This flyer came to us from 40 Diesel with no additional copy.
Maybe the Mighty Healthy site has some more details, like if its gonna cost and will there be MH swag to be had (always a GREAT look).
In any case, if you are shopped out tonite give your boy 40 a shout.
Its rare when you look at artists that have gotten better with age. Sean Price comes to my mind. Game Rebellion is that other example. I have been riding for the young gunners since they first got together. I thought their sound was dope then too.
Game Rebellion’s content which was mostly that kind of angst that young people generate while in college was perfect for the time we were living in. G Dubbz was the prexy. Bombs were dropping over Baghdad. Someone needed to speak the truth to power. Rappers sure as hell weren’t hardbody enough to do it. Too many of them are looking to get some new jewelry.
Game Rebellion has an EP available in January for you to purchase called ‘Sounds Like A Riot’. Here are two songs off that EP, ‘Rebel’ and ‘Blind’. In the new year we will see a whole bunch of bands and established artists try their hands at bringing that rap rock reggae rhythm music back to the fronts of our minds. Game Rebellion is already there. Go get a late pass…
The Highline Ballroom might be my favorite venue in the city to catch a rap concert. The Roots have totally ruled that spot in the 2009, but I saw some other great shows there as well like Rakim, and Jadakiss. Cam’Ron also performed there this summer and that shit was a madhouse. The Highline Ballroom is going out of 2009 on a MAJOR Hip-Hop high note by hosting Mos Def this Sunday 12.20.09.
I last caught Mos Def in concert performing joints from ‘The Ecstatic’ back in August and I was loving it. The show started late but it didn’t disappoint me. You won’t be disappointed either if you come out to this LATE show.
MOS DEF
Highline Ballroom
431 West 16th Street (between 9th Avenue and 10th Avenue)
Accessible via 14th Street A, C, E trains
Doors at Midnight, Show at 12:30am
$45 adv, $50 at door
Since I will be in Atlanta in momdukes basement by then I won’t be able to use my tickets. If you want my pair of tickets to this show just tell me the two(2) best places to catch a Hip-Hop concert in New York City?
MOS DEF “Supermagic” from nabil elderkin on Vimeo.
I fux with Wham! [ll]
I fux with the 1980’s pop group and I fux with George Michael [ll].
Back in the early 1980’s when record companies were still trying to figure out what to do with rap music several rock and pop music groups had taken their turns putting out rap songs. My favorite joint is called ‘This Is Radio Clash’ from the punk rock band The Clash.
There is also Blondie’s undeniable ‘Rapture’ which namedropped Hip-Hop stars Grandmaster Flash and Fab 5 Freddy who would later become Hip-Hop icons.
But there is another rap song from the British pop music duo Wham! that could have entirely derailed the rap music movement forever if kids started thinking that you had to wear tight leather jackets and skinny jeans just to be a fashionable rap star.
Lucky for us that didn’t happen.
And it doesn’t stop…
RSVP @ this link to get in on the action, otherwise I got nothing but love for ya’ mang.