Rock the Bells
Busta Rhymes - free mixtapes, free NYC album-release show
DOWNLOAD: Busta Rhymes & Superstar Jay – Feeding The Streets (Zipped MP3, Sharebee)
DOWNLOAD: Busta Rhymes – I Bullshit You Not (Zipped MP3, Sendspace)
Busta & life partner Spliff Starr on their BS (more by Zach Stern)
Please say the following line at the top of your lungs, and with a pinched nose: “CYPHA, DON’T GET GASSED…
Rock The Bells adds acts & names venues ++ tix on pre-sale
Busta Rhymes enjoying a smoke at Knitting Factory (more by Zach Stern)
You know what they say… you gotta spend money to make it. With that in mind, I guess it makes alot of sense that Rock The Bells is spendin’ “Arab Money” to add a pair of big guns (Busta Rhymes and The GZA) to their previously announced lineup of Nas & Damien Marley, Common, The Roots, RZA, Raekwon, and others…
Rock The Bells announces 2009 hip hop fest/tour lineup
Nas @ Rock The Bells 2008 in Jones Beach (more by villageslum.com)
OK, so it’s not as much a big bang as last year (A Tribe Called Quest reunion) or the one before (Rage Against The Machine reunion), but Rock The Bells 2009 does have some interesting artists on the lineup…
MURS - new & free albums & 2008 Tour Dates
DOWNLOAD: MURS & 9th Wonder – Sweet Lord album (ZIP file)
MURS & 9th Wonder
One of my favorite left-coast rhymers, MURS, recently came through with Rock The Bells…
Rock The Bells @ Jones Beach, pics & video, TONS of guests
Q-Tip with A Tribe Called Quest at Rock The Bells, 8/3/08 (villageslum.com)
King Khan pretty much ruled, but maybe, the award for show of the day could go to Rock The Bells at Jones Beach…
Rock the Bells Sunday set times, new music by Q-Tip
Q-Tip, Maryland, 7/27/08, and lookie what he’s wearing… (seoulchild)
“The Abstract”, aka Q-Tip, has announced The Renaissance – due October 14th (but let’s not hold our breath)…
The Cool Kids - 2008 Tour Dates & "The Bake Sale" EP
Early on The Cool Kids established their own “Creating Art for Kids Everywhere” recordings – the label under which the duo have written, record, and produced all their own music…
T.I., Rock the Bells & other hip hop shows & tickets on sale
The T.I. show at United Palace is on sale. Rock the Bells hip hop festival tickets are on sale, and tickets are still available for Rock the Bells’ cousin Paid Dues at Nokia Theatre…
Rock The Bells (Tribe Called Quest) presales
FEATURING: A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, NAS, MOS DEF, THE PHARCYDE, DE LA SOUL, METHOD MAN & REDMAN, RAEKWON & GHOSTFACE, IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE, DEAD PREZ, MURS, SPANK ROCK, WALE, JAY ELECTRONICA, SANTOGOLD, COOL KIDS, B…
Spank Rock, Santogold, Kid Sister, Amanda Blank, The Cool Kids, & Flosstradamus playing Rock the Bells too
“Spank rock isn’t real hip hop , it would be disrepectful to have him on the same bill as Rakim..”
I don’t know who wrote the above anonymous comment, but I’ve had more than one conversation with more than one hip hop fan about the very same thing – “real” vs “hipster” and/or “fake” hip hop…
