Koushik's Out My Window is due September 30th on Stones Throw.
MySpace: KoushikKoushik specializes in making that hazy, hip-hop-based downbeat sh*t that you could easily compare to contemporaries such as Four Tet (who released Koushik's first single on his Text label), RJD2, and DJ Shadow. What sets Koushik apart from the others is a beautiful '60s psych-pop element that tends to pervade throughout. It shows itself in the spacious panned strings, acoustic guitars, and harpsichords that fall in and out of each other; and the beats have a harder regimented classic true school hip-hop sound, that Fourtet and Prefuse tend to stray away from. But what I truly love about this record is Koushik's voice. His singing is soft and mixed way down in the center of the track, sounding like the voice choirs you'd hear on one of those old Percy Faith or 101 Guitars from the late-'60s. If you're a fan of any of the aforementioned artists, you need this record. – OTHER MUSIC, NYC
"Blaps, Rhymes & Life" is the exclusive new mixtape project from Dub MD and one of the most accomplished producers in Hip Hop Illmind. A producer that balances both the mainstream and underground successfully, working with a full spectrum of artists from Heltah Skeltah to 50 Cent, Little Brother to Black Eyed Peas, the list goes on. This new project features some of the artists Illmind has been working closely with over the past year or so including the likes of 50 Cent, LL Cool J, Heltah Skeltah, Skyzoo and many more.
Lookout for Illmind dropping his brand new studio album currently "Untitled" coming soon, along with his highly anticipated group album as "Fortilive" with Mushmouf and Slo-Mo and his exclusive collaboration project with North Carolina's Supastition and make sure you check out his new beat-tape "New Blap City" + limited edition T-shirt which is available right now, cop them @ http://www.illmind.biz.
Also keep your eyes out for Dub MD's exclusive new mixtape project for the purest called "Hip Hop Renatus" which features the whos-who of underground hip hop emcees (44 MC's / 34 Tracks) doin what they do best over the greatest hip hop producers of all-times instrumentals, out next month for exclusive free download!
01.) Get Ya Ass Up! (Intro)
02.) Heltah Skeltah - Everything Is Heltah Skeltah
03.) Brooklyn Academy - Raise Ya Hands (feat. Jean Grae)
04.) Fresh Daily - Get Over
05.) D. Black - The Come Up (feat. Skyzoo)
06.) 50 Cent - Make A Movie
07.) Supastition - Thankful (feat. Kil Ripkin)
08.) Naturel - The Bullets
09.) K.O. (K-Otix) - 48 Seasons
10.) Torae - New Blood (feat. Skyzoo, Emilio Rojas & Fresh Daily)
11.) Fortilive - The Come Up
12.) Broken English - Different World
13.) Skyzoo - Lyrically Inclined (feat. Wale)
14.) Naps N Dreds - Do What I Should (feat. Copywrite)
15.) Quan - Geez Like Deez (feat. Rapper Big Pooh)
16.) Naturel - Resurrect
17.) 8th W1 - A Fool's Lullaby 18.) Faro-Z - Clap Ya Hands
19.) A.P.E.X. - One More Time
20.) LL Cool J - Queens (feat. Prodigy, 50 Cent, Kool G Rap, & Tony Yayo)
21.) Wannabe? (Outro)
Compiled & Mixed By : Dub MD
Production By: Illmind
Cover Art By: Jump Designs
www.illmind.biz
Atmosphere will be performing tonight on Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC.
The show airs at 11:05PM (CST). For additional air times check your local listing.
THU 10/16 DENVER, CO Marquis
FRI 10/17 COLORADO SPRINGS, CO Black Sheep
SAT 10/18 BOULDER, CO Fox
 Who: Radio One and Hip Hop Caucus What: One Vote Day – Voter Registration Drive
Where: Baltimore, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Richmond, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Raleigh/Durham, Houston, Dallas, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Columbus, Detroit, Cleveland, and Charlotte
When: September 30th, 2008, 6AM – 9PM
The Hip Hop Caucus and Radio One, Inc, are collaborating in an effort to register more than 50,000 eligible voters in a single day which will set the world record for most voter registrations in a single day. Respect My Vote! is a non-partisan voter registration, education, and mobilization campaign. This groundbreaking initiative focuses on young people ages 18-29, especially those who did not attend college.
We have chosen to focus on this demographic because 66% of young adults aged 18-29 years who did not attend college DID NOT vote in the 2004 presidential election; and on Super Tuesday 93% of young adults 18-29 who did not attend college DID NOT vote. These alarming rates are cause for serious concern and by reaching out to all segments of the population and engaging our young people we will be one step further in ensuring a successful democracy.
Below is a listing of the locations where voter registration will be taking place in each city. If there is no venue listed for your city, check back often as we will be updating the list. The Radio-One stations listed for each city will be promoting One-Vote Day and helping us reach our 50,000 registrations in one day.
Atlanta, GA
The Gallery at South DeKalb
2801 Candler Road
DeCatur, Georgia
WAMJ-FM 102.5, WHTA-FM 107.9, WJZZ-FM 107.5, WPZE-FM 97.5
Indianapolis, IN
Lafayette Square Mall
Lafayette Road and 38th Street
Broad Ripple Park
1550 Broad Ripple Avenue
Indianapolis,Indiana
WDNI-TV Channel 65 - Cable 99 Music Television, WHHH-FM 96.3, WNOU 100.9, WTLC-AM 1310, WTLC-FM 106.7
Baltimore, MD
Radio One Baltimore
1705 Whitehead Road
Baltimore, Maryland
WERQ-FM 92.3, WOLB-AM 1010, WWIN-AM 1440, WWIN-FM 95.9
Detroit, MI Northland Shopping Center
21500 Northwestern Hwy
Southfield, Michigan
WCHB-AM 1200, WDMK-FM 105.9, WHTD-FM 102.7
St. Louis, MO
Monsanto Family YMCA
5555 Page Blvd.
St.Louis, Missouri
(314) 367-4646
WFUN-FM 95.5, WHHL-FM104.1
Charlotte, NC
The Historical Coffee Cup
9311 J.W. Clay Blvd
Charlotte, North Carolina
WPZS-FM 100.9, WQNC-FM 92.7
Raleigh-Durham, NC WFXC-FM 107.1, WFXK-FM 104.3, WNNL-FM 103.9, WQOK-FM 97.5
Cincinnati, OH, WDBZ-AM 1230, WIZF-FM 101.1, WMOJ-FM 100.3
Cleveland, OH
Severence Town Square
Revol Wireless Corridor
3480 Mayfield Rd
Cleveland, Ohio
WENZ-FM 107.9, WERE-AM 1490, WJMO-AM 1490, WZAK-FM 93.1
Columbus, OH
Smackies Barbeque
5730 Cleveland Ave
Columbus,Ohio
WCKX-FM 107.5, WJYD-FM 106.3, WXMG-FM 98.9
Philadelphia, PA
Close Pin
15th & Market Street
Philadelphia, PA
WPHI-FM 100.3, WPPZ-FM 103.9, WRNB-FM 107.9
Dallas-Ft. Worth,TX
The Martin Luther King Jr. Family Clinic
2922 (B) Martin Luther King Blvd
Dallas, Texas
KBFB-FM 97.9, KSOC-FM 94.5
Houston, TX KBXX-FM 97.9, KMJQ-FM 102.1, KROI-FM 92.1
Richmond, VA Richmond Coliseum
601 East Leigh Street
Richmond, Virginia
WCDX-FM 92.1, WKJM-FM 99.3, WKJS-FM 105.7, WPZZ-FM 104.7, WTPS-AM 1240
Washington, DC
Mall of Prince George's
3500 East West Highway
Hyattsville, Maryland 20782
WKYS-FM 93.9, WMMJ-FM 102.3, WOL-AM 1450, WPRS-FM 104.1, WYCB-AM 1340
Family Reunion of Urban Radio Will Focus On "Stepping Your Game Up to the Next Level of Excellence"
Plans for the 3rd Annual I Rock The Mic Conference & Awards (IRTM) were announced today. The conference dates are set for December 4 - 7 in Miami Beach, Florida at the Eden Roc Resort & Spa. The theme for the leading empowerment gathering for urban radio professionals is "Stepping Your Game Up to the Next Level of Excellence." IRTM, known as the family reunion of urban radio, creates a very unique environment where accomplished industry professionals and the aspiring convene for power networking, informative panels, talent development and programming workshops and exclusive entertainment events. 2007 marked the first time that key urban radio powerhouses were under one roof at the same time. Industry leaders such as Tom Joyner, Doug Banks, Elroy Smith, Big Boy, Doc Wynter, Donnie Simpson, Reggie Rouse, Gary Bernstein, Michael Baisden, Rickey Smiley, Terry Monday, Keith Sweat, Big Tigger, FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein, RIAA's Carlos Linares, Arbitron's Julian Davis and many more came together to network and talk about the business of urban radio.
The 2008 IRTM weekend retreat kicks off this year with a celebration of powerful women who rock the mic and the conference will feature live broadcasts by personalities on radio and internet stations, interactive panel discussions on current industry issues and information that will include representatives from the NABOB, RIAA and other industry organizations.
Back by popular demand this year is the talent development boot camp. New to the conference agenda is a programmers workshop and luncheon that will feature some of the most powerful programming leaders in the country.
"I Rock The Mic is about empowerment. Many think urban radio is heading towards extinction but they are wrong. Urban radio is transitioning and today its all about taking our old school knowledge and tying in the new school technology," says Rick Party Co-Founder of IRTM and CEO of Sizzle Productions. "I Rock The Mic empowers urban radio professionals and students with knowledge of today. We are committed to the responsibility of preserving the history and shaping the future of urban radio?
The IRTM Awards close the weekend and have honored urban radio legends and icons for their contribution to the industry. Past honorees include Hal Jackson, Jerry Rushin, Irene Johnson Ware, Herb Kent, Tom Joyner, Walt 'Baby' Love and Donnie Simpson. The 2008 honorees will be announced in October.
IRTM conference, sponsorship and registration information is available online at www.irockthemic.com, via phone at 214.941.3034 or by email at info@irockthemic.com.
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Beautiful Minds is due out Sept. 23rd
From One be Lo's Myspace Blog
Who wants a B.a.b.y.???
Before you answer that, let me tell you about this B.a.b.y. then you can decice if you want to adopt or whatever.
Being a Black Youth- is the latest Brainchild of me, One be Lo, aka B.a.b.y.d.a.d.d.y. Many of the lyrics from the album I have posted in blogs, so you can go back a get a feel of what I'm talking about on the record. Most of it is personal, stories of different situations I dealt with growing up. But these are experiences that many of us share to some degree. So I based most of it from my own life, but the album is not only about me, it's about the experience of youth, and of people in general. Since I can't speak for all youth, I reached out to a few artist from different parts of the country that I knew could bring different perspectives, and they filled in the blanks. Topics range from Family, to love, from economics to music, basically just everyday life for a youth. We all know how complex things can be growing up, not only in America, but all over the world. Baby is an acronym that ultimately stands for Being A Black Youth. I grew up as a black youth, but it's not about just being "black". There are many experiences that we all share as youth and when you here the album you might find yourself saying, "I'm not black, but I can relate to that too." So you can make your own Acronym(Being a Blonde youth-lol). There are many youth out there not just black you, who who feel "Blue". They have felt "betrayed", "belittled"...they have been "beaten" and "battered". Many us go through our own struggles sometimes starting the day we are born. Now don't get me wrong, this album is not all about struggle. This is also about Being a "Brave" youth, or being "brilliant". We have/had our share of bad times, and good ones too. So regardless of the situation, the overall message is- "If it don't kill you, it makes you stronger. Black, blue, blonde, brown or whatever, we all are "Blessed". Whether you are 9 months old, or 90 years old...at one point your were a youth, and this album is for you. So stay tuned for the birthdate...
Oh yeah, what will the b.a.b.y. look like you may wonder? I'll give you a couple b.a.b.y. features: Akir, Guilty Simpson, Illite, Juice, Ka Di, Octane, Phonte, Royce da 5'9, Supastition, and Zion I just to name a few. There are more surprises as well, that i'm sure many people won't expect but the whole point is to cover the many experiences of being a black youth. Expect to hear production that invoke passion throughout the album. Expect to hear One Be Lo bouncing off singers and emcee's like you've never heard before. Expect to hear the truth.
Peace
One Be Lo aka B.a.b.y. d.a.d.d.y.
Soldiering OnReposted from The Times http://www.thetimes.co.za/Entertainment/Article.aspx?id=843162
Benjamin Moshatama speaks to Zuluboy, the edgy hip-hop comrade from KZN
You have been involved in socio-political events like the United Nations Global Hip-Hop Summit in Canada and the virus-free campaign in Holland.It is an honour to be able to represent the local youth and to put our music on an international platform. It was great to be part of the hip-hop summit as we were working with the UN, coming up with solutions to tackle poverty and war in Africa. The virus-free campaign allowed us to petition in the streets of Holland for the European Parliament to provide HIV/Aids drugs for the price of bread.
These initiatives are important because… I consider myself a hip-hop soldier struggling for the forthcoming generation. We have to do something as there are a lot of people from the hood who still face poverty and war.
What do you think about rapping in one’s native tongue? It’s great that people are now doing hip-hop in our own languages, but we shouldn’t take advantage of the fact that we are now reaching more people in our communities. We have to communicate the right things to the masses.
You have called your hip-hop “ skandi-hop”. It’s all about crossing over to maskandi with the music. Anyone can do skandi-hop if you are rapping in your native tongue. It can be done in any language.
In Masihambisane you highlight poverty, crime and unemployment. Is the focus the same in your latest album, Inqolobane ?Yes. Before the recent xenophobia violence, I wrote a song about black-on-black hate. I was surprised to see that the song became kind of prophetic.
You incorporate Zulu tradition on stage. I always wear umbhlaselo (colourful Zulu pants) and traditional headgear when I perform. I used to lightlight impepho (African incense), but people complained.
Your obsession is…Finding new things to do. I have started acting in Soul City and I would like to write or produce a movie.
How did you get into acting? After one of my shows, I received a call from a lady at a production company. I went for an audition and was called back. It has been a learning experience.
After Tumi and the Volume disbanded you are probably the only MC who travels with his band. Why is that important to you? You are not limited when it comes to performance. Every time you do a song you can give it a different groove, and you can even extend a track to 30 minutes, depending on the energy you get from the crowd.
If you were to put together a hip-hop gig, who would you invite? I would want either Kenzhero or BlaQt to deejay, then I would also invite Joburg-based graffiti artist Osmic; B-boy Siyabonga; and Bongo Riot from Gang of Instrumentals.
What do you think of the status of SA hip-hop? We are losing the plot. Maybe I sound like a Mugabe chilling in Thabo Mbeki’s home, but I don’t get what the hype is all about. You hear some MCs doing the same stuff that people from the States are coming up with.
Zuluboy performs every Thursday at his Zuluboy’s Amazing Thursdays gig at Cappello in Newtown, Joburg.
Zuluboy’s Favourite Tracks Of All Time
Heartbreaker by will.i.am
Wathula Nje by Black Coffee featuring Victor Ntoni
It’s your birthday by The Roots
Cosi Cosi by Camagwini
http://www.myspace.com/zuluboyhiphop
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