Philadelphia hip-hop veterans/innovators, The Roots, have released a music video for the first single off of their recently released ninth studio album, How I Got Over. “Dear God 2.0″ features Monsters of Folk and My Morning Jacket vocalist Jim James on the hook, a nod to the Monsters of Folk “Dear God” single from their self-titled album.
Back in April, Jim Jones and Cam’ron announced the end of their ongoing beef, giving fans of the Diplomats hope of future collaboration. However, it’s only now that the world knows that the Harlem, New York collective is officially back. With the recent release of the hard-hitting Arab Muzik produced joint “Salute”, Dipset is demonstrating that they have indeed returned and are true to form.
There is way too much amazing shit going on with this event for FREE -or- $5 at a brand new rooftop venue…
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The Noise Academy and East of LA Present
SENSES: HEAR IT. SEE IT. FEEL IT.
ROOFTOP BAR AND ADDITIONAL ROOM TO GET YOUR DANCE ON!
Spinning the best in Hip Hop / Soul / Funk / Jazz / House / RnB
FRIDAY June 25, 2010
The Drink at Fox Theater
150. W. 3rd St
Pomona, CA 91766
21+
FREE Parking
No Dress Code
No Drama
$5.00 All Night or FREE before 10:30pm with RSVP
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All Night Drink Specials:
LAKER BOMBS (JAGER BOMBS) - $5.00
WELLS - $4.00
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RSVP: through Facebook, or e-mail: info [at] thenoiseacademy.com before 7PM FRIDAY!
The big homie One Be Lo (of Binary Star) will be doing an instore at the Inland’s favorite hip hop & apparel store GCS Clothing. Alongside will be performances by Pomona’s Late Bloomers & Blackcloud’s first string rappers Noa James & Faimkills. Also please don’t sleep on the fact that CASH-ONLY Rock The Bells tickets will be available at the GCS instore. Considering the festival is back at the NOS Center & has such a fantastic line-up, I suggest save up your pennies, see a great instore performance & pick up some festival tickets which will be sold out.
More Info:
7:00 PM - GCS Clothing
168 W. 3rd St. Pomona, CA
(909) 620-2772 GCSClothing.com
Also check this out earlier in the day:
WEB STREAM: Jamming Live from Pomona, CA with One Be Lo / Binary Star / & his all female band “Double Lo7″ - Saturday 1:30PM-3pm PST tune in via twitter.com/OneBeLo or twitter.com/EastofLA
Australian psychedelic indie rockers Tame Impala are the talk of the town (or rather, the ‘blogosphere’) and with good reason. The Perth natives bring to the table a refreshing sound that hearkens back to a generation in which tunes were most inspired and driven by the latest magic mushrooms or LSD an artist had consumed. Retro guitar effects and distortion? Check. Crazy tempo/time changes sure to blow the mind of the young stoner listening intently? Check. It would seem that the band went about their songwriting for their hit self-titled EP bearing these thoughts in mind as the end result was a groovy retro work capable of transporting listeners to other aurally-induced realms that would otherwise necessitate a whole lot of acid. I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if a friend had me listen to their record and told me that these lanky Aussie hipsters wrote it in the 60’s.
Already hitting number one on the Australian Independent Record Labels chart as well as huge supporting slots with the likes of heavy hitters such like Yeasayer, The Black Keys, and MGMT and with the release of their debut full-length under their collective belt, it’s safe to say these newcomers are set to take over. Thanks to Annie Nguyen for reminding me about their album.
With three music videos already released from his breakthrough mixtape, Kush and Orange Juice, it seems like Pittsburgh’s young DIY rapper Wiz Khalifa is looking to set a new standard in mixtape promotion. The recently released video for “Mezmorized” marks the fourth and follows suit with “The Statement” and “The Kid Frankie”; a seemingly small peek into the everyday life of the artist. Sure it’s Khalifa’s standard recording of studio hi-jinks and prolific marijuana use, but it was my favorite joint on the tape; utilizing one of the doper beats by Cardo (a.k.a. CardoGotWings).
Download and listen to “Mezmorized” off of Kush and Orange Juice here:
Earlier this week I spotted some new custom made gear for the Moreno Valley family, U.T.B. Lifestyle. The piece was crafted by an artist named Jerm Jilla (Hayward, CA) who creates eye-popping clay art neck chains elaborately detailed via crafting glitter. His promo video goes onto explain how his inspiration was to bring high-end neck chains to a young art & fashion forward generation. Now that the hottest hip hop act in the industry, Wiz Khalifa & The Taylor Gang is ‘neckdeep‘ in Clay Art… Jerm Jilla’s phone has been buzzing from all around the world. Talk about Do-It-Yourself, Jerm manages to keep his “Clay Candy” operation cooking via his publically announced mobile phone & twitter account. Holler at a young independent artist and entreprenuer, put your order in line cause his time will soon be precious.
“it’s supposed to be big it’s extravagant…”
“This is art so don’t get it twisted.”
“go buy some real ice if you want that… Call my phone, you can call me personally: 510-938-9510″ - Jerm Jilla
The Roots - Dear God 2.0 (Mp3 + Music Video)
