Tour Dates: Nas & Talib Kweli
Posted on July 15, 2008 | posted by Stone
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Nas is going on an extensive club tour in support of his new album Nigg Untitled and is bringing Talib Kweli along for the ride. Jay Electronica and DJ Green Lantern will also perform on select stops. These dates are in addition to Nas and Kweli’s appearances on the Rock The Bells tour.
Tour Dates
*Sat 7/19 - Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
*Sun 7/20 - Toronto Arrow Hall
Tue 7/22 - Montreal, QC Metropolis
Thu 7/24 - Burlington, VT Higher Ground
Fri 7/25 - New Haven, CT Toad’s Place
*Sat 7/26 - Boston, MA Comcast Center
*Sun 7/27 - Washington, DC Merriweather Post Pavilion
Tue 7/29 - Charlotte, NC Amos’ Southend
Wed 7/30 - Charleston, SC Music Farm
Thu 7/31 - Atlanta, GA Center Stage
Fri 8/1 - New Orleans, LA House of Blues
*Sat 8/2 - Miami, FL Bicentennial Park
*Sun 8/3 - New York, NY Jones Beach Amphitheater
Fri 8/8 - Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
*Sat 8/9 - Los Angeles, CA Glen Helen Pavilion
Sun 8/10 - San Diego, CA House of Blues
Thu 8/14 - Reno, NV New Oasis
Fri 8/15 - Chico, CA Senator Theatre
*Sat 8/16 - San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
Fri 8/22 - Park City, UT Harry O’s
*Sat 8/23 - Denver, CO Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
Sun 8/24 - Austin, TX Emo’s
Mon 8/25 - Houston, TX Warehouse Live
Tue 8/26 - Dallas, TX House of Blues
Thu 8/28 - Cleveland, OH House of Blues
Fri 8/29 - Detroit, MI Chene Park
Sat 8/30 - Champaign, IL Canopy Club
Wed 9/3 - St. Louis, MO The Pageant
Thu 9/4 - Milwaukee, WI The Rave
Fri 9/5 - Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
*Sat 9/6 - Quincy, WA The Gorge Amphitheatre
*Rock The Bells tour dates.
Mixtape: Ayah - The Problem Woman
Posted on July 15, 2008 | posted by Stone
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Ayah - The Problem Woman Mixtape (Free Download)
Most of y’all know that I generally don’t like R&B music, and let’s face it: the genre has been stagnant for years now after the death of neo soul and the introduction of pro Tools assisted divas with an absence of talent and class.
However, maybe once a year a voice comes along that makes me do a double take and reintroduces me to the genre that I’ve spurned. In 2008, that voice is Ayah. The Toronto native has been making a name for herself up North. At the age of only 22, she’s already aligned herself with DJ Jazzy Jeff and and a bevy of producers for her debut album which drops sometime this year.
But female voices are a dime a dozen, but its her attitude that carries her through. Her mixtape, based on Marvin Gaye’s 1972 soundtrack to the blackspoltation flick Trouble Man has an ear to the past, but dosen’t harp on it and lets her true sound shine through. With a attitude that Butta from Soul Bounce calls “sweet but street,” Ayah might just reinvent the R&B genre as we know it.
Video: Radiohead - House of Cards
Posted on July 15, 2008 | posted by Stone
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Radiohead has again raised the bar for they way videos are made. Their video for House of Cards uses no cameras at all. It was made entirely with a 3D laser scanning system.
No cameras or lights were used. Instead two technologies were used to capture 3D images: Geometric Informatics and Velodyne LIDAR. Geometric Informatics scanning systems produce structured light to capture 3D images at close proximity, while a Velodyne Lidar system that uses multiple lasers is used to capture large environments such as landscapes. In this video, 64 lasers rotating and shooting in a 360 degree radius 900 times per minute produced all the exterior scenes.
Watch the making of video at Google.
Best video of 2008? Might be.
(props: Christie)
On Toronto…
Posted on July 15, 2008 | posted by Stone
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To be honest, I haven’t talked about my travels in Toronto yet mainly because I’m still trying to come down from the high (literally) that was Montreal. Add to the fact that my boy lived a good 35 minutes from the city center (but still considered in the city of Toronto, go figure) meaning that most of the time spent there was on my ass watching BET (not my choice) and surfing the net. Oh, and there was other drama that went down including me missing my flight (not my fault) and me getting a parking ticket when I was driving my friends care (thanks city of Toronto! Stay classy!). I could have happily skipped out on the T.O. and saved a ton of money in the process.
But it’s all good. Much thanks to o.s.u.m. for connecting with me while I was in town. We rolled out to see Seun Kuti as well as DJ Nana’s birthday party at a spot appropriately named Stone. (Unfortunately, I have pics of neither). Also much thanks to the people in the T.O. who read the site, it makes a brother feel good. A special shout out goes to the “Problem Woman” Ayah who was also at the spot that night and hit me up on MySpace a few weeks before.
T.O. deserves a second chance from me. I’ll try to get back up there real soon.
Video: Gym Class Heroes - Peace Sign/Index Down (feat Busta Rhymes)
Posted on July 15, 2008 | posted by Stone
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The first single off of their new Patches from the Quilt EP (out now) and The Quilt LP which drops on September 9th and features Busta, Estelle, and the dude from Hall and Oates.
The Next Slim Shady?
Posted on July 14, 2008 | posted by Rome
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DJ Drama & Don Cannon Present Asher Roth - The GreenHouse Effect
You be the judge…
Q-Tip - Gettin’ Up
Posted on July 14, 2008 | posted by Stone
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Q-Tip - Gettin’ Up
So Q-Tip is finally releasing his followup to his 1999 (!) album Amplifie. “Gettin’ Up” is the first single from The Renaissance which is scheduled to drop in September, but that’s not confirmed. The LA Times is already calling it “the most artistically whole CDs of the late ’00s.”
Guests include Kanye West, Common, D’Angelo, and Lupe as well as Santogold and Barack Obama. Word?
I wonder if the Q-Tip/Andre track that we played on the Podcast a couple years ago will make the cut.
Video: Internets Celebrities - Futuristic Brunch
Posted on July 11, 2008 | posted by Stone
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Rafi and Dallas are at it again. This time the victim is McDonalds. This video has sentimental value to me because it reminds me of all the times growing up that me and my parents would arrive at McDonald’s at 11:01 for breakfast. Having a hamburger before noon is not a good look.
This might rank as their funniest video to date. These dudes need their own show on BET Comedy Central ASAP.
F&*K YEA!!!
Posted on July 10, 2008 | posted by Rome
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There is nothing else to do Saturday night people!!
Friday Night Lights Pt. 3
Posted on July 10, 2008 | posted by Rome
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Come thru people!!!
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