This is an amazing mix I came across some time back. It mixes Talib Kweli lyrics with Dub reggae. It sounds clean like a studio album and came in 2010. Produced by Max Tannone, who also made a few other great mix/mashups, most notably one with Mos Def and more Dub reggae (my favorite, which I'll post too) .
Listen!
Talib Kweli has been a king of New York hip-hop who has an expansive international audience for over fifteen years. Kweli’s work with Mos Def on 'Black Star' (1998) still stands as one of hip-hop’s premiere expressions of truth. On 'Train of Thought',Kweli teamed up with Hi-Tek to form Reflection Eternal, a virtuoso hip-hop duo that continues to wow audiences and critics alike. In 2007, Kweli and DJ/Producer/MC Madlib gave their fans 'Liberation' - originally released free on the internet - an album that was filled with their joint love of the music they make and the respect their fans give them.
Website:http://www.yearoftheblacksmith.com/
Tickets to the show £26.75 and £44.75 Available here and from other resellers
http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/event/1F00478787428FD5?
9-17 Highgate Road
NW5 1JY
London
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
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Update 15/08/2011
SOLD out !
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