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Jon Laine and the Players honor the life and music of one of the great­est beat mak­ers, pro­duc­ers and djs of all time. J Dilla.

Hosted by Grap Luva + Featuring per­for­mances by Alison Carney, Diamond District (Oddisee, XO YU), Wes Felton, Maimouna Yousef, Roddy Rod, Awthentik, E Major, Kaimbr, J Sands, Ardamus and more. Ma Dukes will be in da buildin'.

PLUS spe­cial guest per­for­mance by The BK Emcee, TALIB KWELI

:: Special "IT STOPS IN ARIZONA" Immigration Speak-Out | 9:30p

Moderated by Rev Lennox Yearwood (Hip Hop Caucus) with Talib Kweli

Presented by SEIU & Munch for HedRush

Event Information
Friday July 09, 2010
9:00 pm - 1:00 am
All Ages
Cover: $15.00
Cover Notes: $15 Adv / $20 Door
Music: Hip Hop, funk, soul. disco, latin, rock, jazz and more
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Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival 2010 Artists

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Words by Chase Freeman:

May 6th, 2010 [Portland, OR] - Myself and Kenny Fresh of FreshSelects.net had the oppor­tu­nity to intro­duce the city of Portland to the D.C. col­lec­tive by the name of Diamond District (Oddisee, yU, & X.O.)

Above are some visu­als of the FREE show at Someday Lounge dur­ing First Thursday @ The Fix, a leg­endary Thursday night event in Portland show­cas­ing the ever-changing art and music scene.

DOWNLOAD the live mix here :: REALNMDZ.COM (MUSIC section).

Special THANK YOU to:
Diamond District - DiamondDistrictDMV.com
DJ Quartermaine - filthyspeakeraddict.com
Someday Lounge - SomedayLounge.com

& The Fix DJ's:
Rev Shines | DJ Kez | Dundiggy
& your host Ronin Roc

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To cel­e­brate the release of his new album, The Reset, which drops today, Apollo Brown is excited to give fans another treat from the album, this time the "Streets Won't Let Me Chill Remix." For the track, Apollo Brown remixed Diamond District's "Streets Won't Let Me Chill," orig­i­nally pro­duced by Oddisee and fea­tured on the group's debut In The Ruff, and pro­vides a darker per­spec­tive on the song when com­pared to the original's brass-lined soul beat. The James Brown drum break, which Apollo uses along with an eerie gui­tar riff, cre­atively com­pli­ments vocals from Oddisee, yU, and X.O. "I wanted the remix to have the same gritty feel to it. The orig­i­nal is drum heavy to me so I wanted to keep that going with a clas­sic drum break. You can't go wrong with 'funky drum­mer'", says Apollo. "I picked some­thing that I know I could have done a lot of jus­tice to. The lyrics on that song are ill as hell."

Apollo Brown's The Reset is now avail­able via Mello Music Group.

In fur­ther cel­e­bra­tion of today's release, Apollo Brown is invit­ing all of his fans out tonight for a spe­cial meet-and-greet in-store at the leg­endary Fat Beats New York. Joining Apollo Brown at the in-store will be Hasaan Mackey. Come out, grab a CD, get it signed, and chop it up with Apollo and Hasaan tonight from 7pm - 9pm EST.

You can also check out the sin­gle "Real Detroit" on iTunes.

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After the suc­cess of his solo album, Before Taxes, yU of Diamond District is proud to release two instru­men­tals from the album for con­sump­tion, "Almost Time" and "Lunchin'." Following the trend of many artists, yU wanted to give aspir­ing rap­pers the chance to spit rhymes over a cou­ple of mas­tered tracks. "Almost Time" serves as a stan­dard for rap­pers with a straight drum­beat, swelling horns, repeat­ing gui­tar vamp, and spo­ken ad-libs inserted to push the song for­ward. "Lunchin'" requires a more inter­pre­tive verse with its spo­ken intro­duc­tion, pop­ping drums, elec­tronic sounds, and syn­the­sizer induced vamp. The Before Taxes album is avail­able in vinyl through Fat Beats, with a bonus track from fel­low Diamond District mem­ber, Oddisee, and a dig­i­tal copy of Before Taxes Instrumentals is avail­able for pur­chase on iTunes.

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Building antic­i­pa­tion for his debut album, The Reset, out May 25, recently signed Mello Music Group pro­ducer Apollo Brown re-releases a mix­tape done in 2007 named Skilled Trade. Raw in its sound, Skilled Trade is a col­lec­tion show­cas­ing Apollo Brown's honed craft through the 30 tracks of instru­men­tals included in the album. "Really, the inspi­ra­tion behind putting this project out was to get a lit­tle bit of my sound out of the bed­room and into the streets," says Apollo.

A true dis­play of tal­ent, not only did Apollo pro­duce and arrange it him­self but also cre­ated the phys­i­cal album through his own means, then dis­trib­ut­ing them the same exact way. But it isn't just tal­ent that makes Apollo a good pro­ducer but also the hard work he is will­ing to devote to his craft. "The dirty boots on the cover sig­nify work. That's all I do," Apollo says, "I'm always work­ing hard to bet­ter my craft and make sure my music sounds as good as it can." On The Reset, Apollo's hard work and tal­ent will mix with the likes of accom­plished emcees such as Rapper Big Pooh, Stik Figa and fel­low label mates, Diamond District to bring the debut album to most excited fans.

Download Apollo Brown - Skilled Trade here: http://usershare.net/fuvndby4cxmu

Apollo's "Streets Won't Let Me Chill" remix is avail­able on iTunes now.

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