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by BBG

Q-Tip at Rock The Bells (more by Eric Townsend)
Q-Tip

This week is devoted to hip hop and specifically Brooklyn hip hop, with the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival ongoing and a "Salute To The DJ" event slated for TONIGHT at Music Hall of Williamsburg. Juice Crew mastermind Marley Marl will be on hand the headline the event, bringing along Grand Wizzard Theodore, Mista Sinista, Chairman Mao, Roli Rho (5th Platoon), Twilite Tone, and Getlive, all hosted by Duck Down representative Torae. Tickets are still available. We also have a pair you can win. Details and set times below.

Friday (7/15) will mean the Bodega Recognition Awards at Sheraton Brooklyn, which will "recognize and celebrate positive contributions to Hip Hop Music and Culture", but Saturday is the big celebration. Over two stages and during two events, BHHF will see performances from Lords of The Underground, Q-Tip, K-Salaam, MOP, Shad, Diamond District, Random Axe, and many more from noon until 9PM. That's split into the Family Day celebration (12 - 3) and the subsequent show at Brooklyn Bridge Park (6- 9). Full festival details are below, and tickets to the Main Stage performances are still available.

Shad's appearance is one of a few scheduled for the coming weeks, as he'll skip around the US and Canada in the coming months. Full tour schedule is below.

Though it isnt part of the BHHF, Company Flow is decidedly hip hop AND from Brooklyn. The crew plays with The Juggaknots at a sold-out Santos on Saturday.

All Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival details, Shad tour dates, and some videos below.

Continue reading "Brooklyn Hip Hop Fest is underway, Shad is on tour (dates)"

posted at 3:55 PM on July 14, 2011 in hiphop | music | tour dates | Comments (3)

by BBG

Tanya Morgan is a (good) rap group. (more by Paul Birman)
Tonya Morgan

Much like CMJ last year, we are proud to announce our sponsorship of the Audible Treats SXSW showcase at The Independent (501 Brushy Street) on March 20th! The Austin show will feature some of of the brightest in independent hip hop including the incredible Black Milk, bonafide hip hop legends Black Sheep and the rhyming 2/3 of Tanya Morgan! Full lineup is as follows:

Audible Treats 2010 SXSW Showcase lineup
Black Milk
Black Sheep
Donwill & Von Pea (Tanya Morgan)
Diamond District
Crown Royale (Buff1 and DJ Rhettmatic)
League510
One Be Lo (of Binary Star)
Ill-Literacy
Truthlive
Bisco Smith
Amp Live (Zion I)

Black Milk, who along with Buckshot and Torae, also plays Attitude Adjustment at Red 7 in Austin on 3/20, is prepping to release his new LP, Album of The Year, the follow-up to the incredible Tronic which impacted in 2008. He'll also appear at SXSW as a member of Random Axe, the supergroup which will team him with Sean Price and Guilty Simpson. Random Axe have a new LP on the way too.

Dres of Black Sheep is scheduled to play SOB's TONIGHT (3/11), as well as on May 21st with Naughty By Nature at Brooklyn Masonic Temple (as a member of Black Sheep). Tickets are on sale.

Donwill will drop his solo LP Don Cusack in High Fidelity shortly after the SXSW show.

Diamond District is the meeting of Oddisee, YU, and XO, and they released their critically acclaimed debut In The Ruff last year.

Crown Royale is the new project featuring Buff1 with legendary turntablist DJ Rhettmatic. The duo recently completed mixing their debut LP.

One Be Lo will regroup with Binary Star to team up with DJ Abilities, Donny Goines, and Nyle at Knitting Factory on April 28th. Tickets are on sale.

SXSW show fliers and some videos are below...

Continue reading "Black Sheep playing Brooklyn (w/ Naughty by Nature) & the Audible Treats SXSW showcase w/ Black Milk, others (lineup)"

posted at 3:57 PM on March 11, 2010 in hiphop | music | tour dates | Comments (5)