Groove Kitchen - Longbranch Inn - June 21, 2006

This is kinda cool and different! Terrance emailed to tell us 'bout the Groove Kitchen coming June 21st to the Longbranch Inn! DJ's Aquaman Chill and Hobo D will be spinnin' while you eat your $5 plates of BBQ! mmmh... :)

So this free wireless shit is pretty cool at Republic Square, I'm chillin' here waiting for Before the Music Dies to begin and writing this... yes... I am a dork... and proud of it! :)

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STARTING WEDNESDAY JUNE 21ST

The Groove Kitchen is smokin up the Longbranch Inn with the grooviest
deep funk cuts and classic/underground hip-hop... spiced up with
international flavas.

With deejays Aquaman Chill and Hobo D ...plus special guest deejays.

Oh yes...$5.00 BBQ PLATES FROM BEN'S...so you can get your after - work eat on

This is the real deal...banging strictly from the heart...no watered
down commercialism..we will feed your stomach and your soul...believe
that.

No cover

LONGBRANCH INN 1133 E. 11th st. EVERY WEDNESDAY 6-10 PM

The Streets - La Zona Rosa - June 16, 2006

Down with some Brit hip-hop? Like M.I.A.? Ahhh... she's hot in sooo many ways! I can't even begin to tell you... well ok... for one... she's Indian... well actually Sri Lankan... but I like to think she's Indian cuz I simply love Indian girls! OK cold shower... :)

Alright! So on June 16th The Streets and Lady Sovereign are coming to La Zona Rosa! Should be a good show!

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He has been compared to Eminem, lauded as the voice of Blair's Britain and the Mercury Music Prize nomination is a heady accolade for one so young.

The fact he is ranked alongside some of the UK's freshest acts, including Ms Dynamite, The Coral and The Bees, and one of the country's few truly unique talents in David Bowie, is likely to add to the legend of the boy from Birmingham.

At the age of five the boy wonder had apparently been "fiddling with keyboards", later building his own sound booth out of a cupboard and an old mattress and turning his bedroom into "rap central".

His early teen efforts, influenced by De La Soul and the Beastie Boys, were American-centric copies of hip-hop records.

Old School House Party - Travis County Expo Center - June 17, 2006

Thanks to Omit for peepin us to the Old School House Party coming to the Travis County Expo Center on June 17th! What a line up! Definitely a blast from the past with Kurtis Blow, Spinderella, and Wiz... LOL! You can get your tix here.

Dude, I'm still reeling from the weekend bachelor party in Tahoe. Tired so tired... to all my boyz it was a great time... times like these are few and far between... and congrats to Nauman on the engagement... and thanks to the girls that showed us a good time... ;) here's a tip for ya'll... ALWAYS stop for girls flashing on the side of the road... :)

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As the first commercially successful rap artist, Kurtis Blow is a towering figure in hip-hop history. His popularity and charisma helped prove that rap music was something more than a flash-in-the-pan novelty, paving the way for the even greater advances of Grandmaster Flash and Run-D.M.C. Blow was the first rapper to sign with (and release an album for) a major label; the first to have a single certified gold (1980's landmark "The Breaks"); the first to embark on a national (and international) concert tour; and the first to cement rap's mainstream marketability by signing an endorsement deal. For that matter, he was really the first significant solo rapper on record, and as such he was a natural focal point for many aspiring young MCs in the early days of hip-hop.