Reef The Lost Cauze--New Album--A Viscious Cycle
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Sadat X - Generation X to be released Nov. 4th on Affluent Records.
GoodGirlPR, in conjunction with King Magazine, present "The Ghost Ball" to benefit a social ill which affects the lives of many men and women-domestic violence. Last year, "The Ghost Ball" was hosted by Thomas Jones and Kerry Rhodes of the NY Jets and was widely supported by fashion and industry tastemakers. This year, they will continue their advocacy against domestic violence by hosting "The Ghost Ball" to benefit Safe Horizon, which is the largest provider of domestic violence services in the country. "The Ghost Ball" kicks off on Friday, Oct. 31, 2007 at 8 p.m. at the Mercury Bar located in Midtown. Invitees are encouraged to make donations directly to Safe Horizon who will be on hand to raise awareness about domestic violence. Music will be provided by DJ Nickiee and DJ Shogun who have collectively rocked events for Soft & Beautiful, The United Negro College Fund, Brand Jordan, Essence, Global Grind, VH1, and many more.
About Safe Horizon
Safe Horizon is the nation's leading victims' assistance organization serving over 350,000 people every year who have been touched by violence. Whether responding to child abuse, domestic violence, stalking or other violent crimes, Safe Horizon helps victims and their families heal and rebuild their lives. For more information on Safe Horizon, please visit www.safehorizon.org.
Grammy Award-winning musician, producer and DJ Questlove, house music legend Francois K, electronica star Bassnectar, celebrity spinner Mick Boogie, hip hop experimentalist DJ Spooky, and Bhangra icon DJ Rekha have joined forces with DJs across the country for RAISE THE VOLUME, RAISE THE VOTE', a nationwide campaign that will harness the reach of America's club DJs to bolster youth voter turnout for the historic U.S. presidential election on November 4, 2008. 'The time is now for young Americans to take control of their futures,' says Questlove, best known as co-founder and drummer of the legendary hip hop band, The Roots. 'I've often heard people say, 'My vote doesn't count'they already know who's going to win.' This is not true. There is no excuse not to vote in 2008.'
In addition to these artists, the campaign also features performances and appearances by DJ Heather, DJ Lady Miss Kier, DJ Collette, Jerome Derradji, Mick Boogie, Neil Aline, DJ Ayres, Terry Urban, DJ Shakey, DJ Fortune, DJ Adam Gibbons, DJ Anjali & The Incredible Kid, JC Disko, Julius the Mad Thinker, DJ Mario Massa, and DJ StoneKold.
RAISE THE VOLUME artists will headline club dates in New York and other states, including two key 'battlegrounds' in the election ''" Ohio and North Carolina. . Artists will also leverage their extensive fan lists to deliver the 'GO VOTE' message to more than 75,000 fans nationwide in the days leading up to the election.
The campaign teams with MySpace Music (www.myspace.com/music) to release its 'Ultimate Election Day Playlist' on November 4th. The all-star collaboration features songs hand-picked by the featured artists to give fans a pumping soundtrack for their Election Day.
Election Day also finds DJ Rekha, The Rub's DJ Ayres, and Chez Music's Neil Aline spinning all-star sets at RAISE THE VOLUME's Election Day Party at Virgin Megastore Times Square in New York City from 1:00PM to 5:00PM.
'DJs have a unique opportunity to engage our fans in positive change through our music and clubs,' says DJ Rekha, whose legendary 'Basement Bhangra' party has promoted numerous social causes during its 12-year reign at New York's SOBs nightclub. 'This election is a pivotal moment in our nation's history, and I'm happy to use my music to help inspire young voters to hit the polls on November 4th.'
RAISE THE VOLUME Campaign Director Bridgit Antoinette Evans believes club DJs are a natural fit for reaching America's young people: 'We're thrilled DJ Questlove and his peers have joined forces to inspire fans to take action. These DJs understand the interests of young people and what matters to them. RAISE THE VOLUME gives them a chance to use their enormous popularity and savvy as promoters to energize a cause they all feel strongly about.'
RAISE THE VOLUME National Appearances:
This Week:
Oct 29 DJ Rekha - BSIDE LIQUOR LOUNGE - Cleveland, OH
Oct 29 JC Disko/Mario Massa/DJ Fortune - [THREE] LOUNGE - Milwaukee, WI
Oct 31 Bassnectar - THE ORANGE PEEL - Asheville, NC
Oct 31 DJ Shakey - NYC HALLOWEEN PARADE - New York, NY
Nov 3 Francois K - CIELO - New York, NY
Election Day:
Nov 4 'Ultimate Election Day Playlist' - Release on MySpace Music
Nov 4 Election Day Finale - Virgin Megastore Times Square - New York, NY
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Celebrating Hip Hop History
October 31 - November 1, 2008
Afrika Bambaataa and other pioneers of hip hop will travel to Ithaca, N.Y., to speak at a two-day conference celebrating Cornell University Library’s acquisition of “Born in the Bronx: The Legacy and Evolution of Hip Hop,” a collection that documents the early days of hip hop with recordings, photographs, posters and more.
Events on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 will include music, performances and lectures by several of hip hop’s founders, and roundtable discussions led by prominent speakers from the hip hop and academic communities. Cornell University Library will host the event, which will highlight the one-of-a-kind historical materials.
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Conference Schedule
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Cornell Cinema, 7:00 p.m. Wild Style with filmmaker Charlie Ahearn.
1983. USA. Directed by Charlie Ahearn. 1 hr 25 min. With Grand Master Caz, Cold Crush Brothers, Fantastic 5, Grand Master Flash
"Joyous, raucous, and explosive, Wild Style is the movie that made Hollywood wake up to hip-hop..." (Cinefamily). Many of the participants in the film will be on campus for Cornell's hip hop conference. Ahearn will also present Bongo Barbershop (2005, 8 mins), a return to the place where hip hop began. More information on hip hop film screenings at Cornell Cinema Oct. 24-30.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Bailey Hall, Cornell University 3:00 p.m. Welcoming Remarks Johan Kugelberg, author and curator, editor of Born in the Bronx: A Visual Record of the Early Days of Hip Hop. Sean Eversley Bradwell, Assistant Professor, Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, Ithaca College.
Hip Hop Histories Jeff Chang, hip hop historian and award-winning author of Can't Stop Won't Stop: a History of the Hip-Hop Generation and editor of the anthology Total Chaos: The Art & Aesthetics of Hip-Hop.
4:30 - 6:30 p.m. In the Beginning: A Conversation with Hip Hop's Pioneers Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmaster Caz, Grandwizzard Theodore, Roxanne Shante, Popmaster Fabel, Tony Tone, Pebblee Poo, Disco Wiz. Also: Images of the Bronx: Hip Hop Photographs by Joe Conzo. Please see participant biographies for more information. Registered participants at the conference have the opportunity to submit questions to the pioneers in advance. We encourage you to do so here. The moderator will take as many questions as time allows.
6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Dinner option for conference attendees Robert Purcell Community Center (RPCC) Marketplace Eatery
Three amateur DJs from Cornell University and the region showcase their styles!
$10 Admission includes dinner at award-winning buffet including The Mongolian Grille, Ancho's Latino Cuisine, and more.
8:30 - 11:00 p.m. Music by Hip hop pioneers and others Pioneers of hip hop culture will demonstrate old school D.J., M.C., b-boy/b-girl styles, with special appearance by DJ.J.Rocc.
Saturday, November 1
Alice Statler Auditorium, Cornell University 9:15 - 11:00 a.m. New Hip Hop Scholarship Scholars, faculty and students present recent research on hip hop.
11:00 - 12:30 p.m. Teaching Hip Hop: A Lecture and Discussion Mark Anthony Neal, Professor of Black Popular Culture at Duke University, "Teach the Bourgeois and Rock the Boulevard: Hip-Hop and the Academy."
12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Break 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Hip Hop Futures: A Lecture and Discussion Tricia Rose, Professor of Africana Studies, Brown University. Author of the influential and groundbreaking book, "Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America" will speak about the future of hip hop and share ideas from her forthcoming book: The Hip Hop Wars: What We Talk About When We Talk About Hip Hop and Why It Matters (Basic Books, December 2008).
Check it out! Filmed in San Francisco at the world famous Club Mighty, ‘Inferno’ is a tribute to the old school roller skating jammy jam. The video features Lunar Heights rocking the mic and a colorful cast of SF’s finest busting moves on the hard woods.
Other than the track by Snafu, production credits include J. Howells Werthman, who did the "That Being Said" remix for Junk Science, and executive production on Gran'dads Nerve Tonic. Beats for the EP also came from longtime Cool Calm Pete collaborator Doc Strange (Modern Rhymes and Windsprints), and Junk Science co-conspirator Scott Thorough (Hey and Hey, The Sequel).
International Indigenous Hip-Hop Gathering brings artists, fans together.LOS ANGELES – For Happy Frejo, the International Indigenous Hip-Hop Gathering was a place to make a stand. Not just for Native artists, but also for women.
That’s because the lineup at the Sept. 14 show was mostly male. Frejo, a Seminole/Pawnee singer and emcee, made a shirt that she and two girlfriends wore in protest.
“Got Wombyn?” it asked on the front. “I Am Hip-hop Too,” it said on the back.
“Hip-hop is male-dominated, but there’s a lot of women in it, too – event organizers, mothers, emcees, artists, singers; we’re just not represented as much,” she said. “We just have to do what we can to make a stand and let them know we’re still here.”
In its second year, the event’s aim is to highlight Native artists within the hip-hop industry, most of whom are independent artists on the outskirts of the mainstream. That’s where artists like Prophecy are most comfortable – speaking directly to their communities about problems only they have experienced and understand, he said.
“Our goal and our focus is to emphasize the youth to our people,” said Prophecy, Anishnabe/Potawatomi, of Antithesis. “They’re the most underserved community in the nation.”
And hip-hop is a medium that can bridge the gap between youth and elders, he said.
The event began with workshops tailored to youth, including one by the creator of the Arizona skate-wear company Apache Skateboards. Performances by groups across Indian country followed, with emcees hailing from such tribes as Oneida, Navajo and Pomo, and regions including Chile, Puerto Rico, Mexico and El Salvador.
The stated purpose was to share “music, vision, unity, tradition.” At $25 per general ticket, and $18 for youth, that was a pricey task for some. But others traveled long distances to attend the event – the only one of its kind in the country.
Daygots, 22, Oneida Indian Nation Wolf Clan, flew to the event from New York with a friend. An aspiring emcee and producer, she came to meet other Natives using hip-hop to make their voices heard.
“I think it’s very important for Natives to be seen and be heard and to tell our stories,” she said. “Personally, I’m learning and developing myself. It’s really awesome to be here and exchange and to share with people. It’s a real good feeling to see Native people getting together for the purpose of hip-hop.”
Traditional music and dance were woven within the hip-hop performances by Los Nativos, Kinto Sol, Culture Shock Camp, El Vuh, Buggin’ Malone, Rebel Diaz, Akil Ammar, Audiopharmacy, Magisterio, Skool77, Antithesis, Pedromo, Yaiva and The Prophecy.
The Southern California Intertribal Bird Singers performed songs that were once on the verge of dying out, but were revived by tribal elders. Six young men and a little boy in black ribbon shirts kept the beat to their songs with rattles. Two women and a girl swayed back and forth, swishing ribbon skirts and making small steps to each side.
The men’s dance steps were heavy and rhythmic, pounding the pavement in traditional steps that almost appeared like the root of hip-hop steps performed by break-dancers.
Toby Rabugo, 15, a Pala tribal member, said the group usually performs at pow wows and the event was their first hip-hop gathering. He listens to more mainstream artists, like X-Rated, Brother Lynch and Tec. He viewed his performance there as education.
“I like to perform because it’s a way to express my culture and get the word out that there’s different types of Indians out there. When we go out of state, they’re really amazed. They don’t know that we’re modern and still have our traditional ways.”
The ties between the traditional and the modern were fused by many of the artists at the event. Designers had reprinted shirts with old images and new slogans: “You are on Indian land,” “We were here before the borders, we will be here after they fall” and “Terrorizing Native America since 1492” with a picture of Columbus.
And in the lyrics of songs.
“We possess an essence divine. Find it within our heart, spirit and mind. All my Natives keep your heads up high. Unified as a tribe once again we will shine,” rapped the hip-hop trio Antithesis.
“As indigenous people, we need to send out a voice to the rest of the world of our issues, of our lives, of our future, in order to preserve our cultures and society,” said Cee-Los of Antithesis, who is from the Santee Sioux Nation of Nebraska. “That’s what’s important to me about hip-hop.”
via:Times Online
wo white supremacist skinheads have been charged over a bizarre plot to kill 88 African Americans including presidential candidate Barack Obama on a state-to-state killing spree. Described by the authorities as neo-Nazis, Daniel Cowart and Paul Schlesselman allegedly planned a deadly rampage through southern states, beheading 14 of their victims in a brutal homage to skinhead culture before ultimately gunning down the man who hopes to become America’s first black president.
The pair planned to drive as fast as they could at the Democratic nominee while wearing white tuxedos and top hats, blasting shotguns at him from the windows, court documents showed.
Cowart, 20, of Bells, Tennessee, and Schlesselman 18, of West Helena, Arkansas, were charged with making threats against a presidential candidate, illegal possession of a sawn-off shotgun and conspiracy to rob a gun dealer. Appearing in a Memphis court yesterday, the pair were refused bail and remanded in custody until a further hearing on Thursday.
The plot – the second against the Illinois senator to be uncovered - did not appear to be very advanced or sophisticated, court documents showed.
“We’re unsure of their ability or if they have the wherewithal to carry out any of their threats,” a source close to the investigation said.
The pair allegedly met on the internet one month ago, said an affidavit filed by Brian Weaks, a special agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
After finding common ground in their shared “white power” and “skinhead” philosophy, they “began discussing a “killing spree”” the papers said.
“They further stated that their final act of violence would be to attempt to kill/assassinate presidential candidate Barack Obama,” Mr Weaks said. The young men said they expected to die in the attack, he added.
Cowart and Schlesselman had stolen guns from family members and planned to travel from state to state robbing and killing 88 people, 14 of whom would be decapitated. An unnamed high school with predominantly African-American students was to be the first target, agents said.
The two men had planned their first robbery for last Wednesday but left without breaking in and instead went shopping for ski masks, food and rope to use in later attempts. They were arrested later that day in Crockett County, western Tennessee. On the exterior of Cowart’s car were racially motivated words and symbols, including, on its hood, a swastika and the numbers “14” and “88”
Both numbers are symbolic in skinhead culture. The number 88 stands for “Heil Hitler” as H is the eighth letter of the alphabet, special agent in charge James Cavanaugh said. 14 is a reference to a 14-word phrase attributed to an imprisoned white supremacist: “We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children."
Agents seized a rifle, a sawn-off shotgun and three pistols from the men when they were arrested and said the two men were preparing to break into a gun shop to steal more.
The pair, who detailed the plot in interviews following their arrest, also told investigators that on the day of the aborted robbery they had shot at a glass window at Beech Grove Church of Christ, a congregation of about 60 black members in Brownsville, Tennessee.
Nelson Bond, the church secretary and treasurer, said no one was at the church when the shot was fired. Members found the bullet had shattered the glass in the church’s front door when they arrived for evening Bible study.
“We have been on this site for about 120 years, and we have never had a problem like this before,” said Mr Bond, 53 and a church member for 45 years.
Mr Cavanaugh said authorities took the assassination threats very seriously. “They seemed determined to do it,” he said. “Even if they were just to try it, it would be a trail of tears around the South.”
Mr Obama’s campaign had no immediate comment on the alleged plot. The 47-year-old Democrat would become the first black president in US history if he defeats Republican John McCain in the November 4 election, some four decades since the end of segregation in the south.
Concerns about Mr Obama’s safety led the secret service to provide round-the-clock protection from early in his campaign. During the Democratic convention in Denver, three men were arrested in connection with a possible assassination plot and are currently awaiting trial on drugs and weapons charges, suggesting that the scheme was not particularly developed.
In Bells today, residents were shocked by the arrest of Cowart, who neighbours said seemed like a normal boy.
“If we had any skinheads in this county I wasn’t aware of it. We hardly know what they are,” said Sam Lewis, who lives across the street from Cowart's mother. Cowart, he said, grew up in the comfortable, well-maintained neighborhood and was not known as a troublemaker.
“His mother is a real sweet, nice girl, and this comes asa shock and a surprise,” Mr Lewis said.
No one answered the door at Cowart’s mother’s house, and no lights were on inside. Jasper Taylor, the City Attorney, said that Cowart had most recently been living with his grandparents in a southern, rural part of the county.
But In Helena-West Helena, on the Mississippi River in east Arkansas’ Delta, Schlesselman was described as a “troubled child" by a woman who works with his adoptive father, Mark Schlesselman.
Marty Riddell said she tried to offer Paul Schlesselman a pet lizard she couldn’t care for, but was warned by his family that “he would hurt it.
“They might have done that man a favour picking that kid up,” Ms Riddell said. “He was a troubled child already.”
Slug of Atmosphere on Current.com
Slug of Atmosphere takes over the Daily Fix on Current TV to talk about their 6th and latest album "When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold". Slug dishes on criticism from his contemporaries and talks about how he "dumbed it down" on the deluxe version to cater to their comments. Find out what new rules were set for this album, how Slug tweaked his writing style, and get a peek at the innovative approach to their new music video, "You."
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