New York, NY (January 4, 2008) - Been meaning to post this and it just kept getting away from me. Props to hard work for this one, the boy on his grind! Here are the details from Mr. B himself:
…This was a reggaeton show we opened for De La Ghetto on 12/13 at the Crocodile Rock Cafe in Allentown, PA, put together by Solid Ground Entertainment. De La Ghetto is a well-known artist from the Bronx, and his recent jam was with Daddy Yankee called “Talento de Barrio.” The club was packed, about 600 peeps in there. Onstage is myself, Flecha & Richy Boy. We were performing a song called “Esto Es Calle.”
New York, NY (November 20, 2008) - Yung Jerz put together a little something for his joint “Get On My Level” from footage of his recent performances at Wayne Hills for the Patriots football games. Props for this one, rumor has it, there’s another one coming soon.
New York, NY (November 14, 2008) - That’s what’s up! Congrats to Loud.com’s Round 4 Finalist KNONAM. He was recently announced as one of the Top 7 emcees that took part in the Jake One Remix Challenge that we posted about back in September. From KNONAM’s MySpace blog:
Vote for KNONAM 11/14 to 11/17 - This weekend only!
I have just gotten an email from Rhymesayers Ent reading “KNONAM, You are a finalist, congrats!” for the Rhymesayers Jake One Contest. Finalist! Ghea! I made it to the top 7.
From Jake One’s website: “Due to the overwhelming response and the difficult task of narrowing down to just 5, they ended up going with 7 the online voting will be posted Friday November 14th and stay up until the morning of Monday November 17th.
Help me out with as many people to vote as you can please.
Email blast, MySpace messages, whatever! Anything you can do will help.”
Listen to his track “Tilt the Brim,” which should be up and posted later today (November 14th) and available again for listening. Give it a few spins and support your fellow Loud.com user and one of the 10 representatives in the Loud.com $100,000 battle. Cast your vote all weekend www.jakeone.com.
New York, NY (November 11, 2008) – We caught up with the homie Serius Jones last month at SRC and spent some time getting to know a little more about the dude MOST people only know from the battle scene. In his Full Volume segment, duke spits a verse from “Long Time Coming” and a verse off of “The Greatest.” He also gives details of his new short film, “Life Is Serius” and why you should care about his story. Be on the look for the “Serius Bizness” mixtape due out around Thanksgiving, too. Cheah.
In his interview, Serius talks about his new album “Greatness” that he was recently recording in Atlanta that features Needlez and Malay (“Green Light”) as well as the oft-talked about “Life Is Serius,” now liberated from DTP and preparing for the many battles earlier in his career. His analogy to why the DTP situation soured is especially interesting.
Check out the trailer for his short film, “Live Is Serius” here:
New York, NY (October 28, 2008) – Akon was up in SRC/Universal for a press day (more footage to come), and we sat down with the Konvict and talked some of his favorite verses. Mentioned within are “Locked Up,” “Ghetto” and an explanation for “Sorry, Blame It On Me.”
Here’s the tracklisting for “Freedom,” dropping December 2nd.
1 Right Now (Na Na Na) 4:01
2 Beautiful feat. Colby O’Donis and Kardinal Offishall 5:13
3 Keep You Much Longer 4:21
4 Troublemaker feat. Sweet Rush 3:59
5 We Don’t Care 4:18
6 I’m So Paid feat. Lil Wayne and Young Jeezy 4:23
7 Holla Holla feat. T-Pain 3:00
8 Against The Grain feat. Ray Lavender 4:04
9 Be With You 3:52
10 Sunny Day feat. Wyclef Jean 5:12
11 Birthmark 4:24
12 Over The Edge 4:29
13 Freedom 4:13
New York, NY (September 23, 2008) – Pacific Division is one of the dopest groups in hip-hop today, period. All three emcees (Like, BeYoung and Mibbs) are dope, the stage presence is ridiculous, they bring a message and a movement wherever they go and most importantly, you feel good when you listen to their music.
They recently inked a deal with Universal, and were in NYC a few weeks ago to meet the people that were going to be working the album. Without much fanfare or notice, they packed out LOVE and did their thing for fans, peers and the Universal staff. We caught up with them outside before they bounced, and they laced us with some of their favorite verses.
Some call them the new Tribe, others hope they reach Outkast proportions. Either way, the music is undeniably good hip-hop. Check:
New York, NY (August 7, 2008) – There’s some emcees that just… when they spit, it gets ugly. Emilio is one of those people. He assaults the English language. If Anderson Silva has command over a “Ballet of Violence” in the UFC, this kid would be the hip-hop equivalent. Peep game as we get to know Emilio a little bit and then strap in while dude gets busy. And it ain’t all just battle rhymes either, kids…
Part 1: The homie from Rochester gives us the latest on his projects and shows.
Part 2: Emilio destroys three of his favorite verses from the lobby of the Radisson Martinique in NYC during the Dynamic Producer Convention. The alphabet didn’t stand a chance…
New York, NY (August 5, 2008) - In a crowded (noisy) lobby last week at the Radisson Martinique NYC outside the Dynamic Producer Conference, Torae came through and chopped it up with us for a minute. These are the results.
What’s impressed me most with the cats that we’ve gotten on this series is how down-to-earth and how hip-hop conscious they are. Now, that’s not to say they couldn’t be superstars given the platform; on the contrary, each of them, from Sky, to Donny, to Asher, to AC, to Propayne, to Torae, to Emilio, to Cerino all have the unique kind of magnetism and charisma needed to connect with an audience. But at the same time, they all seem to be pretty levelheaded dudes.
Part 1 - Torae talks about his album Daily Conversation, his recent European Tour, the Dipset Affiliation and his UMA nomination.
Part 2 - Dude spit three of his favorites at the DP Conference in NY last week. He goes in on “Click,” “Merchants of Dreams,” and “Get It Goin.” The nomination for UMA is obvious. Go in!
New York, NY (July 29, 2008) – End of The Weak, the longest-running weekly open mic in NYC, with established chapters all over the world, is partnering up with Loud.com on August 3rd for a special event. Emcees, producers, breakers and fans should come down to The Pyramid (101 Avenue A between 6th and 7th Street) for a Ladies Night Special event. Host, emcee and co-founder of the event that has produced alumni like C-Rayz Walz, Iron Solomon, Jin and a host of others, chopped it up with us outside the afterparty for Rocksteady 2008. Check the vids below, I’ll have more info in the coming days.
Propayne talks EOW and world domination.
Propayne starts to give us his three favorites, but is appropriately interrupted and goes off in a nearly five minute freestyle.
