YouTube Classics

Stumbled on this YouTube channel that is providing nothing but classic music! If you have a second, listen to some of the tracks this guy posts. Thanks to my sister for always providing great links for great music!

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Ropeadope Presents: Snarky Puppy

Courtesy of John Novotny:

The new release entitled, “Tell Your Friends”  is Snarky Puppy’s fourth studio album, however the vision behind it is quite unlike that of most studio albums recorded before. The inspiration for this album spawned from the idea that it ispossible to play a concert in a recording studio. “Tell Your Friends”, is just that: a concert CD/DVD recorded and filmed on location at the legendary Dockside Studio in front of fans from all across the continent. They came from Texas,Tennessee, Alabama, Virginia, New York, Arizona, Michigan and even Quebec to see Snarky Puppy tear it up for one night in the swamps of Louisiana. Of course itwasn’t all smooth sailing but despite setbacks major and minor, the evening unfolded beautifully.Bassist Michael League described it best when he said, “The only way I canexplain it is that we have wonderful friends. Friends who drove in from all overthe continent to be a part of something unique, and perhaps a little bit insane. Friends who scurried around half of Acadiana running errands for us at all hoursof the day and night to make sure we had what we needed when we needed it. Friends who love music and will do anything to see it come to life”.

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TruStatement Weekend Oneonta University

(photo : Gubi)

The entire TruStatement camp traveled through the sticks of upstate New York, all the way to a small college town known as Oneonta, NY with an army of emcees, musicians, and Full Sail University grads in the hopes of dedicating an entire weekend to recordings sessions, photo shoots, video shoots, rehearsals, live shows, and a ton of partying. Every minute of this 3 day adventure was shot on cell phones, HD video cameras, and HQ photography equipment, providing a wide variety of visual  encounters with every member of the TruStatement camp. These images, videos, tweets, and status updates were consolidated onto one website, created by the behind the media team at TruStatement. (http://www.flavors.me/trustatement)

The final project will be divided into two separate releases. The first release will be a movie trailer including all cell phone videos and photos from the weekend. The official video will serve as an HD documentation of the 3 day adventure with TruStatement Entertainment in Oneonta, NY. Trust us… the video will be full of emcee performances, impromptu freestyle sessions, candid interviews, and late nights full of heavy partying.

To visit the website where all photos and videos shot on cell phones in real time, please visit http://flavors.me/trustatement

Follow TruStatement All Weekend

TruStatement camp is heading to Oneonta, NY tomorrow for a long weekend of recording, rehearsing, live performances, and plenty of partying. You can stay updated in real-time with all the emcees and creative people at TruStatement this weekend by checking our website below…

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Dirty Thirty Crew – “Noreaster” (Free Download)

Our good friend from NJ has just released his Debut EP titled “Noreaster” A solid hardcore project that has an insane amount of energy and talent.

download Dirty Thirty Crew’s debut EP “Noreaster”

Thesaurus – “Beneficial Weekend” (Free Download)

Classick does it again!!! Another DOPE track from the Thesaurus camp out of Detroit. Always a pleasure posting content from this group. If you haven’t been following the releases from this team of emcees and producers, now is the right time to start. Thesaurus is a four man group, representing the east side of Detroit. Co-Founders of Creative Minds Corp. ( CMC ) Two emcees; B-Nix & Phil the Phenom. Two Producers; J.Woods & Classick.

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Configa Presents​.​.​.​Pac To The Essence Vol. 1

ORDER NOW FROM WWW.CONFIGA.COM (in either CD or digital format)

Producers Note:

“This album came about partly as a retaliation against so called “official” remixes that use “contemporary” beats that are the latest fad, with guests that Pac never worked with, and probably never would have, had he still been alive today. Also, it is a retaliation against badly thought out, wack, off-beat YouTube mash-ups that generally use the vocals of Pac, Biggie, 50 Cent or Lil’ Wayne.

This album is made BY a long-time 2Pac fan FOR 2Pac fans, so if you ARE one, then go and order a copy WWW.CONFIGA.COM. In fact, if you are just a fan of boom bap sounding hip hop in general then you’ll love this album too, so again, go and get your order in WWW.CONFIGA.COM

I wanted this album to actually sound like a Pre-Death Row Era Pac, stripped down and RAW sounding…Like his vibe from 92/93/94 and I think I’ve achieved my aim. If you didn’t know better, I believe you would think this was an unearthed 2Pac gem. Anyway, please support this release if you love REAL hip hop.”

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2010 MTV Video Music Awards Nominations pits Lady Gaga vs. Eminem

Eminem

 

The 2010 MTV Video Music Awards will feature yet another epic battle: Lady Gaga leading the nominations, with 13, followed close behind by Eminem, who has eight nods. And on September 12 at at 9 p.m ET, the pop diva and the Detroit MC will go head to head for the coveted Video of the Year Moonman.

Lady Gaga

 

Royal Family Ball NYC – FULL RAGE!

The Royal Family Presents the Royal Family Ball this October 2, 2010 at Terminal 5 in NYC. This VERY special evening will feature Soulive with The Shady Horns (Ryan Zoidis, Sam Kininger & Christian Scott), Lettuce with special guest John Scofield, Nigel Hall & ?uestlove spinning in between sets! This night is sure to be one of the baddest musical nights of the year! Royal Family is giving the first 100 people who buy tickets a free signed poster!

Tickets go on-sale this Friday at 12 Noon!

Buy tickets HERE!

Machine Gun Funk & TruStatement.com take over Oneonta, NY on Saturday!

M.A.E. and Machine Gun Funk/ Trustatement return to Oneonta, NY for a night of amazing live music. It’s Hip-Hop meets Non-Stop Dub-Hop all night long. Ayinde, Baldi, Benny ELs, Free Trade, M.A.E., and Never Yet Contested will be performing along side a live band and DJ for the entire night. For those who are just getting back to college in Oneonta or New Paltz, NY… Come by for a night of amazing live music!

30 PLUS – FREE TRADE
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MORE EP – M.A.E.
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NO SLICES – AYINDE
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Time: September 11th

Location: Black Oak Tavern

Price: 3$ Cover.