First Words Indigenous Hip Hop Conference and Showcase – FREE ADMISSION
Day: Saturday, August 22, 2009
Location/Stage: Brigantine Room
Time: 1:00PM-5:00PM (arrive early to avoid disappointment)
Keynote Address: Hip Hop Histories and Urban Culture Photography with Ernie Paniccioli
Ernie Paniccioli is a legendary American photographer and documentarian of hip hop culture, and a longstanding member of the Zulu Nation. He is a Cree Native American, and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. His photography of hip hop began in the 1970s with shots of graffiti in New York. Ernie Paniccioli has published 8 books to his credit, including the hugely influential “Who Shot Ya’: Three Decades of Hip Hop Photography who’s images transcend time, depicting the days of fat-lace Adidas shell toes, b-boys on cardboard boxes, oversized boomboxes. Ernie was the chief photographer for Word Up! magazine for many years and his work has appeared in a variety of books and periodicals, most notably Life, Vibe, Time, Rolling Stone, Newsweek, and The New York Times, as well as on MTV and VH1. Beyond the hip hop world, Paniccioli has captured a number of popular figures on film, among them Frank Sinatra, Liza Minelli, John F. Kennedy Jr., Britney Spears, and Ricky Martin. (more…)
Okay, so if my count is correct, this is the second time in 24 hours that an old man has strong armed taken a dated Drake song for his album. The first time was when DJ Enuff played Drake’s “The Winner,” produced by Tha Bizness, and said that DJ Kay Slay took it for his album. Double deja vu, since Drake’s original “Money To Blow” was one of his most infectious songs for a minute before you ever heard of him on this site. Sorry to burst anyone’s bubble, but either way… DJ Kay Slay and Baby both got themselves Drake on their album and Drake can go back to finishing his own fucking album.
Fun fact: Drake’s verse is the same that Lil Wayne was spitting at the VMAs last year [watch here at the 0:35 mark.] I’ll let you tell it… “we gon be okay if we put Drake on every hook!”
This is SO DOPE. Saw it on 1love to! Had Slakah on the show last night too so big shouts to him. Video from that coming soon also (hopefully next week).
I hate when people say Kardi flopped with his album. Kardi didn’t flop. He sold what any rapper with a longtime underground following would sell (see Slaughterhouse record sales). Difference is that he thankfully also had that one magical hit that allows him to do things like in the video above. No, “Dangerous” didn’t help sell his album more but that’s more a comment on today’s music climate. He still sold over a million of the single so again…Kardi flopping = NOPE.
Kardinal Offishall in Dubai & Abu Dhabi. He performs live and gets a tour of the cities and the desert!
K-os feat. Saukrates – I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman
1st Party (Luu Breeze & Mista Bourne) – Name Drop
Mayhem Morearty – Anything’s Possible
Mayhem Morearty feat. C4 – Go Dumb
Famous feat. Mayhem Morearty & Blake Carrington – A Kid Tryna Make It
Jay-Z – Hey Papi
Drake feat. Trey Songz – Successful
Bishop feat. JD ERa & Drake – Shorty Grindin
JD Era – Paperchase
King Reign – The Audacity Of Hope
Mic Geronimo – Masta I.C.
2oolman & Scorsese – Iron Jaw Angels
*OTA Talk w/Slakah the Beatchild, Andreena Mill & Rich Kidd*
Andreena Mill – You & Tomorrow feat. Saukrates
*OTA Talk w/Slakah the Beatchild, Andreena Mill & Rich Kidd*
Slakah the Beatchild – D.A.N.C.E.
THE BURN
K-os feat. Saukrates – I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman
1st Party (Luu Breeze & Mista Bourne) – Name Drop
Mayhem Morearty – Anything’s Possible
Mayhem Morearty feat. C4 – Go Dumb
Famous feat. Mayhem Morearty & Blake Carrington – A Kid Tryna Make It
Jay-Z – Hey Papi
Drake feat. Trey Songz – Successful
Bishop feat. JD ERa & Drake – Shorty Grindin
JD Era – Paperchase
King Reign – The Audacity Of Hope
Mic Geronimo – Masta I.C.
2oolman & Scorsese – Iron Jaw Angels
For those of you who aren’t in the loop, I’m currently touring with Peter Jackson, 9-0 Nickel, Belly, Busta Rhymes and Spliffstar writing, sponsoring and building my brand of t-shirts across Canada. I’ve been traveling in an incredibly courageous Ford Windstar with five other grown men a few hundred mixtapes, 200 t-shirts plus luggage. Needless to say it has been anything but luxurious. But that’s ok, I came to grind, not lounge and that’s exactly what I told Peter Jackson three months ago when we started discussing this opportunity. This is his third tour across Canada this year so he knew the lay of the land, the temptations, the distractions and the tests that are inherent in a journey like this.
We left on Sunday August 9th and drove twenty two hours to Winnipeg, where we spent the afternoon before taking off to Calgary overnight. After a few days cooped up we got a chance to get out and ended up at a club sharing a booth with NHL goalie Ray Emery. Next day was the first show, next day was a drive and the Edmonton show, the next day was a drive and lil ol’ Regina. The Drink – a small bar, opposite train tracks and a trucker yard, with a punch-your-lights-out arcade game and a sound guy with a bad attitude. Sounds like a recipe for another grind-or-go-home night for Bizz doesn’t it?
TRACKLISTING
01.INTRO(HUGO CHAVEZ)
02.NOW THAT IT’S OVER
03.FIGHT ME FUCK ME
04.WHOLE LOTTA TEARS
05.HELLHOUND FT. D-SISIVE
06.WAITING FOR THE DEVIL
07.MOONSHINE BLUES
08.SANGRIENTAS LAGRIMAS
09.OUTRO(BEFORE I DIE)
“Jessica recently performed alongside guitarist Martin @ the Kamshuka Gallery Show in Toronto, a benefit for the Canadian Cancer Society. Jessica sang buttery-smooth renditions of Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder, Ella Fitzgerald, and her own exclusive material.”
Check Jessica Kaya performing tonight @ Harlem with Dj Mel Boogie!
