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SANTOS PARTY HOUSE
96 Lafayette St
New York, NY 10013

AbRude talks Nuff Fire + some behind the scenes & interview with director.

Off Abstract Rude’s release “Rejuvenation” on Rhymesayers Entertainment.

I watched this documentary at a screening in NYC last year. During the q&a, news of a possible DVD release had me excited and reserved at the same time. I’ve seen too many dope Hip-Hop documentaries screened at various festivals and never heard from again despite hopeful plans. I’m very glad this isn’t the case here. Be sure to buy the DVD on March 10th. Peace to Ava and Ab Rude. link, goodlifelove.com

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Eight-hour music festival going down in the parking lot of the Metrodome. Trust me, it’s not as shady as it sounds. As you can expect, there’ll be performances by a bunch of artists. So much so that I don’t feel like typing it all. Instead, check out the link or peep the info below. Best part is that tickets are only going to cost you $25! Link

Rhymesayers and Rose Presents bring you Soundset 08: the official Midwest kick-off festival of the summer with eight hours of the best independent Hip Hop music in one day.

Confirmed artists for Soundset 08 include: Atmosphere, Dilated Peoples, Aesop Rock w/ Rob Sonic and DJ Big Wiz, Little Brother, DJ Babu, Rhettmatic, J-Rocc of the World Famous Beat Junkies, Brother Ali, Eyedea & Abilities, P.O.S., Blueprint, Mac Lethal, Abstract Rude, I Self Devine, Musab, Psalm One, Grayskul, Los Nativos and more to be announced!

On stage, Soundset 08, year one. Atmosphere, fresh off their sixth studio album, When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold and a 20-city album release tour, come back home to Minneapolis to headline Soundset 08. As forerunners of the independent west coast rap movement, the legendary Dilated Peoples (Evidence, Rakaa Iriscience and DJ Babu) will join us from Los Angeles, CA. On the wheels of steel, from the West Coast, we welcome the World Famous Beat Junkies (DJ Rhettmatic, J-Rocc and DJ Babu), performing individual DJ sets. Reigning from NYC’s Def Jux camp, Aesop Rock, along with Rob Sonic and DJ Big Wiz, return to Minneapolis after last year’s sold out performance at First Ave. North Carolina MC’s, Phonte and Big Pooh, aka Little Brother bring to the stage one of the finest shows in Hip Hop. After much broad critical acclaim for his Undisputed Truth album, Brother Ali is set to deliver his raw emotion and political views to the Twin Cities. Rhymesayers’ artist and local hero, P.O.S., of Doomtree fame, returns to the Dome parking lot after performing there on last year’s Warped Tour. 16 artists performing on the main stage, a second stage with additional local artists, a slow & low custom car show, skate demo and more fun for the whole family!

Tickets for Soundset:
- Special 3-Day Fan Presale at $20.
The Soundset Special 3-Day Fan Pre-Sale (4.09 – 4.11) begins Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 11:00AM local time.
Get Yours Now: Soundset.DucatKing.com or Fifth Element, 2411 Hennepin Ave South, Minneapolis, MN 55405

- National Public On Sale:
Tickets go on sale to the general public on Saturday April 12th at 1:00PM through www.ticketmaster.com. Tickets are $25.
Visit our websites for the latest Soundset 08 lineup, music and information!

www.myspace.com/soundset or www.rhymesayers.com

Mentioned in an earlier post, This Is The Life is a documentary film revolving around the legendary Good Life Café and the many artists it has influenced throughout the years. The 25-track CD features a bunch of rare live performances from the likes of Ellay Khule, Mikah 9, CVE, Freestyle Fellowship, Aceyalone, Abstract Rude and more! buy soundtrack, more info

Welcome to the Good Life Cafe, where emcee specials have been served up with style and extra flavor since 1989! To own this is to own some of the earliest known freestyles, live sets and soundbites of Project Blowedians ever made available and not heard anywhere else for quite some time. Extremely rare recordings by Aceyalone, Hip Hop Klan, Mikah 9, CVE, Medusa, Abstract Rude and more! Big thanks to Rifleman for personally supplying us with this nice little bit of history and Omid for helping restore the quality! H-E-A-T!

01. Power of the P=SIN
02. Nobody (Live) Aceyalone
03. Abstract Rude
04. Hip Hop Kclan Live Role Call
05. Ellay Khule Live
06. Rifleman Up * Away Live
07. Chali Tuna Live
08. Unity Committee Live
09. Alpha Omega = Figures of Speech
10. Mikah 9 Live
11. Spoon Iodine Live
12. CVE Live
13. Live Ngafish Acapella
14. Farmer John Hymnal & Darkleaf
15. Akilee AKA Allah Culture
16. Misia and Allah Culture
17. Sesquipedelian Live
18. Freestyle Fellowship Live
19. Ganja K
20. Volume 10 Live
21. Hip Hop Nation
22. Aceyalone & Trend Live
23. Of Mexican Descent Live
24. Capitol AK Live
25. Abstract Rude Live

see also:
This Is The Life, Documentary On The Movement That Exploded From The Good Life Cafe, Coming To A Film Festival Near You

From the 2004 “These Walls” release.

Has it been 13yrs already? Sounds like these two shows will be really dope. Features the likes of Aceyalone, Abstract Rude, Myka 9, Thavius Beck, Prince Po, Nocando and more! Link

mysp*ce.com/projectblowed

Project Blowed 13th Anniversary Show 12/26/2007 9:00pm-Until
The Little Temple Bar
4519 Santa Monica Blvd.
Silverlake, CA 90029
Tickets available now @ http://losangeles.going.com/projectblowed13

Project Blowed 13th Anniversary Show 12/28/2007 9:00pm-Until
The Ice House Lounge
650 S. Main St.
Las Vegas, Nevada

The Prayer – Performed by Ox
Introlude – Ghostface Killah
Slow Down – Ghostface Killah
My World Is Empty Without You – Prodigy
Southside – 50 Cent + Tony Yayo + Lloyd Banks
Anatomy of an Ass Whippin – Kwest the Madd Lad
Hip Hop Heaven – One Be Lo
Listen Baby – Johnson & Jonson
Weak Spot – Wu-Tang Clan
Joy Riden – Bash Bros.
Keep On Lovin Me – Isaiah feat Murs
The Only Way – Johnson & Jonson
Getting Away – Living Proof feat. Myka 9
Positively Inclined – Wax Tailor (Berry Weight Remix)
Mahavishnu Collins – Thavius Beck
Sunlight – Wu-Tang Clan (RZA)
Nobody’s Smiling (Part 2) – Dj Signify + Blockhead
Happy Slapping – Bomarr
Compton’s n the House (Live) – N.W.A. (Dre and MC Ren)




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Volume 10 – Zeke
Elphomega – Postdata
Black panther feat. MF Grimm – Nothing Personal
Ghostface Killah feat Raekwon + U God – Rec Room Therapy
Sharlock Poems – Made 4 Me
Grand Analog – Weekend Love
Matt Gamin – Mellow Dramatik Produced by: Tape Mastah Steph
PNS – Skate Videos
Percee P – The Hand That Leads You (madlib remix)
Krohme feat. Hell Razah – Cold Summers
Wise Intelligent – Israelite
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings – Something’s Changed




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Wu-Tang Clan – Campfire
Wise Intelligent – Niggaz Iz
Lord Zen & Deeskee + 2Mex + LifeRexall + Brother J + Sach – Metronome Click
Wildcard + Qwel – Poison Oak
Dopestyle + Pro The Leader + Opio – We Put It Down
Tragedy Khadafi – Ryder Muzik
Dday One – Memento Mori
Abstract Rude + Aceyalone – What Time Is It
Wu-Tang Clan – Stick Me For My Riches
Show & A.G. – Business As Usual (Cuts By DJ Premier)
Murs – Untitled
Wildcard + Dead Poet – Self Portrait
Flyphonic + Merit Hemmingson – Introduction

Seems like a great move for Abstract Rude and very similar to the one made by Del The Funky Homosapien and Def Jux. Hopefully, everything will work out and he can finally get the recognition he most certainly deserves. link (via)

Tell us about the new record.

You know its been interesting. Though I’ve had a few cool campaigns before, this’ll probably be the most thorough as far as trying to get the most out of this whole independent scene. The cats at Rhymesayers seem committed to trying to do as well they could do with this project.

Are you working with any of their producers?

Not for this particular record, well sort of because I’m working with Vitamin D for this record ( but no Ant, etc.). I knew about [Vita] through this crew he used to be down with called Source of Labor from Seattle back in the day. They used to come out to all the Project Blowed events back in the day. Then I found out that he co-produced Gift of Gab’s solo record with Jake One. I was happy and honored to get a chance to work with him. He gave me like sixty beats to listen to, and I quickly saw that there was a whole world we could explore. Really it’s been two years in the making. Mainly that’s because of location and the way that we’re doing things. We’re both busy dudes trying to stay at it.

A lot of cats were rapping back then and a lot of cats have come and gone since. How is that you think you were able to maintain a state a relevance after all these years?

Well you don’t necessarily have to make a thousand songs. Some people make the same impact off of ten. Not to say that me making a thousand makes me more noble, other than the fact that it gives me a lot of practice (laughs). There’s a lot of different routes and paths to get to the same goal that we all have which is to get your music heard, get your message out there and making a living doing it. When you come form that underground school, there’s an emphasis on not compromising what you’re about. Somehow me and other cats like Acey, 2Mex, Busdriver, Awol, Medusa, we’ve somehow done all those things and stayed active enough to stay relevant and spread out wide enough to keep it fresh and stay out there. Its also about understanding what its really about, which is connecting with fans and staying true to the brand that you put out there even as you evolve. It’s also about putting stuff out there all the time. You got the solo records, the ATU stuff; the mix cd’s that I’ve put out, the Haiku D’Etat stuff the A-Team stuff, Codename Scorpion and all that. It’s about diversifying. Just following a natural path. A lot of that stuff was just freestyled and we just stumbled into it. And luckily we’ve been fortuitous.

see also:
Del’s 11th Hour Pushed To ‘08, Coming Out On Def Jux

We gave a brief mention of this documentary on The Good Life Cafe back in September, when Terry interviewed Omid. Well it looks like the film is done and ready to hit the film festival circuit. No trailer available yet but the official site is under construction and the mysp*ce page is open for friendlies.

goodlifelove.com
mysp*ce.com/goodlifelove

THIS IS THE LIFE is a feature-length documentary that chronicles “The Good Life” emcees, the alternative music movement they developed, and their worldwide influence on the artform.

Featuring new interviews with: Myka Nyne and PEACE of Freestyle Fellowship, Chali2na and Cut Chemist of Jurassic 5, NgaFsh, Riddlore, Tray-Loc & Wreckless of CVE, Abstract Rude and Zulu Butterfly of ATU, Ellay Khule of Hip Hop Klan, Medusa of S.I.N, Born Allah, Gangah K, Fatjack, JMD, Omid, Pigeon John, 2Mex of OMD, Jyant & Eve of Figures of Speech, T-Love of Urban Props, Sheena Lester & B+ of Rappages, Mear One, Mike Nardone of KXLU’s We Came From Beyond, Garth Trinidad of KCRW’s Chocolate City, Monalisa Murray, Jah Orah, Hines, Busdriver, Monique Matthews, Keen and B. Hall & R. Kain Blaze, co-founders of The Good Life.

Directed by Ava DuVernay

Coming to a Film Festival Near You in 2008

Live footage from the fall 2007 Sound Catcher tour feat. Dj Vadim, Abstract rude, Pugs Atomz, Myka 9. Good lookin’ Pugs.

Cultural War intro
Baby Elephant – Even Stranger
Blue Sky Black Death – Holy Grail feat. Hell Razah
Jeru The Damaja – The Crack
Andre Nickatina – My Friend Mac Dre
Conscious – Everyday feat. James Traficant
Qwel – Color By Letter
Dollabin – Rusty Shovels Pt.2
Saul Williams – Scared Money
Buck 65 – Mr Nobody
TomC3 + Prince Po – Apocalyptic Medicine feat. Motion Man + Kool Keith
Labwaste – I Don’t Go Out
ediT – Artsy Remix feat. The Grouch
Outro



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Prefuse 73 – Beaten Thursday
Grandmaster Caz + DJ Signify – It Don’t Stop
Kurious – Jorge Of The Projects (Original Demo Version) (Prod. By The SD50’s)
Abstract Rude – No Longer A King Part 3
Blue Sky Black Death + Hell Razah – Most Merciful
Illa Ghee – Project Illa
Musab – Night Of Mirage
Buck 65 – Way Back When
Illa Ghee + Prodigy – Walk With A Shotgun
Smif-N-Wessun – K.I.M. 2000
Sandpeople – White Van Cometh
Qwel + Jackson Jones – On Boiling Point
Mestizo + Qwel – Tolerance
Infamous Mobb – Get It Poppin
Blue Sky Black Death + Hell Razah – Razah’s Ladder
Soul Kid Klik – Sicilian Combat



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killa sha – tune of life (prod. by rated r)
junk science – glass house feat. mc k-swift + cavalier
Project Pat/Pimp C – Talkin Smart
Witchdoctor – the Barrel feat the Wheeler Boys
Mestizo/Qwel – Tolerance
CL Smooth – the stroll (ginsu dean remix)
Bambu of Native Tongues – Guerra Feat. Quetzal
The Mighty Underdogs – Status Symbol
Royce da 5′9 – Rewind prod. by Carlos Broady
Husalah – how im livin
Camron – Glitter
Thoughts – Large Professor tribute freestyle

Omid – Gole Gandom
Craig G – You Think You’re Special
Nas – Surviving The Times
Longevity – Throwin Up Letters ft. Krs-One, Rakaa Iriscience
Ams Uno – Eight Ate Emcees
MF Grimm – Half Baked
Killa Sha – Deep Thoughts
La The Darkman – Check
Mr. Dibbs – Hunt And Gather [excerpt]
Lil Mama – Lip Gloss (Bomarr Remix)
Sandpeople – The Count
Noah23 and DS – Cryin Over Krylon
Rehash – Drone By Default
Sole and The Skyrider Band – A Sad Day For Investors




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Killa Sha – Come On (prod. by Large Professor)
MF Grimm feat. Chico Stick – Pastries
Qwel + Jackson Jones – Monster.com
Rob Sonic – Fat Man & Little Boy
Sandpeople – That’s True
Da Unda Dogg – Masterpiece
Jeru the Damaja – History 101
Luckyiam/PSC – Dynamic of Duos
J-Live – Once Upon a Mic
Nomak featuring Abstract Rude – Hi, Mom! (A Prayer for World Peace)
Jeru the Damaja – Hold Tight
Arcturus – Circus of Clowns [Peace to Boise, Idaho!]
Marq Spekt – Olschoolish

Celebrating the release of his new album The Soundcatcher, DJ Vadim is touring with Project Blowed co-founder Abstract Rude and Yarah Bravo throughout the US and Canada. Link

10/03 Nelson, British Columbia @ Hume Lounge, 10pm
10/05 Victoria, British Columbia @ Lucky Bar, 8pm
10/06 Vancouver, British Columbia @ Richards On Richards, 8pm
10/11 Seattle, WA @ Nectar Lounge, 8pm
10/12 Eugene, OR @ John Henry’s, 8pm
10/13 Portland, OR @ Fez Ballroom, 10pm
10/14 Bend, OR @ Domino Room, 8pm
10/16 Mount Shasta, CA @ The Wayside, 10pm
10/17 Arcata, CA @ Jambalaya, 10pm
10/18 Santa Cruz, CA @ Moe’s Alley, 8pm
10/19 San Francisco, CA @ Mighty, 8pm
10/20 San Diego, CA @ Kava Lounge, 10pm
10/21 Los Angeles, CA @ Knitting Factory, 10pm
10/23 Fullerton, CA @ Continental Room, 8pm
10/24 Tucson, AZ @ Solar Culture, 8pm
10/25 Mesa, AZ @ Blunt Club, 10pm
10/26 Houston, TX @ Grab Bar, 8pm
10/27 Austin, TX @ Emo’s, 8pm
10/28 Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater, 8pm
10/30 Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Room, 8pm
11/01 Tallahassee, FL @ Beta Bar, 8pm
11/02 Atlanta, GA @ Apache Café, 8pm
11/03 Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall, 8pm
11/04 Richmond, VA @ Alley Cats, 8pm
11/07 London, Ontario @ Alex P Keaton, 8pm
11/08 Toronto, Ontario @ Drake Hotel, 8pm
11/09 Hamilton, Ontario @ Pepper Jacks, 8pm
11/10 Montreal, Quebec @ Sala Rosa, 8pm

Intro
Public Enemy – Harder Than You Think
Immortal Technique + Temperamento – Golpe De Estado
La Coka Nostra – Broken Pieces feat. Jeru The Damaja
Big Shug – After Me
General Steele (of Smiff and Wessun) – Down 4 My Niggas feat. Young Coke
Rugged Intellect – All Fair feat. Kool G. Rap
Sean Price – One Question feat. Rustee Juxx and Cousin Reeks
Boom Bap Project – The Shakedown
Keith Murray – Hustle On
Discolobos – Rock The Beat
Wise Intelligent – Passing Tha Time
Serengeti – Puppy Dog Love
Joe Dub and Factor – Canadian Summer feat. Kirby Dominant Matre and Weezl
Moka Only – Potent
Jay Electronica – Bitches and Drugs (prod. by J. Dilla)
Abstract Rude – No Longer A king (Side A / Part Two)
Aesop Rock – Getaway Car (Breeze’s verse)
Outro