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May 2007

OneBeLo “Warped Tour” dates

Pontiac’s OneBeLo (formerly OneManArmy) of Binary Star and Subterraneous Records will be performing the entire Warped Tour.

Tour dates are as follows:

    06/29 Pomona Fairgrounds Pomona, CA
    06/30 Seaside Park Ventura, CA
    07/01 Shoreline Amphitheatre Mountain View, CA
    07/03 Thunderbird Stadium at UBC Vancouver, BC
    07/05 Race City Speedway Calgary, AB
    07/07 Utah State Fairpark Salt Lake City, UT
    07/08 Invesco Field at Mile High Denver, CO
    07/11 Cricket Pavilion Phoenix, AZ
    07/12 NMSU Practice Field Las Cruces, NM
    07/13 Amphitheater Lot San Antonio, TX
    07/14 Smirnoff Centre Dallas, TX
    07/15 Reliant Center Houston, TX
    07/18 HiFi Buys Amphitheatre Atlanta, GA
    07/19 Reynolds Park Yacht Center Jacksonville, FL
    07/20 Vinoy Park St. Petersburg, FL
    07/21 Bicentennial Park Miami, FL
    07/22 Tinker Field Orlando, FL
    07/23 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Charlotte, NC
    07/24 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Virginia Beach, VA
    07/25 Merriweather Post Pavillion Washington, DC
    07/26 Montage Mountain Amphitheatre Scranton, PA
    07/27 Comerica Park and Street Detroit, MI
    07/28 First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre Chicago, IL
    07/29 Metrodome Parking Lot Minneapolis, MN
    07/31 Marcus Amphitheatre Milwaukee, WI
    08/01 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati, OH
    08/02 Tower City Amphitheater Cleveland, OH
    08/03 Tweeter Center at the Waterfront Philadelphia, PA
    08/04 Nassau Coliseum New York, NY
    08/05 Raceway Park Englishtown, NJ
    08/07 Verizon Wireless Music Center Indianapolis, IN
    08/08 Post Gazette Pavilion Pittsburgh, PA
    08/09 Tweeter Center Boston, MA
    08/10 Darien Lakes Fields Buffalo, NY
    08/11 Park Place Barrie, ON
    08/12 Parc Jean-Drapeau Montreal, QC
    08/14 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater St. Louis, MO
    08/15 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Kansas City, KS
    08/17 Idaho Center Boise, ID
    08/18 The Gorge Amphitheatre Seattle, WA
    08/19 Columbia Meadows Portland, OR
    08/22 Selland Arena Fresno, CA
    08/23 Sleep Train Amphitheater Sacramento, CA
    08/24 Coors Amphitheatre San Diego, CA
    08/25 Home Depot Center Los Angeles, CA
One Be Lo

2007 05 31

Artists and Personalities
One Be Lo
Subterraneous Records

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Eminem news: Marilyn Manson, Michael Jackson, 50 Cent…

Lots of Marshall Mathers news bits. While Eminem himself, is staying out of the spotlight, several Slim related stories are in the media.

  • Michael Jackson’s Sony/ATV Music Publishing has acquired Famous Music LLC from Viacom, including select Eminem songs.
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber wants to collaborate with Eminem.
  • A lawsuit was filed on behalf of F.B.T. Productions LLC and Em2M LLC against Aftermath/Interscope Records for unpaid Eminem digital royalties.
  • Mariah Carey says Eminem is, “…obsessed with me”.
  • Marilyn Manson talks about a collaboration that didn’t go down with Eminem because the song was, “too mysoginistic”.
  • And finally 50 Cent reveals that Eminem is recording a new album.
Eminem

2007 05 30

Artists and Personalities
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Eminem

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Paradime, Buff1, Black Milk and others speak on Detroit’s best spots for Live Hip Hop

Tom Matich speaks with several Detroit area emcees about live hip hop in Detroit in a recent article for Real Detroit. Check out the article for opinions from Paradime, Buff1, Phat Kat, Black Milk, Lazarus, Claymore of Dubphonics and others.

The artists are asked if Eminem should buy St. Andrews Hall.

Should Eminem cop St. Andrew’s ?
Lazarus: “St. Andrew’s has always been the spot in Detroit for hip-hop. I can only see this as making it even more legendary and popular amongst people who are not so familiar with the Detroit hip hop scene.”
K-Fresh: “It could be great. He could do some real good for our city’s dying hip-hop scene if he does it right. Sponsoring hip-hop showcases and creating a more hip-hop club atmosphere outside the bounds of mainstream music are possibilities. St. Andrew’s is an important place for Detroit to experience up and coming and mid-level artists and bands of all genres. Its relevance in Detroit has fallen off so much in recent years, but with his influence, he could step outside his own world and help make Detroit’s music scene much more vibrant.”
Phat Kat: “I think that’s a good look that Em is trying to purchase a historic Detroit hip-hop landmark. Now, that’s what’s up.”
Black Milk: “I think that’s dope. Just so it won’t get shut down or turn into something different.”
Claymore of Dubphonics: “About time. Damn. We need Em to bridge the gap between the streets and the ‘mainstream’ rap and hip-hop in Detroit.”

Read the full article here.

2007 05 30

Artists and Personalities
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Eminem
Black Milk
Phat Kat, Ronnie Cash
Buff1
Paradime
Lazarus

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Memories of Maurice Malone’s Hip Hop Shop

Biba Adams at the Michigan Citizen takes a stroll through Detroit Hip Hop history and brings us memories of Maurice Malone’s Hip Hop Shop from some of its alumni.

Here are memories from DJ Dez and Elzhi.

DJ Dez (Slum Village) - One of my fondest memories is just DJ’ing at the shop, when rappers were still rapping over spontaneous instrumentals. That is almost a lost art form now. The people that came from there are successful and are key players in the game in one way or another. As long as Proof’s name is mentioned and his legacy remains, people will always remember the Hip Hop Shop. The Hip Hop Shop was home for us. It was ours. When I see the movie 8 Mile, it’s a feeling to know that I played a part in that history being made.

Elzhi (Slum Village) - The Shop was the first place I heard “The Look of Love” (from Slum Village’s first album Fantastic Vol. 1). DJ Head played it and everybody just went wild. The legacy lives on because it was a place that was pure. The early 90’s was one of the golden era’s of hip hop in general. It wasn’t just mainstream or commercial, it was all about the music. The people that were in there, and that came there, were there for the love.

2007 05 30

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Slum Village
Detroit Hip Hop History
Proof (D12)
Elzhi
DJ Dez

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Buff1 - “Pretty Baby” audio

Buff1 with “Pretty Baby” off of his Pure album.

Buff1 hits us with a nice message on this one.

Pure will be released nationally June 12th.

2007 05 24

Artists and Personalities
Audio
Buff1

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Royce Da 5′9″ speaks about his material and upcoming releases

HipHopGame hooked up with the M.I.C. and has delivered another interview with Royce Da 5′9″.

Royce is asked about the fine line between being creative and being considered mysoginistic.

HHG: Your fans will be able to tell the difference between you being creative on a song versus you being misogynistic. To the casual listener and the mainstream media, they will hear something entirely different. How dangerous is it that a lot of people in positions of power are taking hip-hop so literally?

R59: I think the reason why we’re spending so much time talking about this is because of the Don Imus situation. I was watching Oprah with Russell Simmons and Common on there the other day. I’m thinking, ‘Why is hip-hop taking such a blame for this?’ Who did they blame for my father calling women ‘hos’? Whose fault was it then? I don’t want people to turn their backs from what’s really going on. A lot of people act like all hip-hop records are foul. You choose what you want to listen to and you listen to it. Not all rap is bad and some rap is positive. Some rappers try to not make positive rap because that’s not who they are. Some rappers don’t want to make positive records.

Royce Da 5′9″

I rap what I feel and what I know. That’s what you get when you hear me. You can’t listen to a mixtape of mine and say, ‘Okay, this is exactly what Royce is.’ They don’t know about a record I have like “Black Girl” where I’m talking about black women in a positive light. Your average mixtape fan wants to hear a particular thing and I don’t think they’re picky enough to say, ‘Why is Royce calling women ‘bitches’ on this?’

Royce expects to release his album Street Hop in July. Another mixtape is expected to follow The Bar Exam before the release of the album.

2007 05 23

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Royce Da 5'9"

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June of the M.I.C. - “2 Days” audio

June of the M.I.C. drops a single called “2 Days”

June also known as Jha the 5′9″ was a member of the Royce Da 5′9″ groups Wallstreet and D-Elite.

2007 05 23

Artists and Personalities
Audio
June

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Dilla tributes, Frank N Dank and Phat Kat

There’s been no shortage of tributes towards J Dilla. Craig D. Lindsey and Philadelphia Weekly take a look at Dilla’s posthumous works and Frank N Dank’s upcoming European Vacation DVD.

The DVD shows footage of Frank N Dank’s tour with Dilla in Europe. Lindsey calls the footage of Dilla on stage in a wheelchair, “practically unnerving”.

Frank talks about that.

“It wasn’t a conscious thing,” Bush says of capturing the sickly Dilla on digital video. “He didn’t think, in his mind, that he was gonna be passing soon. That wasn’t what our mind state was. Most of what you see is us just happy to be on the road with our dude and be out there and doing some things.”

Fellow Dilla friend and artist, Phat Kat, isn’t feeling the release of that Dilla footage on the DVD.

“I just really didn’t think fans would appreciate that,” says Kat. “Every show we did was sold out. There wasn’t a dry eye in the place. I don’t have a problem with anybody or anything, but I just didn’t want to be a part of that.”

European Vacation is due in June along with Frank N Dank’s For Da Record.

J Dilla’s Jay Love Japan is in stores on June 5th.

Phat Kat’s Carte Blanche is in stores now and his tour with Slum Village, Illa J and DJ Dez makes a stop at Alvin’s in Detroit tonight..

2007 05 23

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Jay Dee aka J-Dilla
Frank N Dank
Phat Kat, Ronnie Cash
DJ Dez

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