Nothing lasts forever and all things must come to an end. Those two cliches exemplify the truth of this world. In that vain down  in San Diego tonight will be the final “Soul Sauce”.  All lovers of good music and good times should make it out there and enjoy the “Sauce” one last time before it’s gone.

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The Good Life alum Chali 2na and Aceyalone join forces bring you a night of great Hip Hop. Hosted by Rakaa Iriscience (of Dilated Peoples) this is destined to be a great event.

For tickets visit or call the Roxy Box office

Box Office: (310)278-9457

The Roxy Theatre
9009 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles,CA

Tickets are available through The Roxy Box Office, Monday through Friday, 12:00p - 6:00p. Tickets and Will Call are also available 15 minutes before doors open until approximately 30 minutes after the last band goes on. You can buy Tickets by Walk-Up or by Phone. All tickets are final sale. No refunds no exchanges.

or through ticketmaster:

ticketmaster.com

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It’s really going down this Saturday night in Hollywood as The Applebird Music Foundation, East of L.A. & FreshMLK craft a wild night, our boy SPEAK! sums it up best!

Speak, Pheo, VerBS, AFTA-1 booze, trees, music, chaos and a lot of pelvic thrusting all Saturday night and for FREE. L.A. people come join me for a night of ball room dancing and cheap wine in celebration of Pheo’s music video release!? - @Speakz

We’ll be doing an advance screening to Pheo’s new music video for his hit song “Hot Chick“, and celebrating its director, Eric Thompson’s birthday!  It’s absolutely FREE, performances will be wild, limited capacity so please arrive early, 18+ all the details are on the flyer!

Adding the first track I heard Pheo rhyme on, a Souls of Mischief “93′ till Infinity” remix dubbed “93′ till Beyond” which you can spot on his mixtape, Word To Your Blogger, mixed by DJ Alf Alpha.

Pheo - Myspace | Download: Word To Your Blogger (sendspace, 74mb)
Speak - Myspace | Download: The Kite Flyers E.P.  (sendspace, 74mb)
AFTA-1 - Myspace | Download: LOVE IS REAL VOL. IV : Vessels Behind A Moment (zshare, 133mb) *new, must download*
Stevie Crooks - Myspace | Download: CSTC Mixtape (zShare, 52mb)
Intuition & VerBS - Download: The Buzz E.P. (28mb, zShare)

 

 "93' Till Beyond" - Pheo: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Heavy rock kings Coalesce and everyone’s favorite space-rock Boston-ites Cave In are playing a FREE show sponsored by none other than Scion at the Knitting Factory this Thursday. This is an amazing line-up and one for rock fans not to miss.

RSVP here:  http://www.scion.com/metalshow/

If you haven’t heard of the bands, here are some clips of their music:

Coalesce - “A Digust For Details”

Cave In - “Inspire” (Live at Reading Festival 2003)

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This Thursday Oct 8th in San Diego Armory Massive, NoSuckerDj’s, Beat Junkies Sound, Flud Watches and U-31 will hosting a Roc Raida Tribute and Benefit event. The cover charge is  only $5 and the first 20 people who donate more then $20 will receive a Roc Raida Tribute Shirt. All proceeds will go to Roc Raida’s widow Tyeasha Williams and his 4 children. If you can’t make it out to the show you can still donate to help Roc’s widow & children by via paypal.com using the email address:

ladietye (at) yahoo.com 

The DJ line up for this event is pretty stellar!! Beat Junkies/Dilated Peoples’ DJ Babu, 5th Platoon’s Kuttin Kandi, Table Manners’ Kid Dragon , Armory Massive’s Felt1 & Cros 1, No Sucker DJ’s DJ Artistic and Rock Steady Crew Legend Charlie Rock .

With a line up like that it’s one Hip Hop event (and cause) you don’t want to miss. However it’s a 21& Over event…sorry youngstas.

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The Spliff L.A. continues its infamous monthly series over at The Roxy on Sunset this Friday, October 2nd. This month’s bill is blessed with some of the Inland’s freshest up & coming talent. Moreno Valley comes fully represented as U.T.B. Life$tyle  (Dre Biggity, Pheo, Stevie Crooks) takes stage performing alongside Red Bull Big Tune winner J.Bizness & poetry scene staple, Gaknew Roxwel of Fresh City.

$5 in Hollywood? The Spliff is a great night out for those looking to enjoy and get involved with Southern California’s bustling independent hip hop scene.

Links:
Stevie Crooks - Myspace | Download: CSTC Mixtape (zShare, 52mb)
J Bizness - Myspace | J.Bizness L.A.’s Champion Producer (youtube,  stream)
Dre Biggity- Myspace | Download:  Smiley Face & Heartache (zshare, 66mb)
Pheo - Myspace | Download: Word To Your Blogger (sendspace, 74mb)
Gaknew Roxwel - Myspace

 

 "Shook Ones Pt 2" (CTSC Remix) - Stevie Crooks: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 "Turn It Up" (prod. Afta-1) - Pheo: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Well as you can see from the flyer above it’s going down in San Bernardino on October 1st. The Dilated Junkie himself DJ Babu will be laying it on down on turntables this Thursday along with DJ Ickee. There will also be performances by Info Discard, Afterdark, Grand Angel, Tree Dwellers and a special performance by Southern Cali’s infamous, 2 Mex. It’s an all ages show so all youngstas be sure to come out and experience a genuine Hip Hop event.

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The second annual and surely epic, “Common & Friends” Benefit concert rolls through the City of Angels with the help of the hip hop’s cognac of choice, Hennessy. The concert raises funds for the Common Ground Foundation and will be hitting the marquee at the newly renovated Hollywood Palladium this Saturday September 26th, 2009.  Common, The Roots, De La Soul, Ludacris, & Nas are all featured guests, and this show is known to bring some jaw dropping surprises as well. If your not here on Saturday night, stay away from your social networks, you’ll be envious of your friends status updates.

The Common Ground Foundation is committed to the empowerment and development of urban youth in the United States. The Foundation’s vision serves as an inspiration for equality, opportunity and hope among youth in underserved communities. For more information, please visit CommonGroundFoundation.org

Tickets are $100 for general admission and $200 for VIP Balcony seating. All proceeds will benefit the Common Ground Foundation.
UPDATE: Live Nation’s “No-Fee” Wednesday is in effect today (8/23) - get an ALL-INCLUSIVE ticket for $30 @ LiveNation.com

Where they coming from? ..

 

 "Southside" Common ft. Kanye West: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Don’t be mistaken, the date says Sunday September 13th, 2009! The Greek Theatre (Los Angeles) presents Old School Jams Live, a concert featuring legendary hip-hop and R&B stars who pioneered this urban culture you’re living. Lisa Lisa, Ready for the World, Klymaxx, Soul Sonic Force, Kurtis Blow, Peanut Butter Wolf and Egyptian Lover are all scheduled to perform.

Young goons, this is a great opportunity to take your “rich uncle” to a show he’ll love and it may pay dividends later, trust me! To the disengaged parents out there, take this as an opportunity to show your relevance to a young generation your trying oh so hard to figure out. What better way to bridge the generation gap than bickering with your mom or dad on who gets to wear the dookie gold chain or Cazal frames for the night. If you can get pops to wear a pair of Super Skinnies be sure to send us a picture =)

Alongside the classic styled flyer comes a retro promo video:

Tickets: $35.00 ( Ticketmaster )

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Play Havoc is a new series of Hip Hop events produced by the good folk at GrizzlyState.com. It goes down every other Tuesday at the Mission Tobacco Lounge in Downtown Riverside, CA. Each month, one Tuesday is dedicated to the  beat smiths & the other to the lyricists, they’ve had a great start to the series having already featured artists like: The Gaslamp Killer, 2mex, One Be Lo, & this week Obey Records artists, Free The Robots. Play Havoc always manages to tuck a few local gems into the mix collaborating with the partners Juice.Won, Gabe Real, Dulok Shaman, Nick Fury & Demon Slayer.

Info: http://www.myspace.com/PlayHav

TUESDAY AUGUST 11TH @ 9:30PM
AT M.T.L (MISSION TOBACCO LOUNGE)
3630 UNIVERSITY AVE.
RIVERSIDE, CA. 92501

$7 ADMISSION 21 AND OVER
ID CHECKED AT DOOR
$3 DRINK SPECIAL
FULL BAR

Being so we got some good Free The Robot’s material for you to peruse through:

 

 Free The Robots - "Jazzhole": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Free The Robots - "Diary": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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