Wednesday, May 05, 2010
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Labels: Comp, DJ Booman, flyer, Mania Music Group, Ms. Stress, Mullyman, Shaka Pitts, Smash, Sonar, Tayland Promotions
Monday, November 09, 2009
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
The City Paper's big annual Best of Baltimore issue is out today. These are the winners that I wrote the blurbs for:
Best Club Music Producer: DJ Class
Best Club Music DJ: DJ Pierre
Best Hip-Hop DJ: DJ Jay Claxton
Best Beat Maker: Banga Bill
Best Male MC: Mullyman
Best Female MC: Ms. Stress
Best Solo Artist: The Bow-Legged Gorilla
Best Song: P-Shellz "Fingaz Down (The Hack Anthem)"
Best Summer Jam: Comp "Whole Lat"
Best Label: Mania Music Group
Best Music Promoter: Tay Tay of Tay-land Promotions
Best Place To Hear Hip-Hop: Sonar
Also allbmorehiphop and a lot of other worthy people got awards. The BOB party is tonight, and I didn't have any luck getting mailing addresses for some of the people above to send invitations, so maybe if any of those people e-mail me ASAP I can help them out or give them my extra ticket.
Labels: ALLBMOREHIPHOP.COM, Baltimore City Paper, Baltimore club, Banga Bill, Bow-Legged Gorilla, Comp, DJ Class, DJ Pierre, Mania Music Group, Ms. Stress, Mullyman, P-Shellz, Sonar, Tayland Promotions
Friday, September 04, 2009
Monday, August 03, 2009
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Competing MCs:Kane Mayfield, Trace Blam, Ms Stress, Unknown Alchemist, Troy Brown (God Flow), Apex, A6, J Law, Goon, Deuce, Masacre, Finesse, Barcardy, Si Notes, Deuce Dro, Sharn Cook, A- Heat, The Author and more * a couple slots left. Call 443 248 2596 to get last slots. It's open to MCs from All Areas!!
ALSO TRACK MEET $700 PRODUCER BEAT Battle coming up.. Call same number to sign up for that also.
Love a good Hip Hop Show?? SEE YOU THIS SUNDAY 7pm
Labels: 5 Seasons, flyer, Kane, Mania Music Group, Ms. Stress, Shaka Pitts, Si-Notes, The Baltimore Scene
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
This Thursday is gonna be special! Because Arsonists Camp has finally copped a building to house the furnace. Which will now be named Firehouse! Come out to Lava Lounge to party extra crazy with us Thursday. We have G-Major & Mr 1st In Time on the 1 and 2's all night. With a special performance from Ms.Stress aka The Madame of Murdaland. So come on out and get drunk for next to nothing @ The Lava Lounge. 1301 Ponca St. Ladies admission is $5 or 3 for $10 (yeah we rich so we can do this) Fellas $8.
Once you are in the place. Bottled drinks are $2. Ladies can drink all they want til midnight for only $5. Fellas drink all they want for $15. You can't beat that. This happens every thursday. But this particular thursday is special to the A.C.E.-O.T.G. Family. So come out mingle get furred and meet new people. Its always crazy. And with the recession u can drink your depression away for next to nothing.
THREESOME THURSDAYS @ LAVA LOUNGE
1301 PONCA ST. Canton Md.
Labels: flyer, G Major, Ms. Stress
Monday, April 27, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
In the past month or so on the Baltimore City Paper's Noise blog, I've posted a bunch of new concert reviews: Ms. Stress, Si-Notes, Shy, Mz Streamz and others at Tayland Promotions' Queen Of The Mic 2 @ Sonar, Greenspan and others at No Guts No Glory @ 5 Seasons, George Clinton @ Rams Head Live, Eureka Birds @ Mobtown Studios, the Awesome Fest @ the Sidebar, open mic night @ 8x10 and Witch, Earthless and Vincent Black Shadow @ the Ottobar.
Labels: 5 Seasons, Baltimore City Paper, battle, Greenspan, magazines/newspapers, Ms. Stress, Mz Streamz, Noise, Ottobar, Si-Notes, Sonar, Tayland Promotions
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Some stray news items and links:
- Above is a new YouTube interview with Blaq Starr.
- Illroots.com has recently ran posts about PenDragon and Mania Music Group's Ron G.
- On my other blog Narrowcast, I listed the best shows I saw in 2008, which included performances by Soul Cannon, K-Swift, Blaq Starr, Dru Hill, Diablo, Rod Lee, Mullyman, Skarr Akbar, Comp, Little Clayway, Teop, Heavy Gold, 1st Family and Huli Shallone.
- Recent reviews by some of my colleagues at the City Paper: Brandon Soderberg on Blaq Starr, Bret McCabe on Ms. Stress, and Michael Byrne on DJ Excel.
- Some other stuff by Brandon Soderberg: a No Trivia post about Scottie B., and a Fresh Cherries From Yakima post about songs by Midas, the Chavy Boys, DJ Excel, E Major, B.O.M.B., DJ Booman, Ray Lugar, Mullyman, and Ron Rico.
Labels: Baltimore City Paper, Baltimore club, Blaq Starr, Diablo, DJ Excel, Dru Hill, K-Swift, Mania Music Group, Midas, Ms. Stress, Mullyman, PenDragon, Ron G., Scottie B., Soul Cannon, Teop
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Ms. Stress - Flipside (Arsonists Camp)
You may know Ms. Stress as the Madame of Murdaland and just generally one of the best, most aggressive female MCs in Baltimore, and her new album, her first since she joined up with Arsonists Camp, is a definite improvement over her first album. I still think that in some ways she's better as a raw live performer than as a recording artist, and sometimes her voice sounds strained on these songs, but there are a few tracks where I think she really realizes her potential. The beats are by The Banga Donz, G-Major, D.Fos and 1st In Time Productions, and there are guest appearances by Midas, UnReal, and Tufflon Donna, among others.
Ms. Stress - "P's & Q's" (mp3)
This track is a lot of fun, dope hook and sample, good flow.
Labels: Midas, mixtape/album review, mp3, Ms. Stress, UnReal
Friday, August 22, 2008
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Milestone Media's 2nd annual Making The Right Moves Entertainment Conference will be held at the Baltimore Convention Center next Saturday, August 23rd, and admission is free. I was at the event as a panelist last year and wrote about my experiences there, and I'll be there again this year, to cover the event and to host a panel about independent artists at 2p.m. Here's the full itinerary for the event (UPDATED 8/14/08), including the concert the night before:
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Making The Right Moves Entertainment Conference
Official Intinery
Friday August 22, 2008
Black Hole Club
216 German Hill Rd
Baltimore, Maryland 21222
410-285-ROCK
This is a professional event be on time which means well before your perform
8:00 – 8:30 DJ Harvey Dent / DJ Franchise & Staff Arrive
8:30 – 9:00 Doors Open
9: 45- 10-00 Q 45
10:05- 10: 20 Slim Mil
10: 25- 10 :35 Brother
10-40- 10:55 Beveready
11:00- 11-15 Battle Music Group
11: 20- 11: 35 Gramz
11:40- 11: 55 EJ
12: 00- 12:15 Greenspan
12:15- 12:30 Skarr
12:45 2 Pistols
Club ends 1 :55
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Making The Right Moves Entertainment Conference
Official Intinery
Saturday August 23, 2008
Baltimore Convention Center
1 W. Pratt Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Fu Yah Martial Fusion Challenge
Presented by The Bamms
8:00 AM- 1 PM
9:00 AM- 11 AM Load In and Sound Check
10:00 AM Vendor Set Up
11:00 AM Interactive Booths Begin
12:00 PM Main Stage Event Begin
ACT 1: J Butts ACT 2: SURPRISE GUEST ACT 3: OPEN FOR NOW
PANEL SESSION:
Authors/ Publishers and Spoken Word Panel - The Urban Written Word
Featuring:
(Deshawn Taylor, Lamonica Bratcher, Rafphael Gordon, Feleica Pride, Willie BAM )
1:00 PM
ACT 1: Kim Poole ACT 2: DEVANTE
ACT 3:
PANEL SESSION: Marketing and Promotions - I have my space and you tube now what ?
Hosted By: Rita Lewis - Marketing of BET J
Featuring: ( Mottz, Swen, Mathew Brown, Miesha Rice )
INDUSTRY THE REALITY SHOW FILMING BEGINS
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2:00 PM
ACT 1: Kyonte ACT 2: DG2 ACT 3: Battle Music Group
PANEL SESSION:
I.N.D.E.P.E.N.D.E.N.T - "DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS"
Hosted By: Al Shipley - Baltimore City Paper & Governmentnames.blogspot.com
Featuring:(Mike Flight, Jim Fetzer, DOMINATION, Shaka Pitts, Mike Sky)
INDUSTRY THE REALITY SHOW FILMING Cont'd
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3:00 PM
ACT 1 L –Jay ACT 2: JONI DEGA
ACT 3: Ikea Turner
PANEL SESSION: Matthew Lesko - "How To Get Free Money"
INTERACTIVE SESSION: !! MASTERS OF THE BEATS !!
Featuring: ( Jay Funk, Say Whut and More...)
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4:00 PM
ACT 1: 11’s EDGE
ACT 2: Kanika
ACT 4: Main Girl
IICE INC Modeling and Promotion Company FASHION PREVIEW
MY TIME TO SHINE- SHORT FILMS AND DOCUMENTRIES " WHAT IS A HAK " by Bernard Threatt
PANEL SESSION : INDUSTRY POWER MOVES P1
Mrs. Sterling " INDUSTRY POWER MOVES "
INTERACTIVE SESSION:
I GOT THAT FIRE (tentively w/ SLIP N SLIDE DJ's)
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5:00 PM
ACT 1: BEAT BOX ACT 2: M QUEST
ACT 3: COMIC BOOK HEROES
PANEL SESSION: INDUSTRY POWER MOVES II
Hosted by: Terrance J of BET 106 & PARK
Featuring ( Rashod Ollsen, Paul Gardener, Mary Nicols, Shadeed Elezer )
INTERACTIVE DJ SESSION:
( DJ JONNY BLAZE, DJ SPONTANEOUS, and more)
6:00 PM
ACT 1: MS STRESS
ACT 2: KARRON JOHNSON
HIP HOP SAVED MY LIFE w/ RAPHAEL GORDON
PANEL SESSION: Producer VS. Beat makers: What is the difference ?
Hosted By: Kelly Connelly
Featuring: ( Diamond D, Dame Grease, BOOMAN, Shaka Pitts, Ademyi Omisore )
7:00 PM
ACT 1: BREE & Friends
ACT 2: The FA.Culty ft. Lil Clayway, Nik Stylz & Phreestyle, P. Lucky
With Young and Fly Records
ACT 3: T. LYLES - SHOWCASE
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8:00 ROUNDTABLE MUSIC GROUP SHOWCASE
FASHION SHOW
F/ TAINTED INK MODELING GROUP
10:00 PM Event Wrap Up
Labels: Black Hole Rock Club, EJ, flyer, Greenspan, Jay Funk, Little Clayway, Ms. Stress, NSW (Say What), Skarr Akbar
Friday, August 08, 2008
The Unstoppable Nuklehidz - The Mysterious Messy Revolution (Punk-Hop-N-B-Difrint)
This week I wrote a review of this album in the City Paper. I've seen Taz and Stevie around town a lot in the past year, reviewing their shows at the Turntable Club and at the Local Highrise and judging their 295 Heat battle at Sonar, and they're just really funny, likable dudes that happen to make pretty strange, out there music. Last year on World AIDS Day, I posted their song about HIV, "Pass It On," and there's some socially conscious stuff like that on here and a lot of pretty goofy stuff, too. The album features guest appearances by Midas and Ms. Stress. Check out their blog and their MySpace page.
The Unstoppable Nuklehidz f/ Ms. Stress - "The Venom" (mp3)
This is probably my favorite track that I didn't hear on a single or at one of their shows well before the album dropped, good beat and good guest. Stress has a new album coming real soon, too, looking forward to that.
Labels: Baltimore City Paper, magazines/newspapers, Midas, mixtape/album review, mp3, Ms. Stress, The Unstoppable Nuklehidz
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Here's my stuff that ran on the Baltimore City Paper's Noise blog @ http://noise.citypaper.com before, during and after my recent hiatus: a new Club Beat column profiling DJ B-Eazy, and live reviews of Sonny Brown/Ms. Stress/1st Family/Arsonists Camp @ 5 Seasons and my experiences judging at the Unstoppable Nuklehidz' "Battle On The Beltway" w/ Midas @ Sonar, and Firewater/Landspeedrecord! @ the Ottobar and Noble Lake/Golden Ghost/Viking Moses/Andy Abelow @ Floristree and Hot Magic/Armed Elephant/We Read Minds @ Fletcher's.
Labels: 1st Family, 5 Seasons, Baltimore City Paper, Baltimore club, battle, Midas, Ms. Stress, Noise, Ottobar, Sonar, Sonny Brown, The Unstoppable Nuklehidz
