One Year

My own personal photo I took on August 1, 2009

Event: Salute the DJ, Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival | July 8th (NYC)

As part of Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival Week 2010, Brooklyn Bodega, will present "Salute the DJ" a night to honor the DJ as the human conduit for Hip-Hop music and culture on July 8th, 9pm-1am at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. Tickets are $10. Purchase here.

This event will be broken down into two sections:


The first will see Bobbito, DJ Spinna and Waajeed rock solo sets and then go record-for-record, spinning the best Soul, Hip-Hop, Jazz, House classics and whatever flavor they pull from the crates.

The second will feature a four turntable extravaganza with DJ Rob Swift of The X-ecutioners and DJ Rhettmatic of the Beat Junkies. These world renowned and champion Turntablists will whip the crowd into a frenzy by displaying turntable wizardry on the wheels of steel.

For a complete listing of Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival Week of events, including the Bodega Education Initiative honoring J Dilla and festival headliners De La Soul, visit www.bkhiphopfestival.com.

Event: NBA Draft Party @ Amnesia With DJ CLUE & DJ Suss.One | Tomorrow 6/24 (NYC)

THE NBA DRAFT PARTY

HD Thursdays with DJ SUSS.ONE & DJ CLUE

ALONGSIDE DJ K Black

HOSTED BY:

NBA Rookie Of The Year - Tyreke Evans

NBA Champion - Ron Artest

& Elton Brand of the NBA

@

CLUB AMNESIA

609 West 29th Street - New York, NY

 

RSVP:

http://www.nbadraftparty.com/

NewArtistSpotlight & IM3Media presents The Comeback "Philly Style" | June 30th

NewArtistSpotlight will host The Comeback: Philly Style, its first annual Black Music Month showcase in the city of Philadelphia. The event will consist of an evening of tributes to Philadelphia's biggest and brightest stars of black music and will take place on Wednesday, June 30th 2010 from 7pm-11pm at The Bonnel Auditorium (Community College of Philadelphia) located at 1700 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, PA 19130. The Tickets are $20 each with 18+ admission ($15 discounted tickets are available with C.C.P. ID card). Tickets can be purchased online or at the door on the day of the event.

Local artists and musicians will perform original music as well as numbers from world-famous Philadelphians like Teddy Pendergrass, Jill Scott, Boyz II Men, Eve, Bilal, Black Thought (The Roots), and many more. The event will be hosted by Laiya and will include a number of high-profile invited guests, including special honoree Dyana Williams.

Scheduled Performers include: Rosie Bonds, Ron Draper, Finesse, Hedonis da Amazon, J-Mal, Jamai, Alexis Joi, Lloyd, Latasha Morris, Verso, Lydia Renee, Toby, Corey Wims, and more.
For more information visit IM3media.com.

Fu-Schnickens feat.Shaquille O'Neal - What's Up Doc (1993)

I still think Shaq is the best athlete to ever grab a mic. I could actually sit through his songs without laughing. I also liked Dana Barros that used to play for Boston. Who remembers the "NBA Best Kept Secret" album??? Anywho this was my song back in the summer of 93.

Remember I said I wasn't on the Plies train...

Last week went to check out "Get Him to the Greek" (which I enjoyed) with my friend Ms. Philadelphia @OnlyNeka and she played the album the whole ride there. I found a new appreciation for the guy. I can appreciate a guy willing to take care of his woman to the point she doesn't have to spend a quarter and he'll pay for her trips with her girlfriends and her momma and they can stay as long as they want. I don't know any rapper that talks like that. Usually its about kicking a woman out the house at 6am and just maybe they can sip champagne with you in VIP while rockin your chain. So it was a breath of fresh air to hear hip hop/rap music about actually taking care of your woman.

Ladies wanting your man to provide for you does not make you a golddigger. Yes, you can provide for yourself and help bring home the bacon, but shit having a productive teammate wins championships. You can't do everything on your own and if you have someone in your life that is willing to go all out for you, don't take that or them for granted because they don't have to it and that applies to the fellas to. Be grateful if your blessed to be in a productive and overall positive relationship. Two weeks ago I never would've thought Plies would inspire this sort of topic but he has, so I'll keep my C. Delores turban in the closet for now, LOL.

N*E*R*D Show @ Brooklyn Bowl

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Lupe Fiasco came thru and performed his verse from "Everyone Nose" then spazzed on stage for the rest of the show. It was dope!

If you've never seen N.E.R.D live, you should go check them out at least once or twice or three, four, five times until its like you have season tickets or some shit.

Okay, that's the end of my info-torial, lol.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend. Stay Fresh!

Pac's B-day passed while I was on hiatus...gotta show love as always!!!

Its always good to hear Pac speak. These are interviews from 1996 with VIBE Magazine. He would have been 39 on June 16th.

DD172 & Adidas Present BluRoc Festival @ Brooklyn Bowl | June 21

This will be a show featuring 12 of BluRoc's artists. 

Show starts at 8pm. Doors Open at 6pm. Tickets are $5.  Age: 21+

***Click Here for Tickets!!!***

Performances by:

Curren$y

Snakes Say Hiss

Smoke Dza

Rugz D. Bewler

Sean O'Connell

Tabi Bonney

McKenzie Eddy

Big Krit

Stalley

Fanesha Fabre

Ski Beatz

Trademark

DJ Wordy

 

BluRoc Festival from Creative Control on Vimeo.

Truth Hurts f/ Rakim "Addictive"

Realizing I don't have a song or album for the Summer just yet. Thought I would be rockin out to N.E.R.D all Summer (pushed back). Not really looking forward to anything else. Not on the Drake train, Plies train, Rick Ross train, Game train or Diddy train, literally. So its all about old shit for me now. I've been on the year 2002 this week, here is one of my favs. Enjoy Your Weekend!

Can A Sista Rock A Mic? Music & Arts Fest :: Kicks Off Next Week (WDC)

Wednesday June 9

:CASRAM GRAND OPENING:

DIONNE FARRIS and LEAH SMITH

Hosted by W. Ellington Felton

@ Liv (Washington, DC)

2001 U Street Northwest (11th & U Streets)

Washington, DC 20001

7:30PM-11PM

18&up

$15 adv tix, more at door

dionnefarris.eventbrite.com

For Additional Festival Information log on to :

http://www.canasistarockamic.com/

M.I.A x Nylon TV

M.I.A also graces the cover of the June/July issue of Nylon on newsstands now. Check out the cover story here!

HHM Specials {Served Hot or Cold}

APPETIZERS

RadioPlanet.TV - N.E.R.D. and Hot College Chicks!? Chad vs Tiger Woods?! Pharrell Levitates?! Shay Speaks?!
http://www.radioplanet.tv/nerd-shade-45-interview/

DD172 - Curren$y “Pilot Talk” Album Artwork
http://www.dd172newyork.com/blog/?p=353

ENTREES

Alienated Conclusions - What If Black Women Were White Women?
http://nerdsevolving.blogspot.com/2009/08/what-black-women-were-white-women.html

Vigilant Citizen - *New* When Insiders Expose the Ugly Side of the Entertainment Industry
http://vigilantcitizen.com/?p=3925

[*Also Check Out*] Mind Control Theories and Techniques used by Mass Media http://vigilantcitizen.com/?p=3571