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Gift of Gab - Molotov - November 15, 2007
2007-11-15 19:03:52
From the for immediate release department... Thanks Elliot... Gift of Gab @ Molotov... tonight! Nov. 15. ----- Hope work's not monitoring this post, which I'm sure they are... More info: The... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

Little Brother - Stubb's - November 17, 2007
2007-11-12 22:07:02
From the Google Android is out, time for some crazy development... Thanks to Raul for reminding us that... Little Brother and Evidence @ Stubb's on Nov 17th. Tix are $15... get them here. ----- Big... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

Ghostface - The Parish - November 24, 2007
2007-11-10 09:19:16
From the woke up with a sore throat department... Again... how many cars do they really move... Ghostface @ The Parish on Nov 24th with Rhythm Roots Allstars and our own DJ Mel. Once again... Free... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

Rapid Ric - Beauty Bar - November 17, 2007
2007-11-09 19:39:00
From the novel posing as a party flyer... Rapid Ric, Nick Nack, Boss Ross, Glorium @ Beauty Bar on Nov 17th... Beauty Bash... nothing but dope... Looks like 7th and Red River is the place to be come the 17th.-----It's dope the NBA season's started. I have much hope for the Rockets this season... Tracy, Yao and team better step it up a notch... it'll be a good season. I only wished we got games in Austin. :(More info:“Rapid Ric is one of the fastest rising DJ’s in the South right now, and it’s mostly because of the skill he brings to his art form.” – ChamillionaireWhile Texas’ slow and soulful underground movement went mainstream in 2005, millions of CD’s by Texas artists flew off the shelves as MTV and even the New York Times co-signed the Lone Star State. Meanwhile, every mixtape Rapid Ric dropped (Z-Ro’s Greatest Verses, Whut It Dew 2, Afta Da Relays, Getcha Weight Up, King of the Trill, Whut it Dew 3) boosted his star higher as Texas stayed hot on Atlanta's heels ...

Crew54 - Plush - November 17, 2007
2007-11-08 19:37:00
From it's a girl department... Gettin' ready to unleash the wrath on us with their new album, Aggressive Soul... Crew54 throwin' a party @ Plush on Nov 17th with Bavu Blakes' last performance of the year... and DJ Kunal M and the Table Manners Crew.Congrats to my friends Prajay and Anita on the birth of their first child, Kaviya! I went to high school with Prajay... man... I'm getting old. Is the train passing me by and I just forgot to jump on it? Nah...More info:Quickly becoming regarded as one of Texas’ brightest new acts, Crew54 is determined to make their way into the game. Combining raw reality lyrics with soul driven banging beats, G-christ and M.O.S. deliver a high energy product that bumps in your system and will blow you away live in person.After serving in the Army, G-Christ ended up in Killeen, TX. Using his southern breeding, mixed with world traveling experience, he crafted a lyrical style that is versatile, with the ability to sound natural on almost any type of ...

Stormshadow - Creekside Lounge - November 15, 2007
2007-11-07 18:37:00
From the managers asking employees to work Thanksgiving department... Stormshadow will be settin' the mic on fire @ Creekside Lounge on Nov 15th. Plus our good friends Crew54... CO2, Grimnasty, Project Dead, Whyteside and DJ Orion...More info:BORN IN TEXAS AT THE YOUNG TENDER AGE OF FIVE STORMSHADOW WAS EXPOSED TO HIP-HOP KULTURE BY HIS BROTHER "DENNIS THA MENACE" THREW THE ELEMENTS OF BRAKE DANCE,EMCING AND DJING. DUE TO HIS FATHER BEING IN THE MILITARY STORMSHADOW TRAVELED AND MET MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE BUT CONNECTED MORE TO THOSE WHO LOVED TO RAP AND BRAKE DANCE. A FEW OF THESE PEOPLE WERE FROM NEW YORK AND TOOK STORMSHADOW UNDER THERE WING AND BEGAN TO TEACH AND HONE HIS SKILLS ON THE MIC AS A EMCEE STORMSHADOW IS ALSO A FORMER MEMBER AND FOUNDER OF THE "UNDAGROUND ASSASSINS CLICK" WITH PRODUCTION BY"DJ RREAL".FAST FORWARD TO THE PRESENT STORMSHADOW IS A ICONOCLAST HIP-HOP PURIST BENT THE DESTUCTION OF FASLE PHROPETS,SUCKA EMCEE'S AND PIMP RECORD COMPANIES T ...

Lyrics Born - Emo's - November 9, 2007
2007-11-06 23:23:00
From the I'm too lazy to take a dump before bed, so I'll just hold it department... Lyrics Born @ Emo's this Friday, Nov 9th... Reppin' the ATX... Vehicular, Just Born, and DJ Notion.Am I the only one that thinks it's odd that your boss has to go to the restroom?!? Is it not the funniest thing when your manager rips a smelly one in the stall next to you... don't see them quite the same ever again. I'm so childish. ;)More info:Lyrics Born (formerly known as Asia Born, born Tom Shimura in Tokyo, Japan in 1972), is a half-Japanese-American, half-Italian-American hip hop rapper. He is one half of the group Latyrx with Lateef the Truthspeaker.Through his childhood, he lived in Tokyo and Salt Lake City, Utah, and has lived most of his life in the San Francisco Bay Area. Although he moved to Tampa Florida for four years to attend Henry B. Plant High School. He began his hip hop career while at college at UC Davis, where he was a DJ at the college station KDVS. He is a founding member o ...

B-Girl City - Ruta Maya - November 17, 2007
2007-11-04 15:09:00
From the getting calls from the manager on the weekend department... The 2nd Annual B-Girl City @ Ruta Maya on Nov 17th. It'll be hot to see some girls just break it down...More info:A B-boy/beat-boy (male) or B-girl/beat-girl (female) is a person devoted to hip-hop culture, specifically the breakdance element. The term "b-boy" has come to refer more specifically to a male who practices what the media refers to as breakdancing, i.e., an individual who has the ability to perform rhythmic dance combining a variety of dance forms with gymnastics and original body movements. These stylized movements are commonly known as "breaking" or "breakdancing," and B-boys are often called breakdancers.There are four basic elements which form the foundation of B-boying. The first is Toprock, a term referring to the upright dancing and shuffles that B-boys do when they enter a circle. The second element is the Downrock or Footwork, refers to dancing performed on the floor. The third element, is known ...

Aesop Rock - Emo's - November 17, 2007
2007-11-03 11:42:00
From the everyone's using Facebook these days department... Aesop Rock @ Emo's on Nov 17th... with Rob Sonic, DJ Big Wiz, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Blockhead with DJ Signify.Got word from by boi Ebun... there's a new album out by Saul Williams, The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust, you can get the album free at the site and also to support Saul with $5 for the album. Check it out...More info:Aesop Rock (born Ian Matthias Bavitz on 1976-05-11) is an American hip hop artist. He was in the forefront of the new wave of underground acts that emerged during the late 1990s/early 2000s. He is signed to El-P's Definitive Jux label.A Long Island, New York-born MC, Aesop initially recorded and released two self-financed records, Music for Earthworms (1997), featuring underground legend Percee P on two tracks, and the Appleseed EP (1999), while also working as a waiter. These two independent releases are widely sought after in the underground scene.[citation needed]After moving ...

Low B - Whisky Bar - November 3, 2007
2007-11-01 19:41:00
From the relationships are hard department... After the M.I.A. show this Saturday... get treated to M.I.A.'s DJ... Low B (aka DJ Low Budget) @ Whisky Bar on Nov 3rd and our own DJ Digg... how low can you go... b. Where do I come up with these?!? :)Relationships are a melding of 2 people, personalities, cultures... how tough could it be... are we destined to follow in the steps of our parents... are there changes you can make to avoid those same mistakes... what is one to do?!?More info:As co creator of now one of the most influential dj styles around,half of the DJ duo Hollertronix, Low B aka Low Budget has been a part of Philly’s nightlife and thriving DJ scene for the last seven years. Since then he has taken his eclectic party rockin style around the world and back. Born in Philadelphia and growing up mainly in Parkside/Chester, Low B began DJing in the mid 90’s while still in high school. A product of hip hop’s “golden age”, Low B is all about maintaining the integrity o ...

Atmosphere - Emo's - October 30, 2007
2007-10-28 10:10:00
From the clowns are scary department... For the Everybody Loves A Clown Tour... Atmosphere hits Emo's this Tuesday, Oct 30th... with fellow Rhymesayers... Mac Lethal, Grayskul, and Luckyiam of Living Legends.More info:Imagine how many cigarettes, beers, tour dates, international flights, all-night drives, backstage shenanigans, countless hours in a van, low-budget hotel rooms, notebooks filled with lyrics and endless hours of recording sessions have been consumed, experienced and sustained by Atmosphere over the course eight years?Let’s count to eight.Remember 1997, the year beginning the next phase of independent rap artists and a new era of imprint-based record labels with the major label exploitation; the dividing period of: Mos Def, Jay Z, Company Flow and 2 Pac. Our story begins at this time in Minneapolis, MN. Eight years ago, when Atmosphere released their debut album Overcast!, on the artist’s collectively owned Rhymesayers label. Slug, Ant, with then member Spawn, deliv ...

Nick Nack - Whisky Bar - October 27, 2007
2007-10-27 17:08:00
From the recovering from Afrika Bambaataa department... Nick Nack and Xman @ Whisky Bar tonight, Oct 27th for some 90s Hip Hop (Oh the good ol' days), Dance, and 80's.More info:From vinyl manipulation on the turntables, to current production of jazz infused hiphop tracks, Crowd Control Records CEO, NickNack is a true soundcraftsman. His musical journey began in the late 80's after making the transition from hiphop spectator to participant. Cutting his teeth from the very beginning as a young appreciative turntablist knocking off rivals at Dallas' Sound Wars battles in the mid-nineties, Nick has worked hard to encompass a broad vision of ability, and a verbose sense of instrumentality, to match his already fruitful passion for music.These days you can find Nick performing/touring with the jazz band BLAZE, or hear him rocking dance floors at various downtown clubs. Most recently, Nick has been enjoying the success of his latest full length release, "Improving Silence". The record has ...

Trae - MusicMania - October 24, 2007
2007-10-23 22:51:00
From the ... department... Trae will be in store @ MusicMania tomorrow, Oct 24th @ 6pm, promoting his new CD. Girls bring your chests to be autographed... I'll have my ballpoint ready. ;)More info:Trae (born Frasier Thompson III on March 5, 1981) is a Southern rapper from Houston, Texas, United States. With his cousin Z-Ro, he is a part of the underground rap group Screwed Up Click. Trae and Z-Ro, along with Trae's other cousin Dougie D, are the founding members of the group Guerilla Maab. He also has a little brother "Jay-Ton" who is also a rapper and part of ABN.Trae first gained exposure on the Houston rap scene when he made his rapping debut on Z-Ro's album Look What You Did to Me. In 2003, he began his solo career with the album Losing Composure. Same Thing Different Day (2004) and the acclaimed Restless (2006) soon followed. Trae is currently signed to Rap-A-Lot Records.He was featured in a video called Smash Exclusive: Houston Mic Pass with Lil' Flip, Chamillionaire, Chingo ...

Afrika Bambaataa - Club Deville - October 26, 2007
2007-10-21 21:08:00
From the come this Friday I'll be ready to party department... Afrika Bambaataa @ Club Deville on Oct 26th... for the 7th RockIt: World Destruction... oh what a party... DJ Manny, Bigface, Brownout, Tiger Liu, Sangre del Sol, Proyector, B-Boy City, and Super Sonic Soul Squad.Another night... another call with Japan... another long week... makes looking forward to the weekend all that much better... can't wait!Latest idea in costumes... either Frank Abagnale (Catch Me If You Can) or Howard Hughes (Aviator)... what do ya'll think?!? I could have a flaccid penis also to slap at all the female stewardesses.More info:Afrika Bambaataa is a DJ and community leader from the South Bronx, who was instrumental in the early development of hip hop throughout the 1970s. Like the majority of the early pioneers in Hip-Hop, he is of African American descent. On September 27, 2007, he was nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.During a time in New York City where gang life was 5 ...

Done Deal - Troubadour Saloon - October 20, 2007
2007-10-20 13:00:00
From the making up for the lack of posts this week department... Done Deal wrote in to tell us about their show tonight, Oct 20th @ Troubadour Saloon... Let's see if we can get an interview with this up and coming act.Ok. I'm done for the day. Gonna go chill... read a book... listen to some music... and get ready for the long week ahead that starts tomorrow night with Japan... Peace.More info:Done Deal is three members that consist of Luckie, Tab and G.B. A solid unit that has just signed their first major record deal with Sonicwave Inernational Under the Sony/BMG Group. Major Debut Is scheduled for late 07 or early 08 still working out all the detail. This group has its own uniqueness to them selfs growing up in almost 2 separate backgrounds with Tab and GB growing up in Houston TX and Luckie growing up half of his life in New Orleans LA and Corpus Christi. With all three members moving to Austin for there own different reason cam together in fate. Luckie was apart of The DME click ...

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