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Monday, December 21, 2009

This Wednesday in NYC: The Hip Hop Legends Concert Series IV

The Hip Hop Legends Concert Series IV,GHOSTFACE,METHOD MAN,EPMD,DOUG E. FRESH,LARGE PROFESSOR,Adam Lublin,Funkmaster Flex,Party Pimps

At BB King's....

Featuring

GHOSTFACE, METHOD MAN, EPMD, DOUG E. FRESH,
LARGE PROFESSOR, FREDRO STARR of ONYX, SHOWBIZ AND AG
& other special guests TBA

Music by FUNKMASTER FLEX

Presented by Funk Flex, Adam Lublin and Party Pimps

NB: 21+ with ID only – SRO
Doors at 8:00pm, Show at 9:00pm
$30

I've got 5 PAIRS of tickets to give away for this show. Email me (subject line: "The Hip Hop Legends Concert Series IV CONTEST") and I will select winners at random. Deadline is 12noon EST TOMORROW (Dec. 22). Winners must be 21+ and able to make their own way to the show as NO transportation can or will be provided. Good luck!

Labels: Contests, EPMD, Funkmaster Flex, Main Source, Old School Hip Hop, Onyx

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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

New Hip Hop Battle: Blak Roc vs. Black Rock!

Dame Dash and The Black Keys' Blak Roc project (alleged official first single: RZA & Pharoahe Monch - "Dollars & Sense"):

vs.

Onyx's Black Rock ("Black Rock (U Kno Wht It Iz)" music video):

Sticky Fingaz breaks down the conflict from his point of view HERE. Fredro Starr from his, HERE.

I ain't gonna front: I kinda like both projects!

Online:

Blak Roc - website

Onyx - website

[via TRF / Grand Good]

Labels: Black Keys, Damon Dash, Onyx, Rock

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Saturday, August 15, 2009

Sample sets for Big Daddy Kane, KRS-One and Onyx from Hip Hop is Read

Hip Hop is Read has been doing this excellent series of sample sets for a while but these are the latest ones they have featured. Kane's second album has always been slept on relative to his first classic, Long Live the Kane and KRS-One's Return of the Boom Bap is possibly the archetypal 90's-era 'boom-bap' hip hop album. Check 'em out if you're into beat diggin' and sample production stuff: