Produced by Dj Bazooka Joe

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Dres and Jarobi -- PTI (Occupy Wall Street)

Dres and Jarobi – PTI (Occupy Wall St)

Stream: Large Professor, Rock, & Dres On Frozen Files 9.14.2011

I had a chance to do Soul Train – i didn’t wanna do it cause i didn’t wanna lip synch – smh (i think i should’ve done it)

Dres (Black Sheep) – Party Tonight ft. Jean Grae

premiered over @ xxl

Damn, this is pre “Return of the Boom Bap” and pre “Represent”. Peace to TheReallest36.

Update: Peace to JR of Collectors Item

Off The Black Pool of Genius: The Prelude by Dres.

Blacksheep Dres – Forever Luvlee

This is more like it.

Peace to ka5p, who I wish had an audio mic like Ming.

Dres of the platinum-selling hip hop group Black Sheep has revitalized the 1991 hit The Choice is Yours, rewriting lyrics and donating his time and services to create an innovative pro- Obama voter initiative video. Partnered with Austin based creative teams at Voodoo Cowboy Entertainment and Super!Alright! Media in an all-volunteer effort, Dres re-recorded and shot the updated version of The Choice is Yours in Austin, Texas in just under two days.

Link

Black Sheep with performances by Jamie Drastik and Pimp Ninja

*Free Show*

August 8, 2008

Advance tickets can be purchased for a penny

Concert starts @ 8PM
Doors open @ 6 PM
Tickets $0.01

HIGHLINE BALLROOM
431 W. 16th St
New York, NY 10011

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

Link

Wednesday, Jun 11, 2008 // DOORS 9:00 PM
ADV $12 // DOS $17

Knitting Factory – New York
74 Leonard Street
New York, NY 10013

I hope some of y’all caught the FREE Black Sheep show over the weekend. If not, too bad cause Dres killed it. When I walked into the venue, a rock band called Uninvited Guests were already performing. From far away, the lead singer looked like Kid Rock so I thought I made a wrong turn somewhere coming up the stairs. Nope, I was at a Black Sheep show. They were decent though. The turnout was miserable considering it was FREE admission. I managed to get right in front with ease. After a short set by DJ Wex, Dres came out. He didn’t waste any time talking and went straight into some classic tracks like Flavor Of The Month, Strobelite Honey, Butt In The Meantime and, of course, The Choice Is Yours (Revisited). Dres also performed material off his new album 8WM/Novakane. Some dope, some not so dope. And if the set wasn’t good enough, he brought out special guests like Rhymefest and Ladybug Mecca (of Digable Planets). Videos on the way. Hopefully.

Show Info

youtube.com/grandgood

Even though this is booked as a Black Sheep show, I’m not entirely sure who is performing. Hopefully, the drama between Dres and Mr. Lawnge has been resolved and we can get a dope show. buy tickets

Wednesday, Jun 11, 2008 // DOORS 9:00 PM
ADV $12 // DOS $17

Knitting Factory – New York
74 Leonard Street
New York, NY 10013

see also:
Dres Interview (xxl)
Interview with Mr. Long aka Mr. Lawnge (Black Sheep)

Dres talks about making The Choice Is Yours and the follow-up remix, the latter being the single that basically put Black Sheep on the map commercially and still gets the clubs poppin’ today. “Pick it up, pick it up, pick it up!” Link (via)

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D-Nice’s True Hip-Hop Stories