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August 2007

Waajeed and Bling47’s “War” mixtape download

From a Waajeed and Bling47 blog posting:

For those of you who bought The War LP somewhere other than through us (hopefully you didn’t bootleg our sh*t!!), thus missing out on our official Bling47 companion piece, The War Mixtape - we’ve decided to let you guys in on the some of the fun anyway & offer up a free download of the mix.

The mix includes exclusive (for now) Waajeed instrumentals, plus Waajeed & Kenny Fresh giving you some behind-the-scenes commentary on The War LP, as well as some of their favorite war-themed tracks by other artists.

********Download THE WAR MIXTAPE here*********

Tracklisting:

1. Waajeed - Peace & Love Intro
2. Waajeed - The Big Beat
3. Waajeed & Kenny Fresh - The Overtaking commentary
4. James Brown - King Heroin
5. Waajeed & Kenny Fresh - Bombs Away commentary
6. Public Enemy - Louder Than A Bomb (Intro)
7. Public Enemy - Louder Than A Bomb
8. Waajeed - Willie
9. Waajeed & Kenny Fresh - Make Doe commentary
10. Pharoahe Monch - Agent Orange
11. Waajeed - I Gets Down
12. Waajeed - Fantasy
13. Waajeed & Kenny Fresh - GOAT Remix commentary
14. Organized Konfusion - Prisoners Of War
15. Waajeed & Kenny Fresh - W-AA-JE-ED commentary
16. Waajeed - Keep Going
17. Waajeed - Hibiscus
18. Waajeed & Kenny Fresh - Dusk commentary
19. Parliament - Foot Soldiers (Star-Spangled Funky)
20. Waajeed & Kenny Fresh - Proud commentary
21. Bob Marley - War (live)
22. Waajeed - Peace & Love Outro

Mixed & hosted by Waajeed
Compiled by Waajeed & Kenny Fresh.

Peace,

Kenny Fresh & The Bling47 Group.

PS - Europe, check the tour dates on our page & come out!! We’ll have plenty more exclusive mixtapes for you guys at the shows.
See you there!!

2007 08 31

Waajeed
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Bizarre on MTV’s Celebrity Rap Star

Bizarre D12

D12’s Bizarre will be MTV’s Celebrity Rap Superstar this Labor Day Weekend during the following times:

Friday, Aug. 31st
1:00 PM
6:00 PM

Saturday, Sept. 1st
12:00 AM

Sunday, Sept 2nd
12:00 PM
9:00 PM

Monday, Sept 3rd
1:00 AM

New episodes will air every Thursday at 10:00 PM on MTV. For more info visit the series’ page on MTV.com.

2007 08 31

Bizarre D12

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“I Still Love H.E.R.” Detroit podcast with Black Milk interview

I Still Love H.E.R. has done a Detroit only podcast. Detroit Deli (Episode 6) also features an interview with Black Milk.

Tracklist:

1. 1st down - No place to go
2. Illa J - Me and my brother
3. Dwele - Keep on
4. Black Milk - Action
5. J.Dilla - Say it!
6. T3 - Yeah
7. J-88 - Get it together (Madlib Remix)
8. Eminem - No Apologies
9. Royce 5’9 - Death is certain
10. Jaylib - Mcnasty Filth
11. Phat Kat - Danger
12. Guilty Simpson - Man’s world
13. Blackreign & Ohkang - Manhood (self-made) myspace.com/blackreignandohkang
14. Black Milk - Sound the alarm
15. Proof - Broken
16. Lawless Element - Love
17. Slum Village - Reunion
18. Platinum Pied Pipers - 50 ways to leave your lover

Download the podcast here.

2007 08 31

Eminem
Royce Da 5'9"
Slum Village
Proof (D12)
Black Milk
Phat Kat, Ronnie Cash
Guilty Simpson
T3
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Slum Village set to tour Europe

Slum Village

Slum Village fresh off the Rock the Bells Tour are hittin’ the road again. This time they’re playing 15 dates across Europe.

The tour dates are as follows (Date/Venue/Location):

Aug 30 BLA, OSLO
Sep 14 SITTARD, FENIX
Sep 15 COPENHAGEN, LOPPEN
Sep 16 TROPICAL MUSEUM, AMSTERDAM
Sep 16 POP FESTIVAL BREDA, BREDA
Sep 18 FAUST, HANNOVER
Sep 19 PARIS
Sep 21 DISTILLERY, LEIPZIG
Sep 22 SPINDLER & KLAT, BERLIN
Sep 24 HUNDERTMESITER, DUISBURG
Sep 24 RED CAT, MAINZ
Sep 27 KAPU, LINZ
Sep 28 MERLIN, BUDAPEST
Sep 30 CAMERA, VIENNA
Oct 1 JAZZ CAFE, LONDON

Also look for Slum Village on Pete Rock’s new album, NY’s Finest, with a track called “Gangsta Boogie”.

2007 08 30

Artists and Personalities
Slum Village

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Bizarre with King Gordy - “Fat Boy” video

Bizarre premieres the single from his upcoming album with this video.

Bizarre - “Fat Boy”

Featuring King Gordy. Track produced by Jeff Bass.

Blue Cheese ‘n’ Coney Island is to drop in October on Koch Records.

2007 08 30

Video
King Gordy
Bizarre D12

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Young Mase on MTV’s Mixtape Mondays again

DJ Young Mases’ The Takeover 3 received a mention on MTV’s Mixtape Mondays column.

This is The Takeover series’ third time on Mixtape Mondays. MTV has also recognized efforts by DJ Exclusive and DJ Babe in the recent past but considering their anti-hip hop roots, would they still be on board if hip hop’s bubble were to burst? Just sayin…

Here’s The Takeover 3’s first video for “I’m ready”, featuring Young Mase, K-deezy, Stretch Money and Tone Tone.

2007 08 29

News item
Video
Stretch Money
DJ Exclusive
DJ Young Mase
K-deezy
Tone Tone
DJ Babe

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Rock the Bells in Detroit

Kelley L. Carter of the Free Press looks at the Rock the Bells Tour which comes to metro Detroit tonight.

On Wednesday, the Rock the Bells Tour comes to DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston, featuring an all-star lineup of talent. On deck to perform at the outdoor concert hall are Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, Talib Kweli, MF Doom, Pharoahe Monch, Immortal Technique, Slum Village and Phat Kat.

Some folks call it backpack hip-hop, but that simplifies what these musicians do.

It’s a snappy way of saying that what these guys have in common is substance.

Here’s a look at a documentary of the original Rock the Bells in 2004 which saw Wu-tang reunite on stage.

The film is getting great reviews all-around as is prepares for release. More information is available at www.rockthebellsmovie.com.

2007 08 29

Artists and Personalities
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Slum Village
Video
Phat Kat, Ronnie Cash

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Supa Emcee and the Almighty Dreadnaughtz speak

Supa Emcee

Biba Adams sat down with Iron Fist Records’ Supa Emcee and select members of the Almighty Dreadnaughtz to speak about their future and Supa’s recently released Hood Hero Album.

From the interview in the Michigan Citizen:

MC: Since I have all of you here, when is there going to be another Almighty Dreadnaughtz album? [Five years have past since the last project from the 13 man crew that has been called Detroit’s Wu Tang Clan.]

Kris Steel: There will definitely be a Dreadnaughtz project in 2008—by hell or high water. After Supa, my mix CD, and Guilty’s project, of course. [Dreadnaughtz member, Guilty Simpson is working on one of the most anticipated rap projects which will be released on Stones Throw Records.]

MC: Supa, how do you feel about this project and the solo thing?

Supa Emcee: The project is really not for me or for anybody in particular other than Big Proof. It’s me doing it, it’s my vehicle but it came out of a time when I was really hurt. It came out of a really chaotic time, so in essence, when I’m saying the Hood Hero, I’m not talking about no Detroit s**t or no Highland Park s**t, I’m talking about Big Proof. But, I think I climbed musically with the project and showed personal growth.

MC: Can I ask you guys to reflect on the last year? What do you think the direction is? And what should the direction be, now that we are getting past our grief and moving on?

Konphlict: First and foremost, I feel that it’s organization. That’s one thing that we are looking towards doing that hasn’t been done. That’s one big problem with Detroit, getting people together to really do something that will take us to the next level and really going through with it.

Kris Steel: I think that organization is a factor. But also in Detroit, you have a lot of jealousy and envy, those are human emotions, once we can kinda get over those emotions you will see us elevating our talent. That other stuff is a waste of time. With all of those people who we have seen become successful, Proof, J. Dilla, Slum, Em, it’s like we had our own movement. It’s up to us to show and prove again.

MC: I hear you. As far as a movement, do you think Detroit Hip Hop is still a movement?

Kris Steel: Can a movement be a movement if it’s not moving? That’s something that we should focus on, awakening our movement here in the D. [Everyone nods]

MC: Supa, there are a lot of love songs on the album…

[Everyone erupts into laughter.]

Kawshuz: She just came out of left field with that one.

MC: Hey, I peeped it.

Kris Steel: I was proud of him for that.

Konphlict: He showed a side a lot of people don’t see.

Supa Emcee: A lot of different experiences led to me making some of those songs. It represents people, places, times and experiences with different females with whom I have that understanding.

MC: How was it working with all of the different artists and producers? You got a track from Black Milk, Mr. Drummin…

SE: Yeah, that was crazy. DJ Genesis produced a track for me and Neeco Redd, and she made it from scratch, she is a dope producer. Everything just came together. The song with L. Renee, Movin On, sometimes I just listen to it while I go to sleep.

Read the entire interview and article here.

2007 08 27

News item
Supa Emcee
Almighty Dreadnaughtz

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