Brother Ali releases new music video, Dylan/McCartney collaboration looking good & Soundset photos, videos and reviews.
Via the City Pages blog Gimme Noise . P.O.S. talks about Soundset, touring, and current projects, with a review of his performance by his son Jake. In the next video, Toki Wright talks about being signed to Rhymesayers and what that means for a hip-hop artist.
Interviews with a handful of performers from this year's Soundset festival.
Jamie Foxx to play the Target Center in July, news on Eyedea & Abilities and The Evening Rig play the Current.
Late Spring and early Summer will see the release of three highly-anticipated hip hop albums: releases from Big Quarters, Maria Isa and Toki Wright.
Nas to play First Avenue & Heiruspecs, Solid Gold & M.anifest to play Grand Old Day.
(Toki Wright) First, a little introduction. This is a new feature about songs that are beyond the Elbo.ws top ten. Sometimes they’re just a little bit beyond top ten status (Tortoise, who are sittin’ pretty at #15), and other times they’re not on the list at all (most everything else). At any rate, these are songs to enjoy and listen to. I hope you like them. 1. *MP3: Toki Wright - “Next Best Thing” The latest release from MPLS-based rap collective Rhymesayers, Toki Wright boasts a [...]
Rhymesayers just announced Toki Wright's upcoming album, A Different Mirror , which is the first in a series of RSE's Spotlight Series, intended to help boast some of the great talent produced in the local Twin Cities scene. Included at the bottom of the post is a leak for Toki's song, "Next Best Thing." Here's the Rhymesayers press release : Rhymesayers is proud to announce a new series of releases geared towards shining light on some much deserved up-and-coming independent artists. Developed to be a launch pad, the RSE Spotlight Series will provide select services [...]
Word is that Slug was getting frustrated with fan-made videos during the Artist Meets Artist show at the Fine Line a while back. But this footage looks pretty legit, so I'm assuming someone had to approve it. The set is presented in four videos below, in chronological order. Toki Wright does his usual thing in gving an extremely energetic, vibrant performance; and Slim is always on point with his live show as well. Good stuff — thanks to MFR .
Slim uploaded this video of him tearing it up at the Artist Meets Artist concert with Toki Wright . To watch part one of Slim/Wright's set, along with a few highlights from some other notable MPLS hip-hop acts, click here. To watch the rest of the set, including parts three and four, head over here St. Paul Slim MySpace Page Toki Wright MySpace Page (Jon Graef)
Slim uploaded this video of him and Toki Wright 's performance at the Rhymesayers' Artist Meets Artis t concert earlier this month to a MySpace bulletin late last night, and, if you watch the video, you'll know immediately that Slim and Wright absolutely tear it up. Baldheaded Samsun and A Different Mirror can't come soon enough (actually, Wright's Mirror is set to drop on June 9th via Rhymesayers ). To watch another video from the concert, go here, or, check out even more videos of [...]
The St. Paul-based music college is offering a one-of-a-kind program.
Rhymesayers just posted the lineup for the SXSW label showcase: 3/19/2009 — Rhymesayers Label Showcase Venue: Habana Bar Patio / Backyard Address: 708 East 6th Street City: Austin State: TX Doors: 8:00PM Ages: All Ages Cost: SXSW Wristband 8:00 - 9:00 - Plain Ole Bill 9:00 - 9:30 - Toki Wright 9:30 - 10:00 - I Self Devine 10:00 - 10:30 - Abstract Rude 10:30 - 11:15 - Eyedea & Abilities 11:15 - 12:00 - P.O.S 12:00 - 12:45 - Brother Ali 12:45 - 1:30 - Freeway & Jake One 1:30 - 2:00 - BK One
On March 9, Rhymesayers will be presenting a special event, the "Artist Meets Artist" night at the Fine Line. Some of the Twin Cities' most talented artists will be sharing the stage for combined sets, as follows: Atmosphere meets Brother Ali (Similar to their great "3 The Hard Way" tour performance I covered in London ) Muja Messiah meets M.anifest Toki Wright meets St. Paul Slim Plain Ole Bill meets Jimmy 2 Times This should be a spectacular show, that I unfortunately will not be in [...]
Hip-Hop Against Homophobia, organized by one of City Pages Artist Of The Year, Culture Bully contributor and Tru Ruts recording artist, spoken word/emcee El Guante . El Guante’s been quite active over the past year or so building his rep by performing all over the place and releasing the well received El Guantes Haunted House and mixtape Conscious is Not Enough . All the hustle is paying off CMJ proclaims “Giving you something to think about…El Guante could very well follow Atmosphere and P.O.S. in the long-line of outstanding rappers to [...]
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