Wes' sorta-Weekly Hip Hop News Roundup (June 15, 2007)

MUSIC

• Speaking of Saigon, go here to download his new Scram Jones mixtape.
• Download the new Dujeous mixtape, Game 7 featuring John Legend, Lily Allen, Immortal Technique, Joe Holiday, The Game, Ice T, Grandmaster Caz & Mark Ronson.
• Kanye West ft. John Mayer - Bittersweet, Mayer infiltrates Hip Hop again. Ok results this time.
• CLASSIC Bizmarkie/Redman Freestyle (circa 1990) for download.
• The UK's Dizzee Rascal get Houston's UGK to feature on 'Where's Da G's'.
• Sean Price & Buckshot keep it rough on 'Frankenstein".
• Big Shug & DJ Premier team up to bring us 'Play It'.

• Chuck D speaks and gives us quite a few quotables.
• Blue Scholars released a new video for 'Back Home' off their new album Bayani.
• From Jazzmatazz Volume 4, Guru ft. Common - State of Clarity comes in the form of an animated video.
• UGK & Outkast star in the re-upped 'International Player’s Anthem' video

SHOWS

6/15 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Tribute To Grandmaster Flash & Furious Five ft Fat Joe, Doug E. Fresh, Slick Rick @ Paradise Theater, 8pm, tix

6/15 DMX @ B.B. King's Blues Club & Grill, 11.30pm, tix

06/15 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Tribute To Grandmaster Flash & Furious Five @ Paradise Theater, Bronx (tix)

6/17 Pharoah Monche @ Apple Store (Soho)

6/23 3rd Annual Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival ft Ghostface, Consequence, Skillz and more. (info).

6/29 Pharoahe Monch, Black Milk @ Highline Ballroom, 11.30PM, tix

7/10 Kanye West @ Mohegan Sun Arena (CT), 7pm, tix.

07/28 & 29 - Rock the Bells w/ Wu Tang and many others @ Randall's Island

07/29 - "Wild Style 25th Anniversary Reunion" Central Park SummerStage ft Busy Bee, Cold Crush Brothers, DJ Grand Wizzard Theodore & Grand Master Caz

07/19 Arrested Development @ Von King Park (Brooklyn)

07/25 Kurtis Blow/DJ GrandWizzard Theodore/Ralph McDaniel @ Crotona Park (Bronx)

07/31 Whodini @ Queensbridge Park (Manhattan)

08/03 Lyricist Lounge With KRS-One, Ladybug Mecca, and more @ Prospect Park Bandshell. (info)

08/08 Biz Markie/DJ Lovebug starski @ Jackie Robinson Park (Manhattan)

08/09 Slick Rick/DJ Red Alert @ Marcus Garvy Park (Manhattan)

Paid Dues Festival - 2007 Tour Dates*
07-25 - Chicago, IL - Congress Theater
07-27 - Baltimore, MD - Pier 6 Pavillion
07-28 - New York, NY - Randall‘s Island
07-29 - New York, NY - Randall‘s Island
07-31 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue (2 shows)
08-01 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue (2 shows)
08-04 - Eugene, OR - Secret Vineyard
08-05 - San Francisco, CA - Bill Graham Civic Center
08-07 - Denver, CO - Red Rocks Pavillion
08-10 - Mesa, AZ - Mesa Ampitheater
08-11 - San Bernadino, CA - NOS Events Center
* Feat. Felt, Living Legends, Sage Francis, Cage, Brother Ali, Blueprint, Hangar 18, Mr. Lif and more.

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