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Photo: Eric Coleman
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Stones Throw 2011.
Produced by Oh No.
Directed by Ross Harris.
www.myspace.com/medaphoar
This friday at LUSH, a film crew will be filming a brand new tv show documenting up and coming hip hop artists!!!
As always, everything is half priced till 11:00pm.
All drinks drafts and shots!!!
Live performance by: J-Clash, Man-U-iLL, and Yogi Figgs.
Come down and get on "Behind The Unsigned".
18+ all night long!!! Must have ID. No exceptions.
DJ Pulse and DJ Jerry spinnin' live all night long!
Birthdays get complimentary admission and free bottle!
Behind The Unsigned Event on FB
FOR MORE INFO CONTACT:
JONNY: 203.460.1034
LANCE: 203.788.8922
DANNY: 914.879.4933
LUSH
2 IVES ST.
DANBURY, CT
If you're a fan of music, an artist, producer, promoter, etc., this night is for you. Come be a part of the filming for a new YouTube show coming out, which is a documentary style program that reflects the trials of being that person that wants to live that dream. Network with others like you in that same struggle, make contacts and enjoy the live performance by Man-u-iLL. Who knows, you could be on the first episode of Behind The Unsigned due for release 1/11/11.
Miss Special interviews Sean Price for SPECiAL SUNDAYS Radio Show on KSFS at San Francisco State University. They talk about the album "Mic Tyson", Random Axe, his favorite fighter, his favorite song on "Kimbo Price", the Grown Man Rap group, his character on NBA 2K11, playing with himself, new Heltah Skeltah and Boot Camp Clik, and his upcoming performance in SF on November 20th.
Words are Power. Eternia takes this truth to heart in Pt. 3 of the "QUEENS CHRONICLES" Series. Not only a glimpse into the streets of Astoria, Pt. 3 also provides a revealing look into the mind and heart of Eternia herself, via her words & DJ Boo's percussion.www.yeahfilmscompany.com
Once upon a time in 1996, X-Ray and MC Kevroc got together and formed Darc Mind. But for some odd reason or another, it could widely be regarded as one of the best kept secrets Hip-Hop had to offer. Kevroc's deep baritone delivery sounded like Aesop Rock got stuck in the 90s with Chali 2na's widely rhythmic flow, while Public Enemy collaborator X-Ray treated the beats like a jazz artist putting a twist on a standard; hard and rich drum breaks, interjected jazz chops, it was definitely a forgotten classic. After the album's release in '96, it then became out of print until Anticon re-issued the recording in 2006.
In a lot of circles, this album get's treated as the "...so you think this is dope? Well you haven't heard this" record, and rightly so; the album clocks in at no more than 40 minutes, and provides some of the most memorable hip-hop for years to come. Oh, and hi, this is Take Three. We give you three songs from a supposed classic, and you, the uninformed or unaware listener, takes a listen and form your own judgment. Sounds too good to be true, right? Well with TMB hitting past the 2000 post mark, anything's possible. Let's get started, shall we?
1. Visions of a Blur
The drums sound so naturally played, while the sinister bassline and respective guitar strum along eerily. Kevroc commands the mic like the host for the Twilight Zone, speaking in an almost conversational style, occasionally letting loose with a little tongue twist of a bar, but nothing too extravagant. This works well since the track is best serviced with its simplicities to make for quite the introduction.
2. Seize The Phenom
The Drum break used seems to have endless snares, the saxophone note that creeps in along with the sound of a pencil dropping, yet another great track. Kevroc's delivery over the track seems reminiscent of Digable Planets, but minus the jazz, he just is riding freely over the beat, all the while not sticking to one particular delivery. X-Ray balances the delivery of Kevroc with not only the sounds described at the beginning, but as a nice break between each verse you hear piano notes being stabbed, and not at random, almost measured in a Thelonious Monk sort of way.
3. Outside Looking In
Xylophones allow the soundscape to breathe as the drums provide the same boom bap blueprint, Kevroc once again serves as the orator supreme for this album's ending. But again, this isn't a normal ending for an album. Symptomatic of a Greater Ill serves more as an opening and closing argument forging as one; in the sense that the album makes a great case for just making great hip-hop music, and not succumbing to unnecessary details. It's very much an in-and-out sort of record, and for "Outside Looking In" to serve as the record's closer is that its the album's strongest statement.
An EP that's technically been almost 30 years in the making, RefinedHype approved emcee e.d.g.e. has finally dropped off his "The 29th Year EP", a project that seamlessly showcases e.d.g.e.'s always quality bars and aggressively creative vision over eight dope tracks.Download: The 29th Year
In addition to relentless rhymes from e.d.g.e., "The 29th Year EP" contains vocals from My City vet Jeff Spec, Claire Mortifee, Dave Ryan and Jaykin, in addition to production from the headliner himself, Roswell, Beewirks, So Sleazy, Con?One and Sichuan. As an added bonus, those who download will find some bonus freeverses. We know, you're welcome. (via Refined Hype)