayor Bloomberg was running for a third term, which he created. As Mayor, he could only run for two terms back to back. He felt so strongly about the “good job” he was doing that he petitioned to change the law and won. Hence, giving himself the right to run again and serve if he won. The public was very clear about him NOT seeking permission to run a third term but he did it anyway. And he won. A double-digit landslide was predicted between Thompson and Bloomberg, however that is not what happened. He only defeated Bill Thompson by 5% of the votes. So perhaps if people came out in drones like they did for President Obama, Bloomberg would have lost.

I mean, I am not a Bloomberg stan but he is doing a fairly decent job. I just don’t like the idea that after asking the public if he should petition for a third term, even though they said no, he ran anyway. That just means he is not thinking about the people. Which means he is not the “people’s Mayor” and he will probably not do much for the people. That bothers me a little bit because then one would have to question his motives.

I personally think it was time for him to step down and let another administration run this city. Just because he did a good job, doesn’t mean he could put himself in the race for Mayor for another year in NYC.

New Yorkers, what do you think?


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