Whenever I think about Ruff Ryders, three peo­ple come to mind… DragOn is one of them. And when you hear that name, next ques­tion is… Where is he? Well, he and his tight lyri­cal skills dropped out of sight for awhile but he is back on the scene and mak­ing a lot of noise. Between the stu­dio, UStream and appear­ances, he is all over the place.  My inbox was blessed with his ban­gin' sin­gle "Money" that is being played all over the radio in New York and Boston.   Along with that sin­gle came an invi­ta­tion to sit down and have a chat.  So look out, an inter­view will be com­ing soon.  "The Crazies": The Mixtape fea­tur­ing DragOn and many other artists is due out in the next cou­ple of weeks and his album is sched­uled to drop soon after. Myspace is still good for some­thing because you can lis­ten to his playlist and see that his flow is still tight!  You can fol­low him on Twitter, @OfficialDragOn and keep on top of his move­ments.  Here is that "Money" track.  Get on it, he's back.

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As promised, I am keep­ing you in the loop with RSNY/RockStar Society.  Their mix­tapes are in the works.  First up, is Rockstar Remix.  Remix is in the stu­dio, hard at work on his project enti­tled "Life In The Frass Lane".   Keep an eye out for a release date, should be some time in March.   If you are in NYC, I am sure there will be a party so stay tuned. This mix­tape promises to be some­thing spe­cial.   As soon as a link is avail­able for down­load, I will be shar­ing.  Until then, here is a taste of what's to come.   Below check out "I Got A Girl" by Rockstar Remix fea­tur­ing Yung Juggz and Drugzzzy B. This is actu­ally a favorite of mine. I've seen this song per­formed live with a band and it sounds crazy. And once you catch hold of the lyrics, I am sure you will appre­ci­ate it even more… ;)

The year just started and artists are gear­ing up for what they call the 1^st Quarter.  Artists are mak­ing big moves this month and set­ting the tone for the rest of their year.

Last year I stum­bled upon the likes of RSNY.  I intro­duced them to you here on HipHopisCoolAgain.com .  These 4 fel­las have been mak­ing an impact on the underground/independent music move­ment in NYC.  They are cur­rently in the stu­dio work­ing on solo projects, but their past efforts are still mak­ing waves.  As promised, they are keep­ing me in the loop.  They make sure I have music pre­views, tour and show infor­ma­tion and updates to their online mag­a­zine RSNYmag.com.  As soon as I get it, I’m sharing.

As promised, they will be open­ing their tour on January 9^th, 2010 at the Ace of Spades in NYC.  After that, January 11^th, 2010,  they move on to Santos PartyHouse in NYC to per­form at “Rise of the Illest” with @Wordspit.  They go back to Santos PartyHouse for an encore per­for­mance at the leg­endary Soundcheck VII.  Not only is this a Birthday Bash for @BreyKing, the Soundcheck King him­self, but as I told you before, this is the place to check out new and upcom­ing artists.   Also Performing at SoundCheck VII is ESSO, Astro, Eric Sosa, ROCKSTAR SOCIETY, The Illz, K55, Hotep, J.Sharelle, K. Lyric, G.S., Hosted by MS. MO BROWN SUGAR and on the turnta­bles DJ GULLY.   If you plan on attend­ing Soundcheck VII, you need to RSVP to Soundcheck@Santospartyhouse.com for a dis­counted admission.

This is where I'll be for my music fix. If you will be in NYC for any of these per­for­mances, I urge you to check them out as well.

Click below to hear @GSWAGGER chop it up with the Fat Boy Radio Staff…

Interviews, shows, audi­tions and appear­ances.  The fel­las of RSNY are every­where!! They are always on their grind and ready to put in work.  On his way to the lab yes­ter­day, G-Swagg stopped by Fat Boy Radio to talk to the peo­ple.   Fat Boy Radio is housed at LaGuardia Community College in Queens, N.Y.  College radio is a huge part of the Independent/Underground/New artist music movement. 

Not only did G-Swagg speak on his move­ments with RSNY, but he also pre­pared the audi­ence for the com­ing of his 2nd mix­tape, “The Groundwork Vol II”.    Not giv­ing away too much info on the con­tent, he promised that it will be a banger.  If the tracks are any­thing like “Get It Up” with Red Café, S.O., and Newz or “Get Ya Sexy On” fea­tur­ing Remix and Drugzzzy B, then noth­ing but hits are to be expected.  And of course before exit­ing the build­ing, he blessed Fat Boy Radio with a freestyle.  Even with lim­ited audio, he still man­aged to put it down.  If you’re in NYC, you can catch G-Swagg and the rest of the RSNY boys at Uncle Mike’s on November 20^th.  If you missed the freestyle, take a listen…

November 7, 2009

Front Room
Conchita Campos release party

Description
11/7, Front Room, 9:30 pm, $7

Conchita Campos with The Park (soul/hiphop/jazz) -
www.reverbnation.com/conchitacampos
www.myspace.com/royaleallstars

Dirty Boots (soul/hiphop) - http://dirtybootsband.com/

The Hoarsemen (hip hop) - http://thehoarsemen.com/

3rd Party (hiphop) - http://www.myspace.com/3rdparty
Core Rhythm (hip hop) - http://www.reverbnation.com/corerhythm
Taiyo Na/Magnetic North (hip hop) - www.reverbnation.com/taiyona

Music is look­ing so ques­tion­able nowa­days.  My iPod and my blog­ging bud­dies keep me musi­cally focused.  Thank good­ness for mix­tapes, new and inde­pen­dent artists because oth­er­wise, I would be a very angry Lady Blogga.  The radio and its reg­u­lar hourly brain­wash­ing rota­tion makes my skin crawl.  I try to stay in the habit of check­ing out what’s new and fresh.

A few Friday’s ago I headed out to Santos PartyHouse to do just that.  The Soundcheck Part IV show was on deck.  On the bill were Shinobi Ninja, Anton Glamb, Overfab, RockStar Society, DJ Jasmine Solano with Host Mo’ Brown Suga.  If you aren’t famil­iar with these names, get acquainted because they are mak­ing moves quick.  I have seen a few of them per­form before but I was par­tic­u­larly inter­ested in see­ing RockStar Society.  I am a big fan of pro­mot­ing new and local artists.  The RockStar Society come from the streets of Far Rock, which is where I’m from.  It’s not an easy place to find and it’s not easy to get out of so it is impor­tant that I show support.

The RockStar Society con­sists of many mem­bers but the 4 fel­las wreck­ing the stage were, @GSWAGGER , @REMIX_RSNY , @DRUGZZZB , and @YUNGJUGGZ .  Between these 4 guys, the cre­ativ­ity and drive is crazy.  GSwagger is the CEO of Fam Click Entertainment, Remix is the founder of RSNY and head designer for their cloth­ing line (which can be viewed at TheRockStarSociety.com), Drugggzy B is a DJ and CEO of Bad Habit Entertaiment and YungJuggz is a Grammy Nominated Song Writer who has co-written songs for many artists includ­ing Shaggy, Elephant Man and Chris Brown.

With the help of a live band, these boys did the damn thing at Santos.  Musically, I am very picky as I am true to Hip Hop and not this Hip Slop we are cur­rently being force fed.  The energy they brought to the stage was crazy.   The crowd was rockin’ and their lyrics were tight.  They per­formed a med­ley of songs from their CD’s “The Remixes”, “Fly or Die” and “Fly or Die 2”.  All the CD’s can be down­loaded on RSNYmag.com.  Show songs included “I Think You Should Know”, “Wake-Up”, and a clas­sic joint “She Has Another Lover”.   Their sound is like none other.  It is a com­bi­na­tion of hip-hop soul, rap and reg­gae rolled into one.   And if you lis­ten to their CD’s you can see that each artist has their own indi­vid­ual sound.  It’s rare that new artists can mas­ter and kill a per­for­mance with a live band.  But these gen­tle­men did it and with ease.

They are cur­rently work­ing on var­i­ous dif­fer­ent projects.  G-Swagg is cur­rently in the stu­dio on a solo mis­sion with his mix­tape “The GroundWork II”.  And the rest of the crew will fol­low suit.  While they are grindin’ their solo endeav­ors, they will also be doing shows, mak­ing appear­ances and cre­at­ing the next leg of their cloth­ing line.

I am @thaLadyBlogga and I will be stop­ping by here from time to time to spread the good word.  You can catch me on the Twitter check-in or at my reg­u­lar home with The Mad Bloggers.

If you missed their Santos per­for­mance here’s a clip…

I first heard of Sav Killz back in October when I was at the Producer's Swap Meet Beat Battle @ Don Hills on Greenwich Street. I was there with milk­fish and Sav was will­ing to part with copies of Success Is Inevitable for a small fee.  I scooped up a copy and lis­tened to it when I got back to Cali. It has some cool joints on it and here's the video for one of those tracks, Restless Nights. [NahRight]