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(Audio) Mononome – Dream Sequence (FREE EP)

Manonwire — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:31:16 +0000

Free EP from producer/cut & paste Composer Mononome.
Enjoy..
Dream Sequence EP by mononome

Mononome Links :
Mononome On Bandcamp
Mononome On Soundcloud
Mononome On Facebook

(Video) Lewis Parker – ‘Shark’

..P£DRO-SKR!PTURES.. — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 02:22:46 +0000

Ya man with the golden sound is back with a new 12, The Puzzle episode 2 The Glass Ceiling. Shark is the usual SP dustyness you’d expect from Parker complete with cuts and that irrepressable delivery. Keep locked on King Underground for pre-orders of the new vinyl available in 2 forms one limited version on blue vinyl with a free EP poster and the other as standard black vinyl.

(News) Heavy D passes at the age of 44…

..P£DRO-SKR!PTURES.. — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:48:58 +0000

More details are emerging regarding the untimely death of New York rap legend Heavy D. According to Ed Winter of the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office, the beloved artist, born Dwight Errington Myers, had gone to the doctor, and He had what appeared to be flu-like symptoms; the day before he collapsed Tuesday morning just outside his Beverly Hills condominium.

“He said he had a touch of pneumonia, maybe from traveling,” cousin Ruddy Phillips, 50, told the Daily News after speaking with the entertainer’s dad. “He just got back from England.”

The Overweight Lover was conscious though experiencing trouble breathing when he was transported to Cedars Sinai Medical Center after a 911 call was placed at 11:25 a.m. PT on his behalf Tuesday. However, he was pronounced dead at 1 p.m. PT. Although an autopsy has been performed, the coroner is declining to announce any cause of death until toxicology tests are conducted due to Heav taking various medications.

The Mount Vernon, New York, rapper’s death hit many close to heart, including Eddie F, who along with dancers G Wiz and the late Trouble T Roy were the “Boyz” in Heavy D & the Boyz. The DJ and producer called into MTV News’ “RapFix Live” on Wednesday and revealed how he found out about the unfortunate news.

“I had gotten a call from a few of the guys from our crew, and I thought they were calling me about something else that we were working on,” Eddie F told MTV News. “They told me the news, and at first I didn’t believe ‘em. I was like, ‘There’s no way.’ And then I got a call from G Wiz, and then I started making calls. I actually spoke to Andre Harrell, and he had Puff on the other line and everybody was just getting information and really just hysterical. From there, we started getting bits and pieces in.”

Heavy D & the Boyz were the first act record executive Andre Harrell signed to his Uptown Records, which released the act’s debut, Living Large, in 1987. While at Uptown, Sean “Diddy” Combs got his start in the music industry as Harrell’s intern. Naturally, they all became close friends with the universally adored Heavy D, whose music was well regarded by all types of music fans.

“Heavy was always a class act,” Eddie F said. “The thing that he did that may be apparent, but maybe a lot of people didn’t pay attention to it, he was the type of rapper like the hardest, hardest, hard rock was a fan of his, and he would move on the street. But then he was also respectful and your mother, your grandmother could listen to Heavy D. He was always stylish and fashionable and he was a professional, he was a hard worker.”

(Music/News) For The Love Of Music – Facebook Artist Collabo Group

..P£DRO-SKR!PTURES.. — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:19:47 +0000

‘For The Love of Music’ is a page created through Facebook, by a musically passionate fella named Artonius Tsetsuna, who says “it’s strictly for collaborating artists with producers to keep making that good music!”

Here is a short video explaining the group and what it intends to do…

Link up to the Facebook page —>HERE<---

(News) Mr. J. Medeiros and The Saudade Campaign

Manonwire — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 22:07:52 +0000

Mr. J. Medeiros from The Procussions needs you to help finance his new album. With a donation ranging from $1 to $200 you can get anything from a simple thank you to signed album, t-shirt & poster or for the full $200 you get these + your name in a “Thank You” song dedicated to all who contributed. It may make it to itunes- it will def make it to your ipod and downloadable for all to hear! For more Info or to donate please check out this link.

(News) Doom and Akomplice – Pine Crate!

Manonwire — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 15:16:56 +0000

“The homie Doom is on some real next marketing shit. Trust once this shit over here bubbles a likkle more I’m gonna be selling y’all boxes too, and u won’t know what’s in it. Lolz!
Doom and Akomplice have come together to create one of the most intriguing and mysterious collaborations of 2011. The project features a nailed-shut pine crate, which can only be opened by the force of a crowbar. Akomplice and DOOM have taken the consideration to include the needed crowbar, which nicely features custom artwork engraved on the metal front, matching the artwork on the box.
Weighing roughly 5 pounds, the contents of the box remain a mystery, unveiled only to those who acquire the pack. The pack will only be available for a 24 hour window, starting at 9am PST on June 8, 2011 and ending the following day at 9am. This box will be released exclusively at the Akomplice online-store and at the opening celebration of their collaborative store space in Santa Barbara, California.”

(News) RIP Gil Scott-Heron

..P£DRO-SKR!PTURES.. — Mon, 30 May 2011 10:20:43 +0000

Sadly this weekend, musician and poet Gil Scott-Heron – best known for his pioneering rap The Revolution Will Not Be Televised – has died at the age of 62, having fallen ill after a European trip. Heron passed away at St Luke’s hospital, New York, on Friday afternoon.

Jamie Byng, his UK publisher, announced the news via Twitter: “Just heard the very sad news that my dear friend and one of the most inspiring people I’ve ever met, the great Gil Scott-Heron, died today.”
Scott-Heron’s spoken word recordings helped shape the emerging hip-hop culture. Generations of rappers cite his work as an influence.

He was known as the Godfather of Rap but disapproved of the title, preferring to describe what he did as “bluesology” – a fusion of poetry, soul, blues and jazz, all shot through with a piercing social conscience and strong political messages, tackling issues such as apartheid and nuclear arms. Despite his reluctance he was as influential to rappers, like Mos Def and Common, as Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters were to Clapton and Keith Richards.

In The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, first recorded in 1970, he issued a fierce critique of the role of race in the mass media and advertising age. “The revolution will not be right back after a message about a white tornado, white lightning or white people,” he sang.

Scott-Heron’s song ‘We Almost Lost Detroit’, written about a previous accident at a nuclear power plant, is sampled on rapper Kanye West’s produced single ‘The People’, performed by Common, and Black Star’ ‘Brown Skin Lady’. Scott-Heron’s 2010 album, I’m New Here, was his first new studio release in 16 years and was hailed by critics. The album’s first song, On Coming From a Broken Home, is an ode to his maternal grandmother, Lillie, who raised him in Jackson, Tennessee, until her death when he was 13. He moved to New York after that.

Scott-Heron was HIV positive and battled drug addiction through most of his career. He spent a year and a half in prison for possession. In a 2009 interview he said that his jail term had forced him to confront the reality of his situation.

• Gil Scott-Heron, poet, musician and author, born 1 April 1949; died 27 May 2011

1980

Home Is Where The Hatred Is

Legend In His Own Mind

New York City

Me And The Devil

Gil Scott-Heron Official Site
Gil Scott-Heron on Wikipedia

(News) Beastie Boys Release Hot Sauce Committee Part Two

..P£DRO-SKR!PTURES.. — Mon, 09 May 2011 14:37:00 +0000

The wait is over, again: Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, the Beastie Boys’ long anticipated eighth album, released on the 2nd May. The album features guests Nas and Santigold. The album and lead single ‘Make Some Noise’ is out now.

The Deluxe Digital album includes the epic ‘Fight For Your Right (Revisited)’ film. Its an awesome video which remins true to the Beastie’s style. Ad Rock, MCA and Mike D manage to enlish a whole heap of satrs for a cameo rich offering which sees the band meet their future selves – hilarious. Danny McBride, Seth Rogen and Will Ferrell are among the other actors who appear in the updating of the rappers’ 1987 clip.

Check out the full video for ‘Make Some Noise’ here:

THIS TRACK IS AN ABSOLUTE BANGER! Those of you who were lucky enough to copp this on 7″ at Record Store day 2011, Keep it!!!

Click HERE to order and download Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 and the single ‘Make Some Noise’

(Film/Info) Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest

..P£DRO-SKR!PTURES.. — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 23:03:39 +0000

“Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest is a love letter to the influential hip-hop group, directed by actor and Tribe superfan Michael Rapaport,” blogs David Fear for Time Out New York. “It does offer a lot for diehards: an origin story; a timeline; famous folks gushing about ATCQ’s 1991 masterpiece, The Low End Theory; concert footage; and some fly-on-the-wall moments. But don’t mistake a mash note for a penetrating look at a collective that changed the course of an art form. And even when it gets personal, delving into member Malki ‘Phife Dog’ Taylor’s health problems and the bad blood between him and founding member/childhood friend Kamaal ‘Q-Tip’ Fareed, the doc still skims the surface of a deeper story.”

SYNOPSIS

Having forged a 20-year run as one of the most innovative and influential hip-hop bands of all time, A Tribe Called Quest has kept a generation hungry for more of its groundbreaking music since the group’s much-publicized breakup in 1998. The band shaped a unique sound by wedding jazz-infused musicscapes to Afrocentric rhymes espousing unity and community. Its music became the anthem for cool and broke down barriers for people who had never before connected with hip-hop. In spite of unparalleled artistic success, however, the group encountered pitfalls that eventually caused its tumultuous breakup.

Beats, Rhymes & Life, the feature directorial debut of acclaimed actor Michael Rapaport, documents the inner workings and behind-the-scenes drama that follow the band even today and explores what’s next for a group many claim are the pioneers of alternative rap. Rapaport’s passion for his subjects allows them to open up to the camera, resulting in a remarkably honest, emotional portrait that does justice to this seminal band. —Sundance Film Festival

Rapaport Talks “Tribe Called Quest” Film

Director Mike Rapaport dishes on his documentary about the iconic hip-hop group. Plus, its members weigh-in on the film.

All we know here at Rhythm22 right now, is it premieres in 2011 in the US, possibly already out there; although we’re not sure of any dates for UK, Europe & the rest o’ the world.
Its a 95 minute documentary, featuring an eclectic cast with the likes of Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Jarobi White, Ludacris, Michael Rapaport, Mos Def, Pharrell Williams, Ghostface Killah, Angie Martinez, Pete Rock, De La Soul and Ahmir ‘?uestlove’ Thompson (The Roots). Check out more here @ www.atribecalledquestmovie.com

Gotta chuck this one in of me and Q-Tip backstage summer ’09!

Go check out more about A Tribe Called Quest.

New Rhythm22 Logo by Graff Writer “Towns”

Admin — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 22:18:14 +0000

We thought it was about time to update our logo to something a bit more urban and what’s more urban than graffiti? Nothing! So we contacted the RT Crew who are pretty sh*t hot when it comes to graffiti. It didn’t take long for writer “Towns” to get back to us with some pretty mental stuff.

Here’s the scan of the one we liked the most.

I then imported this into Adobe Illustrator and used the “Live Trace” tool to solidify it. Here’s the result:

Here’s some more stuff by Towns:

Or check his full portfolio here

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