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Wes' Weekly Hip Hop News Roundup | (Feb 28, 2007)
First some MP3s by hip hop artists playing SXSW....
DOWNLOAD: Bigg Jus - Illustrations Of Hieronymus (NYC) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Brother Ali - Truth Is (Minneapolis) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Buck 65 - Kennedy Killed the Hat (Canada) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Cadence Weapon - Sharks (Canada) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Dujeous - Sometimes (NYC) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Doujah Raze - Hard Times (Brooklyn) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Deaf in the Family - Who Are You (Brooklyn) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Junk Science - Do It Easy (Brooklyn) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Kidz in the Hall - Wheelz Fall Off (Chicago) (MP3)
Slick Rick @ Knitting Factory, NYC - Feb 9, 2007 (CRED)
Angry Citizen has a review of the Slick Rick show. Prefix's Dave Park was at a DJ Premier tribute on February 13th. Prefix was also at the Clipse show that happened in Cambridge, Mass Tuesday night. All Clipse dates here.
SXSW
A ton of hip hop related artists will be appearing at SXSW this year. Aesop Rock, Cage, El-P, Masta Killah, Sage Francis, Diplo, Pete Rock, Devin The Dude, and The Pack to name a few - plus all the artists whose MP3s are linked above. Check out the full list at SXSW's site. Ghostface & Rakim aren't on the list, but they'll be in Austin too. Speaking of Ghostface, he'll be working with Postal Service.
EL-P
El-P announced five shows "in support of the release of his anticipated sophomore release 5 years in the making: 'I'll Sleep When You're Dead'"
March 19th - Miami - Studio A"A full U.S tour will come in May".
March 22nd - NYC - Bowery Ballroom
March 23rd - Chicago - Logan Square Auditorium
March 25th - San Francisco - Mezzanine
March 26th - Los Angeles - Troubadour
"Flyentology" by El-P with Trent Reznor was released on iTunes last week.
BROTHER ALI
Brother Ali, Psalm One, BK One & OneBeLo are playing the Knitting Factory March 3rd. Tickets on sale. All tour dates here.
MORE DOWNLOADS
The Rap Up has a "Classic" track by Nas, Kanye, Rakim & KRS-One.
And now I'm just going to refer you to six of the best Hip Hop blog posts in the history of the Internet ---> OhWord presents "50 Incredible Rap Songs You Need To Hear"...
Their descriptions are great too.MORE NEWS
One of the worst-producers-ever recorded a terrible diss record against one of the best-producers-ever. It was a reaction to Timbaland's Give It To Me Song/Video. Timbaland also reveals the cover to his upcoming album.
Keep reading....
The NY Times speaks on the DJ Drama arrests.
XXL Magazine asks a valid question: What is wrong with Busta Rhymes?
Read this great article on album cover art and compare some great inspired covers to their inspiration.
"One can hardly imagine the genre-busting, culture-crossing musical magic of Outkast, Prince, Erykah Badu, Rick James, The Roots, or even the early Red Hot Chili Peppers without the influence of R&B pioneer Betty Davis." Ice Cube, Talib Kweli, and Ludacris have rhymed over Betty Davis tracks. They Say I'm Different and Betty Davis were both recently re-mastered and re-released, by Light In The Attic Records, for the first time ever since the 1970's with special unreleased bonus tracks.
AOL Music presents Black Music Milestones
Somewhat of a travesty: MTV made a list of the Greatest Hip Hop groups ever.
Pitchfork reviews Ultimate Breaks & Beats: The Complete Collection.
Wu Tang Clan is playing some shows with Rage Against the Machine.
Cadence Weapon signed to Epitaph.
Public Enemy is coming to a town near you.
Tim Fite is giving his album away for free.
Hip Hop @ Joe's Pub
Mon 3/12 Plan B - 7.30pm $15
Tue 3/20 Jahi - 11.30pm $10
Videos
* Watch Jay-Z's new video for the Katrina inspired Minority Report.
* Watch 50 Cent's video for Funeral Music, aimed to end Cam'ron's career. Funny stuff.
* Watch Cam'ron weak reply video.
* Watch Talib Kweli's new video More Or Less here
* Watch Lupe Fiasco's live in-studio performance of Sunshine here. Full band!
* Watch Wu Tang affiliate Bronze Nazareth's video for Iconoclasts feature Vast Aire here. Upcoming album Wisemen Approaching out soon.
* Watch DJ Shadow's , 'This Time (I'm Gonna Try It My Way)'
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Posted on February 28, 2007 2:34 PM
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I'd like to add that a group called "The Wisemen" dropped an album this week that features guest appearances by the GZA, Killah Priest, Vast Aire, and Planet Asia. The album is called "Wisemen Approaching," and it's not too shabby.
Posted by Brian | February 28, 2007 3:03 PM
50 end Cam's career? That's a joke. I thought D-Block already ended 50 and it looks like Cam's got him again. Hopefully Brooklyn Vegan will end your career.
Lupe is the truth.
Posted by Anonymous | February 28, 2007 3:14 PM
Hey, I was at that Clipse show as well and posted a review and tons of photos. Any chance I could get a link up there as well?
Typical Indie Rock College Kid:
http://tirck.blogspot.com
Posted by jason | February 28, 2007 3:19 PM
I support BV ending Wes' career.
Posted by Anonymous | February 28, 2007 3:29 PM
lol you guys have to start reading better
"* Watch 50 Cent's video for Funeral Music, aimed to end Cam'ron's career. Funny stuff."
I say he is aiming to end his career, not ending his career. I'm not a 50 fan, or a Cam fan for that matter, so I didn't put any judgement in there. Just said it was funny.
Posted by wes | February 28, 2007 3:53 PM
wes is just great. really fabulous. something special.
fuck the haters.
Posted by belinda | February 28, 2007 4:07 PM
yeah wes, fuck the haters. you're really the only reason i read BV anymore.
you and the enlightening discussions on Dick Manitoba and Caribou.
Posted by nick | February 28, 2007 4:14 PM
and btw.. hooray for cadence weapon getting signed to epitaph. maybe a cadence weapon/coup tour could bein the works?
Posted by nick | February 28, 2007 4:15 PM
'Cam's weak reply'...true, no judgement at all.
Posted by Anonymous | February 28, 2007 4:25 PM
Wes is the man, nuff said.
Posted by AC | February 28, 2007 5:35 PM
Wes is the man, nuff said.
Posted by AC | February 28, 2007 5:37 PM
That Buck 65 track is amazing!
Posted by Mark B. | February 28, 2007 6:13 PM
need more diss tracks.
Posted by david. | March 1, 2007 12:48 AM
I donno where Wes' ears are, but they're sleeping on the Brooklyn scence. No word on the Mos Def @ BAM concert. He's sleeping on the best funky, concious jazz-rock-guitar-metal-hip-hop BaNd of the Year: ADM (myspace.com/theadmband)
He's giving love to PE and some oldskool cats. It's all good he just has to keep those ears open.
Posted by Darius | March 2, 2007 2:33 AM
I actually included three links to reviews for Mos Def's BAM concert in last week's post which unfortunately ended up not making it to a screen near you due to unforeseen circumstances. felt it wasn't timely enough for this week's post
i'm aware of adm, my own band was featured in the magazine that just featured adm as well, beyond race, so my ears are open, at least on that one
Posted by wes | March 2, 2007 2:15 PM