Y-Love’s “Focus on the Flair” single, produced by Diwon, features Israeli artist Onili is the perfect track to re-introduce Y-Love as the first gay rapper to come out of the closet mid-career.
Remember that time when rock bands sounded fresh, fun and as if they recorded the song that day? Well, it’s that time again, check out Purdue Avenue, an alternative SoCal rock band based in LA whose music contains the raw energy of a young Weezer and Sublime. After their impressive first gig, Purdue Avenue got such rave reviews that the talented ensemble of young musicians decided to record their debut EP. Each song is catchier than the next and even a first time listener finds himself singing along immediately. You could download the entire thing for FREE! Also, be on the look out for the lead singer, Cobe and Diwon’s EP out sometime next semester!
Tour dates:
May 11, 2012 Doha, Qatar (Middle east)
May 12, 2012 US Army Base – Doha, Qatar (Middle East)
June 3, 2012 Surrey, UK
June 15, 2012 Nigeria Africa
June 16, 2012 Sussex, UK
June 28, 2012 Toronto, CA
July 15, 2012 Los Angeles, CA
July 28, 2012 Monterey, CA
August 1, 2012 London, UK
August 3, 2012 New York, NY
August 4, 2012 St Maarten
August 12, 2012 Jackson, NJ
August 17, 2012 Leeds
August 18, 2012 Isle of Wight
September 29,2012 Beniton’s Birthday Bash, NYC
November 30, 2012 Newark, NJ
If you caught the Washington Post Sunday Style section, you know that the Shemspeed crew is coming to D.C. this Saturday night to party with you all!
Diwon will be spinning world and club music with an emphasis on Israeli sounds. Diwon will be joined by Kosha Dillz fresh off his # 1 in the Super Bowl Budlight commercial, Flex Mathews, voted Best D.C. rapper of the year by the Washington City Paper and Tj Di Hitmaker, Jamaican artist who will be doing a special set of remixes of Israeli and Dancehall riddims.
MAY 12th in D.C. party with Diwon, Kosha Dillz, Tj Di Hitmaker, Flex Mathews Dathan Harbor and guests at the Balagan Boogaloo
@ Eden Lounge
1716 I st. Washington, D.C.
washingtondcjcc.org
Making New Yorkers Wiki worthy is netting two Brooklyn guys big bucks.
Record producer Erez Safar, 33, and film maker Aaron Wertheimer, 34, spend their spare time creating citation-heavy Wikipedia entries for clients who pay $300 a pop.
Wikipedia, part of the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation, prides itself as a no-cost publicly edited site where thousands of users across the world comb the pages flagging bad information.
“A lot of people try to put up a Wikipedia page, but it reads too promotional,” said Safar who recruits customers via his two-month-old site mywikipro.com, Facebook, and word of mouth. He then passes them off to Wertheimer who crafts the articles from his living room in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
“A lot of people aren’t Wiki worthy. There are not a lot of articles on them to cite. We turn down a lot of people.,” said Safar who lives in Crown Heights.
We are very sad to hear the news that Beastie Boys founding member Adam “MCA” Yauch has died at age 47. The Beastie Boys and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame have one major thing in common: they both hit the big time in 1986. That was the year the former released its first full-length album, “Licensed to Ill,” and the latter inducted its first honorees, including Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and James Brown.
Twenty-six years later, in a ceremony that will be broadcast on HBO this Saturday, May 5, at 9 p.m. ET/PT, the Beastie Boys became just the third rap group to enter the Hall, after Run-D.M.C. (2009) and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (2007). They were joined by fellow new inductees Laura Nyro, Donovan, The Faces, Guns N’ Roses and The Red Hot Chili Peppers, to name a few.
Rappers Chuck D and LL Cool J introduced the Beastie Boys at the event, which took place at Cleveland’s Public Hall on April 14. “They brought a whole new look to hip hop,” Chuck D said. Unfortunately, Adam “MCA” Yauch, who is battling cancer of the lymph node, was too ill to attend the event and had to express his gratitude in a letter. His fellow Beasties, Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz and Michael “Mike D” Diamond, collected their trophy in person but declined to perform without their comrade.
Instead, the Roots linked up with Kid Rock and Travie McCoy to perform a medley of Beastie tunes that included “No Sleep Till Brooklyn,” “So What’cha Want,” “Sabotage” and “The New Style.”
Check out a videos above and below for exclusive previews of the complete broadcast, and tune in to HBO on Saturday to see the whole ceremony, featuring performances by Donovan, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Slash, George Clinton, and Ronnie Wood.
Uneek Media and Corner Prophets are proud to present Jenerous Skillz, a unique cultural / musical project, the first of its kind, bringing together for the first time Israeli and Jewish rappers from all over the world. The album was recorded in Tel Aviv and New York, and features exclusive collaborations between a variety of up and coming Jewish M.Cs. The album was produced by Controverse, a promising young beatmaker from New York, while Max Schroeter and Khen Rotem (Sagol 59) acted as executive producers.
The project features: Adi Abraham, MC Ayatollah, Benyomen, Big J, Lefty, MC Theory, Mic G, New Voice, OBD, Sagol 59, Shiroto, Tamir ‘Stepper’ Kehati, Vokcal, Vulkan, Uneek, Controverse.
Check out The Hunger Games Remix of Rules, the standout track remixed by Diwon and Jayme Dee. The remix fuses folk and moombahton and will most probably not get out of your head anytime soon.
May 15: Y-Love - 'Focus on the Flair' August: Max Jared - 'Thoughtless Sounds' Tba: Tj Di Hitmaker - 'mixtape' Tba: Brody - 'I'm on Fire' Tba: Dov Rosenblatt - 'When You Lie Down and When You Rise' Tba: Diwon - 'Try Stopping' Tba: Kyle Rapps & Diwon - 'Syndication'
April 21: DIWON LIVE IN BMORE @ TOWSON U (INFO)April 26: DIWON LIVE IN BMORE @ GET DOWN (INFO)April: SHEMSPEED ARTISTS PERFORM VOICES FOR DARFUR @ TBA (INFO) JULY 28: MATISYAHU @ Floyd Fest 2012 (INFO) AUG 18: SHEMSPEED LIVE IN AUSTIN (INFO) MAY 12: DIWON FT. DESCRIBE @ DC JEWISH MUSIC FEST (INFO) MAY 31: Sephardic Music Festival Teaser: Sarah Aroeste: CD Release Party @ Joe’s Pub (INFO)
Remember that time when rock bands sounded fresh, fun and as if they recorded the song that day? Well, it’s that time again, check out Purdue Avenue, an alternative SoCal rock band based in LA whose music contains the raw energy of a young Weezer and Sublime. After their impressive first gig, Purdue Avenue got such rave reviews that the talented ensemble of young musicians decided to record their debut EP. Each song is catchier than the next and even a first time listener finds himself singing along immediately. You could download the entire thing for FREE! Also, be on the look out for the lead singer, Cobe and Diwon’s EP out sometime next semester!
If you caught the Washington Post Sunday Style section, you know that the Shemspeed crew is coming to D.C. this Saturday night to party with you all!
Making New Yorkers Wiki worthy is netting two Brooklyn guys big bucks.
We are very sad to hear the news that Beastie Boys founding member Adam “MCA” Yauch has died at age 47. The Beastie Boys and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame have one major thing in common: they both hit the big time in 1986. That was the year the former released its first full-length album, “Licensed to Ill,” and the latter inducted its first honorees, including Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and James Brown.
Uneek Media and Corner Prophets are proud to present Jenerous Skillz, a unique cultural / musical project, the first of its kind, bringing together for the first time Israeli and Jewish rappers from all over the world. The album was recorded in Tel Aviv and New York, and features exclusive collaborations between a variety of up and coming Jewish M.Cs. The album was produced by Controverse, a promising young beatmaker from New York, while Max Schroeter and Khen Rotem (Sagol 59) acted as executive producers. 
