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    MIXTAPE: Ra The MC – Heart of a Champion

    Ra The MC – Dreams [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download – Ra The MC – Heart of A Champion Who says female MCs can’t rock? Everybody around these parts know that DC artist and He Said She Said/All Killer No Filler alum Ra The MC is one of the illest MCs around [...]

    August 31, 2010 1 Comment

    VIDEO: J Scrilla – “No Love”

    Big ups to Seanie Cameras at One Viisiion for producing this amazing video for J Scrilla’s Culture of Honor, which was shot at various locations around the city, including the Edgewood Mural project at Rhode Island Avenue Metro. Lots of DMV love in this video which features a bevy of up and coming DC area [...]

    November 5, 2009 4 Comments

    VIDEO: ALL KILLER NO FILLER Trailer and Ra The MC Interview

    Check out these amazing videos from iC. If you missed All Killer last Thursday (and I’m mad at you if you did) consider this a trailer to that blockbuster movie that is coming to theaters in November. If the video below does not motivate you to roll through, then nothing will. iC also chopped it [...]

    October 6, 2009 No Comments

    Fashion pins pro wrestling to the mat with DC clothing line DURKL’s new mixtape

    DOWNLOAD MIX HERE, tracklist after jump DC fashion line DURKL marches to the beat of a different drummer by comparison to the rest of the city. But they’re not about to change. Thery’re in the process of molding the city to meet them. Having existed for three years in relative anonymity, 2009 has been the [...]

    October 5, 2009 No Comments

    RECAP: ALL KILLER, NO FILLER!

    Photos by Sexy Fitsum/iLLIMETER and Lady Glock/Lady Glock Photography. Please Support. Words by Chris Kelly of True Genius Requires Insanity When I first moved to Washington, I heard plenty about “the two DCs:” two disparate cultures, ostensibly with transient denizens of the Capitol Hill-K Street-Georgetown axis on one hand and native Washingtonians on the other. [...]

    New Music: Ra The MC – Spaceships

    Ra The MC – Spaceships [Audio clip: view full post to listen] If you didn’t know, Ra The MC is headlinining our All Killer, No Filler event this Thursday at Liv, and to whet your appetite, Ra and her producer Judah (aka Mr. Inhighdemand) sent this tasty little track to my inbox yesterday. Spaceships is [...]

    September 30, 2009 No Comments

    OCTOBER 1st! ALL KILLER NO FILLER IS HERE!

    Flyer Design by Brian Akpa of Citizen Design. Big up for the 24 Hour Turnaround as well! If you’ve been following @couchsessions @theglasshousedc or @marcuskdowling (aka the Joint Chiefs) on Twitter, then you already know that ALL KILLER, NO FILLER will be taking over Liv Nightclub this Thursday, October 1st!! ALL KLLER is a monthly [...]

    September 23, 2009 2 Comments

    PHOTOS: He Said, She Said at Palace Five

    All Photos: Lady Glock and Danielle Scruggs DC Hip-Hop with a live band at a skate shop? With Nuvo? Yeah, the concept sounds surreal, however that didn’t deter Judah, Strange Music, and 368 Music Group (along with sponsorship by Fusicioclogy and The Couch Sessions) from dropping the He Said, She Said party on Friday night. [...]

    September 2, 2009 No Comments

    Photos: Greenspan Mixtape Release Party, Baltimore, MD

    Last Thursday, rising hip-hop star Greenspan celebrated the release of his mixtape When The Sky Turns Green at the Gap store in downtown Baltimore. The setup completely flipped the script on the hip-hop performance, and is only the beginning of many good things for the dude. Ra the MC and Shyvonne also joined Greenspan for [...]

    August 24, 2009 No Comments

    FREE SHOW: He Said, She Said, with Phil Ade and Ra The MC

    On Friday, August 28th, the DMV will host He Said, She Said, showcasing two of the best male and female rappers of the DMV’s new hip-hop class. 368 Music Group along with Strange Music, Fusicology, and The Couch Sessions will present this unique FREE opportunity at Palace Five Skate Shop. If you didn’t already know, [...]

    August 19, 2009 2 Comments

    Summer Track: The Paxtons feat Ra The MC A.P. & Te’Luv – Just Tonight

    The Paxtons – Just Tonight So this track is over a week old, which in this new “blog” era is an eternity, so I guess you can say that I’ve been sleeping on this track. Even though I complain that a lot of DC hip-hop (outside of the groundbreaking sounds of Wale and Tabi) sounds [...]

    May 26, 2009 No Comments

    Mixtape: Cakes and Kisses – April 09 Mixtape

    Cakes and Kisses – April ’09 Mixtape Most of y’all know that the Cakes and Kisses parties during the first week of April is the look. The party, thrown at Asylum, seamlessly throws together open mic hip-hop with cake. And you didn’t think those could go together did you? Their mixtape that just dropped is [...]

    April 1, 2009 No Comments