 Monday, March 27, 2006
Hip Hop Album Releases for Mar. 28
The following new releases are available from Amazon. Chopp Shopp - Chopp Shopp Ready LiveChops - DarkDJ Screw - Screw Tape in the Deck Pt. 3: Final ChapterDown South Legends - Protectors of the Gulf CoastGhostface Killah - FishscalePimp C, Down South Legends - Down Souf 2 WestsideT.I. - KingT.I. - King (W/Dvd) [Limited Edition]Wall Street - Come Back: Back 2 the Streets That Made UsFor more current releases, see Hip Hop Albums.
posted by Clyde at 2:49 PM
Friday, March 24, 2006
Hip Hop Album Releases for Mar. 14
The following new releases are available from Amazon.
Boss Hog Barbarians - Every Hog Has Its DayCountry Trap Starz - Vol. 1: Texas LifestyleDMC - Checks Thugs & Rock N RollE-40 - My Ghetto Report CardSoundtrack - Dave Chappelle's Block PartyTame One - SpazmaticTommy Boy - Hip-Hop Essentials, Vol. 12. For more current releases, see Hip Hop Albums.
posted by Clyde at 7:02 AM
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Got a Press Release or Other Emailable Stuff for Me?
Guess what. I don't want it. I mean, I don't want it sent to my Hip Hop Logic email. I want it sent to my Hip Hop Press email: hiphoppress(at)netweed(dot)comIf you send it there it will be considered for Hip Hop Press, ProHipHop and Hip Hop Logic. If you send it to my Hip Hop Logic address, it will go unnoticed for a week or so and then maybe something will happen or maybe I'll plan on checking back later and then forget about it. Of course, if you send it to hiphopress without the double pp, it gets dumped in some catchall that I check once a month. Which do you prefer?
posted by Clyde at 7:22 AM
JEFF CHANG & TOURE TAKE MANHATTAN & REGIONS BEYOND...
Meet the dynamic duo of Jeff & Toure as they stumble through Manhattan, Seattle, Portland, and Los Angeles. Toure is dropping a new anthology of his classic hip-hop journalism, "Never Drank The Kool-Aid". Jeff is still hawking that Can't Stop Won't Stop thing. Need more data? Check www.cantstopwontstop.com/appearances.cfmMarch 22, 2006, 6:00PM TALK WITH TOURE (Author of "Never Drank The Kool-Aid") & BOOKSIGNING :: Hue-Man Bookstore (Harlem, NY) March 23, 2006, 7:00PM JOINT BOOK RELEASE PARTY WITH TOURE :: Housing Works Book Cafe (New York, NY) Special Guest: Alan Light Music by DJ Qool Marv Alcohol May Be Involved March 25, 2006, 7:00PM TALK & BOOK SIGNING :: Haymarket Forum at Galapagos Art
Space (Williamsburg, NY)
March 28, 2006, 7:00PM
TALK WITH TOURE & BOOKSIGNING :: University Bookstore (Seattle, WA)
March 29, 2006, 7:30PM
TALK WITH TOURE & BOOKSIGNING :: Powell's City of Books (Portland, OR)
April 6, 2006, 7:30PM
LECTURE :: Carleton College (Minnesota)
Multicultural Speakers Series
April 29, 2006
TALK WITH TOURE & BOOKSIGNING :: Los Angeles Times Book Festival
Spread the word, fall through & bring a friend!
From Can't Stop Won't Stop.
posted by Clyde at 7:21 AM
IMPORTANT NEWS ON DR. AKOM PROFILING CASE
From Jeff Chang at Can't Stop Won't StopMany of you who have caught Jeff on tour this winter have heard him talk about the case of Dr. Antwi Akom, the young San Francisco State University professor who was arrested on his own campus while trying to pick up books from his office for a lecture. Dr. Akom's racial profiling incident has set off shockwaves across the country. There are new developments in the case. The good news is that the City of San Francisco District Attorney's office has refused to press charges against Dr. Akom, recognizing that there is no reason to pursue a case against an innocent man. The bad news is that San Francisco State University President Robert Corrigan has refused to recognize that his police and hired security guards have been racially profiling faculty, students, and staff not just in this instance, but for years. Corrigan's official denial of the problem is bound to set yet another bad precedent. Over the past six years, the national discussion of racial profiling has gone backwards. During the election season of 2000, both George W. Bush and Al Gore promised to address the issue as a central part of their domestic policies. But after 9/11, the country has plunged back into racial profiling, putting entire populations behind bars or deporting them. Now our streets and communities, including our campuses, are less safe than ever. Here is where we begin to take a stand. Join us in renewing the fight against racial profiling. If you live in the Bay Area, join students and faculty at the College of Ethnic Studies in their walkout all day on Wednesday. And wherever you reside, we ask that you go now to the Justice 4 Akom website and send a letter to President Corrigan and the CSU Board of Trustees. Please forward this section of the email far and wide. Let Corrigan, the Trustees, and those in power know that we can only stop racial profiling by dealing with it, not by denying it exists. For more: www.justice4akom.com.
posted by Clyde at 7:14 AM
Friday, March 17, 2006
The Big Bad Beat Battle - Raleigh, NC
For more information: Big Bad Beat Battle Press Release.
posted by Clyde at 6:10 AM
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Did You Hear? USC Player Gets Mindhacked During Game
Hear about the USC player that got mindhacked? It's a great story. Earlier this month UC Bezerkely played the University of Spoiled Children, I mean, Cal played basketball with USC and won by 11 points. Part of their victory can be attributed to USC's Gabe Pruitt, whose shooting totally melted down due to a brilliant example of social engineering: When USC guard Gabe Pruitt took his first trip to the free throw line early in the game, the Cal student section hollered in unison: "VIC-TOR-IA, VIC-TOR-IA," and then yelled out a telephone number. Pruitt glanced back at the crowd in horror and bewilderment before clanking his free throws.
It turns out that a couple of mischeivous little bastards from the Cal student section had been IM'ing with Pruitt all week under the identity of "Victoria," a fictional UCLA hottie, and Pruitt was eagerly anticipating a date with this nubile co-ed back in Westwood after the game. In preparation for the date, Pruitt had handed over his digits, which the Cal student section recited back to him in unison.
Pruitt, a 79% free throw shooter this season, missed both shots after the "VIC-TOR-IA" chants began, and hit only three out of 13 shots the whole game. Cal beat USC by 11 for the season sweep, in part due to the Cal fans' devious psy-ops.According to Bruce Schneier, who combines multiple reports, a group of players in addition to Pruitt were planning on partying with "Victoria" after the game. SarcastiPundit describes the scene: The look on Gabe's face when he turned to the bench after the first Victoria chant was priceless. It was unlike anything I have ever seen from a opposing player. He was in shock. It was hilarious. Transcripts of their conversation were handed out to the bench. My personal favorite quotes by Gabe: "You look like you have a very fit body." and "Now I want to c u so bad."That's beautiful work. Reminds me of a story I've been meaning to tell to correct the historical record. Think I'll save it for a higher visibility venue and a more appropriate moment.
posted by Clyde at 5:31 PM
Thursday, March 09, 2006
Hip Hop Album Releases for Mar. 7th
The following new releases are available from Amazon: AP.9 - On The BlockBig Proof & Iron Fist Records Presents - Hand 2 Hand: Official Mixtape Instruction ManualCapone Presents - Raza RelatedJuvenile - Reality CheckMr. Shadow - Thug ConnectionOutlawz - Against All OddzParis Presents - Hard Truth Soldiers Vol.1Public Enemy - Rebirth of a NationScarface - My Homies, Vol. 2For more current releases, see Hip Hop Albums.
posted by Clyde at 8:43 AM
Monday, March 06, 2006
HBO and Comcast to Host Atlanta Premiere of HBO Films' 'WALKOUT' on March 15th
Directed by Oscar(R) Nominee Edward James Olmos 'WALKOUT' Tells True Story of Seminal Moment in Hispanic Civil Rights History in the U.S. Mexican Consul General Remedios Gomez-Arnau is Event's Honorary Host ATLANTA, March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- HBO and Comcast, in partnership with the Latin American Association and the Woodruff Arts Center's Celebrate Diversity Through the Arts Initiative, will host the Atlanta Premiere of HBO Films' WALKOUT. Mexican Consul General Remedios Gomez-Arnau, Dean of the Consular Corps, will serve as the Honorary Host. The invitation-only event will take place on Wednesday evening, March 15 at 7:30 p.m., at the Rialto Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Atlanta. HBO Films' WALKOUT is the true story of the Chicano student uprising in East Los Angeles in 1968 where several dramatic, non-violent walkouts were staged at local high schools to protest academic prejudices and dire school conditions. The film debuts on HBO and HBO Latino on Saturday, March 18 at 8:00 p.m. (ET). Directed by Edward James Olmos (Oscar(R) nominee for "Stand and Deliver") and set against the background of the '60s civil rights movement and worldwide youth protest, WALKOUT stars Alexa Vega (the "Spy Kids" trilogy) and Michael Pena ("Crash"). Other cast members include Efren Ramirez, Bodie Olmos, Veronica Diaz, Tonantzin Esparza, Yancey Arias and Laura Harring. In 1967, Latino students at East LA high schools were being denied such privileges as using the bathroom facility during lunchtime or speaking Spanish in the classroom. Tired of being mistreated as second-class citizens in their own schools, the high school students, along with a group of politicized college students, decide to take their future into their own hands. Shot in various Los Angeles locations, WALKOUT is based on the real-life experiences of executive producer Moctesuma Esparza. Growing up in East Los Angeles as one of the few Chicanos who would attend college, Esparza forged a friendship with high school student Paula Crisostomo (Alexa Vega) and young Hispanic teacher, Sal Castro (Michael Pena) which would change their lives, their community and, ultimately, Latino history. Esparza went on to become a leader in the famous Chicano Student Walkouts of 1968, for which he and 12 others were arrested, jailed and later acquitted. The 1968 high school walkouts are widely considered to be the birth of the urban Chicano civil rights movement, which spawned a generation of activists who have gone on to make their marks in Los Angeles politics and beyond. WALKOUT is a vivid reminder that ordinary people can change the world. Edward James Olmos (director), who was born and raised in East Los Angeles, received a Best Actor Oscar(R) nomination for "Stand and Deliver." He has also appeared in such movies as "American Me," which he also directed, "Selena," "Mi Familia," "Zoot Suit," "Wolfen," "Blade Runner," "The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca" and "The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez." Olmos' TV credits include the HBO original movie "The Burning Season," as well as "In the Time of Butterflies," "American Family" and the current series "Battlestar Galactica." He was an executive producer of the 1997 Cinemax Reel Life documentary "It Ain't Love." Moctesuma Esparza (executive producer) was a key participant in the real- life events that inspired WALKOUT, and is portrayed in the film by Bodie Olmos, director Edward James Olmos' son. He remains active in Los Angeles politics today. His credits include "Selena," HBO's "Introducing Dorothy Dandridge," "Gettysburg," "The Cisco Kid," "The Price of Glory," "Selma, Lord Selma," "The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez," "The Milagro Beanfield War," the Emmy(R)-winning "Cinco Vidas" and the Academy Award(R)-nominated "Agueda Martinez -- Our People, Our Country." Ernie Contreras ("Fairy Tale: A True Story") and Tim Sexton (HBO's "For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story") wrote the script; executive producers are Moctesuma Esparza ("Selena") and Bob Katz ("Gods and Generals"); producer is Lisa Bruce; co-producer is Marty Schwartz. Source: HBO
posted by Clyde at 5:03 PM
Friday, March 03, 2006
Current Stack
Lady Sovereign - Vertically Challenged Jan Garbarek, Bobo Stenson Quartet - Dansere M.I.A. - Arular Keith Jarrett - My Song Aesop Rock - Labor Days
posted by Clyde at 4:57 PM
dead prez's M-1 To Tour With Ghostface To Promote Debut Solo Album
(Brooklyn, NY February 22, 2006) One of hip-hop's rising stars and one of its most legendary figures are teaming up to take the country by storm. M-1 (of the group dead prez) will be joining Ghostface of the Wu-Tang Clan for the "Fishscale Tour."
M-1 burst into the public consciousness with the 2000 dead prez release Lets Get Free, a socially aware, politically driven masterpiece that was equally indebted to Malcolm X and Public Enemy. M-1's solo debut, Confidential, which features appearances by Q-Tip, K'naan, Cassandra Wilson, and a cut with dead prez cohort Sticman, will be released March 21st through Sotti/Koch records.
Ghostface is a founding member of the Wu-Tang clan and is considered one of rap's most revered solo artists. His 1999 album Supreme Clientele was named one of the "Top 10 Albums of All Time" by VIBE Magazine. His upcoming album Fishscale will be released on March 28th. Fishscale Tour ScheduleMarch 5 Millvale, PA Mr. Smalls March 6 Cleveland, OH House of Blues March 7 Detroit, MI St. Andrew's Hall March 9 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue March 10 Chicago, IL House of Blues March 12 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue March 13 Omaha, NE Sokol Underground March 14 Lawrence, KS Granada Theater March 15 Fort Collins, CO Aggie Theater March 17 Denver, CO Gothic Theater March 18 Park City, UT Suede March 19 Boise, ID Big Easy Concert March 21 Seattle, WA Showbox March 22 Portland, OR Berbatti's March 24 San Francisco, CA Mezzanine March 25 Santa Cruz, CA The Catalyst March 26 San Diego, CA House of Blues March 27 Los Angeles, CA House of Blues March 28 Anaheim, CA House of Blues March 29 Tempe, AZ Clubhouse March 31 Austin, TX Emo's April 1 Houston, TX Warehouse Live April 6 Atlanta, GA Cat's Cradle April 8 Asheville, NC Orange Peel April 9 Charlottesville, VA Starr Hill Music Club April 10 Washington DC 930 Club April 11 Baltimore, MD Sonar April 12 New York, NY BB King's April 18 Providence, RI Lupo's April 19 Burlington, VT Higher Ground April 20 New Haven, CT Toad's Place M-1's MySpace Page: http://www.myspace.com/m1rbg
Video for "Till We Get There" feat K'naanWindows Media high ~ lowReal Player high ~ lowPress Release from Audible Treats.
posted by Clyde at 4:44 PM
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