Hodoeporicon (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Now some of you know this and some of you don't (hey - that made me sound like DJ Kool ), but I'm a big ol' Harry Potter nerd. I wasn't always so - I once refused to read any of the series, on the grounds that I was already a big Lord of the Rings fan and adding another series (whose movies came out around the same time) was just bandwagon-jumping. However, when I went back to Edinburgh in May of 2004...
The Boombox Music Blog (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Filed under: Hip-Hop , Hip-Hop News Queens rapper Nas and Jamaican reggae artist Damian Marley have partnered with National Geographic and V-Tech and organized a panel debate entitled 'Distant Relatives' in Washington, D.C. next month. The 'Distant Relatives' title is an homage to Nas and Marley's forthcoming collaborative album of the same name, focusing heavily on content from Africa and samples...
HipHopDX.com (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Exclusive: Nas, Damian Marley join DJ Kool Herc, Daddy U-Roy, KRS-One, Rakim and more for a taped Distant Relatives event in Washington D.C. on December 12.
Hear-It-First.net (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Tracklist: 01. DJ Kool Kid - Intro 02. Beyonce - Welcome To Hollywood 03. Jay-Z And Beyonce - Bonnie And Clyde 03 04. Beyonce And Jay-Z - Deja Vu 05. Beyonce And Jay-Z - Upgrade You 06. Beyonce And Jay-Z - Crazy In Love 07. Jay-Z - Girls, Girls, Girls 08. Beyonce - My Roc 09. Jay-Z - Show Me What You Got 10. Beyonce [...]
QN5 Blog (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Buy Substantial/Burns And Get This Bonus Disc Free! SURPRISE! We love y’all, and because you always support us, we’re always looking for ways to show love back. With that said, QN5 Music is offering a super-special BONUS RELEASE for the heads that purchased a copy of Substantial/Burns or one of these nifty new Substantial/Burns Tees ! Presenting Substantial vs Samurai Champloo: Beats,...
Top Stories from Newser (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
With the release of "DJ Hero" upon us, it's a good time to honor the true masters of turntablism. IGN lists the most influential: DJ Kool Herc. He invented the “breakbeat” by using the two-turntable style of disco DJs to play two copies of a funk record, switching between the...
Passion of the Weiss (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGL3qigrgqk Lamentably, this is not a cover of the Peggy Lee via Madonna staple. Still, Ron Artest continues to fantasize that his life closely parallels Jay-Z’s “Reasonable Doubt” and who am I to argue. He is one of the few people capable of making Rick Ross seem subtle and restrained. You know Artest is from when [...]
Nice Up (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
There's a section of the book, subtitled Jamaican Roots where Higgins notes that the first acknowledged rapper is Jamaica-born Coke La Rock; hip hop's founding father is Jamaica-born DJ Kool Herc, the culture's first acknowledged deejay, who moved from Jamaica to the Bronx.
mondomedeusah électronique (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
a mix of dirty electro breaks and heavy beats Day n Nite(acapella Version) - De Grote Vinnie, Donnie & Sjakie Day N Nite Ccrookers Remix)...
Hidden Track (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
I usually have some form of download for you guys; some up and coming mix by the crate digging souls of this great planet. However, I felt that a State of the Union address was important to this column moving forward. We’ve all heard the age old saying that in order to conquer the future, we must first understand our past. In this installment of Wyllys and The World Party, we will give a quick...
ZD Net (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
Brent Leary, who is not only my bud, but one of the leading, no, the leading, small business consultant and analyst when it comes to small business (duh!), CRM, social CRM and social media, � is someone that I want to highlight on these pages. � Not that you need to come...
The Boombox Music Blog (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Filed under: Hip-Hop , Hip-Hop News , Movies For decades, hip-hop historians have claimed that rap music was born in the Bronx and fathered by Jamaican-born DJ Kool Herc , but a new documentary draws the Bronx story into question. In 'Founding Fathers,' filmmakers Ronald Lawrence and Hassan Pore make a case for "the original grandmaster," Grandmaster Flowers . According to the documentary,...
Hear-It-First.net (Free subscription) | 09/07/2009
Well I got this email from one of our affiliated artists, and two of our artist spotlights. First one is from Jay Burna. He just released a track right now called Off The Freestyle, which is on a fucking hot ass beat. The mixtape with DJ Haze is in the works, even if DJ Haze [...]
The Liberators of Hip Hop (Free subscription) | 08/27/2009
Artist: DJ Kool Song: Let Me Clear My Throat Album: Let Me Clear My Throat Release Date: 1996 You can still hear this song on the radio from around 4-6 PM in the Washington D.C. area after work. This is one of the FEW artist from the Washington D.C. area that actually made it on to the mainstream in the late 90's. It was recorded live how we love it at Bahama Bay in Philadelphia and is still a good...
Radio Clash Podcast (Free subscription) | 08/24/2009
Beat This: A Hip Hop History BBC documentary from 1983 about the roots of hiphop – contains an interview with the legendary DJ Kool Herc, the father of hiphop…and Afrika Bambaataa, Malcolm McLaren, Arthur Baker and more.
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cv10 | 11/06/2008
Barack Obama has marked history by becoming the first black man to be elected as the president of the United States. Obama created a wave of hope and change that led him to a historical victory. The new president proves that the ‘American Dream’ is real and that even a black man can achieve great things in America. Many times...
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