New Video: "Rock The Bells Cypher" by TeamBackPack ft. G-Mo Skee, Demrick, Thurz & Cashis [Prod. by C-Lance]

TeamBackPack just dropped this new cypher featuring four very talented emcees rippin' the mic at the Rock the Bells festival. Check it.

Originally Posted @ Eternal Cadence

New Tour: The Smokers Club Tour Presents: Ab-Soul, Joey Bada$$ & Pro-Era, The Underachievers & Chevy Woods [October 2013]

The Smokers Club presents the 4th annual North American Tour starting in October. This years tour features a great line-up of smokers and dope rap hip hop artists such as: Ab-Soul of Black Hippy, Joey Bada$$ and the Pro-Era crew,  Chevy Woods and The Underachievers.

It also looks like Black Dave and Minty Burns have been added to the list, plus music hosted by DJ Statik Selektah. Yea, I'll see you there ladies and gents!

I can't wait to hit up this year's event in Toronto. How many of you are thinking of going?

Tour dates:
10/17 - Providence, RI - Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
10/18 - Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
10/19 - Montreal, QC - Arena
10/20 - Toronto, ON - Phoenix Concert Theatre
10/22 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
10/23 - Pontiac, MI - The Crofoot
10/24 - Chicago, IL - Metro
10/25 - Milwaukee, WI - The Rave II
10/27 - Minneapolis, MN - Epic
10/29 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
10/30 - Lawrence, KS - Granada
11/01 - Denver, CO - Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom
11/02 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex
11/06 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Theatre
11/09 - Santa Ana, Ca - The Observatory
11/11 - San Diego, CA - Soma
11/12 - Tempe, AZ - Club Red
11/13 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater
11/15 - Dallas, TX - South Side Music Hall
11/16 - Houston, TX - Warehouse LIve
11/17 - Austin, TX - Emo's East
11/20 - Tallahassee, FL - Coliseum Tallahassee
11/21 - Orlando, FL - Beacham Theater
11/22 - Miami, FL - Grand Central
11/23 - St. Petersburg, FL - Jannus Live!
11/26 - New Haven, CT - Toad's Place
11/30 - Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of the Living Arts

Having personally attended the tour previously, I can tell you there is a reason why the motto is: "Bring ya lungs!". So you better come prepared.

The awesome artwork for this year's flyer is by: Tony Whlgn

Link: http://www.thesmokersclub.com/blog/the-smokers-club-tour-2013-bring-ya-lungs/

New Video: "The Return" (Asian Tour Promo) - FAMOUS

If you wan't to talk about grinding in the rap music business, you can't even start the conversation without bringing up FAMOUS. This dude eats, sleeps, and shit's hard work and constant development.

Here's what's good with the homie FAMOUS:

#SWAOW (cue the music 'I'm Famous Now')

So a few months ago I returned from my first ever Asian tour alongside the homie D.O. I did exactly what God had prepared me for and made sure my impact was felt amongst every single person I came in contact with. From the fans who didn't know a word of English but wanted a picture with the cool looking black guy, to the CEO's who charged $60 per glass of Henney on the company tab. Everybody left remembering one thing: FAMOUS

The journey started in MONTREAL, it moved to TORONTO, took time out in ATLANTA, got comfortable in NEW YORK and now I'll be spending some time in ASIA (remember this)!

Tour starts in Kaohsiung, Taiwan August 30th. Internationally Known - World Famous.

谢谢 - xie4xie - Thank you.

Macau - Hong Kong - China - Korea - Taiwan - Thailand - Japan - Vietnam - Philippines - Jarkata

For all things FAMOUS: http://www.roadtocenterstage.com

New Video: "Old Chanel" - Wiz Khalifa feat. Smoke DZA

Peep the brand new video from Wiz Khalifa featuring the kush God Smoke DZA for the joint "Old Chanel". Filmed in Harlem, New York City, the video is directed by Slick Jackson. Production and Engineering by Andrew Drucker.

The track "Old Chanel" is from the upcoming album "Blacc Hollywood" from Wiz Khalifa, which was just announced yesterday through Wiz's Twitter page. Catch both Wiz Khalifa & Smoke DZA on the road right now for the "Under The Influence of Music" tour. Tour dates.

Wiz Khalifa: http://wizkhalifa.com
Smoke DZA: http://smokedza.net

DJ Qbert & Reeps One Announce The Bass Bizarre World Tour

4 x DMC World Champion DJ Qbert and 2 x UK beatbox Champion Reeps One have combined forces to manifest a new paradigm in the creation of bass. Witness the MC and the DJ converge in a free form musical matrix where performance and technique are perfectly balanced with explosive precision. Two pioneers from two generations of musical evolution apply their awesome abilities to the sounds of dubstep, hip hop and drum n bass and raw adrenalin in a free form aural assault unlike anything that has gone before.

The Bass Bizarre world tour is DJ Qbert's most musically diverse performance project to date. It represents a new chapter in his never ending quest to break down artistic boundaries and extend the potential of sound quality and musical experience. Recognized as one of the most interesting and powerful beatboxers on the globe, Reeps One's totally unique, purist approach is what makes him stand out so boldly from the pack, delivering a complexity in technique and a depth of substance that completes the Bass Bizarre sound.

For more information on this ground breaking new project hit: www.bassbizarre.com.

DJ Qbert & Reeps One redefine reality at the following dates and venues:

Wednesday --- 08.02.12 Hare and Hounds, 106 High Street Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7JZ
Friday --- 10.02.12 Manchester Apollo, Stockport Road Ardwick Green, Manchester M12 6AP
Monday --- 13.02.12 Jazz Café, 5 Parkway London, NW1 7PG
Thursday --- 16 02 12 The Rosemount Hotel, 459 Fitzgerald St, North Perth WA 6006
Friday --- 17 02 12 Republic Bar, 299 Elizabeth Street, North Hobart TAS 7000
Saturday --- 18 02 12 Splore Festival, Tapapakanga Regional Park, Orere Point Manukau City
Thursday --- 23 02 12 Red Bennies, 373 Chapel Street, South Yarra VIC 3141
Friday --- 24 02 12 Chinese Laundry, 111 Sussex Street, Sydney NSW 2000
Saturday --- 25 02 12 The Colonial Hotel, 585 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

New Video: Evidence Digging In The Crates With Brother Ali In Germany

Peep this dope video featuring Evidence & Brother Ali digging through the record crates at a shop in Hamburg, Germany while on tour in Europe. The pair of emcee's reminisce on sampling records when they were first starting out, before we get some footage of their live performance in Hamburg.

New Videos: Yelawolf on Tour in Europe Part 2 & 3

Here are parts 2 (below) and 3 (above) of all the wild footage of Yelawolf while on tour throughout the United Kingdom and Europe. How do they not have New Castle in New Castle? GTFOH. Yelawolf's debut album Radioactive is in stores everywhere on November 21st, 2011.

"You gotta love that! Supreme, c'mon."

New Video: Hip Hop Homage Interviews Saukrates While On Tour With Redman

In this extended video clip, Hip Hop Homage provides footage of Big Soxx rocking the crowd while performing some of his dopest joints. Saukrates also catches up with Hip Hop Homage for this exclusive interview.

"I'ma prove that, the funk run in my veins, and finance run in my brain so they one in the same."

New Video: Yelawolf Tours Europe Part 1

Check out this cool video (part 1) of Shady Records newest artist Yelawolf while on tour in Europe. First stop, the United Kingdom. Yelawolf's debut album 'Radioactive' will be released on November 21st.

New Video: The Airplane Boys Open For J.Cole In London & Montreal, Head Out On UK Tour With Snoop Dogg

Oh, you ain't heard? The Airplane Boys recently toured with J.Cole and opened for him in Montreal. That's all shortly after opening up for Snoop Dogg in London, Ontario to start off the summer. Capturing footage along the way, here is part 2 of their adventures.

These clips show the two members of The Airplane Boys exploring the streets, prepping for the show and mingling with the fans. Today, The Airplane Boys have just left with Snoop Dogg for his UK tour.

For more updates check out http://theairplaneboys.com/

Classified Exclusive Interview On The Come Up Show

Classified is a hard working hip hop artist who puts on one hell of a show. Recently Chedo of The Come Up Show caught up with Class during the London, Ontario stop of his That Aint Classy tour.

In this great interview, Class discusses details of his personal life and trying to break out in the main stream beyond just one hit. For more great interviews, check out The Come Up Show.com.

The Game Drops Video Promo For Upcoming Show R.E.D. Tour In Toronto

The Game took time out to film this short video promo for his upcoming live performance at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This clip came to us at F.O.R.M. courtesy of The Come Up Show, which always has the most up to date information for hip hop events in Canada.

[Event] The Game- R.E.D. Tour in Toronto

[Event] The Game- R.E.D. Tour in Toronto
*This post comes courtesy of TheComeUpShow.com*

W.C. Touring With Ice Cube, Drops New Video and Preps New Album Release

(New York, NY) ― Entertainment One Music is pleased to announce Hip Hop veteran WC will be touring with Multi Platinum artist Ice Cube. WC will be releasing a new album titled “Revenge of the Barracuda” , which is set for release March 8th, 2011. The first single to be released off WC’s album is titled ‘You Know Me’ featuring Ice Cube, and Maylay.

The 28-city North America tour began in Aspen, CO on February 24th, with the grand finale show in Bakersfield, CA on April 3rd.

W.C. is preparing to release his new album “Revenge of the Barracuda” on March 8th, 2011. Pre-order the album on iTunes right now!

Tour Dates:
March
3/3 Baton Rouge, LA Varsity Theatre
3/5 Atlanta, GA Center Stage
3/6 Asheville, NC The Orange Peel
3/7 Baltimore, MD Bourbon Street
3/8 New York, NY B.B. Kings Blues Club
3/10 South Burlington, VT Higher Ground Ballroom
3/11 Buffalo, NY Town Ballroom
3/12 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Ballroom
3/13 Chicago, IL The Mid
3/15 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
3/25 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
3/26 Seattle, WA Showbox at the Market
3/27 Bend, OR Midtown
3/29 Chico, CA Senator Theatre
3/30 West Hollywood, CA House Of Blues

April
4/1 Anaheim, CA Grove Of Anaheim
4/2 Las Vegas, NV House Of Blues
4/3 Bakersfield, CA Fox Theatre

For bookings, interviews, and features please contact us at:

Umedia Promotions // E: info@universalmediafirm.com

Jazzy Management // Ph: (818) 320-1299 E: Jazzymanagement@hotmail.com

New Single From Reks Featuring Styles P - "Why Cry" (prod. by The Alchemist)

REKS now sets out to take the next step in his progression with his third LP, R.E.K.S (Rhythmatic Eternal King Supreme), which is scheduled to be released on March 8th, 2011 on Showoff/Brick Records.

The LP lists such notable legends as DJ Premier, Pete Rock, Hi Tek, Alchemist, Nottz, Sha Money XL, Sean C & LV, Fizzy Womack and the ever present Statik Selektah contributing production; and newcomers Blaze P and Mike Frey join in for this classic as well. Throw in highlight tracks with Styles P, Freeway, Termanology, Lil Fame, Atticabarz and DJ Corbet and you have the recipe for one hell of a debut album!

Download: REKS f/Styles P "Why Cry" (produced by The Alchemist)

REKS is currently on tour in Europe w/ 1982 (Statik Selektah & Termanology) & DJ Deadeye

UPCOMING TOUR DATES

Tues March 1 ----------------- Bar Nada Stockholm, Sweden
Weds March 2 ----------------- Rust Copenhagen, Denmark
Thurs March 3 ----------------- Sommercasino Basel, Switzerland
Fri March 4 8 ----------------- Below Munich, Germany
Sat March 5 ----------------- Hard Club Porto, Portugal
Tues March 8 ----------------- In-Store Newbury Comics Salem, NH 4pm
Weds March 9 ------------- Santos Allhiphop.com New York, NY BIGGIE TRIBUTE CONCERT
Thurs March 10----------------- The Big Easy Portland, ME
Fri March 11 ----------------- In-Store Ughh Boston, MA 6pm/11pm WERS interview
Sat March 12 -------- Album release show w/ 1982 & more Middle East Cambridge, MA
Weds March 16 -------- Austin, TX SXSW w/ 1982, DJ Premier, Artifacts, Foreign Legion
Fri March 18 -------- Austin, TX SXSW 2dopeboyz/djbooth/last rights event
Sat March 19 -------- Austin, TX SXSW w/ Statik Selektah
Weds April 13 -------- Bishops Lounge Northampton, MA
Fri April 15 -------- The Honeypot Seabrook, NH
Sat April 16 -------- Positive Pie Montpelier, Vermont

Art of Fresh Exclusive Interview On The Come Up Show, Talk New Album & Asian Tour

Chedo from The Come Up Show recently sat down for this wicked interview with the Art of Fresh; the boom-bap duo of producer/emcee Slakah the Beatchild and D.O. from Ontario, Canada.

With a new release on the way, the album "When The Night Comes In", Art of Fresh is set to take this universal language of music to all reaches of the world. The Boom-bap and funk masters discuss details of their recent visits to Tokyo and other cities on their tour of Asia in this exclusive interview on The Come Up Show.

Waken Baken Tour Hits Vancouver, Wiz Khalifa & Yelawolf Get Great Review

Wiz Khalifa and Yelawolf recent ripped 2 big bowls, scratch that. Wiz Khalifa and Yelawolf recently ripped 2 big shows in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada

Read the full review on Hip Hop Canada: http://www.hiphopcanada.com/2010/10/wiz-khalifa-and-yelawolf-in-kush-city-photosreview/

Japanese Hip Hop Artists & Bands Touring Canada This October

Yokohama, Japan - September 24th, 2010 – HearJapan is proud to once again partner with North America's premier Japanese music tour Next Music from Tokyo and bring you more free music!

It's only been six months since the first ground-breaking tour from Next Music from Tokyo and yet they are already back for a follow-up! NMFT is one of very very few tours dedicated to bringing the best modern music from Japan to North America in one massive package.

This time around the tour features indie edge hip-hop, rock, post-rock, cutting and shoegaze from some of the biggest and best that Japan has to offer. The artists and bands are also part of the HearJapan catalog.

MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS, sgt., uhnellys and susquatch will be roving across Canada from October 14th to the 19th, hitting Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. This is great news not only for Japanese music fans, but for fans of intense new music all around the world!

HearJapan is excited to once again offer up a free and exclusive look into what audiences can expect when these bands hit the stage. Next Music from Tokyo Vol. 2 features 5 free tracks from the bands. Check out the album listing for all the tour details and, of course, to download all of the free tracks. You will not be disappointed!
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Links:
Next Music From Tokyo Vol 2 Free Sampler
http://www.hearjapan.com/store/album_info/Next_Music_from_Tokyo_Vol_2_Free_Sampler

Next Music from Tokyo
http://www.nextmusicfromtokyo.com/

Tickets
http://www.ticketweb.ca/snl/EventListings.action?orgId=65353

sgt.
http://www.hearjapan.com/store/group/sgt

uhnellys
http://www.hearjapan.com/store/group/uhnellys

susquatch
http://www.hearjapan.com/store/group/susquatch

MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS
http://www.hearjapan.com/store/group/MASS_OF_THE__FERMENTING_DREGS
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HearJapan is the largest and fastest-growing place on the web to purchase Japanese music of all genres. Featuring over 3000 artist profiles in English with 40-second samples of all songs. Over 100 releases are added every week to the currently-available 30,000+ songs in the 100% DRM free catalog. HearJapan is a great place to find the hard to find and to explore the unexplored in the world of Japanese music.
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For promotion collaboration, booking, or other general inquiries please contact:

HearJapan Co
President: Nathan Reaven
mail: nreaven@hearjapan.com
skype: nathan.reaven

K-os Drops "The Anchorman" Mixtape & Heads To United States For Upcoming Tour

K-os just up and drops The Anchorman Mixtape! The Canadian hip hop star continues to turn heads with his creative style and what he contributes to the rap music business.

Download your copy of the new k-os "The Anchorman" mixtape! Available for a limited time only and it's FREE! This mixtape also features some of my favorite Canadian hip hop artists Drake and Saukrates!

If you live in the United States, don't forget to check out k-os in a city near you this fall!

10/7/10 The Venue Vancouver, BC
10/8/10 Nectar Lounge Seattle, WA
10/9/10 Promenade Festival Boise, ID
10/11/10 Berbati's Pan Portland, OR
10/13/10 Slim's San Francisco, CA
10/14/10 El Rey Theater Los Angeles, CA
10/15/10 Belly Up Tavern Solana Beach, CA
10/16/10 Chasers Scottsdale, AZ
10/18/10 Bluebird Theater Denver, CO
10/19/10 Aggie Theater Fort Collins, CO
10/21/10 Turf Club St Paul, MN
10/22/10 High Noon Salon Madison, WI
10/23/10 Lincoln Hall Chicago, IL
10/24/10 Magic Stick Detroit, MI
10/25/10 Skully's Music Columbus, OH
10/26/10 Sonar Club Stage Baltimore, MD
10/28/10 Highline Ballroom New York, NY
10/29/10 North Star Bar Philadelphia, PA
10/31/10 Middle East Cambridge, MA

Iconic Hip Hop Artists & Group Set To Rock The Bells With Classic Albums

Guerilla Union recently released the roster of rappers that will perform live at this year’s Rock The Bells festival. Legendary hip hop artists KRS-One, Rakim, Slick Rick and the Wu-Tang Clan have all signed on to headline the annual Rock The Bells tour.

Performing their classic albums "Criminal Minded" (KRS-One), "Paid In Full" (Rakim) and "The Great Adventures of Slick Rick" (Slick Rick), these iconic hip hop performers will also hit the stage with hip hop's most influential and international group the Wu-Tang Clan who will perform their debut album "Enter The Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers".

Also performing in the festival, supporting acts include: Clipse, Murs, 9th Wonder, Immortal Technique, Jedi Mind Tricks, DJ Muggs with Ill Bill and many more.

"Our goal is to always present something that is historic. This year’s show is the epitome of that tradition.”

There will also be a Freestyle Session and B-Boy performances live at the festival. The 2010 Rock the Bells festival will launch on August 21st in California.

For more information, full list of performers and venues, please check out:
www.rockthebells.net.