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By: Jim Welte Mos Def and Hercules and Love Affair :: 10.03.08 :: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts :: San Francisco, CA Hercules and Love AffairBy Neil365/MusicLikeDirt.com Regardless of who comes out on top on November 4th, The New Party is one of this election season's big winners. The fictional coalition, conjured up as the political theme for the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts' 2008 gala benefit...
Earlier this week the cover to the soundtrack for Cadillac Records hit the net featuring stars Adrian Brody, Beyoncé and Jeffrey Wright in character. I'll reserve judgment on Beyoncé as Etta James looking simply like Beyoncé in a short...
The Arctic Monkeys ‘ Matt Helders is set to release the ‘ Late Night Tales ‘ series October 13. The compilation album features tracks that have inspired the drummer, including songs by: Roots , Manuva , The Stooges , The Black Keys , Mos Def , The Rapture and many more. The album also includes a special spoken word piece written and read by Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner , entitled ‘ A Choice...
From late August through the first week of September, the Twin Cities played host not only to the visiting Republican National Convention delegates, but to a vast array of protesters, musicians, artists and organizers as well. Artists of all stripes came together as a response to the RNC - from nationally and internationally recognized [...]
Holla nation of moderationi hope they Eminem’d this cover, cause if he posed… lol at mccain in the top left. give me a break on this hip-hip obama shit…will-i-am get that money! McFlyThe size of that McCain pic in comparison to the Obama one is what makes this cover a classic. DJ Daddy Mack Says: October 8th, 2008 at 6:40 pmlol at mccain in the top left. Looking at men on the side is homo WRsmh # THE-XFACTA...
You can imagine my glee at getting invited to YBCA's Artists Ball 7 . A BALL!?!?! Hurrah! Let me just dust off my tiara! My plus one, Melissa and I planned on meeting there and in my...
Evil Dee threw up his classic Pure Dope mixtape as a podcast, peace to the Beatminerz. It was a sad day for me when DJ Clue replaced Evil Dee on Monday nights on Hot 97 back in 97. DJ Evil Dee - Pure Dope Mixtape (Podcast 10/07/08) I’M WORKING LIKE A MADMAN TRYING TO MAKE THESE [...]
Fat Joe, Jim Jones, Gym Class Heroes, Mac 10 & Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill Tribute (VH1 Hip Hop Honors 2008) (mp3) (The Phuncky Feel One, Ain’t Goin Out Like That, Insane In The Brain, How I Could Just Kill a Man, Rock Superstar) Estelle, Q-Tip, Mos Def, Public Enemy, Cee-Lo & EPMD “De La [...]
Man, I really enjoyed watching the VH-1 Hip-Hop Honors on Monday night. More to the point, seeing the De La Soul tribute was great. What’s not to like about Q-Tip, Public Enemy, Mos Def, Cee-Lo and friggin’ EPMD covering De La tracks? I mean, how cool would that be to see Chuck D spittin’ your [...]
So did anyone else tune into VH1's Hip Hop Honors last night? This year featured a cool crop of honorees — De La Soul, Slick Rick, Cypress Hill, Naughty By Nature, and Too $hort. And I didn't notice any of...
Late great soul man ISAAC HAYES was given a special tribute at the 2008 VH1 Hip-Hop Honors on Monday (06Oct08) with performances by MOS DEF, ESTELLE, SCARFACE and PUBLIC ...
We dragged estimable photog Darwin Bell with us to Yerba Buena Center for the Arts ' annual bash to local artists, Artists Ball 7 , last Friday night. The first half of the fete was a fancy dinner featuring Mos Def, which was fit for people on the social registry/making six figures a year. We couldn't get into that. But we, along with many other plebeians, made it to the dance party, which featured...
News Piece 1 News Piece 2 News Piece 3 88-KEYS GEARS UP FOR THE RELEASE OF FIRST SOLO ALBUM, THE DEATH OF ADAM IN STORES NOVEMBER 11TH New York, NY - Moving from a behind the scenes producer to frontman, breakthrough artist 88-Keys presents his first solo album, The Death of Adam on Decon Records. A highly conceptual release, The [...]
