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Headliner : Join Forces / Japan Benefit Show
Day Of Show Ticket Price : $10.00
Venue : Red Owl
With Special Guests : Writers Guild * The Insects * Avenue Of The Arts Crew * Cut Throat Logic
Door Time : 8:00 PM
Age Restrictions : 21+
About : Benefit Show for the relief efforts going on in Japan after a 9.0 Magnitude Earthquake hit 81miles off the coast of Japan on March 11th.
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The world of hip-hop is a brutal one, especially the underground/independent scene. Ron Braunstein who is better known to the world of rap as Necro has paved himself a path in the scene of independent hip-hop for quite a while now, since the early to mid-nintey’s. Now, the artist is expanding his [...]
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Secondhand Sureshots is a filmed experiment in creative sound recycling. Dublab Dublab directors Bryan “Morpho†Younce & Mark “frosty” McNeill sent beatmakers Daedelus, Nobody, J.Rocc and Ras G on safari into L.A. thrift stores with orders to make new music out of five finds while the cameras filmed the whole process. The result is a mini-documentary about putting new life into old vinyl. Over 2 hours of footage, music & bonus material.
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Ohmega Watts is the quiet hero that reminds us all that hip-hop is a positive force to be reckoned with. His use of real instrumentation along with traditional beat producing tactics blend so smoothly that you would be hard pressed to differentiate the two. Lyrically he showcases his I.Q. and ability to stick to a [...]
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The idea for Sol.illaquists of Sound started in 2002, when MC Swamburger (Asaan Brooks) began having weekly meetings and discussions in his Orlando, FL, home about not only music but also community involvement, spirituality, and veganism. A friend of his, producer and MPC player DiViNCi (Glen Valencia), with whom he had already recorded material, attended [...]
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Rhymesayers Entertainment has done it again with fresh over the top concept packaging for the Freeway and Jake One release of “The Stimulus Package”. Every album has 4 Freeway Bills, 4 Jake One Bills, with lyrics and liner notes on the backsides, a wallet to stuff them into, plus a download card with the Instrumentals. [...]
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The Chicharones, composed of Sleep of Oldominion and Josh Martinez, have kept fans, tour action, sales, and respect during a 3 year group hiatus, between solo releases. Since releasing their last album When Pigs Fly (Camobear Records 2006), they have toured the world ten times over, collaborated with the who’s who of underground pop, released [...]
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Rap was born in the Bronx, but its roots stretch back to Africa and Jamaica. Now, New York rapper Nas and reggae artist Damian Marley are collaborating on an album that traces those origins.
“Rap is sort of like a form of talking,” Nas tells NPR’s Guy Raz. “It’s like you can hear the slaves doing [...]
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Please fast forward to about 45:00 to get to the performance.
RZA and The Black Keys did an appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to showcase the project BLAKROC. The project is indie rocker band The Black Keys doing collaborations with the likes of RZA, MOS DEF, Raekwon, Q-Tip, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, [...]






