I have been completely out of the loop the past few months. No writing, no shows, no nothing as I tried to piece "the rest of my life" together. Friends who know my ipod the best have been telling me about this band out...
(0) Comments | Posted August 3, 2012 | 4:34 PM
At the 40/40 Tuesday night, the club was full and the bars were open as Def Jam packed the room out for everyone to hear the highly anticipated album from hip hop's man of the hour 2 Chainz. Based on a T.R.U. Story (August...
(4) Comments | Posted July 20, 2012 | 1:15 PM
Tuesday night at Tammany Hall capped a whirlwind 24 hours for the legendary Queensbridge emcee Nas as he released his 10th studio album Life is Good (Def Jam). Coming off of Moet dinners with Jay-Z, a show at Rucker Park,...
(0) Comments | Posted July 16, 2012 | 3:39 PM
A full 10 years after his debut The Headphone Masterpiece, the soul-master Cody ChesnuTT re-introduced himself to the world Wednesday night in grand fashion with a completely brand new body of music ready to give to the people. And judging from the raucous response...
(1) Comments | Posted May 23, 2012 | 4:15 PM
The initial scar of pain that came after the news of hip-hop legend MCA's tragic passing was still fresh to many at the Brooklyn Bowl that fateful Friday night. The drums banged one last time for the fallen as BADBADNOTGOOD, Toronto's next...
(1) Comments | Posted April 19, 2012 | 1:52 PM
Monday night Mayer Hawthorne and the County brought the roof down to a sold-out crowd at Webster Hall. Kicking off the U.S. leg of the How Do You Do tour, Hawthorne and his four-piece band played a tight hour and a half...
(1) Comments | Posted April 13, 2012 | 7:52 PM
September 17, 2011 : The first show Matt Tavares, Chester Hansen & Alex Sowinski played as BADBADNOTGOOD was in the back room of Toronto's Red Light resto-lounge. Their second show was...
(1) Comments | Posted April 11, 2012 | 7:45 PM
The pieces are all in place. A few weeks ago Top Dawg Entertainment, home to bubbling hip-hop heavyweights Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Schoolboy Q & Ab-Soul, announced a joint venture with Aftermath/Interscope, the houses...
(0) Comments | Posted March 30, 2012 | 4:12 PM
For RESPECT's inaugural mixtape launch, TJ Mizell -- second youngest son of the late, great Jam Master Jay -- was on tap to spin for room full of the "industry" Tuesday night. The new project pays tribute to his roots; blending music from '80s...
(0) Comments | Posted March 13, 2012 | 6:31 PM
Thursday night, New York welcomed back their favorite county cousin to the Highline Ballroom in celebration of his recently emancipated 4EvaNaDay. From the diehard K.R.I.T.-heads to the newly converted, the room was packed wall to wall to hear the new sounds of...
(1) Comments | Posted February 27, 2012 | 2:31 PM
Schoolboy Q put on a show Thursday night that made everyone in the room forget about that other "dog" uptown at SOB's. The unbridled passion and excitement the entire night at Vate Magazine's & Barrel House Brooklyn's "NigHtmare on Lafayette Street" from...
(0) Comments | Posted February 23, 2012 | 2:40 PM
It was really cold and windy outside Tuesday night. The line stretched well around the corner of Lexington for the Best of Both Offices re-launch/Complex show at the Gramercy Theater featuring a Def Jam-heavy lineup of 2 Chainz, Asher Roth, Ace Hood, Vado and Gunplay. People were waiting well past...
(2) Comments | Posted February 13, 2012 | 1:59 PM
New York City had a second coronation show last Thursday night at Southpaw in as many weeks (no, not Lin Da God). The previous Wednesday at Irving Plaza, A$AP Rocky had his unofficial homecoming and brought out a veritable who's who of the hip-hop internets from Bun B to Waka...
(0) Comments | Posted February 28, 2013 | 2:53 PM