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Posts Tagged ‘dj’

The Green Dictator

By Da Emazing One • Sep 16th, 2008 • Category: Feature Articles

I have this question that I wish to ask everybody. The question is simply this, “does money measure the depth of your love and respect for Hip Hop culture?” Now, if your answer is a quick “Hell No,” stop to think about this first.



Ugandan Hip Hop: B-Boy Activism In The Mother Land

By Q Ball • Sep 3rd, 2008 • Category: Body Rock

I want you to see evidence where Hip Hop culture shines at its brightest, and how it enlightens a possible future for those who once envisioned tomorrow as a blur. I want you to feel how it made you feel the first time you found Hip Hop kissing you on the cheek with open arms. Do you remember when?



DMC World DJ Championship 2008: Supremacy Is Up For Grabs

By Q Ball • Aug 26th, 2008 • Category: Wheels of Steel

Mark your calendar on September 26 and 27, Friday and Saturday, for the 2008 DMC World DJ Championship finals in London, England at the Indig02. If you are in the United Kingdom, you already have heard the tickets are sold out by now, but I am sure you know a cousin of a friend’s [...]



General Admission

By Da Emazing One • Aug 15th, 2008 • Category: Mic Check

I have been getting a distinct impression that most of us involved in Hip Hop culture generally admit that the state of the rap world today is on a life support system. Rappers are claiming to have the new flava, but their cheerleading style leaves most of us with that sour, bitter taste in our [...]



How to Make The Rock The Bells Festival Better

By Q Ball • Aug 10th, 2008 • Category: Feature Articles

To Whom it May Concern at Guerilla Union:
I attended the Rock the Bells festival in Miami on August 2, 2008. I give the event two thumbs way up for its performance line ups, the surprise special guests, the quality of sound and lighting, the great work the roadies conducted between sets, and the participating [...]



The Best Way An Unknown MC Must Self-Promote: Part 2

By Da Emazing One • Jul 10th, 2008 • Category: Mic Check

Now it’s time to build your name out there. It will take you and your DJ’s efforts to complete the rest on your own. That step would be to go live and practice in front of a small audience for your development.



The Best Way An Unknown MC Must Self-Promote: Part 1

By Da Emazing One • Jul 9th, 2008 • Category: Mic Check

You know, most up and coming rappers today believe getting their rhyme skills any type of attention is to enter a local MC battle, exhibit their presence online (i.e. YouTube or MySpace), or get on multiple mix tapes and hope a talent scout would discover them. These are all well proven buzz tactics that can get you noticed, but there is one problem to these forms of promotion. It ain’t live! It’s Memorex!



DJ QBert and DJ Rafik Experiment with Scratch Drumming

By Q Ball • Jun 28th, 2008 • Category: Wheels of Steel

Fresh on YouTube, care of ThudRumble.com, we have turntablists QBert and Rafik having fun with Scratch Drumming. The two infamous DJs wreck shop by “doing an old school trick where they alternate between each other at the ends of each measure.” Simply said, these pros are doing what they always do in their zone when rocking the beats. This video was shot while chillin’ between takes of the new upcoming DVD Scratchlopedia Breaktannica.



Videos from the Hip Hop 360 Festival in Canada

By Q Ball • Jun 27th, 2008 • Category: Body Rock

For your enjoyment, here are three YouTube videos uploaded by the author HipHop360Video. This new footage covers the Hip Hop 360 Festival that took place in Ottawa, Canada from June 11-15, 2008. The festival is a joint effort between The House of Paint community and the Canada Dance Festival. The House of Paint is an organization of independent artists, groups and business members, coming together every year to throw a jam for their community according to their website.



The Memoirs of Grandmaster Flash

By Q Ball • Jun 22nd, 2008 • Category: Feature Articles

There are many books and interviews on Hip Hop but none shine in comparison to works that document history and biography. Especially when it comes from the mouths of Brothers and Sisters like Grandmaster Flash. If you are a DJ or Hip Hop enthusiast you have no excuse not to own a copy of The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash.