Stetsasonic

Stetsasonic - Talkin’ All That Jazz @ Knitting Factory, NYC / video

Grandgood (Free subscription) | 10/30/2008

Stetsasonic - No B.S. Allowed / video

Grandgood (Free subscription) | 10/28/2008

Who went to the Stetsasonic show on Saturday? Anyone? ps: new mtvmusic site might will be a formidable weak opponent for youtube vintage music videos, label approved ones of course. i take it back

ML’s Guide to the CMJ Music Marathon 2008.

Metal Lungies (Free subscription) | 10/17/2008

CMJ (College Music Journal) puts on an annual festival in New York that consists of a ton of concerts at a bunch of different venues over the course of about a week . The list of artists performing is a tad overwhelming, so I sorted through the madness and picked out some of the [...]

It’s a Demo - Lost Latee and Stetsasonic tracks unearthed…

Fat Lace Magazine (Free subscription) | 10/14/2008

We like to think our ebay game is A-list, but even we were caught sleeping when this auction ended - dusty cassettes of long-lost demos from Latee and the Hip-Hop Band. Latee’s the Flavor Unit guy we really wanted an LP from - we’d have gladly traded Apache’s piece of shit full-length for it - [...]

Live NYC Performance feat. Stetsasonic, People Under The Stairs, Jungle Brothers, Zimbabwe Legit, YZ, Cadence and DJ Babu, Hosted by Just-Ice (Oct. 25th, 7pm)

Grandgood (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008

[ October 25, 2008; 7:00 pm; ] Long list of performers but I’m really there to see Stetsasonic and Jungle Brothers. And I’m hoping Just-Ice decides to kick some rhymes in between sets. Going Way Back anyone? And the icing on the cake would be if Whodini did a few tracks also. buy tickets I can dream can’t I? Saturday, Oct 25, 2008 // [...]

Stetsasonic Reunited

Cocaine Blunts (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008

Sans Frukwan. I’m considering coming up for this. On Fire has been in heavy rotation these past few weeks. “All That Jazz” video after the jump. Update: I didn’t even see the Jbeez on there! Getting third billing beneath People Under The Stairs. Baby “Young Lipgloss” Bam is sadly absent. Nullus, but you guys (gossip blogs, [...]

People Under the Stairs - new album, 2008 tour dates including CMJ w/ STETSASONIC (with Prince Paul)

Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008

by Black Bubblegum DOWNLOAD: People Under The Stairs - The Swan Fever (MP3) PUTS LA's crate-digging elite, People Under The Stairs, have their new record (and shout to the old school) Fun DMC coming around the corner on Sept 30th...

Project Funk Da World: Original Samples

Kevin Nottingham: This Is Hip Hop (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008

This 1994 debut from Bad Boy artist Craig Mack was the second project released by Bad Boy Records. The first being the Notorious B.I.G.’s Ready To Die, Project: Funk Da World was highly overshadowed by the success of Biggie’s debut. Executively produced by Puffy, this album includes the regular Bad Boy producers Easy Mo Bee for [...]

Chuck D Speaks To Plug One, Calls De La Soul The Grateful Dead of Hip Hop / audio

Grandgood (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008

Chuck D recently spoke to Posdunous of De La Soul on his Air America show and discussed De La touring, staying relevant, and rocking their first big show opening for Stetsasonic and taking the LIRR home. Chuck D also speaks to Hank Shocklee. Peace to Harry Allen, who’s Non-Fiction Radio Show on WBAI is [...]

Chuck D on Hip-Hop, Politics, the Media (and so much more…)

Music News (Free subscription) | 05/28/2008

So sang hip-hop act Stetsasonic when I saw them support Public Enemy one unforgettable night in 1988. Stetsasonic might have disbanded soon after, but 20 years later a Public Enemy show is still a hot ticket - and a vivid reminder of … Original post by Ivan

Meanwhile Over at Cliff’s Crib

b.rox (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008

Haven't had much chance to read blogs lately, but I went over to Cliff’s Crib Saturday night and what I read there about his weekends post-Katrina really knocked me for a loop. I can identify with so many things Cliff writes about: “May is the best month to live in New Orleans.” Roger that. I used to [...]

Go Hard.

The Smoking Section (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008

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Old School Rappers Selling Out...In A Good Way

Soulbounce.com (Free subscription) | 04/15/2008

Remember back in the day when MC Hammer was chastised for building his own media empire, complete with a cartoon in his likeness, a Pepsi endorsement, and enough money to employ his entourage that employed half of Oakland? Or...

The Dino 5 Takes Kid-Hop Back to the Future

Listening Post (Free subscription) | 04/02/2008

Today is April Fool's Day, also known as the day that awesome music landed. Those looking for grinding, angry noise should be happy with R.E.M.'s bruising, topical Accelerate, released today in the United States, although the rest of the world...

Baby Loves Hip Hop (Prince Paul and Dino 5)

los amigos de durutti (Free subscription) | 03/31/2008

(l-r) Prince Paul, Scratch, Wordsworth, Mec, and Chali 2Na April 1st sees the release of an album by an astounding hip hop supergroup consisting of Prince Paul (De La Soul, Stetsasonic, Handsome Boy Modeling School, etc.), Ladybug Mecca (Digable Planets), Scratch (The Roots), Chali 2Na (J5, Ozomatli), and Wordsworth (eMC). Wow. Wow. Some of my all-time favorite artists from some of my all-time favorite...