Something from Nothing ; The Art Of Rap [ Documentary Film + Release Date + Official Trailer ]

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When we talk about Hip Hop today the first things that come to mind are; scantily clad women, cuss words, extravagant cars, and oodles of bucko-bucks galore. Hip Hop has somehow transformed from a powerful voice of change to something just short of a pop music - public strip club, and for me personally it's really quite dissapointing. Now if you just so happen to feel the same way, or even divorced Hip Hop because she changed on you, this is a documentary you need to see.

From Nothing to Something ; The Art Of Rap is documentary film directed by Ice-T, that shares the real story and struggle of Hip Hop, it's origins, the new life it gave to spoken word and poetry and it's rise to mass adoption.  Set to drop in theaters next week on June 15, The Art of Rap features the story of this movement as told by the legends of Hip Hop themselves like ; Afrika Bambaataa, Bun B, Doug E. Fresh, Snoop Dogg, Rass Kass, KRS-One, MC Lyte, Immortal Technique... and the list goes on and on. With the "Ratchet Movement" on it's way out, there's a chance that Hip Hop / Rap and it's lovers can reconnect to what it was really all about. So for all you NAY-sayers and all those who've divorced Hip Hop, here's a chance to fall back in Love with it, to remind us about the truth behind the music and lyrics, and possibly even spur change within the industry! 

For The Love Of Music,

Queenie G

No Doubt - In The Studio Webisode 1 [Live Video]

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No Doubt is one of those iconic So Cal bands that everyone grows up listening to. For us here in Long Beach it was Sublime, Snoop, Warren G. In Orange County there was No Doubt, Suburban Legends, and a whole slew of other acts that emerged from the Ska community that later grew into their own in many different shapes and sounds. Last year we heard news of No Doubt FINALLY getting back into the studio to work on their next album. The video above [First in a series of webisodes] gives us a brief look into their studio sessions as we patiently wait for the September 25, 2012 release of their sixth studio album.

May 28 2012,
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Coachella 2012 Weekend 1 - Set Times [Set Times]

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See you at weekend 2!
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Paving The Way to Paid Dues 2012 - K.Flay [Music Video + Tickets On-Sale]

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Greetings from The BAY AREA! In honor of my spring break spent up here I'd like to welcome you all to our 5th edition of Paving the Way to Paid Dues. For this edition of Paving the Way to Paid Dues we're going to switch it up a bit, we feature our first young woman in our series stationed in the Bay Area, Ms. Kristine Flaherty, more popularly known as K.Flay. You may have heard esoteric voice floating around on youtube or even on stage with some of the most iconic artists of the Hip Hop game such as Ludacris and Snoop Dogg. A one man act K.Flay has written and produced her own work as well as rap and play her guitar. An Illinois native and the proud owner of a double degree from Stanford University in California, no one including herself, anticipated her to fall into music. It was sort of a whim, what started off as her just writing lyrics for a friend down the hall has acclimated into a melding of music that speaks to her unique experience. Some may argue that she is strictly indie dipping into hip hop, or just an electric artist riding the trend wave, but her journey and music is not to be misconstrued as a passing phase. During her years in the Bay Area she became enthralled with Bay Area rap artist E-40 and dabbled around throwing versus out amongst friends, but it was in that exact creative outlet that K.Flay was able to infuse her musical influences of funk, soul, indie, electric and of course her new found fascination with the distinct hip hop sound of the Bay Area, and create eclectic music.

Coachella 2012 - Line Up

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Which weekend are YOU going??

Nate Dogg - Never Leave Me Alone [Music Video]

R.I.P. Nate Dogg | Nathaniel Dwayne Hale (August 19, 1969 - March 15, 2011)
The year was 1996 and I was in the sixth grade. At the time I was slangin' mixtapes for $5.00 a pop to my classmates and the older kids in the 7th and 8th grade. This was a time before High Speed Internet|iTunes|Torrents|Facebook|Napster and the only way we were exposed to new music was through the TV|Radio|Records. I wasn't fortunate enough to have cable growing up so all I had to rely on was good 'ol FM Radio and whatever new crates of records my older cousins came home with after their diggin' trips to LA.

I remember waiting for my ride after school. Unlike G1ockz and D$ I wasn't on the basketball team at the time [or any sports for that matter] so after finishing my homework I had nothing better to do than just sit and wait. One of the older kid's ride rolled through in one of the many standard and classic Long Beach rides[don't ask me what kind of car it was. i'm not into cars]. When the passenger side door flew open I heard that bass and that thump of the chorus. I went "ah ha! i need to find that song so I can throw it on so and so's mixtape!" I quickly jotted a note in my composition notebook and proceeded to hum the hook over and over until my dad picked me up...


As DJ Qbert said, "RIP = Rappin In Paradise!"
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