dubstep has started to gain some serious momentum in north america over the past 12 months.
and for what it's worth.. the majority of converts from the hip hop set seem to gravitate most towards lowest common denominator dubstep (at least in my elitist opinion lol)

no offense to the dudes who ...

excited for this one. my birthday

shit was ill as fuck

Wolf Hood wrote:I still think his best work is Raw Cartoons

that boggles my mind

no offense to "da gawd".. but it took a while for him to develop his own sound as a producer. good or not, most everything pre-07 is pretty dilla/madlib derivative imo

had fun.. but decided i'm ultimately not huge on seeing djs (of any type) in such a big venue. smaller clubs/warehouse raves ftw

on the flipside.. it's cool to see such a large crowd into the music & all the djs/promoters deserve as much success/exposure as they can get

i like it.. but as the other guy said, donuts is better

he has a bunch of unreleased material.. a lot of it has already been floating around the internet for some time now

http://www.streetknowledgeforum.com/

brand new vancouver based forum. mostly rap.. but we're open to anything related to music/arts/culture

not a huge amount of traffic because we only launched yesterday.. but it'll build pretty fast considering it's the only rap messageboard in the city now that ...

i have nothing to do with this show. just figured some people might appreciate the info..

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Red Bull Music Academy presents

FLYING LOTUS
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The only Black Metal band I ever liked were Bad Brains.

:?
legendary band.. definitely not black metal. hardcore (+dub/reggae)
love all the forerunners of that scene in dc/ny/cali (including straight edge)..

like classic slayer & metallica.. but can't get into much new. even tho i hear lots of ...

ghosts on tape - predator mode (roska remix)
lil silva - seasons
fuzzy logic - in the morning feat. egypt

you need to clarify

- if you're looking for artists with similar subject matter/lyrics.. check out the coup, public enemy, paris, (90s) ice cube. mcs that would be labeled as political or pro-black
- if you're looking for similar bass heavy keyboard beats.. check out productions by timbaland, droop ...

doesn't particularly look like it.. but immediately reminded me of the 'new forms' cover art

i could go on forever naming rappers.. but i assume you're looking for instrumental hip hop.
most classic rap albums have instrumental versions out on wax (anything from the first wave of wu-tang releases is a good place to start). also check out these labels:

Anticon
Alpha Pup
Bully
Definitive ...

any idea on closing time? doors at 9 seems early..

01. Rakim
02. Ice Cube
03. Scarface
04. KRS-One
05. The Notorious B.I.G.

my current list would look completely different tho..

Husalah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfKCgnuOFms

The Jacka
http://www.youtube.com/watch?=qus0elA7q2w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSx1m9UOiK0


pittsburg, ca

yup. bastid is the homie

Block Beattaz / Slow Motion Soundz

huntsville, alabama. peep the link below for an interview & to stream a bunch of songs they produced. the g-side album that came out last year (starshipz and rocketz) is really dope

http://blog.fairtilizer.com/rap-hip-hop ... k-beattaz/

what's the deal with tickets? advance sales??

some things should not be covered and Joy Division are one of them, any remake of them in any genre is just wrong. a cheeky wee sample aye but a cover,no no and thrice no.

Is it me or are there a lot of covers now, seems a bit lazy imo.

yup.
plus.. considering all the eerie darkness they ...