Tim Trees - "Dip It Low" (mp3)
Tim Trees - "MySpace Exclusive" (mp3)
It's been over 18 months now since I wrote this article and I'm still waiting on Tim's 3rd album on Built For Business that he was getting ready to release back then. But he's got a couple recent tracks on his MySpace page, this jam "Dip It Low" produced by EWATTS that kinda brings me back to the vibe of "We Don't Love Em," and a freestyle over the "Buss Yo Head" beat.

Labels: mp3, Tim Trees

Hip Hop 101/Old School Mondays
"Best Weekly Event" - Baltimore City Paper
July 2nd, 2007 - Five Seasons
830 Guilford Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21201 - ladies $5, guys $10

YUP WE GOT THE PRODUCERS GOING AT IT.. HIPHOP 101!!

STAR STATUS PRESENTS!!!

THE 1ST ANNUAL GREAT AMERICAN BEATMAN BATTLE

MONDAY JULY 2ND, 2007 9PM-2AM

HOSTED BY THE TRIPLE THREAT
SQUIRREL WYDE
SHAKA PITTS
SONNY BROWN

MUSIC BY DJ JABRIL

LIVE PERFORMANCES BY
1ST FAMILY
J.O.
VISION

THE ROUND:
J FUNK VS COMP
BERNIE DOZIER VS GEE DA GREAT
BANGA BILL VS STEVEN SPEILBERG
KANG KONG VS SHAWN BANKS

THE 2ND ROUND ( NOT TO SURE IF THIS IS OFFICIAL BUT THIS IS WHAT CAME IN LAST NIGHT TO ME)

SKARR AKBARR VS DAVE THE BARBER
JOHN THE BAPTIST VS AKIRA THE GREAT
REINA VS MSTRISS BEATS
B-BANKS VS PHATHEAD

$500 CASH AND PRIZES AND THE SOLE WINNER WILL BE ABLE TO SUBMIT TRACKS TO DIPSETS OWN HELL RELL

ONCE AGAIN IT'S GOING DOWN JULY 2, 2007 830 NORTH GUILFORD AVE BALTIMORE MD

21 WITH PROPER ID
FELLAS $10
LADIES $5

HIPHOP 101

DRINK SPECIALS, FOOD, AND GREAT MUSIC

COME ON OUT AND SEE WHO WILL BE CROWNED BALTIMORES BEST!

-Sonny Brown

Labels: 5 Seasons, Banga Bill, Comp, flyer, Hip Hop 101, Skarr Akbar, Sonny Brown

Labels: Bossman, flyer

Labels: flyer, Jade Fox

Labels: flyer, Turntable Club

Steve Newsense - A Baltimore Club Tribute To Disco D (83 South/Debassed)

Steve Newsense is a DJ who recently dropped off this CD to me, which is a tribute to someone he used to DJ with, Disco D, who commited suicide last year. I wasn't real familiar with Disco D's work beyond a couple songs, although he produced one of my favorite 50 Cent tracks, "Ski Mask Way," so I don't know if he used to spin Baltimore club or what, but he seemed to be a guy who was into a little of everything, so it wouldn't surprise me. But anyway, Steve put this CD together to honor the memory of his friend, and all proceeds from it go to a teen center in Ann Arbor that helps people with the kind of problems that Disco D apparently had, so it's a real good cause and a lot of love behind this project.

As for the music itself, it's a very uptempo, high energy mix even by Baltimore club standards. There's several old school classics by familiar folks like Booman, Rod Lee, and Scottie B., as well as a number of producers who I don't really know of. Newsense seems to like spinnin everything fast, and most of the beats on here seem to be closer to 140 BPM than the traditional Baltimore club tempo of 130 BPM, so sometimes the tracks feel almost too fast, or like Rod Lee's voice sounds higher and all sped up. But it's cool, it gives the whole thing kind of a different vibe. One of my favorite parts of the CD is the "Motown Megamix" on the last 7 tracks, where Scottie B. runs through a bunch of classic club remixes of Motown songs.

Doo Dew Kidz - "Who's In The House" (mp3)
Can't go wrong with a joint from Booman, K.W. Griff, and Jimmy Jones.

Labels: Baltimore club, DJ Booman, mixtape/album review, mp3, Rod Lee, Scottie B.

Labels: flyer, Ogun, Sonar, Third Kind

Labels: flyer, Turntable Club

Labels: Baltimore club, flyer

aight, one week left before we take a pause for the 4th and we def got a tremendous one on tap for tomorrow night...

L.O.P. (Lords of Passion)

&

Dirt Platoon

Dj C.h.e.mikill on the 1's and 2's all night long!!!

Hosted By Blackwind

Doors open at 7:30
Show from 8pm to 12
Cover free99
$2 shots
$3 domestic bottles

Mic Life
Because HipHop is life, so don’t waste it!

http://www.myspace.com/miclife247
http://www.myspace.com/miclifemagazine
http://www.myspace.com/miclifenow
http://www.myspace.com/torchlightentertainment
http://www.myspace.com/torchlight_family
http://www.myspace.com/brownmonkeymusic2
http://www.myspace.com/brassmonkeysaloon
tagworld.com/miclifemusic

p.s. good look on always posting us in the blog Al and for sliding through last week. 1ne Luv

Labels: flyer

Just got this e-mail from Juan Donovan from Darkroom Productions:

Baltimore now to be featured in OZONE magazine

What it do fam. Your boys over at Darkroom Productions have just been added to the writing staff of Hip Hop's hottest magazine; OZONE. Julie Beverly has personally handpicked Bmore's hottest & most critically acclaimed producers to write in OZONE's monthly column called Rapquest.

Rapquest covers all of the hottest talent, events, and music in a specific hotspot of the country. We will be covering the Baltimore region. Bmore, it's time to show the rest of the world that we got sh*t poppin, and that we are definitely the next city to do it big. So all artists in the area, if you have a really big project dropping, a tour coming up, or any major move happening, be sure to hit us with the info at thedarkroominc@yahoo.com

So everyone be sure to lookout for the monthly writeups in OZONE by your boys Darkroom Productions. And don't forget, the Annual OZONE Awards are going down this August in Miami. We will be in the house, make sure you are there too.

Labels: Darkroom Productions, magazines/newspapers

You may remember this letter I posted from "The New Republic" last month about 92Q's business practices regarding local artists. Well, The Baltimore Sun is researching this issue for a story, and would like to speak to the authors of the letter, as well as anyone with relevent firsthand experience with the station, and I'm sure they'd like to speak to the station employees who are being accused as well. You can e-mail the Sun reporter at Nick.Madigan@baltsun.com if you'd like to speak on or off the record about this matter.

Labels: 92Q, Baltimore Sun, magazines/newspapers

Labels: 5 Seasons, flyer

Tha Profitt - Baltimore Entrepeneur (Profitt Productions)

Tha Profitt is an MC that contacted me recently and sent me three mixtapes that he's released in 2006/2007. This is the newest one that he just did a release party performance for recently, but the other two, Milk Money and Bak Of My Mind are pretty good too. I've been listening to all three lately and it's kinda crazy how much music this kid's put out in just the past year. I think he does his own beats, too. The new one is real heavy on features and he got some of my favorite Baltimore artists on here, Skarr Akbar and Ogun and Ray Lugar and Heavy Gold, and drops from Mullyman and Golden Seal and Ms. Tris Beats. So you know this guy is a fan and a student of the Baltimore rap scene, and I relate to that. He played at Mic Life Wednesdays last week and I was there, but I didn't know he was gonna perform and left before he went on, so I regret that. Check his MySpace page and listen to a couple of my favorite tracks, "Your So White" and "Give Em Somethin" f/ Skarr Akbar.

Tha Profitt f/ Ray Lugar - "Gettin' Grip" (mp3)
I like how Ray and Profitt go back and forth on this one, I wish Ray did more features.

Labels: mixtape/album review, mp3, Ogun, Ray Lugar, Skarr Akbar, Tha Profitt

This conference is about a month away, but I'm gonna start telling you about it now so that anyone who's interested can make their plans for that weekend and get tickets. I've been invited to appear as a panelist and it sounds like a really interesting event, I hope people come check it out:

Makingtherightmoves conference
July 27-29, 2007
@
THE BALTIMORE CONVENTION CENTER
Panelist include
, DJ Heat(Justo Award Winning DJ, WPGC 95.5 FM,Kelly Connelly( Music Monthly,Frank Johnson ( Alantic Records), Wil Roc( UnRuly),Rogue Versatile( Bmore Vibe Magazine),Mike MacIntosh( ARS,Architentects Ent) Antonio Motts ( U Turn Marketing and Promotions),Al Shipley ( Government Names Blog, Baltimore City Paper) Adeniya Omisore, Cheryl Slay ( Business Law attorney with a particular focus on Intellectual Property and entertainment industry matters) and many many more

KEYNOTE SPEAKER SATURDAY 4PM- 5 PM

ICE T
( NEW JACK CITY, LAW and ORDER, Multi- Platnium Recording Artist)

Deshawn Taylor ( Author, CEO Real Hiphop.com, BET's Ultimate Hustler Contestant

Liris Crosse (Best Man,The Source, XXL, Music Videos,),

Gary Gentles ( CEO/ Founder SingersRoom.com)

Venom ( Hot 103.9FM SC)

The WILD CHILD DNA ( Rountable Ent, Rooftop Ent XM66 RAW Radio, Mixtape King

DJ LIL MIC( XM,WEAA 88.9,KJAM 105K Tulsa OK, WQIZ 93.1 The Beat Amarillo,TX,Raheem Devaugh Tour DJ)

David Ivory ( Grammy Award Winning Producer, Songerwriter),

Pork Chop ( 92 Q, Big Phat Morning Show, Billboard Charted Artist)

FRIDAY
MEET AND GREET PARTY @
2139 Jefferson St Baltimore MD, 21205
Sponsored by ORIGINAL INC. Clothing
Music by DJ SPONTANEOUS
9-2 AM
2 Floors of Entertainment
Performances start @ 10
Baltimore's Best Sound System

Saturday

Panel Discussions 10 AM to 4 PM
DEMO Listening Session 4 PM to 5 PM

VIP Reception for ICE- T 5 PM to 6 PM

Fashion Show Powered by
AVON DORSEY &Style 101
www.style101.com

DOORS OPEN 6 PM
@ The Convention Center
Advance Tix 35.00
VIP 50.00
MORE AT THE DOOR

For Tickets contact
AVON 410-926-5184
HOWARD 484-347-7898
REGGIE 410-900-6380

AFTER PARTY & ARTIST SHOWCASE

Coors Light Models
Drink Specials
830 Guilford Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21202
The Mount Vernon Plaza
next to Dunkin Doughnuts

Sunday
Panel Discussions
10 AM to 5 PM
DEMO LISTENING SESSION
SUNDAY GUEST SPEAKER TBA
CLOSING EVENT TBA

Promotional Partners
UP and UP fashions: UPandUP.com

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES STILL AVAILABLE
PERFORMANCE SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE

Contact Howard Perkins 484-347-7898
Regg Hatcher 410-900-6380

Labels: 92Q, Architects, DNA, flyer, Unruly Records

Labels: flyer

Labels: Comp, flyer, Sonny Brown

Labels: Baltimore club, flyer, NSW (Say What)

In today's Baltimore Sun, there's an article by Sam Sessa about aspiring rappers in Baltimore, featuring interviews with Stevie Stay Hi the Low Key God, Amotion, Darkroom Productions, Maniak Dre, Sonny Brown, and DJ P-Funk. I'm impressed, it's a pretty thorough and informative article, especially if someone didn't know anything about this scene and wanted to know how to get involved and who to talk to.

Labels: Baltimore Sun, Darkroom Productions, Deep Flow, magazines/newspapers, Sonny Brown, Team Fifty

Labels: flyer, Third Kind

This week in the City Paper I've got a feature on Los, the Baltimore MC signed to Bad Boy Records who I wrote about a little on Gov't Names after he first got signed. This article's actually been a long time in the making, I did the initial interview with him 8 months ago, but we were having a hard time getting him to do a photo shoot, so we ended up shelving it for a while. But when I saw that he was having that big event at Ram's Head Live earlier this month, I decided to revive the article and make sure it got published, so it's good to finally see it come out. I haven't done a GN post with multiple mp3's in a while, but since Los doesn't really have a lot of material readily available on the mixtape market right now, but should be doing big things in the future, I'll put up a few tracks:

Los - "10-Minute Million Dollar Massacre" Freestyle (mp3)
Despite the title, this joint is closer to 11 minutes, and he runs through about 20 different beats. He did the track for a mixtape for Owners Illustrated magazine, and a performance of this for Diddy is what got Los signed to Bad Boy. There's also a video of him performing the whole thing on his MySpace page.

Los - "Die Hater" (mp3)
This is the first Los track to appear on an official Bad Boy mixtape, last year's Don't Call It A Comeback.

Skarr Akbar f/ Los - "Gunshots" (mp3)
Los and Skarr always do hot songs together, good combination. This one has appeared on a lot of mixtapes, Da Bloc Radio: The Triangle Offense, The Hood Legend: The Best of Skarr Akbar, Part 3 and a Whoo Kid mixtape.

Los - "Lyrical Exercise" Freestyle (mp3)
This was the first track I ever heard by Los, on Real On Purpose's The Movement Mixtape Vol. 2 back in 2004.

Labels: Baltimore City Paper, Los, magazines/newspapers, mp3, Skarr Akbar

I just got a text message that Hip Hop Karaoke is cancelled this week, so they'll be kicking off the party at its new location next Tuesday.

Labels: flyer

Labels: 5 Seasons, Comp, D.O.G., DJ Booman, flyer, Kartel, Midas, Ogun, PX, Ray Lugar, Skarr Akbar, Sonny Brown, Team Fifty, UnReal

Mic Life Lives on!!! This week don't miss...

Vision
http://www.myspace.com/visionofbaltimore

&

Raw D.O.C.
http://www.myspace.com/rawdoc

Mic Life
Each and every Wednesday night at The Brass Monkey 1601 Eastern Ave

Hosted By Black Wind & Mike D

Dj Chuck The Madd-Ox controlling the mix
Doors open at 7:30
Show from 8pm to 12
Cover free99
$2 shots
$3 domestic bottles

Mic Life, Because HipHop is life, so don’t waste it!

http://www.myspace.com/miclife247
http://www.myspace.com/miclifemagazine
http://www.myspace.com/miclifenow
http://www.myspace.com/torchlightentertainment
http://www.myspace.com/torchlight_family
http://www.myspace.com/brownmonkeymusic2
http://www.myspace.com/brassmonkeysaloon
tagworld.com/miclifemusic

Labels: flyer, Mic Life Magazine

Hip Hop 101/Old School Mondays
"Best Weekly Event" - Baltimore City Paper
June 18th, 2007 - Five Seasons
830 Guilford Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21201 - ladies $5, guys $10

Lil Ricky - Menage Records
Lot of raw talent, not a lot of exposure yet, but has made good impression on peolpe he and hi music has come in contact with. And the girls love him.

Jay Reid - Menage Records
Has been recording longer, won a few latent contests, but nothin major. Produces most of his own beats as well as most of the beats for Lil Ricky.

Mardi Gras - Klique City Records
Endless verbal talent. extremely versatile. Opened for Rich Boy. Current single "Freak Off" is #9 on Starfleet's indie chart.

Lic Shots-Crooked Streets is in the building along with Booman and Trauma 45

Frontline- Another hot group putting it down

and a whole lot more tomorrow night at the 5 830 N Guilford

Sonny Brown and Shaka Pitts holding down the host duties

Dj Jabril on the Wheels

$10 for the fellas
$5 for the females

Also a dope DC act coming thru to shut it down once again!!!!

-Sonny Brown

Labels: 5 Seasons, flyer, Hip Hop 101, Sonny Brown

Maryae - ForeFront (Breakfast Club)

I don't know if people who read this site regularly don't really check for the artists they haven't already heard of, but don't front on this cat. Maryae (pronounced like mar-yay) is from Pioneer City, and recently his people reached out to me to let me hear his album (I think you can download the whole thing through a link on here). Apparently he's a producer, too, and if he did all the tracks on here than this dude is really talented. I think the story is that this album was done a while ago but they never really released it, and are now trying to build up his momentum for a new album. But the rhymes are solid and the beats are killer, don't sleep on this. Check out Maryae and Breakfast Club on MySpace.

Maryae - "Look" (mp3)
This shit is just funky, I love how he flipped that sample.

Labels: mixtape/album review, mp3

Labels: flyer

Labels: 5 Seasons, Baltimore club, flyer, NSW (Say What)

Labels: Baltimore club, flyer, K-Swift

It's been almost 2 years now since Paula Campbell signed with Sony, and I haven't heard much about her in a while. But she's got a new single called "Ain't Nobody Stupid" up on her MySpace page, along with the announcement that she won this contest, where the prize is that Ciara will direct her next video, and a bunch of tourdates for upcoming shows where she's opening for Ne-Yo:

Jun 12 2007 8:00P
House of Blues w/ Ne-Yo Los Angeles, California
Jun 13 2007 8:00P
House of Blues w/ Ne-Yo San Diego, California
Jun 14 2007 8:00P
House of Blues w/ Ne-Yo Anaheim, California
Jun 15 2007 8:00P
Filmore w/ Ne-Yo San Francisco, California
Jun 17 2007 8:00P
Showbox w/ Ne-Yo Seattle, Washington
Jun 20 2007 8:00P
Myth w/ Ne-Yo Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jun 21 2007 8:00P
Six Flags w/ Ne-Yo St. Louis, Missouri
Jun 24 2007 8:00P
Toyota Park B96 w/ Ne-Yo Chicago, Illinois
Jun 28 2007 8:00P
Six Flags w/ Ne-Yo Boston, Massachusetts
Jun 29 2007 8:00P
House of Blues w/ Ne-Yo Atlantic City, New Jersey
Jun 30 2007 8:00P
Copacabana w/ Ne-Yo New York, New York
Jul 1 2007 8:00P
House of Blues w/ Ne-Yo Cleveland, Ohio
Jul 2 2007 8:00P
Summerfest w/ Ne-Yo Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Jul 5 2007 8:00P
Six Flags w/ Ne-Yo San Antonio, Texas

Labels: Paula Campbell

Say-Wut - Club Chronicles: Level 1 (Horsemen Ent.)

Say-Wut, also known as Nigga Say What or NSW, is one of the most popular Baltimore club producers of the past couple years, one of the guys, alongside Blaq Starr, who's really defined the current sound of club music as you'll hear it on 92Q or at clubs like Paradox. I featured him in my Best of Both Worlds series last year, and he's produced rap tracks for Huli Shallone and A-Maz-On. He used to be a part of DJ Diamond K's group Da Horsemen, but has since spun that off into his own company, Horsement Entertainment, and they've been doing a whole bunch of shows at the 5 Seasons lately, including a couple upcoming events on the 17th and the 23rd. This is his latest mix, and is about half exclusive tracks by himself and a couple of other producers I really dig, DJ Twikks & Mic Marvelous, and the other half is the usual hits from Rod Lee and Blaq Starr and K.W. Griff and others. The mix on here isn't super tight with the transitions, but it sounds good and has a ton of great tracks.

Say-Wut - "Crazy Cris" (mp3)
This is the last track on the CD, and one of the only songs that goes over 2 minutes. One of my favorites, nice kinda melodic bassline with that little whistle-synth riff.

Labels: Baltimore club, Blaq Starr, KW Griff, mixtape/album review, mp3, NSW (Say What), Rod Lee

Labels: 5 Seasons, flyer, Kartel, M.O.L.

The latest stuff I've had up on http://noise.citypaper.com in the past month: The Club Beat with DJ Equalizer, some rap show reviews of Rock Da Mic Wednesdays at Club Taste, Hezekiah, Oddisee, E Major, Sean Toure, Ab-Rock and UnReal @ the New Turntable Club, and Even A Man Can Do This 2 @ 5 Seasons with ShellBe R.A.W., Jade Fox, B-Fly, G.E.M. and Symantyx. Also, some rock show reviews of Sloan @ the Black Cat, Elvis Costello @ Ram's Head Live, and 98 Rock's Noise In The Basement showcase at Fletcher's with Empty Gratitude, Armoreta, Gatsby Gets The Green Light and the Dangerous Summer.

Labels: 5 Seasons, B-Fly, Baltimore City Paper, Baltimore club, Deep Flow, DJ Equalizer, E Major, G.E.M./Tha Plague, Jade Fox, Noise, Sean Toure, ShellBe RAW, Team Fifty, Turntable Club, UnReal

Labels: flyer

This Week we keep it moving like evolution wit...

Bishop
http://www.myspace.com/scavengeproductionsbishop

Talal
http://www.myspace.com/talal360

Bomani Armah
http://www.myspace.com/knotarapper

&

Warpath

http://www.myspace.com/slickleviathan
http://www.myspace.com/miclife247
http://www.myspace.com/miclifemagazine
http://www.myspace.com/miclifenow
http://www.myspace.com/torchlightentertainment
http://www.myspace.com/torchlight_family
http://www.myspace.com/brownmonkeymusic2

Labels: flyer, Mic Life Magazine

Hip Hop 101/Old School Mondays
"Best Weekly Event" - Baltimore City Paper
June 11th, 2007 - Five Seasons
830 Guilford Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21201 - ladies $5, guys $10

WHITEFOLKZ FEATURING INFRA REDZ
DUECE 4 ENTERTAINMENT
MENAGE RECORDS
THA PROFITT
SDOTT
WEBB
THE COMMISSION
TY-ILL
VISION
SI-NOTE

TONIGHT TONIGHT TONIGHT!!!!

830 N. GUILFORD AVE

HOSTED BY SHAKA PITTS AND SONNY BROWN
DJ JABRIL ON THE WHEELS

$10 FOR THE DUDES
$5 FOR THE FEMALES

-Sonny Brown

Labels: 5 Seasons, flyer, Hip Hop 101, Sonny Brown, Tha Profitt

Pro & Reg - Bricks 2 Bmore EP (Pro & Reg Records)

Pro & Reg are a couple dudes that have been part of the whole Elements Party scene in Baltimore and have been performing a lot lately. A while back, they sent me an advance copy of this CD, which I think was released in May. Even though they call it an EP, it's almost 50 minutes long and has 10 songs, so it's really practically a full-length album. I'm not sure exactly how to describe their style, it's kind of conscious and old school. When I wrote about them in Noise a few months back in my rundown of Bmore hip hop releases in of early '07, I referred to them as backpacker rap, which I probably shouldn't, since cats seem to get really offended by that label these days. Anyway, Check out Pro & Reg on MySpace.

Pro & Reg - "Real Ain't Always Right" (mp3)
I like this song, it actually make a pretty convincing, logical argument about why rap lyrics should do something for the community instead of just being amoral gangsta shit. Not that I don't think lyricists shouldn't be able to rap about whatever the hell they want, though.

Labels: mixtape/album review, mp3

OK fam, here it goes:

You've made it through another week (give thanks), and your weekend was good--real good. Now it's Sunday and you need to wind down. What betta way than to come chill at Baltimore's only upscale supper club and the hottest venue in town, Gardel's. Introducing FUSION SUNDAYS, presented by Mic Life Magazine. Where jazz and poetry meet. Baltimore finally has a Love Jones Joint!

Here's what you get every second Sunday.
1. The ultra lounge plush setting of Gardel's 3rd Floor
2. Hot Jazz and Neo Soul by the LLQ http://www.myspace.com/thelionellylesquintet (hottest band in the area, I though u knew)
3. Hosted by the flyest Ph.D to ever earn the degree, Baltimore's own queen of "spoken soul," the internationally know and locally respected, Jahipster!! http://www.myspace.com/jahipster
4. Featuring the hottest poets on the east coast (This Month: Beny Blaq & Blufirefly) backed by the LLQ (Lionel Lyles Quintet)
5. Brief open mic (30 minutes of fiyah), so get there early and get on!
6. South American inspired cuisine by Chef Chad Wells
7. Mic Life Magazine, definitely in the building!
When: Every Second Sunday beginning June 10, 2007
Where: Gardel's Supper Club, 29 S. Front Street, Baltimore, MD
Time: 6pm - 10pm (we know you gotta work on Monday)
Cost: $7 before 7:00pm - $10 after
Contact: 443-846-6508 for more information.

* One drink minimum. Must be 21 and older to drink alcoholic beverages.

Myspace friends who contact us via this site and display our image as their icon, get in for $5. We will have laptop at the door.

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Labels: flyer, Mic Life Magazine

COME TO MAGIC CITY 1101 E. 25TH ST. THIS SATURDAY JUNE 9TH FROM 11PM-5AM, WE WILL BE CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF ONE OF KARTEL'S OWN, TONE. THE KARTEL WILL ALSO BE RELEASING THE BEST OF TONE ALBUM ON THIS DAY. THIS ALBUM WILL ONLY BE GIVEN TO THOSE WHO ATTEND. COST IS $5 FOR LADIES, $10 FOR GUYS. THIS WILL BE A SOLD OUT EVENT. THIS EVENT WE BE FILMED AND SCENES FROM THIS EVENT WILL BE ON THE UPCOMING KARTEL REAL LIFE DVD. ALL THOSE WHO ATTEND WILL BE GIVEN A BEST OF TONE CD FREE W/ PAID ADMISSION. FOR MORE INFO CONTACT 443-804-1643 OR 443-413-5100

- Kartel

Labels: flyer, Kartel

Bishop's upcoming live dates:

JUNE 8TH PENGUINS $8
1065 MAIDEN CHOICE LANE
BALTIMORE,MD 21229

JUNE 13TH THE BRASS MONKEY FREE
1601 EASTERN AVE.
BALTIMORE,MD 21231

JUNE 30TH THE SONAR $12
409 E. SARATOGA ST.
BALTIMORE,MD 21202

Labels: 5 Seasons, flyer, Sonar

Labels: 5 Seasons, Comp, DJ Booman, flyer, Ray Lugar, Team Fifty, Tha Profitt

Tha Profitt's upcoming live dates:

June, 8 2007 at 5 Seasons
BALTIMORE ENTREPRENEUR CD RELEASE
Guilford Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland
Cost : $10
Hosted by Stevie StayHi... with legendary Dj Booman on the 1's & 2's ... come thru and show love to some of B-More's Best Emcees all night long!

06/09/2007 07:00 AM - North Point Flea Market
North Point Blvd., Dundalk, Maryland - Free

BALTIMORE ENTREPRENEUR OUT NOW!!!!!!
06/20/2007 10:00 PM - Club Taste
Curtis Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland - $5

06/22/2007 09:00 PM - The 5 Seasons
Guilford Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland - $10

06/25/2007 06:00 PM - EZ MONEY presents: Last Day of School Party
North Point Skate Land, Dundalk, Maryland - $7

07/25/2007 08:00 PM - CoCo's
Eastern Avenue, Essex, Maryland - $10

Once again Wordsmith Wednesdays with ya boy Profitt, come thru and show love!!!

Labels: 5 Seasons, flyer, Team Fifty, Tha Profitt

Skarr Akbar - The Warning Shot: Believe In Me (Akbar Enterprize)

You know what it is, Skarr drops a new mixtape every couple months, matter of fact the sequel to this one is either out already or about to drop. But he had to go and say on this one that he's got an album Passion, Pain & Progress coming out in '07, so now I'm all hyped for that. I know he's capable of an album that could destroy almost everything everyone else is putting out, and I really want him to come with it. This is mostly freestyles with some old cuts like "N.E.W.S." and "I Am," but there's a few nice new songs. Check my City Paper feature on Skarr from 2005 if you haven't seen it before.

Skarr Akbar f/ Bossman, A-Ma-Zon, D.O.G., Barnes, S-K, and Heavy Gold - "I'm So Fly (Remix)" (mp3)
I posted about this song a couple months ago but never really posted the mp3. I love all these Bmore posse cuts, though, artists need to keep getting together and keeping 'em coming. When Skarr got nearly everyone on this track together onstage to perform it at the Bmore Fresh Fest it was one of the most memorable concert moments I've seen this year.

Labels: Barnes, Bossman, D.O.G., mixtape/album review, mp3, Skarr Akbar