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Hiphop - Your Daily Stop - By Trina

Your daily stop for all things Hip hop... rants, raves, funny and useless stuff.

[ August 2007 ] [ October 2007 ]

Hiphop - September 2007

Welcome to crate digging!

September 29th 2007 12:21

For a long time I've wanted to really explore music and its history; where a song comes from, what sample does it use, what are the old school greats that kids should listen to and pay their respects, and so on. Actually it's one of the reasons I started this Hip Hop blog, and it's taken me a year and a half to finally get something going on besides all the news and rumours that come and go, the tours and competitions and whatever else I post up here.

So let's bring it back to the music.

I'm talking old school and new school, Motown to Dirty South, gangsta rap to funky soul and much more. Let's start digging through those crates...

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Lil Jon Australian Tour 2007

September 29th 2007 02:11

From the Dirty South to Down Under

Showtime Touring and OPP present the official King Of Crunk

GET CRUNKED VOLUME 2 TOUR

Exuberant, loud-mouthed, and regularly seen with a bejeweled pimp chalice at hand, Lil Jon is the charismatic figurehead of the phenomenal Dirty South crunk movement that arose from the Atlanta area in the late 90’s. Without question, Lil Jon is responsible for the crunk movement elevating from a mere contender in the hip hop race, to the leader of the pack, dominating the clubs and charts in the process. Now, with 7 solo albums under his belt and a string of massive hits including “Snap Yo Fingers”, “Lovers and Friends” and “Get Low”, Lil Jon is bringing his energetic live show to Australia in October for the Get Crunked Volume 2 Tour.

Lil Jon started off his career as a DJ spinning at house parties, but eventually graduated to the Atlanta club scene. His notoriety soon landed him on the music-industry fast track, scoring him an A&R gig at Jermaine Dupri’s So So Def Records as well as a radio slot on V-103 in Atlanta. Like many a hip-hop producer, Jon’s Djing saw him eventually move into production. He formed his own group, Lil Jon and the Eastside Boyz and released two reasonably successful albums, the first in 1997. In 2001, he released “Put Yo Hood Up” which featured the massive club hit “Bia Bia” that went on to break the Top 20 download chart. Just one year later, he would release the album “Kings Of Crunk” which featured the breakthrough hit “Get Low” with the Ying Yang Twins which charted across the world. But in 2004, Lil Jon produced a track that would put him on the map as one of the essential go-to producers in the world. The track was “Yeah” by Usher which skyrocketed to Number 1 on the US Billboard Chart. This was quickly followed up with production duties on another Number One hit, “Goodies” by Ciara. Lil Jon has gone on to work with some of the biggest names in the business including R. Kelly, Snoop Dogg, Pitbull, Ludacris, Busta Rhymes and Xzibit.

Not only is Lil Jon one of the most in demand producers and performers in the world, he is also a clever businessman who has released a successful energy drink called Crunk Juice, and his own range of sunglasses for Oakley. He has also appeared in “Scary Movie 4”, “Date Movie” and was a regular guest on Dave Chappelle’s “Chappelle’s Show”.

Don’t miss the opportunity to get crunk with Lil Jon!!

TOUR DATES & TICKET DETAILS
Saturday October 6th – ADELAIDE, Thebarton Theatre Tickets from www.venuetix.com.au

Friday October 12th – PERTH, Metro City (Over 18 only) Tickets from Moshtix 1300 438 849 www.moshtix.com.au and Kali Clothing (Carousel and Whitfords)

SYDNEY TOUR DATE AND VENUE CHANGE

Due to a change in Lil Jon’s schedule, there has been a venue and date change for Lil Jon’s Sydney show. New venue details and the date change are as follows:

Thursday October 11th – SYDNEY, Space Nightclub, Liverpool St, City

Tickets purchased to the Saturday night show at Luna Park are valid for use at Space Nightclub on Thursday night. Tickets can still be purchased via Ticketek 13 28 49 www.ticketek.com.au or at the door. Alternatively, tickets can be refunded via place of purchase.

Sunday October 14th – MELBOURNE, Billboard Nightclub Tickets from Ticketek 13 28 49 www.ticketek.com.au / Billboard Nightclub 03 9369 4000 www.billboardthevenue.com.au / Restless Entertainment 03 9426 0800 events@restless.com.au / www.grooveon.com.au

SYDNEY, MELBOURNE & ADELAIDE TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY 21st SEPTEMBER, 2007

PERTH TICKETS ON SALE MONDAY 1st OCTOBER, 2007

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TALIB KWELI & SCRIBE Australian Tour 2007

September 27th 2007 12:31

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TALIB KWELI, SCRIBE
with ZEPH AND AZEEM

TOURING AUSTRALIA IN OCTOBER
TICKETS ON SALE NOW

In news sure to electrify hip-hop fans and music lovers Australia-wide, Illusive Entertainment & Frontier Touring are thrilled to announce that Talib Kweli and Scribe will be hitting our shores in October to co-headline shows in Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Sydney and Brisbane.

This amazing rap/ hip-hop pair will be performing material from their respective new albums, with both Talib Kweli and Scribe each having ascended the lofty heights of solo success.

Talib Kweli has become a solo hit since his days in Black Star with Mos Def in the late 1990s. He was even named by Jay-Z and 50 Cent as one of their favourite rappers – high accolades for the Brooklyn native. Kweli firmly established himself as a tour de force in the world of rap music with his debut album Reflection Eternal in 2000, and has since become both a critically acclaimed artist and music industry stalwart, establishing his own record label Blacksmith Music.

Kweli’s socially-conscious style of rap has earned critical praise, with Rolling Stone claiming that he “earns the respect he gets”, and that “on his own… he shone far brighter than anyone expected”. Filter Magazine likewise proclaimed that “Talib’s magic has always been presenting his socially conscious message in a flow that makes you say “Word!” instead of “What?””

Kweli’s last album, The Beautiful Struggle, contained the popular collaboration I Try, with Mary J. Blige, and showcased his star-pulling power and collaborative skills, featuring production from the likes of Kanye West and The Neptunes.

The new album, Ear Drum, again highlights Kweli’s serious rap-style, a real alternative to the gangsta rap genre. Fans of Kweli’s unique, brash, attitude-adjusting style will relish the opportunity to see this rap visionary in the flesh, performing pounding tracks from his new album Ear Drum.

Scribe has likewise enjoyed immense success since he shot to stardom with the release of his debut album The Crusader in 2003. The Crusader spawned a steady stream of hits such as Not Many, Stand Up and Dreaming, and spent over 75 weeks in the ARIA Top 40 charts. The tidal wave of Scribe’s popularity resulted in him being voted Australia’s second favourite rapper, losing out narrowly to Eminem, by Rolling Stone readers.

A veteran of music festivals such as Big Day Out, Splendour in the Grass and the Falls Festival, Scribe’s energetic, crowd-pleasing, roof-raising style will be familiar to Australian audiences. 3D World declared “Scribe certainly has a stage presence and is one artist that is able to straddle the ground between the underground and the commercial ease”!

Scribe has previously performed with artists such as the Beastie Boys and Lupe Fiasco on their Australian tours, so stepping up to co-headline with Talib Kweli will be no sweat for this seasoned performer. According to Fasterlouder.com.au, at Lupe Fiasco’s gig at the Metro Sydney, “Anyone who had just walked into the venue would have thought that [Scribe] was the main act on the bill by the way the punters reacted… Scribe was the perfect hype act!”

Fans will get to see long-anticipated new material from Scribe’s forthcoming sophomore album, Rhymebook, as well as outstanding tracks like Not Many, which went gold in Australia and quadruple-platinum in New Zealand.

Supporting these two amazing artists will be experimental hip-hop duo Zeph & Azeem. Straight out of San Francisco, this duo have been steadily building a reputation as one of the most underrated hip-hop outfits in the US, and are currently gaining radio airplay in Australia on Triple J. Described as an infusion between “the sound of retro funk, blazing percussion, dub penetration, soul, dance hall and of course slamming hip hop” (M8), Zeph & Azeem are sure to convert a new legion of fans across the nation.

TALIB KWELI, SCRIBE, ZEPH & AZEEM AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES

TICKETS ON SALE NOW

Sunday October 07 - The Forum, MELBOURNE (Over 18s)
Ticketek 132 849 or Ticketek

Wednesday October 10 - Metro City, PERTH (Over 18s)
Moshtix Ticketing 1300 GET TIX (438 849) or Moshtix

Thursday October 11 - HQ, ADELAIDE (Over 18s)
VENUE*TIX (08) 8225 8888 or Venuetix, B Sharp Records

Friday October 12 - Enmore Theatre, SYDNEY (All Ages)
Ticketek 132 849 or Ticketek

Saturday October 13 - The Arena, BRISBANE (Over 18s)
Ticketek 132 849 or Ticketek

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I thought 50 cent would quit

September 20th 2007 13:31

Kanye vs. Fiddy

He doesn't get it. Jay Z claims that the difference between Kanye and 50 is that the victor focused on the art, on creating good music while the chump change was more commercial in his approach, focusing on numbers and sales.

"Graduation" sold 957,000, while "Curtis" only had 691,000 fans in the US. I couldn't give a comparative analysis or review because I wouldn't even bother downloading 50's stuff. Would he keep his word, claiming he would quit the game if Kanye sold more albums than him? Maybe. But only in terms of rapping (if that's what you can call it). He's a businessman, he's got other stuff he can focus on. Cancelling his European tour recently as well as some performances in London (one of which was an awards ceremony where Kanye won Best Hip Hop act), it seems like it may be going in that direction.

Fiddy told MTV.com: "I feel like Kanye West is successful because of me," he said. "After 50 Cent, [hip-hop fans] was looking for something non-confrontational, and they went after first thing that came along. That was Kanye West, and his record took off."

Right. Maybe they were just looking for something better?

Look, I'm not hating so much on 50 as a person because I don't know him. He seems like a smart guy, he's probably better off focusing on the business side of things rather than the art. I'm not a huge fan of Kanye either, I'd like to see him do more original stuff rather than doing the obvious copy and paste with the samples in virtually all his tracks.

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Pharoahe Monch

September 20th 2007 02:40

Man, this cat is alright. I first heard about Pharoahe Monch when he released his most recent album, Desire... his first single, a manic reworking of Public Enemy's 'Welcome to the Terrordrome' brought me back into focus like a slap to my face.

While the original track was one of my favourite Public Enemy songs, Monch's cover was like the album had nitroglycerin fixed to the record, then shot into space to explode in a rapidly expanding cloud of stellar dust.

Perhaps what struck me most about the track was the vocal samples that precede the start of the song... a vocal speaker shouting out against the war in Iraq. Monch brings a social awareness to his music, desperately needed in a time where hip hop has been watered down by major record labels to sell to rich teenagers with new cars.

Here's a couple of tracks:

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Australian Bboy Championships 2007 Trailer

September 4th 2007 08:54

2007 australian bboy championships trailer

SKB playing around

This is more along the fun moments of the 2007 Australia Bboy Championships that were held in Melbourne in August. SKB, the winners, dominate this video with their fun and crap. Read my review of the event HERE.

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Get Served Tour 2007 - Omarion, Marques & Avant

September 3rd 2007 10:57

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OH SNAP! Omarion, Marques and Avant.

I just creamed my pants.

*breathes*

These three sexy R&B crooners will be heading to Australian shores this November. Bring at least 2 spare changes of underwear.

And YOU can win a double pass to see them in concert in Sydney! Enter the competition to win tickets to the Sydney show of the Get Served Tour 2007!

It would be cool to see the other half of Immature come down to have a little reunion performance, then the other half of B2K to do a bigger reunion performance. Oh yeah I know I'm gonna be asked this so I'll answer it now - apparently Omarion and Marques are half brothers.

Get your tickets from Ticketek (Brisbane, Melbourne) or Ticketmaster (Sydney, Auckland).

[EDIT Monday 5th November 2007]

The highly anticipated Get Served Tour scheduled to be held in Australia and New Zealand in early November 2007 has been rescheduled. This action is unavoidable due to a personal matter within the Touring Party.

The affected dates are listed below:

· Wednesday 7th November 2007 – Chandler Theatre, Brisbane
· Thursday 8th November 2007 – Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney
· Friday 9th November 2007 – Vodafone Arena, Melbourne
· Saturday 10th November 2007 – Vector Arena, Auckland

Ticket holders are urged to hold onto their tickets with prime seating positions and availabilities becoming scarce. All existing tickets will remain valid for the new dates. It is anticipated that the remaining tickets will be selling fast with new tour dates coinciding with the school holiday period.
For those who may be inconvenienced by the new date change, a full refund will be obtainable from all ticketing outlets.

The tour dates will be officially announced later this week, with the possibility of a confirmed fourth artist set to appear on the bill in addition to Omarion, Marques Houston and Avant.

The response to the tour has been overwhelming with tickets selling fast for all shows, and the Artists set to provide an exhilarating performance down under. The artists have been long anticipating the tour to Australia and New Zealand, with a full scale dance performance included in their massive 3 hour live show.

The rescheduling of the tour makes for greater anticipation and build up to one of the best Urban Music tours to hit Australian shores in the last few years, and the possible addition of the fourth artist will make for an unforgettable Get Served Tour.

Avant ft. Nicole Scherzinger - Lie About Us

Marques Houston - Naked

Omarion - Ice Box

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Brad Strut - Legend: Official Australian Tour

September 3rd 2007 07:36

brad strut offical the legend australian national tour

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it’s official! The Triple J Hip Hop Show, Unkut Recordings and Shogun Distribution are excited to announce Brad Strut’s much anticipated Legend: Official National Tour. Since its release in June this year, the sophomore solo album from the menacing Melbourne lyricist has become one of the most praised Australian hip hop records ever, and fans have clamoured for its sinister sounds to be brought to the stage. Now, Brad Strut returns from destroying shows in Europe and the UK to blow away venues across Australia with the exemplary flow and wordplay of Legend: Official.

Backed up by DJ Big Zed, who executed the searing scratches on Legend: Official, Brad’s murderous metaphors will storm the state capitals, Canberra, Cairns, Townsville, Byron Bay, Geelong and Phillip Island. Album producer and fellow Lyrical Commission icon Trem will appear on all Victorian shows, and the Melbourne date will be capped off by Bob Balans, making for the first on-stage appearance of the Commission in almost two years. Rounding out the bill in each city will be the best local MCs and DJs, along with special interstate guests for several dates.

Brad’s live shows are already legendary, as anyone who witnessed his sold out east coast dates in early 2006 can testify. Now, with performances at Hip Hop Kemp (Czech Republic) and The Edinburgh Festival under his belt, Brad is bringing home his finely tuned stage show of devastating lyrical assaults. The Legend: Official National Tour will be the essential Australian hip hop show of the year – don’t miss out! For ticket information visit Ozhiphop.com forums.

Brad Strut - Monopoly

Praise for Legend: Official

"What Aussie hip hop should sound like: a finely tuned one-man pub brawl. Local hip hop release of the year thus far." - The Age, Melbourne

“Strut moves from good to great when he embraces history and his sharp tongue.” – Rolling Stone

"Strut's wordplay and flow are exemplary." - MAG / musicaustraliaguide.com

"An amazing leap forward in all respects. A depth of character that many new emcees should take note of when writing their own lyrics." - 3D World, Sydney

"If I saw this album coming toward me on a train I would avoid eye contact, because it might just kick the crap through me." - TheDwarf.com.au

"The sharpest lyrical offering of the year so far. No weak points." - Onion magazine, SA

"Urgent and on edge. An intensely personal album." - Xpress magazine, WA

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Snoop digs Amy Winehouse and goes solo

September 1st 2007 12:35

Snoop is going solo on his next album Ego Trippin' because he doesn't need "no guest rappers, no singer, nothing. Just Snoop Dogg." Inspired by the non-rehabilitating and eccentric Amy Winehouse, Snoop just wants his fans to get to know him intimately. Armed with hitmaker Pharrell, this should be an interesting LP, more so than if he were to collaborate with Gwen Stefani or Fergie.

"When you listen to James Brown, he did it by himself. Curtis Mayfield, by himself. Of course they did collaborations, but the [songs] that matter they did by themselves. I don’t think people have got all of me yet. Doggystyle was about 95 percent of me. But I wanted Tha Dogg Pound on my album. This record, even if this record don’t sell, that might be a blessing. It needs to get back to [letting people know] who you are. I don’t know whose record I’m buying right now because it’s so many people on it. Is it a compilation? What is it?”

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Mixtape: Stan Bravo - Get Accustomed

September 1st 2007 12:11

If you have not already seen him supporting artists like Busta Rhymes, Nelly, Ja Rule, Ashanti and Jin. Or if you have not yet caught him making cameos for Ricki Lee, J-Wess, Camielle or Nino Brown. Then it is time to get acquainted. Allow me to formally introduce you to dear friend ours and a smashing fellow, the right honourable Stan Bravo Esquire. He has put together a new mixtape/album to help us all get to know each other a bit better. It is called Get Accustomed and it is mixed by DJ Peter Gunz.

Download the Split Track version HERE

Or the continuous one track version HERE

You started writing from a young age. You won a few literacy awards as a kiddie. Can you tell us in particular what sort of things you wrote? What was the subject matter of your writing back then?
I used to write a lot of poems and short stories when I was younger. I remember one time I was about 12 and I was going to a real conservative catholic school and I wrote this poem called "why" and in the poem I was talking about issues like prostitution, Drug Dealing, and a lot other f**ked things that were going on in my community. The teacher loved it and wanted to give me an A but the principal told her not too because of the "content". But my teacher loved it so much she entered it in this writing competition and I won. So even as a shorty the content in my writing has always been based on reality as I see it.

Later on you switched to writing rap lyrics. Can you remember your first rhymes what were they like?
Wack! Real corny! I was just saying anything back then trying to make the words rhyme. I had no direction. I didn't know what a 16 was or how to write a hook, so all my songs were just long ass rhymes.

Growing up in Harlem what was the most mischief you got up to as a youngster?
No comment! My momma might be reading this. I love you mom. Seriously though back then I really didn't get into too much BS. Firstly my mother is Haitian and anybody that's ever had a Haitian mother or known somebody with a Haitian mother knows her child knows what's right and what's wrong. Iâ€™m not saying I was an angel but lets just say I feared my mother more than my friends.

Now for the last 7 years you have been living in Australia, repping Blacktown to the fullest. What influence has Blacktown and just Australia in general had on your music ?
I love Blacktown. Shout out too all my b-town residents. Blacktown's the hood. And Hip Hop music was born in the hood so what better place for a rapper to be than the hood? You feel what I'm saying too you? See when your a rapper what you are effectively is a mirror to your world. So when you hear my records you're hearing Blacktown. You're hearing Harlem. You're hearing Australia or America because I've always been greatly influenced by my surroundings.

Now your track "I Can't Let You Go" has been getting some airplay on the Edge. Is this track inspired by anybody in particular?
Yeah she knows who she is. I don't wanna put her on Front Street, but she inspires a lot of my girly songs.

You talk about an intimate evening in this track. What is the most romantic thing that you have done for a lady friend?
To be honest I'm not a real romantic sort a dude. I mean I do little things to my girl to let her know I appreciate her like cook dinner for her or randomly call her to say I love you or I thinking of you. Things like that.

So you have been on quite a few tours including the infamous Ja Rule tour and the Busta Rhymes tour. Can you confirm or deny all the rumours going around about these two artists on these tours?
What rumours you talking about? Am I in them?

Stan the Man

Do you have any interesting backstage stories of your own?
Aight one time backstage on the Nelly tour me and the guys I went on tour with got into a real heated argument and I ended kinda trashing our dressing room. Michael Coppell walked in and told me off. He was like Stan what are you bloody doing? This isn't an 80's rock concert.

So what can we expect from you next?
Well I have a street album/mixtape I put out for free, just for the fans and haters. It's called Get Accustomed vol 1 mixed by the legendary Dj Gunz. The tape to me is some of my best work to date and for anybody that has ever bought a Gunz mixtape you know the guy is serious. So if you're not yet accustomed to the hottest mixtape out right now. You need to get accustomed by downloading it here.

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Blocked from Roc Tha Block

September 1st 2007 01:46

So people are asking me how Roc Tha Block 2007 was. Well I couldn't tell them because I never went; promoters of the event had promised tickets in exchange for promotion on my sites but never delivered and ignored any calls I made. I'm not the only one who was let down, sources tell me that winners never received their double passes at various giveaways.

I'm not sulking, I'm not pissed off. You learn to expect these things to happen, although the prize winners might not have. It's really sad to see this happen in such a small scene that struggles to survive in this country.

Oh well, at least I had a great cosplay birthday party...