Sunday, April 5, 2015
TeamBackPack Announces Second-Annual Music Conference
by
Paul Meara
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TeamBackPack announces the dates for its 2015 edition of Mission Underground Los Angeles.
More than 1,000 people attended the 2014 edition of the Mission Underground Los Angeles music conference and now TeamBackPack is back to throw another one.
HipHopDX Editor-In-Chief Justin Hunte will be a panelist for the conference along with Abe Batshon of Beatstars, Damien Ritter, the CEO of Funk Volume. Located at 310 North Madison Avenue, the event will also feature artists such as LockSmith, Futuristic, Demrick, Illmaculate and more. As opposed to last year, Mission Underground will be three days (May 1 - May 3) and will bring together artists and fans to "create and witness an amazing hip hop moment," according to a recent press release.
TeamBackPack recently released their newest episode, which was hosted by 9th Wonder, Live from the 2014 A3C festival in Atlanta. Watch it below:
HipHopDX Editor-In-Chief Justin Hunte will be a panelist for the conference along with Abe Batshon of Beatstars, Damien Ritter, the CEO of Funk Volume. Located at 310 North Madison Avenue, the event will also feature artists such as LockSmith, Futuristic, Demrick, Illmaculate and more. As opposed to last year, Mission Underground will be three days (May 1 - May 3) and will bring together artists and fans to "create and witness an amazing hip hop moment," according to a recent press release.
TeamBackPack recently released their newest episode, which was hosted by 9th Wonder, Live from the 2014 A3C festival in Atlanta. Watch it below:
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Tech N9ne Announces Eminem Feature On "Special Effects" Album
by
Christopher Harris
The most anticipated collaboration of Tech N9ne’s career is about to happen.
Tech N9ne has wanted to work with Eminem for years.
In 2011, Tech told HipHopDX that Eminem was supposed to be featured on a track titled "So Lonely" off of his All 6's and 7's album.
"That song was originally intended for me and Eminem," he said to HHDX at the time. "Nobody’s on our lyrical game. So when Em didn’t have enough time to do it, I put the song to the side."
Tech wasn't able to land his dream feature for his follow-up album, Something Else, either.
Last year, the Kansas City, Missouri emcee may have foreshadowed the feature when he told XXL that he would eventually collaborate with Dr. Dre and Eminem.
"I obviously see what Eminem and [Dr.] Dre and them be doing because I want my shit to measure up to that," he said at the time. "I feel like that’s my lane. I feel like that’s where I should be doing music at that level. Eventually, I’ma be doing music with them niggas. Straight up. Even if it's just a collabo, you know what I am saying? ‘Cause I know I am dope enough to do it. I know I got a lot of substance, motherfucker. There’s nobody that sounds like me. I met all the qualifications."
Now, it appears Tech N9ne's long-gestating collaboration with Eminem is on the way.
On Thursday (April 2), Tech revealed to Sway on Sway in the Morning, that his fifteenth studio album, Special Effects, will feature Eminem for the song “Speedom (Worldwide Choppers 2)" as well as Krizz Kaliko.
Tech also confirmed the news via Twitter, Instagram and his Strange Music website.
Sway will debut the song on his Sirius XM Sway in the Morning broadcast on April 20.
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In 2011, Tech told HipHopDX that Eminem was supposed to be featured on a track titled "So Lonely" off of his All 6's and 7's album.
"That song was originally intended for me and Eminem," he said to HHDX at the time. "Nobody’s on our lyrical game. So when Em didn’t have enough time to do it, I put the song to the side."
Tech wasn't able to land his dream feature for his follow-up album, Something Else, either.
Last year, the Kansas City, Missouri emcee may have foreshadowed the feature when he told XXL that he would eventually collaborate with Dr. Dre and Eminem.
"I obviously see what Eminem and [Dr.] Dre and them be doing because I want my shit to measure up to that," he said at the time. "I feel like that’s my lane. I feel like that’s where I should be doing music at that level. Eventually, I’ma be doing music with them niggas. Straight up. Even if it's just a collabo, you know what I am saying? ‘Cause I know I am dope enough to do it. I know I got a lot of substance, motherfucker. There’s nobody that sounds like me. I met all the qualifications."
Now, it appears Tech N9ne's long-gestating collaboration with Eminem is on the way.
On Thursday (April 2), Tech revealed to Sway on Sway in the Morning, that his fifteenth studio album, Special Effects, will feature Eminem for the song “Speedom (Worldwide Choppers 2)" as well as Krizz Kaliko.
Tech also confirmed the news via Twitter, Instagram and his Strange Music website.
Sway will debut the song on his Sirius XM Sway in the Morning broadcast on April 20.
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Young Guru Joins 9th Wonder's Jamla Records
by
Christopher Harris
"I am excited to be an official fixture on the team as Director of Operations,” Guru says.
Renowned recording and mixing engineer Young Guru has been named the Director of Operations for Jamla Records.
The announcement was made Tuesday (March 31) via Jamla's blog.
After years of being loosely affiliated with the upstart label, 9th Wonder, CEO and founder of Jamla Records, appointed Guru to the position. The two met in 2003, while working on Jay Z's The Black Album at Baseline Studios in New York City.
“From then until now, he and I have shared the same principals on music and on life,” said 9th. “I’ve learned a lot about the game from Gu, and he has always been in my corner about my career, and most importantly, Jamla. His genius in dealing with sound, music technology, music history and the creative process is unmatched.”
Guru also shared his sentiments, after officially joining the Jamla team.
"I am excited to be an official fixture on the team as Director of Operations,” Guru says. “I am proud of and a fan of Jamla’s work thus far, and look forward to contributing to the label’s future success.”
In January, Jamla added Karlie Hustle as Director of Brand Relations. The record label currently consists of over a dozen artists, including Amp, The Soul Council, and Rapsody.
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The announcement was made Tuesday (March 31) via Jamla's blog.
After years of being loosely affiliated with the upstart label, 9th Wonder, CEO and founder of Jamla Records, appointed Guru to the position. The two met in 2003, while working on Jay Z's The Black Album at Baseline Studios in New York City.
“From then until now, he and I have shared the same principals on music and on life,” said 9th. “I’ve learned a lot about the game from Gu, and he has always been in my corner about my career, and most importantly, Jamla. His genius in dealing with sound, music technology, music history and the creative process is unmatched.”
Guru also shared his sentiments, after officially joining the Jamla team.
"I am excited to be an official fixture on the team as Director of Operations,” Guru says. “I am proud of and a fan of Jamla’s work thus far, and look forward to contributing to the label’s future success.”
In January, Jamla added Karlie Hustle as Director of Brand Relations. The record label currently consists of over a dozen artists, including Amp, The Soul Council, and Rapsody.
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Afrika Bambaataa Addresses Lord Jamar’s Comments On White Rappers
by
Danielle Harling
Afrika Bambaataa says Hip Hop is now a part of the “world community,” speaks on origins of the word “Hip Hop.”
Afrika Bambaataa says Hip Hop is now a part of the “world community,” speaks on origins of the word “Hip Hop.”
During an interview with Vlad TV, Hip Hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa was asked to share his thoughts on Lord Jamar previously stating that white artists “are guests in the house of Hip Hop” and need to pay respect to those before them.
In response to Jamar’s comments, which were made in 2013, Bambaataa revealed that anyone who comes into Hip Hop, regardless of their race, should pay respect to the originators of Hip Hop. He then added that although the movement started with Blacks and Latinos, race isn’t as important now that Hip Hop is part of the “world community.”
“Well, that’s true with anybody that really gets in Hip Hop,” Afrika Bambaataa said in response to Lord Jamar’s comments. “Whites definitely was guests, but now they’re part of Hip Hop. Cause Hip Hop now is a world phenomenon. And it’s respected in many different countries, towns, and cities on our great planet. And yes, it started in the Black, Latino community…It started from our community and now it’s a world community.”
Bambaataa also spoke on the moment he began to see white emcees and deejays in Hip Hop. He says the introduction of white Hip Hop artists came with those in the punk rock scene.
“Well, that came more when we started doing many of the travels into many different places,” he said. “Hitting the downtown scene. When we started playing like Club Negril, The Roxys, Tramps, and all the punk rock scenes. That’s when a lot of Europeans started getting into it. Cause the punk rockers are the first of the whites that started grabbing hold to the Hip Hop. And that’s when you started seeing European rappers coming out of England…Big-ups a lot to the punk rock movement that helped bring about that cause.”
Prior to speaking on matters of race and Hip Hop, Bambaataa spoke on the origins of the word “Hip Hop.” He revealed that the actual term comes from Keith Cowboy and Lovebug Starsky, a fact also mentioned by Grandmaster Caz in a recent interview, but was chosen as a word to represent the movement by the Universal Zulu Nation.
“The term itself comes from the clichéd raps of Keith Cowboy and Lovebug Starsky, who was using it in they raps,” Afrika Bambaataa said. “When we decided to call the culture Hip Hop, it came from us. When they wanted to give it a name. I looked back at what they was saying and I said ‘You know what? This is Hip Hop. Cause it’s something that’s hip and it makes you hop to the groove, to the beat.’ Cause we didn’t have no name before it. We was calling it [bo-yong-yong], the go-off, and all types of other names we used to call it. So, it was really Universal Zulu Nation that we decided to call the whole culture, movement, Hip Hop. Cause it was no culture. It was nothing under that until we decided to say ‘Come on, b-boys. Come on, deejays. Come on, emcees. Come on, aerosol writers.’ And adding that fifth element to it, called knowledge. And calling it elements came from the Universal Zulu Nation.”
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In response to Jamar’s comments, which were made in 2013, Bambaataa revealed that anyone who comes into Hip Hop, regardless of their race, should pay respect to the originators of Hip Hop. He then added that although the movement started with Blacks and Latinos, race isn’t as important now that Hip Hop is part of the “world community.”
“Well, that’s true with anybody that really gets in Hip Hop,” Afrika Bambaataa said in response to Lord Jamar’s comments. “Whites definitely was guests, but now they’re part of Hip Hop. Cause Hip Hop now is a world phenomenon. And it’s respected in many different countries, towns, and cities on our great planet. And yes, it started in the Black, Latino community…It started from our community and now it’s a world community.”
Bambaataa also spoke on the moment he began to see white emcees and deejays in Hip Hop. He says the introduction of white Hip Hop artists came with those in the punk rock scene.
“Well, that came more when we started doing many of the travels into many different places,” he said. “Hitting the downtown scene. When we started playing like Club Negril, The Roxys, Tramps, and all the punk rock scenes. That’s when a lot of Europeans started getting into it. Cause the punk rockers are the first of the whites that started grabbing hold to the Hip Hop. And that’s when you started seeing European rappers coming out of England…Big-ups a lot to the punk rock movement that helped bring about that cause.”
Prior to speaking on matters of race and Hip Hop, Bambaataa spoke on the origins of the word “Hip Hop.” He revealed that the actual term comes from Keith Cowboy and Lovebug Starsky, a fact also mentioned by Grandmaster Caz in a recent interview, but was chosen as a word to represent the movement by the Universal Zulu Nation.
“The term itself comes from the clichéd raps of Keith Cowboy and Lovebug Starsky, who was using it in they raps,” Afrika Bambaataa said. “When we decided to call the culture Hip Hop, it came from us. When they wanted to give it a name. I looked back at what they was saying and I said ‘You know what? This is Hip Hop. Cause it’s something that’s hip and it makes you hop to the groove, to the beat.’ Cause we didn’t have no name before it. We was calling it [bo-yong-yong], the go-off, and all types of other names we used to call it. So, it was really Universal Zulu Nation that we decided to call the whole culture, movement, Hip Hop. Cause it was no culture. It was nothing under that until we decided to say ‘Come on, b-boys. Come on, deejays. Come on, emcees. Come on, aerosol writers.’ And adding that fifth element to it, called knowledge. And calling it elements came from the Universal Zulu Nation.”
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De La Soul Reaches Kickstarter Goal To Create New Album; De La Soul Will Release New Album This Year
by
Christopher Harris
Now, the iconic Rap group has returned to the studio and plans to craft its first LP in eleven years. But, the trio is in a bind.
Posdnous, Dave, and Maseo are seeking support from fans to crowdfund their new album. Without a record deal, De La has established a Kickstarter account to fully fund their recording, mixing, marketing, design, packaging, and distribution costs.
The trio is trying something new. De La's upcoming album will incorporate elements of Jazz, Funk, Rock, Country Western and more.
For the new album, De La plans to sample themselves to avoid copyright infringement concerns. They've enlisted an assortment of musicians to participate in unrehearsed, jam sessions, where they re-created the group's iconic body of work. The group plans to use the sounds recorded to create new music.
So far, the only rapper set to be featured on the LP is 2 Chainz.
The incentives for contributing cash to the album vary by the amount donated. Fans will receive a 1GB De La Soul thumb drives uploaded with the new album for donating $30. Sneaker enthusiasts interested in purchasing an autographed pair of limited edition 2015 –out of stock – De La Dunks by NIKE, can pledge $500. For $2,500, one fan can receive the opportunity to dine with De La at the new Harlem restaurant “Street Bird.”
The campaign has already exceeded its goal of $110,000. At press time, De La Soul's new album has garnered over $176,000, with 32 days left to go.
Visit De La's Kickstarter page here.
(March 31, 2015)
UPDATE: De La Soul has doubled its goal of $110,000. The iconic Rap group's Kickstarter page shows De La has earned more than $250,000 from over 4,000 backers. Since the crowdfunding campaign has been so successful, De La has announced via Twitter that "there will be a new De La album released this year!"
Ya' support has been overwhelming! Becuz of YOU, there will be a new De La album released this year! Spread the word! http://t.co/eUDVWr6lwK — De La Soul (@WeAreDeLaSoul) April 1, 2015" alt="">
De La Soul has doubled its initial Kickstarter goal of $110,000.
Its been over a decade since De La Soul released its last album.Now, the iconic Rap group has returned to the studio and plans to craft its first LP in eleven years. But, the trio is in a bind.
Posdnous, Dave, and Maseo are seeking support from fans to crowdfund their new album. Without a record deal, De La has established a Kickstarter account to fully fund their recording, mixing, marketing, design, packaging, and distribution costs.
The trio is trying something new. De La's upcoming album will incorporate elements of Jazz, Funk, Rock, Country Western and more.
For the new album, De La plans to sample themselves to avoid copyright infringement concerns. They've enlisted an assortment of musicians to participate in unrehearsed, jam sessions, where they re-created the group's iconic body of work. The group plans to use the sounds recorded to create new music.
So far, the only rapper set to be featured on the LP is 2 Chainz.
The incentives for contributing cash to the album vary by the amount donated. Fans will receive a 1GB De La Soul thumb drives uploaded with the new album for donating $30. Sneaker enthusiasts interested in purchasing an autographed pair of limited edition 2015 –out of stock – De La Dunks by NIKE, can pledge $500. For $2,500, one fan can receive the opportunity to dine with De La at the new Harlem restaurant “Street Bird.”
The campaign has already exceeded its goal of $110,000. At press time, De La Soul's new album has garnered over $176,000, with 32 days left to go.
Visit De La's Kickstarter page here.
(March 31, 2015)
UPDATE: De La Soul has doubled its goal of $110,000. The iconic Rap group's Kickstarter page shows De La has earned more than $250,000 from over 4,000 backers. Since the crowdfunding campaign has been so successful, De La has announced via Twitter that "there will be a new De La album released this year!"
We Love Y'all! You made it happen! https://t.co/WRLYUtAuHQ
— De La Soul (@WeAreDeLaSoul) March 31, 2015" alt="">
Ya' support has been overwhelming! Becuz of YOU, there will be a new De La album released this year! Spread the word! http://t.co/eUDVWr6lwK — De La Soul (@WeAreDeLaSoul) April 1, 2015" alt="">
Ice Cube Discusses Making N.W.A “Straight Outta Compton” Movie Without Eazy-E
by
Soren Baker
"It's an American story of not only rags to riches," Ice Cube says of "Straight Outta Compton," "but David vs. Goliath."
Even though N.W.A’s
material was released on Eazy-E’s Ruthless Records, the
rapper-businessman passed away in 1995 due to complications from AIDS
and, thus, was not involved in the forthcoming N.W.A biopic, Straight Outta Compton.
Nonetheless, Ice Cube,
who was a member of N.W.A with Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, MC Ren and DJ Yella,
says that it seems as though Eazy-E was involved in the film, which is
slated for an August 13 release.
"Working on the movie, it’s like we’ve been engulfed in Eazy-E for the last seven years,” Ice Cube says during an interview with XXL. "So, it seems like he’s right here still.”
As for the story that will be depicted in the film, Ice Cube says that the narrative is one that has universal themes.
"It’s an American story of not only rags
to riches, but David vs. Goliath,” he says. "To me, when you talk about
N.W.A, you talk about non-violent protests against things that we were
trying to comprehend, so we ended up putting it in song. There should be
a movie about us.”
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Karmaloop Releases Statement Regarding Sale To Dame Dash & Kanye West
by
Henry Mansell
The
Boston, Massachusetts-based retailer says Kanye West and Dame Dash are
among several parties interested in purchasing the site.
After Dame Dash posted a series of videos to Instagram last week announcing that Kanye West and himself were planning on purchasing Karmaloop, the online retailer has now issued a statement saying that nothing is official just yet.
In a statement published to Four Pins, the retailer and its Founder/CEO Greg Selkoe says that Kanye West and Dame Dash are among various parties interested in purchasing the organisation.
“As we confirmed earlier this week, Kanye and Dame are among several people we've spoken with about Karmaloop,” the statement reads. “We're having a lot of conversations and seeing intense interest in our brand.”
Early last week, the 15-year-old streetwear e-commerce site filed for bankruptcy protection.
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In a statement published to Four Pins, the retailer and its Founder/CEO Greg Selkoe says that Kanye West and Dame Dash are among various parties interested in purchasing the organisation.
“As we confirmed earlier this week, Kanye and Dame are among several people we've spoken with about Karmaloop,” the statement reads. “We're having a lot of conversations and seeing intense interest in our brand.”
Early last week, the 15-year-old streetwear e-commerce site filed for bankruptcy protection.
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#LuckyNumber starring Method Man
We are thrilled to announce that Brendan Gabriel Murphy's feature film directorial debut #LuckyNumber will be having its World Premiere at the SOHO International Film Festival NYC starring Method Man and featuring tracks by Beat Cartel!
The screening and Q&A will take place Saturday, May 16th @ 6:45pm
at Village East Cinemas. Get your tickets today & look forward to
seeing you all there!! (Link Below) #36films
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lucky-number-us-hangry-australia-soho-film-festival-tickets-16390786283
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lucky-number-us-hangry-australia-soho-film-festival-tickets-16390786283
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