This brilliant work by Guy Emanuel translated from its original french (”Les Halachot pour le DJ”) in 1945 really gets into the ins and outs of the halachik (Jewish laws) issues in regards to DJing. The first chapter discusses Kol Isha (the womens voice) and how some say it is permissible on a patiphone [...]
I don’t know how its possible that we totally slept on this when we were in Berlin in May, but we obviously did. Our bad, cuz this music is amazing. Its like Miami downtempo two-step meets the catskills. Our favorite version of Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen is by The Andrews Sisters…well, until [...]
Zohar Argov is one of Israel’s most famous singers with his hit tune, Elinor…Well, check out this audience participation track. You have never seen more awkward and off time clapping in your life…guaranteed!
Shemspeed was front and center at the Crown Heights Labor Day Parade (Officially named the West Indian American Day Carnival), this is the Biggest parade, street fair or festival in New York City, simply the biggest cultural event of the year. We got a call to walk with Mayor Mike Bloomberg and rep. So we [...]
This has got to be the weirdest video. I mean it looks like they filmed it in HD and edited it well and put some money and a lot of time into it, but we’re just not sure why. We could think of so many other things that need good videos and someone [...]
BBC WORLD TV
Y-Love and Diwon will be on BBC World TV Live at 12:45pm (London Time) We will update you on when it will air again. The segment will feature an exclusive interview with Y-Love on his Global Hip Hop style and feature a debut performance of one of Diwon’s new tracks with Y-Love [...]
I’m not sure why we still get that funny feeling inside when we hear really good and modern Jewish music. Not like klezmer or whatever, but popular styles that would make it to the radio (whether thats the world music channel, K-Rock or Hot97) point is it makes us feel mad good when its [...]
Blu, is the name that the person who created this goes by, i think. anyway, its amazing. I’m not even sure what you call this. I think it would be called Live Action Comics. I’ve never seen anything like it, so who knows. it’s LIVE in the jive sense.
enjoy!
Shemspeed’s Y-Love, Diwon & Smadar, and Anomaly MC are performing in the UK beginning this weekend at the massive LimmudUK festival and then onto the clubz. here is a schedule.
AUGUST 23rd - LIVE IN LONDON
* Y-Love, Diwon & Smadar Live at LimmudUK FEST in Derbyshire - (for security reasons they have not put the [...]
The first model for Kenneth Cole’s “We All Walk In - Different Shoes” campaign is none other than one of Shemspeed’s favs, Matisyahu! Check out the video interview here as an added bonus Matis performs a live acoustic set with guitarist, Aaron Dugan. He starts it off with a Yom Kippur style Chazan [...]
We posted about the Yemenite marital arts biblical grandmaster, Yosef Sofer, before with photos and all that. but we think its time you got to see some video…check this.
CHECK IT: The following marks the first installment in what will hopefully become the second main ingredient in a totally tricked-out podcast to be featured on Shemspeed, once the upcoming camera setup gets rollin’ and the editing tech gets fired up. Any musician or band as psyched as we are in sparking this imminent [...]
215 used to be the hip hop area code when the roots were on top, well now its clearly 770!. DeScribe, one of 770’s inhabitants - born Shnuer HaSofer, has obviously been heavily influenced by Cypress Hill and he puts it to tape on this amazing track. This chorus has been stuck in [...]
The latest addition to the Shemspeed band section is Jerusalem’s Shtar. Here is a short interview which is a follow up to the feature from last week.
are you two religious? we are slightly religious you may call us charedi.
do you want to make people religious through your music? We want to brainwash the [...]
This is “hella-awkward”, but in brooklyn that translates to ‘uber-cool”
so you tell us what ya think of it….
We been adding new bands to the Band section like crazy! (click Bands above). Anyway, the latest addition to the Shemspeed band section is Jerusalem’s Shtar, which in hebrew translates to the word “contract”, the foremost indicator of aquisition in jewish law. The group Shtar consists of a producer/songwriter (Brad Rubenstein) and a hip hop [...]
Lemme give ya’ll some background for thems unaffiliated and for the people who hit the recreational stuff a bit too much to remember the words from when you were kids. The words to this song were written in 1886 by Naphtali Herz Imber, an English poet originally from Bohemia. The melody was written [...]
Shemspeed’s next FREE monthly is going down this thursday! If you missed the last parties, check out them party pics here. Diwon is now taking music blending to the next level by dropping futuristic boom blasts into a mix of old school Rhythm and Blues known as Boogie Woogie. The genre spawned hip [...]
Shemspeed was in full effect at this festival last year with Y-Love, Diwon and Niz from the US and all the cool kids from Israel, inlcuding the guys from Shotei Hanevua. The scene is amazing….Breslovers, hippie Jews, hipsters, americans and all sorts of Israel kids. This year the festival is featuring Ehud Banai! [...]
Ask Moses just started throwing this video that they made around and we dig it because the first two people they show are Matisyahu and Y-Love and we keep hearing rumors about them being this type of Jew and not that type of Jew….meanwhile they are both very religious and talkin ish and trying to [...]
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Clusterbombs
label: Gravel
For satisfied customers of: Eminem, El-P, and 7L & Esoteric.
The man says “never sell the sizzle instead of the steak…” but what’s wrong with a lil’ sizzle?
Off the cuff, let’s be straight with one another: rap and hip-hop music generally aren’t my bag. People say bet’cha can’t have just one, and I prove [...]
In a time where religious Jews don’t listen to music with live instruments, Y-Love has made an all accapella (beat box and rhymes) album. its amazing!
check out this interview with
Israel Nation Radio and then buy the album by clicking here
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During a time when Orthodox Jews refrain from listening to live music - famous Orthodox [...]
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Early Warning!Electro Morocco is about to take over this hipster/israeli/middleeastern scene with their infectious sounds and visual stimuli. Zohan caused a stir with its Israeli cultural drops and chummus, but Electro Morocco is bringing the full funk assault and the return of rock to the US. Check the [...]
By popular demand and request, We are reposting the Yael Naim “New Soul” remix by Diwon. So, we figured we would give you some of the other semitic Diwon remixes. Click below for the Idan Raichel, Shotei Hanevua and Mosh Ben Ari remixes!
"New Soul - Yael Naim (Diwon Remix)" 3:08
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When we were in Israel a month ago and Diwon threw down a couple sets with Sagol 59 and Shmoolik, we asked Shmoo to do an exclusive for Shemspeed. Below is the result. Think Chabad-French-Rappin-Israeli-Into-Nas-And-Nike’s. He is also one of the sickest graphic designers alive. Check out his work on the past Sephardic [...]
