Archives for the 'Hip Hop' Category
Hip Hop & Funk Session at the Adam & Eve this Sunday
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
Da Ill Out Hip Hop & Funk Session is launching this Sunday at the Adam & Eve pub on Bradford Street in Digbeth, Birmingham kicking off at 8.30pm till late. This night is headed up by Jahmai ‘Jam Fu’ Jones from Smash Bro’z representing the new generation of DJs and dancers coming through this fair [...]
Guru (Gangstarr/Jazzmatazz) Tribute – Fundraiser
Thursday, May 20th, 2010
The legendary hip hop MC, Guru (Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal) died last month aged 43, following a battle with cancer. His work with Gangstarr, Jazzmatazz and later as a solo artist was revered around the world by fans and musicians from all backgrounds. Here in Birmingham, Hip Hop collective Heducation are proactively pulling together a [...]
Flyover Show: Saturday 29th May 2010
Thursday, May 20th, 2010
Lead by award winning saxophonist and rapper Soweto Kinch and featuring a stellar rostra, The Flyover Show returns to Birmingham with dynamic and challenging performances on the 29th May. Now in its third year the unconventional inner city festival transforms the grey space beneath the Hockley Flyover into an oasis of cultural expression, celebrating generations [...]
To Have & To Hold – Taster Tape
Monday, April 12th, 2010
To Have & To Hold – Taster Tape from Jony Lyle on Vimeo.
New Erykah Badu
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
The web is going buck wylde for Erykah Badu‘s recently leaked track “Jump Up in the Air Stay There”, featuring Lil Wayne and Bilal. The Independent online says this… The song is a web-only bonus to the singer’s boldly titled new album, ‘New Amerykah Part II: Return of the Ankh’. If Badu can afford to [...]
Marlena Shaw Live in Birmingham 19th March 2010
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
Marlena Shaw started performing at the age of 10 but was discovered by Chess Records in 1966. She released her first two albums on their subsidiary Cadet Records. She moved to Blue Note Records in 1972, and was that label’s first female artist. She also recorded one of the Disco Era’s biggest hits – a [...]
RIP Roc Raida
Thursday, September 24th, 2009
He began DJing at the age of 12, spinning at local parties around Harlem. By 1995, Roc Raida represented the United States at the DMC World DJ Championships and won! He was the first DJ from New York City to hold this title and was automatically inducted into the DMC/Technics DJ Hall of Fame. Throughout [...]