This is one of this instances in which there's really not much I can say other than look down and peep the full lineup for this year's Rock The Bells. Oh wait, I have a few thoughts: Why is Mac Miller on there? No, wait, why is 2 Chainz on there?! This lineup is way too stacked and has too many big names. It's become clear that Rock The Bells has become overwhelmingly mainstream, which is fine. Gotta get paid, right? But why do they have to do [...]
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Paid Dues [ Guerilla Union ]: Official | Facebook The Seventh Annual "Paid Dues" independent hip hop festival was a day that was as much for the soul as it was for the ears. With the insanely talented line up of some of the best underground hip hop artists like Wu-Tang, Dip Set, Odd Future, DJ Quik, Kendrick Lamar, Crooked I etc...the expectations for this years Paid Dues was through the roof. Like many Guerilla Union events like Rock The Bells and Smokeout , this years Paid Dues was hot [...]
Maker Music presents a mini-documentary on 24 hours in the life of Cali emcee Murs, on the day before his 2012 Paid Dues festival went off in San Bernardino, CA. Murs visits Soul Assassins Radio, L.A. stations Power 106 and KDAY, rehearses with his crew Living Legends, tends to his fans and jumps onstage to kick off this year's installment of the annual hip-hop festival that continues to grow by leaps and bounds each year. Features Odd Future, DJ Quik, People Under The Stairs and more. Murs recently released Yumiko: Curse Of The Merch Girl, his album and graphic novel [...]
"The essence of Hip Hop, you got love what you do and do what you love." Chicago's Loyal Divide reached out to various artists they love, and asked them to add their own spin to Loyal Divide's popular tune, "Vision Vision". The record comes from Loyal Divide's latest LP, Bodice Ripper , the remixes come from a wide range of artists including BBU, White Horse, Sub Swara, and others. Perhaps the most surprising and intriguing collaborator is the Cali legend, DJ Quik, who also appears to have the most fun. Listen to the DJ Quik version below [...]
It's been seven years since the inaugural Paid Dues Independent Hip Hop Festival took place in Los Angeles. The annual music festival has since gained a solid reputation for its celebration of the diversity in the underground rap universe. Curator Murs' vision hasn't changed, even if the fest's venues and sponsors have—his commitment to supporting up-and-coming artists is unwavering—but this year, it seems he had to make a few concessions to keep attendance up in this economy, and as a result, Paid Dues 2012 had more big name acts than ever. Beyond the stacked lineup, the event was [...]
Doesn't it seem like every rapper and producer on Earth has an opinion about Dr. Dre's long awaited new album ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/ dj-quik-doubtful-detox-will-ev er-be-released/63421/
Graphic: Dimplez Almost a year ago, the Hip-Hop community was stunned to hear about the passing of Nate Dogg. At only 41 years old, the Long Beach crooner used his [...]
Not too long ago, Young Jeezy hit the lab with the legendary Dj Quik & Warren G. Quik was just full of stories. Props: USDA2Day Follow @QuezKHH Post from: KillerHipHop Video: Young Jeezy In The Studio With Dj Quik & Warren G
Very rarely do we post behind the scenes pics, or anything without a proper polish. Yet, over the course of my five year tenure here at the home Fresh, probably [...]
Between the clips of Quik rapping alongside Loyal Divide and Danny Brown littering Joker's bass with foul-mouthed ease, you've already seen we've posted a few slices of Pitchfork's Selector series. [...]
Photo by Philip Cosores One of our favorite festivals from last year is returning this year on April 7th to Southern California's NOS Event Center: Paid Dues. Presented by Murs and Gorilla Union, this celebration of underground hip hop already has a couple of stellar headliners in Wu-Tang Clan and Odd Future, and is now rounding out its lineup. Announced today, the festival will also feature BPM favorite Kendrick Lamar, DJ Quik, Living Legends, Dipset (Cam'ron + Jim Jones + Juelz Santana + Freeky Zekey), Hieroglyphics, Psycho Realm and Dilated Peoples. Notably, [...]
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Paid Dues: Official | Tickets enjoy [e]
1 Shabazz Palaces - Black Up 2 Kendrick Lamar - Section.80 3 M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming 4 The Roots - Undun 5 [...]
It's been a long year. Scratch that, it's been a veeerrrry long year. From social revolutions to the end of our occupation of Iraq, from the death of celebrities and dictators to a man who sneezes bullets and the mystery of planking, the world experienced a slew of emotions and all sorts of cultural and political upheaval in 2011. And that's not even counting the plethora of music news that had the blogosphere abuzz this year . So, as the question begs, what comes next? Well, 2012. If you were to believe certain [...]
The Top on this list was rotated a lot before I reached a definite conclusion. There are even some which I had to leave out cause I doubt that anyone wanted to read about 20 albums. So yeah here are my favorite albums this year. 2011 Top Ten Albums of the Year: [...]
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special shoutout to Greg for making the BOOMBOX flyers! CLICK PICTURE TO VIEW FLYER Congratulations, DJs Inka One , Ben Diggin' , and DJ Analog for their five years of giving Los Angeles another place where they can enjoy some awesome hiphop music, as well as the special guests they bring every month! This is a moment in time where most event organizers and promoters dont make it this far doing the same thing! I wouldn't have met many of my favorite [...]
See Also: The 50 Greatest Producers of All-Time #50-1 10. Prince Paul Prince Paul didn't just expand the definition of what hip-hop could and should sound like – he took the Hip-Hop dictionary tore it up and then recorded a skit about it. Whether playing as part of a live band (Stetsasonic), sampling hippie-rock and french-language instructional records (De La Soul), accidentally inventing Horrorcore (The Gravediggaz) or recording a collection [...]
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Quik's dedication to Heavy D. [See post to listen to audio] DOWNLOAD : DJ Quik - Heavy Mr. Big Stuff
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