Our old school boys are dropping liek flies.
i loved Heavy early 80’s flow. The sound was unmistakable. He was a classic artist.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/heavy-d-dead-at-44-20111108
My favorite videos are pasted below.
Heavy D & The Boyz - Nuttin' But Love
If you are a fan of grafitti or street art or if you watched the recently aired ‘Graffiti Wars’ on UK’s Channel 4, you know who King Robbo is.
Proceeds go to help out Robbo and his family.
1pm - midnight Sunday 4th September 2011
@ Cargo Courtyard, 83 Rivington Street, London EC2A 3AY
(Old Street Tube)
Minimum donation £5 in advance or on the door
ALL PROCEEDS GO TO THE ROBBO FUND
8pm Auction hosted by John Nicholson.
(Private/ Public Preview at Pure Evil Gallery 1st-3rd September)
Look like the Hit Squad have realized how much Euros are worth. Following on from the EPMD show, now its DAS EFX turn.
the blurb
SUNDAY 9TH OCTOBER
TICKETS £15 IN ADVANCE
DOORS FROM 7:00PM
“Debut jazz cafe show for legendary 90’s hip-hop group”
Das EFX is an American hip hop duo. It consists of emcees SKOOB & KRAZY DRAYZY, They rose to popularity in the early 1990s due to their affiliation with EPMD's Hit Squad. The duo gained critical and commercial fame with the release of their landmark debut album, Dead Serious, which highlighted their unusual rapping style which they nicknamed "sewage". Dead Serious went platinum and its lead single, "They Want EFX," reached the top ten on the U.S. Billboard R&B chart, the Top 40 on the Billboard.
As their career progressed, however, Das EFX's once-distinctive and unique lyrical delivery became more commonplace as other artists, including a young Jay-Z, imitated it. Derailed by the popularity of their own style, the duo slowed down their fast-paced flow, eliminated the iggedy suffix and downplayed their cartoonish content on their second album, Straight Up Sewaside.
The rest is history...
Tickets available here.
Billed as a Roots after party, this has been an annual event.
Last year Questlove went on to teh early hours with a great selection of soul, funk and hip-hop tracks
?uestlove aftershow party
@ East Village
10pm-4am Saturday 19th August 2011
Venue: East Village, 89 Great Eastern St, EC2A 3HX
Info : www.thedoctorsorders.com
Friday 19th August
click for info
Update 15/08/2011
SOLD out !
Event date:
20 August 2011
Event time:
9pm - 3am
Event venue:
The CAMP
70-74 Old Street, London, EC1Y 2BJ
Event main guest:
Mr Shiver (Unsung Heroes / SDM)
Event era:
1996
This a regular under rated monthly event, which is always a good night. And its free!
This month the Chris Read and company are celebrating the Hip Hop of 1996. Listen to the accompanying mix here.
It looks like the whole Dogg Pound (bar Nate Dogg RIP) will be at this London weekend festival. Should be a good live performance.
Music video by Heavy D & The Boyz from 1989. A single from the album Living Large, released in 1987.
Staying on the EPMD tip, this the funniest video from the album with crazy guitar riff and a great beat.
1st track from 1989’s Unfinished Business is the second album from Hip Hop duo EPMD. Released in 1989, the album built upon the success of the group's previous album Strictly Business, which was released the previous year. The lead single, "So Wat Cha Sayin'," was the only charting single released from the album. In 1998 the album was selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums[1] and, in 2005, was ranked #7 on comedian Chris Rock's Top 25 Hip-Hop Albums of all time list for Rolling Stone magazine.[2]
The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on October 16, 1989. It was one of three albums that Priority/EMI Records acquired from Sleeping Bag Records when it ceased operations in 1991.
Samples include
A super group composed of Buckshot, Masta Ace and Special Ed Brooklyn, New York City. Their one and only record was "Crooklyn," produced by Q-Tip, and was featured in the 1994 film Crooklyn. It contains scratch samples from "Who Got Da Props?" by Black Moon and "The Place Where We Dwell" by Gang Starr. It also features samples of a radio broadcast of a Brooklyn Dodgers game. The music video featured appearances by Brooklyn-born athletes Michael Jordan and Mike Tyson
They appeared in three separate incarnations since 1994. The first two incarnations recorded for the soundtracks for Spike Lee films, Crooklyn and Clockers, respectively. The theme connecting The Crooklyn Dodgers songs, aside from the Spike Lee films which they were made for, is the topic matter, which tends to comment on the state of affairs in and around urban New York, as well as other issues affecting everyday life; as Jeru Dodgers game.
A video from the album Unfinished Business is the second album from Hip Hop duo EPMD. Released in 1989, the album built upon the success of the group's previous album Strictly Business, which was released the previous year. The lead single, "So Wat Cha Sayin'," was the only charting single released from the album. In 1998 the album was selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums[1] and, in 2005, was ranked #7 on comedian Chris Rock's Top 25 Hip-Hop Albums of all time list for Rolling Stone magazine.[2]
The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on October 16, 1989. It was one of three albums that Priority/EMI Records acquired from Sleeping Bag Records when it ceased operations in 1991.
Samples in the record include;
My favorite part of this video is all the east coast stars in the video, including Ice-Cube, Easy-E. It was all love in the 80’s
EPMD one of my personal Greatest of All time groups on the 18th of February. The raw
lyrics, spartan beats and business based albums defined an era. Don’t miss this one.
The blurb
Saturday 19th February 2011 (Doors 7pm)
@ The HMV Forum Kentish Town
9-17 Highgate Road, Kentish Town, London NW5 1JY
TICKETS £18.50 (+booking)
While the word legend gets thrown around with little regard these days it is fair to say that EPMD have truly earned the title through a consistent catalogue of genre shaping classics.. With the release of seven brilliant albums over a twenty year period there are few acts in Hip-Hop that have such a proven track record.
The combination of Eric Sermon & Parrish Smith is more than a sum of it’s parts and with the backing of the incredible DJ and the producer responsible for many bangers for EPMD and Busta Rhymes DJ Scratch they will be plowing through all-time Hip-Hop classics such as ‘You’re The Customer’, ‘Richter Scale’, ‘You Gots To Chill’ and more. As suggested by the titles of all of their albums these founders of the Hit Squad are all about business and it is live that all of their years of experience in the business come to the fore so this is the place to be in London for any real Hip-Hop fans.
Joining EPMD on stage are London’s equivalent in terms of class, experience and longevity Skitz & Rodney P. Having cut his teeth with the legendary London Posse, whose first release was actually a year before EPMD’s, Rodney P has been at the forefront of the UK Hip-Hop scene and secured that position through his longtime collaborative partnership with DJ / Producer Skitz.
The audience will also be blessed with sets from Spin Doctor who will be setting the mood with his own brand of Hip-Hop and soul gems.
10pm - 4am Friday 21st January 2011
@ Plan B, 418 Brixton Road, London SW9 7AY
A Tribe Called Quest member doing an exclusive set, in London. Expect some classics.
The blurb
Queens Natives A Tribe Called Quest came to reshape the Hip-Hop scene with the release of their classic five albums that all pushed the soulful Jazz drenched sounds that became a trademark not only of their sound but also of Golden Era Hip-Hop on the whole. With a catalogue of stone wall classics such as ‘Can I Kick It’, ‘Award Tour’, ‘Electric Relaxation’ ‘Scenario’, ‘Bonita Applebum” and the Dilla produced ‘Stressed Out’. Having recently reformed to tour and with a documentary on the band due to be released shortly Tribe are now back on top of the game where they belong.
As well his work with Tribe Ali was a founding member of the production outfit The Ummah, alongside Q-Tip and J-Dilla, which produced not only for Tribe but also Busta Rhymes, D’Angelo and Janet Jackson. He then went on to show and even more soulful side of his work in founding Lucy Pearl alongside Raphael Sadeeq and Dawn Robinson. With this wealth of musical experience behind him this exclusive DJ set it sure to take a guaranteed packed house through a great journey of Hip-Hop, R&B, Soul and beyond.
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