illRoots (Free subscription) | yesterday
Our family K-Salaam was spinning at this event last night and thankfully I found this video over at my homie Eskay’s house this morning, Rakim’s one of the best. After the jump catch more footage from Geohvision.
Nah Right (Free subscription) | yesterday
Above, Technician the DJ does his thing and then Ra jumps on the turntables himself. More performance footage after the jump. Props to Geohvision
Don Surber (Free subscription) | yesterday
Chris Matthews of MSNBC chastised Barack Obama for dithering on Afghanistan. Dick Cheney has succeeded in labeling Obama as a ditherer. As for Matthews, well, B.B. King said it best…
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | yesterday
Festival 8 (more pictures by Fresh Bread) Dead heads and pot heads take note. While the straight economy goes up in smoke with double digit unemployment, job prospects for hippies are booming -- and not just for boomers. At the...
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
As previously mentioned, Lady Gaga added two NYC shows at Radio City Music Hall making her grand total a crazy four nights in a row at the prestigious venue. Kid Cudi opens all of them. Tickets for the two...
Notes from a Different Kitchen (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Don't forget to enter the contest to win tickets to see Rakim Live at BB King's this Thursday in NYC HERE . Contest ends TODAY at noon! Rakim's new album, The Seventh Seal is IN STORES NOW. Listen to it in full HERE . Online: Rakim - website | myspace
Notes from a Different Kitchen (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Listen back to the Nov. 6 edition of THE FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE SHOW iTunes PODCAST featuring live guests, Rakim, RA The Rugged Man, Scorzayzee, Harry Shearer (The Simpsons and Spinal Tap), Mykil Miers and more! " Rakim joins us for one of his most deep and lengthy interviews of his entire career. This may just be the most intrusive and probing interview that you will ever hear with the man who changed...
Notes from a Different Kitchen (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
" Zoo York, in association with RA Recordings, SMC Records, and Cornerstone Promotion, is proud to announce an exclusive collaboration that celebrates the November 17th release of Rakim 's critically-acclaimed new album, The Seventh Seal. This classic, limited edition skateboard deck features graphics designed by Rakim, Zoo York and NYC artist Dean Nicastro and will come packaged with the new...
Notes from a Different Kitchen (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Watch Part I HERE . And don't forget to enter the contest to win tickets to see Rakim Live at BB King's this Thursday in NYC HERE . Rakim's new album, The Seventh Seal is IN STORES NOW. Listen to it in full HERE . Online: Rakim - website | myspace
Notes from a Different Kitchen (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
" Available now for free download, HHC Digital 005 is headed up by Rakim. Inside, the god emcee talks about Dr Dre ’s studio antics, his first meetings with Nas and Jay-Z, Large Professor ’s sample game, the day KRS-One put the blame for gangsta rap on him, the original 50 Cent and Killer Ben, the legend of The Rooftop, plus details the exact price of a pair of Timberland boots with...
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Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
by Martin Longley Since the early 1980s, self-styled Texas Jewboy Kinky Friedman has drawn the most attention as a crime fiction scribe, smearing the division between reality and fantasy, laughs and tension. In the last four years, he's also been...
Spare Room (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Spare Room has three copies of the newly released documentary Soul Power to give away, courtesy of Madman Entertainment NZ. Soul Power centres on the legendary soul music festival held in Zaire in 1974, featuring oustanding footage of James Brown and the JBs, Bill Withers, Miriam Makeba, The Spinners, BB King, The Crusaders...
AfterEllen (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
There are many reasons to purchase Rachael Cantu 's latest album, Far and Wide , and I'd be lying if I said one of the reasons isn't because she is absolutely adorable. Fortunately, she's more than just a pretty face. Her singer/songwriter capabilities have taken her on tour with Tegan and Sara , Ben Lee and most recently with blues legend B.B. King . Her cover of Ra Ra Riot's "Can You Tell"...
http://www.enewschannels.com/feed/ (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
BEAVER CREEK, Colo. — On Saturday, December 5 from 4:45 – 5:45 p.m., come meet and greet Bode during his only U.S. races prior to the 2010 Olympics and Steve Kaufman, “the former assistant to Andy Warhol,” at the C. Anthony Gallery in Beaver Creek. Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to see Kaufman’s colorful paintings of [...]
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ifp | 17/06/2009
We have made a selection of the best music and cultural festivals in France this summer. SOUTH: * Vence, Côte d'Azur, Les Nuits du Sud, 10th July to 8th August - The 12th edition of this "Music of the World" festival with exhibitions, activities and free concerts on the 16th and 23rd of July and 5th of August. Artists include Gilberto Gil, Grand Corps Malade, Pascale Picard, Amadou et Mariam, Khaled,
kellya | 03/10/2008
He attributed his skill to his early experience as a dancer which, he said, gave him ‘an understanding of rhythmic time’ As the drummer on early hits by the likes of Fats Domino and Little Richard, Earl Palmer helped to invent the backbeat that came to define the sound of rock ’n’ roll. Yet the propulsive rhythm he provided on such seminal 1950s recordings as Tutti Frutti and Long Tall Sally was merely
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