Lol, Chubb Rock said, like I told you before, I’m givin you no publishing! Peace to Special Ed. Humpty Hump freestyle wins though. His born day was 1/14.

Sparky D and Roxanne Shante

Fearless 4

DJ Outlaw, Tony Tone, JDL and Smooth B

Cold Crush Brothers

LA Sunshine and Roxanne Shante

EZ Ad and Reggie Reg

Greg Nice

Chubb Rock

Cutman LG

Joe Ski Love

Scratch Master Jazzy G

Special Ed

link

DJ Omen & FutureFlavasRadio.com Present: B.A.M. – Viva La B.A.M. / mixtape

1. Big Serg Intro
2. 1000 Problemz *Prod. By: Lil Fame
3. Manifest Destiny *Prod. By: Lo
4. Fist Of The North Star *Prod. By: Ric Rude
5. Respect 2 Prod. By: L.G.
6. Whos Ya A&R? *Prod. By: Lo
7. Best of 16’s Pt.1
8. The Overload Ep coming soon (Interlude)
9. Hoodness ft. N.O.R.E. & Royal Flush *Prod. By: Lil Fame
10. Inspiration *Prod. By: Kajmir Royal
11. Everyday Is X-Mas
12. Hustle Hard *Prod. By: Enjoear
13. Best Of 16’s Pt.2
14. 3rd Eye *Prod. By: Ric Rude
15. Im The One ft. Sadat X & Chubb Rock (snippet)
16. Ah! *Prod. By: Ric Rude
17. Shorty ft. JPhenom *Prod. By: Kajmir Royal
18. Best Of 16’s Pt.3
19. My City Pt.3 *Prod. By: Enjoear

peace to ryan

Pretty sure I never seen this. Chubb Rock’s people right? Dancers or something? Peace to The Meaning Of Dope.

Peace to NYOIL for putting me onto this. Not sure if I can make it but I’m going to damn well try. Wonder if tickets are still available. link

Dana Dane released a Novel titled Numbers recently. This is the first song from the soundtrack. Full disclosure: Chubb Rock doesn’t spit, chorus only. Yeah, me too.

Dana Dane – The Summary ft. Chubb Rock

This is the hotness. buy tickets

Golden Age of Hip Hop, Part One
02/07/09
Door: 8:00 PM
Show: 9:00 PM
All Ages

The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza
17 Irving Place
New York, NY 10003
(212) 777-6800

K’Naan – ABC’s ft. Chubb Rock (remix)

Peace to Khal. Not sure why the video gets cut off towards the end, but you can listen to the full version on Chubb Rock’s youtube page.

This song is apart of the Democratic campaign and it is prequel material to Chubb Rock & Wordsmith’s “Bridging the Gap” Album Coming Soon!!! Look for numerous short movies from both artists leading up to their album dropping.

Head on over to DanteRoss.com to see video (Chubb Rock, Dante Ross, Kool Herc, Milk Dee, Naughty by Nature, Nice & Smooth, Special Ed) from this historic event. Surprisingly it seems this is barely getting talked about. Wtf? Hopefully it’s just the weekend delay. Peace to Dante Ross for the look! Link

previously:
Grandmaster Caz Performs with Sugar Hill Gang, Video Music Box 25th Anniversary Show Is A Night To Remember

The Video Music Box 25th Anniversary Show was a historic event. The artists either performing or in attendance was a virtual who’s who of Hip-Hop aristocracy (partial list below). The whole concert lasted about three hours with 10-15 minute sets for each act, which meant a steady stream of classic material. If you couldn’t make it to the show and want to get a sense of what tracks were performed, just throw on your best of 80s and 90s hip-hop mixtapes.

I gotta give props to Ralph McDaniels and crew for a few things that added to the show’s success. One is keeping the event so organized. Even with the hustle and bustle of artists continuously going on and off stage, everything ran smoothly. Also, the set lengths. There was always enough entertainment throughout the night to keep the crowd involved and on their toes. Of course, major props are due for the line up. Honestly, when was the last time you heard Spoonie Gee, Schoolly D or Milk Dee rock the mic? Let alone at the same free event! Throw on the fact that none of the artists who hit the stage got paid a cent. They all did it out of love and respect for Uncle Ralph and Video Music Box. Hip-Hop unity at its finest.

Obviously, there are plenty of highlights I could run through like Ralph showing off his DJ Clark Kent designed Air Force One’s made specifically for the anniversary. Or July 18th being officially declared Video Music Box Day by Mayor Bloomberg and Governor Paterson. However, the livest part of the whole show was when the Sugar Hill Gang hit the stage to the tune of Rapper’s Delight. By now, most of us should know the back story behind Big Hank’s verse. After Wonder Mike finished up, I wondered how the crowd would react to Hank’s part of the song. The answer was that they didn’t get a chance to because Grandmaster Caz suddenly ran onto the stage and started spitting the rhymes! The icing on the cake was when Rahiem and Mele Mel of Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five joined everybody up there. Amazing.

Big ups to Ralph for being the first and putting in 25 years of hard work. And here’s to another 25+! I got video footage for most of the sets but until those are edited and uploaded onto our youtube channel, check out some pictures I snapped in between recordings (after the jump).

Sugar Hill Gang
Grandmaster Caz
Rahiem
Mele Mel
Lovebug Starski
Crash Crew
Chubb Rock
Naughty By Nature
Nice & Smooth
Special Ed
Milk Dee
Spoonie Gee
Schoolly D
Dana Dane
DJ Jazzy Joyce
O.C.
A.G.
Fab 5 Freddy
Kool Herc
Awesome 2
Mr. Cheeks
Kool DJ Red Alert
Large Professor
Dres
Hakim (of Channel Live)

Sugar Hill Gang, Grandmaster Caz, Rahiem and Mele Mel

Special K

Smooth B

Ralph McDaniels and Kool Herc

Ralph McDaniels

Rahiem

Naughty By Nature

Mele Mel

Kool DJ Red Alert

Greg Nice

Greg Nice

Grandmaster Caz and Rahiem

DJ Jazzy Joyce

Dana Dane

Chubb Rock

My boy Ka5p just put up a whopping 31 videos from the Crooklyn Dodgers reunion show that went down in Brooklyn last week. Needless to say, it sounded like an amazing night. Check here for a recap. link to videos

Free show but suggested donation is $3. That’s a steal considering all the artists performing and in attendance. I would definitely be up in there taking videos but I have a birthday party to head to. Should be dope. more info

Brooklyn hip-hop history will be made as the open mic pioneers of Lyricist Lounge return to the Bandshell to assemble for the first time the MCs and DJs responsible for the classic ‘90s singles “Crooklyn Dodgers” and “Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers”, soundtracks to the Spike Lee films Crooklyn and Clockers.

Saturday, June 28, 7 p.m.

with O.C., Jeru the Damaja, Chubb Rock, EMC featuring Masta Ace, DJ Premier, Ali Shaheed Muhammad. Hosted by Buckshot of Black Moon and Special Ed.

$3 suggested donation. At the Prospect Park Bandshell.

Always been a huge fan of CityParks Foundation and these shows. Where else can you see legendary Hip-Hop acts like KRS-One, Big Daddy Kane, Slick Rick, Naughty By Nature, Jungle Brothers and Brand Nubian perform for free? Be sure to come out and support. Link

All concerts begin at 7:00 PM

Bronx
St. Mary’s Park, 146 St. & St. Ann’s Avenue
Tuesday, July 8th: Orquestra Broadway/DJ Louie JR
Tuesday, July 15th: Ray Castro Y Su Cojunto Classico/DJ Louie JR
Tuesday, July 22nd: Frankie Morales & His Mambo Of The Times Orchestra/DJ Louie JR

Crotona Park, 173 St. & Crotona Park East
Wednesday, July 9th: Johnny Pacheco Y Su Tumboa/DJ Louie JR
Wednesday, July 16th: Lovebug Starski & Friends
Wednesday, July 23rd: Tony Touch & Brenda K Starr

Brooklyn
Red Hook, Bay St. btwn. Henry St. & Clinton Street
Tuesday, August 5th: Jungle Brothers
Tuesday, August 12th: BT Express
Tuesday, August 19th: Michael Stuart

Von King Park, Tompkins Ave. btwn. Lafayette Ave. & Greene Avenue
Thursday, July 3rd: Felix Hernandez Rhythm Review
Thursday, July 10th: Whodini
Thursday, July 17th: 21:03 / Kurt Carr

Brower Park, Brooklyn Ave. & Prospect Park Place
Wednesday, July 9th: Brand Nubian
Wednesday, July 16th: Richie Spice
Wednesday, July 23rd: Bahamadia

Manhattan
East River Park, At the Band Shell along the East River btwn. Grand & Jackson Sts.
Thursday, July 17th: The Fiery Furnaces
Thursday, July 24th: KRS-ONE
Thursday, July 31st: Willie Colón

Highbridge Park, 174 St. & Amsterdam Avenue
Tuesday, August 12th: Toby Love
Tuesday, August 19th: Shino Aguakate
Tuesday, August 26th: Tulile

Jackie Robinson Park, 147 St. & Bradhurst Avenue
Wednesday, August 6th: The Chi-Lites
Wednesday, August 13th: Slick Rick
Wednesday, August 20th: Donald Lawrence / DeWayne Woods / The Murrills

Marcus Garvey Park, 124 St. & Mt. Morris Park
Thursday, August 7th: Eclectic Ride presented a live musical tribute to the originators Stevie Wonder & Prince
Thursday, August 14th: Big Daddy Kane
Thursday, August 21st: Rashaan Patterson and Lizz Fields

Queens
Queensbridge Park, 41 Ave., Bridge Plaza, Vernon Blvd. & East River
Tuesday, July 15th: Felix Hernandez Rhythm Review
Tuesday, July 22nd: Naughty by Nature
Tuesday, July 29th: The Delfonics

Springfield Park, 184 St. & 147 Avenue
Thursday, July 31st: Marvin Sapp
Thursday, August 7th: The Chi-Lites
Thursday, August 14th: Main Ingredient featuring Cuba Gooding, Sr.

Staten Island
Mahoney Playground, Beechwood Ave., Crescent Ave., Cleveland St. & Jersey St.
Wednesday, July 30th: The Delfonics
Wednesday, August 1st: Barbara Mason
Wednesday, August 6th: Chubb Rock

Plus I hear Chubb Rock will be in the house as well. Tickets are still available so be sure to come and support. Link

Nokia Theatre Times Square
1515 Broadway (44th & Broadway)
New York, NY 10036

Another dope event scheduled for the 20th. Nice & Smooth is one of the livest acts I’ve ever seen. Hopefully, their set doesn’t get cut short due to the star-studded lineup. If I wasn’t starting a new job the next day (and if money wasn’t an issue), I would be either going to this show or hitting up that Ralph McDaniels extravaganza. WEAK! On the other hand, it’s only new employee orientation so…

buy tickets, more info (via)

The Freedom Party 5-Year Anniversary Bash
Live Performances By: Lisa Lisa, Chubb Rock, Nice & Smooth, Slick Rick and other special guests!!!!

Freedom: n – the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints;

As New Yorkers reminisce about the city’s golden era of nightlife, we remember a time when people went out to have fun, to dance and really enjoy themselves. Those nights on the town and the places we visited were our temples of worship, where people came together from different walks of life and let themselves go, rejoicing to the music. We missed the days when going to a party didn’t depend on who you knew to get in or how much money you had, and the best place to be was on the dance floor, not in VIP.

THE FREEDOM PARTY MISSION IS TO BRING BACK THE DANCE FLOOR.

For the past 5 years, the Freedom Party has been doing just that, and has become the most successful long running event in NYC. Every week, we pack our house with the most positive, fun loving, high spirited, beautiful people in all of NYC and from around the globe. Whether from NYC or Tokyo, Miami or London, when they are in NYC, they experience Freedom.

Now, the Freedom party is celebrating its 5th anniversary of bringing soul back to the dance floor with its biggest and most energetic birthday bash yet—a jam packed evening of dancing, live performances, and the music of hip-hop, r&b, reggae, disco and funk for a great big celebration of the freedom of expression with no pretense.

Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008
@ B.B. King Blues Club and Grill
237 West 42nd Street
Times Square, NYC

Doors Open 11:00 PM to 4:00 AM

Tickets: $35 online, $45 at the door

see also:
Ralph McDaniels’ The Bridge Live feat. Rakim, Chuck D, Lovebug Starski + more! in Brooklyn, NY (1/20, 8pm)
Nice & Smooth in Brooklyn, NY [recap]