By Jay | December 9, 2012 at 8:40 am | No comments
The Grand Star has gotta rep for being an establishment that pushes fresh hip hop. It plays host to the Beat Swap Meet a couple times a year, and every first Saturday of the month, Boombox crashes the gates in Chinatown at the Grand Star and lets the sound system thu-thump....
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By Matthew M | November 29, 2012 at 5:06 pm | No comments
Thursday November 15 featured the Theo Ehret photography exhibit presented by Geneva Sound Systems and 722 Figueroa titled "The Grand Olympic." Theo Ehret was a German Photographer originally born in Germany and emigrated to the U.S. in the 1950s during his late 20's. During...
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By Jay | November 28, 2012 at 12:51 pm | No comments
In preparation for Curtiss King’s anticipated album debut Atychiphobia (The Fear Of Failure) on November 27th , the producer/rapper hosted a listening party in Downtown Pomona’s Machine Pomona (museum/gallery), this past Saturday.
The setting was very intimate, aside...
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By Jay | November 17, 2012 at 10:50 am | No comments
It was a jam packed night, October 27th, at the Observatory as the LongLiveA$AP Tour reached a stop in the city of Santa Ana.
Frantic fans filled the 1,000 limit capacity room leaving little to no elbow room. Seemed like the whole city came out to what has been one of the...
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By Jay | November 16, 2012 at 2:03 am | No comments
Sunday night we attended the Dakota Lounge, formerly known as the Temple Bar, in Santa Monica for a Project Live event that was part of the U.S tour for Oddisee's new album "People Hear What They See”.
Project Live have done an wonderful job at bringing events to LA,...
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By Jay | November 2, 2012 at 11:41 am | No comments
A lot of people come to Atlanta for Magic City, I mean twerk sessions with some A1 badunk-a-dunk are hard to resist, but if you don't do it for the ratchets, the strippers or the heuxs.. you probably want to check Atlanta out for it's annual A3C Hip-Hop music festival. Or...
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By Jay | October 29, 2012 at 4:19 am | No comments
At The Echoplex, Just Be Cool in association with Rock The Vote hosted THE POLITICOOL PARTY more or less so our generation can learn and express their feelings and thoughts on the 2012 presidential election. Included in this THE POLITICOOL PARTY, aside from the killer line...
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By Jay | October 23, 2012 at 9:39 am | No comments
Ain't nothing quite like the hospitality you are greeted with in the Durrty South. Really tho… Atlanta sure rolled out the red carpet for All 3 Coasts at it's 8th annual A3C Hip-Hop music festival. The event featured hundreds of artists, from local unknowns to legends in...
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