Where @LadyBlogga was ... Homeboy Sandman & Spec Boogie Album Release

Tuesday has always been an important day in the music industry. Well this past Tuesday (6/1) was especially great. I was in attendance at the Homeboy Sandman and Spec Boogie Album release party/show at S.O.B.’s and it was EPIC!!! First of all I want to applaud Anarch Eighty for putting together such an event. I had no idea what was on the agenda and I was pleasantly surprised as the evening unfolded. The hosts TastyKeish of WBAI and Peter Rosenberg from Hot 97, real people who know Hip-Hop, did an awesome job. The evening celebrated “REAL HIP-HOP” and the artists that stay true to the game. Performers included Ciph Diggy, Elucid, Core Rhythm, Rabbi Darkside, J-Live, Che Grand, Peter Hadar, Donwill and Von Pea, and the men of the hour, Spec Boogie and Homeboy Sandman.

If you missed this show I am here to rub it in your face and tell you that you missed a great show. This one is definitely going down as one of the best shows I’ve seen. You missed J-Live spittin’ bars and mixing simultaneously, Core Rhythm getting’ busy to the Rabbi Darkside beatbox, (Shout Out to Rabbi Darkside for his Nurse Jackie appearance), Chaz Kangas and Kosha Dillz Freestyle, Fresh Daily on the mic with Homeboy Sandman, Peter Hadar and Spec Boogie duet and Don Will and Von Pea moving the crowd.

Spec Boogie came out and his energy was crazy. His introduction rhyme is insane as every word in the verses either start with an S or a B. Who does that?? And it was on point. He then went into his album material and continued with his collaboration tunes with most of the artists on the bill.

Homeboy Sandman tore the stage up. That’s the best way to describe it. He came out and let the crowd direct him by starting the show with “Verbal Soul Clap” and it went from there. He performed songs from “The Good Sun” and took us back to “Lightning Bolt Lightning Rod” “Airwave Air Raid” and “Not Pop”. There were a myriad of on-stage collabos including “Freestyle of Mine” (GNR “Sweet Child of Mine”) with Kosha Dillz, Homeboy Sandman and Chaz Kangas.

This Hip Hop game is making a turn for the better. On a Tuesday night, it was amazing to see a packed S.O.B.’s in the name of Real Hip Hop. We need to keep supporting our independent and underground artists and let these industry cats know that this is what we want to hear!! I applaud artists who do it for the love of the game and the people. Keep bringin’ us the stuff we want to hear.

Here is Homeboy Sandman starting off his set with “Verbal Soul Clap”



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Listen To This: Emrah Kotan

Who is one the most prolific cats to hold a pair of drum sticks? Emrah Kotan. As one of the nicest people you'll ever meet he is also one of the most gifted percussionist you'll ever hear. Emrah is the Director of the Jazz and World Percussion Ensembles at Agnes Scott College as well as a member of the renowned jazz trio International Groove Conspiracy with bassist Matt Stallard and pianist Jose Manuel Garcia. With them, Emrah has traveled across the world performing at some of the most prominent jazz venues around.

As one of his former students, I can honestly say that watching him play is not only a treat but an experience. Simply put by Joseph Patrick Moore, owner of Blue Kanoe Records, "Emrah Kotan is a superb musician with dazzling technique [...] The bottom line is that Emrah Kotan is a great artist with wonderful gifts to offer." With that said, I will leave you with a video of Emrah performing "Tanya" with International Groove Conspiracy at The Blue Note in New York City. Enjoy.





To find out more about what Emrah is doing and where he'll be performing visit his website www.emrahkotan.com. Also, check out more of his videos at YouTube.


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Check It ... Joe Budden "Somethin To Ride 2" (Produced by J. Cardim)

Here's the latest track by the homie Joe Budden. Enjoy.

The Cardim Collection continues!! This one is my favorite so far in the series because its the first taste of the sample-free sound Budden and Cardim have been creating on Joe's album The Great Escape. Look out for more J. Cardim/Joe Budden collaborations later this month on J. Cardim's upcoming project Dice Music Group: The IN Crowd!

Joe Budden "Somethin To Ride 2" (Produced by J. Cardim)


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Check It ... Rah Digga "This Ain't No Lil' Kid Rap"

This joint is serious! Rah Digga delivers on "This Ain't No Lil' Kid Rap". She's working on the new album "Classic" produced entirely by Nottz. In the meantime, enjoy this track.



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Check It ... @quakematthews "Outside Looking In"

Check this track from Canadian emcee Quake. The track is off his debut album "The Myth", dropping June 18th.




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Download ... @TheGTW "Don't Smoke the Cigarette"

There is something fresh about The GTW. The Angry Hero Music Group describes the 20-year-old Chicago emcee as a "Hip-House writer/producer .... His music fuses house with hip-hop which propels his music to an innovative standard." With some room to grow, The GTW provides a unique sound on "Don't Smoke the Cigaratte". I can dig it.

Check one my favorite joint "Hennesy Joint (remix)" and if you're so inclined, download "Don't Smoke the Cigarette."

"Don't Smoke the Cigarette" [Download]

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Check It ... ¡OYE! "The Sentence"

We featured ¡OYE! during the Milwaukee installment of the Journey to Hip-Hop series. His "In My Mind" EP is pretty dope. He's working on a new project with Milwaukee native and producer Klassik.

Milwaukee has unearthed a shining, refreshing voice with rising artist ¡OYE!. The Puerto Rican emcee is really hitting a stride with the tremendous response spawned by his debut project, the In My Mind EP.

¡OYE!, a Junior at UW- Madison teamed up with fellow Milwaukee native and musical producer, Klassik, to build the musical work and develop a sound that expresses, with graceful and poetic grit, the complex aspects of an ambitious musician’s mind. Sponsored by Chicago based InkRed Clothing, the two artists have been brewing up a live show that best encapsulates the artistic vision of the In My Mind EP.

If the buzz still hasn’t reached you yet, you might want to go out and find it.
Check out the new sneak peak of the upcoming mixtape as ¡OYE! flexes the pen on THE SENTENCE!

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Check It ... K. Vincent "Ain't A Thang Change"

Another email I've had for a while. The homie Essince over at Royal Heir Entertainment hit me with this jawn from the Chicago emcee, K. Vincent. It's pretty dope. Check it.




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What I'm Watching ... @The_ICs "Stadium Status"

Yes, that's former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer with the Internets Celebrities

Dallas Penn is a funny dude. I don't know him outside of the Internets but I fuks with him. Anyway, the Internets Celebrities (Dallas Penn x Rafi Kam x Casimir Nozkowski) have been having one of the biggest weeks EVER. It started off with a feature in the NY Times, followed by an appearance on MSNBC and now the new video. Check out "Stadium Status." CHEA!

Our starting point for this movie was simply asking the question: why did the Yankees and the Mets get to build record-breakingly expensive stadiums in the SAME YEAR? Considering we were on the brink of a massive recession and now face massive budget shortfalls in New York state, it seemed problematic that so much public funding went into these buildings – with little assurance of any tangible public benefit.

From there, we employed our usual investigation methods. Namely, go to a place and start filming. We actually got into Citifield and were able to film there. Yankee Stadium confiscated our tape – but we still managed to talk to people and capture the exterior of the massive new structure.

We looked at the communities being affected by these stadiums and tried to see who exactly was benefiting from these teams getting to build new revenue-maximizing ballparks – directly across from the old ones.

It’s a big topic, could probably fill up a feature film or two and in the end is our longest movie to date – coming in at a potentially unviral 18 minutes.

We could not have made this movie without you, internets and if you dig it, please pass it along to anyone else who might enjoy it. In the end, we’re baseball fans and still root for these teams. But it doesn’t mean it’s not worth questioning their methods.

Thank you very much for watching. Chea!

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What I'm Watching ... @PhilAde301 "The Letter"

"Tryna be a boss, you are not Tony Danza..."

I remember the first time I heard the name Phil Ade. A friend had just attended a show in DC and hit me with "check this dude out, I saw him tonight." I did. I enjoyed his style. The dude is dope and this track "The Letter" and the visuals are fresh. "The Letterman" drops July 6. Enjoy this in the meantime.



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Check It ... Janelle Monáe "Tightrope" (Wondamix) feat. B.o.B & Lupe Fiasco

I dig Janelle. I dug the original version of "Tightrope" too. Check the remix featuring B.o.B. and Lupe Fiasco. It's pretty fresh.



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Check It @BornBrothaz "Three M's"

I first came across the Born Brothaz right after the Milwaukee installment of The Journey to Hip-Hop series. The crew out of the brew city where just wrapping up their "JFK Conspiracy Series: Born Identity" project. I've had the project for quite some time. With so much damn music in and out of my inbox, sometimes it's hard to keep up with what I posted. I missed this post, #latepass. Check this cut, "Three M's", off their project.




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