This Friday the Fifth Annual All Rap Round Robin is back in effect at Floristree here in Baltimore (more info can be found here). This show is going to be D O P E. The line up is stacked with Mania... [go to the website to read the rest of the article, download mp3s and more]
This week the Baltimore City Paper publishes its annual Big Music Issue , and my story in it, Knights of the Round Robin , is about the 5th annual All Rap Round Robin that will be taking place on August 19th at Floristree. I attended the show the last two years and am really excited about the additions to this year's lineup, could be their best yet. For the story I spoke to Height, OOH, Jones, Mickey Free, The Plural MC, King Rhythm and members of Soul Cannon, Mania Music Group, Disturbed Individuals and [...]
I wrote a post on the City Paper's Noise blog about the exciting lineup that was just announced for the 5th Annual All Rap Round Robin happening in Baltimore in August.
On my other blog, Narrowcast, I posted a list of The Top 25 Concerts I Saw In 2010 , and it included 3 very different Baltimore hip hop shows that I reviewed for the Baltimore City Paper's Noise blog in the top 10: * Bossman, Mullyman, Skarr Akbar, 100 Grandman, TestMe & Smash @ the Black Hole Rock Club, March 17 * Soul Cannon, Mania Music Group & The Get Em Mamis @ the Windup Space, July 3 * Rap Round Robin with Mickey Free, PT Burnem, Rapdragons, [...]
Some recent live reviews I've written for the Baltimore City Paper's Noise blog : the Rap Round Robin with Mickey Free/Rapdragons/Height With Friends/AK Slaughter/PT Burnem/etc. @ Floristree J Roddy Walston & The Business/Tommy Tucker & The Supernaturals @ The Ottobar and Casual Curious/Andrew Weathers Ensemble/Us And Only Us @ the Hexagon and Tears For Fears @ Rams Head Live . (PT Burnem photo by Al Shipley)
This Baltimore pack-o-rap that seems to be growing every year makes me happy on a daily basis. Finding hip-hop I enjoy has become increasingly hard over the years, but luckily my home town never... [go to the website to read the rest of the article, download mp3s and more]
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Height With Friends - Swiss Chard, Vol. 1 (SpliceToday.com) Height With Friends have been on a good run since last year, releasing Baltimore Highlands , the companion remix album, and they have another album in the can for release later this year. In between, they got together with SpliceToday.com to release a free download release, the first in a series called Swiss Chard (incidentally, I tried Swiss chard for the first time last year and it can be really good, my wife cooks it up with garlic and rice). [...]
Height With Friends - Baltimore Highlands Remix Album (AuralStates.com) Height is kind of at the center of the weird, exciting indie hip hop scene going on in Baltimore these days that was responsible for the Baltimore All-Rap Round Robin last summer, which was the best show I saw in 2009 , and his group project Height With Friends also released the excellent album Baltimore Highlands last year. So it's not surprising that the collaborative spirit of that show and that album led to a remix [...]
Over on my other blog, Narrowcast , I recently posted a list of the 20 best shows I saw in 2009 , and the Baltimore hip hop artists on the list included Height, Mickey Free, AK Slaughter, Rapdragons, P.T. Burnem, Kane and Midas and Ron G. of Mania Music Group, Minlus McCracken, Jade Fox, Wordsmith, Soul Cannon, Si-Notes, Shy Lady Heroin, the Get Em Mamis and E Major.
P.T. Burnem - Paper Cranes P.T. Burnem is another one of the newer acts out of the Baltimore indie hip hop scene that I've got into this year from contributing to the Height With Friends album and performing at the Baltimore All-Rap Round Robin . And it's funny, the impression I got from his performance at that show was that he was almost on some futuristic sci-fi rap tip, maybe because he was wearing weird goggles and kinda giving off this serious vibe compared to some of [...]
note: doors for this show are at 10:30, not 9:00 as listed
Enjoy these exclusive world premieres from Baltimore Highlands while you read this review! MP3: Height With Friends - Baltimore Highlands MP3: Height With Friends - Code of Love I would hardly consider myself expert or even well-versed in hip-hop or rap, but I know that the vast majority of what goes on in those circles today is distasteful to me. I am weary of the over-the-top chest-puffing machismo and misogyny, [...]
As Mickey Free from the B says, it's going down real big. Couple updates - local beatsmith Shields is prepping his debut album/mixtape A Beyond Experience Vol. 1 for a spring drop date, he says it's "on some go walk in the park style." Fresh sample below with more details later. Shields - Dip Trip [...]
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