DIY Euro Tour Blog #1 “Freestyles, Jazz Clubs, Palm Trees, & Sex Shops”
Check out one of our Favorite MC’s iLLspokinn and his first Video Blog on the DIY Tour. This Vlog features Core Rhythm and some Amazing musicians. Peep the website for FULL VIDEO of the performance www.illspokinn.com
Tracklisting Revealed To Vinnie Paz & Ill Bill’s “Heavy Metal Kings”
Jedi Mind Tricks’ front-man Vinnie Paz and longtime Non-Phixion/La Coka Nostra emcee Ill Bill have long been discussing the release of their collaborative project Heavy Metal Kings. It was announced yesterday that the album is now planned for April 5, 2011 release, through each’s labels, Enemy Soil and Uncle Howie Records.
The 16 track work features production from DJ Muggs, DJ Premier’s protege Gemcrates as well as Ill Bill. Vocal guests will include Reef The Lost Cauze, Q-Unique, Slaine, as well as another Non-Phixion alum, Sabac Red.
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Free Jay Electronica & Pharoahe Monch Performance @ Red Hook Park (Video)
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Mayweather & Pacquiao Fight Almost Finalized
Floyd Mayweather Junior’s superfight with Manny Pacquiao is close to being sealed.
A source close to the negotiations claims that world pound-for-pound king Mayweather is edging nearer to agreeing terms.
The date of March 13 has already been pencilled into the fight diary and the Las Vegas casinos, New Orleans and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones are falling over themselves to stage the showdown which will be the richest fight in history.
Both sides have agreed to a gagging order to reduce the chance of the negotiations being derailed by mud-slinging and talks are said to be progressing well.
Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank set the ball rolling when he met Mayweather’s promoter, Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy, last week.
Arum says he is now flying to see Pacquiao in his Philippines homeland to discuss the terms of a possible deal.
Pacquiao is coming off his latest win over Miguel Cotto and his showdown with Mayweather is expected to be at welterweight again.
This will be an advantage for Mayweather, who has beaten Oscar De La Hoya at light-middleweight, and two fights ago, Pacquiao was campaigning at lightweight.
Pacquiao’s camp are relaxed about the 147lbs-limit for the fight because the Filipino has looked comfortable as he has moved up through the divisions.
The fight to stage the contest is already raging and Jones wants to put it on at his new home for the Cowboys in Arlington, Texas.
The Louisiana Superdome is a long shot and Arum would prefer to see the fight take place in Vegas, where he is based.
He is even looking into the possibility of staging the superfight in 30,000-seater temporary arena on The Strip.
Finally!!!
Red Bull Breakdance Championship, Hosted by KRS-One (Nov 18 @ 7pm)
Hammerstein Ballroom
311 West 34th Street
New York, NY 10001
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A Run-DMC Musical?
According to the New York Times, producer Paula Wagner is working with Joseph “Run” Simmons, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, and the family of Jason “Jam Master Jay” Mizell to create a musical based on the musical career of Hip Hop legends Run-DMC.
Not only will the musical feature classic tracks from Run-DMC, but Simmons and McDaniels are also planning on creating new music for the project.
“Their lyrics and their music is infectious,” Paula Wagner told the New York Times. “It’s vibrant, it’s alive. Who they are and what they did was a culturally defining moment. It embraced everybody.”
A graduate of the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, Wagner has served as an agent and a producer and has even had several of her own plays published.
“Their work speaks to everybody and the story of their rise to fame is innately theatrical,” said Wagner.
From their humble beginnings in Hollis, Queens Run DMC have created quite the legacy. Their records have sold millions and earlier this year they were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.
iLLsPoKiNn & Dave Cinquegrana of “Spokinn Movement” Giving You Some Acoustic Magic
iLL & Dave rockin “Time” (from the Spokinn Movement’s Debut Album ”60 Min. Spin Cycle”) Live in the Living Room. Preview for their Sept. 24th Acoustic set at ELLA Lounge. Annekei also Performing. Get at iLL! - Click
Shout outs to iLL & Spokinn Movement
The Last Hip Hop Show @ The Knitting Factory
Live : Rakim, Black Thought, Keith Murray & Just Ice
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