Labels: Block Work, Bourbon St, DJ Jabril, flyer, Kartel, Savage Da Beast, Steez Promo

Labels: Bourbon St, flyer, Kartel, Ogun, Only, Skarr Akbar, Steez Promo, Tha Profitt

Labels: 5 Seasons, flyer, Hip Hop 101, Kartel

At the beginning of the past two years, I've posted lists of my most anticipated Baltimore hip hop releases for the coming year. Inevitably, those lists were full of the best known local MCs, some of them signed to major labels, and inevitably most of those albums (in the case of last year's list, 9 out of 10) never dropped. So while I'm looking forward to independent national releases by Darkroom Productions and 410 Pharoahs in the next few months, and I'd be hyped as hell about a D.O.G. album on Universal or a Los album on Bad Boy or a Heavy Gold album on Epic being released this year, I ain't holding my breath. Instead, this list is my 20 most anticipated Baltimore MCs who I've never heard a solo project by. I might've heard them as a member of a group, or doing guest appearances, or seen them live or heard a single, or songs on their MySpace page. Some of them might already be pretty well known within the scene, or even have a solo album that I just didn't know about. But these are the people I want to hear more from in 2008, whether or not they have anything scheduled to drop:

1. Verb
2. Symantyx
3. Sonny Brown
4. Diablo
5. Sean-Toure'
6. EJ
7. Greenspan
8. Shakean Da Analyst
9. Tonio
10. XO
11. Ammo
12. Gata Shiest
13. E-Nahledge
14. Young R.O.D.
15. ONLY
16. Tony Manson
17. Street Heat
18. Dave "Da Barber"
19. Reina Williams
20. Maniak Dre

Labels: Diablo, Dirty Hartz, E-Nahledge, Kartel, lists, M.O.L., Sonny Brown, XO

Labels: 5 Seasons, B.O.M.B., Backland, Banga Bill, Bossman, Comp, DJ Booman, flyer, Huli Shallone, Jade Fox, Kartel, Los, Mullyman, NOE, Ogun, Skarr Akbar, Team Fifty, Tha Profitt, Tim Trees

Labels: 5 Seasons, B.O.M.B., DJ Booman, flyer, Jade Fox, Kartel, M.O.L., Ray Lugar, Team Fifty, Tha Profitt, Tim Trees

Here's an informative e-mail from Amotion that landed in my inbox with info on a lot of upcoming events:

Movers and Shakers! There's so much to be involved in tomorrow (saturday Nov. 24th) so if you're in town sitting on your couch Saturday and not at any of these events, you are not part of the movement.

Moe Hammond Media presents a movie shoot for
'The 50 most essential hip hop albums of all time'
Diggin int he crates 101 a dj schowcase on hip ohp samples
Deep Flow is filming and editing this movie and this is a new shoot
5 Seasons 830 Guilford Ave Baltimore, MD.
Doors open 2pm showcase 3pm
Free admission, free food, all ages
410.262.8515 for more info

Calientepresents...'Who SAid hip hop is dead'
6pm-10pm
Lothuanium Hall 851 Hollins St. Baltimore, MD. 21201
Huli Shallone, Amotion, Uninvited Guests, Dynamic Compositions, K-Jil, Amadaye and more...
443.575.6159 for more info

Dizasterous Nightmare Fall Fashion Show
At Uniterian Unizersarist of Annapolis 333 Debois Rd.Annapolis
Doors open 7:30 show at 8pm
$25 at door
Kojo will be performing featuring TestMe, MTM crew and more...
410.878.595 for more info

Rick Starr of tlantic Records, Invisible Set, Raw DOc & Star Status Present... 'Second Chance' Talent Showcase
9pm-2am
Club Taste 4314 Curtis Ave Baltimore, MD. 21226
Hosted by Sonny Brown
$10 door charge
$40 registration for 8 minute act
myspace.com/rawdoc for more info

Sunday night we will be filming at Zanadus for 'Mr. Incredible's album release party
and listen in to 92Q 'Rap Attack' Sunday night in which we at Rock Da Mic may be there to give you more info and background about this Wednesdays event

Monday at 7:30 Tune into DeepFlowRadio.com for the live interview with Raw DOC about current album releases adn Rock Da Mic.

Tuesday I'll be in New York Rallying for the WGAEast Strike. For those of ya'll who aren't familliar, for the past 2 years I've been producing the tv show 'Deep Flow TV'. From incredible local and internet response I decided to go head and shop the season 3 pitch to major cable networks while still recording and airing season 2. After spending many months researching the best way to go about this and the best way to protect myself and doing this, I finally began the agent pitches. Upon doing so 1 agency told me theres no way my show'd get picked up any time soon didn't I know about the pending writers strike. (Though I'm a member of the guild I didn't). Well, one week later the strike was on so here I am, finally ready to shop the show with no means of shopping it because apparently I'm on strike. (The reson for the strike is becasue tv is now airing on the internet and writers contracts have not been updated to cover compensation for internet play. Writers also reciecev $ .4 off of each dvd sale and are asking for $.8.) SO with the changing times I completely agree with the strike and am rallying with my fellow members at Washington Square Park at noon on tuesday. Yes, I will bring a camera and capture parts of the pending process to bring back to Baltimore tv, and have set up a handful of meetings with NY companies while I'm up there prevelent to music and tv but thats all i'll say for now!

This Wednesday Nov. 28th Rock Da Mic Championships is back! Featuring TestMe, Block Holder ENT of Raw DOC, and last months winners Kartel, 12 artists will be showing off in competeion for the 'rock da mic champ' title. We will also have 3 fashion shows thorughout the nite from Hi-Xposure modeling agency (you've seen them at Zanadus, at Gardels with P.Diddy, adn in DC this past year). Hosted by Rod Mad Flava of 92Q VH!'s Hip Hop Honors awardee, the legendary Busy Bee will also be in the building!
Come get in free b4 9:30, ladies before 10, everybody $10 after. To register to perform int he next 'Rock Da Mic' (the lsat wednesday of every month) you must bring your cd and contact info to us this night, we will go over all entries and pick the top 12 for next month).

Hope everybody had a happy and safe Thanksgiving!

Labels: 5 Seasons, 92Q, D.O.G., Deep Flow, flyer, Huli Shallone, Kartel, Sonny Brown

So the folks at Hip Hop 101 decided to start this thing called the Blammy Awards for the Baltimore hip hop community, and they're letting the public decides who should win. I wish them all the best in getting a great turnout, I have pretty mixed feelings about the polls I've tried to do on this site in the past and haven't really decided if I want to do one at all this year. But the nominees and all the information on voting and deadlines from Sonny Brown are listed below. I bolded the names of the people I'm voting for, just to let you know what I think and who I endorse if you're having trouble deciding (don't be mad at me for any of my opinions, I'm just being honest!), but obviously I'm biased about the "best media award," where Government Names is a nominee. Email your ballots to CASTITNOW@gmail.com

DECEMBER 3rd HIPHOP 101 BLAMMY AWARDS

THESE ARE THE NOMINEES.. VOTE ONE TIME FOR EACH CATAGORY. THE POLLS WILL BE THRU EMAIL, ACTUAL POLLS THAT ARE BEING WORKED ON NOW THAT WILL BE PLACED ON MY PAGE AS WELL AS SHAKA PITTS PAGE. I WILL ALSO HAVE SOMETHING SET UP AT HIPHOP 101 EVERY WEEK . VOTING DEADLINE ENDS NOVEMBER 30TH.. THE BLAMMY NOMINATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

BEST EMCEE MALE
SKARR AKBAR
CADDY THE DON
BACKLAND
OGUN
VISION

BEST EMCEE FEMALE
MS STRESS
NIK STYLES
CREAM
TUFFLON DONNA
SYMANTEX

BEST GROUP
G.E.M.
1ST FAMILY
RAW DOC
KARTEL
DIRT PLATOON
TRIUMPHANT MUSIC GROUP

BEST RNB MALE
CHE RAY
MYKEE
BRANDON

BEST RNB FEMALE
TYREIKA
KIA CALLAWAY
KIESHA STARR
LYNEE MICHELLE

BEST MIXTAPE
BACKLAND-THIS IS ME
OGUN-BMORE HERO
CADDY DA DON- 2.5
VISION- DONT GET IT MIXED UP
UNREAL - THE FUCK ELSE YOU WANT FOR FREE
COMP-THE MAN WITH THE HAND

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
JBROWN
CADDY THE DON
KG
TY-GUDDA
YOUNG SAC
ONLY
TRIGGA

BEST MIXTAPE DJ
DJ BOOMAN
DJ JABRIL
DJ BIG REL
DNA
DJ ME'AZE MILLIONI

BEST LIVE SHOW
COMP
KG
CADDY THE DON
OGUN
DIRT PLATOON

BEST BEATMAN
AKIRA
D-BANKS
JFUNK
SPEILBERG
EWATTS
GMAJOR
REINA WILLIAMS
KANG KONG

SPIT FIRE AWARD
SAVAGE
TRIGGA
VERB
MANIAC DRE
MS STRESS

NEXT 2 BLOW AWARD
MULLYMAN
BOSSMAN
TIM TREES
HULI SHALLONE
D.O.G.
B.O.M.B
SKARR AKBAR

BEST MEDIA AWARD
STRICTLY HIPHOP 88.9
MUSIC MONTHLY
GOVERNMENT NAMES
REALTALK WITH SPITTS MCMAN
BMOREVIBE
DEEPFLOW TV/RADIO
STREETZ MAGAZINE
BMOREHH.COM / J5
MALDOTCOM

HIPHOP 101 AWARD-SQUIRRAL WYDE

Labels: B.O.M.B., Backland, Bosslady, Bossman, Comp, D.O.G., DJ Booman, DNA, G.E.M./Tha Plague, Hip Hop 101, Huli Shallone, Kartel, Ms. Stress, Mullyman, Ogun, Skarr Akbar, Sonny Brown, Tim Trees, UnReal

Labels: 5 Seasons, flyer, G.E.M./Tha Plague, Kartel, M.O.L., Midas, South Paw

Labels: 5 Seasons, B.O.M.B., flyer, Kartel, Ogun

Labels: flyer, Kartel, Sonar, South Paw

Labels: 5 Seasons, Deep Flow, flyer, Kartel, M.O.L., ShellBe RAW, South Paw

WWW.TEAMFIFTY.COM & STRENGTH IN NUMBERS PRESENT

SUMMER HEAT MIXTAPE EXPO & RELEASE PARTY
FRIDAY JULY 13TH, 2007
8PM-2AM
5 SEASONS
830 N. GUILFORD AVE.
BALTIMORE, MD

HOSTED BY STEVIE STAY HI
WITH MUSIC BY BUMSQUAD'S OWN DJ BOOMAN

FEATURING:
RAY VICTORY
COMP
EAZY MONEY ENT.
CNP
HOOD STRUCK ENT.
REALSIDE
SOUTHPAW
THA PROFITT
WELDING
GHOSEL
UNTAMED
RAY LUGAR (FEAT. SPEILSBERG)
SPITTERS CLUB (FEAT. ONLEY)
DAVE DA BARBER W/ TIM TREES, XO, 1ST FAM & AMMO
CADDY DA DON (FIXED FIGHT)
TRIGGA YOUNG TEX
100 BOYZ (TRU BILL)
KARTEL (MORE MONEY MORE HATE)
MANIAK DRE (SO HOOD PROD.)

BROUGHT TO YOU BY: SAM CASSELL, KEITH BOOTH, KURK LEE, CARMELLO ANTHONY YOUTH CENTER
MUSIC MONTHLY
DOWNTOWN LOCKER ROOM
18+ TO CHILL/21+ TO SPILL
I.D. IS A MUST!
$10 HOOPAS & HUSTLAS
$5 QUEENS

Labels: 5 Seasons, Comp, DJ Booman, flyer, Kartel, Ray Lugar, South Paw, Team Fifty, Tha Profitt, Tim Trees, XO

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

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

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